... ilEbUS COLLEGE, OXFOIRD. TO TRs RIDITOR. o SIn -A First Claseman in your issue of to. It Of day asserts thst the teaching body of Jesus for College is one of the best in the university. Iowa5 Perhaps it may be not altogether uninteresting th examine the university distinctions of these gentlemen, as stated in the Oxford Calendar for 1877. We have, then, ease 1. Mr. William Eccles Jones, M.A ...

... THIBEE LIVfES LOST. Newtont on Mednesday evening was thrown into a itltoe of intelluce e xcitement by the occs- sionof afrightful boatingdisasterontheriverUsk. In the boat, which bad been hireci for the purpose of pleasuro, was a party of ten ladies and gen- t'cmon, who, starting fromn Beaufort Wharf, pro. cceded up, the river, and nuder rthe bridge, in excellent formr. A strong current w3a ...

... SOUND IVE MEMNTS. ?? or,. . . IONDON, CHATvnAM, AND) Davrns RALxWAv.- 1 he posit ion which this company holds ta-day in ibe estimation of investors stands out in ?? rontrast to that which it occupied no later than February last, when, uinder the delusive sallre. nI ment8 01 the then proposied Fusion Bil1,1 the proprietors where asked to adopt a scheme of I amalgamnation with the South ...

... WEATTHER STAT1STICS OF TBE UNITED KINGDOM FOR ATRI- CULTURAL AND SANITAMY PFUPOSES, FOIR THE WSEE ENDING AUG. X 1878. i8rPECIL TELEGMAXI FS Q0 THI METEORLOLOGICAIL OFFrCV. TEbIPSRATOUE., j.ATNFALrL. ~~ u s 8 o r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 r e o r DISTrICTs. ° | b ' le3s tban Mean O5 C,, ; e I nfeal d he snoaq i~c o ...

... )NV.4J)6 EDIION lý* fiNYA ,it (J.17 , 10AME .A- L T2EL'S ui 'fL,;RA'S. HI- IhET21AN ]'ANK ftATE. ii .. , ?? I ?? ?? rem'la .i~iqt t.i i, ?? his t1l6 ild it i ?? of dii'oo', to *%N (A,. ot ?? of tadvanles to 3 T 1 TkE INDTAN WAR. V,. ?? A c ?? 'J.}io hos-tile * -. P;-, ht'tV' i,'c,,pittril the L nl'ni of -,dhy t.'wiirai H-toward. F , . ; lEVER EPIDER iU iN AMEHiICA. ..,ri ?? A(I.tii 20TI l eel ...

... ENTRIES FOR THE CAMBRIGESHIRE STAKES. Lady goightly, Balbriggan, Edith Plantagenet, Red Comyn, Little Bee, Hampton, Fricandeaii f, Footstep, Censer, Balance, Tower and Sword, Fontninbleau, Elfe- vior. e, Faisan, Sheldrake, Solomon, Harbinger, Single- ton, Isonomy, Knight of the Cross, Jupitar, Jagellun, Jollification, Helena, Strathfleet, Maximilian, Dalham, Plaisante, Lo. Mervillc, Grey Friar ...

... BURRY PORT. WORKING ME! CLUB.—At a committee meet- ing of the Burry Port Working Men's Club, held on Tuesday, it was resolved that the club be transferred from the present premises at the Swansea Bank to General Malcolm » coffee-rooms, upon the condition which the General haskincdy laid down, that is to sayThat in the face of the present depression of trade, and rather than the club should be ...

... TWO LIVES LOST. Two gentlemen, named Mr W. Churchill and S. F. Duckworth, both of London, were drowned on Thursday, whilst bathing at Dumpton Stairs, near Ramsgate. ...

... THE SUNDAY CLOSING BILL. is expected that tho Irish Sunday Closing «ul will be read a second time in the House of j^i'ds to-day, as it will be supported bv the Lord ynancillor and the Government, The Committee 2S > probably, be fixed for Wednesday, when the 7?°Ufse of Lords is expected to sit, in order to pasj *e Appropriation Bill, A rumour prevails that an attempt to oppose the Bill will be ...

... NOTES ON AG!:ICULTU!:E. fBY A PIIA-,T,C,L FA]tMER.1 CO:!N. LOn()3, Sat-nrday.—'I'he wheat trade remains at the ...

... Thomas Andrews, gentleman's servant, was brought before the Pontypridd magistrates, o.n Wednesday, under the following circumstances. Inspector Cottrell proeecuted. Joseph James, engine-driver, G.W.K., said that on the 20th July he was driving his engine on the up line, and when near Pontalbont crossing be perceived something on the line. He brought his train to a stand, and as he knew there ...

... A quarterly meeting of the Swansea Town Council was held on Wednesday, the Mayor (Mr W. Thomas) presiding. There were also present —Aldermen J. J. Jenkins, T. Phillips, T. Ford, P. Rogers, T. Powell, and W. H. Brown; Coun- eillors John T. Evans, J. ROGER*, *T. (*lasbrook, J, Livingston, M. Moxham, l1. Davies, J. W. Richards, J. Lewis, T. Elford, R. D. Buruie, E. R. Daniel. THE POLICE OUTING. ...