... (From a Corresnodent oa the TVn- (From ?? of the Time$. Nearing Tolhoukin: from the sea, the low island of Cronstadt, with all its terrors, gradually risea in patchy hummocks, and to the southward singular rockey ex- eresences, appear dotted about between it and the main, backed by the tall nasets of theo liners ; thbse, wilh the gilt, steeple of the church, which sparkles many a mile, are 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 ...

... JUNE, 1855. OXFORD, WORCESTER & WOLVERHALIPTON. Down.-Froni LONDON to OXFORD, WOROCSTER, and WOLVEILHAMIPTON. AYREli DAYS. TRAINS .E.AVE a.m. at.m p.m. p.m. Euston-square ?? 6 1I 9 46 12 30 S 16 Paddington ?? 9 15 12 50 4 50 0,rford Arrive ?? 10 40 3 10 6 30 Qv'brdbse Depart ?? 10I11 2 3 1 6 S0 fitandborough ?? 8 4011 50 3 35 7 20 Charibury ?? 9 0112 .5 3 46 7 35 Asoott . ?? 12 1 I35 7 ...

... F . .: ;. - f- ADlMIALTY, JuNz 25. Despatheboof vhich- the followingg Oro copies ow AJxtractsg have been received from Reamr-Adinital Si 1al Edtnrid )qo, tait., G.QC.B, Comraaidr-io Chief 01 as Si,-atitLV~o h iitd,~avying iso- a- formed me tha 'tIhe eudrn-,ae siorrwudh ready about tho-2nt oi3ditt~~~so8nnineoea Li tions; ilathe-sholldw wiaers-of-tiie Gulf-of riff; vice., in, Adnsirai-Brsat ,Aud ...

... MISCE LL ANEOUS, THE QUEEN AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.-On Saturday, the 23rd inst., the Queen and Prince Albert, attended by Lady Churchill and two equerries, visited the British Museum. The object of her Majesty's visit was to inspect the new Assyrian antiquities lately arrived from Nineveh, the results of the last excavations of Mr. Loftus and Col. Raawlinson. They were received at the entrance ...

... V A NEw USE FOr DANCING.-i How little you under- stand young Wedgewood ! If he appears to love waltzing, it is only to catch fresh figures for cream-jugs. Depend upon it, he will have Jeffrey and you upon some of his vessels, and you will enjoy an argillaceous immortality.- Sydneu Smith. OLD BRoo00ts FOr. Ncw.-It's all very well to talk about new Brooms sweeping clean, but there's an old ...

... THE OXFORD JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1855. h DEEP CULTIVATION-(Continued). IN last week's JOURNAL we disposed of two of the h-four requirements needful for the fertility of a soil- namely, the affording a firm place of support for the d, roots of plants, and also a sufficient quantity of easily id assimilated nourishment; and we showed that these e two conditions of fertility were not ...

... THE SOUTHAMPTON COLLEGE AND BOARDING SCHOOL, I I The examination of the youths educated at the South- a . ampton College, under the Principal, James Duncan, a d Esq. Mr.A. and a large staff of masters, took place previous e I to the breaking up for the Midsummer vacation, onThurs- t day last. The visitors were very numerous, being prin- c. ipally the parents and friends of the pupils, but also ...

... Frpom Tuesday', London Gazette. ?? DoWS1oNG-STBEBR, JUsN 25. The QueOen bas been pleased to appoint John It. Par. P telow, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the province of b New Brunswick. WAR-OsFICE, JUsE 2f6. lst Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Lieutenant E. S Bradbury to be Captain, without purchase. To be P Lieutenants, without ?? W. C. Wing- P field, vice Bradbury ; Cornet J. B. Edlmann. Sl ...

... 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 ...

... e (From a Correcspondent in the Fleet.) OFF SESKAR. JuNzE 18. At seven o'clock on the morning of the i1th the Ma- t giciessne returned from a cruise along the coast of Fin- I land between Helsingfors and Viborg; on the 9th, when passingbetween theisiandof Rivansari andthe mainland, she came suddenly upon an encampment of about 3,000 of the enemy, who had with them six heavy field pieces; she ...