The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-20 00:00:00

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Ai. cockroach., boll., gusto. nmemuibieo, moth. in furs. and
every other owed. of Moneta in nll Mai. of metiunorphoois.
sportemen will and tlio an invaluable remedy for deotroymn Item
in their doge, as Alm ladieo for their pet Mom, and oprinkled about
the newts of poultry it will be found extremely 'flow:mum in ezt.r.
nlinating :have inoecto with whie.h they are uma/ly emoted. tinkl
in packet; Jo., tins U. id. and O. id. each; or ls. packets, free by poet,
for It poesy., stamp., and Id. on rrompt of 7I—THOMAII
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The King of Italy has recently conferred upon
Signor Emanuel Biletta, whose musical talents have been
long favourably known in this country, the order of the
Crown of Italy. Signor Biletta composed the cantata on
the occasion of the marriage of Prince Humbert, and had
previously received the orders of St. Lewis of Parma and
of St. Maurice and Lazarus in recognition of his musical

THE LAMBETH-BRIDGE COMPANY.—The half-
yearly accounts published with the directors' report show
a balance of 1,2281. 10s. 7d. to revenue account. lu the
last account the directors informed the shareholders that
the umpire's fee of 647/. 10s. in the matter of the arbitration
with the Metropolitan Board had been reduced on taxa-
tion to 1671. 10s., and that the balance of 4901. would be
obtained from him. He declined however to pay it, and
an action was commenced. This was eventually compro-
mised, under the advice of counsel, by Mr. Vignoles
paying 3001. The tolls have been in hand daring the
whole half-year, the net amount received, after deducting
expenses of collection, having been 1,2431. 1 ls. 4d.,
whereas the amount offered by the late lessee for the year
was 2,430/., which would only have given 1,215/. for the
half-year. But circumstances during the half-year have
been very unfavourable to the company. More wharves
have been closed by the southern embankment. The
boating e►tablishmmp have been shut up for the same
reason. The penny express boats only run to Westminster-
pier, instead of to Lambeth-pier as before. The opening
of the southern embankment between Westminster and
Lambeth bridges has tended to divert traffic. Streets
have been shut near the bridge, to its great injury. The
directors look to the opening of the road between Lam-
beth and Vauxhall bridges as likely to benefit the bridge.
and are glad to notice that the works are in an advanced
state. The traffic will not juidify a larger dividend than
31. per cent., which amount the directors recommend to
the shareholders.

A MANUFACTURER CHARGED WITH STEALING
GAS.—An important case has been before the West
Riding Intermediate Sessions at Wakefield. Mr. John
Firth, of Halifax, on bail, was indicted for stealing
.50,000 cubic feet of carburetted hydrogen gas,
of the value of 101., the property of the mayor, alder-
men, and burgesses of the borough of Halifax. A
month or two ago Mr. Firth was fined upwards of 3001.
by the magistrates at Halifax. He appealed, and the
appeal, which was successful, was heard at a recent ses-
sions at Bradford. These proceedings were then com-
menced for the stealing. Mr. Maule, in open-
ing the case, said the mode in which it ap-
peared that the offence had been committed was by in-
tercepting gas that was supplied through the mains and
feeders belonging to the corporation by means of a pipe,
which wasintroduced under the authority and knowledge
of the prisoner, at a point in the passage of the gas from
the mains before it reached the meter of the mill. Full
details of the alleged fraud having been gone into evi-
dence was called for the prosecution and the defence, and
after Teeches from Mr. Serjeant Atkinson (for the defence)
and Mr. Maule, the chairman summed up, and the jury
retired about seven o'clock to consider their verdict. At
eight o'clock they returned a verdict of gailty. Mr.
Strjeant Atkinson asked for a case on a pouit of law he
had raised, that he might address the court in the morning
upon it. Under these circumstances the chairman re-
served sentence until the morning, and Mr. Firth was re-
leased on hail. The form which the case took afttr the
verdict was as follows : —On the application of Mr. Stir-
jea nt Tindal Atkinson, the court granted a case for the
Court of Caiminal Appeal, as to whether the taking of gas
was a continuous taking as alleged by the psosecutaon.
Mr. Firth was released on bail, he finding two sureties in
1001. to come up for judgment in the event of the Court of
Criminal Appeal sustaining the conviction.

