... TILE LIB6RAL REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION. Dun contemporary the 6axelte favours his readers this week *-,wtth another leader on the affairs of this assocIation. In -the nesin he does not impugn the accuracy of the simple nrration of facts which we felt it last week expedient to give as a corrective of his bellicose effusion of the previous Wed- neoday; there are, however, one or two points upon ...

... pROM OUR CoRRESPONDENTS. -FISHPONDS.-We erat requestedfo state that our oorres- pondent wes In error last week in saying that the Rev. G. B. -Thomaz had accepted an finvitationt to Bath. The rev, gentle- S man has received n0 ouch invitation. ?? usually quiet village was on Sat- -urday night last the scene 0o' great excitement among all classes, the prevailing Idea being that the long looked ...

... Reports of the Ven. Archdeacon Thorpe's visitation chare, and of the meeting of thes ociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, are unavoidably deferred; as are also several com- mueicationa and advertisements which came to hand at a late hour. BRISTOL CATTLE MARKET. tNMEsE. Asses .. 0 PRICES. Beasts.. SSO Calves .. 449 Beef,percwt659.. 70. 01. Sheep, ..324 i igs . 423 mutfo, perlb. . ...

... - ?? -.I Queen 'Victoria is constantly evincing her interest in her soldiers end saillots by acts of kindness likely to prove very grateful to the feelings of her warriors. She has seat hand. kerchiefs anid neckties for thirty sick or wouodtid soldiers now at P~ortsmnouth, the articles having been hemmed by herself sond the ladies of the court. --There is now in the Crimes an efhective force ...

... . THE WAR. w 'We r2Yn5tU hav received tie wu g despatch from our correspondent at Berlin, dated Thuraday, h the 25th inst. :- A telegraphic despiatch has been recilivea ti here, dated St. Petersburg, the 25th of January. It an- h niounces that the following despatch had been received from c Prince Mensohikoff, dated the 17th of January:-'The Ib siege operations do not advance. Two successful ...

... TO ROBERT BRIGHT, ESQ. The presentation to Robert Bright, Esq., of the handsome I service of plate subscribed for by many of the leading mercan- I tile and trading firms of this city In aolknowledgment of the I services which, as president of the Free.Port Association, he o rendered in promoting the docks' transfer scheme, took place on r Tuesday last in the Civic Council Chamber, which the ...

... Vqmfouhuft. SAINT PHILIPs ATHENEUM. To the Editor of The Bristol Mercury. Ss-I shall feel obliged by your allowing me space in your paper to suggest to the, members of the St. Philip's Athenuam the desirability of their urging the directors to take more suit- able premises for the Institution, and the necessity of the directors not losing the opportunity they now possess of taking a place well ...

... WAR DEPARTMENT, Oct. 29.--Tice Qucel has been ffraqcieobis Dk-1, to give orders for the agpointment of the itigcht onourable L.. l'anmcure, K.T., one of ber Majesty's Principal Secretaries of 51: having the Departmentoi War, to. be an ordinary member of u Civil Divislon of the First Class, or ?? Grand Cross, of thjc )11i Ron. Order of the Bath. MaEM3EaS TO SERVE IN PARLIAMIENT.-IotiCCS, in ...

... VALE OF NEATPI RAILWAY. The nineteenth half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Castle hotel, Neathi on Wednesday last, Viscount Villiers in the chair. The Secretary, Mr. Wililame, read the directors' report, In which, among other matters, they ?? accounts trans- mitted to the proprietors, when compared with those of the corresponding half-year of 1854, exhibit In the traffic depart ...

... IT is singular how-long an excellent eause remains corn- paratively unencouraged-at all- events unenforced- until some strong current of public opinion, taking a I particular direction, sweeps all before it, when that which has been battled for during many years is at once settled f by a strong will and a determined resolution. So it was with the question of intramural interments. No- t thing ...

... REsuiunG BUSrINESS.-A housebreaker in the Midland coun- ties, having completed the term of his imprisonment, applied to the Grimsby magistrates to have his skeleton keys and other professional tools given up to him. A YANREE ALLEGORY.-A New York paper states that a sporting gentleman,' who h has paid great attention to rats, makes a bet to harness a hundred rats and drive them in a light ...

... LAWFORD'S GATE-TNirflSDAY. |gaistrates present: The Rev. Mr. Mirehouse, and. Messrs. Sampson, Clutterbunk, and George. FUACAS AT HJcnAm.-William Lapha a, assistant ovorseer of Huanham, v. Thomas fc hite, of Hcanharn-cour.-Mr. Nash ap- peared for the complainant, and Mr. Ayre for the defendant. Mr. Nash, at great length, opened the case, and called Mr. Uapham. who said that on the 5th of June ...