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REVISING BARRISTERS' COURT

... The rev'ision of the lists of voters for this city was Continued 0On Saturday; and tip to Wednesday evening, when the court was ad- jourried to enable the barristers to attend their appointment in Basth on -.ThIursdav. Yesterday morning the business was again resumed, anid, Frillm the mass of names yet remaining to be called overit i proabletheour 'IsI be obliged to sit for several days ...

REVISING BARRISTERS' COURT

... I REVISING'BARRISTEItS? COURT. %Y The vevision' f the lisIs t'or the- electoral district of thils city, Id was brought. to aRcios9e yeiterilily afternoon' about three o'clock, Id after having oceupieudtwteasyO h~eut ~ fetn h -positiono,ofthe1 tsvii.parties, lie canl confidently state tbat the )y Libcrals have itcquired a vast accession 61l' siryngth; tfiough we 5-~ will not bazard the Ohinton ...

BRISTOL SUMMER ASSIZE

... BRISTOL SUMMER ASSIZn. say The Commission of Nisi Pries was opened in this citv, 'on un- Thurstiny last, by Mr. Baron Gurney, who arrived Shout halfi-past to~ four o'clock, escorted with the usual honours, arid proceeded tin- th mediately to the Guiidhall.,when, after the usual ptelliminaries by re yoneotroug., teoutwsadjourned till nine o'clock, the The f'ollowing is a list of the causes ...

BRISTOL QUARTER SESSIONS

... . I These Sessions commenced on Monday last. The calendar contained the names of 62 prisoners, no cite of tvhose cases, 'ow- ever, presented any feature ,f parti*ula4r'iderest. The fallowing are the sentences: , sN.s-sPoRTATroN.-Fourteen Years: Jlasm Beatha, for robbing s Mer. Sevier of a gold watch, chain, and seal, on the I Ith of July . last, in St. James's Chsirchyard; a former conviction ...

PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE

... ; *E - Iput I PtOjvINcIAL INTELI4ENCE. jfim I 1I I,- ~ I the At a sale by auction hy Mr. Fargus on Friday evening, at Portshead, a small farm, comprisiongabout 30 acres, sold in + lots, at prices averaging 44 years' purchase olpon the present rental. We hear that Mr. Miller, of Durdham-Down Nursery, has taken the contract for planting the Bristol and Clifton Zoological Gardens. As so much ...

SCENES AT THE OLD BAILEY

... SCENE IkT THE OLD BAILEY. As I enteled ithe cmrti a case of 'some importance had just ter niinatet, and the jitdge jbst coiicluded his summing up; vheni the clerk of theiiraigtts ptithe ustomnary question tothe jury, N How say ye, gentlemen, is theptisodler at the bhar guilty or not g'ilty 7 Upon' vshic i'thi jt~irinen lahi theit heads together, and 1- heard something in a whisper frrorotlheir ...

BRISTOL ASSIZES—NISI PRIUS

... , BRISTOL ASSIZES-NISIPRIUS; [ Concluded from our last. Xlltiams v. BaxeiidaM. akind others.-Mr. Erle, for the plaintiff, Stated that this was au action broughltby Mr. Willinams, ironmon- ger, Redelifl'fstreet, to recover the sum of I.91., the value of goods lost sshile on board the trow Success, belonging to the delendants, Miessrs. Picklitod.and Co. T'he learned counsel stated, that the ...

TRIAL OF MARY ANN BURDOCK

... °LOF MARY ANN BURDOCK. TWAL 0. I -AiA )u1.q teen excited b, this tpncv.edealte interest whiIcf liat Veenrxeea ecoru le Ies craslao, e, sfmdtce us to com~ply, with the ueish ezpressee aaurifiaof eC Sulisr.er, thwt, ast our rept~rt of the evidenee many f Ur thate oras appeared,' we would re-print the I 01plete ta 4 (he mOO1 tpr to enable diem to forward it to their friend, V11d~o~le e rpoth' ...

BRISTOL QUARTER SESSION

... The Quarter Sessions forthis citycommenced on Monday morn. ing and terminated on Tuesday evening. There were about 50 prisoners for trial, and the-cases weredisposed of as follow:- TlAssroRsTArIoN-for Life: James llorgan, for stealing 131., a silver can, and other articles from the house of Mr. John Eng- land, the Lord Nelson, Asbley' Road, onlth6 22ind April last.- Seven Yea'rs: Goo. Ilorgan, ...

MUNICIPAL REVISION COURT

... MUNICIPMA. 4RViSioN iOquItT., Thsarevisin 4arrer6,Mecsrs. Pre ne d a Grooldl. havq conr tinued their sitti ngs d uring tthe whole eof iepresit week, antd from the 10jo progress made, anCd he 'iumber oS iiasiits objectiods, the' have fdufMd iit ecesshty,' it the pratei poti of-the time, doihoid separate turtd . - ' : :As it wtild le tedious tWueadcrs id aa~it would pbae ...

BRISTOL ASSIZES.—SATURDAY

... BRIST.OL ASSIZES.-SATURDAY. (Conlinued from our last:) Manwaerinwq v. .Broaches,-This was un action brought bytire plaintiff to irecover damages for a nsallcious'arrest. Mr. Sergeant Boampas opened the caae, and called Eleanor'Davis--Has lived in-Manwaritig'semploy8l0years; he is 75 years old and paralytic; recotleicts defendant, being at ber tmaster's in M'varch, .18132; therewas a ...

SOMERSETSHIRE ASSIZES

... SOMEIISETSHIRE ASSIZES. The Commission for holding thle idsidniomer Assizes for So- merret wat opened at Blridgwater, by Air. Baron Gurney, on Saturday, and thle business Of the Court comnmented on Monday, Mr. .Justice Coleridge presiding in the Nis-I Prius Court, ansi Mr. Baron ~Gurney in that ofithe Crown. The calendar contains a list of 63 prisoners, three or four others having been ...