INCREASED MORTALITY AMONGST IRISH CATTLE.
—A report from the Veterinary. Department of the Dublin
Privy Council-oftleesays,thataaringthepastweektherehas
been an unprecedented increase in the mortalityof cattle
throughout Ireland, although previously, since spring
time, the percentage of deaths among cattle was greater
than it bad been during the same period last year. The
increase of mortality during the summer is attributable to
the parched state of the pasture lands and want of water,
consequent on the long-continued absence of rain, causing
such derangement in the digestive organ, as led to acute
inflammatory attacks, principally involving the organs of
circulation and respiration.

Yesterday morning the body of a man 'AN
found in the water underneath the centre arch of the
bridge over the Serpentine. It wee in a vertical position,
the feet sticking in the stud.
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INTELLIGRNCR FROM ABROAD.

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THE BRAZHIL
REPORTED DEFEAT OF THE AWES.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jinx Si.
Aecording to intelligence from the seat of war
10,000 ,allied troops attacked Humaita on the 16th
inst., brit were disastrously repulsed. Their loss
is stated to have been 3,000 men. An attack of She
allies upon the Chaco had also been defeated.
Exchange on London is falling ; the last quota-
tion was 171. Sovereigns, 14,300 rein.
MONTE VIDEO, Join 2G.
The Maus Lank has resumed payment.

FRANCS.
PARIS, Avower 19, E,ZNIIMI
The .Pubis of this evening says :—" The (deo
tious in the depertments of Var, Moselle, and
Ni-kvre, for deputies to the Legislatfve Body, are
fixed to take place shOrtly. The rumours of
dissolution of the Chaniher are therefore without
foundation. The new scission will °p .m in De-
ember next, and Close on the 31st of May, 18139."
The Marquii de Bonneville, French Minister
'at Berne, has been appointed Ambassador at the
Court of Rome, and to to be replaced in fiwitzer-
land by Count de Comminges-Giutaud, at present
Minister of France at Brussels. M. do la Gnomon-
nicrc is to be appointed to the vacant poet at
the Belgian oourt.
The action brought by M. Bemire against M.
Mires for libel was tried to-day. M. Haibron, the
responsible editor of the Preset., was fined 500
francs, and M. Mires 2,000 francs, and the costs of
the publication of the judgment in ten journals.
The damages are to be fixed subsequently.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, AUUII9r 19.

The Prue of to-day says :—" In view of the
threatening aspeql of affairs in the East, the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, acting in concert
with the Cis-Leithan Minister for the defence of
the country, him laid certain restrictions upon
the transit of arms and ammunition to fiervia,
Roumania, and Bosnia, and has ordered
that in ease of any despatch of considerable quan-
tities of arms and ammunition to these countries,
a permit of exportation is only to be granted after
consent given by the respective governments."
The Nt in Free Press of this morning contains
the following paragraph:—" Our letters from
Moldavia confirm the rumour that a new expe-
dition for crossing the Danube into Bulgaria, and
for promoting another outbreak of disturbances
in that province, is being organised under the
eyes of the Roumainian government.

MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN.
SCHWERLY, Atreus? 19.
A report is current among colleen here that a
military treaty has been concluded between
Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin.

THE NETHERLANDS.
THE HAGUE, AUGUST ID.
It is stated that Baron Givers, at present re-
presenting the Netherlands at St. Petersburg, will
be appointed Dutch Minister at the Court of St.
James's.

The conference between representatives of
Prance, Belgium, Prussia, England, and Holland,
for the regulation of the sugar duties, held its
second sitting to-day. A successful termination
of its labours is expected very shortly.

