... WESTERN RAILWAY. Week ending 28. Week ending June £ s. d. £' «• i Passengers . ...

... evening next, to consider the possibility either of closing oue half-day in every week during the summer or of making it a general rule to close the first four nights in the week at seven o'clock. It is further intended to seek the amalgamation of other trades ...

... large atulicneics during the put week. The leading features of the performances next week are announced in our advertising coldnins. Voto!rraita SnoovlNO.--.Lance.Serjeant Burling won the Volunteer Challenge Cup this week with SO points ; Private Gilkos ...

... PocreTy. — Lord Napier of Magdals presided over the annual meeting of the 8en Readers and Soldiers’ Friend So- chety last week in Exeter Hall.) Among those also pre- sent were Genera) Robinson, Sir Arthur Lawre K.O.B., Colonels Thomson, Paget, Willoughby ...

... shall afford the security which our Empire and commerce require. Saturday Night Drinking.—A conference was held last week at Exeter Hall, under the presidency of the Bishop of London, to discuss the reports of enumerators who had been engaged in taking ...

... MISCELLANEOUS. London City Mission. The 51st annual , meeting this society was held last week at Exeter ] Hall, London, Mr. frank A. Bevan in the chair. The ' report stated that the number of missionaries employed was being decrease of two on the previous ...

... General Gordon.—A letter from the late General Gordon, the latest in date which has been published, was received last week in Exeter by Prebendary Barnes. In the General speaks his distaste for the work of killing people. He remarks that whatever the ...

... THE VOLUNTEERS A county meetin convened by the Lord Lieutenant of Devon, was held fas t week at Exeter, to consider the equipment of | of the volunteers of the county. Lord Clinton there were present the Earl of Morley, 8 Simon th, Lord Clifford, the ...

... future she may be known only her new name. I Ihe Children Home.—The festival meeting of the Children's Home was held last week at Exeter Hall, under the presidency of Mr. W. Vanner, who was supported on the platform by the Hey. Dr. Stephendon on the founder ...

... their prayers God for the missionaries who went out. Let them remember the missionaries in their prayers day by day, and week week. In conclusion, addressing the missionaries, be quoted the words of the hymn. God be with you till meet again ! Mr Eugene ...

... from ten corresponding weeks (viz., the thirty-second week in each of the years 1853- 62), with the omission of deaths from cholera in 1854, and with a correction for increase of population, is 1252. The actual number in last week therefore exceeds the ...

... Railway, for the purpose of throwing off train. The annual meeting of the Church Missionary Society waa held on Tuesday week, in Exeter Hall, the Earl of Chichester in the chair. The income of the paat year 105,249/., and the expenditure 92fi001. On Whitsunday ...