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CORN-LAWS

... COR N -LAWS. 'It iscalculated by Mr. 'T'ooke, that the cost of the late importations of corn amounted to ten millioris, great part of =vhieh, perhaps all, had to be paid for is gold. And this drain alone would have diminished the circulating medium by an amount sufficient to produce the most enormous rise in the value of the remainder; aatmay be seen in the history of any article, where the ...

Published: Saturday 04 April 1840
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1040 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS

... NAME. i f , £ .d. Arbroath and Forfar ?? 15 15 Aug. i ?? 203 101 5 Birming. & Derby Junction 48 t i ?? 1540 17 7 Birminjgham & Gloucester.. 54 5'4 12 ?? 2242 11 2 Brandling Junction ?? 2S JAly 30 10420 796 8 5 Chester and Birkenhead .. 15 15 Alug. 5 7436 771 1 10 Dublin and Kingstown ?? . 0 ?? 1109 12 5 Dundee and Arbroath ?? 10 16i 7 9243t 360 12 9 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 4 0 18775 3245 12 2 ...

Published: Saturday 20 August 1842
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 835 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION

... ,~ .. . I ?? .. . .Is the struggles of commerce, and anmid the sharp a Contentions of worldly interest, we naturally look for tr -*the occasional manifestation of feelings of not the most JV creditable kind; a'ndin the war of politics and strife en of parties, still more-to-be-regretted ebullitions of in human passions, and displays of human infirmities, vi ICi make their frequent appearance. ...

Published: Saturday 27 February 1841
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 3083 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

Arts, Science, Inventions, &c

... jarts Scienee, 'Zvantions, &C. IMPROVED PRINTING PRESS.-M. Lenormand, a celebrated mechanic, has discovered the means of printing on one cylinder both sides of the same sheet, which enables his mechanical press to act with a quickness double any hitherto known, and can produce 4000 copies in an hour.- Moniteur Indrustriel. BRIDPORT.-TRrAT FOR GEOLOGISTS.-During the late tremendous gales, an ...

Published: Saturday 05 December 1840
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1534 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

REFORM DINNER AT CHELFENHAM

... nr.!';MW IN~.I AT CRELTENAWUL es.- inI, A most numerous and rospectalule, ant], at thle same time, nd most enthusiastic,ineeting isas held at the Assembly ROOITs, va, Cheltenham, onl Thursda'y se'~nipsiht. The object was, ans if' stated ityfott of the spealiers, to afford thle lion. end Liberal member fur that town, nol opportunity of giving an1 account ri- Of his parliamenitary stewardship, ...

Published: Saturday 21 November 1840
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 3695 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

SEVERN NAVIGATION BILL

... S3VERN NJAVZCGAWTXON :313.L. Continued from our last. REPORtED ttxPRr.OSLS FOR THIS PAPCL.~ MNONDAY, MAY21. Ft Mr. Walker's exm initation resumned by Sergt. Mereweather-- Were I the friend of Worcester, I should entleavour to prevent t, feet being, mode the maximum dep~th of thle itopeoveinent;I have taken a great many soundings personally, butno bWrings; ado notthink. Worcester bridge is ...

Published: Saturday 29 May 1841
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2471 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

JOKES AND JONATHANS

... TOXES AND TONATHANS. A littlo nonsense now and tbell Is relish'd by tbe wisest ilee. YANKIEE LAND.-Clin you ride in a cart when the weather is Can you get, every nisht, seat quite tipsy, but groggy? If net, at the fire of al inU cam you flit Rousnd and round, to get dry, like a goose on a spit? In telling a tale cau you ponder and prose ? Can yoe spit through your teeth ? Can you talk througli ...

Published: Saturday 26 December 1840
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1770 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY

... EHOUSE OF LORDS.-TmURSDAY-. The Houme of Lords wan opened at two o'clock for the admission of peers only. The strangers' gallery was not opened for strangers or for the press. The names of the royal commissioners for opening the parliament were- the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Normanby, the Marquis of Lansdown, the Earl of Clarendon, and Viscount Dun- cannon. The commons having been ...

Published: Saturday 21 August 1841
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1575 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

BRISTOL ELECTION PROCEEDINGS

... ERMSToy x MOCEM-DINC-3. x -ZT.V?jTjq The Queen's writ, for the election of two citizens to re- present this city in parliament, was received by the High Sheriff, HIuigh Vaughan, Esq., by 'rhiursday's mail, and im. mediately upon it proclamation was made in the usual for'm. The nommnatier is appointed to be held on Monday next in N the Gulldhall, and the polling, which will take place on the d ...

Published: Saturday 26 June 1841
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1376 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

Parliamentary Intelligence

... larliamentarm RlitelUgeIleHC HOUSE OF LORlJS.-.SATURDAY- orn On the motion of Lord RExuESDAi.5, the poor-lawcon TIissionI bill and the population payment bi~l were readza: second time, and ordered to be commi tted On MIonday . The expiring acts bill passed through committee, and wats ordered to be read] a third time on Moanday. Mesnesfrom the House otf Commons brought up the exchequer~bills, ...

Published: Saturday 09 October 1841
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 6064 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

... ra?EsT ZNT?r.LZGI?NCE. 11 LOaNO:e, FIsUD.Y EVaENXG, 9 o'clock. i FROM THE LONDON G;AZETTE. ?? SVeigall, Cosiduit-sireet, tailor George Calrpente r, Cbelmsl'ord, chbemist William1 E. l'onten,. Ludgate-hlill, ebemist 'a John l' hompsoen, Blackb~srs,, powrer.loom-cloth-manu.- |- Charles I-ilton, Mlanche~ster, fustian-manufsctorer oWin. God win, Dronfield, Derbyshire, inalteter Swif-t andl ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1842
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1343 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

ANTI-CORN-LAW LECTURE

... AlvrI.coc t LAW LECTURE. on jhlordav evening last, John Brown, Esq..-delivered it S second anid concluding lecture, on the subject of the I ornilawsa, at the. Assembly-sRocm, Prince's street, to a 5sO~5and, indeed, crowded audience. ,fh, appearance of the lecturer on the platform was, as on former oca'1,bie with the most rapturous shouts thelaue ad is ddrsswas warmly cheered throughout. Of ...

Published: Saturday 04 December 1841
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 4932 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News