... BR1STOL TOWN-COUNCIL. .~ ,1 :. a ---A meeting of-the-Councilwaaheld-on-Mof-ia3c7tlte- It right worshipful the Mayor, J. G.fSecAw, Esq.,presiding.' e The TOWN-CLERK having 'read the minutes of the-last 0 meeting, The MAYOR took the earliest opportunity, on the birth' of a new year, of expressing, in an eloquent speech, his ardent hope that it might be' one of, happiness to every member of the ...

... AuTOoRAPFHLETTER OF THI QuEmom-The public are indebted to the Crimea correspondent of the Morning Post for a remarkable letter from a royal hand, and one of a kind which just at the present moment 'will be more valued than any other. It is an extract-of a letter addressed by the Queen to Mr. Sydney Herbert, whose lady forwarded it to Mliss Nightingale. It is as follows; and the reader should ...

... ATi NjUU SOIRS., , XOrniursdaevenjlg thcembprs of hlbt s eay avd diineij on socieiy iattaohbd ~to tbe Ath'enwim oelebrateid the birth of the new yenr by' a-eolrec in the leoture-hall of the institution; Tbe president of the. s~ciety, P. F. A~ikeh, E~sq., wea to have been present sod to have delivered an address, but the occurrence of a death In his family comgelied him at the last moment to ...

... fort' pttlliffma+ %P [Contnuedftom the Supplenlelt J. - . t /ItHE EAST. r Telegraphic despatches from Berlin state that on Thursday last the ambassadors of Englahd, France, and Austria met in conference at Vienna, to deliberate upon & effectual means for obtaining the objects of the treaty of d alliance entered into on the 2nd of December. Some controversy has taken place as to the share, if ...

... ALTHOUGHI the conduct of the War in the Bast is the topic that atpresentthrows every otherlito the shadeyet we are ever and anon reminded that events are going on in remoter regions of the globe which will sensibly atfect the well-being of large sections of the human family, and which cannot but be regarded with interest by all who scan the affilirs of the world with any thing of cosinopo- ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGHAPH. BANXEUPTS.:L(Fro0 last mlglt'8 GClat.) Henry Albert Linford and-Willilam RIchrdson, Sherborne, London, tavern keepers : George Hart, Strand, ironmonger George James Loe, Chertsey, builder. Chorles Maryon Crooks, Church- row, Houridditcli, licensed victualler James Milch, Barinsbury-plaee, Islifgtod, Innkeeper Win. jBowler, Winduor-terrace, Cooper's road, Old Kenit-road, ...

... FOREIGN AND DOMES rICS THE CRIMLEA. VIENNA, Thursday morning, Jan. 4,-Prince Gortscha- koff has had an audience of the Emperor, which lasted an hour and three-quarters, but his Majesty is not likely to make any concession to Russia- General Osten-8acken is to act against Eupatoria with 45,000 men and 80 guns. According to telegraphic despatches from French head- quarters, both arwiesare ...

... AiECDOTE OF A §IMPLETON AND A SHARPER. A CERTAiN simpleton was walking along, Iholdhig the halter of hie als, Which he was dragging- after bim; and two sharpere saw him; whereupon one of them said to his companion, I will take this ass from this man. How wilt thou take It? said the other. The first replied, Follow me, and I will show thee. So be followed him; and that sharper, advancing to the ...

... fil Nn~stol Prlua% SATURDAY, JiNUAR1' 6, 1855. Suoan intelligence as has been received from the Crimea indicates that some decisive measures were about to be undertaken by the Allies, though there are also state- ments that their movements might be anticipated by the Russians. . The siege-works, both French and Eng- lish, were approaching completeness; and it was under- stood that Sebastopol ...

... CONsTANCE, the Vivandire of the Seventy-Sixth, in the French army, was the daughter of a brave officer who was killed'at the opening of the Italian campaign. Alone id tli7 world, with no other proteotors than her Courage, her hunanity her beauty, and her unspotted virtue, great was the number of her ad~iirers. One day she counted the list of them; and after having struck off all who had not ...

... - YoungLedy (reading Crlmeatn-Orresporidewaee). Il must teqi you, too, that I have quite, abandoiled pour Brown Bess, h and that with my beautiful'Mi6- - h iElder Lady (interrnptinlgh:sh S fy).- There-There-liy e dear, Go ,on to the next letter. We .doi't want to hear. about KIi Besies and Mlniles-Theae qoIdiers are al alike ! w-;Punch. e 8AD. COrSEQUReNC8 OF PoVERTY.-At Xingsweod, near Sito ...

... SATURDAY, JANuARY 6, 1855. En- For a variety of interesting Foreign and Domestic News, see tile Supplemeent. AT a meeting of the Council held on Monday a consider- able amount of business was transacted, but the bulk of it requires no comment. One matter, however, incidentally arose to which fur- ther attention may justly be directed. Mr. R. Lang complained of the manner in which the ...