The Express. — 1867-08-27 (London, England)

JURY HOOTED.—After the recent trial of Smith for murder at the Liverpool A 11614111, as the jury left the box a feeling of dissatisfaction with their verdict was expressed by an immense number of persons present, who hissed and hooted at them, notwithstanding the protestations of the ushers, whose repeated calls for silence were of no avail.  Salmon net-fishing in the Tay and its tributaries is closed for the present season. With the rains of the past few days the Tay and Earn may be expected to rise above their present low level ; and as there arc very large numbers of fish in these rivers, anglers anticipate good sport till the close of rod fishing on the 10th October. At the close of the net fishing the prices of salmon have been seldom so high as they now are. The prices are : salmon, Is. 4d. per lb. ; grilse, Is. 2d. ; trout, Is. Tas SALMON FISHZILIIOL —The report of the fishery Commissioners lately published is by far the most promising as regards the future supply of salmon that has yet appeared. The following riven are stated to exhibit a great and remarkable improvement in the number of salmon captured in them Severn, Taw, Ur*, Swale, Ouse, Torridge, Usk, Tyne, Dee, Wharfe, Nidd, Tees. Bee, Otter, Ribble, }[udder, Lure, Avon (Devon), Kent, Eden, Eainont, Lowther, Wye, sad Coquet. The incveaee of salmon in same of th se rivers is very remarkable. Thu., the Ribble and Hodder, which yielded in 1859 only 900 salmon, yielded above 9,000 last year ; and the Exe, which formerly yielded oaf y about 400 salmon, now yields 4,000. Other rivers in the United Kingdom, such as the Wear, Camel, Dart, Tamar, Dovey, Trent,Winow, hiawddack,Towy, Laugher, and Taf, exhibit a gradual improvement ; while some rivers are stated as showing no signs of improvement. Happily, however, these are very limited in number. The commissioners strongly recommend the appointment of • government engineer to advise on questions relative to the pollution of rivers. It is remarkable how small a quantity of refuse from some mills out into the river will destroy the fish for many miles below the mills. We are familiar with a small stream in Hampshire, where the supply of trout, formerly very abundant, has now almost entirely fallen off, in consequence of the refuse from a very small pa .mill being out late the river, and yet in face of this fact an attempt to obtain an injunction to restrain the proprietors of the mill from repeating the evil has failed—Vice-Chancellor Haling giving it as his opinion, that as the mill refuse cannot be conveniently disposed of by any other way than casting it into the river, thispractice may be continued. The report also recommends that the entrance to mill-sluices should be protected by gratings when the fish are descending to the sea, end especially recommends that they should be protected by efficient water-bailiffs during the spawning ses-eon.— Arhourum.  A meeting of the flax-spinners and power-loom weavers of Belfast and neighbourhood has been held in the Chamber of Commerce. The result of the meeting was the unanimous adoption of a resolution to the effect that short time (40 hours a week) should commence on Monday, 9th September. The gold mines of Nova Scotia, which as yet are but partially developed, are chiefly remarkable for the fine quality of gold they produce. It is a noticeable fact that the average quality of Nova Scotia gold is finer than that of either California or Australia averaging about twenty-two carats. Operations in gold mining in Nova Scotia commenced about five years ago, and the value of the annual yield in 1866 was about 600,000 dollars. The work of developing the mines is going on moderately and at the same time successfully. A number of really fine specimens of quartz, with the genuine glittering native gold profusely intermingled, have just been exhibited, those from the Uniacke mines being particularly rich and valuable.—New York Herold,  SOUTH KENBlNGTONifoestm.—Viaitors the week ending August 24 :—On Monday, Tuesday, cad Saturday, free, from 1U &M. to 10 p.m., 9,520; on Protiumday, Thursday, and Friday (admission 6d.), from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m., 1,419 ; National Portrait Exhibition, by payment, 3,970; total, 14,909. Average of corresponding week in former years, 14,072. Total from the opening of the Museum, 6,919,062.