The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-28 00:00:00

TSB HOP CROP.

The Maidstone Journal regrets to find that
during the past fortnight very general complaints have
been made of the state of the hop grounds in that neigh-
bourhood, and particularly in the Weald. The red spider
and the dry weather combined have brought grounds
which showed a probable crop of 15 cwt. an acre to nearly
• total blight, and another week of the present weather
will entirely do away with any prospect of a crop. At
Staplehurst especially the ravages of the red spider have
been something extraordinary—indeed, throughout the
Weald the prospects which at one time seemed most
favourable are now as gloomy.
According to the Sussex ittfrertiser, the reports from the
hop districts are almost in one unvarying key. The con-
tinued drought has told upon the plant. It is stationary
or going backward, and the burr is falling off and the
bine becoming sickly and yellow. That is the almost uni-
versal report, and everybody predicts that the estimate of
crop made a week or two ago must be materially
realum&

THE FLYING COMER TO 13A1SDHUEST.—Lien-
tenant-General Sir James Yorke Soarlett telegraphs to us
as follows :—" With reference to the flying column to
Sandhurst, on Wednesday last, no case of sunstroke oc-
curred. Many men fell out from the heat. On the fol-
lowing morning only three men out of the force, amount-
ing to upwards of 1,800. were in hospital."—Pest.
Aurwerrown lir STREET Nettne.—The follow-
ing alterations have been ordered to be made in the names
of public streets by the Metropolitan Board of Works:—
St. James-street, Bermondsey, renamed Layard-road ;
Union-street and Great Union-street, Southwark, renamed
Lancaster-street ; Wharf-road, Islington, renamed Wharf-
dale-road ; Back-alley and Fishmongers'-alley, South-
wark, to be incorporated with Bt. Margaret's-court ; King-
street, Battersea, to be incorporated with Bridge-road
West. The subsidiary names of terraces, planes, villas,
&c., to be abolished in 13414 m-road and Boundary-road,
St. John's-wood; Victoria-road, Kensington; Blantyre-
street, Luna-street, and Seaton-street, Chelsea. The fol-
lowing are the alterations in the names of streets in the
pariah of Newington—Grosvenor-park North and South,
North and South terraces, Park-villas and South-villas, to
be named Grosvenor-park throughout •; Park-place and
Park-street, renamed Elated-street; Nelson-place and
Scan-street, renamed Orb-street ; Thomas-street, Lock's-
fields, renamed Dale-street Thomas-street, New
Kent-road, re-named Arch-street- Brunswick-street and
St. George's-road, renamed Falmouth-road; West-
street, Lorrinsore-terrace, and South-terrace, incorporated
and called Penrose-street; George-row, renamed Cot-
tage-row ; Grove-street and Tharlow-place, re-named
Thurlow-street ; Penton-street to be incorporated with
Amelia-street Ann-street incorporated with Aylesbury-
street ; and Cross-street to be incorporated with Otto-
street A few months ago the Metropolitan Board of
Works ordered Lamb's-conduit-place and Guilford-oam,
Foundling Hospital, to be incorporated with Limb's-
conduit-ttreet, but the Board has rescinded that order,
and instead thereof ordered that Lamb's-conduit-place
be incorporated with Guilford-place under the fatter
name.

ANOTHER DEATH BY DROWNING TN THE RER-
?ENTINE. —At about six o'clock on Sunday morning two
brothers named William Jackson, aged 18, and Walter
Jackson. about a year younger, residing at 8, James-
street, Marlborough-road. Chelsea, went into the Ser-
pentine to bathe. It appears that William Jackson was
subject to epileptic fits, and liable at any moment to fall
down in the streets. After being in the water a little
time with his companions, of whom several were pre-
sent, William Jackson asked his brother for a piece of
reap, which the latter gave him, and William stood at a
depth a little beyond his knees washing hiuuelf. A few
minute+, elapsed, and he was missed by his companions,
but, ring,ular to say. neither of them nor his brother, gave
any alarm, and it was not till more than an hour after-
afterwards, when a man named George Sapless. going to
lathe at the same aped, stepped on a body about six yards
fit m the shire.. It was nt once taken to the reoeivinst
home, where means were taken to restore animation, but
without effres. On the same morning the boatmen
picked up two other lathers who sank while exhausted in
an endeavour to swim actors the Serpentine. They were
mewl juet, in time to &aro the: lived.

INTELLIGENCE FltOM A. B ROA I)

(11120UOR nvrn'• AGINOTT.)
TSB CONSPIRACY IN SPAIN.
MADRID, JULY 26, Evurmo.

The object of the conspiracy dieoovered recently
on board the Spanish frigate Villa de Madrid was
to embark the exiled Progreseisto at the Azores,
and the generals of the Union Liberale at the
Canary Islands, with the view of conveying them
to some point on the Spanish coast, there to effect
a landing. The energy of the commandant of
the frigate frustrated the movement.
Admiral Mendez Nunez has tendered his resig-
nation, which has been accepted. AU the superior
officers of the squadron commanded by him fol-
lowed his example, and sent in their resignation,
when they learnt that Senor Bolds had reassumed
the portfolio of Minister of Marine.
Flying columns are wowing Catalonia to pre-
vent a ruing in the oountry districts.

PRANGS.
PAWLS, JULY 27, Dram,.

The Patric of this evening asserts that the Mi-
nister of Finance is making preparations for the
issue of the new loan during the first fortnight in
August. In to-day's sitting of the Legislative
Body M. Roubsr,, replying to M. Pakten, said
that the government had no intention of modify-
ing the law relating to elections. The debate
upon the budget was continued to-day. All the
postponed clauses were agreed to, and the whole
ordinary budget was adopted by 207 votes
against 15.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, JULY 27, Eveamgo.

The report of the Committee upon the modified
Tobacco Convention, recently signed, was pre-
sented to-day in the Chamber of Deputies. The
duration of the convention is reduced to 15 years,
subdivided into one period of two years, two of
four years, and a fourth and last of five years. The
revenue assured to the government during the first
biennial period is determined by the gross revenue
of 1888, after a dedaction of 38 per cent. In
the remaining periods the government revenue is
determined by the average nett profit realized in the
preceding period, after the deductionof the govern-
ment revenue and the interest of the bonds issued
by the company. The government is to receive
30 per cent. in the first period, 40 per cent. in
the amend, and 50 per cent. in the third. After
the presentation of the tobacco report, the
Chamber of Deputies accorded precedence to the
discussion of the bill for reducing the circulation
of notes of the National Bank to 70,000,000
within three months. The approval of the bill is
certain.

The Diritto and Riforma of this evening assert
that General della Marmora had had conferences
with a Prussian military envoy long before the
opening of the campaign of 1866.

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 27.
The Emperor of Russia left last night for
Germany. The invalids announces on the strength
of private advisee that peace has been concluded
between Russia and the Emir of Bokhars.

The new Customs tariff for exports and imports
between Eustis and the other parta of Europe,
called " The Russo-European Tariff " will oome
into force in the year 1869. The extra to per cent.
hitherto levied will be abolished.