... 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 ...

... PRESEINTATIONS TO MIR. G. W. lgVNCENT, X-N. on. Atten o'olock on Wednesday all thi eenplooes ler6 assembled togother in the large laundry of C. MeRsrs Vincent and Duncan's oollar wvrka at of lidofqrd for the pmrpose of presenting M3r. G. W. Tiioeent with tokens of respect on his leat abtaining the age of twventy-one years. I' wr~a about twrenty-six years ago that Mr. G. gas W. TinCeGt, sen., ...

... 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. ...

... jTHH BISLEY MEETINGJ TO|DAO-yDA SHOOTING. teseterdat at Bisley, in the Lucas Cup competition, the Plymouth Brigade, of which Major Griok was captain. was fourth, being 49 -points behind the winnere. The scores of the Plymouth Brigade were :-Sergt Lewis (Exbource) 94 ; Colr -S Cooper (Plynmith), 93; Lieu, 1'otbPtbr (Sidmouth), 93; Capt Roberts (E(routt), 93; Serg8r Ward (Exbourne), 92; Corpl. ...

... 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 ...