... YESTERPD)AY. The Speaker took the chair at live minutes past tLree o'clock. Two hours and a half were occupied in discussing various Metropolitan Water Bills, some of which are designed to improve the supply from the present sources and to increase the existing meansof storage, but one of which was intended to bring water from Wales to London by an aqueduct. While the other Bills Reere reed a ...

... Chipping Sodbur y Guardians The usual nfeetieg of the g Ledlans of the Chipping Sodbury Union was hold yesterday morn- ing, the following being present :-Sir Gerald W. H. Codrilpton, Bart. (chairman), Mr J. Tren- Iield (vice-chairman), the Revs S. G. Gillum, and 1. H. C. Sayres, Messrs IV. Sherborne, C. Coraock, i1. lButler, A. A. Anstec, W. Hardwick, J. B. I-fidson, J. Matthews. J, Iathelroll ...

... - A v - aim, nl - --rws rA_¢1Aa r At the Clerkenwell County Court, London, before his Honour Judge Edge, yesterday, a number of moneylenders'transactions were seriously questionrd bythe learned Judge. In one case Messrs Lodge and 5 Harper, Limited, of St. John street road, sought to recover £20 7s 5d, with the Court costs of nearly £3, balance due from the defendant on a bill of sale. The ...

... .Lsss[fl1.5JJL. F>7 S s .j. ' L.@ We liavo received the following from thO school managers at Brislington. As some misapprehension evidently exists on the part oi the Bristol Gsiardians, and possibly also of Bristol citizous generally, as to the attitude ol the Brislington school managers towards the Guardians and towards the 60 cli idren whom the Guardians have placed in a house about live ...

... A Zriotol )Labp?g; )Letter+ JONES AMD (Co.'s NEX - SiSoWXitOOMl.-THE INEBRIATEs' HOARE Al I3RENTRY.-MOURNINO OIiSUNWASICES.-- NEW FASHIONS AND MILLINERiY-PRiiMROSES. I, artistic taste is now cultivated in the household and all its equipment and surroundings, it isequally to be found in the large business establish- ments to which we resort to select either articles of luxury or common use, or ...

... P4um, SATURAY EVuwNeN. The monetary tension reported from all the European markets caused a f urther decline in prices at the opening. Spanish Exterior were further affected by the prevailing uncertainty respecting the financial policy of the Silvela Cabinet. Spanish railway shares also declined. Other Government stocks generally receded in sympathy. Some re- purchases towards the close, ...

... Sbe -iLa5t 24 I)OUVY. I le 'Tts a chronicle of day by day.-Fhe Tempest, Le e. Consols closed at 110. for money and 110 7-16 for e account. 0 j Strong N.W. winds or gales and some cold showers to-day. So there won't be any scorchers to run in N e Maximum and minimum temperature recorded by Of n thermometer outside the BRISTOL IIERCURY Office, to d 32ft. above the ground, for 24 hours ended at 2 ...

... LiBYRAJkL FEDERATION. I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I 'The hull Meetings. [Fi'om our Special Corresponi dent.] ULv1.., W EOINE)SDY. Hull his not set the Thames on fire for the sufficient reason that the river is rather far removed rom the present scene of our Liberal labours, and bly that tokln it may be that our present apparent remoteness from the general election explains the romewhat ...

... BRISTOL VOLUNTEER DIARI. TO-DAY. AiniI.r inRY-7.30 p.m., No. 3, company drill; recruit drill. ENx(io*L:ns-7.30 p.m., B, E and d., ambulance, and S and T section, drill with arms- recruits, drill and engineering. 8 p.m., 1st squad, parade in uniform. ! 1, icS-7,30 p.m., recruit drill. 7.15 p.m., A and C, company drill. Several reports are held over owing to pressure on cur space. | WoaIax's ...

... T.ui'li ??']L'N.D I ) ilL)tGkc)' I)) I L IFA, I (Special to the Bristo:l Mercury.) it is most true that a certain eminent moralist was Tight when ho roinarlied that there were ' some -tlings n hiclh no leilah can understand; this exactly expresses the opinion of traders in groceries and provisions in reference to the Food and Drugs Bill now before P'arliament. That there has been a crying ...

... THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, TI e Calhedral-Canon Ainger, 10.30; Right Rev the BishVp f Coventry. 7. cl 'I T e Mayor's Chapel-Rev J. FT. Bright, 11 and 8.30. 238 d.. Aidan, Crew's Hole-Rev 1'. T. Parker, 11; Right Rev ishop Marsden, 6.30. ied. Slt. Andrew, Dowry square-Rev G. F. Whidboruo, 11; Rev o. D. Oakley. 3 : Rev V. T Rowe, 6.30. St Andrew, Montpelier-Rev Ii. R. Wilkins, 11 and 3.30; Rev C E. ...

... The comnmittee's thirteenth report on th. examina- tion and inspection of secondary schools in the county of Gloucester and dioceses of Gtloti.:ter and Bristol states :-Puring the year 1389 the following schools have been examined under the provisions of the scl:ecne-Boys' schools-13rikt'l 'Xethedral School ; Chipping Canpden Grammar Sce ,/l ; Chip- ping Sodllury Grammar School; CJircnce-! fr, ...