The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

NEWSPAPERS TO THE COLONIES AND
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

This morning the following Poet-office notice wee
issued

General Post office, August, 18.56.

Henceforth it will not be necessary that newspapers sent,
abroad, whether to the British colonies or to foreign noun-
tries, should bear the impressed stamp (the old newspaper
stamp); but, as at present, a postage of one penny must be
Iprepaid (either by means of a postage label or in money) on
every newspaper sent to a British colony, with additional
postage (according to the table in Instructions No. 46i,
when a newspaper passes through a foreign country.
The postage on newspapers to foreign countries remains
the same as given in Instructions No. 46 ; but, so already
stated, it is no longer necessary that the newspaper should
bear the impressed stamp.
In future the impressed stamp will be required only in
eases of repeated transmission of the same newspaper In
this country, though it will of course be available also for
single transmission in this country.
In the transmiesion of newspapers abroad (whether to the
*dudes or foreign countries), the use of the impressed
stamp will entirely cease ; It will neither be required nor
will it count as postage, as it will be presumed that w►ere
it is employed, it has already served for the transmission of
the newspaper in the United Kingdom. From these regu-
lations it will necessarily follow—lit. That every newspaper
goirg abroad mast hereafter hays the postage to which it is
liable represented by adhesive postage stamps, or paid in
money. 2nd. That a newspaper, whether published with
or without the impressed stamp will be placed in the same
position for transmission abroad. 3rd. That the impressed
stamp will hereafter only apply to transmission and retrans-
mission within the United Kingdom.—ButrLenn HILL,
Secretary.

BOOKS, BCS., TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—GENERAL
POST. Orrics, AvorsT, 186.5.—0 n and from the Ist Sep-
tember next, the provisions of the colonial book poet, as laid
down ix Instructions No. 10 of this year, will be extended
to books transmitted by private ship direct, or by packet via
Melbourne, between the United Kingdom and the colony of
Western Australis. Upon book packets for the above-
mentioned colony, the rates of postage will be as follows,l
vis.:—For a packet, not exceeding Pb. in weight, 6d. ; ex.
seeding vb. and not exceeding lib., le.; exceeding Ilb. and
not exceedng 21b., 2.. ; and so on, increasing Is. for every
pound or fraction of a pound.—Rowirrra HILL, Secretary.
The new Turkish Ambassador was ill when he
arrived in Paris, bat he is now better, and his physicians
hope that he will soon be able to attend to business.

"We learn," gays the Frei., of Vienna, " that
Getters] Osten-Sicken hts applied to be relieved of his SOM•
mead at Sebastopol, on account of the state of his health.
It is doubtful, however, that the Emperor will secede to his
application."
PROSPECTS FOR THE IST OF SEPTIMBRIL—We
are happy to inform our sporting friends who attach them-
selves to the trigger, that their prospects for the Ist are
better than ander the elrnmstanore of the lowa bad been
anticipated. The severe winter, it was feared, had made
havoc monist the partridges, but they appear to have
borne It bravely, and the dry weather in the hatching ma-
nn being favourable to the young birds, the caries are not
likely to
be fond so meagre or saaree.—Chstiatford
CAroisielf.

THE TWELFTH OF AUGUST.

