... )ICONSTITUTIONAL HARMONIC CLbB E| ANNUAL MBETING. I d. His The amnua! meeting of the Exeter Con. of his stitutional Harmonic Clab was held last evening at the Club. In the absence of the during president (.r F G Hodson), who sent has he his apologies, Mr A E R Brett Ore. le gold sided. Those also present were Messrs H J but he Dalgleisb, A Colp, C SnOw, 0 triegory, W Crabbe, J Payne, J Stolev, ...

... , I PECACE NEGOTIATIONS. enmtt The Powers are not yet unanimously he hi tdecided upon the demands to be put before ci ty the Chinese delegates previous to opening the beinj peace negotiations Tt is officially staled e that the Foreign Representatives would to-day It d hold their first meeting with reference to the ever; negotiations fot peace. It is added that Li rate x Hung Chang has been ...

... THN POST' ()U'I'ING. ke Theemployes of the Rv~n'il t Post held their annual ?? on Monday when, rmc despite the boisterous weather, an enjorat'e in. time was spent on the coast of North Corn. 01, wall. The party travelled to Otterham in a ity FaloOn carriage provided by the Railway Comniany And then drove by coach to Bis. i aestle, It rained heavily the whole of the journey, and matters ...

... Z, fir 41ping V,0!5t. - I SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 1900. EET THE, DESPATCHfFS. DIFFERENT people will arrive at different conclualons from the mailed !?ST deapatches from the Generals in South ORK N a Africa published to-day, but there are some leading points on which the great majority of those who peruse them will agree. Chief among these is the remark- able advantage possessed by the Boors in ...

... ?? - - .1 {, ~~NO. rxxviiI ' j BMR. JAMES KNILL. A R.ood m'ainy minor literary crimes have been laid at the door of Theodore Hook. Oe3 of them is that, whilst playing and singit.g at a parry there entered a tax- collector named Winter, whereupon Hook, without eppeariog to notice his arrival, burst into the followin, impromptu vexse:- Hlere comos Mr. Winter, collector of taxes; You'd better to ...

... S__l_ 4f1*in Voot. L E El I .0 I' SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH, 1900. THB CINA. CHAM PA'GN, CONFIRMATION of the news of Admiral I T Seymour's safety has relieved some of the tension in the public mind occasioned by the startlingly sudden development of the situation created by the rising of .1 ths Chinese Boxers. There is a dis. Tposition in some quarters to censure ] the. British admral's attempt to ...

... FUNERAL.OF AtRS.. B'ARtLETT. The-funeral of the late. Mrs Bartlett, wife of the Vicar of Topeham, took. plaze-in the cemetery on WedLesday The deceased CI lady, who had for some time been ina' delicate health; had the misfortune to frac- ff ture aboine in one cf her, legs by a fall, and she never recovered from the shook. She h went to Boarnemonth a few weeks-ago with el her husband and ...

... LtjCA1j GOSSIP. d.:.d.iug theupast year several piragraphe have appeared in lthese columns fore- f shawdowing a restarting of the Peat It Works on Dartasoor. At last something 1i being ,lone, a number of men being if engaged i repairing the railway and the e Iworks. This I learn from:'a-member., of a party of 'iitizens who were on the moor d on Sunday and took in the works in Y the course of ...

... HAS THE COMPENSATION ACT l BEEN A SUCCESS ? wvn A Parliamentary return dealig wwibt an the first ?? monthis' working of tbg I's1 Workmen'' Compensation Act contain6 eed the folloving fifuress tal UndnrEmployers' Ifnderdompen. Average Liability Act. sation Act. Average compen. thi sation iu case £ s d £ Is d ive of deata. ?? 8b 6 4 200 2 7 is Solictors' cogt- 22 14 4 11 1 1 Putting the ...

... GENERAL I , ELECTION.\ TO-DAY'S NOMINATIONS.i MANY UNIONISrS UJNOPPOSED. Nominations took. plaoo to.day in 189 cnn-l stituencies m7rdalp as followrs :London S0, English boroughs 114, 13rghlih counties 1, Welsh boroughs 3, Sootch boroughs 9, Wieh boroughs 12. The following were anopposed returns:- Windsor-Sir F S Barry (C) Great Yartouth-Sir J Colomb (C) Birmingham, Bordesley-Right Bon Jesse ...

... [DE VON8WAFl p IltS. idea of~XL STRANGR' SIGH TS OF THE a OLDENTIMS ?? a his kinig-: gland We are indebted 'to a well-known con. owo tribiator t~o'he western Antiquary.ior many I'll S I.teesin . ote iekgarding fabulous appari- . 11 at tions alleged to have been seen in Devonshi re,~I~ to be He~ quotes, from!>.~al pamphlet . avi~g; a a ne, f *ponderoue title of inany lines' Iegh pu. Gould ...

... F - I - - THE F ' OFFi rTG -;THH FETE. DlU~Rma the months of Mav and June the t Oire *onoeud etoinot holding Festivals in coonnection *Itb Rurail Sick Benefit Societies Sill prevails in many parts of this country. The event ofthe annual ?? is awaited with coisidermble interest by the villagers, and |srsmall woneer that this is marked as a red- ,en, letter day in the annals of an uneventf-l Ie ...