... ' Commission signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Car- ?? Jones Williams, Esq., to be deputy-lleatenant. Royal Willts Militia-.John Leigh Reed. Esq,, to be captain. Second Somerset Militia.-Edward Wentworth Bennett, Gent., to Hamlpshire Mtilitia.-b rederick 1'ranis Fereby, Gent., to be lent. Harnpshls-e Mllltia.--Captain George Blurrard, to be major; Lieut. John Loiseeda, to be ...

... THE WAR.-Tha followving despatehes were received VrENom Therda satjin.gThB combined fleets, a hich aled left Vera on the 3rdh , ibad j appeared of febetatpol on the 8th. A perfect cloud of transport, troopsthips, andt ateamtrn of all sizes covered- the sea in the vicinity of Blikbv5 The whole army was in the highest spirits. PABLs, 2'Auivday.-The Moaiteuw publishes a despatoli fromn Therspia, ...

... ?? W- - - _-S- I . .rtotsl. SATURDAY. SEPrnexBI 16, 1854. AN article in our contemporary, the Gazete, and a letter in our own columns from Mr. Charles Rossiter, of Broad- mead, iacuse ns-tbeletterthoreespeeially-of makingan attack. upon the. bakers of Bristol in .the paper headed rice of Bread which appeared in 'our last week's Supplemnent. No one who readl that atticle honestly and ...

... TWERTON.-On Saturday, 9th Inst., the remains of the late Thomas Carr, Esq., of Twerton, were interred in the churcbyard of thatvillage. The funeral proceselon consisted of X a hearse drawn by four horses, and five mourning coaches con- I taming the friends of the deceased, and they were followed by about 3so of the workmen of Twerton Cloth Hmantuaotory, all in mourning attire. The shops were ...

... On Saturday the coroner, J. B. Grludon, Req., held an in- quest at. the George hotel, Temple-gate, on the body of a lad D named Thus. Roberts. who met with his death on the previous afternoon wbilst fighting with another boy named Thomas Morgan. The jury having been sworn, D The Coroner stated that they had been called together to in- at quire by what manner a lad named Thomas Roberts came by ...

... clei The Prince of Wales is about entering the naval pro- rieE fession. He isto join ?? Albert now ?? &a a lieutenant ! slot In compliment to France, and in testimony of the',~ frol alliance existing between the two countries. the 4odmir' ty has resolved to name one of the line-of battle ships abotto 0MO] 'be launchied La France. no N~early the whole of the seamen who entered' for. for, ...

... NO OBLIGATION.-A certain Secretary of State being asked why did he not promote merit, aptly replied, Because merit did not prdbnote me. FLORAL BlIOGRAPHY-The dahlia is a native of the marshes ofl'eru, audwas named afterDahl, the famous Swedish botanist. It is more than sixty years since its introduction into Europe, and it is now the universal favourite of florists. The numeberof varieties ...

... 4e f t+ eruflg SATURDAY, SSIIrEmnrmS 16, 1854. F['om the last-received telegraphic despatches it may be concluded that the English and French expeditionary forces left Varna and Baltschik from the 3rd to the 6th or 7th instant. They will have concentrated ere now off the western shores of the Crimea, and the debarkation will be effected, reports say,' at' a point near the mouth of the river ...

... 0C;IETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONGST THE JEWS. The thirty-ninth annual meeting of-the above society was. ed en Tiesdae in the small room of the Victoria-Rooms, elftO . rPinney, in the chair.' J.'8.Harford, Esq.: ~s 5to have presided, but was unavoidablyrabsent. '1'be CwAcaMAw, in opening the business of the meeting, ed his regret at the absence of. Mr.. Harford, and, in 5upplyg his place ...

... LAWFORD's GATE-TiuRSDAY. Present: The Itevds. Messrs. Kirehouse and Clutterbuok.. William Hatherley, of Henbury, was charged with ill-using and beating his wife. Complainant stated that the de. fendaut was in the habit of ill-using her once or twice every week. On Saturday night last, about half-past 12 oclock e saw him lying down with a woman by the road side. She *ent towards them, when he ...

... ; I EY1OIb's CQMEM'A]ON SOCITY.' The annual meeting of the above socletywas held at the Savings bank, .Stephen-street, on Monday, the right- worship- ful the Mayor iB the phair. The Rev, S. E:. DAY, secretary, read the following REPORT. - Are the commercial interests of Bristol retrograding ? has po- verty come upon this great city and its neighbourhood as an armed man-or is the assertion, It ...

... Wn have given a rather long account, from the Times, of the latter portion of the visit of Prince Albert to the Emperor of the French. It is, as- might have been ex- pected on such an occasion, somewhat high-flown. We care not, however, for what may be described h8 the mere show of the occasion. The more important points are-what dictated the meeting ?-what feelings were manifested ...