... BATH ATH-ENJEUM SOIREE. on Turusday evening the twenty-fifth anniveisary of thle Bath Atheneurns was wclbrated by a ten-meetiuig held ill tile banque ting-roim. of the Gujildlall. On former occasions the instituliol hins relied upon thle efforts of local speakers, and the intrinsic merits of the Athenmicam to attract an audience in its supr.'his evening, however, Mr. Itoebuck, , P. lfor ...

... AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCIE. d u1 RtEVI 11 OF THE1 B~iRITSH1 COtRN THADH.) e PF.,,s the ,U1tea/-L'tee Expres., Dec. 31.1 s The wheat trade has through1out the week maintained a firm s tone and at several of the hirge cosunniilig towvs of the north, ras well as at the principail mat kots in tite rural districts, piices e have crept up about Is. per qr. Flour has been held with in. !reaued fimuet ...

... Brt totol* The circulataion of THE MERCOORY, die 1849, was 477,100 to copies gnnei an verage of upwards of 5,300 per week, e. au CORPORATION OF TInc Poon.-A public meeting con-a Evened ?? thieMayor, in compliance as, w~ith tile requisition of a large number of his fellow- eni ry citizens -(see advertisernlent,)-will he hold at the Guild- sill hail, on Wednesday next, to consider whether the ...

... TO THUi RIGHT REVERMND THE LORD BISHOP OF I GLOUCESTEIR AND BRISTOL. ?? t .. ?? -BA an1 I.,. GLOUCESTER AND Bl~hbiL. Berkeley parish, Dee. 26, 1849, r My Lord-We, the undersigned, being members of the Church t of England and resident in the parish of Berkeley, have heard with much regret that a prosecution has been lately commenced in the Arches' Court, by the Reverend George Madan (yourlord- ...

... , FIt A NI~ bec ?? Courrier de, la Sommise says':-` We are reactionists we oil are not revolutionists. We wvish the republic to disappear-, fie without any crommotion or reVOlUtion, before the grave, oolemn, ml and legal manifestation of tilt 'Vill of France, and we call on, -thi tlle liljority Of thre country, to Which that right solely belongs, hie to ?? thre throne buruced on the Place det ...

... Isriotol aolon = 0otmcil. A ?? ~, thedcouneil syas held at the Council-houee on b TaCday attweve 'clock, for the transaction of various mat- ters offbusifless. The TlO)VN.CLlt having read the minutes of the last meet- fri: tag, tite council proceeded to appoint thg following officers for Co the ettltlttg year:- -h ,rPryT~r-`SUERMr. James Ilacford ab 51~.0uflhicrcRuFnMr. John Froy H dgar n ...

... THE RNGGED-SCHIOOL, ST. JAMES's BACK, itly, ON Cirausrncls-EvE timn About sixty of the young persons attending the evening. anr soo were collected in the School-roomn to partake of some til refreshmnent, both of body and mind. Several persons inter- ill- ested in thle school were presenot, and endeavoured to make th e red, cvening agreeable to those for whose enjoyment the entert ain Ii ment ...

... croarreponvence, CIIIENOESTER SCRIPTIJRE-IIEADER. cbs( I s0t To the Editor of the Bristol Mercury. so1 C ?? Jan. 2nd, 1880. Lo eS S-Tim interest felt by tile public in the case of Mr. Thorn- let I tocs, a scripture-reader at Cirencester, in connexion With tih5 by ?? Scriptuire-Readers' Society, teems to malts it sin- bot 0 perativc' onl the conimittee to put forth a statement of' the facts a ...

... CALEDOTI;AN IIAILWAY.-The report of the committee of Investigation of the Caledonian railway present, results which a have been the subject of general discussion, and which, although f they do not, as in the case of Mr. Hludson, involve the directors in the personal odium of deliberate dishonesty, are such as to - demonstrate an amount of recklessness, fully, and infatuation r without a ...

... DOM'ESTIC INTELLIGENCE. LORD DENAIAN.-'I he statements respecting the resig- nation of his high office by this eminenit nobleman are entirely erroneous, Hle his not tendered his resignation, consequently the question of its acceptance by the governirent- most t reluctantly or otherwise-has not arisen. The last accounts received by his'family announce a marked improvement in his lordship's ?? ...

... B1I SCELL AN E OU S. SINGULLAR JOURNAL.-TheC Llod, of Vienna, states, for a year past a journal has been published, in manuscript, under the designation of the Aurora, in tme madhouse of' Grnetz (Sty- ria), by somejof the patients, aided by the chief medical man. F SOMETUINQ Foa QUIDNUNcs.-TuesdayIs Tines contains an advertisement to the following eflect:-9. le Count de Chatan. villard is ...

... It is said arrangements have been cotuplebtd in London for the purchase, by Groat Britain, of the portions of territory t beld by Denmiark on the Gold coast, Africa. Among recent deaths is that of Lient.-Col Irvine, C.B., director of engineering and architectural works of the Adni.l ralty. Somerset-house. Under Lord Campbell's act, Mrs. Dakkin, widow of the eminent dealer in colfee, &c.. has ...