... 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 ...

... Mr. James Bowen, Commoner, has been elected Mathe- matical Exhibitioner of UniversityCollegge. At a Congregation held at Cambridge on Wednesday last, Richard Harris Dalton Barham, B.A., of Oriel college, Oxford, was admitted ad cisuncm. The Committee appointed to propose Regulations for con- ducting the business of Congregation have agreed upon the following, which will be submitted to the ...

... eGGNAL CORRES ONDENCE. [WLse beg it to be distinctly understood that we do not hold our- selve-osponsible for the ?? Correspondentsg THE QUEENiCo; CGOKOSEY. 1o the Editor of hITO.Qfiord Jourszal. . Ssa,-Si.1Ce a report of tbe preeliminary proceediagspih t'SI case has appeared in most; of the London and poovincial newspaper.s involving acc-asatibns of the gravest charaeter againstt thle ...

... BAANDURY. ..M in a ur is s.x. NV AnaRD.-Jan. 30, at Stratford-on-Avon, Mr. Charles Edwvin Iartley, of Banbury, to Miss Mary Aune White, of Stratford-ou-Avom. D1ED.-Jan. 27, Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn, of Aynhoe, aged aged 47 years.-Feb. 1, Mr. Riehard Gilkes, of Sibford Gower, aged 87 years.-Feb. 3, Mr. John Iawytin, butcher, of l pwell, aged 6S ?? day, Elixabeth. Waters, of Neithrop, aged 76 years. ...

... SIR CHARLES NAPIERI & LORD CARDIGAN. At at dinner given by the Lord Mayor of London,.at the Mlansion House, on Tuesday last, Sir Charles Napier, In bW returning thanks to the company for drinking his health, fl spoke as follows a My Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, ladies and gentlemen, fil if ant officer having returned from a foreign service. like mly'b noble friend, if he will allow me to call ...

... THE[ MINISTRY. BtI;rilAnAN I 5AA wo ns 11 Our latest intelligence last ws eek respecting the Ministerinal- crisis stated, on the authority of the .i4orting Post, that it was believed that Lord' Palmerston would be summoned to form a Mhlistry ; tbis statement has proved to be correct. After the Marquis of Lansdowne had returned from Windsor Castle last week, he sent for Mr. Gladstone, who Gn do ...

... DINNER TO THE OXFORDSHIIRE MILITIA. I In consequence of upwards of five hundred of the Oxford- shire Militia having v',lunteered on foreign service, and it being expected that as soon as the requisito number (600) is completed they will leave for the Mediterranean, the officers resolved to entertain the whole reginment with a dinner in the Town Hall, to mark their sense, not only of their ...

... THE OXFORD JOURNAL, SATURlDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1865. SCIENCE AND AGRICULTU1ET SCOTCH AGRICTJLTUJRE. OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING A TOUR IN THAT COUNTRY. WE return this week to the subject of Scotch Agri- culture, and in this paper we purpose giving ex- tracts from the note-book of our correspondent relating to the various farms, the differences in the soil, and the striking agricultural peculiarities ...

... a on.- I.A - of h.- To- Returns have just been made to the House of Comons, dated the 26th of June, 1854, of the number and descrip- tion of persons employed on each of the railways in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, oil the 30th day of June, 1854, which were at that date open for traffic; also the length of line, with the number of stations open for public traffic on ...

... AYLE*SBURY. DIED,-Feb. 3, in her 64th year, Letitia Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Mr. Argles, of Aylesbury, and the affec- tionate mother of twelve children. Of her it may be truly said she was a daughter, wife, and mother, without reproach. Ali'.EsnUY COAI, FuND.-A collection has been made in this town for the purpose of supplying the poor and needy inhabitants with coal at a low price; and ...

... FEBRUARY. LONDON & NORTH WESTERN. Prom Oxford to Ba btury, London, Birmingqham, .3an- chester, Liverjlool, Chester, Edinbrgih, &c. WEEK DAYS. SUND. Morn Morn Aft. Aft. Aft. Morn Leaves OXFORD . * 0t9 5012 30 4 15 6 15 10 0 Arr. at Islip ?? 8 1010 0 12 40 425 625 10 11 Bicester ?? 8 23110 13 12 55 4 38 6 38 10 26 Launton ?? ?? ?? 10 20 1 0 445 645 ?? Claydon ?? 4010 35 115 5 07 0 ?? Winslow ?? ...