The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-01 00:00:00

PROZABLZ.

11IDAT. SAITRDAT.
S.W. to N.W. and OR NORTllkig W.S.W. to N.N.W.,
back, fresh tostmng, COAtin. strong to moderate,
squally, unsettled. a few showers.
As above. WggenS. As above.
W.S.W. to N.N.W. BOVTHW. W.S.W. to N., fresh,
and back, moderate showers In plac.a•
to strong, squally, but generally nue.
same showers.
B.W. to N. W. sod Lorna. As next above
fresh, qua/.

showers In pliaa
litarthernardeollW. Western=heland, Wake, and ad-
facendea southern= English Channel and Bay of ktlaca7. llastarn
mfretward England and North Ben

The camp of CU,loos, it is stated, will be raised
between the 7th and 10th of September. Marshal de
WMahoe, Duke of Magenta, immediately after giving up
his command, is Jobe invested with the imporior govern.
meat of Algeria, and will leave almost immediately for that
colony. in order to make the necessary arrangements for the
campaign which is to open in October against the tribes of
the south.

MwroN's Horse IN BARBICAN. —This interesting
relic of the poet Milker Is now being taken down to make
way for the extension of the Metropolitan Railway from the
Victorketrest Station to Finsbury-circus, and probablyre
within the next few days will have altogether disappeared.
Of late years such parte of the home as remained intact
namely, the study, the schoolroom, and the kitchen—have
been need for mercantile purposes, and the part of it which
fear Barbican has long been • dyer's shop. It is known as
No. 17, in the street, and is situated a few paces from the
, meth-east corner of Aideregateetreet on the right hand,
I leading towards! Finsbury-square. By an agreeable coin-
cidence, while the house of the poet of " Paradise Lost " is
being deetroyed in • utilitarian age, the venerable church of
St. Gibe, Cripplegate, heed by, in which his remains are
interred, is undergoing a partial restoration.
BREECII-LOADINO RIFLES. —The Secretary of
State for W:a is desirous of receiving communications from
gunmakere and others on the subject of the beet means of
converting the Enfield rifle into a breech-loader, wider the
following conditions : L Cost not to exceed 11. per arm.
2, Shooting of the converted atm not to be inferior to that
of the unaltered arm. Descriptions of methods proposed,
accompanied by specimen arms, should be sent to the
Director of Ordnance, War-office, Pall-mall, on or before
the 20th of September. These descriptions and specimens
will then be considered by the Ordnance Select Committee,
who will select such of the plans as appear to them prima
facie promising. Six rifles will be delivered for conversion
to each of those gentlemen whose plans have been selected
on
above. They must be returned altered within five weeks
of the date upon which they are sent, accompanied by 1,000
rounds of such ammunition (and to be ignited in such man-
ner) as the competitors think most suitable. A sum of 20f.
will be paid to each of the selected competitor', to cover the
expense of converting the six rifles and of the supply of
ammunition required.
A VISIT TO THE Moaner.—A Mildenhall COlTe-
spoodent writes :—" You approach the chapel through •
low doorway which leads into • courtyard, and on the oppo-
site side stands the chapel, which is about 70ft. loog, Soft.
broad, and not more 131 t. high. Upon entering the first
object that meets the eye is the large figure of the Madonna
surrounded by about • dozen lights—it being within the
octave of the Assumption. The High Altar is fitted with
tabernacle, creeds, lights, and all the paraphernalia of
catholic worship. The congregation was numerate and ap-
parently devout. At 11 o'clock • prooessioa, heeded by •
monk se cross-bearer, entered the chapel, in which
was the priest in chasuble, km, accompanied by
two demons (mocks) in their dalmatics. The ser-
vice, after the eta was duly iooensed, com-
menced at the communion pert of the Prayer Book, and
after the Nicene Creed had been sung, Father Ignatius
preached a sermon setting forth the doctrine of transub-
stentiatioa, and mitring his audience that in • few minutes
Jesus, the ineffable king, the son of righteousness, the
Agnes Dei immaculatua, would be offered on the altar as •
propitiation for their sins. After the sermon the service
proceeded, the words used being made up of the Anglican
with a portion of the Roman ritual, but the ceremonies, in-
cluding the elevation of the host, belonged entirely to the
letter. The evening service was so numerously attended
as to fill both chapel and court-yard, and Father Ignite&
discoures was remarkable for its fervour, and was listened
to with marked attention."—Bern and Norwich Poet.
Ica IN At:Gus-L-1n Yorkshire the weather in
very variable. On Tuesday the day was extremely warm
(one of the hottest of the season), • sudden change °mut.
ring from very cold days, during three of which, last week,
ice was found at Malton of the thickness of paper. The
dahlias sad other tender plants in low situations were frost-
bitten. The ground is very dry yet, although some refresh-
ing showers have fallee. Farman say the ground has
never been so hard baked since the great drought of 1826.
PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.—There are two principal
roma+ why partridges are often less thickly preserved than
other kinds of game. The first is, that it is not so essential
to theziort of partridge shooting to be perpetually firing
and 1 ing, as it is to cover shooting. The second is, para-
doxical as it may sound, that partridges will up to a certain
extent preserve themselves. Thus many men resident in
the country, and able to look after the birds in the
breeding time, may enjoy moderate sport through
the season without the expense of any regular
preserving what never. Other game cannot be had at all
without strict preserving ; and it is scarcely worth prose,-
iog for sporting purposes unless preserved in largequantities.
What we mean by partridge shooting being thoroughly en-
joyable without quite so much execution OA men lo,k for in
other kieds of sport, is this, that it comprises many very plea-
surable elements over and above the mere delight of levelling
your gun and bringing down your rights and lefts. The walk
and the talk, the scenery, the ever-varying excitement of find.
ins, following, and starting your @wit t and crafty qoarry ; the
behaviour of the dogs, for we write iota that partridge shoot-
from which pointers and setters are discarded ; all combine
to make up the pleasure of the day. Compare this with
deriding by yourself for hours at the corners of successive
covers, as silent as the grave, or else you will never gets shot,
and often nearly as cold too. Hers it is quite plain that if you
don't get lots of shooting you get nothing, and had better be at
home playing billiards. The shooting is all in all. You hear
but don't see the doge. Yon exercise no sagacity of your own
in finding or marking down the game. Yon have, except at
intervals, no one to speak to. And therefore we repeat that an
abundance of furred and feathered creatures to keep your
eye and hand in constant motion is the only coodition on
which shooting is a pleasure. Then indeed it is, no doubt,
capital fun ; though even then there is a seminar in it corn-
pared with partridge shooting. Of that, however, we will
say nothing. All we say is, that no man coming home
to dinner about the time of a November ranee,
who has spent the previous six or seven hours shivering
at a wood corner, or sauntering along hedge-
rows es if he were following a funeral, can con-
scientiously say that he haa meet a pleasant day, if be
hasn't had the chance of doing onedernble !needles
whereas in partridge shooting on the other hand, so many
other faculties are called into play that a small and ya-
wned bag will often have been productive of oodles
amusements and excitement, justifying a man in saying
without hypocrisy, as he comes into the drawing-room
after dressing, that he has thoroughly enjoyed himsell.—
CornAill ilfgaasins for September.