... i Important Deputation. Speech by Mr Balfour1 [Press Association Telegram.) Mr Balfour, in the absence of Lord Sall-bury received yesterday at the Foreign Offirc an influentia deputation, representing the International Crusade of Peace, The right hon. gentleman was accompanied by Mr Brodrick, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and Sir Thomas Sanderson, the Permanent Under Secretary at the ...

... - 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 ...

... * AAr- e- - - A -4 tn ;- n f +L WA A n uxA - So The first annual meeting of the members of the 10 er Radstock Victoria ball was held on Wednesday e evening in the reading room of the hall. Mr .l. re McMurtrie, County Council, presided over a good rs attendance. The Hon. Secretary (Hir Richard H [d Harvey) submitted the annual report and balance sheet. The report stated that the committee were ...

... EA'K(wS\V-OOD URBAN COUNCIL. v, frtnidhAIV meeting of the Urban District 1:,rtrnightly meeting of the Urban District ', io: lingswood was held last evening the fe'wxing nioubers being present:-Messrs W. D. .r e airman), A. 1. EIvans (vice-chairman), J. (rte urchill, 1. Pow, W. Besse, R. P. Betty, ,. flman i. 1 li Green, AV. Brain and A. Painter, .t47DAY TRADING. (etter oaf received from Miss ...

... vlit exi Clevedon. e sin res [Special to the Bristol Mercury.] At tbz off (ConcludIed.) thi FRIARY OF 'THE FIIANCISCAxS. thc It would be impossible to remain long in li't Clovedon Without noticing this monastic order. You see thorn frequently, clad in a loose habit of coarse Tb woollen texture, with a, cord around the waists tied Inc in large knots as a girdle, walking barefoot With but Fit ...

... National Association's Annual Report. Interesting Details. The eleventh annual report of the National Association for the promotion of technical and secondary education has just been issued, and the Executive Committee have again to record a satis- factory advance in the field of technical and secondary education, It. is true that during the past year the movement of the legislature has not ...

... Zbe Z;ath of )Zrtotol+ Alderman Proctor Baker was reported to be still rather better yesterday morning and making good F progress. We are glad to learn that the health of the Duke of Beaufort is still improving and his Grace is much better than he was last week. The Docks Committee have given notice that, owing to certain repairs about to be done at Prince street bridge, the bridge will be ...

... r f Annual Inspection Yesterday. a1 (Special to the Bristol Mlercury). r e t Once more fine weather favoured the annual inspection of the Clifton College Cadets. The con- e ditions were, perhaps, not quite as delightful as last r year. But after all it was dry. It was rather a narrow escape, however, for within an hour or so of P the close of the proceedings the rain began to fall. r The work ...

... Ijiettco to the btatbm All Lettera must be aCcompanI6e by the namaes and addresses of the writer, not necessarily for publication but for tho satisfaction of the Editor. I We do not hold ourselves responsible for any of the opinions expressed by correspondents. We cannotundertake to return rejected communications, Correspondents must write on one side of the paper ounly ...

... I Ctj 3rtoto1 ;R1rcur FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1899. Tue BRISTOL MERCURY was established March 1, 17X0 The BRISTOL DAILY POST was issued In ooniunotion with the MRERCUnY January 24, 1860, and incorpovated with it January 26, 1878. Is Saul also among the prophetsP Sugar Scriptural quotations crowd upon a the mind when we receive a Cobden t] Club pumphlet written by George E, Davies, c and we find the ...

... BRISTOL CITY. COUNCIL. Committees and the Press. Rescinding Motion Carried. Taxation of Ground Values. A special meeting of the Council was held yester- day, and in the absence of the Mayor, who is away from Bristol on a short holiday, the Deputy Mayor (Alderman Sir Eobert Symos) was voted to the chair. E The members absent were Aldermen Proctor Baker, r Pethick, Bartlett, Harvey, Townsend, ...

... . if the experiene of the last three or four has taught anything, it is that the first appe, of influenza should mean complete surrender that bed is the only safe place until a n temperature has been restored, and has been tained for a sullicient time to allfrd security a; the probability of a relapse. The obituary lists, daily papers for the last few weeks have contai dismal total of ...