In addition tothe Raya! Aquarium two Jother interesting landmarks of are about +0 disappear. Ths demob Nesgste Prison has already beg. day or two ago the gallows which have ended the mortal cars rs of so many jnororious criminals were removed to Pentonsile Pri-on, which will in fature he the m-tropoli'an plice of execution. Fol owing thi- will con" the dis'ruct of tse old Cut al Ciminal Court, from sve dust of wWh-ea w I arise a n-w 1 connection wita the construction great new road from the Strand. 10 Holborn the housebreakers hare just set to work. on New-Ion, It is one. of the was Abolived, the survictug sold up the prop-rty and divided che proceeds am ug themselves. They we e quite within their lega. rights, but nevertheless the division was rightly regarded as a public scandal. Although the Ion belonged to the sergeants, it was virtually, if not legally, a public trust, and the proceeds ought n-ver to have gone into private pockets. There was consequently a good deal of interest taken in this sale of N-w Ion with the view of preventing a similar scandal. This, however, his been avoided by a judgment of the Court of Chancery iven yes erday—a judsmont which Virtually lays it on that all property of this kind is held on implied charitable or pubic trusts, Bisley.
The B sley meeting, which comes to an end ty mor ow, has seen some rem rkable shooting. L-nev-Corporal Cole, of the 1st. Dor-e:, lis won the bronze medal with the highest score ever made in the Ist age of the King's—103 out of a possible 105. The St. George's Ya-e has been carried wit by a New Zealander, Private Hawthorne, There was an unfortunate dispute over the McKinnon Cup, the New Zealand and Scottish teams with.lrawing in consequence of what seems to have been a well-founded grievance as to the way in which the time limit was applied. The authorities were compelled to awan the prize t+ the Australians, who completed the, highest score, but the winners have maghanimously consented to waive their right. and the competition is to be begun afresh on Moniay, after the contest for the King's Prize, tne last sage of which is shot to-morrow, has been decided.
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