... 4A PI'amstawy *411igfav. I HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY. The Royal assent was given by commission to the ?? Tests (Dublin) Bill, the Gretton Chapel ljarriagesLegislationBill, ?? Preservation (Ireland) gill. the Australian Colonies (Customs Duties) Bill, the Superannuation Act Amendment Bill, and a number of private Bills. The Earl of BESBOROUG1i brought up the answer to the address of their lordehips ...

... yed A P-9onnnEr.-Is it consistent for a man, whse professes to hen be a teetotaller, to think no email beer of himselfP sers What is the difference between a sailor and a beer-drinkerF lth One puts his Sail up and the other puts his ale dowen. ?? California housewives describes Soda as that 'ese stuff tint which you put in biscuits to make 'em get up and Grecian was bond themselves. ;tor ...

... I I , jnt?ll* -AI my. HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY. au The Marquis of SALIcaBURY moved an address to the of Crown praying that her Majesty would withhold her assent di' from the scheme of the Endowed School Commissioners th relating to the Free Grammar School of King Edward VI. th in Birmingham. His principal objection was that it was a scheme for taking away from the Church of England a school which ...

... against Lathauwers for the murder Mdme. Lombard has been commuted by | the Emperor to hard labour for life. General Garibaldi is said to have received from his pub- j Ushers, the Brothel* Richedei, what the Italian newspapers call the remarkable sum of ten thousand lire, for Lis novel, Clelia, oil Govemodel Monaco. M. Gener has died of the wounds received from the hands of the French banker ...

... SATfUBDAY, MARCH 18, 1871. TGle BRISTOL MERcuRY andL ?? DAILY POST oan be obtained in London, u7& thle irnming of ptcblic~atl n, at Paddi hton Station; at Af7E~rc. IV. H. Stiarh and Son, 1S, Strand; anrd at ar. H. Middleton, hssee-atieet, and Devoretz-dourt, Strand. Although no event of marked importance is reported from France, the intelligence from that country is full of interest to those ...

... The Cologne Gazette Thursday contains telegram from Vienna which states that England, Austria, and Italy have accepted the Prussian proposal of a Conference, on the understanding that Russia will also enter it without prejudice. The same paper contains a telegram from Constantinople, which says that the Porte also accepts the Prussian proposal, and has countermanded the order for calling out ...

... {Iff for. iron BramwcU.) John D':•«, 28, puddlcr, was charged with killing ore Henry Covin b 12th July last. Methu•eUb Jones dt-jK-sed toheeing the prisoner female iu afield, both whom had just: iaf puaUc-home. Wituafs, who was now deceased, into the field in question and had words prisoner. sjutfte ensued, during which prisoner struck witn-ss lb. eye, atid afterward struck with a stone, ...

... THE F OLITIOALT SITUATION . DE3TERMINATION OF D4INISTE;LIS TO RESIGN [It is stated that all the Ministers of the Cabinet were present on Monday a t a meeting held at theresidence of the Premier at Canlton House-terrace. Invitations bad been issued for the last Ministerial dinner of the Gladstone Cabinet, but the conference was held prino' to the tiuce announced for diuner. It was of a ...

... THE[ AUTUMN MANCEUVRES. The manceuvres on Dartmoor, on Saturday, were most interesting. The Duke of Cambridge was present, and reviewed both divisions separately. The proceedings were commenced with the second division being drawn up in parade order as early as nine o'clock, and shortly after ten o'clock the Field Marshal, accompanied by his host, Sir Masey Lopes, Bart., M.P., and attended by ...

... C. E. I'SAUCK. A man in all his dealings was Jacob Steinor, dealer in pictures, who some thirty years ago lived in the quaint old city of Antwerp. His shop stood in corner of tho great market place, and was kuowu far and wide, for Jacob's reputation collector of rare and valuable works of art had i leaded beyond tho confines of his native place, and his name was well knowu in Paris and Loudon ...

... Cmb-mx Bob bbbt.—On Saturday, anotler oash-box robbery perpetr. New Swindon. Settle ! t»e rouug ran named J*»y—a painter, tiring in the iQnamefr-ropreseatrf to the keeper the Queen's hoM 'tap. New Swindon, that was seat overlook the locks the hoot*. was allowed to 4»ao, although it was subsiquently proved that had u» business there, and shorty afterwards some was Notkw, howere* was said of ...

... THE ASHANTEE..WAR, DESTRuaTIOl OF iqHA NIAiIl A correspondent at Cape Coamt telegraphs an account of the destruction of the Coast. town of Uhamah by her ,Mijesty'e ehipi Encounter aid Merlin. The town had two days previouply.beatx occupied by ?? allies, before whom, wote upiported by the Encounter's boat, the Oharmsh people fl-d, but when the 1500 FliAtees, were left alone, the natives ...