... Whilst all in their different degrees are enjoying the fes- tivities of Christmas, and many a happy family gathers round the yule log, the Cowley School has not been left without its share of aimusemient; and the children were glad to find that, though various circumstances debarred them fromt the pleasures of a family meeting, they still had friends who were wtilling to afford them all the ...

... THE OXFORD JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1855. THE BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. (CONCLUDED .) THE second part of MB. ACLAND'S Essay on the Chemistry of Practical Farming (an expression which he prefers to Agricultural Chemistry) be- gins with some remarks on Liebig's mineral theory, which1 is mainly to the effect that the produce of our fields will increase or diminish ...

... - DIED.-JUly 7, aged 78 years, Sarah, widow of the late Mr. John Aston, ?? day, aged 30 years, after only a few days' painful eruption of the arm, which ended in mortification, Mr. William Henry Simmons, chemist, &c., second son. of the late Mr. Willian Simmons, chemist, leaving a widow and one ?? singularly, in the course of the same night, and from a similar affliction, arising from a ...

... A PARENTAL HINT.-When an accident occurs, learn wshether it was through misfortune, carelessness, or wilful- ness, before you pass sentence. Accidents are frequently of great service, and children often learn more caution and real information from their occurrence than from fifty les- sons. Be it remembered that the perfection of science is owing to the occurrence and remedy of its early ...

... t The long-anticipated report of the committee of investi- o gation on the Eastern Counties Railway has just been issued and not only sustains all the charges brought by the auditors s against the management at the last meeting, but states that those charges vere far below what would have been warranted. ,fIt is asserted that no correct balance has ever been struck in the stores department ...

... WITNE.Y. W ;'1'±N .I). DiED. --Nov. 28, at South-Lawn Lodge, Mr. H. Wilsdon, in the 26th year of his age. M1r. Tyrrell, our Superintendent, attended at the Marl- borough Arms, on Tuesday and Wednesday last, and will be there this day (Saturday), to adjust weights and measures for all parties resident in the town ; the other districts will be taken in due course. The anmual dinner of the ...

... 'FARINGDO . GswNSsT'S CIRCus.--On Friday the 22nd inst, this cele- brated tboupe of equestrians gave two- performances in our town. The attendance in the evening was very numerous, and the entertainments gave the most complete satisfaction. HALL INSURANOE.-Our agricultural friends are reminded that the season of the year for insuring their crops against damage by hail is again come round, and ...

... - - A - ., A .1 . . . . - The second meeting of this Society for the present Ters was held in the rooms in Holywell-street on the 28th ult The President (the Rector of Exeter College) took the chair, and laid before the meeting Boswell's Picturesque Antiquities of England and Wales, presented by W. A. Bayley, Esq., of Oriel College. 'T'he following gentlemen were elected members of the Society ...

... MARsRIED.-Jan. 19, Mr. John Lynes, of Eydon, to.iars. Jarvis, of Weston, near Weedon. DIED.-Jan. 1. Mi. Richard Page Ivens, of EydQn.- TI Jan. 23, Mrs. Ann Eyyres, of Epwell, aged 74 years.--Jan. 0O 26, Mr. James Wheeler, blacksmith, Fish-street, Banbury, su aged 60 years.-Jan. 28, Mrs. Alice Coles, of Adderbury, a member of the Society of Friends, aged 65 ?? wi day, Mr. Michael Pettipher, of ...

... d BInvic.-May 4, Mirs. Edward Parrott, of a daughter, stillborn. 0 PI'CLio VESTTRY.-A meeting of the ratepayers was held D on Friday the Ist instant, when it was unanimously agreed 0 that the burial Board for the Parish of Buckignban should have the sanction of that meeting to the raising of a sum not exceeding 2,4001. for the purposes of the new Cemetery. It was also agreed that one-third of ...

... (From the Loendo (icazetct of Tuesday, .Mlatrc- 20.) ADMIRALTY, MARCIH 19. A despateb, of which the following is a copy, has been received from Inear-Adniiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Balt., G.C. B., Cpmilinamder-in-Chief of her -Majesty's shijps and t vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea PROCELDINOS AT KERTCII. toyl A II-ert, qf ISeCstopol, Feb. 27. Sir,-Witli referenee to my letter of the ...

... Letters from the Camp to the 16th ult. were received on Monday. The Taies Correspondent says:- The English army, convinced that it is to winter in its present camp, has set seriously to work to guard itself from the inclement weather from which it last year suffered so grievously, and to make itself as comfortable as it call. Officers and men are busy with domestic arrangements. Hutting and ...