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BISHOP BUTLER

... - THS greatest lramo connected with Bristol Cathedral ia that of BishoP Butler, whose grave may be, found near the h hIhop.i seat , between those of thbe Bishops Rowel and Bradebaw. A martde stone marks the spot, and a Latin opitaph describes the mental endowments and moral graces of the famous author of the Atl3lOgy. In tle year 1834 a moniumeat was erected by sulbscription in the ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1151 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE PEARL OF BRABANT

... Tent great clock of St. Peter's was chiming an hour past mid- nib, when a solitary boat was proceeding rapidly up the centre of the Tiber. It contained but two persons, the boatman anti his passonger, a yeunr man who stood at the heal. He was closely eaveloped in a cloak, which, however, left toview a singularly handsoue countenance, round wvhch flowed aprofusion of dark hair, descending to ...

Published: Saturday 13 July 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2635 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT ADMITTED TO BAIL

... THE TICH BORNEk CLAIMANT ADMITTED I a I ?? -- -- - ci , Te Co1 V DLn The Court of Qaoen's Bench (consisting of the Lord f Chief Justice and Justices Blackburn, Lush, and Quain) l it before them on Tuesday the question of the bail in the Tiohborne trial. - The Attorney-Genoral, in showing cause againstthe rule, lsaid that as witnesses would have to be brought from s Mellipilla and Australia, ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1457 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

KEYNSHAM

... BETIESDA SUNDAY SCHOOL. - The anniversary services in ?? with the above were held as ?? Sunday. August 25th,two sermonswereprachedbytho Rev. J. Warwickr, rof Kingswood; in the afternoon an address was delivered by the Rev. W. C. Pratt, when the children did themselves and their Iteachers great credit, by the wayin which they repeated portions of scripture, dialogues, &c., and especially the ...

Published: Saturday 31 August 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2010 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

A HAMPSHIRE GHOST STORY

... ?? Gentfsrcian'8 Magazoine, for December constainftle cod andI linclndifg patrt of the ourioas narrative Of sJupposed' spaprnatural visiaton at th old msnor-loilse Of Jitistoa t Ainpaer,in Iampshire, s0a5ohlfdrodyua ago~tiaostorybe3ig r vircuinstantiially told (witht the support of other witnesses) by I the then teuent, Mrs. Rticketts. -tile sister of the ollebrated Lord ot. Viucaut, a laity ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 3518 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

NEWS OF THE WEEK

... SATURDAY, NOYEMBEB 23, 1s72. The critical position of French affairs to which we referred last week has become still more serious during the last few days. The recent declaration of M. Thiers in favour of a Republic gave great dissatisfaction to the monarchical parties in the National Assembly, and meetings were held on Sunday to concert measures for maintaining the present anomalous state of ...

Published: Saturday 23 November 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2419 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS OPPONENTS

... Us- - _ _I_ t _ _ __ _ _ IT has probably struck many observant persons that the course of Parliamentary business since the opening of the Session has been strangely at variance with the Tory predictions of which we heard so much during the winter. According to the Conservative oracles, who forgot Artemus Ward's sagacious admonition never to prophesy unless you know, the Ministerial ship was in ...

Published: Saturday 16 March 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1349 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

CHURCHWARDENS FOR 1872

... CHUROHEWARDENS FOR 1872. The following have been elected:- ST. ANDREW'SS, MONTPELIEA.-Messrs. Thomas Buckle and William ,Jame Hitchins. ST. NlcnoLAs.-Messrs. Henry Barnett Skeates and James Regers Bramble. ST. GEORGE's, BRANDON-HILL. - Messrs. J. Seymour Mitford and S. C. Fripp. ST. AuoUSTINE riTE.LEss.-Messrs. Charles Penn and Frederic H. Whitfield. ST. CLE3trESrS.-Mesars. W. Kearsey and N. ...

Published: Saturday 06 April 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 432 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE WESTONSUPER-MARE JUNCTION

... THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE WESTON- I _ SUPER-MARE JUNCTION. , sCuE !rass-wtvA U '.Sfl ?? On Saturday morning an inquest was held at the F Foresters' Arms inn, before Mr. Samuel Craddock, coroner, t on the body of Frank James Corfield, aged 17, only soil of I Mr. William Corfield, of Banwell-the circumstances 3 attending whose melancholy death have T1ready been re. 3 lated. Mr. Woolfryes ...

Published: Saturday 06 April 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 552 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: News 

PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE

... PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENOE. HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY. Earl CowPnt moved that the Marquis of Ripon, the Marquis of Salisburys, the Earl of Derby, Earl Cowper, Lord Redesdale, and Lord Belper should constitute the committee to act with the committee nominated by the House of Commons to inquire into the subject of railway companies' amalgamation. In reply to a question from Lord Redeedale, Earl ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 4134 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

LORD DERBY ON POLITICAL AFFAIRS

... Tim position of Lord Derby in the Conservative party has for many years past been anomalous and puzzling to all shades of politicians, His lordship has never pretended to believe in any of the leading theories of Toryism. At a very early period of his career he adopted that Laodicean tone in discussing cherished Conservative principles which still marks his speeches in public. He condemned the ...

Published: Saturday 13 January 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1989 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

WESTON-SUPER-MARE

... - -WSTON-SUPERMARE. TH' u 0iO iLTO. - lw saelute t~rizs innneId, with lbshctagetS a onthW ili ius ?? ud and amoun ohr noveltieswe: obsera riesmof£ sor of h onrvacttgradhs wf wohvelvp n ind ath -ter,26m of 20 ygars, and who have faith- ?? marriageo vos aiidla prize of .onegie isn.r adto a ra dom sti feal svanlt wh ived for 20 yasin the same family preereice beng ie to those who doi not war ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1872
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2420 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News