... IBrislo -I S - - Therfo~l is -,l..!. e.! L2, at he ey eh i I 71 'as ad 33, d. he ck nT] he at Cr ~11 5 lis i in [Ie he ce id tie in ey as ee The W-Hr1.l nic-ctfh', was hIeld b3 i chairnan I rec . Were -Adno r l I l ' J, P50'r .y \'. V1 .Ir 1; - A httE- ,- I. - - read urgi' r- . lltw rca,! ccll well rcad. The .\'.1'iN:-, - thl! e r pi t I the u I cr ci li; i the ivt r ,io *f : Cerrri Ci:It ...

... BRISTOL VOLUNTEER DIT RY. TO-DAY. ENm,.rEuns-7,30 p.m., recruit drill; bugle band practice. FUNERAL OF MR Josnpo DAVIS.-The funeral of Mr Joseph Davis. builder, of St. Paul's, was hold on Saturday afternoon at Arno's Vale Cemetery. The mourners were Messrs George and Frank Davis (sons), Messrs Arthur and Charles Britton (nuephews), and Messrs I. WV. Pymm, 0. Dyer, J. Burns, J. H. Clake, J. ...

... |TMj.\ ,ItFEIDERAL PROSPECTS. .:rr--C:idll-t Lites to the Globe --Aus b 0f1J'iiit't ari [scorning somewhat anxious Ce th. !rie lorel nlbke rrsalt of the Rseferendum In b *313. Which liill iot bI beld until September t r ,it F :.,!1r-tfod that the Now South Wales atl ranil iDpI) !ults of the Australian Common- It hi;; if' prcisret form have decided to spare r tceltv iir rci(rx gill the ...

... I THE TRANSVTAAL CRISIS. 'a a Situation Unchanged. a The Boer Terms. g Sir Gordon Sprigg's Opinion. e, Reuter's Agency learns that the Transvaal situation le has undergone no change. le set [Reuter's Telegrams.] a PRETORiA, THURSDAY. d The despatch handed to the Transvaal Government 31 yesterday by Mr Conyngham Greene, was simply a mail copy of the despatch of August 2nd, previously received ...

... mXstrtct R+ 033-54- s , BATH. At the Weston licensing session on Saturday, an application made by Mr Metoalfe (instructed by Mr J. W~all), on behalf of Mlr WX. . Reynolds, of the East Twerton hotel, for a full licence to be granted to some premises in the Station road, Lower Weston, was refused. KEY-NSH A M. In the police court on Saturday, William Henry Milton, charged with being drunk and ...

... TEE DREYFUS TRIAL. Sixth Public Sitting. y Col, Picquart's Evidence. l thie 1101 [Press Association Foreign Special.] aga ccc cot RENlrE5, AUGUST 18T~T. The sixth public Silting of the Court MJartial which is ii eogsged in retrying thoe case of Capt. Dreyf us Was hold TI1 here to-day, Il~e court assemlblinlg as usual at 6 30 a-m. Est Tile Saline stringent nieasures for thle miaintenanOce of ...

... PUBLOWV AND PENSFORD HARVEST FESTIVAL. Thanksgiving for the safe ingathering of the harvest commenced on Sunday last in connection with the parishes of Publow and Pensford, when special services were hold in the Publow Church, sermons being preached by the vicar (the Rev H-. H. Tripp). The festival was continued yesterday afternoon under favourable auspices, though ominous clouds at times ...

... !A 3 WEJDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1899. Thle Bialstror, 3flEiculn, wvas establishled 11arci1, 17A0. The J;iMTO 1. DAILY POsT vwAs issued in uou junCtiof lvit, phlle iD1EUCu\' January 24, 1860, aud iueorporatcd Winl, it January 2G, 1878. TEIErIiONE No. 11'.. 'D RCe:lill NCLetral. IT is but too apparent that the ill situation in the Trausvaal has become extremely Critical. -S r Chaml)erlain's speech ...

... Jetteri5 to tje Obitr.t -- - - We do not told ourselves responsible for Sny of the opinions expressed by correspondents. All Letters mnust be accompanied by the nATMes a17 addrosses of the writer, not necessarily for publioatfer ! but for the iatisfaction of the Editor. We cannotundertako to return rejected conumiuanitIons, Correspondents imust write on one side of the paper teily. LIFEBOAT ...

... I Preparing for War. The British Expedition. Recruiting at the Cape. [Press Association Foreign Special.] CArInowN, AuGUST 16. The appointment of Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Forestier Walker to the command of the British troops at the Cape Is likely to be popular, especially in view of his experience of South African warfare. Major-General Sir W. E. Butler and his family will, It Is stated, ...

... Tuve 4Lt 24 )Ourz. 'Tis a chronicle of day by day-The Temvp, Consols closed at 105 13-16 for money and account. Freshening S.W. winds and changeable, showery, and thundery weather to-day. To mitigate that awful stink which hangs about the New Cut's brink. Maximum and minimum temperature recorded by thermometer outside the BRISTOL MERCURY Office, B2ft. above the ground, for 24 hours ended at 2 ...

... SI)e Cralft of Vri.5tolo Fain at last ! Alter seven weeks of drought, liuisbIirig up vitlh go degrees of heat registered by Mr Dix on Durdhatn Down on Sunday, the rainfall anter midnight on Sunday lnod the heavier showers of yesterday nere welcome in the extreme. Less than a quarter of ril inch of raia had fallen during tiveor six weeks, nnd only abGut an inch in two months, and Maany would ...