... Ir has long been a discredit to aUengaged in agricultural operations in this country that they have resolutely refused to be enlightened with reference to vital points connected with their trade. It is hardly credited by foreigners -most of whom, as well as some of our own colonists, have pursued a directly opposite course-that while we could easily tell in any year the number of herrings ...

... goyip juttill'Atum FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY,-The Patric of this evening says:- Three sittings will probably suffice for the Conference to concl ude ita laboura An sgrceme nt has been established preliminarily and simultaneocsly upon the fendamtental points, end npon the mnnerof carrying them out, We oelieve,even, that thedate for the evacuation of Luxemburg bas been fixed. PARIS, Ti!URsDAY.- ...

... THE PROPOSED CHANNEL DOCRS. MEETINhG Ih RIEDCLIF WARD. Lost night a meeting of theinhabiltantsof Redelif vward was held at the National Schoolrooms Rledcliff-parade, for the purpose of considering the importance oi the Channel Doeke as the means of obtaining for this port the share of the oeean steam trade o0 the country. Mr. A W. Warren was voted into the chair, but the attendance, owing to ...

... CASTI A DVANCc9.-CourtIng a rich widow.-Pituacl. A-mEtWB-:NG.--vhatadventure made Dick Whittington's fortune ?-A purr-adventure.-run NAntRiOw ACCOMOtDo0 TION.-It ithospitable when you ask a stout friend To come and see you, to tell him that you Will give him A spare bed.-Punch. They say that. in Iowa latelv, a fellow appeared with legs so attenuatedthat the authorities had him arrested ...

... 19gh- Their lordships met at five o'clock. era, 'Ihe Etari of s~onit calied attention to the hardships entailed iam aon small parisites by making the employment of certificated ghindispensabnCinondition of ontaining Government wis assistance for educaionl epu'Prpoee. WES. The Biishop of GLOUCESTER anid BRIS3TOL urged that some eon. steps should he taken. to meet the grievance complained of, ...

... VaUamqiwarg '11411iUiqte. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. le There was amoat numerous attenidanceof Peers, eas-eeiaullyI on the Mlinisterial aids of the Honee. The ePtep on thes A Throne, the bar, and other privileged seats were crowded with Foreign Ambassadors, eons of Peerp, main'o,, of the leHouso of Commons, and others who possessed the right of h ente~e' The Peereoses' gallery woealso al cuid ...

... OnWednesday the annual show in connexion with this club was held in the Hunters' Close, Badminton, and proved a very successfal affair, despite the heavy rein that fell the a greater part of the day. There was a large attendance of t visitors from Bristol, Bath, Chippenbam, and the immediate t neighbourhood. The exhibition contrasted favourably with that of the lust fewr years, as through the ...

... SA LT TEARS . A rosecEatANS T fALE. w I've 8reen that same faec of hers eeores of times sinoe, and fatt though it makes me shudder, and nips me to tscheaert, I1always is go audhbave a good long earnest look; at It. and coume away a lietter man. You may see that faoe yourself-as much likes ab^ ff it had been taken tromn her sad anxious looks8-you may 8eo se i5 at the flocture-ehtop windows, and ...

... ir), The National Eisteddfod ane great musical festival is to 'aff be held this year at Carmartben, from the 8rd to the 6th of ied September next. Among its presidents, vice-presidents, and 5fn supporters, are distingsiehed members of both Hlones of on Parliament, and gentlemen of great wealth and learning, to Prizes amounting to upwards of £600 will be awarded for en successfal compositions ...

... |BREAD RIOTS AT FIIOMIE AND SOU~rH sOn Saturday indications of a riot simila to those whbich hve disgraced ether parts of the COUnty, were made id apparent at Framse by the posting or inflammnatory m piacarda on the the several vacant posta in thae toVwn, and. to Superintendent Deggan immediately comemunicau~j with - the chief-conatable, who arrived in Frome early on Mlonday, a' nd, by ...

... 1tIi?ntar? c?flt?11ir?fl4?* 1 OPEKNIN OF PARLIAMENT. i The winter session of Parliament wee opcned on Tadesda, by Royal Commaission. The last occasion upon whioh i Parliament assembled in tbes winter, in 181i7, wne when the rnquetary criias rendered the rneeting of tbe Legislature indispensable. The Royal Corn miesioners, the Lard Chan- Ecellor, the Dneke of Marlborough, the Earl of Maknetburg ...

... PrENSFORD. hei ANa U14ELCrOra V18isToD-On Wednesday afternoon last toa large bull was driven tbrough this village on bis way to hI0S Bristol market to be sold, andl when passing the Post-ofidse, the seeing thedotor open, he bolted in; much to the' consternation.. he of Mr. Pointingt, the root-mistress, who very quilikly made 3P- her exit, and with terror depleted on her countenance, made the ...