15 JANUARY 1870, page 3

We Publish To-day A Very Interesting Article On The Actual

state of the evidence as to Irish landed tenures in the sixteenth century ; but we cannot quite concur with the writer that because historical precedent furnishes us with no......

It Looks A Little As If The Government Were Thinking

of a com- promise of the Education question something in this sense,— that the towns should have rate-paid schools and directly compulsory education, while in the country......

The Established Church In Jamaica Is To Be Finally Disestab-

lished and disendowed, life-interests only being .preserved. The Governor, Sir J. P. Grant, in announcing to his Council that the Church Bill would expire on the 31st of......

A False Report Has Been Spread By The Church Herald

that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was formerly Head Master of Rugby, had congratulated Mr. Hayman on his appointment ; but the report has been contradicted by Mr. Hayman......

Why Do The Police Hate " Crawlers" So Much ?

The cabs so called—cabs seeking a fare—are a nuisance in the City, but an accommodation everywhere else, and Mr. Bruce's plan for abolish- ing them by refusing them all legal......

There Seems To Be Daily More Hope For Mr. Odger

at Southwark. Indeed, many of the best informed canvassers seem to think that if Sir Sydney Waterlow and Sir F. Lycett both go to the poll the -contest will be between Mr. Odger......

Consols Were On Friday Evening 92-1 To 921.

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A Report Is Current, Partly Guaranteed By The Licensed...

Guardian, that a Licensing Bill is to be brought in next year. It will enable the magistrates to restrict the number of liquor shops in their districts, and will, it is said,......

Our Roman Correspondent States That We Were Mistaken In...

that the Bishops in partibus itifidelium who have seatein the Roman Council are mainly missionary bishops ;—and no doubt we had overlooked the fact that there are amongst them a......

The Ministerial Crisis Has Ended In Spain In The Return

of Topete and Rivero to the Ministry ; Rivero,—a determined man of Radical opinion, taking the Interior. Prim tells the Cortes that he is still seeking a King, and it is......