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,.oj!lIE DISPUTED BAJLOKETGY: uNCLE OR NEPHEW: ,ed In the Court of Exchequer the case of Slade Slade tidtUPied the attention of the court several days. In this 'IB ie the question at issue was whether the son 01 the Sir Frederick Slade was his legitimate offspring, (?1C^ "vvas disputed by the brother of the deceased ■e,1 r°net, the governor of Jersey. ed I, er describing the nature of the property sought to 6) Covered, witli its limitations, the Solicitor-General r, L the late baronet, Sir John Slade, died on August j<J 1859J and on his death Frederick William Slade )■. ered into and has since continued in possession of the L°Perty, claiming to be entitled thereto as the first son ,,t^ederick William Slade lawfully begotten. He al- jjjfl that Frederick William-Slade was, on the 23rd 18-3-3, married to Barbara Maria Mostyn, a Itostar, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, in te COunty of Middlesex, and that he was the first son « l body the said Frederick William Slade and W the said Barbara Maria Mostyn lawfully be- %6'1-' ^'le °iaimallt admitted that a ceremony of was gone through at the time and place atore- L" between Frederick William Slade and a lady ft herself Barbara Maria Mostyn; but he alleged the lady, though calling herself a spinster, was, on ol;' October, 1825, at Milan, in the empire.of AV Carried to M. Carl von Koeber, an Austrian Wv°t an^ an officer in the Austrian army, according L ia's then in force in that country, and that such k ^la§e was subsisting, and M. Carl von Koeber living k "e time the ceremony was performed, and at the °*' ^le the defendant; and that the de- 'MjJfct, therefore, was not the first son of Frederick {'if Slade lawfully begotten, and that on the death Rt'ti ^tter the claimant became, and was, and is ■>W ■ *° ^ie Pr0Pei'ty in dispute under the limitations jjjji a^ied in certain indentures of the -30th and -31st 1832, which formed part of. the documents in the .'y. l^e claimant was General Sir John Slade, the °f the late Sir Frederick William Slade, the well- Ifact^'11 ^Ueen,s counsel. He briefly went through the \nv^°r ^'le PurPose °t showing that there was a valid ijj^' ,la§e between the defendant's mother and Carl von IW at Milan, in 1825. It appeared that when an ,;l'isr''1IaU wisbed to marry, lie had to obtain per- k S1°1 from the. military authorities of Vienna, and file through. some very rigorous forms, includ- It'on ^le deposit °f a certain sum as caution ey* He stated that these conditions had been duly &i^lied with by Von Koeber on his marriage .with J,"oi? 'I'he learned counsel then read a copy !j( the register kept at the Catholic Chapel, Bristol, J1*. entry of Miss Mostyn's baptism and also the ,yfhol01'ity from the Aulic Council of War for the mar- 0Tl certain formalities being complied with, dated lat Sept., 1825. Then there was a document, pi'H t'°^0Wino> signed by Major Lebzal- stating that inasmuch as the caution had been ieiv and Lieut. von Koeber had been ordered on 'hevlce to Gratz, the local direction of fortifications, in I'w.^Pectation of the speedy arrival of the deposit for late, made no objection to grant him permission Ja^-j^tual marriage. Though the mother of the de- tt' ^la<l the strongest possible reason for making >,(. that the Austrian marriage was no marriage Ls'i and that she had lived in concubinage with id, 0eher, yet he should be able to show that her f]jeeilc6 on that subject was utterly untrustworthy, ^arriage was performed on the 6th October by Nagg, the field superior and honorary canon of i ^16(lral at Mantua, in the parish cliurch of St. I'ftti ^an> ancl the learned counsel produced a copy f" ot e entry of the fact in the official register, as well as ?'if oler ecclesiastical documents, as to the publication 'v banns and other matters, stating that all these | found in the proper places of deposit for such e1'R ,8.;ing contended at some length for the validity of maiTiage with Von Koeber, the learned counsel that there had been no dissolution of the mar- nor setting it aside on the ground that it was not r. y solemnised, but a separation a mensa et thoro, l^cli must have proceeded on the assumption that it valid. Tl le separation took place by mutual (.t.(]i^nt, and after the customary formalities had been W ^lrough was sanctioned by the proper court in k ria- The actual decree of separation was made in ,oist, 1826, and afterwards the lady came to England, immediately joined Sir Frederick Slade at his 5f hi Raymond-buildings. Without the ceremony '.if ari'iage having been gone through, they lived together 6Vei1 years. When the ceremony of marriage was 4jv°riaed in 1833, it was clear Von Koeber was aad that the lady liad not met him during the Vm 0118 seven years. Probably the ceremony was per- k. ed in 1833 under the impression which very gene- tj t*evailed, that if there had been no cohabitation seven years there could be no prosecution for gatny_ ^thing Was known of this alleged marriage an entry in Burke's Peerage lad to an inquiry, j. ended in the present proceedings. One of the ttfpal questions in the case was, whether, according ;cril Austria, the lady had resided for the pre- ^me the parish in which the marriage of 'hat° ^'aS ce^eh1'ated, and uj>on that point he contended the evidence could not be relied upon. The learned ;lUel then read Maria Barbara Slade's evidence, bar ■ extended to considerable length. After the age the mother gave a breakfast at her house I'ui ^orso Porta Orientale. The priest who had Hi] la^e,l came to it. He was a rough, coarse, tJfia man, who only -spoke German. A young el, ioull Morzin, was at the breakfast. He and er amused themselves by making the priest L so much champagne that he could not walk down- It appeared that Von Koeber was addicted" to "Ilssil,e drinking. She lived with him from first to j," three or four months, and had never seen him since ;e separation, early in 1826. The causes of the '.Ration, she said, were his dissolute conduct, extrava- [) vf an< ^'uukeuuess, his threats to her mother, and ^1 bad behaviour to herself, living with all sorts of dis- putable characters. For the purpose of the separation had to appear before some ecclesiastic at Vienna, «■ Count O'Reilly, who afterwards became Sir John t Jgent, acted as her interpreter. She added that after- %ds she passed a year in Vienna, and then returned to Jllgland and settled there altogether, when she was ,Rrricd to Sir Frederick Slade. 0 The argument in this case continued up to the rising f the court, when the case was further adjourned. The judgment of the court will certainly not be iivered until after Trinity Term, if then and then (ll follow the appeal to the Exchequer Chamber, and -rially to the House of Lords, so it is a long time yet to io end.

