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Rh BRISTOL. 332 Bun , il ragged school*. .Mosophical Institution, Uio athcn In' illy, law, iinil medical libraries. The first-named comprises an art museum, a library and reading-room, a lecture theatre, and other apartments. The museum contains, among many valuable works of H.t, the line .-tatue of "Eve at the Fountain," by Bailv, and a set of casts from the Elgin marbles. The build- ing, situated in Park -street, is a handsome str with a (jiniui portico. It was OOmplated in 1823, and is held in 25 shares. The all: mated in Corn-street, was erected in 1854, and contains a magnificent library of 7,000 volumes, with lectim- hall, spacious reading and chess rooms, and other apart- ments. The law library is also situated in Corn- street, and was visited by Queen Elizabeth, who was received in the room now appropriated to the library. The walls are panelled with richly-carv. d oak, and pro- jecting figures by Hugh Brown. The city library in King-street is a handsome stone building, with emblems of literary genius in front ; it includes two collections of books one left in trust to the corporation about the year 1730, not of much value ; the other a library of use- ful books in all classes of literature, belonging to the Bristol Library Society, and comprising nearly 18,000 volumes besides a small collection of fossils. The obser- vatory, zoological gardens, &c., are in Clifton. The hos- pitals, almshonseo, and charitable institutions of Bristol are very numerous, and many of them richly eml Among Uie principal arc Trinity Hospital, in Old Market- street, of very ancient date, with an income from endow- ment of above 800 per annum ; Temple Hospital, founded in 1613, endowed with about 1,200 a year ; St. Peter's Hospital ; Stevens' s almshouses, founded in 1679, and endowed with 650 per annum ; Foster's, in 1492, with an income of 330 ; Colston's, in 1696, endowed with 345 a year ; and the Merchants' Hospital for seamen. The Bristol Royal Infirmary, established in 1785, i a spacious building in Marlborough-street, supported by subscriptions, and* capable of accommodating 200 in- patients. There are also two dispensaries, an eye in- firmary, asylums for the blind, the deaf and dumb, a penitentiary, military hospital, &c. The Bristol General Hospital, situated near the floating harbour, was erected in 1858 in the Italian style, from designs by W. B. Gingcll, architect. It is built round three sides of a quadrangle, with a handsome octagonal tower at the south-west angle, surmounted by a curved cupola. The Orphan Asylum, at Ashley Down, is a fine pile of build- ings, erected at different periods since 1835, at the cost of 25,000. The hist block was finished in 1861, and is intended to accommodate 1,150 children. The whole of this vast establishment is under the direction of Mr. George Miillcr, who has been its main supporter. The entire value of the charitable endowments is said to bo about 20,000 per annum. Of the ancient castle no- thing remains but the moat and a crypt, the latter now occupied by a smith ; and of the fortifications only two gateways are left. The other remains of antiquity consist chiefly of parts of churches and monastic and charitable houses, already referred to. Bristol is distin- guished as the birthplace of a great number of eminent men. Among these are Sebastian Cabot, born in 1 177, who discovered Labrador in 1497 ; Grocyn, friend of Erasmus, and professor of Greek at Oxford, who died i l.'ilii; Hu^h Elliott, discoverer of Newfoundland ; Dr. White, founder of Sion College and Temple Hospital, who died in 1623; Admiral IVnii, born in 10 jl. terton, born in 1752; Edward Colston, men limit and philanthropist, who died in 1721 ; the poet South, y, born in 1771 ; Sir Thomas Lawrence, in 170'.); Captain, in 1777; Richard Reynolds, the philanthropist, who died in 1816; and Haily, the sculptor. f u these may be added the names of i ' illus- t lions persons connected with Bristol, as William of nah More, 1; lu Hall, Coleridge, the i Herapaths, Conybcare, the geo- logist ; and Pritchard, the great modern ethnologist From thU port Dumpier sailed in 1710, with whom i. .shortly afterwards, Al<-xamlrr Selkirk, from his island solitude; and iu 1GS2 William 1' barked here for the N . -w VoiM. Sir Humping I'.n-y, when a young man, was assistant to Dr. I Pneumatic Insiiiui. Blankets took their name from T. Blanket, a manufacturer of Bristol, l,y whom they were first made. Three i martyrs died at the stake here in the reign of Qn< < . .M family take from this city tin- till. -. of rarl and marquis. The newspapers published in Bristol Bristol Gaattt, an old-established paper with i in illation, publish' d on Wednesday (l.ili,il); the lirittol Tiintl and 1 y's Bristol Journ gamated in 1853 (Conservative); the Srittol established in 1790, and published ou Saturday (Liberal) ; the Brutal Haiti/ l'ot, established in I860, and pj daily (Liberal) ; the Western Daily I'm*. 1858, published daily (Liberal); th. ' established in 1850, and published on Wednesda si i alive) ; and the Ooipel llagazint, published m besides several guide books, time tables, directo The markets of Bristol are numerous, and well with provisions daily, although Wednesday and day are more particularly considered the, --.c. for general provisions, Tuesday, Thursday, and for com. The cheese-market is In Id on  and Friday, and the meat-market daily in N The new tattle-market, held on Thin . situated in the Temple Meadows, on the ha: Avon, not fur from the railway station. The and pig market, held on Monday, is situated
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1st September, each lasting nine days, of leather take place in the Leather Hall at the periods. BRISTON, u par. and town in the hund. of HolL the co. of Norfolk, 4 miles to the S. ot 11 N.E. of Klinham railway station. A small Bti branch of the river Bure, runs through it. The i vie. in the dioc. of Norwich, of the val. 01 the patron, of Lord Hastings. The chin to All Saints, and is in the decorated ami styles; it had formerly a round tower, but n heliry. The register dates from 1089 The Lode] dents, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans ha in the village. The parochial charities are u year, and consist chiefly of an endowment lor > dm founded in 1667. There is a market for stock here every Tuesday, and a large cattle fair on May. The wakes are kept on the day after Old mas Day. BRITAIN, LITTLE, a hmlt. in the par. of hund. of Bartichway, in the co. of Warwick, 2 the S.E. of Alcestcr. I'.KITFORD, or BURFORD, a par. and vil in hund. of Cawdeii and Cadworth, in the co. of Wilts, miles S.K from Salisbury. It is sitnati d on Avon, and includes the hmlts. ol 1 .; II 'nha Longford. It is supposed to have been a Ilu:. The manor, which h< ton- tin Noun:.' hi 1> King Harold, now belongs t" Folkestone, whose seat is Longford CV sion, which is n triangular strut tun with an inner having circular turrets at ea as built in l.y Sir Thomas Gorges. The living is a vie. in tin of Salisbury, of the val. of 281, in the p.>;< pter. Til.' chinch, a :-; foiin of a cross, with a tower at tin to St. Peter, and contains an B n-tomh, times said, but on doubtful authority, to 1" th .iiiL-hani, who was beheaded by l:i ! mrch is the mat: iinily. In addition to the parish church ; .', built of flint and stone, recentl; 1. There i- a Xati>H:al si hool, lniilt il chiit i I iritford Moat House. Afm is held in the village on the 12th August. r.lMTHIiIH. a hmlt. in th of Caerphilly, in the co. of Glamorgan, South Wali, '