... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... MONDAY2 AUGUST 28, 1899. ! 110 BDxuTO1. NMERCURY was established March 1 1791. ThG BOiSaOL DA I.Y POST Was issued in coinjultsson %vith tho IB1I{Cuity January 24, 1860, and incorporatl1 with it January 26, 18?8. TELrtnO.NI No. 149. I he Mercier Scundnl. ,SATURDAY'S proceedings at Rennes 1 afforded perhaps the most complete I exposure of the manners and! - -- . . ~~I customs of General Mercier, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 : ...

... I THE TRANSVAAL CRISS. . Reply from Pretoria. t Not a Complete Acceptance. R rleuter's Agency is Informed that a telegram has been received from Sir Alfred Milner annoancoing e that the Transvaal Government's reply to Mr Chamberlain's proposal for a joint Inquiry into the effects of the franchise law has been handed to the British Agent at Pretoria. it is statedfthat the reply is, Not a ...

... .Mistrtct Reim, AXBRIDGE. ks The fortnightly meeting of the Board of Guardians 'es was held yesterday, Mr C. H. Poole (Weston-3uper- he Mare) in the chair. The inmates of the house were be reported to number 118, identical with the number ire at the corresponding date last year. The expenditure ne in out relief for the fortnight showed an increase of te £10 4s 8d. Highbridge (North) and Chapel ...

... CDC RAUt 24 bouts n A 'TIs a chronicle of day by day,-The Tewirpst, it t Consols closed at 106 3-16 for money and 1064 for account. Moderate S.E. winds and fine to doubtfal woather, and possibly thundershowers, to-day. Possibly! g Maximum and minimum temperatutrre recorded by :e thermometer outside the BAISTOL MEROURY Offlco, it 52ft. above the grimuhd, for 24 hours ended at 2 am. to-day : ...

... OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATONS, SUCCESSFUL PRELIMINARY CANDIDATES. The following among the preliminary candidates in this district were successful at the Oxford local examinations:- HONOURS LIST.-TuenD CLASS. Framed upon the aggregate work of the candidates, and containing the names of those who satisfied the examiners and obtained Honours; 30 candidates. Bristol.-P. H. Ling, Kob6 House, Redlaud. ...

... I 1I .ILUfN_& IJ.La IJXA, J I'J . .. - - -- The statistical su1msuocy of vossels totally lost, con- l demned, &c., published in Lloyd's Register of British and s | Foreign ShippiDg, shows that during 1898 the gross reduc- s tion in the effectivo mercantile marine of the world I amounted to 1141 vessels of 820,7285 tons, excluding all a vessels of less than 100 tons. Of this total, 322 vessels ...

... I THE TRANSYAAL CRIS. No Definite Reply. Afternative Proposals. [Reuter's Telegrams.] PRETORIA, TUESDAY. It is ascertained on the best authority that no definite reply has been sent to Mr Chamberlain's despatch of August 2nd, but that as the result of certain pourparlers a communication was sent yesterday to the High Commissioner embodying certain alternative proposals, which it is believed ...