... This annual exhibition of fruit, flowers, &c. was held on Wednesday last. Gee. Nelson, Esq., very liberally gave the use of his garden and ground for the occasion, which answered the purpose in an admirable manner. The weather, although a little shlowery, was still very propitious, and the number of visitors was very large. The array of fruit and fldowers was exceedingly fine and beautiful, ...

... THE OXFORD JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1855. VUNIVERSITY & CLER.ICAL INTELLIGENCE. - I .IAGDAI.F.X COLTMEG.-The election for Demies at Mag- dalen College terminated on Wednesday in favour of the following gentlemen :-Mr. Alington, Rugby School; Mr. Evered, Masgdalen Hall; M~r. Osborn, St. John's, (the author of the last Newdigate Prize Poem) ; Mlr. Tanner, Queen's; M~r. Holland, IBalliol ; and ...

... (From the Times.) It is satisfactory to learn .that the Ruassiau Govern- tun. melet are not entirely insensible to the censures and ofd t he remoriatraces which were justly called forth, not only wl from all Europe but from America, by the murderous ine easlaught of the ruffians who attacked the boat's crew Los of the Cossack under a flag of truce. The Journals of te St. Petersbuerg has been ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... . . . . ?? . . . .. _ I -. , A weekly council was held at the Socielty's hou'se in sir Hanover-square, on Wednesday the 18th of July : present;' PO William Miles, Esq., M.P., in this cbaii-; Sir Stafford Ya Northoote, Bart,, M.P., Mr. Addison, Mr. Astbury, Mr. an Raymon Barke, Dr. alvert Coloel Challoner, Mr. T. but T. Clake, Mr Corbe, Mr. eereMr. Gadesden, Mr.: to Jonathn Gra, Geneal Hal, M.P ...

... DESPATCHES FROM Too BLACK SEA., rits Admiralty, Jaly 23, 1855. 6nd Despatches, of which tha following are copies or ex- ing tracts, have been received at this office, from Rear- a Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Commander-in-Chief of red her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Black Sea:- ral Royal Albert, Off Sebastopol, go. July 10, 50 Sir,-Tbeir Lordships will have great pleasure in 'P learning ...

... T This great Sheep and Lamb Fair, which took place on a Wednesday, the 18th instant, again maintained its cele- brity. The supply was considered to be a little below that of some former years; but there was, nevertheless, between 70,000 and 80,0UO sheep and lambs penned. ',The trade, as might be anticipated, was much affected by the short hay crop this year, and the prospect of their e being a ...

... * PARLIihAMENTARY COMMITTEE. qAT.P. AP ' utnon Anl SALE OF REER ACT. on The committee met on Thursday, Mr. H. Berkeley et, ini thezchar. 'We ?? we are correct in Stating that Tc on the only two members of the comsnittre who were not wee )St present were Mr. Ker Seymer and Lord Harry Vane.- after, he on &he assembling of the committee, the room was ime- inces ng mediately. cleared, and they ...

... ,- r 1- ^- . I. in (From the Exeanzier.) ye A very scandalous and discreditable disaster has occurred fy on the west coast of Africa, where such occurrences, how- id ever, are by no means uncommon to the English, or to the it French either; for our allies are rather the worse of the two le on that coast, and have just received a rebuff near Goree. ?? About 30 years ago a British force, sent to ...