... VISIT OF THE 3KING OF SARDINIA. In a telegraphic despatch last week we briefly an- nounced the arrival of the King of Sardinia at Dover, on Friday morning, the 30th ult. The preparations made for his reception at that place were simple and unosten- tatious, the Lord Warden Hotel, to which he repaired on landing, being the only place that was at all gaily deco- rated. He arrived in the Vivid at ...

... The German papers contain a summary of a document in which the Russian Councillor of State, De Kotzebue, Chief of the Military Chancellery of Prince Gortscbakoff, takes a review of the military operations of the Allies subsequent to the taking of Sebastopol, and undertakes to depict the situation of the Russian army in the Crimea. After glancing at the operations of the Allies near the valley ...

... A NiGGER LiE G,.- i say, Sambo., does yenow what makes the corn grow so fast when you put (le roanure on it? ?? No, 1 don't hardly. Now I'll jist tell ye. When de corn begans to smell the manure, it don't like de 'fumery, so it hurries out of the ground and sits up as high as possible, so as not to breaff de bad air. PREACHING TO THu WVRtONG ?? amusing story has been current in Wesleyan ...

... VARIETI ES. HINTS FOR THE NuREtRY.-Milk is the best. food for infants, but curd should be avoided, nor should the child have its whey. Pie-crust is bad for children, and in the nursery neither pie-crusts nor promises should ever he ?? A lmanac. BeEEVOLExcs.-Pecurilary aid, by those who have the means. is the most easy form in which benevolence can be gratified, and that which often requires ...

... DEDDINGTOWq. Bl.TsI.-Dec. 16, the wife of Mr. Robert Rogers, farmer, of a daughter. DIED.-Dec. 15, at Deddington, Elizabeth, wife of Thos. Churchill, aged 83.-Dee. 16, at Aynho, John Howse, at an advanced age.-Dec. 17, at King's Sutton, aVm. Heritage, aged 86.-Dec.20, at Adderbury, W. Wain, at an advanced age. THm NATflONAL ScnooiLs.-A slight omission occurred in our report of this meeting, ...

... DECEMIBER, 1855. OXFORD, WOR1CESTER & WOLVERHAMJPTON. Down.-Froin LONDON to OXroRD, WORCESTR, and WOLVEItHTAMPTON. WVEIK DAYS. SUNDAYS., TREAINS LEAVE a.m. 1 a.m. P.M. p.m. ami. p.m. ?? 15: 9 45 12 30 5 0.. . ?? 19 40 I 0 4 50 2 0 Orfo) rd Arrive ?? 15 12 5 0 630 ?? 428 ?? 8 10,11 30 30 645 730 440 Hando-r o u ghIi..I. 8 40'1 503 20 7 5750 50 ?? 85 5'125 3 35 720 82 5 15 ?? 95 ?? 345 ?? ...

... WINTER NECESSARfES FOR THE PooL-A meeting for set taking into consideration the best means of alleviating the do distress of the poor of this town was held at Hensington House on the 22nd of November. It was proposed to of establish a soup kitchen, to supply twice a week, at one on penny per quart, and to conlimence the distribution next of week. With the view, of carrying out this laudable ...

... Lias1TIcNs AND WAATCHrlN.-A meeting of tihe rate-payers of the parish was held at the Market Hall on Monday last, for the purpose of the inspectors producing their accounts and vouchers for the pastyear, to appoint inspectors, and to determine the amount of money to be raised for the current I year, Mr. S. Field in the chair. Mr. D. Ponting proposed Mr. Samuel Field anid Mr. Alfred Robert ...

... _ AGRICULTURAL REPORT, BERKSHIRE, Nov. 30.-Although not favoured with much sunshine, we have to report very seasonable weather during November. The first and third days were showery, and the eighth quite wet ; the remainder of the month has been dry, with now and then a misty shower. The mornings of the 15th and 16th were sharply frosty ; thus settling what remained of tender garden annuals, ...

... The King of Sardinia and suite arrived in Paris on I riday the 23rd ult., at half-past one, Prince Napoleon, the chief personages of the Emperor's household, the Pre- sidents of the Senate and Legislative Body, and the Pre- fects awaited the arrival of his Majesty at the Lyons Railway Station, and escorted him in procession along thb. quays, by the HOtel de Ville and the Rue de Rivoli, to thd ...

... The Rev. M. A. Atkinson to Fakenham, Norfolk. The Rev, G. H. Fielding to Fredunnook, near Usk. The Rev. V. I. Child to Little Easton, Essex. The Rev. R. Roe to Melbury Osmond, with gelburySamp- ford, near Dorchester. The Rev. II. B. Smyth to Houghton Regis, near Dungtable. The Rev. J. H. Stewart to Millbrook, near Southampton. The Rev. T. B. Turner to Port Royai, Jamaica. Vli0RAGES. The Rev. C ...

... 0VI)/EA PAIRA'S ARMY. 't (i-(reOA T1LE CORnrESpONDENT OF THE TIMES.) TURKIJSJ CAAMP, SUGDIDI, Nov. 11'. The day after a battle is generally one of repose, and the Turkishf troops were scarcely in a condition to follow the retreating Russian army the day after the passage of the Ingour. I saw, however, in the course of my ex- l plorations in the woods to the rear of the battery so many carcases ...