TOTAL WRECK OF A FRENCH LUGOER.—A strong
wind with heavy showers broke over St. Ives Bay on
Monday night, and increased steadily until the morning,
shifting from north-east to north and north-wed. On
Tuesday morning information was sent to the Custom-
house at Raul e that a veiled was fast coming in near the
rocks on which Godrevy thouse stands. Mr. W. H.
Holmes, of her Majesty's Customs, issesedistsly got oat
the rocket apparatus with the life brigade, and ordered the
lifeboat Isis to the scene of wreck ; but it was of no avail,
as it was found by one of the coastguard men who got on
the deck of the ill-fated ship that none of her crew were on
board. What has become of them is a matter of conjec-
ture; some have supposed that they might have been
picked off by another vessel others that they were washed
overboard and drowned. From the fact of the ship's boat
being on deck it is generally thought that the crew have
been lost. The vessel is a French lugger, name not at pre-
sent known. She is supposed to be in ballast, and about
150 tons burthen. She is now lying by a ridge of rock, a
little inside Godrevy Lighthouse, and will probably break
up 00011.
TOTAL WRECK OF THE CRAIGROWNIE AND LOBB
OF LrYs..—A lamentable catastrophe occurred on Tuesday
night off the Point of Ayr, by which a splendid barque
was totally wrecked, and three of the crew drowned.
The barque Craigrownie, Captain M'Nutt, sailed from the
Mersey on Tuesday mornings tide, bound for Bahia, chi
Cardiff. The weather was fine at the time, but towards
dark the wind freshened up, and at midnight it blew
almost half a gale from N.N.E. The Craigrownie either
must have been hawing the shore, or else driven elose to
it by the force of the storm, as the point where the vessel
struck is known as the Little Benbo Bank, one of the
most dangerous obstructions to mariners in either
sailing into or outwards from the port of Liver-
pool. The intelligence which reached Liverpool
yesterday afternoon is of a very meagre deecnp-
tion. The vessel must have struck very heavily, and
almost instantly become a total wreck, as out of a crew
of sixteen, it is reported that three or four were
drownad. The Craigrowme was 434 tons burden, and
was cleared frotn Liverpool for Bahia by Messrs. T. C.
Jones and Co.

BRUTALITY ON SHIPBOARD.--Bgx)vin, the cap-
tain, and Carroll, the second mate of the ship Lydia,
were at Liverpool yesterday sentenced—the first to two
years', the second to one year's imprisonment, with hard
labour, for brutal ill-usage to four coloured seamen on the
West G as! of Africa. It will be remembered that Larkin,
the first officer, was the day before sentenced to penal
servitude for life for similar crimes.

SUICIDE AT SEA.—On— Monday afternoon the
steamer Brighton left Guernsey and after about a quarter
of an hour's steering, Captain Valle observed one of the
foredeck passengers mount the aide of the vessel with the
i evident ntention of leaping overboard. The man threw
down upon the deck a pocket-knife, a pipe, and 3f. in
silver and 3d. in copper. Captain Falle cried out to him,
"For God's sake don't jump overboard." The man
looked round for • moment, made no ref 4 then leaped
into the sea. The steamer was stopped, the engines re-
versed, and a boat with three men lowered to the rescue.
The man was seen from the vessel to be swimming, and
trying to keep his head under water. By the time the
boat was lowered he was nearly half a mile off. He was
picked up, and every means to restore animation was used,
but without avail.

Reports of the herring fishery state that the
total catch to this date at all the north-east coast of Scot-
land does not reach half the ordinary take to a like date,
and that, from the advanced period of the season, there
is little probability of the catch coming up to an average
this year, or of approaching within many thousands of
that of last year.
In consequence of avar3.
ert
,3 made
r by the Com-
mittee on Fortifications, there of the French has
raised three forts now in course construction at Metz to
the And rank among places of war. The forte, which are
detached works, are those of the Carriers& of St. Julien.
and of quenlen.
TotraisTa' HANDY Mope.—Messrs. Houlston and
Wright have brought out a series of Mandy Maps for
Tourists which mall deserve their title, and may be most
cordially ed to that increasing class of English
tourists who have discovered the natural beauties of their
native land. These maps are really " handr in the
sense of being perfectly portable in the pocket of the
traveller afoot, and executed (on a scale °flour miles to the
inch) in a style at once complete and clear, and agreeably
easy to the eye. Each map representsa oertain "Tourist
" coloured brown, so as to distinguish it from the
mi surrounding coun . If we were in search of a critical
objection we ' t perhaps suggest that the map of
"'the Isle of W* t, ete.," ought more propedi. to be
dniguated as " tc. and the Isle of WigM W .." e trust
the publishers will enlarge a series which it was a happy
thought to commence by including in it all the counties of
the tinned Kingdom without limitation to " Tourist dis-
tricts." Sensible tourists are not very fond of being led
by the nose even by a bandy map, and would prefer to
choose their districts for themselves, often out of the
beaten tracks of holiday travel.
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