... I -,4 .:I The election of Representatives in the Town Council for each of the five Wards of the City took place oil Monday last. The presiding Aldermen and places of polling were as follow :-Nortli Ward (Ald. Hughes)-Its the Boys' School Room, Gloucester Green; South Ward (Ald Hauley)--Coru Exchange; East Ward (AId. Spiers)- F A booth on The Plain, St. Clement's; West Ward (Ald. in Carr) ...

... A special meeting of the Council was held ol Wednesday at noon. The Mayor (J. Round, Esq.), presided, and there were also present the Sheriff (Mr. T. Houghton), the ex- Mayor (Mr. J. Galpit), Aid. Browning, Cavell, Hanley, Spiers, and Eagleston; arid Messrs. G. Ward, Juggins, Wells, Lowe, Seary, Ernberlin, Clarke, Calcutt, Parish, R. S. Hawkins, G. Castle, Jenkin, Saunders, Greenwood, Wheeler, ...

... a ~ ?? A3INGDOiN. l Ias 1-- ' -. A ?? - . x r ?? .. I -AA. A 'r t I .DzD. - Nov. 4, in The Viieyard, Abingdon, John Coleing, Esq., late of Sugworth Farm, aged 61. SUDDEN DIUATH or A Musici&N.-Mr. John Moss, who a has been ?? for many years by him attendance at e local .balls and parties as a player Of the violin, has died almost suddenly of paralysis.There is isno one il Abing- I don to fill ...

... BIOESTER. I ?? - SioK VISITInG Sooncrx.-Tho usual aunual balance-sheet I of this Society for: 1873 has been issued to the subscribers. 'res The subscriptions amounted (with 1s. 74d. balance of pre- kiu vious year) to 371. 17s. lbd., and the expenditure to 371. l8s. 6d., leaving a balance due to the Treasurer of Is. 4Jd. Subscriptions for applying relief during the ensuing winter I ,are being ...

... (From the John Bull.) Quoth Johu Bull to Gladstone- You're a clcverish man, Go and lecture the P'ope, and his Catholic clan- Delighted-and off the ?? ran- , Trust me, my dear Bull, I'll do VYatIX-can?-F'.P. Lo. d Canmoys baa .writtej the .ollowing leticr to Mfc. Glisdstouce: .sppeaid ZHenfey-oo- Thames, Nov. 13. Dear Mr. Gladstone,-In year I cxpostulhtion' you bave appeaied to .bose ...

... HYDROPHOBIA. To the FDITORs of the OXFORD JO UJRNAL. Sm,-With referenoe to the case of hydrophobiamat Great Barrington, mentioned inl last week's Journal, I beg Ace to inform you that, after the dog was buried, I exhumed it, and f rom the appearances presented by the post-mortem 11 examination, the history of the case, and the symptoms 112! exhibited by the animal, I am perfectly satisfied ...

... I THE OVERLAND MAIL. The Overland Mail has brought news from Bombay to the 2nd inst. The Indian papers are fall of details respecting the man who represented himself to be the Nana Sahib. The Times of India, after recapitulating the evidence for and against his identity, the main points of which have already been puplished, says:- The general impression seems to be that the man is an ...

... MR. GLADSTONE AND THE ROMAN I -- - .. . CATHOLICS. Mr. Gladstone has followed up his recent article in the Contemporary Review by a pamphlet (published by Murray) entitled ' The Vatican Decrees in their Bearing on Civil Allegiance, and he describes it as a political expostula- tion. It is an expostolation which he addresses to such of my Roman Catholic fellow-subjects as may kindly give me ...

... EASTLEACIL I 1- I DED.-NOV. 8, at Sharborue, in the 93rd year of his age, Mr. Samuel Price, father-in-law of Mr. 0. Miles, post- master of this village. AcoDrnNT.-Au accident, fortunately not attended with serious consequences, occurred to Mr. C. Miles, Postmaster of Eastleach,ou the 31st ult. Whilstdriving a blind horse past Clay Bank on his way home, on reaching Standing Croess-lane, leading ...

... I THE OVEIRLLANTD MAIL. The Overland Mail has brought news from Calcutta to the 9th, and from Bombay to the 12th of October. The chief event of the week had been the opening of the Hyderabad State Railway, which brings the great Mahommedan city of the Deccan into direct communi- cation with Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay. The Viceroy has recovered from his attack of Assam fever. His visit to ...

... | I~~~ . A general meeting of the members of the Oxford Church. men's Union was held in the reading room of the Associa- f tion in Broad-street on Monday evening last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the unsatisfactory e, state of the Union generally, as pointed out in the recent e Report of the Council, and to endenvour to provide means t of remedying it. The Rev. G. Noel ...

... Oxford Chrysanthemumn Society. I , I . ?? ?? . . .. The annual exhibition of chrysanthemums, primulas, and fruit, in connection with this Society, was hell in the Corn Exchange, on Thursday. anoT was by for the largest anud best that has ever talke; place under its a:uspies. The plants and blooms were execedingly fine, owing to the very favourable season, and the number of entries ?? 50 in ex- ...