... BIDEFORD.-Whilet Mr. Jeffry, of Monleigh Mills, in, and his wife, were attending market last week, theiryoungest en boy who wae left in cbarge of the elder children, strayed ale away and on the return of the parents ?? market the child - 'Wae nowhere to be found. Atixiouse eeareh wes moade all H nigh fo im nd at daylight the poor child was found th drowned in the mill pond. Two bruises were on ...

... The anniversary dinner of the benefactors, subscribers, cc and friends of this usiefiol institution was held at the ol Northernhay Room, Northernbhay-street, on Monday. W About a hundred gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous repast h( provided by Mr. A. Gunn, of South-Btreet. The President si- of the Institution' (Mr. 3. W. Walrouid) occupied The chair, of and amongst those present were the Mayor ...

... 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 ...

... ELECTION OF MAYOR, sBERiFF, AND ALDERMEN. - . The annual meeting of the Exeter Town Council, for the election of the Mayor and Sheriff, for the ensuing Year, was w held on Monday, at the Guildhall. There was a large C1 attendance of the members of the Council, and a number of citizens were also present. in . nncEECTION OF MAYOR. to Mr. Alderman BUCKISGHAM said he rose to perform the W ...

... . ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ?? ~ ?? ?? ?? ?? LoNDne, November 9, 1874. It is all Gladstone to-day. It will be all Disraeli to- morrow. Perhaps, the next day, Sir Stafford Northcote may come in for a turn with his speech at the Colston dinners. The day after we shall have the Smithfield Fat Cattle Show upon us, and visitors to London will be able to see in Henry Irving's Hamlet one of the most striking ...

... Was celebrated by the customary banquets on Friday, at the one of which the Right Hon. Stephen Cave, in responding l to the toast of Her Majesty's Ministers, expressed regret to, at the unavoidable absence of the Chancellor of the Cb Exchequer, and went on to say :-I will venture on a bold 16 thing. Not being in the possession of Cabinet secrets, and fol having bad no communication with any ...

... yef A few weeks ago at Exeter, on the o&-asion of a civic ,gC, entertainment, when a gold collar and badge were being I presented to the Mayor, Mr. Tucker, Rouge Croix, one Of De Her Majesty's Heralds; whose natue will be remembered in of Sheffield in connection with the Congress of the British ble Archaeological Association, made the rather startling state- wh ment that ,barely one out of ...

... EXETER LICENSED VIOTUALLERS' PRO- TECTION SOCIETY AND BENEVOLENT I ~~~INSTITUTION. Tetwenty-sixth anuntal meeting of this society was Tm heldhat Blacking's Wine and Spirit Stores, High-street, prese on Wednesday evening. The chair was occupied by Mr. doubi H. Elmore (the president), and there were also present- bring Messrs. 3. T. Taylor, 3. Herding, Salter Westlake, Meade, Tb Short, Southwood ...

... ?? an's (Feter &fkxn Bost f ~ ~ ~~SABT; IDEUD 17eS3 X M18 TH1S OL1RS&T AKD MOST2 BZEN8IJNBLY 0 IIWULATBD CONOSERMATIVB KEWSPSABR IN THE WEST OY ENOLAND. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1874. ExzTBR is by no means solitary in her possession Z of an unsolved sewage problem. From the Metropolis downwards every city and town in the country is at a loss to know what to do with its refuse. It is under- ...

... RAILWAY TIME. TABLES. BRISTOL AND EXETER. IDnwir. UP. a~m. am. a.m. e.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. ?? Wess D. a.m. a~m. am. a~m. a~m. a~m. p.m. p.m. P.m1 Exeter ?? 6 0 850 945 10880 1145 12 25 3830 4 43 6 0 Londonn .. 645 9 011 45 1030 ?? 1860 3 0 Stoke ?? 611 859 . .. 115 66.. .. ..a11 Brsatol ?? 615 810 10 3012 80 2,26 8 15 ?? 6 0a 815 Silvertbn 2 .. ..lOS. ?? S.643 9141151? 7 ?? 4 1 ?? 6850 841 ...