... LOCAL BOARD OF REALTM. IA meetting of this body was held yesterday, the Atayor ?? The MAYOR said there was anl luiportasiu matierlih itad tlk alcutlfol, because IL requiored ItstntedIate utt(ttloss. and because, too, his naming it there vvotI I tic the mneans of its going, through the press, to the cltizees. It related to a criminal assize for the city (htear, hear). Thle matter was takell upl ...

... Ir to wait foOMM ;0 d BRISTOL COUNTY COURT. d To the Editor of The Bristol Mercury, SIt-It would be, I submit, a great convenience as well as n saving of time to the public, If what are called the Rpecial 5f summonses (viz., for commitment to prison for disobedience to orders, ?? were beard on a different day from that appointed for 'original summonses. It frequently happens that from r two ...

... BRISTOL, SOUTH WALES, AND SOUTHAMPTON UNION RAI[WAY. The proceedings on standing orders took place on Wednes- il day last, before Mr. Frere, one ot the Exasminers. Mr. Parkes, St of the firm of Dyson and Co., Parliamentary Agents, appeared 9i for the promoters, with Mr. Clark and Mr. Prichard, of the firm al of SaveryC~k, and Fuasell, of this city, solicitors; the chair- all m'ane, Mr. ...

... On Wednesday evening a public meeting of the above society w was held in the Victoria-Rooms, for the purpose of hearing w some statements from Sir Culling Eardley, Bart., respecting the Si state of religion in Germany, &o. Thechairwastakeniat7o'clock by R. tingsgcote, Req., and we noticed the following gentlemen an upon the platform :-Sir Culling Eardley, Bart. the Revde. C. C. Layard, H. L. ...

... AtU F DI2WA er2,. SATURDAY, FE'awARY28, 1857, TuE country has now witnessed the temper in which the leaders of the Opposition in the House of Commons mean to conduct their portion of the business of the session. Strange as were the rumours that Air. Glad- stone and Mr. Disraeli had virtually coalesced, they have proved correct; and. the quondam Liberal member of Lord Palmerston's cabinet has ...

... The business was confined to explanations concerning the production of papers connected with Persia and China; to Earl n Cardigan again defending his military reputation against what N he called the false statements of Major Somerset Caltlorpe h in his work entitled ' The Realities of the War, by One of the hi Staff; and to the granting of returns. Adjourned. II . FRIDAY. tc The House sat ...

... A meeting was held on Wednesday evening, at the Broad- mead-rooms, for the purpose of hearing from the Rev. Jabez Burns, D.D., a lecture Qn the equity and benevolence of a Prohibitory Liquor Law, The admission was by tickets not transferable, and the room was crowded. ROBERT CRARLETON, Esq., said he had great pleasure In introducing to them not only their esteemed friend, Dr. Burns, to whose ...

... THE PANTOMIME AND THE WORKHOUSE, Mr. Chute is the manager of the Bath theatre; and, a few days ago, in the proverbial darkness of a manager mind-(a playhouse manager I)-sent to the Bath Union an Invitation, through the Guardians, to the pauper children, to come and see the morning performance of Tack and the Bean-Stalk. What a burst of sunlight broke through the dulness of the Union, as the ...

... . On Thursday week Mr. George Simpson, third master of the Bristol Grammar School, delivered to the members of this society a lecture on England before the Conquest. After some remarks on the value of history as a ecience, the lecturer remarked that the history of England was emphatically a his- tory of progress; a narration of the constant movement of the public mind-of the constant change ...

... A quarterly meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday. The Right Worshipful the Mayor, J. Vining Esq., presided. After the usual formal business had been disposed of, A REPORT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, was read, and recommended that the sum of £3664 17s. 7d. should be set apart for the payment of various accounts; amounting to the above sum; and that leases of premises in rIing-street, and ...

... HIIERE LIES TIE DIFFICULTY OF SENDING THlE UNEMPLOYED TO AUSTRALIA? ii, reply to hule question, Mr'. Win, llowvitt has addressed .c'to the Editor of the Tines, in) whlich wve find th T tv;ovvl scorching paesages:-T Si,-Will you allow me to say a few words on this most 0 curiousU subject? At this moment the BrJitish empire is exhibit. cog one'of the moot extraordinarY SIghts whtich it is ...

... I Wrt~toL SA 'UTRDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1857. X- For a variety of interesting Foreign and Domestic News, see the Supplement. BRItSTOL SUGAR-MARKET, Feb. 20. - In the absence of supplies we are still without transactions to report; the tone of the market is rather quiet. Refined sells freely, and is fully as dear. In rum there is nothing doiug. The Rev. C. Buck will preach at the Mayor's Chapel on ...