... A special meeting was held on Wednesday at the Guild- hall, the Right Worshipful the Mayor presiding. II The MAYOR, before the commencement of business, alluded in feeling terms to the sudden death of Mr. Kempe II that morning. He said, Mr. Keempe had lived for years in ol this city, and had always been a warm and constant sup- f, porter of its various charities and other good institutions; , ...

... -VABIETIESe Match-lessr ?? a pipeful of tobncco and nothing to light it with. Thu man who popped the question by starlight got hisweetheart' consent in a twinkling. A Mr. Tease recently married a Miss Cross, Ho Teased her till she promised not to be Cross any more. Y.-ung women often keep their lovers by tears. 1 ees said E}rmnwig, love, like beef, is preserved by brine, Mrs (Gubbins ...

... RALjWAY TIME TABLE EXETER ?? EDITON AND NORTH DEVONy 4 ,10EXXT -09313I0 DAYS. SUNDAYS. Iron 180' $ 9l, 1&S, S ,il ;, ?? t o- tbheg mall s'lam ll' t|W.21 sl lI 0. A tae r ?? The 3. 0a. .M4A.M.' 51.l etno s8t8.~ l una. s cM e 't is 0.0. ?? pi t 'A 1M z fl t l ' 01W betH~ 990- P. ?? 94. 3 49 .. 8 Se cen-9n I 20 1091:rlo 0190431 . 6 40148 9t8 4,48 085 111 9, 9 ?? 723 708 ?? .ial St, .1084933 .. ? ...

... The monthly meeting of this body was held at the Guildhall on Wednesday, the Right Worshipful the Mayor presiding. The conference withi Mr.,Friend wa3. adjourvnedtfrom tue litto the 9th of May, in consequeisce of the inconvenience, of titel former day. The communication referred from the Town. Council to the Lo0cal Board with reference to the erectiou of a new Exe-beidge was referred to the ...

... CIVIL WAR IN FRACE. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. b PARIS BLOCKADED. tl i st!.nrILE;, Wednesday.-The Paris Commune has to-- 2' 4,^ i,,uea a decree authorizing persons to sond goods in at oct of the eiv, excepting flour, arms, and munitions V a ., s tea ther decreeo the carrying of letters for the a a-- * ln eta end abroand is permitted without prepayment. at F ?? tared but feeblv yesterday. It is ...

... I WXDNESDAY.-W, Cuthbertson. S. S. Bastard, and to I r W. H. Geacheias, Eeqrs. acc JOHN LANASON was summoned for assaulting William, bet tDymond, a boy. Both parties are in the employ of Mr. fill ;Lamason, South-street, to whom defendant is brother. Tb Defendant left a knife in the workshop, and when he Fa required it again he found it broken. Imagining one of the W boys had committed the ...

... MISCELLANNEA. A nmn devoid of religion is like a horse without at bridle. Virtue is made for diffioulties, and grows stronger and brighter for such trials. lf a man loses his breath it is no use to run for it. He can catch it quicker by standing still. Happixess abounds most with the lowly; there are more blossoms in the valleys tban on the hills. Debt is a horse that is always throw~ing its ...

... M PARIS, Thursday Afternoon.-Asnicres holds out, and is a vigorously repelling the attacks of the Versailles troops. The journals of the Commune announce that Ile de Grande Jatta is surrounded by the Federalists. An engagement is now going on in the direction of Nouilly. Mont Valeririf ifires incessantly, and shells hav fallen in the Champs a Elysees, at the corner of the Rue do Morny. The ...

... MORTHOE.-The National Lifeboat Institution has8 just sent a fine new lifeboat to Morte Bay, on the north coast of Devon, where occasionally some lamentable ship wrecks take place. The boat is thirty-three feet long, eight feet wide, and rows ten oars, double banked. It had its harbour trial a few days since in the Regent's Canal Dock, London, when the usual qualities of stability, self ...

... MRS. GEHRAN'S MYSTERIOUS LODGER. The alarm from Feniani ,utbrealms ii too recent to require any description here, even if I were capable of writing one; but ae a plain widow worn ia-which I am-I have no pretension to write history. I only lknow ?? dov1n at Weymouth, as well as every- where else, we were alwfqas being etareled by eome fresh report of what the Fenialio wlad done, or were going ...

... NEWS- BY EuLECTRIC TELE oid LONDON, Tto[is0Y Nit5 It is stated on good authority that the i rfT, martial will commence an Thursday. ° ,t A telegram from Dover this afternoon says thrr. , yet of ?? to Mr. Jeesel, the new Solicit;,r (- r1k Tho Luiblen Gazettc contains proclamationd I dlt'U including several Baronies in IK0Icl under p tion act. P :- praervj. It is authoritively stated that Royol ...

... DslA Lnscs.-Chignone. When is a me1 like a looking-glass ?-When he reflects. Sheridan, being asked what wine he liked best,.replied, the wine of other people. The man who went three nights rauainv to the theatre has stopped for want of breath.-Judy. Smith declares that the only thing on earthboaphble of moving a certain cross-grained old aunt of his is her rocding. chair.-Judy. A coloured ...