... ROYAL AGRnCTLTURAL COLLEOB.-The sessional examina- tion of students at the Royal Agricultural College was brought to a conclusion on Wednesday the 20th of June. The fol- lowing are the results:- FIRST CLASS IN PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. Arraizlr.ed in order of merit. 1 Rome 7 Gee 1 S4ater 2 Wilson S Field 14 l Hawthorn 3 J Kimber 9 W. Colby 15 Tousey I Troutbeek 10 Smith 16 Butcher 4 Hollins 11 J. ...

... WINIOV.ETM, SATUIRDAT, JUEY 7, 1856. Sket * MxUaArsTIL rXA=T,1,. 1.Wdact4 Rventcisg. The short sumply :of wheat at Mark-iane on Menday I froma Essex ani Ze,'at wae taken off steadil at former priees; and there was a moderate demand for~ the better I sorts of foreign, wi.thout any q~uetable change in the value.I of these deskriptJLans. The imports conksis'td of 16,508 1 16 'quarters, against20 ...

... is PRoxoTIONTS. ti ~e Assistant $10-goss.-Charles Douglas Sheppard C1840), ~ to to therank of Surgeon, and appointed to the london. P e. 'AFrOnvSTImWS5 r, Liuas .C lei Stirlitg, Flag-Lieutenaot, to the 8 . 10 se Winp ostE G IL Miall to the Zical Albert; G. Tryon, J. Acy,.-W. Wv. S. Bridges, and A. C. Strode to the &Y41 Alberl, for disposal ; C. W.e , Martin to the r e b at. B, Ma C ?? to Chief ...

... THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOTL. J Letters from the Camp to the 14th inst. were received X on Thursday. The Times Correspondent thus writes:- d JULY 12.-Nothing new to-day. The French and Turks c have finally returned from their reconnaissance, and the f country about Baidar is again in the hands of the Cossacks. The quantity of cattle driven in by them is very great. The beasts, though not of the ...

... C ' ARLB UR HY. The fine weather haes induced very many parties to make up pic-nics in Wychwood Forest.-Hayvnaking has com- nenced, and the wheat is looking remarkably well. The Bell Benefit Club held their Quarterly Meeting on 31ouday last, when the accounts were duly audited, and a very satisfactory report was given. many farmers are wisely taking precautions against the eets of hail ...

... -_ ?? r ro Lord PANIMURE, in reply to Lord ELLENDOROt.G11 es. plained the scheme whichl he proposed to adopt with regard to the extra pay about to be given to soldiers serving before an enemy. Some other business was then despatched, after which their Lordships adjourned. H[OUSE OF COlNNONS, Thursday. The Elouse, at the morning sitting, was occupied inl Colo. nmittee with the details of the ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, JULY 13. In answer to Lord MONTEAGLE, Earl GRANVILLE stated that England and France were jointly and severally to guarantee the whole five millions of the Turkish loan. The Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill was read a third time. The Victoria and New South Wales Government Bills and Australian Waste Lands Bill was read a third timdo and passed. The Encumbered ...

... WE A. DI NG. DiRD.-.July 1S, while leading a storming party in the at- tack on the Redan, at Sebastopol, Lieutenant Jas. Murray, Royal Engineers, eldest son of Rear-Admiral Murray, El- don-square, Reading. WATER PATrY.-On Monday a large party proceeded in the Queen of the Thames pleasure boat on an aquatic excursion to Fawley Court Island. The band of the Royal Berks Militia accompanied ...

... (From a Supplement to the London, Gazette of Friday, I July 6-1monday, July 9.) a WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 9. 8 Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch i and its enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to hic Lordship by the late Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.B. :- fi BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Juwx 26. - My Lord,-! have the honour to transrrit to your lordship the accompanying ...

... THE COYBINED BiLTIC FLEET. The following is an official account of the ships of the Baltic fleet, and its a£tzual strength on the 23rd of Julv. By this account it will be seen that England hes iio occasion to blush at its war resources, but that, on the contrary, it has a fleet in one sea-alone which ss equal to all the ?? of the world combined:- A.-THE BRITISH FLEET. 1.-LINE-OF-BATTLI SHIPS. ...

... I . : lip, I-- ,il- PARIS, TUESDAY. ru- Twro hundred Germans, enlisted in the English Foreign Legion, areived at Paris yesterday, 'by the' Strasbourg ,vaRailwvay, enw rouste- for England, lats ,OQueeonVictoria; is expected on - the 16tb pioxisi'o 'at ted Calais. Ordeis b'a~i been sent to make pieparrtions to one receive her Maje'st. Tbe Emperor will soon leave for sud the Pytenees, and ...

... When are ladies like ?? they are green enough to be tied up before they have hearts.-C. M . de P. G. What should a man do who wants an indigestible supper ? -Bolt his front door before going to bed. When is a sculptor likely to go into convulsions and ex- plode ?-When he makes faces and busts. I A young gentleman having made some progress in acquir- S jag a knowledge of Italian, addressed a ...