... Qlnorreopo nb etcc LIGHT SOVEREIGNS. To the Editor of The Bristol Mercury. Sma,-I have several times, since the plague inflicted on tradesmen by the sovereign tax, been put to much inconvenience and suffered some loss, all which I have eude,%voured to bear with as little com. plaining as possible; but, a few days since, the followvingcircuintstance made me feet very much Inclined to murmur -ln ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... The Burglary at South Wraiall. In our last wve mentioned the apprehension of's person named lRoberts, carrying on business as a waotcbmsker at Bath, for having in his possession a quantity of the plate whlichl had been taken from the house of John Awvdry, Esq., of South Wravail, Wilts, on Thursday, the 22nd ult. Since then seseral other parties, supposed to be concerned in that most daring ...

... Fore1?fl aud Domestic Zntoligencc. IMPORTANT NEWS FRtOM CHINA. An extraordiiiary express from M~arseilles reached the metropolis at an early houir Thursday morning, bringing despeatches from China and Indlia. The dates of the despatches and papers furnish intelligence from Canton to the 10th October, and from Bombhay to November 30. The war with China proceeds with energy, and each step its ...

... SCE?aLANEO?S. TJhe number of controverted elections whichl stand for consideration on the utecting of parliamienit amounts to nlo less thanil fifty-twvo. ENoRIGous EXPENSE OF' PArte'ea.-It coot M~r. Biggo, a few wveeks ago, 2201, to seeure a patenit fo~r a hat gaard. lans' of the tracts of land in the United States are so risk, that the cultivators are compelled to planst Indian] corn onl ...

... INour last we mnade a few observations oo Chinese affairs, to the eff'ect that, should the war be likely to : akie a favourable turin, the conscientious Conser va- ui'es w oald, in all prob~ability, endeavour to obtain a little, credit fromi it under fialse pretences, We hazarlded the supposition from long acquainitanice with the trickeries of the 'Iories, and from a knowledge of tbejresent ...

... TH?i I?W mJUWfl'E. IMr. G. Us}-. Hir. delivered, on Wednesday last ,r ?? lnstiltitiioi, P,,rk street, a lecture on the means of pro.l misting vegetable growth with reference to the products of l agriculture, in which he made the first public disclosure ofl the principles of the new manure, discovered by bar. Danliell, of Twerton:. and on Thursday the lecture was redelivereil, vwith some ...

... SATURDAY, MAnicir 19, 1842. X;APORTANT TO ADVE3X.TZSERS, .THE latest PAILLAMIENTAitY RETURNS of Newspaper Stamps show that the number supplied for the use of the I BRISTOL MNIERCURY, during the Six Months ending December, 1841, was, with the exception of One Thousand only, EQUAL TO THE NUMBERS ISSUED, DURING THE SAME PERIOD, TO THE MIRR OR, JOUR1NAL, and -TIMES! *The MErcuty's supplies, FOR ...

... WO.rZGN XNT1EMIcNCE. FRANCE. The French papers speak of a serious difference between the government of Morocco and the Ame- rican consul at Tangiers, Mr. Carr. Tile latter was recalled, and was about to take his departure. when the Moorish authorities refused to permit his de- parture till the Emperor had given an order to thatI effect. Mr. Carr sought to embark in despite of ob- struction, ...

... Rh.U?WAY ZNTmrJ1r?NaB. itO In the Railway Times, by way of preventing railway slips, J. P. Bartrum, Esq., of Bath, suggests that cuttings and ciii- bankmente, wherever susceptible of the thing without injury to rei the road itself, or to the neighbouring laud, should be planteti ?. with shrubs or valuablotimber trees, preferring oak and walnut Ca in all lit spots. Shrubs (he says) would ...

... ;VtotoI. SA TURDAY, APrL. 2, 1842. lS BRISTOL SUGAR-MIARKET, Friday, April ?? he done in our sugar-market during the week. In Lon- don, the prices have declined another is., and of the n, large quantity brought forward for sale the greater part was withdrawn, principally for want of buyers, but also to prevent a further depression. ar INooME-TAX.-A memorial against the Income. 15 Tax, ...