...
That all-important day in the aportalnan's calends,
—the 12th of August—having this year fallen on a
the grouse were permitted a day's respite; bat on Mom%
morning by early dawn the moors opened for the
The morning was all that the most ardent 'ports:ate emu
desire, without too much sunshine to present a sure aim.
The grouse are very scarce—the coveys being mum
but the birds are strong and wild Si the
1,4
being very d:filcult to get near, frequently rising bi
yards distant. Mr. John Sloan killed eight brace of gee
birds on Barbeth, which, the scarcity of birds considered,
may be deemed a good day's sport. During the period of
latching, the shepherds found numerous nests with sight to
a dozen eggs in each, with the birds dead in the shell above
a fortnight old; Two other Dumfries guineas° killed is
the neighbourhood, one nine brace of grouse, and the othee
seven, besices 1 snipe. On this rotted there were a
large number:of cheapen!, and what birds were grown were
very wild.—Dssmfries Courier. 0101111* shooting eate.
mooed on Monday morning, and a most pleasant day it
earned out for the sport. The accounts of the state of the
moors continua conflicting, but the keepers on the belt pro,
served grotu,da esproct an average number of buts-44 the
uplands there will be a deficiency. So far as account' have
reached as, however, fair sport has been experienced. The
party at Clubnadarroch, Rhynie, bagged about 140 brace
at Ballogie, 120 brace were brought down ; at lt/- byte, Mr.
Todd and party had between 60 and 70. Mr. Forbes'
Leith, of Whitehaugh, shot 26 brace to his own gun pi
the 13th. At Anchmedden, Skellater, &e., the " carnal*"
we hear, have been severe, and the bags, as usual, heavy.
The birds are found in different stages, but mostly well
grown. Many parties will not commence in earnest nil
about the 20th, by which time we shall doubtless hear el
more killing work.—Aberdeen Journal. In %AMU, the
day was generally favourable, lad bating the weakness a/
the birds, and their comparative scarcity, fait spun met
have been had among the hills. Mr. Grant, of Beleeesey..
and Mr. Simpson, jun., of Cobairdy, went oat to the gel.
dorn.y moire at sine a.m., ant at one p.m. they hating*
twenty-seven brace of grouse and three blue harm. They
found game plenty, but wild, and pretty well green,_
Ban/ Journal. We are unable (says toe Brecht.'
Advertiser) to give an account of the success of the sports.
men in this quarter; bat we may mention that the Rdzell
post brought four boxes here from Invermark Lodge,
which were delivered at Rdeell early in the day. The ac-
counts of the state of the moors are conflicting, but the
keepers of misty of the best grounds in the Highlands state
that there is good reason to expect an average number of
birds on moat moors. We are unable (says the AyrOlverea)
to give soy particulars of the first day's sport, our day of
publication following so closely on the opening of the shoot-
ing sewn. We may state, however, that on Beech Moor,
mean Maybole, a place of only some 106 acres in extent, see
gun shot 14 braes. The Hon. T. F. Kennedy's keeper also
bagged 14 braes on Donuts Moor. This is good shooting.—
, Up to the time of our going (to pram (says the Perth Conan.
eutiones/) we have no accounts from the moors, farther them
that 36 boxes of grouse arrived in town on their way to
Ragland, a large additional quantity being expected by the
evening mail.

SELECT COMMITTEES.
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This morning a return was issued of the Select
Committees appointed by the House of Commons daring
the last session. There were in all 39 committees, and 249
members d on them, while 405 members did not sera
on any select committee at all. The Adulteration of Food
Committee sat 10 days ; Arctic Expedition, 7 ; Army
before Sebastopol, 47 ; Bills of Exchange Bill, 6;
Chairman's Panel, 1; Criminal Justice Bill, 7 ; Divorce
Bills, 6; Downing-street Public Offices Extension Bill, 1;
Edinburgh Lands Bill, 1 ; Expiring Laws, I ; General
Committee of Elections, 6; General Committee on Railway
and Canal Bills, 9 ; Huddersfield Burial Ground Ad
Amendment Bill, 1 ; Inverness Bridge Bill, 1 ; Kitchen sad
Refreshment Rooms, 3; Leases and Sales of Settled Estates
Bill, 4 ; Library of the House (a standing Committee) did
not meet last session; Loan Fund Societies, 8; London
Writ, 6; Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Advances Bill, 4 ; Me-
tropolitan Buildings Bill, 9 ; Metropolitan Communications,
13; Militia Estimates, 1; Office of Speaker, 4 ; Poor Removal
14; l'ostal Arrangements (Waterford, &e.), 11 ; Printing
(a standing Committee) did not meet ; Printing (Hoven of
Parliament, &c.), 12; Public Health,Bill and Nuisance.
Removal—Amendment Bill, 21 ; Public Petitions, 64;
Public Prosecutions, 10; Sale of Beer Act, 8; Summit
Militaryßeal College, 9; Selection, 20; Standing Orden,
32; Standing Orders Revision, 3; Stoppage of Wages
(Hosiery), 22 ; and Woolnaer Forest Bill, 1. The total ex-
pense of the attendance of witnesses was 8181. 8.. 641.

The director-general of the police at Parma hu
issued a notice reminding travellen in general that their
passports must be signed by the ambundon or console of
the State of Patina residing in the places through which
they have passed. Traveller, neglecting this rule an liable
to be Mopped at the frontier.

Cholera continues to spread in the Lombardo-Vo-
nstisn provinces.

