... CURRENT AGRICULTURAL TO PICS. BY JosEPH DARBY. ?? spress4'for this Joural.) The Board of Agriculture isrfued last week a suniuwnry of the AGRICULTURAL RETURNS OnR GREAT BRITAIN, which were collected last June. These returns, as was only naturally to be expected, show the shriukage in amblei culture, and the growvth of corn crops to be greater 'then ever. Comapared with the returtns of 1889 the ...

... 1,x;ANGSTES+R- NE- CQQL-. eE, OX1,QFO th'e annual proceedings in connection with the olosingof the session commzie..d on ifoudy in the College tern- parary)=l Roissg, Tliglh-street. 'lhe Rev. H. W. Urosekey delivered the address to the itudle,,ts. Tiere was a lurge a't sdlance. Amnongst thnse present were Dr. Driuvinond (Irincial)a the 11ev. .. E. Carpenter (Vice-Priiicipnl), Profeesor Upton, ...

... i QUEEN'S OWN OXFORDSHITRE HUSSARS. ANNUAL TRAINING AT OXFORD. to I] This regiment of auxiliary cavalry assembled in this s City on Monday last for the purpose of going through the thr( aunual training, the Troops, with the exception of Henlev, min which went by road to Readiug, and from there came il of by train, riding in from the various county towns. The Thi commanding officer is Colonel ...

... Bnnras (Soumu), APrIL 28.-We have gone through 9 the winmor under the most favourable circumstances. ft Carting roots off th0, amnd and manure on has been CC done eonstazitly, and without ar; injury. It hat also been a grand time for folding off the rot q with sheep. Mutton is selling wvell and lambs are veev doar, fl fl, i although stores woro bought in at a high pried last to autumn, they ...

... : HIS.Cr1lLAN,$OtUS.; 4 The gas stokers of Lyons liive boen out on strike since Tuesday, and the vuarious companies are making ilorangenients to fill their places with men from a distance. In the meanitime, the work is being done by policemen and soldiery. A CErANXEL STzA.Num AGROUND.-Tlic Great Western Companuy's steamer Antelope, Captain Painter, from Weymouth to Guernsey, struck a rock off ...

... An extraordinary fatality occurred at Swansea 1 Saturdly night to 'Uhorrias Builey, a billposter, in tihe employ of the Vnivv-.fal Bill Posting Cempany. Deceased wee also engaged ast a supernumerary at the New Theatre there. Leaving the latter place about eleven o't'lock with his wile, Bailey proceeded tb his home in Union-street in rather fil advanced state of intoxication, and while his wife ...

... AG R.IC ULTU It E. THE FRUIT CROP. On the whole it is not a good fruit yenr, the 'bad weather baviug dune flinch to spoil thle crops, which were plentiful. Thus strawberries yielded abundantly, but the -wet weather rendered thern Am soft, tasteless, and difficult tu market in good wheat condition. Red currants have borne well, hut, which black currants are an indifferent crop, and-like large r ...

... UNIVIERSITY EXTENSION. etader S UNMMER MlE ETI NG A T OX FORItD. after wereI Tho thiril summor meeting ol 'University Extensioni cod Thel other studento coiimienertpt at Oxford onl Friday ilvenmitiir Profe! The meeting will be divided hit ,two pa-rts, tho first ax- that tendinir t, Aucmrt 12. andI the_ Hecond foi- iimiet ,mtitml uintil. (Appl, bepterbar 2. ''lime otbj ei~st9 'i tim lotetiig, ...

... I 'URRENT AGIJLTU'AL . TOPICS. : BY JOSEPH DAnBY. (Writteap crmeslyfor She JournaL) E THE BREWERS' EXHIBITION, 1 lwxhich takes place every October in the Agricul- t |tural Hall, Islington, oughat perhaps to receivel more attention from the farming community than has hitherto been accorded to it, not chiefly be- i cause the beers of all systems and nations have comprehensive display, but 9wing ...

... During this week and next the Temperance Army holds the field in Oxford, and the fullest oppor- tunity will be given of hearing. -r4 A 1- -Z~ 2 v- _ a -,*v tViN what is to be said by temperance reformers of f evefy shade and degree. Unfortunately, they do not all pull together, there is a little rift within an the lute. The action of the Church of England t, eas Temperance Society in ...

... WALLINGFORD. Excunsso..-Thero was a cheap day excursion to London on Saturday last, by the Great Western Railway, which was fairly well patronised. HARVEST TIIANRSOIVING SERVICES were hold at the Thames-street Chapel on Suuday, when two eloquent sermons were preached by the Pastor (the Rev. H. R. Salt). The collections, which amounted to 41., were for the Wallingford Cottage Hospital. LEcTuRE. ...

... OXFORD BENEFIT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' HO8PITAL SUNDAY. A meeting convened by the trustees of the fund in connection with the above was held on Wednesday even- iug at the Druid's Head, George-street. The balance- sheet of last year's fund showed that there was a balance at the bank of 21. 19s. The Chairman (Mr. Tames White) presided, and there was a large number' of delegates present rep ...