A MAN TVHO LIVES ON HIS WITS. George Hall Buckton, who, it will be remembered, ^as a short time ago committed to Lewes Gaol for Jotaining money under false pretences, was taken to the Town-hall at Hastings the other day, and charged with j egging. It does not appear that he had kept a diary ,ur late occurrences. He is well known in Hastings as f Sir George Hall," and is recognised there as a person distin-uis ed in a sense not altogether complimentary. |he witness against him on Friday was the local super- intendent of police. He stated that on the previous e]iing, shortly after six o'clock, he saw, the prisoner 'iter Arnold's wine vaults in Pelham-place. When Tisoner came out he gave him into custody. He had eelJ. begging in the vaults. He was taken to the station, on being searched Is. 3d. was found upon him. ,1 tl1ess said the prisoner had no visible means of i lstence, and had previously been convicted for ^Si'aticy. His method of living was by visiting erent inns and eating houses, and obtaining ¡)oods for which lie had no possible means of Wttient; and Mrs. Longhurst, of the Provincial '■l'i°t- was com't to state how she had been ictunised by the prisoner, if the magistrate liked to ar her. It would be remembered that he announced wea'^nS at the Music-hall some time since, which did .Vj. take place, and the public were dissatisfied. 1)0'1 the witness referring to the Music hall tonouncement, the prisoner, who is about 66 r ears old, said there was no good in talking )Ollt his past career. The witness thought the fact t r showed, what the prisoner s character was. Thepiisoner .1 thought that God alone knew all characters. In reply to the charge, the prisoner, having told a long story about his family misfortune's, argued that if hehad trans- gressed the law"of the land, he hadnot broken the Divine law. The magistrate committed him to Lewes Gaol for 14 days. Prisoner did not seem to think that much, as he liad been there 21 days before. He hoped that when the magistrate appeared before his Judge he would re- ceive his proper sentence. .:rt.1!DtIft!Iai'.ur.¡t>W'W

__d_ THE MARRIAGE OF PROFESSOR EAWGETT, M.P. A marriage took place on Tuesday at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, which will be regarded with special interest, in- asmuch as it united in wedlock no less distinguished a as personage than Henry Fawcett, Esq., M.P., Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge,, and Miss Millieent Garrett, daughter of Newson Garrett, Esq., of Alde- house, Aldeburgh, and sister to the gifted lady, Miss Elizabeth Garrett, L.S.A., who is General Medical At- tendant of the St. Mary's Dispensary for Women and Children in London, and one of the few ladies who have successfully undergone the study-and toil necessary to. gain a diploma as a medical practitioner. Inconsequence of a recent bereavement in the family of the bride, the I wedding was not marked either by the family or towns- people with so much rejoicing as would otherwise have.been exhibited. Whatever manifestations of joy the inhabi- tants were not precluded from making they made with a warm and cordial feeling, and nothing could be more evident than the desire of all that the marriage may result in the fulfilment of all the happiness which is presaged for it. A number of flags Were hoisted in honour of the event. The happy pair arrived at the parish church at half-past ten o'clock, and by that time the building was densely crowded, and a large number of spectators were assembled outside. The bride, who is young, looked very lovely. She was attired in white satin, wreath of orange blossoms, and tulle veil, and was attended by four bridesmaids—Miss Agnes Garrett, Miss Josephine Garrett, her sisters Miss Rhoda Garrett, her cousii-i and Miss Fawcett, sister to the professor. lvIr. and Mrs. Newson Garrett, the father and mother of the bride, and Mr. and Mrs. Fawcett, the father and mother of the bridegroom, were also present, with several mem- bers of the Garrett family, and Mr. Tom Fawcett, brother I to the bridegroom. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. T. Dowler, M.A., vicar of Aldeburgh, I assisted by the Rev. Jas. Porter, fellow and tutor of St. Peter's College, Cambridge. The prayers were fervently joined in by those present. At a quarter past three o'clock the newly-married couple took leave of their friends. Their departure was affecting, and they drove off under a perfect shower of slippers from the house- hold, every member of which wished them a heartfelt God speed." Professor and Mrs. Fawcett left the Campsey Ashe Station for their town residence, 42, Bessborough-gardens, London. In the drawing-room and dining-room at Aide-house a very large number of wedding presents from the friends of the bride and bridegroom were to be seen. The most valuable in a pecuniary sense was a massive and costly repeating chronometer, which was presented to Professor Fawcett by the resident fellows of Cambridge