... 'TAKING THE VE L INA THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. (From the Clmrch irew&) A carrespondent sends us the following :-Last week a very interesting ceremony took place at this house. A young novice took the white veil, and entered upon her duties as a cloistered nua of the Benedictine older. The temporary chapel of the convent was very full on the occasion, the event exciting great interest among the ...

... I S IPSTON N- ST Ol I DrcTHORnD SALED-On Tuesday last this auction sale, which was conducted by Messrs. Bull and Son, was nuie- rously attended. The stock being well descended consider- able competition took place, and the animals realised high prices. Short-horn oxen fetched from 251. to 301. each; some 3-year old Highland Scots, from 17 gs. to 20 ga. ; fat X sheep, 5s. 8d. per stone. The ...

... I _, 00XFORD LOCAL BOARD. 1.1 The usual fortnightly meeting of this Board was held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday, Mr. Ald. Ward in the chair: It appeared from a letter which lad been received from Mr. Butterfield, the architect of ICeble College, that the regulations for the proper ventilation and drainage of the building had been complied with in accordance with the bye laws. THE LIGhTING ...

... 1: AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS%,'; l The past week opened with a bright breezy de y,'whioh held up until 4 p.m., when It slight shower fell. Mon- day morning was fine, and the ?? held up with quite an autumnal appearance. Our advieces on that day I were somewhat nufartonrable from 7Wiltshire as to out- standing crop of barley in that county, Those stated There is a considerable quantity of barley ...

... I Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Vernon Harcourt snot a large number of the members of the Liberal Association,. by invitation, in the Corn Exchange, on Monday evening. This galleries wvere, f Llly occupied by ladies, and the body of thle Exchanige was wvell. filled. Theo chair was taken by the Mayor (J. It Carr, Eesq.), and there wore also present ?? Rogers, Aldertmati Sadler, and many of the members ...

... CHAMBERS OF AGRICULTURE. (From the Agnes illoa gazette.) Chambers of Commerce, says an official journal now before us, are voluntary associations of manu- facturers, merchants, bankers, ship-owners, tradesmen, and professional men, at the principal seats of manu- facture and commerce, and the chief ports of all couatries. They collect information and statistics, and discuss questions ...

... THE LUNATIC COLONY AT GHEEEL IN * BELGIUM. Ae population of from nine hundred to a thou- sand madmen living at large, without any attempt at restraint, going to their daily labour in the fields, mixing among the sane population, sleep- ing, working, and living with them-what a pandemornium such a spectacle must afford in the opinion of the average Englishman, accustomed to think of Colney ...

... i I PTA READ. D I I UpD to9 a , Septe1, IssEL.-Wind W.S. , haitian Si3-Adm~iral 3doosom. 'lelegraph and Sntal I or ltandell on~e stoe. orcn teamrs, LiverPool; three t ?? C21- EWC $AIL'NGS. Augvst 31-Duke of Sueerlnuri. Telegraph. sad AOMt fdli, eeamers, Holyhesed; Ra of &rijje, steamer. GA'A XMlulngar %ad Star, staers, Unarpool; Grimaldi Cedr' timber; Kittiwake, steaumer, Slloth, September 1- ...

... THE COBPORBTION-TsE CooMCX I ?? To NM =)DI!On oV TM FrzKAW. DrzA Srs-I W much gratified at the geuees aud ecio tone of your leading article in r. ference to the addes which the Council of the Cit; intend to present to the Queen on the Chuch Qui. tio. I hope yos advice to the Leral P tY wil be 6ccepd, and that an opportunity will be affordedi t the Conservative members to tako sch actM either ...

... A correspondent of the Times writes:- Th* attempts that the agitators of the Eastern question in Greece and on the banks of the Danube are now making to get up revolutionary movements in the European pro- vinces oi the Ottoman Empire, by sending bands of armed men to trouble the peasantry, devour their cattle, and goad them into insurrection, render it a matter of import- ance to the cause of ...

... Tim COURT.-At Windsor Castle preparations have been commenced for the reception of the Queeu and the junior members of the Royal family, who are expected o arrive on or about Friday week from Switzerland. Her ajesty will seek a few days repose at the Castle, and en proceed to Balmoral. The Royal grounds and Windsor Park have greatly improved in appearance since he recent ?? Post. Their Royal ...

... A terrible fire raged for some hours in the docks at Southampton on Friday night resulting in the destruction of the most valuable part of the Royal Mail company's factory and a portion of the build- ings and engine-room of the sugar-house adjoining, andbelonging to Thomas Hill, Esq. The fire ori- ginated in the carpenter's shop of.thu factory5 vlwibh being built in a square, the flamnes ...