... 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 ...

... E TRANSVAAL CRISIS. I i Despatch from Mr Chamberlain. TThe Boer Reply, The Volksraad Debate. t [Press Association Foreign Special.] - - I t PRETORIA, JULY 14. A despatch from Mr Chamberlain was handed to the rransvaal Govornment by the British Agent, MIr ConyDgham Greene, on Wednesday, asking for a copy of r the draft franchise law and for an eluoidation of certain e clsuses, It also suggested ...

... 'isftrit cr TeC)So BATH. The 47th annual meeting of the Bath Branch of the Licensed 'Viotuallers' Protectiou Aassociation was held yesterday afternoon at the York street wine vaults, Mr C. Stride presiding. A vote of con- dolence and sympathy with the relatives of the late -Mayor (whose action in regard to the Tennyson Smith mission was cordially approved) was unani- mously passed. The annual ...

... The Queen's Prize. Ehooting in the First Stage. BISLUY, MONDAX. The first stage of the Queen's opened to-day at the 200 yards range. The weather was favourable to big scoring. The total value of money prizes in the Queen's is £2420, of which her Majesty contributes the first prize of £250, and the Association adds £2170, gold, silver, and bronze medals, and badges. The money Is divided into ...

... BRISTOL VOLUNTEER DI&RY. TO-DAY. A]RTILany-7.30 p.m, Shoeburyness group drill. ENGINEEniS-7.30 p.m., officers' sword drill; recruits, engineering; drum & fife band practice. RIrLES-7.45 p.m., camp instruction parade. GW.\R. ExcuRsIoNS-On Monday next there is a day trip to Henley and Windsor and to London for one, two, three, or six days. Tin CLERICAL TITHES BILL.-A public meeting organised by ...

... L4 MIDSOMER NORTON . t URBAN COUNCIL. The ordinary meeting was bold at the Market hail I on Monday, Mr G. Carter, J.P., presiding. Other g members present were the Rev P. Horne, Dr Waugh, 11 and Messrs J. Tovey, W. J. Thatcher, C. Stock, J. J. F Pearce, J. B. Shearns, W. Tovey, and G. B. Delve, with Messrs H. E. Ames (clerk) and W. F. Bird n (surveyor), ti THE LIGHTING QUESTION, t] The subject ...

... BRISTOL VOLUNTEER DI IRY. 1-'Av -1 TO-DAY. ARTILiLRY-7.30 p.m., Shoeburyness group drill, ENGiNxxns-7.30 p.m., slgnallers' parade. .RILES-2 p.m., 1st, 2nd and 3rd class cups. t DiocEse OF BRISToi,.-The Lord Bishop of the r diocese has instituted the Rev D. H. Cogswell, M.IA., l to the vicarage of Wapley with Codrington, and the Rev C. E. Hutchinson, M.A., to the vicarage of Alderton, Wilts. ...

... TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1899. Tho BnISTOL MERnCUnR was established March 1, 1793 The BRISTOL DAILY POST Was issued in conjunction with tbe MERCURY January 64, 1860, and incorporated with It January 26. 1878. TELEP}IONE No. 149. The Pressing Butsiness. ALTHIOUCIh Mr Balfour Was stating Ministerial arrangements for the remainder of the Session in a very unconcerned fashion last night, it by no means ...

... Sbe Cakt of Mrfotof. The sweltering heat of Sunday was tempered by a light breeze, but for which it would have been as high as the records of June. The actual reading of the barometer in the shade at Redland was77 degrees, and this must have been surpassed yesterday. We understand that the Congregational Church Extension Committee in Bristol have now in pay- ment and premiums for theTwentieth ...

... icr of JUDGMENT. Che In the Chancery Division, on Saturday, Mr led Justice Byrne delivered a considered judgment upon rps the application made two days since on behalf of re Sir obert Peel, under the Settled Land Act, that he im, might be allowed to sell the heirlooms at Drayton d a Manor, on the ground that he is receiving no income from the estate, to enable him to maintain himself led and ...

... At yesterday's meeting there were present Alderman Proctor Baker (chairman), Alderman Howell Davies (vicoe chairman), Alderman Hare, Messrs Stephens, Smith, Butler, Langfield, and Hughes. TIIAFF. I The traffic returns for the eleven weeks ended t July 11th showed an increase of 28,708 tons, and £3456 in dues, compared with the corresponding period of last year. c IMPROVEMENNT SCHEMES. t The ...