... IBIIETER CITY COUNCIL. vau ELECTRIC TRAm wAys. A OlCAT FON FOR A PROVISIONAL =1D3B TO BE WITHDRAWN. iybe bi-monthly meeting of the Exeter City Council was hela at the Guildkall on Wednesday Thc Right Worshipful the Mayor ,Keided, and there were also present Alder. en Domvillle. Gadd, Pople, Perkins, W H uann, uvWilon, Ware, W~reford, Roberts, and Force, councillors Surridge, Norman, Finch, ...

... uLOclA GOSSiP. Two facts support the antioipation of a crowded attendance at the annual meeting of the Working Men's Conservative Union to be held at the Public Rooms on Monday evening. In the first place, it will ha the first time Sir Stafford Northcote will have appeared before a city audience since the annouticement of his resolve to retire irom the representation at the next election ; and ...

... FRO TH; J AAN . . FRlOM'I'HE AIAGAZLNES., AN UNPORTUNATt FORGET ! The late Dr. H1idge, of Princeton Theo- logical Seminary, once asked a student, br a 'definitio:i ot eternity. The student, : after somle hetsital 411, neplied that lhe usel tO know the *1etifition, but had iorgotien it. 'Oi, my, my, my ! exclaimed Dr. Hbdge, bringing his hand down forcibly :upon the table. What a calaimity ...

... - Tho body of a girl named ahailoner, of Hampton, Ed who diesppsered about a month RgO, was found in dar the river Tnames at Klngston yesterdays The Cape imports for the past year amounted to sub £16,682,438, against £17,997,789 in the previous year, Asrlel and the exports to £25,318,701, against £21,660,210. and Isaac Frawnpton, 58, stevedore was killed at thesa Itogal Albert Docks, Iondon, ...

... A Constable Commended. Before Messrs W. R. Barker and A. Fry, at the Bristol police court yesterday, a big, powerful looking man, giving the name of Charles Edwards, and his age as 26 years, was charged with breaking and enter- ing the house of George Standerwick at 4, ImperIal road, Redland, and stealing 12 electro plated forks, a number of spoons and knives, boots, and other articles, ...

... DIRS ORMISTON CHANT. Yesterday, Mrs Ormiston Chant addressed meet- ings at Broadmead and Hebron Chapel, Bedminster. In the afternoon she spoke upon temperance at Broadmead Chapel, and in the evening, at Hebron Chapel, her subject was With the Armenians in Bulgaria. Mr Edward Parsons presided, and there was a large attendance. After the singing of a hymn, prayer was offered by Mr W. A. ...

... I HEALTH OF BRISTOL AND CLIFTON- I atIAtnalysis of births and deaths registered in Bristol 3'(including Clifton) during the week ended Saturday, I ClJanuary?7, 1899: bY Total births 211 IC Rate perl 1000 per annum .. 4 .. *d Total deaths .. . .n ,n Rate per 1000 per annum.. . 17.03 Average death rate of corresponding. weeok ior Dten years .. .. .. , .. 22,30 - Decathl ...

... --NEWFOIUNDLANTh. The Story of the French Shore. The Newfoundland Question and Xi the French Shore' are now-on e-more becoming common head- Ilags in the newspapers. Same of our readers may be glad to have their memories refreshed with -regard to the broad outlines of this question of the 3 ay. f The French rights in Newfoundland are based I upon four separate treaties. The earliest and f ...

... THE UJILWArTNKS TH CHURCH. | vell 11 au vatt(a cileI it l;l li EA clie IFtlII At the conclusion Of the lecture, a voto of the lllic, X ee t proposed by fir Rlxf;, and seconded fey All I; { t l; l.AN D, lvas accorded hi r AVit IiAfilS, \VfflO be io f My Ritualism and 5acerdotali3m. | Lecture by the Rev Pedr Williams. last evening the Rev Pedr Williams delivered an intensely interesting lecture ...

... L. Critical Situation at Iloilo. Americans Preparing to Land. Y ~edil [Press Association Foreign Special.] the tier. MANILA, JAINUARY 1L take An American despatch boat, which has arrived o be here, reports that the situation at Iloilo is extremely critical. The suburb of Monlo is held by 1500 armed natives, and 17,000 more are reported to be awaiting orders to rica. embark from Negros Island, ...

... LOCAL GO88LP. -- - Half a century will not suffice to blot out the memory of the thirtieth annual meeting of the Working Men's Conser- vative Union, for assuredly everyone who was present will carry the recollection of it through life. The audience gave the proper importance to the occasion by being large and representative, and followed the proceedings with an interest that was at times ...

... SIR CHARLES . DILKE | IN THE FOREST OF DEAN. he THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT. rrt Sir Charles Dilke, speaking at the Cinderford Town b hall on Wednesday evening, said he had been asked It, id reply to a somewhat eccentric speech lately te delivered in Cinderford by an orator of the Primrose sa League, a Mr Yipping. This gentleman began his or reference to foreignl 1ijblrs by suggestingthat If ...