... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Wretwn's (txctt hflpia Aist (ESTAI3LISHED 1768) IS THE OLDEST AND MOST EXTENSITZEI CIRCULATED CONSBR7ATIVR NBW`SP~j~ IN THE JUE!ST OF ENGLAND. WEDNESDAY, NovzmnBER 11, 1874. THn Conference of the Liberation Society, or as it is now called, the Anti-Church League, at Man- chester, must have recalled strange memories to the minds of the chief actors. Mr. MIALL even, must begin to see that the ...

... The civic banquet with which Lord Mayor's Day is always brought to a close, came off with the wonted eclat in the evening. The grand old medieval hall, so renowned in the municipal history ofthe City of London, lighted up with elegant geseliers, shone with unsurpassed splendour, and without calling in the aid of any extraordinary decorations, and trusting to it own beautiful proportions, ...

... WEST OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION FOR I ?? THE BLIND. t.. The annual meeting in connection with Ehie Institntion wee held in its Muueio all yesterday afternoon, Sir John- Duntze, Burt., presided, and among those present were- The Dean of Exeter, Canon Cook, Rev. J. G. Davis, and J. Trehane, Esq. The Chairman read letters from Arthur Mills, Esq., M.P., and J. 0. Johnson, Esq., .LP., stating that they ...

... DECLENSION OF TIT CHIUICo.-Tbe gates of the sanctuary once forced, the stream of corruption continued to flow withever-deepening volume. The declensions in doctrine and worship already introduced had changed the brightness of the Church's morning into twilight thedescent of the Northern nations, whicblbegioningin the fifth, continued through several successive centuries, converted that ...

... STir D.A.V.-Orders for this week. Wednesday-Gun, 7.30. Saturday- Company, 6.16. Sunday-Church parade- Lieutenant Sharp on duty. 3atD D.V.A.-Head Quarters, Teigumouth-Drills for this week. Wednesday-Gun drill in plain clothes at 7.30 p.m. Thursday-March out, full dress, at 7.30 p.m.; band to attend. The annual prize shooting of the 25th Devon Rifle Volunteers, took place at the range on Mr. ...

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