... THE OXFORD JOURNAL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1S55. LIVE, STOCK. CIEIITAIN domestic aninmals are called stock, from the circumstance of t'ieir being part of the requisite material and furnislhing of a ftrn ; and live steck, to distinguish them fromn the inplements, seed, ma- nure, and stored produce of the farm, which are called dead stock. 'Iln an article on farm horses, whichl ...

... SUDDEN DEATH OF THuE RECTOR OF COIA RLTOXbON.-OTMOOR. U.I A It IALN'VU N)TMA.U Lt. 40En Monday evening last the B1ev. George Riggs, M.A., of Queen's College, and Rector of (Naarlton-on-Otmioor, near this oity (a living which he had held since 1846), was ?? dead in his chair in his draving room. The deceased, who ? was in this 5Sth year, appeared in bsis usual health during the day, and enjoyed ...

... THIE WAR. TFi FALL OF SEBASTOPOL. TTIE OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. the Leandon Gazette Estraoetdinarcy of Saturday, (Fro'l the Scptember 22.) WAR DEPARTMENT, Sl&temnber 22. Major the Hon. Leicester Curzoii arrived this ;;1lg with a despatch from General Simpson to ,ord panltiure, of which the following is a copy:- BBEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Scptentoncr 9. My Lord,-I had the honour to apprise your Lord- ...

... 5T'HE OXFORD CITY LEGTUR.ESHIPS. ?? Town Clerk, thinking that this matter must ere long ;be fully discussed in Council, and that it is desirable, botlli'for the members of the Council and the public, to have the facts previously before them, is enabled, by the 1 kindness of the Editor ef the .Youwnnal, to publish the fol- lowing chronological statement:- ,1762, Dec. 20.-The Honorable Robert ...

... -SPIERIT OF THE PRESS. MTE CONDUCT OF THE KING OF NAPLES. (From the Times.) There is an old distich, familiar enough in men's mouths, in which the writer denies that Kings or Governments have 0 much to do with the ills which men are condemned to h endure during their pilgrimage upon earth. A more egre- ti gious fallacy was never licked into rhyme, and thrown forth upon the world to impose upon ...

... , - . . *-ILVJ.`U .L X. FOREST FAIR.-Great preparations are being in e for ,Forest fair, on the 12th instant, by the innkeepers il this ;locality. Excursion trains will run at intervals throughout the day on the Oxford, WVorqester, and Wlolverhampton Railway. It is hoped that tbe visitors will keep the proper roads, and not trespass on the Cornbury domain. The constabulary force, for the ...

... From Oxford to Banbury, London, Birmingham, Man. chester, £iiempool, C6hestet, Edinburgh, &c. WEEK DAYS. S.UND. Morn Morn Aft. Aft. A ft. 6 oin: Laves ?? 0 69 4512 30 4 61 6 25 10 0 I etlslip . 7 10 95 12 40 425 625 10 11 Bcte. ?? 10 81255 438 10 73026 Bedfotrd I .. !1 1125154 ?? Nortbm. . ?? 730 I 0 445 6.45 Claydonr.oh. 7401026 115 5 07 0 Winslowd. Arive 7 5010 32 1 5 4 10 7 10 10 513 ...

... VU x- The following are extracts from a letter from an English as officer, prisoner in Sebastopol, to his brother:- st AuOUST.-No description of mine could give you an ade- is quate idea of the misery existing within this fort, When ;h our army was in the greatest distress last winter we were ie healthy and happy compared to what the Russian troops in le Sebastopol have been since I was made a ...

... BEUaiSn1iE.-The weather during the early part of August was showery; but on the 9th it cleared, and we had, with few exceptions, splendid harvest weather to the end. On the night of the 23rd a most tremendous thunder-storm swept across the country. Lightning was incessant, and extremely vivid; but, excepting in a few spots, the quantity of rain that fell was only trifling. In some warm ...

... R1OYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. - I _ - I 1 . I S., .. . .. . . ZXLJ 1 O.L5{UIX OUb151 1 The deferred trial of the Reaping Machines selected -tt: athe Carlisle Meeting to&l: place at Abbot's Leigh, near T 13ristol, on Wednesday the 23th of August, in the presence .of Mr. Miles, 1. P., (Precident of the Royal Agriciiltural a 'Society of England at the Carlisle IMeeting), ?? hI Henry Northcote, ...

... BUCKINTSGHAM. Towx Cou'aiL.-This body ?? its usual monthly meet- ina, ol o1uaoday tire Old inst. BMr. George King, the senior Aklermiin, in the absence of the Mlryor, presided. The tender of Mr. 'illians Kirby, jun., to swpplY the gaol with F brmad at VI'1. per loaf, and flour at 2;. Sd. per peclk, for thle half year, was accepted, as was also that of Mr. John Harris S to supply mutton at GAd. ...

... le SEPTEM'BER, 1855. lie he OXFORD, WORCESTER & WOLVERHAXIIPTONT. its Down.-Froin LONDON to OXFORD, WORCESTER, and 0d. WOLVERHAMPTON. to AVREEK DAYS. SUNIAYS. to TRAINS LEAVE a.m. a.m. p~m. p.m. ali.n. p.m ag Euston-square ?? 6 9 45 1 0 5 15 ad Paddington ?? 9 15 12 .50 4 50 ..2 0 in, O.ford ?? Arrive ?? 10 40 3 10 6 30 . 4 013 ud Orobrd Depart ?? 8 1011 35 3 30 650 7 30 '4 40 in, ...