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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

... *~Friday night's Gazette notifies that Prince Albert will hold levees on behalf of e Majesty, at St. James's palace, on ~OWednesday, the 6tb, and Wednesday, the 20th. of March. 0The new House of Commons is now so far completed that it will, according to present intentions, he used for the day ~'sittings of the house on thle Wedneedays after Easter. The unfinished condition of the gas and light ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2153 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

... RAIsLWAYtINTELLiGENCE. I 0, r1llD WORCESTER, & WOLVER11AMPTON. ,01 balf-yearlv meeting was held on Friday, at thee Th I'rvern. lF. ituifrord &qo,1XI.P., in thle chair. 1011'),'r~ar (Mr. Smithi) hsaving read the advertisement ~~Iii ie mleeting, ?? al mtnsa,,id th next business was to affix thee seal of to leregistes' of sharelsolders. tie~ ?? G4aselete before that wats done, wished to know 51e ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 6966 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

... Lo,vnom. Fnsnar.. LONDON CORN-El XCHANGE, Friday.-Al descriptions of wheat at barely stationary prices. Barley ruled heavy, on somewhat lower terms. Oats at previous rates. Beans, peas, Indian corn, and flour had rather a downward tendency. ARtRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. I Melt. English . . .. 6280 qro +320qrs 6730 sacks 10,80lS rs Foreign _.5160 140 = 2220 = SMIT5F5IELD-MARKET, Fiidqy ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1168 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

Parliamentary Proceedings

... :ar 'liallititaqp vi3rob tnigs. IIOUSI( OF LORDS.-FRIDAY, Feb. 22. Lord RIDDISBURY laid Upon the table of thle house the papers relating to tfie demands of the British governmtent onL that of Greece. Thbe E~arl Of HAum~owBY made some observations ol tise nitee- ?? elate of our position as regarded the contetidieg par- ties in the river Plate. Some routine basiness w-as despatehed, and their ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 9718 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

Correspondence

... carreopolloence, ni_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d r TO TIlE SHAREHOLDrRS 0? 'THIE BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY. Gentlemen -'Tire efforts which rave recently been made la a, y self-appointed committee to Shake your confidence in the n .5 tegrity 0 ' yor chairman, Will doubtless hie redoubled at tire it forthcoming, meeting, It therefore behoves thle shareholders 'to ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 4002 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

MISCELLANEOUS

... COOIPLL-IONT rO JENNrY LND.-This incomparable vocalist has recently given several most successful concerts in Hanover, one of which wreas for the benefit of the poor of the city. His Majesty King Ernest, who was present at one of the concerts, has sent to the Swedish Nightingale the appropriate gift of a golden goblet filled with ants' eggs-the food of nightingales. ANOTHER PEERAGE-It is ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1085 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1850

... VDc iftiotol fSercurv# SATURDAY, MARcH 2, 1850. )tIRELAND STILL THE FIELD FOR FACTION FiGH[TS.-We have given at a length somewhat inconvenient, at this L period of interesting railway gatherings, Monday night's proceedings in the House of Commons on the new Irish reform bill. They show. that the Protectionist, or Tory party, is waxing bolder-thanks to the meagre o majority of 21, which Mr. ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2189 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

IRELAND

... The second sale of land under the encumbered estates act took place at Dublin on Thursday; the Commiisioners acting publicly as their own auctioneers. The property was a feeding- farm in Mayo, occupied by a good tenant. 'the bidders were all Irish gentlemen, and the purchaser was Mr. Pierce Joyce, of Galway, at £3200-about 23 years' purchase. Dr. Longfield told Mr. Joyce that a very small ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 649 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

RAILWAY TIME TABLES

... md GREAT WESTERN AND BRISTOT, AND EXETER. in ~e- UP TRAINS. >Se 32Seio xpj 33ti)a= er ?? 0::v c ?? : :: ?? : . 0 oh ,re 1 Ild~ he tP it, ?? er o : : : :: g _ or o$ocI00~oaD^oS! 3 23 g ed Ol at .s a tatw ?? ~ o ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1305 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-TuUnRSDAY, Feb. 28. The report of the ecclesiastical commission bill, as amended In com- mittee, was received. Tito Marquis of LANSDOWNE theo1 ?? th1e second ?? of tile party processlois (Ireland) bill, and recapitulated the circulmstanlces whcil had induce thi goverilment to ?? it to the holise. After considerable diseossiou the bill was read a second time.-Adj. HOUSE OF ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1323 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

... The private sale of the effects of the late Queen Dowager was brought to a close on Saturday. Tile amount realised is said to be something under £20,000. Count Henry d'Avigdor, who has resided in England for the last fewe years. and married the second daughter of Baron de Goldsmid, has recently been elected a deputy of the riedmontese chamber for Gavi, in the province of Novi. After a two ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1291 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

COLONIAL CHURCOR SOCIETY

... The annual meeting of this society was held on Tuesday, at the Victoria-Rlooms, P. F. Aiken, Esq., in the chair. The at- tendance was far from numerous, the great majority of those present being ladies. Prayers having been read by the Rev. J. YOUNG, Th51e Cn.lAISSAN opened the business by adverting to the great extent to which emigration had been going on, latterly in ia greater ratio than the ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1850
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 646 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News