University; and an exquisitely beautiful silver inkstand, formed from the flower of a water-lily, the base for' which con- sisted of lily leaves charmingly arranged. This was presented to Professor Fawcett by one of his constituents, Mr. H. Willett. I. I

A WEALTHY WIDOW AND IIER WILL. In the Court of Probate; on Saturday, before the Judge Ordinary, the case of Smith and Smith v. Tebbitt and others, was introduced. This was a suit to determine the validity of a will which would pass a property estimated at from 2400,000 to £ 450,000. The testatrix was Mrs. Ann Thwaites, late of ] 7, Hyde-park-gardens, and of Char- mandean, near Worthing. She was the widow of a tea- merchant, in Fenchurch-street, who died in 1834, leaving a personality valued at X390,000, with reality to the extent of from X12,000 to 20,000 more, the bulk of which he bequeathed to the uncontrolled possession of his wife. She was a person of low. origin and education, but after her marriage she made every effort, not with- out success, to fit herself for her position in society to which she had been raised. In 1835 she bought a house on Clapham-common,. and went to live there with her sister, Mrs. Tebbitt, who had formerly been a domestic in Mr. Thwaite's employment. She had married a fellow-servant, by whom she had a large family. One of her daughters had married an artist named Cooke another had married a Mr. Parrott and there were also four sons, Robert Tebbitt, Walter, Henry, and Alfred. Of these, two, Cooke and Walter Tebbitt, join with their mother in opposing the will. On the part of the plaintiffs, who were the executors, it was alleged that a quarrel soon took place between the testatrix and her sister. Mrs. Tebbitt was, how- ever, left at Clapham, and Mrs. Thwaites went to live at Herne Bay, which, however, she soon left, and came to reside in Finsbury-circus. Here she settled X30,000 upon Mrs. Tebbitt and her children. In 1840 she bought her house in Hyde-park-gardens, which she retained till her death, and she also purchased her property at Charmandean. One of the plaintiffs, Mr. John Sims Smith, was a medical attendant, to whom the testatrix imagined that she was, humanly speaking, indebted for a recovery from a dangerous illness. This feeling led to a warm friendship towards him. She invited him to Charmardean; she also adopted his two daughters and his brother; she also induced him to give up his practice and become her man of business He used to accompany her to the Continent and generally to manage her affairs. By 1840 her estrange- ment from her sister became complete, and they never met after that, though she continued to provide liberally for her and her children. She occasionally made pre- sents to Alfred Tebbitt and to Mrs. Parrott, and she gave Mrs. Cooke an annual allowance of X450. She gave X200 a year to Robert Tebbitt and afterwards to his wife. She also allowed Henry Tebbitt zC200, and Walter Tebbitt < £ 150 a year. She paid the expenses of Mr. Cooke while pursuing his studies at Rome. In 1848, however, he returned to England in a state of great distress owing to the revolution and then Mrs. Thwaites made him a present of X300. She afterwards gave him a house at Broadwater, and advanced him XI,000 to build him a studio. Mr. Cooke, however, spent the money in some other way, and a further demand of 4750 was made upon Mrs. Thwaites. For this she forbade him her house. About nine years ago she with- drew the allowance she had made to Robert Tebbitt, as penalty for deserting his family, and gave it to his wife. She also cast off Walter Tebbitt on his conviction of adultery in a divorce suit. On the 2nd of March, 1866, Mrs. Thwaites (who had made several previous testa- mentary dispositions) executed the will in dispute. She named the two Smiths, with two or three other per- sons, as her executors, and she gave them each £ 10,000. She gave a like sum to the Rev. Mr. Power, an invalid clergyman other legacies to different persons amounting to £ 46,000; bequests to charities, £ 13,000; gifts to nephews and nieces of her husband, £ 45,000 and ih legacies to her own nephews and nieces a like sum. These were as follows To the family of Walter Tebbitt, £ 5,000 to that of Robert, e7,000 to Mrs. Cooke and her children, £ 15,000; to Alfred Tebbitt, £ 8,000 to Henry Tebbitt and Mrs. Parrott, £ 5,000 each. To Mrs. Tebbitt she gave nothing beyond the house at Clapham and her share of the settlement. The residue, estimated at about X168,000, was equally divided between the two Smiths. To Mr. J. S. Smith she also left the Charmandean property and she had previously given each of his daughters a dowry of £ 20,000. The testatrix died on the 1st of April, 1866, at the age of 74. Probate was resisted on the ground of undue exe- cution, want of capacity, and undue influence. After the examination of several witnesses in support of the perfectly lucid state of the testatrix's mind when she made the will, the case was further adjourned.

