... Britisa axp Foreiex Biste Sociery.—The Annaal Meeting of this society was held last week, at Exeter Hall. The report stated that the receipts of the year amounted to 12 6651. 18s. 10d, being 8,225/. 9s. The issues of the 7d. more than in any previous ...

... CHURCH NEWS. C.M.S.—A crowded media was held last week at Exeter Hall, under the auspieee of the Church Missionary Society, for the purpose of bidding God speed to the missionaries about to proceed to tha stations in Egypt, Palestine. Ceylon. China, ...

... Frederick Charles Cook, Canon and Precen- of Exeter Cathedral, and Chaplein in Ordinary to Her Majesty, died on Saturday. He was nearly 80 years of which were regarded as private, were last week at Exeter Hall, under Lord Grimthorpe's presidency, to found ...

... M.S.—A public meeting for the purpose of bidding farewell pioneers for Hausaland and other missionaries was held last week at Exeter Hall. The chair was taken by Bishop Ingham. Dr. H. M. Weitbrecht urged the need of more help for the mission field. The ...

... THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Church Missionary Society took place last week, at Exeter Hall, when the new president, Sir John Kennaway, Bart., M.P., received warm welcome. From the report read by the secretary it appeared that ...

... occurred on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad last week at Exeter, six miles from Reading, 25 persons being killed and 50 injured. An express, which was behind time, was standing the station Exeter, when an excursion train, which was following it, crashed ...

... Road, Higher: Agatha W’orraker (pass, si;. ’ Surplice, Bourne House, Reading Road, meeting was held on Friday in last week at Exeter to establish divisional headquarters of the Comrades of the Great War in Devonshire. Encouraging reports were received ...

... THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, THE ANNUAL MEETING. The 87th anniversary of this society was held last week in Exeter Hall. The Hon. Captain Maude, R.N., occupied the chair, and referred in feeling terms to the loss of the late president (the Earl of ...

... of individual petition to Parliament is abandoned. An influential Conference, presided over Lord Eliot, was held this week in Exeter Hall, to promote the revision of the licensing system with regard to public-houses, &c. Resolutions were passed that the ...

... .—A valedictory meeting for outgoing missionaries connected with the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission was heldlast week, in Exeter Hall. was very fair attendance of ladies interested in the work of the society. Sir Elliott, who presided, urged the ...

... Twenty-one millions of persons have visited the South ' Kensington Museum since its opening. Lord Cairns presided last week at Exeter Hall at the annual meeting of the Early Closing Association. He specially urged upon ladies that there should be no late ...

... SPORTING AND COUNTRY NOTES. William Rayman, an American cyclist, arrived in London last week from Exeter. He is making a trip over the United Kingdom on a machine on which he has completed 20,000 miles, and intends to make a tour round the world. At Burnley ...