... |FA.TAL RAI.WA.Y 'ACCIDENTI ON THE BRISTOL -AND GLOUCESTER LINE. A fearfal collision took place on Wednesday morning Dear the NMinsgtsfield~station of the Bristol and Gloncebter railway, Lbetween a detabhed engine returning froos Gloucester (to whiich P city it had gone thhspreviouzs night to. help on a liesovllk-48deu goods train) and the, morning down mail, which ?? in thisy city at six a~m. ...

... BRISTOL kT2ACTION. e 77ona evening Andrew Croese, -Esq., gae a leoture at J thiinstitntien upon the subject .wblch has formed the ?? sttedy Of his lifb--Eleotrlbitt. i Thirasi ?? very Isrga at' tendance; ao Inrge. iidead, that the theatre wasminequal to the accommodation oftlhose who presented themseltesauddbut for the kindness of the lecturer, who coneented 'toi repeat his lee., ture on the ...

... AFFAIRS OF- BEDkIIS .,A meeting :f the guprdians-was held on Tuesday at tiho fnion. ;house, 'Bourt A; the R1ev. Hi. Mirehousae In use chair. ffr. Guloon, atile Inspector from the central Poor-law Beard, was preeset. ?? Chairman adverted to a letter be had received from the' e superintendent of the Birmingham police, denying the statement I made dt ai former meeting that a woman named -Buitler, ...

... SATURDAY, MiRar 12, 1853i Muon has been said of late in Parliament on the subject of the Canadian Clergy Reserves They are certain patches of land distributed over Canada, the produce or profits of which were destined to support the Protestant rel'ion in that country. They were originally, and er aps some of them are yet, little better than waste lands, doing harm to- adjoining properties ...

... 1411 arltaultutatj proreAl'up. - TV I, HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY, March 18. 0 On the motion of the Eiarl of SHCAFTESBURY it wae resolved ii that a select commnittee be appointed to iniquire in whet anioner and to what extent it would be expedient. to requi's that pro* 0 visions should be inserted in bills ]introduced into that house by which dwelling~houiies occupled by the Iabouring clesses arei ...

... SATURDAY, Maacm 26, 1853. IF any party would be advantaged by the carrying ou |it W of the pet scheme which a few gentlemen have set their minds relum on, for taking the Library Society to Clifton and saddling it onl to a the Artists, it would be the members of the former institution, men, Yet it is gratifying to find that a majority of the shareholders are bate nute so far guided by ...

... 117 To the Editor of The Bristol Mercury. Sxit-As a friend to humanity, will you permit me, through the medium of your paper, to appeal to the public on the following facts relating to the death of Mark Cornish, caused by starva- tion, the report of which, I presume, will appear in your paper of to-morrow. It appears that the pollee, the overseers, the guardians of the poor, and evep the ...

... d HINT TO NEWSROOM MONOPOLISTS.-In a country newsroom t the following notice is written over the chimney:-' Gentlemen 1. learning to spell are requested to use yesterday's paper. ,, SERVANTGALIS 01 Ol, WHAT'S TO BECOME OF TIE MISSUSES. -Servant Girlt -I tell you what, Cook, with my beauty and 0 Sgger . ?? a going to atop in sarvice any longer. I shall be e off to leorsetraylier..-Punch, 4t A ...

... ILONDON SUNDAY-SCHOOL 'UNION JUBILEE | r- , meeting was held on Wednesday evenin last, ?? I aegreen chapel, for, the purpose of receivinig a deputation from the r London ~Sunda~r-Selool Union, conslisthig of the Rev. Dr. Camp- r bell and Mr. 's1 atsou, whose object was to present the claims of .-the! institution on the churches of Bristol, in reference to a ju- ,f bleiddnw tien rinsed, the ...

... A DuTIPUL WIFE.-It a letter addressed to the 3rayor of LUte, by the orders of the Empress of France, her secretary says ?? also express a wish that her majesty may accompany her august husband in the visit which the emperor appears to be disposed to pay to your ftnetown. tier majesty charges me to transmit to you her thanks, and at the same time to say that if the emperor permits her. she ...

... INDICATIONS OF OP'oLaoaE.-The enormous wealth of the English gentry may be inferred not only-from their mansions in the countiee, but also from their seats in the ?? AN ?? -No fares to be paid until the end of the journey-and then only to be paid in the event of a person having arrived perfectlysari -Punch. TALENT WASTED.-A person who had been attempting to prove that men have no souls, asked ...

... 0A matter which seemed to excite a good deal of interest and tno little feeling among the parties concerned, came on for hear- -ing on Monday, before Mr. Bisdee and Mr. Shorland, two of the Somersetshire magistrates, sitting as commissioners of taxes, at the Angel Inn, Ashton. The proceedings were in the nature of surcharges for game certificates against three respectable parties, Mr. Edwd. ...