MIDLAND RAILWAY.—This company has pur- chased 20 acres of land at Wellinboro' for the purpose of erecting shops for the manufacture and repair of engines and plant. It is stated that employment will be'given in the shops to several hundred workmen.

STRIKE AMONG THE TAILORS. Friday may be considered to have been the virtual commencement of this unfortunate struggle between labour and capital. The whole of the work in hand for those firms struck against on Monday last was on Friday finished and taken in by the men who had the jobs, and they positively refused to take out any more work, and that day fully completed the organisation of both par- ties for the struggle. The men have adopted a most elaborate system of picketing, by which they can not only ascertain what strangers may apply for work at the various shops, but detect any work that may be sent down to what are called the sweating establishments in the east of London and in many cases already the persons employed to carry this work to its destination have been followed by what are termed cross pickets, who have arrived at the sweaters as soon as the employer's messenger, and in almost every instance the result is that the work has been refused, and sent back untouched. In the tailoring trade at the West-end there are also a large number of chamber masters," or men who take a large quantity of work from the shops and get it done by females and the members of their own family, assisted occasionally by a few journeymen. There are also a large body of journeymen working directly for shops, who take work home to make up, and these are called out-door workers. These are the two main difficulties the men have to con- tend with. The latter has been got over by the almost unanimous resolution of the out-door workers not to take out work from any shop on strike. More difficulty has been experienced with the "chamber masters," who have felt less inclined as a body to fall in with the views of the journeymen, and this difficulty has been met by the men having induced nearly the whole body of tailorosses working for these masters to leave their employ, and taking them on to the funds of the society, and the singular fact may now be seen at the West-end of female pickets looking after their sisters of the needle less imbued with unionist feeling than them- selves. On Friday two of the pickets above referred to, watching the sweating messengers, were given into the custody of the police and taken before the magistrate at Marlborough-street, by whom they were discharged. Letters were received on Friday by the committee from almost every town in the kingdom, promising the pe- cuniary support of the tailors in those places, and stat- ing that meetings of the men had been held, at which resolutions had been passed pledging them not to make up any garment sent down to their employers from London masters. In the meantime the employers on their part are not idle. The London Associated Masters have, it is said, sent deputations down to all the large towns in the northern and midland counties, to induce the masters in those towns belonging to the asso- ciation to lock out their men while the London strike lasts. In Manchester on Friday the deputa- tions were successful, and a general lock-out of the journeymen took place, although some time back the em- ployers pledged themselves not to lock out without giving the men a week's notice. If, as is likely, the deputations are equally as successful in the other large towns, in the course of a few days there will be at least from 30,000 to 40,000 journeymen tailors either on strike or locked out. Deputations from the men are following the masters' deputations, to counteract their efforts as much as possible. In addition to the five employers who have already been announced as having accepted the terms of the men, about half a dozen signified a similar intention to the committee on Friday, but accompanied with a request that their names should not be made public, in order to avoid any pressure being put upon them by the Masters' Association. Large remittances of money have been received from the country societies, and the committee intend paying every man and woman on strike full time for the present week. The men appear in high spirits, and confident of success, and the employers speak in the I same sense. A crowded meeting of the operative tailors, men and women, chiefly composed of the class called out-door workers, or persons who work at their own homes, was held on Monday afternoon, at the Albion-hall, London- wall. There were fully 20-0 females at the meeting. The chair was taken by Mr. Neal, president of the City branch of the London Protective Association. The Chairman said the meeting had been called for the purpose of ascertaining how far the out-workers of the City and East-end of London were disposed to co-operate in support of the men now on strike at the West-end. He then