... I TlE PIILIPPINE WAR. More Heavy Fight:3zl. Filipino Position s CaptureiL [Press Association Foreign Specia1.] MUANILA, MARCHe 16. Last night the insurgents at the outposts and in the trenches beyond (Cakccaa fired several volleys among the Montana and KJansas Regiments and the 4th infantry, with the objet, it is supposed, of ascertaining whether the lines had been thinned by the movement of ...

... ITALY AND CIXNA. The Recall of Signor Martino. [Press Assoclation Foreign Special.] tI rElazN, MARCIH 18. 18 The recall of Signor Martino has now been oflirially t announced. For several days it has been rumiourod 18 3 that his recall was impend ing on the ground that he r8 I had exceeded his instructions. I It is believed that the incident will deal a severe P r blow to Italian influence in ...

... THE COINVALESCENT HOME, ut ek T oekr To Be Opened in JUne. us in Preparations at Waynflete. us is _- hoG (special to the Bristol Mercury.) The Committee of the Bristol Convalescent IHome in commemoration of Her Majesty's long reign have nominally had possession of Mr E. P. Wills's hand- some gift of Waynflete, Durdharn Down, as far back as September. Not only had they the building, but in ...

... t | YESTERDAY. T Ihe Speaker took the chair at ten minutes past s twelve o'clock. a a e1 e T~r PETRnoLEUMr DILLr. tl r 'IECc ITT, in moving the second reading of the h c Petroleum Bill, the purpose of which was to substi- s tute the close test for the open test, and to restore p t the 100 degrees flash point prescribed by the Act of to f 1871 in the legislative restrictions on the sale, ...

... ? A %,Oriental Jump's Axttcr. ? A LAwN Tixt is DISPuT1.-MACHINME MArE l.Ci. -CHJeAP' REPROiDUCTIONS .-THre: DANGEr. OF CIMAP INESS. DOEBIwTLESS many of my readers wore more or less interested in the report of the amusing County nount, prooeedings two or three weeks ago in eon- nection with the Hampton Lawn Tennis Club dispute. It will be remembered that it was an action brought by Mfessrs ...

... SIC Mlast 24 lqoU. 'Tis a clirenicle of day by da3 -The erempast. I ______________ ('cnsals closed at 1101 for money and 110' f~r 1 account, r Light E. winds and tireo and foggy welther t-dj ay. That Wli' do, with economy as to the fog. t Madiiruni and ioinimunm temperature reccrded by Pl thermometer outside the BRIkTeO MuaCURY (ltiee e 32ft. above the ground, for 24 hours ended at 2 a 1)3 ...

... 'lEISTOL ECONOMIC SOCIETY. 'll \i \ I ginx(- ':I;:i - s V:\\- i i'i: - _f. L i'; 'iLE. . I i .a-t i.:'-- ~n- : iC y v. s a .f het W'::k::,:> \. . .' t:cf ct ! iritnx.''1. M~r *-acrg-i'i 1 -:-'^e-. -.:._ t.:e. - ^- a fair ( r ;, K g- - > th ir~rtal- C'', ;,1, as ipsnI--sijle to I I oVe rCetiraF',a ITr 'Cori v !- vinv of the subject ix iv>' I:C,' Lbat d i n w '- o writers on -- a~sl . ra-' :- ...

... e ZatEt ofbri~tolff Mr Edward Halsall, the veteran member of the commercial IBoomsr, was suffering from slight indisposition on Friday, but even at 95 he deolineci to be confined to his house more than a couple of days. -Iewalked down Spring hill yesterday, and astonished his friends by walking into thu lRooins as usual in the afternoon. The annual meeting of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce ...

... W4tt Ratot 24 Potus, 'Ti. a chronicle of day by day.---bc Teropest, id Consuls closed at 110 5-16 for money end 110U | l for account. St Light variable airs and fair weather to-day. And a- a right good forecast, too. ly Maximum and minimum temperature recorded by ,y thermometer outside the BRISTOL MERCURY Office, Y 32ft. above the ground, for 24 hours ended at 2 a.m. to-day:-52deg., 39deg. ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...