... .not SOMERISETSHIRiE. ides A land was drowned on Friday evening, wvhilst bathing her at iXci~tois. It appears he camn within the vortex of anl eddy 'lie( near the bridge, and wae carried down before assistance could on, be rendered. ter, The ReV. COcrge Henry Lamw has been appointed, to Dens the curacy of Leighland, Soerserot. F ATAL AcciDiON.-mA fatal accident occurred to at poor ar- man ...

... I! hi Rig Lie heavy on him, earth, for he exo: Laid many a heavy load on thee. to 1 IV 'TE. SOCt2'rY OP MERCHAYT VBENTURERS, BRISTOL. Ps' ano: GENTLEMEN-HOW profoundly applicable this sarcasm on the dre memory of Vanbrugh must be to your smaller sigaifioance and sti Importance, as local builders and itaproeres, time and truth- ,, telling facts will only too plainly proclaim. Meantime, I must ...

... ANTIlAR ASSOCIATION. I A nnR V9.R ADDRESS llad Associationl anzr others-, in Public Meeting o7f tiC Fris 0tilt,t ^egislators a ld People ol' the United States of North Amo'Ic~rOthren-We most willingly add our voice to riendo and lire of friiendship now passing between the peo. the ;fn~tll' Cs try andytours, withl reference to our political disputed a Iog to understand how such disputes can be ...

... ROPEAL IN MAYO.-MR onnell left Killarney on Thursday morning at eleven. On Sunday morninig he arri- ved at Castlebar, amid the usual cheers and acclamations of P the multitude. The day was exceedingly wet, and yet, 1s although the rein poured down in torrents from half-past ten o'clock until four, upwards of 80,000 persons attended in v the procession, and remained until the meeting was over. ...

... JaENxy ?? understand that an attempt has been made, but unsuccessfully, to obtain the services of the emi- nent Swedish vocalist for an operatio performance in this city. The manager of our theatre had an interview with ldlie. Lind a few days since, but found that her existing engagements ren- dered it utterly impossible that she could visit Bath, prior to her departure for the Continent. ...

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... SATURDAY, Mir 12, 1849. WE have devoted a portion of space somewhat inconve- el niently large to the discussion in the House of Peers on 'I the second reading of the navigation bill. This was done, si not by reason of any new stock of arguments, nor for the t impressiveness of any novel illustrations brought forward be to expound and to illumine the question, but because the w state and the ...

... FRANCE. In the national assembly on Saturday a disoussion took place on a proposition of M. Selvatier Laroche for the abolition of the penalty of death. A division took place, when there appeared ?? the proposition, 183; against It, 400. g Tiiers has been obliged to demand leave of absence from Iduties in the assembly, in consequence of severe illness. lie has been suffering for some days past ...

... VI be 'kirtotol , -vblercurj-)+ SATURDAY, D2cw2nEn 15, 1849. MAEsteNESS PEnSONIFITID.-The remains of the Queen Dowager were consigned, ol Thursday, to the resting- place for which she had long prepared. Agreeably to her wishI, there was no manifestation of pomp or cere- al nonial parade, at the idea of which her humble nature apparently revolted She felt, one may conclude, that long ...

... TUE GREAT BRITAM T. To the Editor of The Bristol Mercury. Como-villa, Portshead, Oct. 6, 1846. SIs-In Captain Claxton's letter of 28th nlt., to M~r. Bennett, giving a detail of the circumstances which preceded the unfor- tunate occurrence of the Great Britain, it is stated, that, 1 on examining Captain Hosken's chart, which was bought by him when going out on his previous voyage in June, as ...

... DO1?STX?i Z?T?LL?GENC?J. IrPartIALI PAsrr.lzsxoesr.-At the Privy CounIcil held ois M\onda~ry at Windsor, it weas ordered icy her Majesty in Council, that the present parliamnent, wvhich stands pro- rogucd until Thlursday, the 10th ultimo, be further pro-. roguned until Tuesday, the 14t1h November next. The Earl of Derby's estates in Fliutebire are to bei brought to the hammer at the close of ...

... The foufdatoia-stone of a building, in which the above schools are to be conducted, was laid yesterday morning, by Robert LeOnard Req. in the presenee of an exceedingly numerous com- any, who had assembled to witness the ceremony. The site hosen for this erection adjoins the chapel, with the gallery of thr will be a communication. In addition to the bene- voleset and useful purpose to which it ...