detailed the causes which had led to the present strike. It had been stated the men were endeavouring to force a time log on the masters, which would be equi- valent to a rise of 25 per cent, in wages. In the name of the men, he gave to that statement a flat contra- diction. That log, even if adopted in its entirety, would not give a rise of 1J per cent., but they had no desire to enforce that log, they only used it as the means to induce the masters to meet the men and mutually agree upon a log which would secure to the men the advance of Id. per hour granted last year by the masters, and which, as matters were now managed by the masters, was only a nominal advance. The men were now prepared, as they always had been, to take the masters' log and the amalgamated time log, and let a joint committee of masters and men draw up a log from the two which should be binding on both parties. He would repeat that the strike was not one for wages. All that they wanted was a definite time to be agreed upon for making a garment, so that when his job was finished the workman might know what he was entitled to receive for his work, and not, as under the present system, be liable to have 2s., 3s., or 4s. deducted from his Wages at the caprice of his foreman or manager. It was resolved-" That this meeting of male and female out-workers pledges itself not to take work from any of the shops on strike." And—"That this meet- ing declares the necessity for a uniform time log, and pledges itself to assist the men now on strike to obtain that log." A meeting of the in and out door working tailors of Birmingham and the district was held on Monday morn- ing at Birmingham; Mr. Sutherland in the chair. Letters were read from the executives of London, Man- chester, and Paris. The Chairman said strong efforts were being made to amalgamate the workmen of England, France, and Germany in one union. Already the workmen of Paris had joined the English society. The following resolution was unanimously passed:- That while we deeply regret strikes and lock-outs, we are of opinion that the best means of preventing the same, is for the operatives throughout the whole country to be thoroughly united in one body for the purpose of securing a uniform time log, as the only basis for the settlement of disputes between masters' and men, and we hereby pledge ourselves to support our brethren in London now on strike, who are strug- gling for this much desired object. Co

OUR "CITY" ARTICLE. THE piospect of -a speedy solution of the Lcx- embijrg qoeatiou,.combined with hopes that the conference of tae European Powers in London will embijrg qoeatiou,.combined with hopes that the conference of the European Powers in London will be attended with, broad results in the interests of peace, caused the Stock markets to opeti at the commencement of May with great excitement, the more especially as the great rise which took place on the Paris Bourse on Saturday-proves how deep is the significance attached there to this latest, phase in political affairs. Recent operators for a fall evinced extreme anxiety to buy back, while at I the same time many persons were emboldened to speculate for higher prices. A powerful effect was J consequentJyprodueed on nearly all classes of public- securities, and extended to many stocks which do not seem at first sight to be directly interested in a settlement of the Franco-Prussian diaoute. The ¡ deioaEd. has been especially active for such-foreicn stocks, as Italian, Turkish Five per Cents., and Lorxibardo-YenetidD. Railway ahaTes which are I dealt; in between the conti nen tal and London I markets, and which have lately suffered so macn b price. The rise was well main- tained on Mon-day until about one o'clock, I when the telegrams from the Paris Bourse I came forward, since which the French Rentes have advanced rather materially. From the fact I of both France and Prussia having' consented to tha proposed conference, little doubt is enter- the proposed conference, little doubt is enter- tained that the l'èSU\t¡ will be pacific; but pending the actual solution cf the affair, the markets here I' will remain more or less subject to the of the highly impressionable market at Paris, and i-ulaotars of disappointments in the conference will probahJy lWt be wanting. Cons .Is opened, on the 1st of May, at a rise of fully t per cent.; but as the great scarcity of stock which was observable a week or two ago no locger prevails, the rise was scarcely maintained. Foreign stocks opened with, extreme buoyancy, and most of them cl sed f to 1 per cent.higher than in April, the extent being shown ia the fact that Italian stock, after rising2fper CL-DT., closed only 1 percent, better, while of a rise of nearly 2 per cent. in United States 5-20 Bonds the whole was lost except i- per cent. Foreiga railway shares are generally better, especially French, Lombardo-Venetian, and Datctx Rhenish, Home railway stocks