... OXFORD MIDDLE-CLASS EXAMINATIONS.- AWARD OF PRIZES AT LIVERPOOL A crowded and enthusiastic meeting was held on Sa- turday, at the St. George's Hall, for the purpose of wit- nessing the award of prizes anti certificates to the suc- cessful candidates at the recent Oxford middle-class examinations. The Earl of Carlisle presided, and in eneloquent speech expressed the pleasure which he felt at ...

... ae Trhc fire that happened ott Sunday afternoon iil tile 11 NWeet n diri-road, Popnlar. was atten dad withr ,a far. I gvcater destritetton or propertY than was at first antici- ra pated, and evenl as ?? as six o'olock last evening was f far fromt being entirely extingguished. No one who has it lot viewed thle smooking ruriis canl f'orm the least con- r rt ception of chc inimeriec Igap thast ...

... ARMY CLOTHING COMMISSiON. \NEnDESDAY.-The commissioners appointed to inquire into the malpractices at Weedon renewed their labouis this morning in town, at an early hour. They were occupied the greater part of the forenoon in inspecting the establishment of Messrs Hayter and Howell, the government packers, in Mark-lane. The various officers of the firm explained to the commissioners the mode ...

... THE PRINCESS ROYAL AND THE CORPORA- TION OF GRAVESEND. I~~_ niJESSNDn. SatllrflaVy-Onr readers will recollect d that on the occasion of the Qneen's embarkation at this t, place her Majesty condescendingly undertook to be the b medium of presenting to the Princess pf Prussia a taste- fully executed drawing commemorating the presence of l the young ladies who were the fair flower strewers on the ...

... FOREGN AND COLONIAL se.eFAwS. FRA\NCE1. I' ARTS TALK. It is a consoling reflection thot, however great the dcarth of news thie viid imainationl of Frnchl, Belgian-and I am afraid I must add a few lEngish- journalists enables them to provide thc public with anl imitation that wcill pass muster verY toleralblY at first siglt. When facts are not to be had, a little fiction, judiciously brought ...

... To the Edr'tor of t7ie NortAt Vales hChrontcie. C Sir,-The undersigned are most anxious through the t medium of the public press, to draw the attention of the ?? ?? exceeding- a ly injudicious if not suicidal practice adopted by vessels, in the Liverpool and American, Trade particularly, in 1a firing guns, sending up rockets, burning blue lights, &c., off this poet on passing, often mistaken ...

... Y The Archdeacon of Berks, having~, in common with Y' the othcr Commissioners of the Boyn~e-hill case, receivcd I 1,the following letter from the Bishop of Oxford, rcquests ID that it may be inserted in The Tinmes.- Binfield, Oct. 1. n Lavingtont-house, Petworthi, Sept. 30. a Gentlemen,-I have received the report of y-our c Commission of Inqniry into the chargres broughit against ' .1Mr W1est ...

... LLANDILO,-SATURD.-X, Oct. 2. -- .- . . . . . : . 1 Before Wnm. Peel and Wmn. Dickinson, Esqrs, alndtlO Rev. 1). ff. J. G. Williams., Eiq. William Grilliths, of Court l-ierry _Mountai, *riS fined 5s. and costs, for being drunk and disorderl Dl) the 2Sih ult. Daniel Lermonbincso Glanruguclhaf, Llanclilofawr, WO e charged by Ann Jones, of Maesycrug, Llanegwvad vith assaulting tier in an ...

... GREAT CONFESSIONAL MSEETING. In accordance with a notice addressed to the metro- politan vestrymen, a meeting was held Monday in St. James's-lhall, Piccadilly, for the purpose of protesting aainilst the confessional, and other innovations, in the Church of England. The doors were thrown open at eleven o'clock, and though the numbers in attendance at that hour were not considerable, there were ...

... TIHE QUEEN'S RETURN. EI',DMUnGno, Tuesday EveLning-The Qtueenl V'l Balmoral this morningr at nine o'clock. The Nveathr. which had been stormy. was now fair, azid, altho'2l01 the Grampian mountains were covered with snolv her Majesty travelled in an open carriage by Balater and Aboyne to Banchory, a distance of 30 mile. The Que-en was received at the Banchory station of the Deeside I'ailwvay by ...

... electing tie ?? Spirit of thte Press, toe are guided by a vishs to place before our readers the optinion of dli parties, without any regard to the relation such 1iss ions lay sustain to this journal.] THE LIVERPOOL CONGRESS. [From the 31orning Star.] Tile most interesting meeting connected with the Social Congress at Liverpool was undoubtedly that one Conhigr tbe working classes exclusively ...

... IL A T E S T F R O WII I NDIA. THE BOMBAY MAIL. Very far indeed from satisfactory is the lews brought by the Bombay mail which arrived on Wednesday. The telegrams did not promise much good, but the accounts are really worse than could have been anticipated; for they prove that however superior our arms are to those of the rebels, we possess really no moral authority whatever in India. How, ...