... IA rolf, 6t. (From Our Own Correspondent.] HorsE or CoMMroNs, SVEDXES)AY. The louse did not adjourn this morning until halfpast two o'clock, and consequently the sitting wes resumed somewhat languidly at noon to-day. The business wag the Colonial Loans Bill which was postponed from the previous day at the suggestion of the Opposition Leader in order that a statemeat of the items, and large ...

... The third quarterly meetiag of the Council was held in the Nial Prius court at the Town hall, under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr R. Norton). There were also present :-Aldermen Slater and Tate, l Councillors Goodall, Bennettw Wheeler, George, Collins, Richards, and Weaver. The Finance Com- mittee's report showed a balance in hand on the borough fund of £161 5s 5d, from which payments were ...

... I ACROSS - ABYSSINIA. ! I _I1 ;ra )re A Wonderful Journey. tar g he Fashoda and British Prestige. tI he on I iur A Traveller's Narrative. i bsy V ad [Press Association Foreign Special.] t )rt 0 lot i] A representative of Reuter's Agency has had an t: Interview with Dr Reginald Koettlitz, who has e returned from a remarkable journey across Abyssinia I ) from east to west, Dr Koettlitz, who was ...

... I LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD INQUIRY; d The people of Portishead have had considerable Eetrouble and anxiety over their sewerage scheme, but k nowthere seemss tbs an end to them. A Local Govern. k meat Board inquiry was held yesterday morning in I the Assembly rooms, Portishead, in regard to an application from the Urban District Council for h sanction to borrow a further sum of £1500 for works h ...

... DIR MELLOR, Q).C., M.P., ON OLD AGE PENTSIONS. Tfle Rlight Ilon. J. W. Mellor, Q.C., M.P., presided at the annual dinner of Court Culmhead, of the Ancient Order of Foresters, held at Churchstanton yesterday, In proposing the toast of the day he said he dared say they had all heard that a scheme of old age pensions had been propounded. il-le should have said that fifty schemes had been pro- ...

... i | silk umbrella. The ohoir also presented Sirs Poad v with a Morocco bound Bristol tune book. ALSOIPS OUTrEG.-It avlll be seen by advertise- S gent in another column that Nr AIsop's cabinet storks, Broadmead, w ill be closed on Saturday, al At:gust 5th, for the men's annual outlug. LOUVER Snoxv.-The fifth annual show in aonnec- lion with the West(4loucesterandDlstriotCarn3tion, fe Pansy, and ...

... LIGHT ON WATERP COILOl 'f 1,6. LIUHT I'L iN 1.1L-U v- In the annual report of the DCPattill'tl.0 Art sir T. Armstrong, thic late (11rceto W mslhod a report on tlle pictur s ia tile TIuseuin, and in tlhe couit of t les yi e vvhicli arose in 1886 'vitil segerd to tce Nater colour paintings to ti, deltCio: strong light had tCOUSlCO LO brditllg 1501 inquiry as to the causes of 0a1li g . ti B. ...

... i5 THE AGENDA. he The Bath and Wells Diocesan Conference will be )M held in the Chapter House at Wells on Thursday and Friday, October 5th and 6th. The proceedings ,will c. open with a celebration of the Holy Communion in the Cathedral, and the Conference will commence at eleven o'clock with an address by the Bishop of Y' Bath and Wells, the president. Ten clerical and ten ng lay members will ...

... Zbe JUvt 24 I)QttM 'TMs a chronicle of dav by dayr-The Teaptso, Consols closed at 1051 for money and 105 15-16 for account. Light IE. winds and fine and warm weather to-day, Good deal of the law of the Idedes and Persians in this paragraph. Maximum and minimum temperature recorded by I thermometer outside the BRISTOL MERCURY Office, 32ft. above the ground, for 24 hours ended at 2 a.m. to-day : ...

... Last Year's Work. A Wonderful Record. Wo have received an advance copy of the annual report relating to the work of tile Ashley Down Orphan [ouses and the other objects of the Scriptural Knowledge Institulion for Home and Abroad founded by the late George 81 filler, s nd the pamphlet is as usual of absorbing interest. The 1 Erief NaTrativO of Facts as it is called, has been compiled by Mr ...

... PRISONERS BEFORE THE CARDIFF STIPENDIARY. Before Mr T. IV. Lewis (the stipendiary) and Mr R. E. Spencer at Cardiff pollee court yesterday afternoon, Joseph Hyman, 20, and Montague Hyyman, 23, wvere charged with stealing watchos, belonging to Messrs Brooks and Lcvene, auctioneers, Cardiff, on various dates during the past six months. Mr Lewis Morgan conducted the prosecution on behalf of tho ...

... HGrtag&9 If any reader who Is In a diffloulty with reference to I'l his garden will write direct to the address given n-11-211 beneath, his questions will all be answered in full and. No detail, free of charge, and by ret~urn of post.-(Ed.) I charges. I. is- PESTS OF 'VEGETABLES UNDER GLXSS. MRDS 59, ), LENDS Introductory.-~Every post brings us numerous alo,,c, at specimens of diseases of ...