have been comparatively dull, and do not share in the im- provertient; in fact, several lines are fractionally lower than in April, and in Great Northern "A" stock there has been a fall of If per cent. upon sales. The Brighton Railway exposure, following upon the recent discreditable reve- lations in the railway world, seema for the time to deter investors from comiug to the support of this class of property. There have been inquiries for Indian raUway stocks, colonial Government bonds, and Imperial Ottoman, and some of the other bank shares, as well as for Aaglo-American Tele- graph, and Telegraph Construction shares. Business at the Bank discount-office has been quiet. In the general market there has been a fair demand, partly in connection with the settle- ment in the Stock Exchange, the supply of money has been moderate, and the rate firm at 2i to 3 per cent. for good bills. In the Stock Exchange money has been in only limited supply, and, loans having been wanted at 2.} to 3 per cent, on Govern- ment securities', partly for the purposes of the half- monthly settlement, several applications were I made to the Bank. The has been quiet, but Stray Park shares have been in good demand, at an important rise. owing to a reported discovery in the mine. East Russell, Great Vor, and Prince of Wales were also firmer, while Chiverton Moor and North Crofty declined. Prices were quoted as follows Chiverton Moor, 5t to I East Russell, 2 21 to East, Wheal Grenville, 2i to Great La.xey, 17-} to 1St; Great Retallack, 3 to » Great Wheal Vor, 18 to 19; North Crofty, 4-1 to f; North Treskerby, If to 2; Prince of Wales, 53. to 55s.; Stray Park, 9 to 10; West Chiverton, 71 to 73 West Seton,134 to 136; Wheal Chiver- ton, 6 to 6i,- Wheal Seton, 874 to 922- There has been little business in foreign and colonial mining shares, but Chontales and Don Pedro have experienced a fresh rise of 2s. 6d. There has been a slight improvement in the railway market. The North Western stock is quoted 114k to 11-; Great Western, 401 to f, ex div.; Midland, 1l0 to Lancashire and York- shire, 122 to Great Northern, llOi to 11H; ditto A, 113 to i Great Eastern, 27 to South Eastern, 65% to Caledonian, 108 to 109; Man- chester and Sheffield, 46 to 4 j York and North Midland, 92 to 93: Berwick, 101 to 102; North British, 33 to 34; London and South Western, 76 to 78; Metropolitan, 1161 to London, Chat- 4 2 ham, and Dover, 16 to i and London, Brighton, and South Coast, 56f to -IT. Foreign railway shares have been in good demand. Northern of France has improved X2; Eastern of France and Paris and Lyons, £1; Lombardo-Venetian, 12s. 6d.; Dutch Rhenish, lOa.; and Antwerp and Rotterdam, Great Luxem- bourg, and Sambre and Meuse, 5s. Great Western of Canada closed 5s. higher, at 13 to g but Grand Trunk has shown no change. We have just received S. W. Silver and Co.'s monthly circular of Australian and colonial news, which convey3 the very best information in the most condensed form of all matters concerning the monetary or commercial interests of our colonies. It is published every month on the arrival of the Australian mails at the office of Silver and Co., 4, Bishopsgate Withia, London. Concerning Government securities, the following are the quotations:— are the quotations:- Paid. Current Price Canada, 6 per cent. January and July, 1877-84 100 94to 96 Ditto, 6 per cent. February and August 100 93 „ 95 Ditto, 6 per cent. March and Sept. 100 93 „ 95 Ditto, 5 per cent. January and July 100 83 „ 85 Ditto, 5 per cent. Inscribed Stock 100 83,, 85 Cape of Good Hope, 6 per cent. De. cember, 1873 100 103 ,,105 Ditto, 6 per cent. April and Octo- ber, 1890-1900 100 103,, 105 xd Ditto, 6 per cent. April and October, 1880-1890 100 102,, 104 xd Ditto, 6 per cent. January and July, 1890-1891 100 101 ,,108 Ditto, 5 per cent. April 15 and Oc- tober 15, 1,900, 100 90,. 92 xd Natal, 6 per cent. 100 95,, 97 xd New Brunswick, 6 per cent. January and July 100 95,, 97 New South Wales, 5 per cent. January and July, 1&71-1876 100 94" 96 Ditto, 5 per cent. January and July, 1888.1893 100 S6 £ „ 87^ New Zealand, 6 per cent. 100 102 ,,103 Ditto, 5 per cent. 100 85,,86 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1891, March and September 100 0 Nova Scotia, 6 per cent. stg., January and July, 1875 100 9i„ 96 Queensland, 6 per cent. January and July, 1884-5 100 91 „ 92 South Australian 6 per cent. January and July, 1878, and upwards 100 105 ,,106 Yiotviria 6 per cent. January and July, 1891 100 105 ,,106 Ditto, 6 per cent. April and October 100 1011,105 ♦

REMARKABLE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.—The Courrier du Jura gives the following remarkable ex- ample of the effects of lightning. A small farmer of Ordagna, named Debauchez, was returning home from his work, when a violent thunderstorm broke over the district, and the electric fluid forced away a basket which he was carrying on his shoulder, tore his clothes s to shreds, and broke the wooden shoes on his feet into splinters. When he reached home three large bruises were found on his body, one on the stomach, another on the loins, and a third on the left hip and, in addition, the general shock to his system was so great that his life is considered in danger.

