... A special meeting of the Town Council was held on Tues- day, the Right Worshipful the Mayor in the chair. The t attendance of members was but small. 1 The usual formal preliminaries having been gone through, c Tile MAYORo said the Council had met to take into con. - sideration a report from the committee on the proposed new f lunatic asylum for Bristol, and also a motion of Mr. Alder- i man ...

... TILE MAINE LAW CONTROVERSY. DISTURBANCES IN EDINBURGH. Towards the close of last wveek tile town of Edinburgh was the scene of considerable disterheece and excitement, airising out of some lectures on dr-unijennees, lectotalisti, andbe subpressiozi of tlie liquor traffic, that h~ad awakened public by interest. Thie peace wae firsit broken by the students of the Uais-ersity, w'ho rose dp to ...

... I 'Urtotol. I - I SA TURDA Y, MArccH 14, 1857. | For a variety of interesting Foreign and Domestic News, see the Supplement. REPRESENTATION OF BI3IStL AMIDST threats and prospects of change on all sides- amidst county and borough wars and rumours of wars -every present appearance indicates that we shall have no strife in Bristol. In fact no ground is visible on which a serious conflict could ...

... SAT7URDAY. MciarC 21,1857. LORD PALMERSTON has appealed to the country, and Lord Derby has in consequence' issued his address. It occupied about seven columns of the Tinies, after beingt duly published in the House-of Lords on Monday night I last. It will necessarily be read withiavidity by Conser- vative candidates and their agents in order to discover what must form the staple products to ...

... BRITISH AND) FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIE TY. Theranniversary meeting of the Bristol and Clifton Auxiliary Of this society was held on TIhursday morning Inst at thle Victoria-Rlooms. The chair Nvast taken by J~. S. Hlarford, REq., and on thle platform we observed the Revdls. Canons A Girdlestonie and I-all, I.J. Allen, J. J. I aysad, H. I.W itoper, G. Wood, J. B. Clifford, C. Brice, J. A. TIaylor, T. ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, MARCH 12. Tbe business before their lordships was very trifling. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH I1. Mir. Miall presented a petition from Dissenters at Shepto Mallee for the abolition of church-rates. Ir.Walter Buchanan tookthe oathsanddhisseatforGlasgow, in the room of Mr. John M'Gregor. The Cornwall Railway Bill ?? read a third time and paseed. 'The Southampton, ...

... re - iS REVIEW OF LAST WEEK'S CORN TRADE. re (Frose the Afark-lane Express.) ee Another week of fine weather has given further opportunities so for ploughing and sowing, of which our agricultural friends are s taking every advantage; while the improved condition of the n land helps the prospect of an unusually favourable seed-time. In some of our markets the samples of Wheat have appeared in ...

... BRISTOL ElLECTION. The nofimnation of nardldatea for the repreehatingef tb'ir Ioi city In Parliament was hedld yesterdaY. in ?? ge b,,10 ateneporary iustingob bad been erected. Shrl fe ecoate8 High. Sheriff. G.O. Edwards, Hieq.. tileunder. SbetiffswAO.'HSRae, aL Esq., with their cfic-r5, entered thle Exchan5ge, sad ir'meiatly afterwards the lat-e ebers. t II fo . 14n . H. Berkle~ey and W. H. G ...

... The following- have appeared among the numerous o scraps of electioneering news published during the g& week GI CITY or LONDON REGISTRtATION ASSOCIATIONa.-On GE. Tuveday afternoon a genecal meeting of tice Lono ile BLG Registrition Associationi was held~at the London Tavern, to li, ceon~icer the present state of tihe representation of Liondjon, 31. wvith a view touthe approachinig ...

... Flrst Devon Mililiu.-John Macdonald, to bo quartermaster from Woresateroiilrfl Itilitirt-HEtiry Otayne, Ucnt,, to be quartermaster from Deceorber 13, rti6. (lom m ission signed Dy th Lord-Lieutennnt of the county of Radnor, _Jame3~ Watt Gli~son Walt, EMr., to be depasy-lleutertatc. First Devoti lIilitia.-tienTY Titotnas ilarroeig to be snrgcon; Thomas Wlson Cairn, to be assistaeot surgeon, ...

... cc SARDINIA AND AUSTRIA. in The following dispatches show that the ill.feeling existing fr between these states is by no means improving:- tl: 4 TURIN, Tuesday.-The Chamber has granted an extraordi- w nary credit to the Ministry of five millions for the carrying on cc of the fortifications of Alessandria, by the overwhelming majority of 106 votes against 14. An immense sensation has been ...

... OnWeduesday, Capt. Alidridge. R.N., and George HEurwood, Esq., CE., the inspectors appointed to make a local investi gatlon of the objects and effects of this measure so far as they affect the juri-diction of the Lords of the Admiralty, held a meeting at the New Passage, having previously issued publio notices inviting the presence of all persons interested. Mr. Fussell, of the firm of ...