... . f -1- IHOUSE 0OF LORDttS.-F~iDAY, April 8. T~h lari of ELLENI5OROU01H presented a petition from the urnerO Ilartlepsol, complainsing of the proposed alterations ,,ier portion of British and foreign seamen employed in i th p bou~ft service, and praying that those alterations might the ?? nitted to become law. The noble earl warned the housc ris alienatinlg the affections of British seamen by ...

... PILL.-DEATa' OF THE REV. JOHN VINCENT.-On Moa- n day last this gentleman, who, during between three and f four years has been the minister of the Independent chapel 3t at this place, died, leaving a wife and three children to by deplore his loss. His Illness was of short duration, and Its fatal I 1 termination was but little anticipated. He fufilled his wonted Iministration on the Sabbath week ...

... LETms PO'55 WILLIAM NOWIav. The following are extraotsafrom lettere written by fr. HowIt. in December last. The firsts and longest, Is dated the I10th Of that month iglr ousps pss usontiinually on the road. Here are Sifivo six d g~r sniplendid horses' with their 1swag before them,co~nslstig of a rug rolled round their damper, &o. Here again career along diggers Of a more work-a-day ...

... JAapr3tot 3 S'ATTURDAY, 4P/IfIn 30, 1853. CENSORISHIP OF THE PRESS IN OUR ATHENIEUiUM. A oTVESTION which excited considerable interest came before the annual meeting of the Bristol Athenacum on Wednes- ti day last. It appeared that the TVeshsniubter Review had been t' subscribed for by the institution since its formation. Like other a periodicals it has been edited, as time rolled on, by ...

... -7? - ?? , AtA -pattimutanj 'Praufflugo. HOUSE OF LORDS._THuRsDAT, April 28. Earl SHcArrTsaaty presented a petition from the Wesleyans of Bath against the opening of tle Crystal Palace on Sundays. The Canada clergy reserves bill was read a third time and passed, after warm opposition from Earl Wicklow. A conversation of some length took place on the subject of transportation, and the house ...

... fnvrr?pnniia?rr. -,Jr _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0. To the Editor of The Bristol Mercur'y. be SiR-On reading, in print, the remarks of A Rate-payer. in 'ii 8ahsdysMruy tikhsmaigmyb misunderstood; t to nttath re-otmnhaim sethtaof4.in the I ,ls po nalte rpryi h ct n ony but that the ?? of thttxhdberheefc 1 ah ors taken by a, I5, sir, lb BrIstol, 23rd April, 1833. THE RATE-PAYER. le ...

... I.X4 * HOUSE OF LORDS.-TIUsRSDAY, April 21. Their lordships agreed to an address to the crown for a corn- mission of inquiry into the corrupt practices at the Hull election. In reply to Earl Malmesbury, Lord CLARENDON said nego- tiationg were still pending on the subject of the North Ameri-. can fisheries. As to the protection to be afforded to British fishermen, government hadl adopted ...

... ?? OOrt #0 tutt.:. I To the 'Editor of Tlhe Bristol Mercury. s SiR-Under the impression that a few particulars concerningt the meteorology of Clifton durinn the past quartei may ngt bet uninteresting to some of your readers, Ihavenmadethefollowilg d extracte from my regiter:- . a r EE-i *e,* * * trem1ba Y 4 0ac . . 96° 80 s9asEI0s, 122026 .c . .ac Ioe A ?? S . Inches. o ?? t January iD 29.467 ...

... BRISTOL & CL TON ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. The annual meeting of shareholders was held on Wednesday jast, Sir J. K. iaberfield in the chair. The meeting was held in the reptile-house, to the evident annoyance -of the great African Python, which monster serpent gave repeated signs of anger at the presence of so unusual a company, hissing and rearing itself with great animation, and dashing itself ...

... 3totot0 SATURDAY, ArtrL 2, 1S53. e We shall next week publish a SUPPLEMENT, and give, as usual, FULL REPORTS Of the Trials at the Gloucestershire Assize, 67c. AN event has transpired which in the annals of local journalism demands some words of passing record. After making its appearance hebdomadally during upwards of a hun- dred years, and outliving, according to common calculatin;.l three ...

... 4?f joarflawntarq Vroaffli4go. (Continuedfrom The Supplement.) HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY, April 7. BIRTH OF A PRINCE. 51 The Earl of ABERDEEN said that in consequence of-the a happy event which had taken place that day, he was desirous a of moving an address of congratulation to her Majesty, ex- ( pressing on the part of their lordehips' house those feelings I of de'otion which her Majesty was ...

... AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR SOMERBETSHIRE. The March winds have now blown by, the dust has vanished, the sharp frosts are gone, and the month is of the past. Alto. gether, the season has been very beneficial to the arable lands; and although the. wheat-plant has been pot bask, it has, on the whole, come up better than was expected, and there is lees de. ficienoy in the winter-sown than was ...