... -t o - ?? -1- , - ,, .. 1nd A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 26th ult., in the Cologne Gazette, says :- Promotion in the army takes place at present so rapidly that there are many lieutenants I who have been only 18 months in the service. In times r of peace a man remains usually three years in the sameV grade, so that it requires twelve years to become a staff officer. A passenger by ...

... The monthly meeting of the Oxford Farmers' Club was held on Wednesday last, at the Three Cups Hotel, when there wvas a good attendance of the members. Among those present were the President (Mr. IV. Thomson), the Vice- President(AIr. Middleton), Messrs. MIein, G. Long, Williams, Watson, G. Osborn, Mr. Alderman Towle, Messrs. Bates, Woodford, Marsh, J. Wickens, Bruton, Scott, &c., &c. The ...

... A benefaction of 100QZ. Three per Cent, Consolidatted Bank Annuities having been offered to the University, the interest to be given as a prize for an English Poem on a Sacred Subject, which shall be awarded, under certain regulations, once in every three years; and the same having been accepted by Convocation on Feb. 15, 1848, thefollowingauluject is proposed for the year18557:- The Death of ...

... A correspondent of the Times in the Crimea thus writes on the 16th ult. - Although attached to the fleet, I had a very good opportunity of seeing a good deal of what was going on on shore, and I am therefore delighted to see that you took the lead in denouncing the real cause of our failure in the Crimea-namely, the want of leadership. You know that at all times a more than ordinary man is ...

... k-n Ir ,, -a A ROGUE AND VAaA/BOND.-On Wednesday last a man who gave his name as John Smlith, of Witucy, was brought sip in custody by Hurd, the officer, before B. J. Whippy, Esq., charged with going about gathering contributions under fraudulent pretences. It appeared that the prisoner camie to Charlbury on the previous day, and, by the assist- ance of a person in this town, obtained most of ...

... THE FRENOH ACCOUNT. it The Mlloniteui publishes the following despatch from ir General Canrobert, to the French Minister of War, dated March 23 Monsieur le Alardcbal,-1es, had last night a very hard- e rontit d, and, for our troops, very glorious combat on our right worliq of attack-, in front of the Malakchoff Tower. At about eleven o'clock at night the enemy attempted a general sortie on ...

... THE OXFORD JOURNAL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1S55. LIVE, STOCK. CIEIITAIN domestic aninmals are called stock, from the circumstance of t'ieir being part of the requisite material and furnislhing of a ftrn ; and live steck, to distinguish them fromn the inplements, seed, ma- nure, and stored produce of the farm, which are called dead stock. 'Iln an article on farm horses, whichl ...

... THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOI. The latest despatches from the Crimea, via Vienna, come down to Feb. 4, up to which date nothing of im- portance had occurred. The firing was well sustained in the daytime by the batteries of the Allies, whose position and number of guns opened were daily improving and increasing. The movement of the Turko-French force from Eupatoria, to manwuvre upon the north of ...

... DIED.-Dec. 11, at Spelhibury, Mr. John Pratt, farmer. Ralph Ellis, John Ellis, and George Slatter, all of Great llollright, labotirers, wuro a pprehended and brought before the Rev. T. Harris, at Swefrtord Rectory, on the 8th inst., ?? and Piilice-constableYates, charged 'with having, on tile uight of the thl !ist., at Over-Nortoa, matliciously thrown down a certain ivall, the property of ...

... PRESENIIArTION OF A SWORD TO SIR DE' LACY EVANS. rill, ?? ?? T-T-.I ?? -3. A1 The inhiabitants ofFolkestone, IHythe, Sandgate, and the neighbourhood on Monday last presented General Sir De lacy Evans with a sword, in commemoration of the courage, devotion, and generosity exhibited by him in the mnemorable actions of Alma, the heights of Tobernaya, and 1nkermann. The gallant General in ...

... JA N UAR Y. LONDON & NORTH WESTERN. From Oxford to Batbaury, London, Bir-ming7ham,1 c/ester, Liveirool, C/tester, Edinburglt, &c. Leaves OXFORD ?? Arr. at Islip ?? Bicester ?? Launton ?? Claydon ?? Winslow ?? Arrive W (Winslow Dep. S | Buclingham .2 a Brackley ?? Farthingboe.. ?? ?? Swaanbourne ?? Bletchley ?? LONDON ?? Bedford ?? Northampton ?? Peterborough ?? Cambridge ?? Rugby ?? ...

... 3H OUSE rOF LORDS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10. After several other bills had been forwarded a stage, Lord M1O0NTEAG0LE took advantage of the Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill to discuss the financial position of the country, the enormous cost at which the war was conducted, and the mode in which that cost was defrayed. He objected to the expenditure upon military establish. inents at home, the ...