... |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. ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... The forty.third anniversary of the Bristol auxiliary to the above institution was held on Thursday last, at the Victoria- rooms. The morning meeting was under the presidency of C. riniey, Esq., and was most respectably attended. On the plat- form we noticed the Rev. Canon Hall, the Revds. H. Allen, Mansell, Day, Wood, Davis, Singer, Brice, Page, H. I. Roper, P'earsall. and Blissett, Colonel ...

... SACRED RARRONIC SOCIETY. The memblersan of ?? gale on Tuesday last, at thle Victoria-Rooms, a performance of Haydn's ever freolt and beautifuloatori of the wCrea.tion. Theattendance, we regret tonsay, wabynomeans what it oughf tonhave been. Toeiprin. cipal vocalists were Mrs. Sunderland, soprano; Mr. Lockey, tenor; and Mr. Weiss, bass. The choruc was a full one; some what weak, perhaps, nt the ...

... TilE H BRISTOL POLICE-TiiE DISCHARGED MESHEiERS. e To the Editor of Thie Bristol Mercury. d Sin-Myself and many others have been in the Bristol police force ever since its first formation; I, as well as many others, d have got injured In the service by having had my arm broken; others have been Injured in other ways, some from being exposed to the weather, so that now we are past labour (I ...

... Iffuigg . *telligen'M FRANCE. The offliial part of Saturday's Moniteurwasfertlle in decrees. The first and most Important contained the expected creation of a new batch of senators. The following lithe list of the new creations :-M. Ferdinand Barrott, councillor of state and ex- minister; the Marquis de Boissy, ex-peer of France; Mi. Bret, prefect of the Rhone; M. Chapuys de Montlaville, ...

... S e- - . . - - r - SOCIETY1,01t Tug .R .. - . - -,.ds Ar- x- -9; I T'le annual meeting of this society waselon odat tbhe Victor etintote thluight Ray. the Lord Bishop of the diocess presided, and having offered up prayer, fils Lordship said he had but little to do upon the present oc- casion except to introduce the gentlemen who attended as a de- pt'a~tnion. t~ey had now arrived at a very ...

... The election of the Hon. Col. Boyle for this borough having a been declared null and void, in consequence of his holding the office of Secretary to the Order of St. 1atriek (which he has now II resigned), the new election took place on Monday last. The ~ausual formalities having been, gone through by Mr. Wickshama, e the returning officer, a Dr. Harrison proposed the Hon. Col. Robert Edward ...

... I/Ndialumtatil J? mraNgg.. HOUSE Or, LORDS-MONDAY, March s. The Earl of ABERIDEEN said lie could not give any reply too question put by tile Earl of inlrnesbury relative to the reported embarkationuof Mazzini at Genoa on board one of her Majesty.'s ships. The Earl Of CLANCAnTY called the attention of their, lord- ships to the operation of tile national system of education in Ireland, liandl ...

... ?? -ugo, HOUSE OF LORDS.-T5nRsDAY, March 10. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM the law of evidence and procedure bill (which he fully explained, and of many parts of which the LoMd Chancellor expressed approval), was read a second time. Lord BROUGHAm called Earl Aberdeen's attention to the absolute necessity of introducing a bill to put an end to bribery and corruption at electIons.-Adjourned. ...