A curious accident occurred the other day to Che.
taller Aseglio at the baths of Polio. It seems that 34
d'Aseglio, to amuse the visitors at the baths, caused the
lights of the room in which t►ey were assembled to be sud-
denly extinguished, and at the ism, momenta boy, mounted
on stilts, covered with a long sheet, and carrying in his hand
a vessel containing spirits of wine, in a flame, stalked NO.
leanly in. The ladle' fled in dismay, sod in the confusion
thus caused the pretended ghost :was brushed against, and
he nearly fell. In staggering the vase was jerked from his
hand, and all its burnicg contents were cut in t►e face of
Y. d'Aseglio, injuring him sadly.

A bill has been presentedto the French Council of
State for doubling the amount of the pensions to widows
and orphans of soldiers of all grades killed by the enemy, et
who die is the war. The bill in question will be presented
to the Legislative Body at its nest session, but the Minister
of War has been authorised to augment provisionally such
pensions with the funds of which he disposes, and which
1171110 from national subscriptions.

The Parksmento of Madrid asserts that M. Olozsga
officially informed the Emperor of the French, in a recent
audience granted by his Majesty, that the Spanish govern-
ment has aloptcd the resolution 112 take part in the war
against Russia, and of sending an army to the East.
The experiments with the agricaltaral machines
in the Paris Exhibition, which were announced to come off
on Tuesday at Trappe, (Seine-et-Oise), took place on %fun
belonging to M. Daily, in the presence of a great many 11-

tern, and scientific men, foreign commissioners of the Ex-
hibition, egriculturistr, dre. By ne persons was as much
admiration expressed as by some Arab chiefs who wore
there, and who more than once expressed their determina-
tion to introduce into their own country some of the won-
derful machines which they beheld at work.

The Danish Diet was opened on the 12th by the
Prime Minister, Bang, in the name of the King.

-
A Royal decreo convokes the Bavarian Diet at
Munich en the lit of the ensuing month.
A letter from Lisbon mentions the sudden death of
General Arbta, ez•President of Mexico, while on hie wag
from Cadiz to Southampton.

The Portuguese journal, the Rerolum de Seen
an organ of the Saldanha administration, publisher an
article in praise of Spain for her adhesion to tke Witten
Alliance. It is concluded that Portugal will not be long is
following the example.
The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs hu left
Brussels for Germany on his way to Paris. The Ministen
of Interior and Flamm are also about to visit the latter
city.

M. Lesseps is said to have confided the mango-
agent of the works connected with the new undertaking of
the Isthmus of Suez, to M. Barthelemy St. Hilaire.
It would appear that the mills in the United King-
dom cannot produce a sufficient supply of gunpowder, as no
lees than five cargoes, manufactured in Belgium and Hol-
land, on amount of the British rmernmen*, ham tuosatly
been imported end housed at Perfieet.
A reward is offered for the restoration of two fie-
male children, " belonging " to, but stolen from, s Mt.
Thompson, staying at the Bedford Hotel, Corent•gardee.
The children are described as " African twins, mulatto.
about five years old, and joined together at tke back•boae."
Toe "stags-door of Drury-lana Theatre "is mactionid
the advertisements, and the hand of a Barnum is lUD.
cersible.
One of the Royal Mail Packets is announced to .
taket party of excursionists from Dover to Bottloflot
is
witness the arrival of the Royal Yacht, and the hindiag
her Majesty. The steam packet will leave Dover on the
arrival of the train that I London-bridge at 10 minims
put 8 on Saturday morning, and will return to Dover hi
time for the excursionists to leave for London by the half.
past 7 o'clock train the suss evening.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY.

COURT OF
WPCS! 111. a
IN IX TRW C

111111.
OD KIEL

The beekrapt was • driln is railway sad adroit shirr,
hw d 6, flan-pins, Claims. This was the 'artifices,
esseting.
lkineen suffered. Than was no appesitior
The laskeewahest, which run& over awe year, Arra—
uncured teriters, 3,26)1.; sward coeditors, 77,2381.
(this sea keledas a bead for 73.6001. held by Jars
1104811 s. DV. Relkheeph, .tattling the honk-
rapt's perederry introit r hair M wall to the rutin of
the Dubose Resbarib, satisated at 60.0001. per .fla,)
Tubs, 4471; exibral rho" 68,3661; bad. 9.212 i ; pro-
perly b heeds of eredisors, 6,1261; lases, 7,8321; private as-
parr JOWL ; law @spare% 1471.
Els Warr awarded the taakrupt a third ekes enti6cate.l

SHERIFFS' COURT.
WOMB lIIPPSLL OWILM. NM