27 JANUARY 1872, page 8

Mr Graves' Railway Proposal.

T O us by far the most gratifying speech of the Recess is that which Mr. Graves, the Tory Member for Liverpool, delivered on Wednesday before the local Chamber of Com- merce.......

The Press And The Rowdies.

P OLITICIANS often complain, more especially in private, of the increasing power of the Press, which, they say, with its constant criticism, renders action almost impossible ;......