... mila A man said, .the only reason why his dwelling was not from blown away derving a late storm. wag, because there was a, flour. a the heavrj 1awrfqgageupon it. ak i SWORCD AND Goar.-A Clever Ploct is attributed to the n thle Prince Imoperial. When asked why people always said, adiss Brave as a sword, ha replied, Because a, cannon iestle always recoils when it is fired, I.. A REASONABLE ...

... THE DECLARATION OF THE POLL. In a third edition Saturday we gave plirticul of the polling on that day, which resulted in favour of the Liberal candidate, Mr. K. D. Hodgson, by majority of 78'27 7266, according to the Liberal return. The declaration of the poll t»>ok place Monday morning in the quadrangle of the Exchange, and enough were the proceedings, although, thanks to the salutary ...

... A TRUTH Fon BBoCE 0o1 BEACONSFZELD.-FirdWorks must be paid for. CUarOVS OPTICAL PHENOMiENoN. - (SeO the Home Secretary's Southport Oratioul.)-The Lqok1 of ^iaa.is ifb General,-By direct light, black as thunder; by Cross lightt, couldeao de rose. SIMgtA SIuiCsdUS. - The Maharsjah of A 3ar-a wotentate of Siinla, who onglit to be enconuteroc y the sabarajah of Nowar--has volunteered to eq.ailp ...

... The Dukect of SutherlandIsi ?? a Pliatee at Cairo lor a the ci wivitoc roieldeme. It will be supplied wiOIL every Oriental Sold 1 I ?? ?? I13 lit~oy tmsiaoter' Gazette Shan been infermted that D~r. Doltlinger In on is About te JearaCe rutaly, havign accepted the ?? PAPet jllvjlitj,11nl 0f O~ld fronlds; to spendf somle tithe in Unlganld. Co., I oil Mondaly i ho Darham %Itagtnrt5oflnlslI dn oi ...

... tMISOELLANEOUS. What is a home without a mother? as the young lady said when she sent the old lady to chop wood. A young mnan in Obio recently opened a clothing store, and was sent ;to. gaol for it. Leason-the clothing store belonged tanother man~. A pious son'in, Kansas city has manifested his reverence for his fat&er's 'iemory by having a complete set of furniture made from the tree on ...

... Magistrates present—Mr. Brooke Smith and Major Castle. Two men, named Pugsley and Hazell, were charged on remand with being disorderly and using bad language at Clifton Union Workhouse. The particulars of the case liave already appeared. Pugsley was further charged with using threatening language to Mr. Rogers, the master of the workhouse. Mr. Rogers stated that Pugsley was *ne the most ...

... I'm not at all given to parading my troubles-nothing of the kind. 1 may be getting old, in faet I am; and I may have had disappointments Such as have left me slightly irritable and peevish; bat I ask, as a man, who wouldn't be troubled in his nerves if he had suffered from smiluers ? Snuffers? Yes, snuffers-a pair of cheap, black, iron sauffers, that screech when thoy are opened and creak when ...

... TH:' , ?? AW. ' I * TI- WOBTH SCOMIERSiT .MAWAY. To the :1eitor of the Bristol 3ercury. Scrm-If yoe will have the condescension to lend a listen- ing ear to a growl bf discontont froms so obscure ?? Bad- stock I, for dne, shall be'thbankful; 'and as my 6ause Of 'camp1aidt is not withoit s(ome~semblance of reasonableness, I shall accept it as a' foregone conclusion that Satui-day's M5 erejury ...

... SATURDAY, 1 SATUBD4Y, AUGUST 3, 1879- The magnitude of the new French loan has already astonished the world, but the manner in wvhich it has been received, not merely by the people of France but by the capitalists of Western Europe, has been still more extraordinary. The subscription lists were opened at the Palace of Industry in Paris on Sunday, and the doors were at once crowded by people ...

... Mr. Casper, tin English merchant, has just beon tried at Lille X. 40 on a charge of defraudinsi the French Governmjent in ocumanxioni£4 with some military coutracts during the'late war, and has been file acquitted. ?? Thle traffic raceipte of tire railwvll.3' in tI nie tcr om for lco the wek ?? 17 omns1 tet], on 14,215 miles,tofl 0l24,adfrthe werek e nding wee in 1871, onl 14,040 miles, intf ...

... 8xcrier. THE HALFPENNY POSTAGE RATE. Subscribers desirous of receiving the Mr~izouacy through the post, can have it forwvarcded front the office for at quarter 113 wreeks) on paymeont of 2s. Wd. ini advance. The DAILY POST and MERCURY wvilI be regularly forwarded for at quarter on pre-payment of 10s. 6d. BRISToL SUGAR. MARKET, FRIDAY, JANUARY CvTi.- There line boost an extensive business in ...

... I -- -- - -.2JA 111 .. Iu.. 'a Q On Monday afternoon an inquiry was held by Mr. H. S. Wasbrough, the city coroner, into the circunmstances attending the death of a lady named Isabella Duncan TLloyd, who was fatally burnt on Saturday night last. The deceased lady, wbco was only 28 years of age, was the wife. of Captain Loyd, formerly in the Indian navy, but who, we believe, is now in Ireland. ...