The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-08 00:00:00

FEB. G.

Commander Gabriel Johnston, on the Retired List, has
been allowed to assume the rank of Retired Captain.
Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Neville Onstance has been
this day promoted to ba a Lieutenant in her Majesty's
Fleet.

COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.--Last Evening.
11 18
12 0
12 0
25 35
25 35
13 10
25 17
25 30
25 32}
120}
12 15
12 15
32}
6 26}
48}
48i
29 40
29 40
29 40
29 49
29 40
29 40
51}
511

Amsterdam _ Short. 11 IFI

Ditto 3 Mouths.ll 19
Rotterdam

Antwerp —2 Z
Brussels — 25 30
Hamburg — 13 91
Paris Short 25 10
Ditto 3 Mouths. 25 2Z.
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —119 k
Vienna. — 12 10
Trieste — 12 10
Petersburgn - 32}
Berlin
Madrid . — 48}
Cadiz
_4Bk.

Leghorn

29 34

Miran
Genoa

29 32
29 32*

Naples
Palermo

29 32k
29 32k

Messina
Lisbon
Oporto

29 34
51/
511

OPENING OF THE TAY SALMON FISHINGS.—The
salmon fishings on the Tay and its tributaries
opened on Wednesday for the season 1868. The past
spawning season has been most favourable in every re-
spect, the river having boon almost always at summer
level, which precluded the danger of the spawn being left
dry, as is invariably the case when the spawn is deposited.
during the continuance of high water. Tho weather
h w ich for months after the beginning of close time was
open and favourable, changed about a fortnight ago, and
&nco then has been stormy in the extreme, and on Friday
last the Tay rose to an alarming height, flooding all the
level lauds on its banks. The weather on Wednesday was
boisterous and.stormy, and not favourable either for not or
rod fishing. The nets, however, wore at work, and, every-
thing considered, had a fair amount of success. At Stan-
ley 37 fish were got, most of them of large size. The
ahefirst
shot on Linn of Gampsie yielded 13 fine fish, and
num-
ber more were got on the sane station in th b
e course of the
bridgeday o f
day. other The
Perth
lit
tlittle
stationswas fisheddone.
Yesterdaywell,pretty the u t belowßater
was
the
a good deal above the level for successful fishing, but a
goodly number of fish wore nevertheless landed with net.
A number of rod fishers wore out, but we did not hear of
any of them having obtained sport. The river is swarm-
ing with fish, and, should the weather prove favourable,
anglers anticipate rare sport.
SALMON FISHING ON LOCH TAY.—The fishing on
this loch began on the sth inst. (Wednesday). Mr. Ashley
Dodds, an English gentleman, fishes this season the pre-
served water, vice Mr.ll‘Farlane, of Glasgow, who hadi
last year. Mr. MTarlane is expected at Auchmore House
in the course of a few days to fish the Auchmore portion
of the lake this year. We had a continued flood in the
rivers here during almost the whole of last week, so that
the loch is higher at present than it has been for the last
nineteen years. We have had our own share of the high
windi prevailing for the last ten days, and although
dwelling-houses have escaped unscathed, the plantations
have suffered severely. Great ;lots of larch and fir and
other trees have been uprooted and smashed.
THE LIVERPOOL CAB STRIKE.—The strike still
continues, end it is now stated that the 'bus proprietors
are about to strike also, in order to support the cabbies,
and to bring the corporation moro speedily to terms. In
the meantime the corporation offood er to licassenge ense
rsany species
of vehicle for conveyance of gs or p.
EXTRAORDINARY CATCH OF BADGERS NEAR
BODMIN.—On Monday last whilst a party of tradesmen of
Bodmin were engaged in rabbit spoaing on the farm of
Mr. William Pearse, at Colernnick, in the parish of
Holland, a large tier of holes was discovered, and on an
examination was found to contain badgers. After two
and half-hours' exercise of picks and shovels, they suc-
ceeded in capturing, with the aid of only one small ter-
rier, weighing about twain pounds,
.four splendid
badgers, weighing about one hundred pounds.—Western,
Daily ;tic/vs/v.