... THE OXFORD JOURNAL. SATURDAY, Nov. 13. University and Clerical Intelligence. There will be an Election of Two SCHOLARS on M Snaturday, December 4th. The Scholarships will be telnable for five years, and their value, during resi- Pc deuce, will be Y-30 per aunutm, with rooms rent free. ta No ono will be eligible wyho shall have attained the hi age of twenty years, or who, being a Member of the ...

... - I - I SOCIETY FOR PRONlOTINO CUIUSTIANITY AMSONGST THlE JEWS.-An Association in aid of this important Society has been established at Woodstock. Tle first sermons wele preached, and the first meetings held, on Sunday and Monday last. The deputation was tile Rev. A. A. Iaacs, and a more appropriate aslvocate could scarcely bave been selected, Mr. lsaacs beiing a Christian Jew ordained in the ...

... EXTENSION OF THE WYCOMBE RAILWAY TO | THIAME.- IMlOR'TANT MEETING l On Taesday last, the 23rd instint, the local Committee finmod to promote the above extensioo of Railway met the Clairman and several of the other Directors of the Wvycoinbe Company at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Thanre. The Directors present were: F. 1t. Ward, Esq. (Chair- mmas). WV. Rose, Esq., C. Vtenables, Esq., - Ilm-low, Esq. ...

... I ?? 15, at Euishamn, after a short illness, much rtsted;Mr. John Bowerman, aged 59 years.-Nov. 15, .3t* ?? John, son of Mr. Eddw. Franklin, aged 2 years. .Thi.300th annuiversary of Protestant ascendancy in England ee'lebrated in this parish on Wednesday the 17th instant brytwosernmons in our parish churoh. After the morning aurzviee nearly fifty communicants partook of the Sacrament o!E *te ...

... BANB URBY. !tunnE.-Nov. 13, at No. 19, High-street, the wife of Mr. 00lo Rogers, of a son. ?? WAitEuhD.-Nov. 1°, nt St. Paul's Church, Mr. Henry at Esckett, to Miss Miari Ann Elizabeth Hopkins, both of F;+ivhrop.-Nov. 16, 11r. -I. French, of Deddington, to So Wsao.nn cigne, of Bioxham. Itie.-X'ov. 9, Miss Susan Potter, of Bloxharn, aged 30. Cng REPRESENTATION OF BANoutry.-Election miatters to ...

... ' l Our annual Municipal Elections took place on Monday last, and excited less interest than usual, there being no opposition in three Wards out of the five, namely, in the Central, South, and West. In the Central Ward, Mr. R. Cox and Mr. James Embling were the retiring Councillors, but the latter declined to be re-elected, and Mr. T. Randall, formerly a member of the Town Council, and ...

... 'HENLlY-ON-THAMES. DID.;-Nov. 1, almost suddenly, at Brighton, Ebenezer Fuller Maitland, Eisq., of Park-place, Henley-on-Thames, aged 78 years.-Nov. 4, at Wargrave, Berks, Mr. Jethro Lailey, formerly of Hambleden Mill. CHARITY SnnMONs.-On Sunday last two sermons were preached in the Parish Church, in aid of the funds of the National Schools of this town ; in the morning by the Rev. A, R. ...

... L THE PENINSULAR MAILS. it SiOUTHAMPTON, SA'rUlriAY Moirsa. N The Alhambra has arrived with the Peninsular mails, e ily ,he brings 644!. in specie and 12; passengers. Her dates 81 Lr are Gibrantr, i20th; Cadiz, 2tst; Lisbon, 22nd; and o le Vigo, the 24th. She experienced heavy weather. She he brings intelligence that a flotilla of six Spanish steamers h las has proceeded against the pirates ...

... ' The followiing~are the Admiralty lights and fog signals now ordered to be carried and used by seagoing vessels to prevent collision:- STEAM-X VESSELS. All seagoing steamn vessels, when under steam, shall, be- tween sunset avd sunrise, exbibit the following lights.- 1. A bright white light at the foremast heed; a green light on the staroard side; and a red light on the port 2. The masthead ...

... HOMtICULTUMME. (From Bell's Ilreeky Messenger, Nov. 8.) The weather continues on the whole remarkably fine, clear bright days, and slight morning frosts, sufficiently cold to be seasonable, but not in any degree to interfere vith groundwork operations of all kinds, whichi should be pushed on with vigour. With the exception of the beds of chrysanthenun), which are now very gay, the show of the ...

... I JufaG BARAtiboze; TfllAT1tNENG.-Tie J'ndia Empire has -an article, pointing out, on the stirength* of ioformatian from reliable quarters, the great probability of a war with Nepaul at the present juncture. V., sonne time past our relations with ?? Nepaulese durbar halve not been of the most satisfactory character, owing to- the demands of that court for the removal of the Resident, CAi. ...

... I'PREBENDARY. Rev. J. L. Brereton, to a prebend in Exetcr Cathedral. RECTORIES. Rev. V. Rigdon, to Cann, Dorset. ltev. E. tush, to Lonlghrea, diocese of Clonfert. Rev. T. U. Townsend, to F'ertagh, diocese of Ossory. VICARAGES. Rev. IV. R. Vowel, to Clonoulty, diocese of Cashel. CURACIES. Rev. H. IV. Blandford, to Mappowder, Dorset. Rev. It. W. Boot, to the perpetual curacy of Pensnett, ...