1:iie Money 2/Iarket. ♦ff811' stoei markets showed renewed nria&e&s tdis morning, and prices again improved, in fi ala,os'c Srenerttl anticipation that war w.U b9 A conferenoe on the Luxemburg question A rciacwon, aowever, has since taken pJace upon speculative realisations, winch have been partly induced by the circum- stance t^at t-»e Stock Exchange will be closed the 1st of th' HM-Y^"Y The rate for the best paper )n the disccunt market is 2i to 3 per cent., the demand lor money being fair, and the SUDDIV somewhat small. The charge for short loans in the Stoel Exchange is 2\ to 3 per cent. ConSwnf6 d to both f«r m°nev and the account (May 9), ana che Three per Cents. Eeducpd »rirt Hew Three ,>er Cents., 89* to t- Exchequer UUs te un- changed, at 20s to 25s prein. Tae railway market is flat, otying to a T>repon-er^-nrp nf aale3. J13etr.,po!if.an stock is now quotea lie* to Great Western, 40s-to 4; Londoa and North Western iHUn i. Midland, 110J to I; iiantoashire aad Yorkshire 'l29is tn I Caledonian, 108 to 109 (South Eastern, 65J to f*"8 G*ceat Eastern, 27t to f.; Great Northern, 110j to llli Aiift-n a 111-j to 112; LonoasvC-hathaau, and Dover, 16 to'1- Nnrt-h* British, 33 to Si: and Brixton, 5-5 to m The Corn Trade. MARK-LANE, APRIL 29.-Tbere was a very poor show of English Wheat here to-day, and the quality of the samples was by no means first-rate.—'We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with foreign Wheat, in which a fair business was doing.—There were few samples of English Barley on sale ana trade brisk; but inferior foreign was a dull iEquiry.—Malt moved off heavily.—Oats, though in large supply, were steady.—The sale for Beans was in- active.-Botl1 English and foreign Flour was held on higher ternlS. CURRENT PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR. „ Shillings per Quarter. WHEAT, Essex and Kent, white old 65 to 76 new. 5S to 71 » „ „ » red" 65 72 „ 58 71 Norfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkshire, red 55 68 BARLEY 32 to 35 Chevalier, new 38 48 Grinding 32 34.Distilling 37 42 MALT, Essex, Norfolk, & Suffolk, new 69 73 Kingston, Ware, & town-made, new 69 73 Brown 54 62 £ ye 32 37 OATS, English, feed 25 to "Il.Potato. 28 34 Scotch, feed .23 30. Potato 28 34 Irish, feed, white 22 26 Fine 27 30 Ditto, black 22 26 Potato 27 31 BEANS, Mazagan .35 37 Ticks 35 37 Harrow 37 42.Pigeon 41 46 PEAS, white,boilers40 42 Maple41to44Grey,new 38 40 FLOUR, per sack of 2801bs., Town, Households .54 60 Country,on shore 43 to 48 f> 43 50 Norfolk and Suffolk, on shore 42 47 FOREIGN GRAIN. WHEAT, Dantzic, mixed .65 to 68 old, extra 68 76 Konigsberg .64 68 extra 68 70 Rostock .59 69 fine 69 71 Silesian, red.61 64.white. 64 68 Pomera., Meckberg., and Uckermrk.red old 62 67 Russian, hard, 58 to 62.St. Petersburg and Riga 58 64 Danish and Holstein, red 59 64 French, none .Rhine and Belgium. 61 67 American,whitcOOtoOO,red wirterOOtoOO,spring BARLEY, grinding 30 to 33 distilling and malting 33 38 OATS, Dutch, brewing and Polands 24 to 31.feed 21 26 Danish and Swedish, feed 24 to 30.Stralsund. 23 26 Russian, Riga 25 to 27.Arch., 24 to 27 P'sburg 26 29 TARES, spring, per qr 38 40 BEANS, Friesland and Holstein 38 43 Konigsberg .37 to 41.Egyptian 38 39 PEAS, feeclingayid maple 37 39.fine boilers 38 41 INDIAN CORN, white .38 42 yellow 37 40 is FLOUR, per sack, French 41 52.Spanish, p. sack 46 52 American, per brl 27 31. extra and d'ble. 31 34 LIVERPOOL, APRIL 30.—Wheat and Flour in good de. mand, at fully late rates. Beans rather dearer. Oafs and Oatmeal unchanged. Indian corn in fair demand, at Gd per quarter less advance; mixed, 4-Is 3d. LEEDS, APRIL 30.—Prices of Wheat were very firm, but business passing was not extensive. Other articles un- altered in value. Weather very wet. .WAKEFIELD, APRIL 26.-Better tone in the market. Best Wheat in large demand, at Is advance. Barley neglected, Beans Is dearer, Oats firm. Meat and Poultry Markets. NEWGATE AND LEA.DENRALT,-There are moderate supplies of meat, and the trade is steadr. Per 81bs. by tha carcase S. cl. B, d Inferior beef 3 4 to 3 8 Middling ditto 3 10 4 2! Prime large 4 4 4 61 Ditto small 4 6 4 8 Large pork 3 0 3 6 Inferior mutton 3 8 4 4 Middling ditto 4 6 4 8 Prime ditto 4 8 4 10 Veal 4 6 5 8 Small pork 3 8 4 2 Lamb 6 4 7 0 Turkeys, each 0 0 0 0 Goslings, each 7 0 9 0 Fowls, each -5 0 7 0 i!. d. to s..¡] Capons, each. 0 0 0 0 Chickens, each 4 0 6 0 Ducklings,each 3 6 6 0 Rabbits, each. 10 2 0 Hares, each 0 0 00 Grouse, each. 0 0 0 0 Partridges,each 0 0 0 0 Pheasants,eaeh 0 0 0 0 Pigeons, each. 0 8 10 Ostend f r. butter, per doz: lbs. 0 0 0 0 English ditto. 