The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-15 00:00:00

TUE FINANCIAL POLICY OF AIISFRIA AND ITALY.

The Doily Neff s, discussing the recent financial policy
of Austria and Italy in violating their money contracts,
Fay!, that whatever the immediate gain may be,
faith in the honour of these governments is
seriously shaken. Austria and Italy are both making
rapid progress, not towards the material prosperity to
which their immense, though undeveloped resources en-
title them, hut towards national bankruptcy. It is, how-
ever, a good feature that in both countries patriotic
statesmen, who look beyond the present, have risen to
protest against such dishonourable dealing with the public
creditor, and especially with the foreign one, as the excep-
tional tax on the public dividend.

COAT OF THE BOTTA-DART COMMISSION. —Amorist-
ing to a return published this morning it appears that the
fees paid to the &instant boendary commissioners for their
services amounted in the aggregate to 7,1e0f. lb. The
number of days during which they were occupied varied
from thirty-revel, to id:trigs, and the rate of remune-
ration from three to five raises a day.
REGISTRATION AND THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—
The text of the government bill to amend the law of
registration, so far as it relates to the present year, was
published this morning. The bill is divided into two
parts, and contains tweedy-three clauses. The ninth
clause of this bill provides that where, by reason
of the disfranchisement or the alteration of the boundaries
of any borough during the present menial of parliament,
any person who would not otherwise be so entitled be-
comes entitled to a meaty rote, the time for making •
claim shall in such case this year extend to the
25th instead of the 20th of July. The eleventh
clause provides that in the event of • dissolution taking
place this year, the first meeting of parliament after the
dissolution may take place any time after the lapse of
twenty-eight days from the date of the proclamation.
INTERNATIONAL COINAGE.—A hill was recently
introduced into the Congress of the United States for the
p_urpose of assimilating t e gold currency of the American
Union to that of the Frm- ch system, in pursuance of the
resolutions arrived at by the diplomatic monetary con-
ference held last yearin Put the measure met with
anniderable opposition. p Ily from the commercial
conanamity in the United . tee, inasmuch as it in-
volved a depreciation of the value of the gold coin-
age by about 3 per cent., without providing any compm-
'teflon for creditors wb&-e interests would be effected by
the change. It appears from a telegram just received
from New York, that this difficulty has been removed, and
that the bill has been amended so as to *scare the adop-
tion by the United States of the International system of
coinage which is already in force over so large a portion
of the Eu epwu Continent, without, at the same time, in-
dicting any injury as the public faith.-IYrota.

PailniriceltOtrsw.--13everal large broals of grouse
are to be seen this season on the moors in Banffshire. A
pheaerd about ten days ago came upon a nest in Olen.
mar* on that famed piece of sporting ground called the
KeB.BOII Noon, which contained lir young birds newly
hatelasa and two eggs, mall:clothe e whole 17. The eggs
were both chipped in the she and the two young
geay were just about to break from their cells. Tbe
ordinary number of eggs in a grouse nest is from 7 to 11 ;
it is very seldom that they reach or exceed the latter
number. It is to be observed that in general the birds are
more prolific this year than ordinary, probably owing to
the fine open winter and genial spring, and something,
ts due to the operation of the natural law
perhaps,an increase of progeny usually follows a period
of beery mortality. So far as it has yet gone, the present
has been a moat favourable season for hatching, and num-
bers et
by
ogiung growls are on the wing, and will be
pretty by the 12th of August. But sportsmen
would do we to keep two matters in view. One is, that
as, owing fo the great number of birds that died through
&ewefast year, breeder, are rather scarce, sportsmen
slionki net kill too many this year. The other point is to
bays the moors carefully watchod during. the night for
several weeks before the 12th of August, in order to pre-
vent the whole ale destruction of the coveys by net.,
which, we are rorry
to state, has of late years been much
practised Ly poachers in the upper divtaiets of Banff and
Aberdeen sharea.—Beefshire .7evreel.
Tiro New Forest races will take place at Lynd-
hurst on the 29th inst.
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A ooin of the Boman Emperor Publilts Lueiniva
Gallitano was found in Winchester lad week. It was in
good preservation.