... (01jr vartraits MiA. ALFREID l orAoTr, of Woodfield, Werneth, O!dham, was born on May S, ISS8, at Chadderton, where his father was then engaged in the cotton-spinning industry in company with the pre- sent candidate's grandfather. His parents being members of the Society of Friends, he was sent to the Quaker school at Kendal, and later to Grove House, Tottenham, and he subsequently took a B. A ...

... The following mails are despatched from Liverpool to-day:- To the Continent of Europe (joining morning mail from London).-Box closes G.P.O. 9 oO p.m and 11 p m. daily. To France, Belgium, and the Continent of Europe (London night ?? closes ?? 1 15 p.m.; witn id. late fee, 1 35 p-m. Letters pro- paid id. late fee may be posted in Lime-street. Station until 1 58 p.m. To Austria, B'elgium. ...

... THE R WESLEYAN CONFERE.NCE. GIRLEAT MEETINGS IN LONDON. GUESTS 019 THE CITY. Wonders wvill never ceaLs. The Corporation i. o tho City of London have- invited the nmembers oif tdie WV'sleyani (Clrnference, which comm'.nees to-dAy, to ai LiIvC function 00 W(IlneSday week. ISix; blidred gil-in ls have li -ciin voted to do fraty thol sipenses, andl three £hesisnI tickets e !been issuejl. ...

... TO THlE EDITOR OF IRE BRA. Sir,-The letters you published last week sufficiently disposed of Mr Thomas's claims to rights in an unauthorised dramatization of For the Term of His Natural Life. As solicitors acting on behalf of Messrs Macmillan, the owners of the copyright in the novel, we have written to Mr Thomas's solicitor, and await his reply. Meanwhile, as Mr Thomas has, through the ...

... TOWN (CO-(UNCil. S.ASYLUJM EXPEN\1DITURE. be atI of BOIROUJGH AUDITORS' REPORT. Pr Ur OUNCIL4LOR FOSTER- Q INDIGNANT. TRAMWAY DIFFICULTIES. Bre ,to THE APPOINTMEINT OF AN slh Co or T ~ EXPERT. t O'D Th Mayor (Akierman T. Scott Foster, J.P.) B rdpresidedt at tile 'monthly nierting of the Ports. 5 th mouth Town Council on Tuesday. B th THE LATE ALDERMAN~ MARVIN. Do ay Before tho commencement of ...

... Zbe Ait 24 POUM . ht n O'Tis a ebronlcle of da7 by day.-The TempelAs ion Consols closed at 1061 for money and 106i for account. iS eVery variable airs and close weather, with rain and l is thunder in places to-day. Blow details! evidently. nst Maximum and minimum temperature recorded by Igh thermometer outside the BRIsToL MERCURy Office, 52ft. above the ground, for 24 hours ended at 2 a.m. ply ...

... HEIBALTH OF BRISTOL AND CLIFTON. | A--- ^¢ - : A l. - +t.-A 4~ n A{AE.1 BA-AMlAi *Ar Anslysis of births and deaths registered in Bristol (ineluding Clifton) during the week ended Saturday, July 1b, 1899:- Total births .,.. 189 Rate per 1000 per annum ,., 30.71 Total deaths . 86 Rate per 1000 per annu . . Average death rate of corresponding week for ten years ...

... BOATING DIS&STER. FIVE LIVES LOST. At Westport,Argylishire, on Monday a party of six went oat fishing in h small boat. Re- turninri late at night they fout.d they could not land below Drumlea, owinz to the benvy swell. They proceeded southward and made D( for n small creek, near Westport. While m doing so a heavy sea swamped the boat. The occupants were thrown in the water and five were ...

... ; V - 3P ?? 'A'IXOHT TO THE DYHEATH. ;::WevereigettingwelS ovei'tlie trail. In five or six d days more ive would. be at the north' fork of' the Fra le ser. Here:we would:be all right: We could get to Fort Eope without any trouble, for, as luck would i .have it, thle Canadians knew- a half-breed who had a id boat big enough to take us. all down the. 'river.' From there Bob and I iould go'over ...

... AX INTERESTING OPE RATION: BUDI)ING. I learned how to bud many years agfo from a working gardenerwwho, taking a deep interest in his laboprs, seemed to me to take quite as much interest in imparting his knowledge to others. Besides, he was in the habit of taking prizes for the all-round excellence of his garden stuff when anything like shows were held, which, of course, were rather few and far ...

... h - - - A flower service tock place at the Parish Church on Sunday afternoon last. General H. Darley Crazier, R.E., will hold an in- It quliry at the Police Court on Wednesday next, at ci o'clock, in regard to an application of the District Si Council to borrow money for purpse ofsweae n sewage disposal for this town, aoe fsweaeadf SPECIAL PETTY SESSIONS -SATURDAY. g Before E. Hainersley, J. ...

... TaE MASTER, BUILDERS' MEETING AT PLYM-OUTH. PLASTERERS' S ETTLEMrE NT. THANKS TO TLE DAILY N{EW& SHALL THE MASTFES RAVE A ; ~~BADGE ? (FROM OUR SPECIL COMMISSIONEPR) PLYMOUTHI, Wednesday Sight. Nearly two huindred delegates of the NaTtional Association of Master Builders assembled here to-cia; in connection with their forty-third half-yearly meeting. Alderman Hoidswort4 presided. t Among ...