... Is I FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD i 1856; dil wa BEING IBISSEXTILE, OR LEAP YEAR. Lo I i {i1 0 X I 1 2 t 1O } 5 t Ei| ^ Fi1 9| 9 be ml JANUARY ?? ?? ?? ?? 1 2 3 4 5 Tu Sun rise 8. 8 0 7 S 9 10 11 12 taiu Neiv 91on 7th 11.17a. 13 14 1S 16 i7 18 19 th, Full Moon 22nd8.29m. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 80 31 RC FaBituARY ?? . ?? . ?? . ?? . ?? I 1 2 S un rises 7.4 3 4 6 7 8S 9 p N.ll. 6th 10.36 m. ...

... From Friday's London Gaa#eG. . -- 0 - rogi DowNiKG-STREET, DEC. 26. mai Tbre Qu, en has been pytased to appoint Lloyd Evans Meshanm. Esq., to be Resident Magistrate in the District of Natal, in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. b brol WAR OFFIcE, DEa. 28. the Coldstream Guards-Capt. the Hon. H. W. Camp- quo bell, from the Rifle Brigade, to 'e Lieutenant and Cap- brol tail, by purchase, vice ...

... The half-yearly meeting of this Society was held at the officesin Hanover-square on Saturday, when Col. Challoner (in the absence of the President, Lord Portman), filled the chair. Mr. Hudson, the secretary, read the following report:- The Society, during the past half-year, has lost 40 of its memibers by death, anid gained, during the same period, 116 new members by election. Its list now ...

... A montlrly council was held at the Society's house, in Ilanlrver-square, on Wednesday, the 5th inst. Present, glr. Rnaymisond Barker, V.P., in the chair; Sir Archibald ;{eppel Macdonald, Bart., Mr. Branston, M.P., Mr. lirandreth, Mr. Evelyn Denison, M.P., Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Ir. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Wren Hloskyns, MIi. Kinder, Professor -Symonds, Mr. Jonas Webb, and Mr. Birch W estern. Mlany new ...

... COt RIS MARTIAL a court-martial, of which Captain Sir Thomas Mtalt- s! i.,,o Her Mlajesty's ship .Ercrlletea. weas Presi- ~ea~sbled on board the Slag-ship rictor y, on ! rt last, to try Mi- Jam~es Driver, Acting-Assis- ' Egiaeer. na->, of the first class, serving en board I- itajuoty's steamn gunboat .Halide, for having, on the ,,Q'October. disobeyed orders and behaved with die- t a:st his ...

... n- -- -- _ -- E _ It . I I I Tua NEXT BALTIC CAMPAICN.-Gen. Canrobert ?? P, some words at Haembur-g. indicating that in case of another campaign in the Baltic, the fleet wvill have an immense pre- pionderance of goun and mortar boats. Two armies wvill be landed, one in Finiland and the other in Couriand, and r Gen. Canirobert will have the comnnand-in-chief. Sule OT FIrE IN TriE EIlSEli .-On ...

... A lecture on recent discoveries in Assyria and Babylonia was delivered on Wednesday in the Sheldonian Theatre by Colonel Rawlinson, C.B., Hon. ?? to an audience cal- culated at 1,500 persons. The doors of the theatre were thrown open at half-past one o'clock, when the seats rapidly filled, and by two o'clock, the hour appointed for the lecture, there were few places unoccupied in the area, the ...

... 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 ...

... | The Emperor Alexander has addressed the following I letter to Prince Gortschakoff. It is dated November the 12th:- 'i During my sojourn with the army of the Crimea I observed with great satisfaction that the soldiers main- tained their vigorous and contented appearanco despite the unheard of bardships they had to suffer during the siege of Sebastopol, and that in every department that order ...