... CHUDLEIGH DI8TRICT AGRIOULTURAL I ASSOCIATION. The fifth annual ploughing matches and dinner in con- A nection with the above aseociation, were held yesterday at for I Chudleigh. The ploighing took'place in two fields for n occjupied. by Messrs. Mitchell and Blanchford, at Harcomba. Il Thirty-two men competod, and of these twenty used ploughs fuse' manufactured by Mr. Eddy, of Kermford ; aix ...

... OPENING OF THE FIRST BLOCK IN THE MERMAID YARD. On Saturday the ceremony of opening the first block oft buildings, erected in the Mermaid Yard by the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company of Exeter, took place. A large shed Weas erected in close proximity to the buildings fori the convenience and comfort of the large assemblage of persona who came to witness the interesting ceremony of opening ...

... The Conferenos for the present year commenced at the Victoria Hall, in this city, on Thursday, under the pre- sidency of the Bishop. Nearly all the representatives vwera present. Six of the sixteen subjects on the paper were got through, the whole of the morning sitting being devoted to luestions relating to education, raised by the report of the Religious Instruction and the Sunday School ...

... OTTERY ST. MARY.-The first meeting of the Ottery Literary Soriety was held at the Town Hallon Friday last, and was well attended. The Chairman (F. R. Jeffery, Esq.) delivered his inaugural address on the objects of the Literary Society- Preparations are being made for the 5th November. DARIMOUTH.-Mr. Philip Pinhey, who has for many years earried on business at Dartmouth, hung him- self in his ...

... The November elections to the Town Council have this no year been exceedingly dull and uninteresting in most of the wards. In three out of the six the retiring members have been re-elected without a contest, whilst in the contested wards the Radicals have gained nothing, and in the only O ward where the Radical seat was contested the Conservative re candidate headed the poll. A new feature has ...

... BRISTOL AND EXETER. Downr. UP. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p'm. WiranfD. a.m. a.m. a.m. &.M. &.m3. a.m. P.M. p'1m. p.mI Exeter ?? 6 08 50 945 10 30)1145 1225 330 445 6 0 London ?? . 6 45 9 011 45 1030 ?? 150560' Stoke ?? 8 59 .. .. 1155 ?? ..611 Bristol ?? 61S 8 10 10 30 1280 2 26 3 15 ?? 6 0 815 Silverton. 6 22 9 8 .. .. .. .. .6 22 WestonJ 6 43 914 11 5 17 ?? 4 1 ?? 6 50 9 41 ...

... . HE EDITOR OP TRE2VIkN'S MXMTBR FLYING POST. -The subject of the social reverses and misfortunes oilmercial clerks in London, as sadly exemplified at . by the immense number of them out of employment, . unreasonably exciting much public interest and com- -',ion in our metropolis. ipe, as one of the unfortunate order and as a toiler of n years at the desk drudgery of London commercial . ...

... LONDoN, November 2, 1874. Those sardonic old Anglo-Indians were right. It is not the real Simon Pure after all, that the Cameronians are guarding grimly in the iron cage atMorar. At least this is the interpretation that every one is now putting on the Times telegrams, although, of course, it is a little perplexing to find Scindia, a 2,ahratta, who ought to know the head of the Malirattas. and ...

... The very sight of uncleanliness is loathsome to the cleanly: the ightof folly and impiety vexatious to the wise and pious.-Concfcy. KrcowLenE.-He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as youth, the latter growth as well as the first-fruits, at the altar of truth. An upright posture is easier than a stooping one, because it is more natural, and one part is ...

... The attendance at the Liverpool Corn Market yesterday was slaek, and a limited business was done in wheat at late prices. Florr quiet. - The application for a renewal of the patent for the Martini Henry rifle for fourteen years was before the judicial com- mittee yesterday, and was adjourned until to-day. HENDAYE, November I.-The Carlists have erected four batteries of sixteen cannon to ...

... qrfztau's 6ater ,flg# Vost (ESTAiiBESHD 1i63) IS THE ODfBST 4D MOST EXTENSIITELT OIRWULATED COONSBRVATIVE KEIFSPAPER IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1874. .PaIsox discipline has been an anxious subject of debate with social reformers and philanthropists, since the days when HOWARD taught that prisoners were yet men and women, and as such were entitled to humane treatment. There ...

... The life of a clergyman has its special cares and annoy- ances everywhere, no doubt; but of all places in the kingdom where he is peculiarly harassed by insult added to injury, defend us from Exeter. He is there placed on the horns of a dilemma of disagreeables, from which there is no escape whatever. A portion of the income of the clergy of the western capital is derived from an ancient ...