... DREADFUL MURDER IN OXT OR DSHIRE. Information was received at Oxford on Saturday of a dreadful murder having been committed near Upper Heyford, on the previous evening, which, on making the necessary inquiries, proved too true. It appears that Mr. Allen; miller, of the above village, was returning from Bicester market, accompanied by a young man named Noah Au-jnsi, in the same village, who had ...

... PETTY SESSIONS, FEB. 19, before W. M. SEYS, E. M. CURRR, and C. E. LEWIS, Esqrs., and Captain A. B. SAVERY. SHOP LIPTING.-Elizabeth Thomas, charged with steal- ing a 2s. piece from the till of Thomas Watkins, butcher, High-street, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 21 days hard labour. ASSAULTS.—Thomas Parry, charged with assaulting William Luff, was dismissed on paying costs. Walter Scott, ...

... THE COURT. THE Court still remains at Osborne. Her Majesty takes her accustomed drives and walks in the vicinity, accompanied by one or more of the junior members of the Royal family. Her Majesty has alao given audiences to Earl Russell and other members of the Cabinet. The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded Lady Churchill as Lady-in-Waiting upon her Majesty. THE Prince of Wales, during two ...

... USK. LLANBADDOCK.—Some evil disposed persons have, of late, been amusing themselves at this place, in a way likely to bring them into trouble. Not long ago, they pulled a neighbour's cart into a ditch, and left it there, then drew some rails out of a hedge, and left them in a heap; and various other foolish tricks. On Tuesday night, between 9 and 10, they took from its hangings a gate, ...

... Extraordinary Case of Somnambulism.- A somewhat singular and alarming occurrence happened last week, resulting in the serious injury of Private John Williams, of the 8th King's Own Regiment, now stationed at Sheffield. The unfortunate young man was out of the barracks on a seven days' pass, and had been staying a short time at h;s parents' house connected with the Ragged School, in Peacroft. ...

... NEW YORK, FEB. 7. Resolutions have been introduced in the Illinois Legis- lature declaring President Lincoln's policy unconstitu- tional, and denouncing the taxation of States for the purchase of negroes. They also declare President Lin- coln to have pandered to New England in not using the means at hi3 disposal to open the Mississippi; denounce the Morrill tariff, by which the East enriches ...

... The South Western Steam Navigation Company contemplate increasing the speed of their Channel Island packets in order to insure the passage between Jersey and Southampton in the winter time being mad In about eleven and a half hours. The Tea Duties.-At a meeting of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce on Thursday it was unanimously resolved, That a memorial be presented to Parliament narrating ...

... A shocking catastrophe, it is feared, has befallen the Bussorah steamer, Captain Gray, belonging to the British India Steam Navigation Company. She left the Clyde on the 16th of last month for Calcutta and Bombay, and there is too much reason to believe that during the recent heavy gales she was lost off Isiay one of the islands on the north-west coast of (Scotland and that not a soul on board ...

... EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH & FUN.' A Few Lines onIOoming' Out of Jail. By ONE WHO LIKED IT. I am just out of prison, I've had a short spell, And, oh! it did suit me remarkably well; So light was the work and so good was the fare, Quite sorry to leave it I was, I declare. How devoutly I wished that the worthy old beak Had made my stay longer, I had but a week; To have stopped there the winter and ...

... DEPLORABLE OCCURRENCE AT PAD- DINGTON. On Wednesday forenoon an accident of a frightful nature, by which three men were killed, and another seriously, if not fatally, injured, happened at the Great !!fr°lde^.rar B^oP's-road terminus of the jVletropoluan Railway. From the few particulars that could be obtained it appears that since the opening of the new line in Farringdon-street men have been ...

... THE ARTS, LITERATURE, &c. FOR the last two years researches have been instituted, by order of the Emparor Napolson, in the environs of Alise (Saone et Loire) to discover the traces of the works of Csesar. During the last fortnight the camp occupied by the Romans has been discovered. The Emperor has given orders to search the plain of Gresigny, where the last battle between the Gauls and the ...

... BLAENAPON. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Tuesday last, Mrs. Sarah Wil- liams, aged 78 years, dropped down dead in the bakehouse while attending to domestic duties. ...