... The Oa-ette of Tuesday publishes the following letter LORD LYONS TO EARL RUSSELL. 'asuington, January 14. My Lord,-Three days ago, in obedience to your Lordship's orders, I spoke to Mr. Seward on the subject of the plan adopted by this Government of obstructing the entrance to some of the harbours in the Southern States by sinking vessels, laden with stones, in the channels. Mr. Seward ...

... MARRIED.-Dec. 28, at Great Barford, by the Rev. P. Hookins, William, second son of Mr. William Stevens, of Banburv, to Marianne, youngest daughter of Mr. J. Hirons. CilaIkS CHURCH SCIIOOLS.-Th5ese new schools will blc opened for work on the 13th inst. Mr. Huscroft is to be the master, and Miss Duck the mistress. QUARTER SESSIONs.-Our Borough Sessions are fixed to take place on Tuesday next. ...

... The annual session for the reading and discussion of papers and the transaction of the general business of the association was opened on Wednesday sennight at the rooms of the association, in Hanover-square. Sir E. Kerrison, M.P., occupied the chair; and there were present, among other gentlemen, Lord Walsinghalm, Mr. H. Corbett, Mr. Cillett, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Barrow, M.P., the Hon. A. ...

... IIORT!ICULTU RE. (viIoM i I' S Wl*:l'lIl.Y MSSEn.' The recent frost, though it did not last very long, and was not very intense, was still beneficial in checking the premature advance of vegetation. Planting, and all general ground-work operations, should be pushed forward whenever the state of the surface will permit of it. The prunling and nailing of the peach and nectarine trees should also ...

... IPARLIAMENTAR{Y INT 'ELLIGENCE.i -5- HOUS:E OF LORDS. FRID.\Y, JULY 4. Messrs. Boodle, Lingwood, Maisey, Isaacs, and Preston attended, in accordance with the summons, to answer the aflegations that they had been instrumental in obtaining signatures to a petition against the East Gloucestershire itailway Bill, but which, in reality, was in favour of the Bill. On the motion ofthe Lon ...

... AIBIN GDON. MIECr;JAfC6S' INSTt'iTU1iii-On 'I'llesday \evening last thle sinter secaso or lectures and enltertailimenlalts ii Conicition v ith our' IourisIi nl 1institute was ilnagurated by ai o'ter- tainmlreeit il the Council Chamber, given by .Ur. and Sirs. Rickman, entitled Mursical and Colloquial Sketcihes of Town and Country Life. The attenidance was very good, and, judging by the ...

... TTIE DISTRESS VN LANCASIlRRE. ILarge sums continue to flow in latily to the MI ansion Hollso COarnrittee. Among those sent in onl Saturday was 1,0001. fromn Messrs. Rethschild. Ali instance of generosity, worthy of ?? mtention, on tire part of a nobleman and landowner, hns been 1 rouaht ineidentelly under ?? notice of the 0'1lolorrtcee. Lord Vernon is the owner of the whole of the parish of ...

... nor ,jIXXWi, bad The monthly meeting of this Club was held on Wednesday erp last, at the Star Hotel, Oxford, the President, Mr. W. out Thomason, of Cuihana, in the chair. 'nk The SElCRETARY (Mr. Joseph Plowman) reported that riyMr. J. C. Morton, Elditor of the Ayoricultrural Gazette, and (iycloprdia of Agri'2ultu~re, Band the New Farmrers' A fma- rin sicr? had kindly consented to read a paper ...

... lHOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, MAY 2 .. T'he Archbishop of CAerrsEaUsrr, in moving the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Bill, brieflyi explained its objects, and thought it would be better to. refer it to a Select Committee after the second reading. After a few remarks from Lord ST. LEONARD'S, The Bishop of LoNDoN- explained that the difference between the Bill he had introduced ...

... ?? ACiRIICULTUI?E. CATTLE FEEDING. TI ?1?t\?ct of cattle condinlents. lately brought ? the council of the Royal Agricultural Society b ?;igliii(i like that of cooked food, for fattening ? ciiroduc? last week by Mr. Frere before the ti hardly in season now. We have ti a] ? ?r grazing ? 5nd 1astilrt5. where everyboily admits ?? ?, I pi ?is nh's the bitter mid the sweet along with 1 ?od s1hcie no ...

... lITIT Blt1Nlm RIPLE Coscrs.-Tlic members Of this Corps assembled onl Tuesday last, ait the Corn Exchange, for parade ; after going through company di ill, the volunteers, with their baind, Marched out to Brightivell, tinder the coznnitisd of Captain Austen. Thoe following orders hase been issued : I. That as Sergeant Clecre obtainedl a first-rinss certificate at Hytle, helie be lppoihited ...

... RACTICAL AGRICULTU',d]. .ILE ENNTS 01'AGRICULTII . ,m'clubs ?? thle country are lost of our local papers hnave tlii1110 ofdisussions onl points of practical to he armr.And there is noe doubt that mreffectually thanl any other, a real ~ dr' il), th ltest intelligence in thle agricul. s~oldis ffctd. As a body, the practical fi' i01 ef hiscoutry dlo not read ag~ricultural u.Telook in their county ...