... . .1 i To the Editor of the Bristol Mercury. SIR-Altbough not a botanist, I read with much pleasure the remarks of your correspondent. B. Miles (in the Me'rcaur of the 13th instant). I am myself an ardent admirer of the scienoe of geology, and, knowing the nelghbourhood of Bristol to be peculiarly rich in materials for the study both of that science and of botany, I would suggest to the ...

... A 4 ?? HOUSE OF LORDS-TacuansAY, FEn. 18. sum I lord rANMuIIE stated that a body of I 0,000 Militia would be Oil sufficient for the present year, As the ranks of the arm0y were Bishi now more freely supplied by voluntary enlistment. since the heO first of January toso men had thus been raised ; the num101ber M of recruits raised in the past week was 2000. Lord BisouanAx introduced a. bill for ...

... The following letter has been published by Mr. Hooper, in the formtof a circular ?? lb te Meanbers 'of the Chamber of Commerce of the -ity of, Bristol. GErNTLEN-Prompted by a desire to promote the interests of my fellow-oitizens, ailowime respectfully to draw your atten- tion to the following proposition or the construction of a Sea Dock at the mouth of the river Avon. ?? branch of the river ...

... rrpnn?iut?. emeelves SEBASTIAN CABOT A BRISTOL' MAN. matein ?? the Editor of The Bristol 'Mercury. wingl tell.SIR-Before we Indorse the reoent historic doubts as to the mroythell birthplace of one whom we have hitherto been proud to regard colonies. go a llristolian, I wish to cite a marginal note of it. Eden In a ~tivation, work respecting Sebastian Cabot, and whiob I' Copied, if I of life, ...

... D r~., Livingstonls. work has now reached te3t huad IThe South-Western Railway dividendwill b;2# per cent. for c the half-year, manking a total of Ii per cent, for the past year. ei The ,Prinee of Wales attended the debates Ins the House of Lords on Monday night.-T I An explosion took place at a firework manufniitory' In Sheffield pi on Friday, by whioh three livee were lost.' The novel ...

... JAMES WATT AND THE STEAM ENGINE. The lecture at the Bristol Mining School, on Monday lest, was delivered by Handel Cossham, seq., of Shortwood, O0 the ab)ve subject. The lecturer commenced by observing that ?? was more striking in connexion with the history of IWventions and discoveries than the fact that, In nearly every cese, they had been gradual and progressive; It did not seem part of the ...

... WORTH DEVON. The half-yearly meeting of this company wae held on Wed. necday, in London, Ur. W. Tite, MI.P., in the chair. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said that they had to regret a falling off in the traffic, or at least that it bad not increased, but he hoped that as confidence In con. mercial matters returned thetraico would egainehow au increase. They had one ...

... II tWtOL SATURDAY, FnBRUAny 13, 1858. ?? a variety of interesting Foreign -and Domestic News, see the Supplement. BRISTOL SUGAR.-MARKET, Feb. 12. .- Market very- quiet this week, and the transactions unimportant, at barely former prices. Rtefinera' produce is also dull. Rum continues sto ady. IDoWN WITH THE TOLL-GATES. - Our voice has on more than Oon occasion been raised against the ...

... Sg AAe N btUD F IAer208 SA~TURDAY, FLBnRU3Y 20, 1858. THE NEW, INDIA BILL. TuE new Bill for regulating the Government of India, introduced by Lord Palmerston, is now fairly before the House of Commons, and although some of its details have been objected to by various speakers, and may probably require modification, the measure has been received with very general approbation, as embodying the ...

... .. lot its To the Edit or of The Bristol Mercury, h15 oSem-I beg to call the attention-of the Board of Hlealth le(through the medium of your valuable paper) to the munstory ily state of Wellington-street, AIiVSaints' street. There Is, and has he been for many years, all open sparoe, fifteen yards by eight, a ra perfect moprals Of all sorts of filth and garbage. It will, perhaps, no8 be ...

... BRISTOL AND DXETER RAILWAY. The forty-third half-yearly meeting of proprietors in this ha undertaking was hold on Thursday afternooon,. at the White It Lion hotel, Bristol. Po Mr; J. W. BULLER, M.P., chairman of the BoIard of Directors, as presided. tii Mr. W. HAntwoOD, secretary, read the notice convening the n meeting, after which the seal of the company Weis affixed to the~ ai registered ...

... ST. PHILIP AND, JACO (OUT). itA meeting Of tile ratepayers of' this parish, convened in cow, pliance with a numerously-signed ?? by the churcs- warden, Dr. Htogers,waa hold on Thursday evening, at the Lamb' Inn, West-street; 1for the parpoffe of recommending afit atic? proper person to fill the vacant office oftoverseer of the poor, in - conoequence of the bankruptcy of Mr. Samuel Brain, as ...