... Yesterdai afternoon a deputation of gentlemen from different parts of England had an interview by appoint. mnent with the members of the Endowed Schools Gom. rnisaloners,at their offices No. 2, Vlctoria Street. The Cemmlssioners present were Lord Lyttoltn, Oanot Robinson, and Ur. Roby. Among the members of the deputation were Mr. E. MtaU, M.P., Mr. R, N. Philips, MDPB. the Hon. Auberon Herbert ...

... CORRESPOWDENCE. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. COriepdektS who get any apecial value upon their com- munications must copies of theM, a's we cannot under. take to return use eonuticns. dZI letters intewdd for publication mut be accompanied by the name and/ address of the rit-r, not necesarily for publication, but for the infornezation of tihe Editor. H. M4 S.-Off Malta. W. F. U.-We do not know ...

... I THE CO-OPERA TIVR CONGRESS AT BOLTON. The sittings of the Co-operativo Congress were resumed yesterday morning, in the Co-operative Hall, Bolton, under the presidency of Mr. Vansittarb Neal. There was a large attendance of delegates. Several papers were read on the Prevention of Fraud and the Check Systems in use in various places. Mr. W. Nuttall, of Oldham, read a paper on Co-opera ...

... I WOLV:RHA:PTON AND SOUTH STAF- I 1! FORDSHIRE HARDWARES. WOLVIBAMATOM, Tuesday. The factories and workshops throughout the Black Country are closed for the Easter holidays, .and after such a splendid run of full work at high wages it is most likely that the entire week will be devoted to recreation by the workpeople, although nominally business will recommence on Thursday morning. The ...

... I MUEERS' DEMONSTRATION AT HALY MB r;LY, IIP., ON THEMI1EYS8 MESUR7ES. Easter Monday has beoome a, great holiday for the miners oof North Staffordshire, who have elected it as the cocadon of a dosntratlon in the shiape of pricessions and an opea-hir meeting. This gathering takes place at Hanley, whioh is central and oonvenient, and which on thisi patcar day seems to be almost given up to ...

... AND JOURNAL SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1872. ?? I 30011 NEWS OF THE, DAY. l the House of Commons, last night, Mr. NEW- vraArE put his question with reference to the recent interview between the PrineC of WHALES and the Poi'x. MIr. 0Aims'roNx's reply was that the Prince's visit to Rome was not of an olficial character. A brief debate blllowerl on the recent accident to the Ariadne, and then some votes ...

... , The annual general meeting of the subscribers to this Institution was held at the School, yesterday. The chair was taken by the Hon. and Rev. Grantham Yorke ; and among those present were the Rev. G. Pettitt, 11ev. S. Thornton, Dr. Suckling, and Messrs. J. Barwell, R. Lloyd, W. Davies, D. Maills, G,3 Jabet, W. Bolton, T. Jones, J. Dorhing, J. S. Hopkins, S. Briggs, G. S. Dunn, D. S; Haslnck, ...

... WOLV2ISHA1@'PTON ORPHAN ASYLUM. Yesterday afternoon there was an annual meeting of thlsinstitution. It was held in the Board Room, and was presided over by the Mayor (Mr. Joseph Ford). The report, which was read ' by Mr. Marsh, the secretary, and will appear in-,eztenso as an advertise- ment on a future day, showed that the income derived from several sources had inoreased during the past year ...

... THE JOBBING PRINTE1RS OF BtRMItNGHA1M. A special generalmeeting was held atthe Crown Tavern, Cherry Streetlast evening; Mr. Edwards in thechbsir.There ws a. large attendance. The meeting was called for the purpose of nrranging business in connection with the movement.-Mr. BRE-ALRLtY proposed the following reso- lnt2on- That this meeting is of opinion that the ac'fion taken by one or two firms ...

... THE WEDNESBURY COACESHITHS. The Wednesbury coachsmiths have given fourteen days' notice for the usual perquisites, or 10 per cent. rise of wages. THE I3RIDGNORTH TAILORS. The tailors in Brddgnorth axe following the example of those in other places, and axe endeavouring to obtain an advance of wages. At a meeting at the Robin Hood Inn, Lfslley Street, the following resolution was passed unani ...

... I UR. G. DAWSON ON TaE LABOURERS' AGITATION. On FThdayevening a meeting was hold at the Iazlewell Tavern, ifiirchley Street, for the ?? of sympathisiag with the agricultural labourers. The chair was occaopicd by Mr. George Dawneen, and there wae a good attendance. The Obairman said that some working meo in the nelgh- bourhood had desired him to preside, and he did so wits great pleasure. They ...

... A GERMAN VIEW OF THE WARWICK- SHIRE LABOURERS' STRIKE. We take from the Noddeutsche Allgeewine Zeitung, of Friday, the following remarks on this sabject:- The In- suffiolency of the wages in the southorn and midland counties of the United Kingdom has at length spread among the country population that agitation wbioh has hitherto been almost exclusively confined to the great in- dustrial ...