... 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 ...

... A A 1_ t At L . . - . z Analysis of biwtas and dcaths rcgistared in Bhistol (including Clifton) during the week ended Saturday, JUlY 29, 18J9:- Total births. 164 Rate per 1000 per annumn. 25.C2 Total deaths 84 Rate per 1000 per annum 13,64 Average death rate of corresponding week for ton years .. 14 76 Death rate of corresponding week of last ...

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... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... IIg 7 SANITARY INSPECTORb' ASS OCIATIONX. At the annual meeting of the association, held at Lincoln on Thursday, The CIIAIJIMAN (Mr T. J. Moss Flower, C.E, of Bristoli, in the absence of the president (Sir John Hutton) thraogI illuess, delivered tile opening address. After regretting the Iincss of Sir John, lho said:-l should like to con- gratulato the Local Committee, and all tlose who have ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...