... I- M*ORETON-IN.MARSH. 1 * 1M|IiTEN SErv'cS.-The series of Lenten serl vices was n concluded on Good Friday evening, on which Ocxeasion the h n Rev. Jonas Greene preached an excellent ser mon. The l Ls Rev. Gentleman selected his textfrom St. Luk a xxiii., and r. part of the 43rd verse- To-day shalt thou be with me 3, i Paradise. Moreton Church was very pie: esingly deco. rated for Easter ...

... (Contiauaedfrom page 7.) THURSDAY'S ELECTIONS. ENGLAND AND WALES. Places. Members. L. C. Bucldnghamshire .. Sir R. B. Harvey .. 0 1 Hon. T. F. Fremantle 0 1 Hon. Rupert Carington.. 1 0 Carmarthenshire .. Mr. W. B. H. Powell I 0 Viscount Emlyn . 0 1 Cheshire, West .. Sir P. Egerton .. .. 0 1 Hon. W. F. Tollemache 0 1 Essex, West ., .. Sir H. Selwin-Ibbetson.. 0 1 Lord Eustace Cecil .. 0 1 ...

... I Thry T.n*A E. FIELD. ''lse Leafteld Cricket Club commenced the season on Easter Monday with a game among its own members, the Vicar kindly supplying the players with tea. In the even- ing a meeting, presided over by the Vicar, was held in the Reading Room, to elect officers. The Rev. T. W. Lee was elected President; Mr. J. Raweigh, Captain; and Mr. E. Shaw, Hon. Sec. The Club, which is in a ...

... _ The annual meeting of the members of this Society was held in the Council Chamber on Monday afternoon, W. W. Wootten, Esq. (President of the Society) occupying the chair. There were also present Messrs. G. Browning, J. T. R. Castell, Collcutt, Corp, Mattock, B. Robinson, F. Freeman, Bradley, Jos. Freeman, jun., G. Prince, C. R. Ridley, Woodcock, and W. Greenaway (secretary). The CHAipzxa , ...

... THE rISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. The Earl of Beaconsfield has addressed the following letter to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland:- 10, Downing-street, March 8, 1880. ray ?? Duke,-The measures respecting the state of Ireland which her Majesty's Government so anxiously considered with your Excellency, and in which they were much aided by your advice and authority, are now about to be subinitted ...

... THE OXFORD vJOURNAL, SATURDAY, ApRIL 17. THE EW . E A Cabinet Council was held on Wednesday in Downing- street. The Ministers present were the Earl of Beacons- field, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, the Duke of Northumberland, Mr. Secretary Cross, the Right Hon. Sir M. B. H. Beach, the Right Hon. Colonel Stanley, Viscount Cranbrook, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the ...

... [id Sir William Harcourt is rapidly growing in grace. ye Each new speech which he addresses to provincial audiences displays a fresh access of spiritual fervour; and, if matters nt go on at this rate, we may soon expect to see him take the er Sermon on the Mount as his model of Parliamentary at rhetoric. Although he had given periodical signs during at the last five years of what used to be ...

... I - . . I In the reports this week there will be found very general complaint as to the shortening supply of keep, and manuy of the roots now on the ground are only kept from decay by the frost that is in them. Sad accounts of losses from liver-rot amongst sheep continue to come to hand from various parts of the country, and the result in many cases must be disastrous to owners. The ...

... I 0 X Y ORD), The terrible galo and snowstorimthatvfiited Oxford and the Country ?? on TMuesday caused an amount of devastation and discomfort unparalleled is the history of similar occurrences in. the United; Kingdom. Not until the follo-wing morning could any estimebe of tho damage be artived at, and evon now. it is hardly possible properly to gauge it. The first fdct which impressed itself ...

... I CONSEIRVATIVE DEMONSTRATION INT GLOUCESTER GREEN. One of the usst remarkable demonsta~lltions, in respect both of numbers and enthusiasm, which has bepen h eld in Oxford for some years, took place on Satur- dayevaining, when Mr. A. W. HALL addressed anl open- air metin in, Gloucester Green, at which there were between fivle and six thousand persons present. The space in front of the platform ...

... I THE HETHROP FLOCK. On Tuesday last, Messrs. Jonas Paxton, Son, and Castle disposed of the annual draft of rams from the increasingly popular flock of Albert Brassey, Esq., Heythrop, the number this year reaching 70. During the last five years,' owing to the judicious outlay of money in procuring the best strains of blood that could be obtained, upwards of 10001. have been taken in prizes by ...

... DISTR1ICT NEWS. INUNEHAH.l Time LLTE MR. Gzoaun WEST.-We have to record the death of one of the best known of Nuneham's villaers. Mr. West (formerly an. under gardenter on the Nuileham estate) had gained considerable popularity as a cultivator of vegetables and flowers, and his productions at Oxford and Woodstock shows will long be remembered as grand specimens of cultural. skill. Deceased had ...