... OITY AM~) DISTRICT ES ASHBURTON. n; t? tc~ aniaaLfhi~ miceting of the Cottage tl .adfle 60cic'ty thle lion, treasurer repotreda 310 t& bnlIfl( ot £2,145 8d. Tjhe commnittee t advere rc-l?et;, with the addition of Dr D bwere ,Messrs. E. J. SawdyC, F. H. y ld~ih. J Cootinbes, )1 Nix, and T. Gall, and di c irlli-J; cretary and treasurer, Messrs. R. a( tie ?? t] H. V .1 oot, were re-appointed. in ...

... rEVONPORT NEWS. NEW VESSELS. During this month and next the followin g new vessels will be completed at Devonport, in readiness to beplacedintheFleetReserve; -Bonaventure, cruiser, 4,360 tons, speed 20 kncts, total cost £234,311; Astrmea, cruiser: 4,360 toDs, speed 19 75 knots, cost £250,047, Cambrian, cruiser, 4,360 tons, speed 19-5 knots, cost £226,092; Antelope, torpedo gun- boat, speed 19 ...

... Eighty-five further deaths are reported from tvoy the Hong Kong plague. a ve The M.C.C. and Ground yesterday defeated I pro- Yorkshire by four wickets. d reab The ?? zalincral next Wednes- c oerk day afternoon for the South. The The inaugural dinner of the new Devonian ped Soclety at SwanseL will take place on July ib 12th. iote T'he number killed by the colliery accident to In the Sileslan ...

... A- f T - G j N O S e,*. e V X - -- I A I -0- RtAL, - NO0 9 o ' iC*Y i A 4 FBV . HA lnsettled, is Stll the ?? of the watl, and, if no~t very damaging to the hay cut, ie eertrdnly very hisdernug- end the fact thst t~aera is860 s uch uncertainty. yill cause! many persons to deaay. cutting, Dad by 'that- meanS PtObay! -will damage the'qualityof'the hay, If grasg ls, 'thk andi hfeavy, Rfr*quernt ...

... Mr. George C.- T. Bartley, the member for North Islington, has written a valuable letter on the above subject which shows distinctly how important and how necessary the Budget discussion has been, how much the Bill has been improved by the amend- ments of the Opposition, and how carelessly and inconsiderately it was orignally drawn:- Mr. Bartley says :-The Governmentorgazis are so fond ...

... LOCAL GOSSItP. Terflv, the policenian's lot is not a -1appy one when constabulri dutv'sto bc iAor~e. The two constables---.C.'s Stokes an- Bubear-who were engaged in re- -o;ering the body of the girl .Bre-ver frnm the river at Co-ley 2 ;e this week hla asl 15 un- V-p.usant a task as one wlould likc to avoid, - ?? are are not likely to forget ?? Ix- uce: indeed one of them remarked ?? le snould ...

... MORNING SUP0MARY. T3he Queen will hold a Council at Osborne on Tuesday tftcrnoon nrixt. A powder mnagnzine near Stavrpool blewl up nI yesterday, ten persons bainlg killed. ya (it] The statement that Ldnl IReobry had th taken Eastwell 1'ark for three years is contra- 111 dicted. ?? The judgmorncnt of the. Court regarding the cn extrad3ition of Jabcz Balfour, has not yet Pl been -made. V&lers, ...

... I |, V11 th ½ a, By U! , ns in iei a>d he i] Igo thl it .ei el [nl l 1- e le by 's n L p d r, eI Dr ir orI Messrs. H. Gadd (chairman) and R. R. Md, Da-v siting at the Exeter Police Court this morning had no less than four cases of drunkenness to adjudicate upon. They first had before them JoHx BENNRLLIVC, 44, a painter, of Coombe-street, who was charged with being drunk and disorderly in that ...

... (Lopyr~lkt.) A REGULAR OLD M-AID. By MARIE MAITLAN'D. Oldious old fidget! I don't wonder she never got mnawied. Why, Frank, how spiteful! said Lily, lool- t- ing up from her drawing. What has poor Miss Chichester done now ? Poor, indeed! said Frank, at the nnchilval- ?? rous age of fourteen; she's a regular old fidget I y She's always worrying about somietlhing. First, I chase her ...

... TO-DAY'S PARLIAMENT - ?? |OUSE or Coymonxs Saturda T Te Speaker too'k the chair 800n atter Private Business: 'The Speaker's 2 . , Rebuke. The Housgoonsidered the Lord'salenad. s meats to ?? Streets aad Ba;lt1 ings Bill. e Mr. Weir objected to the details of the neasure, butl tle Speaker said thle lon. niember must ?? 1'wnldf to the b Lurds' amendmente. The question was then put that the l ...

... l1EVON STANDING JOINT COMMITTSE. A; til Castle of Exeter Tuesday a quarterly with ?? ofthe Devon Standing Joint Com- cnd, :w:s held under the presidency of Sir £340 ' :tierc bin also present the levs J statc 1.1S-: 'i'rrnncr, XV 1) Pitinan, A CartAright in 'T i'Ir; ny Messrs IV It Coleridge, J C New, ordiu 'v I Ilanulyn. T Batson, J S lIurrell, H abon' ?? J W Spear. F H Hepburn, G C point JCi, ...

... PRESENTATIONS AT ST. 1'HOMAS. ed On Saturday evening at the Emmanuel Church Institute, Okehampton-street, in the X *s presence of a number of Church workers, two S 'ht, presentations took place, therecipients being I 'Pil MIr. J. L. Winsley and Miss Winsley. The C la, latter, who has been a teacher in fi *ed the Emmanuel Sunday, School was 151Y presented by the teachers, on the occasion oi her ...