... G~loulcester d:, Bristol 3DiocesanR Church. 3uilding Associa~tiofl. ln Pulrstance of public auno~uxcement, a very respectahie and ntmru neig ~ Prsn a large body\ of the C lergy of the does r many f h gentry ofthis city and neigtlbourhood, andl not a few from other parts of the BiShoptick, assembl)edi at tn Guildhall, on Tuesday, for t he purpose of forming and organlisingr a society having for ...

... AGazcUv1UR?. BATHI & WES TOP E1VCL rlAND AGRICUL~TURAL| SOCIETY. The annual showv of this Society took place on TuesdayI last.. There was a very choice exhibition of live stock, but rowing to the scarcity of keep which prevailled 'during the summe'r, the cattle was certainly not so fine as5 on mlant' formier occasions.' - The annual mleetingP took place at eleven o'clock, Sir T. , Letibridge, ...

... B8ORO UG H R ATE'. [l A meeting oF the commrittee appointed by the towrn-council er, eatv to the intended borough rate, was held the 23rd, at which en the following deputations attended: from Hedmiuster, Mzr. Gou l- ilstone; the District, Messrs. Davies andl fraine; and from St. OP Philip and Jacob, Messrs. Slade and Maule, by invitation from 45 the Mayor, bitt nto person attendcd on behalf of ...

... TEWKE~sSBURY REFORMN DINNER. O5*? A splendid entertainment was gisen on Friday se'nnight by the ise pro- Reformers of Tewkesbnrv, in honour of Mr. Tracey, the long- e eye 0P tried and highlv-respected member for that borough. lbs dinner ? false took place at the Town-hall, and the company consisted of nearly 200 moss respectable individsssle. The office of chairman was very appears efficiently ...

... AN EPISCOPAL LETTlERTtIoIE CLERGY ON THE D)UE GOVERNMUENT OF THEIR WIVE.S. llr~v. BEsrviossn,-Tlho Lord Bishop of' E:xeter having, in his laudable zeal for the welfare and dignity of the church, censured one of his clergy for suffering his wife to attend a methodist meet- ing, and having, with just indignation, repelled the plea that the wifje wrould not he controlled, informing the clergyman, ...

... M ISCELLANO iS. itt I SUE tWAIN tU U 0. MONUMENT TO MRS. IIEMANS, TUE Pont-san-The mo- nument consists of a Grecian tablet in statuary, on a black ground. In addition to the statement, Feuds Hemane, died May 16, 1835, aged 41, the following beautiful end appropriate lines are inscribed thereon, from her own solemn effusion, known as 'rho Dirge:- Calm on the Isesarn of thy God, Fair spirit ...

... THVE CHUJRCH.- To the Lord Bishop of Glouceste arnd Btistl.L M; LORD,-I perceive by an address issued by your lordship, dated Clifton, November 4, that your lordship feels great con- cern for the spiritual welfare of the poor in the united diocess, more particularly ill the manufacturing districts, believing tl]at, owing to a mighty increase of the population which has taken place in those ...

... BRIsTOLq A4ND GLOUCESTER RAiLW~sAY. Stidll To babe Eiditor of the Bristol Mlerzeurye. L- AR,-Iteretedas I am, in the prosperity of B3ristol, vonJ adS i crl desirous of promoting its welfare, I am anxious :ard, to direct public attention to a scheme, upon which very little has 'alk appeared in the papers, but which has5 assumed a shape, in my: ii at humble opinion, of no triflingr importance to ...

... LORD LY'DEIURST & SIR R. PEEL. A sharp conitest has been carried on by the metropolitan press on the subject of conservative disunion, and many in- genious speculations have been put forth; or,:perlhaps, we might tsor~e properly say, many ?'aofs have been asdduced, shlowing that a division in the enemy's camp really does ex- ist-that there are, in fact, various grounds of jealousy and ...

... r?c bti?tol ?*Itrur??. SATURDAY, DEcE.'.un?R 2, 1236. FELIXV FXRLEs' has unnecessarily wasted a great deal of. i'indignation on the subject of the charge of exclusive dealing against the Tories, which has been for some time floating .on the minds of the public; andi it is a violation of the 1 rtruth to assign the origin of such charge to the i1irercas~y. v The attempt of the Il'Ierceiy to ...

... ?? take the following account from the third part (just ,publishedl) of Roscoc's Wanderings throuigh South Wales. sWeddings, generally the scenes of much mirth and wassailing vamong the rustic population, are here [Carstiganshire] accompa- fnied by some si ngular culstomns, n hich, though not so universally lpractised as in former years, deserve-mention, as they are far from fbecoming obsolete ...

... The violent storm of Tuesday last, which, it appears from the details in annther part of our paper, raged with more or less violence in every part of the kingdom, was felt in this city and neighbourhood with a considerable degree of -in- tensity. The preceding evening of Monday wvas exceedingly wet, and thrnugohout the night the rain continued to descend in copious showers until about 8 ...