16 MARCH 1872, page 3

Mr. Salt Introduced His Public Worship Facilities' Bill...

nesday, and carried it through a second reading by a majority of 29. Its purpose is to give, in Mr. Salt's words, " greater elasticity to our ecclesiastical system," to enable......

A Meeting Was Held In The Mansion House On Monday,

under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, with the view of raising, as a thank-offering for the recovery of the Prince of Wales, a national fund for the completion and decoration......

Consols Were On Friday 92! To 92k.

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General Simmons, Said To Be A Man Of Unusual Organizing

ability, has addressed a long letter to the Times, in which he pleads that the Militia and Volunteers should be abolished, and the money wasted on them be expended in keeping up......

We Have Received A Pamphlet, Written, We Are Told, By

an Austrian officer of experience and rank, strongly advo- cating the construction of the Euphrates Railway. He believes that Russia has devised a plan for reaching the Mediter-......

Lord Northbrook, The New Indian Viceroy, Did A Curious Thing

on Saturday. The Mayor of Winchester gave him a banquet, attended by the county and the representatives of India, and of course Lord Northbrook made a speech. Of course, also,......

The Regular Fight On Thursday Over The Ballot Bill Was

chiefly confined to payment of expenses, Mr. M'Cullagh Torrens offering the extremely pleasant suggestion that the Returning Officers, ex- penses should be paid out of the......

It Appears That There Are Still People Who Believe In

the Tich- borne Claimant to the extent of £5,000, for after some delay bail to that amount has been offered for his appearance on his trial for perjury. For the remaining £5,000......

We Have Before Expressed Our Hope That The Rev. Llewellyn

Davies may be elected to the Metropolitan School Board for the district of Marylebone, in the place of Professor Huxley, who has resigned. A meeting was held to promote his......