... MAY. LO1TDON & NORTH WESTERN¢. v'o01 Oxforl to Bavbury, London, Birmeinghlame, ii1an- chester, Lilvepool, C'hcester, Edinburgh, &c. *WEEK DAYS. Morn lorn Leaves OXFORD ?? 0 50 A rr. at Islip ?? 7 101 0 0 ?? 7 2310 13 Launton . Claydon ?? 7 40 10 30 Winslow ?? Atrive 7 50 10 40 (Winslow Dep. 8 50 11 56 , Buck ingham 914 1210 C Brackley ?? 9 33 12 2b I Farthingioe ?? 9 5212 38 P Banbury ?? 10 5 ...

... AvnAn nr - - ?? Amp L U Xar jrat rMsXM . Though not coming exactly up to our wishes, yet fully realising general expectation-as we have all along been awake to the depressing influence of the eastern conflict on the sports of our turf-the New Year's Day entries for the pending campaign are really interesting and good; and will certainly afford ample scope for the exercise of the know- ledge ...

... TlHE EARL OF DERBY ON THE WAR. On the 5th inst. a deputation of the Irvine Town Coun- cil, in pursuance of a resolution come to at a meeting of Council held some time ago, proceeded to Eglinton Castle for the purpose of presenting the Earl of Derby, then a visitor to Lord Eglinton, with the freedom of the burgh. Lord Eglinton received the deputation very graciously, and introduced thetm to ...

... UNIVERSITY & CLERICAL INTELLIEGNCE. d ELECTION OF MTEI PROVOST OF QuEEN'S COLLroa.-The it election of a Provost of this college, in the room of the late Dr. Fox, toolk place on Thursday morning, and terminated ein favour of the Rev. W. Thomson, M.A., late dean, bursar, and tutor of the college, byn majority of one vote only. The contest lay between Mr. Thomson and the senior fellow, the Rev. ...

... The Second Show for this season was held in the Town Hall on Thursday last, when the productions exhibited were of anl extensive and superior character. The prominent features were the gerlniumus, nzalias, calceolarias, cut flowers, roses, and the specimen plants, especially those ex- hibited by Mr. Bailey, gardener to G. G. Harcourt, Esq., and Mr. C. Bates. There was a fine display of fruits ...

... g The following comments of the London Papers, e on the gratifying news from the seat of war, will great interest u O (From the Times.) Is On Saturday, the 8th of September, within a few days Lr of the anniversary of the landing of the allied forces in I- the Crimea, and 316 days after the opening of the be- ,sieging batteries against Sebastopol, on the 17th of t October, 1854, a final and ...

... The following despatches have been received this week: BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JUdy 17. My Lord,-I have the honour to transmit herewith the nominal and numerical return of casualties in this army from the 13th to the 15th inst. ; also the weekly report of the Inspector-General of Hospitals, which will be most gratifying to your Lordship, as showing a steady decrease in the number of cases of ...

... BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL. The fire of the French and English Batteries opened on Sebastopol on the 9th. On the 10th both French and English regarded the pro- gress of the bombardment as favourable, but nothing de- cisive had occurred to warrant a couclusion as to the immediate issue. The French Left Batteries had made a breach in the indented wall, and the two fronts of the last battery were ...

... - iul A Quarterly Meeting of the Town Council was held in the ead Council Chiamber on Tuesday last, but as the discussions onl occupied from ten o'clock to half-past four, a period of six the hours and a half, wye can give only a summmary of the busi- icr- ness transacted. rior Reports were received from the Estates Committee, in ub- one of which reference was made to the removal of the en- s- ...

... THIE UHANGO MASSACRE. Adta-ialty, 2tJ1 Jsse. 1SJo.-'I'llo Secretary of the Admiralty has great Ilecasure in informinig the public that accounts have been this day received at the Ad- miralty, from which it anppears that several of the boat's crew of the Cusseck, who were supjosed to have been killed, are alive, though prisoners. A complete list is subjoined of the killed, and of the prisoners, ...

... SHIPSTON,:ON-STOJR. RE-OPENI5NO OF TrHE PABISH ?? Wednesday the 20th instant the parish.church of SFbipston-on-Stour, having been, re-built with the exception of the tower, was re-opened with Divijie service and the celebration of the Holy Comrunion. The weather was moost, auspicious, and the ?? the occasion drew togethena large assembly from the Sown and neighbourlibod. Soo!D after 11 o'clock ...

... THE FRENOH CAMP IN THE CRIMEA. I1 . I . - t - , . I . t . . a A letter in the Cours-icr dye Marseilles, dated Kamiescb, s,17th of March, says n The Russians are throwing up new works of defence opposite the Victoria redoubt, which is now occupied by the 9th French division. From this redoubt rockets are every ;D evening fired into the town and must do considerable damage. .d Dui the last ...