5 MAY 1866, page 3

The Farm Labourers Are Beginning To Strike. They Have Struck

in Scotland and part of Kent, and last week struck in Peasmore, Berks. The demand everywhere is for a simple increase of wages, in cash, not perquisites, the.amount demanded at......

Yesterday And On Friday Week The Leading British Railways...

off .at the. annexed qpotations:— Friday, April 27. VetdaY,Maril. Great Eastern .. .• .. Great Northern .. .• .. Great Western.. .. .. .. : . De. West Midland, Oxford .......

The Working Men's Club And. Institute Union Held A Third

dis- cussion last Wednesday, at Exeter Hall, on the subject of houses for the working classes, when Mr. Torrens, the member for Finsbury, made an excellent speech, advocating......

The Closing Prices Of The Leading Foreign Securities...

on Friday week were z..- The closing prices of the leading Foreign Securities yesterday and on Friday week were z..- Mexican .. .41 . Spanish-Passive .. • 41" Do. Certificates......

A Declaratory Bill, To Replace The Legitimacy Declaration...

is brought in by Mr. Chambers, the Common Serjeant, -comes on for its second reading on Tuesday. Its object is very saimple, namely, to declare, in Mr. Chambers's own words, "......

Lord Amberley And Mr. Bernal Osborne Appear To Be Both.

likely to stand for Nottingham. Lord Amberley has been asked to stand by a requisition with 1,800 signatures. As 2,100 votes frequently carry a member for Nottingham, if Lord......

On Saturday Last Consols Left Off At 86* I For

money, and 861 * for account. Yesterday the closing prices were as under :— For money,. 86# ; for the.June account, 87* *.......

A German Labourer In Philadelphia, Whose Name Is Not Known,

has attained a singular eminence in crime. He was employed by a grazier named Deering, and formed the design of seizing a little money, about 701., which happened to be in the......

The Cattle-plague Returns Last Week Again Showed A Slight...

there having been 2,823 new seizures in the week ended 21st April, against 2,582 in the previous week.......

Captain Mayne Reid Has Published A Letter Complaining...

the conduct of the Royal Elthorne Militia, now billeted in Uxbridge. They get drunk, beat respectable citizens, defy the police, assault respectable women, and generally make......

The Capital Punishment Bill, Intended To Limit The...

death to deliberate murder, and to make executions public, was introduced into the Lords on Tuesday, after a debate of some interest, as showing the general feeling of the......

Considerable Supplies Of Bullion Have Been - Withdrawn...

this week for export, and the Directors of the establishment have in consequence raised their minimum rate of discount to 7 per cent. The Bank statement is unfavourable, the......