18 JANUARY 1873, page 2

The Central Chamber Of Agriculture On Monday Had An Inter-

view-with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to ask for the aboli- tien of the Malt-tax. The speakers used all the well-known arguments, the best of which is that the tax prevents......

By One Of These Bills All The Catholic " Seminaries

" for boys will be abolished, and every Catholic will have to attend the State grammar schools. When they reach the age of college students they will be allowed to study in......

There Is Certainly Something Large-minded About An...

appears rather to like having a couple of mem- There is certainly something large-minded about an English constituency. It appears rather to like having a couple of mem- hers......

The National Congress Of Trades' Unions Has Held Three In-

teresting meetings this week, but its only important action has- been to resolve that the workmen desire the total abolition of all laws against Unions, the repeal of the......

At The Meeting Of The Royal Geographical Society On Monday

a letter was read from Mr. Lowe, finally refusing to provide Treasury funds for an Arctic Expedition. The Challenger Expedition will cost a great deal of money, "and it would......

Count Eulenburg And General Von Rom Are Both Very Anxious

to have it understood that the new Prussian Ministry does not differ from Prince Bismarck's in its anti-Romanist tenden- cies, though it now seems quite certain, both from what......

The Great Strike In South Wales Continues, With Little Hope

of a termination. The masters are resolute, not to say savage ; the 10,000 colliers, who have a Union, are equally determined, and the 40,000 ironworkers, who have no Union,......

Mr. Childers, The Chancellor For The Duchy Of Lancaster,...

an able speech to his constituents at Pontefract on Mon- day, which has been much assailed, and of the general drift of which we have spoken sufficiently elsewhere. With......