12 0 16 0 French eggs, 100 6 0 0 0 Epglisb ditto. 7 0 0 0 METROPOLITAN. — A statement of the supplies and prices of fat live stock on Monday, April 30,1866, OB Com> pared with Monday, April 29, 1867:— Per 81bs. to sink the offal. April 30, 1866. April 29, 1867. s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts 3 10 to 4 2 3 4 to 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 8 3 8 4 2 Prime large Oxen 4 10 5 0 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c 5 0 5 2 4 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior Sheep 4 2 4 8 3 6 3 10 Second quality ditto 4 10 5 8 4 Ú 4 10 Prime coarse-woolled ditto 6 0 6 4 5 2 5 6 Prime Southdown ditto 6 8 7 0 5 8 5 10 Lambs 8 0 9 0 7 0 8 0 Large coarse Calves 5 4 5 10 4 6 5 4 Prime small ditto 6 0 6 4 5 6 6 0 Large Hogs 4 0 4 4 3 2 3 6 Neat small Porkers 4 6 4 10 3 8 4 2 Fruit and Vegetables. COVENT GARDEN.-Last week's quotations have been fully maintained, forced fruits being considerably in excess of the demand. Both grapes and pine-apples are plentiful Forced vegetables comprise French beans, potatoes, set kale, and rhubarb. Pears are now over for this season. Apples comprise nonpareils, Court Pendu Plat, and one or two others. A few Kent cobs may still be had. Broccoli continues to arrive from the West of England and the Channel Islands. Potatoes continue to realise improved prices. Flowers chiefly consist ot orchids, Chinese primulas, violets, pelargoniums, cinerarias, cytisus, migno- nette, and roses. PR XT. s. d. a d. s. d. a. A Apples, p. bushel 4 0to8 0 Oranges, p.100 4 0 8 0 Chestnuts, per bs.O 0 0 0 Peaches,per doz. 0 0 0 0 Currants, pr. siv. 0 0 0. 0 I Pears,kitchen, dz. 0 0 0 0 Grapes, per lb. 6 0 10 0 „ dessert „ 0 0 0 0 Lemons,p. 100 7 0 9 0 Pineapples, p. lb. 5 0 8 0 Nuts,cob,1001b 75 0 80 0 Straw berires, p. lb. 0 0 0 0 filberts, pr lb. 0 0 0 0 j Melons, each 0 0 0 0 VEGETABLES. sdadj sdsd Artichokes,per doz.2 0 to 4 0 Mushrooms,perpott.l 6 2 0 Asparagus,per bun. 7 0 8 0jMustard& Cress,p.p.O 2 0 0 Beans,kidney,p.^sv.O 0 0 01 Onions, per bushel 4 0 5 0 Beet, per dozen 1 0 2 0 „ pickling, p.qt.O 0 0 0 Broccoli, p. bundle 0 0 0 0| Parsley, per bunch 0 6 0 8 Cabbages, per doz. 1 3 2 0i Parsnips, per doz. 00 0 0 Carrots, per bunch 0 6 C 8jPeas, per qt 0 0 0 0 Cauliflowers,p. doz. 3 0 6 01 Potatoes,York Re- Celery, per bundle 2 0 2 61 gents, per ton .140 0 160 0 Cucumbers, each 1 0 2 01 Rocks, per ton 100 0 120 0 Endive, per doz. 2 0 3 OjFlukes, per ton 150 0 180 0 Garlic, per lb 0 8 0 0 Kidneys, per cwt.0 0 0 0 Herbs, per bunch.0 2 0 4 Radishes, p. 12 bn. 0 0 0 0 Horseradish, p. bn.i 0 6 0!Rhubarb, p. bundle 0 0 0 0 Leeks, per bunch.O 2 0 4|3eaKale,per punnet 2 0 3 0 Lettuces, per score 2 0 3 0| Spinach, per bush. 3 0 4 0 Mint, perbunch .0 4 1 OlTurnips. per bunch 0 6 0 0 London Produce Market. MINCING-LANE, APRIL SO.-SUGAR: The market has opened quietly, but steadily, at last Friday's currency. The opened quietly, but steadily, at last Friday's currency. private sales include a swdl parcel of Mauritius at 31s. Refined—A fair general buHfj^ess is doing at fully last week's currency; common lumps4 V2s to 42s 3d. COFFEE.—There is betttii export demand, at prices which show an advance of Is per cwt. from the late decline. Native is saleable at previous rates, at which there are few sellers.. « TEA.—A fair amount of business is doing at steady prices. RrcE.—There is a good general demand. Rangoon, on the spot, sold at 128 7 jd; fine cleaned Patna, 28s for arri- val; white Bengal, l,s 6dj Dacca, 13s 6d: Ballam, 12s 6d; Rangoon, landed, lis. COTTON.—The improved demand continues. Prices show an advance of id per lb. PRICES OF BUTTER, CHEESE, HAMS, &C., at per owt. —Batter: Friesland, 104s to ilos; Jersey, 90s to 114s; Dorset, 000s to OQOs. Fresh: per doz., 14s Od to 16s Od; Cheese: Cheshire, 78s to 88s; Double Gloucester, 74s to 78s: Cheddar, 80s to gofi; American, 66s to 74s. Hams: York, new, 80s to 86s; Cumberland, new, 80s to 86s; Irish, new, 80s to 86s. Bacon: Wiltshire. 61s to 68s Irish, Sfreen, 58s to 64s. COTTON, LIVERPOOL, APRII. 30.—The market is very strong. Sales about 15,000 bales. TALLOW, APRIL 30.—The market is quiet. Town Tallow is quoted 44s; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 44s to 44s 3d; June, 44s to 44s 3d; October to December, 443 6d to 44s 9d. HOPS, BOROUGH, APRIL 29.—Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report the trade in a healthy state, a continued steady demand for immediate consumption, with a very limited supply. Prices the turn dearer. HAY MARKETS.- Smithfleld. Cumberland. | 'Whitechapel. s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d.j s. d. b. d. Meadow Hay.. £ 0 0 to 95 0 60 0 to 90 0 60 0 to 90 0 Clover 80 0 110 0 80 0 112 0 80 0 110 6 Straw 40 0 46 0 40 0 48 01 40 0 46 0 -I- -1 In consequence of the Seduction in Duty, Horniman's Teas are supplied by the Agents EIGHTPENCE per lb. cheaper Genuine Packets are signed Horniimn & Co., London..