The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-04 00:00:00

CANOE VOYAGE OP ONS THOUSAND
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The following account of • Voyage in • canoe
on some of the most interesting rivets mid lakes of the
Continent appears in the Times :—"Starting on
had the Thames
to Shiterneea, and then by Dover to Ostend, I few
days on the Mews end the Rhine. The boat being takes
by railway from Mains to Aschaffenburg gave opportunity
for two pleasant days down the Main. 'Manes I went up
the Khios to Freyborg, and carted the canoe to the Tithes
in the haatt of the Black Forest. I had a row on. this lake,
which is shout three miles long. and 3,000 feet shove the
sea. The people there protested against the proceeding,
and said that Pontius Pilate, who. it seems, is at the bot-
tom of the lake, would assuredly drag the beat down.
Again carting the boat to Donaueschingeo. I reached the
source of the Danube and travelled down through &swan°.
gee, past the romantic Ma:meter, of Beam, and amid meet
splendid rocks, woods, and rapids for a whole week. The
Germane wet* astosished to me a beat oo this uotravereed
part of the river. I saw only three boats, sad those
only for short ferries Every morning hustings of
people, and in one cam more than a thousand oceans, as-
sembled to see the roam start. In several oleos, gnu were
and and the bells were rung for the event. At Ulm the
navigation of the Danube begins, end it Imeomes like any
other river, so J left it by railway for Lake Oosstaiiee, the
canoe travellier as baggage. Paddling through this lake
and the Zeller Zee, I descended the Rhine to Belsaffhawiso,
and then went to the Latin of Zurich. Zog, end Lucerne.
sailing and rowiog every day. From Looerse I &Decided
the river Reuse, and mewed the somewhat dangerous
rapids of Bremgarteu without injury, end so got into
the Aar. and by it again into she Rhine, which I fol-
lowed to she fells of Inefeaburg, round which the
boat was taken in • cart drawn at ant by a mita cow.
Both rapids at Rheinfewdea were also snemesfully passed
by the moos, though many larger boats ere last there,
and so I reached Bale, and by the Mallionee Canal got tato
the river 11l ; but it was so dry. sad the ecascry so dull.
that I took the boat by cart over the Formes moentaina to
the mime of the Moselle, and managed to begin the de-
meet of that river as high up as Bed
is
following It
to Epinal, Ohatel, and Manses, and then left the llonelle,
sod same down the river Mouth.. but that being also
caber unintersetieg. I went to the Marne. which will take
me to Paris. This jouniey of about 1,000 miles has been
on. of 'unseeing Interest end greet variety of scene and
character. In the hope that others may fellow sod eajoy
this novel mode of taavellieg oo the Cootinent, I beg to
recommend it as by far the most *sweat way of amotiating
exercise with locerctica.—Tenni, ha., J. M.
Chasten Thierry, oe Mime, &}t. 29."

MIDDLESEX.
Yesterday Mr. Edmond Beales, the barrister ap-
pointed to resin the list of electors for the county of Yid-
=t:ooned a court et Radley's Hotel, Bridgeatrest,
for the revision of the lists of the various pa-
rishes sod preciects of the City of Lembo.
Mr. W. Abort James, of Parliaroant-etrest, Wastain-
OW, append as repressatatrie of the Middlemen Reform
Regirtration Amociatios ; Mr. Henry Smith, of Norfolk-
street, Strand, appeared for the National Cowervativs Re-
gistration dueociatios Mr. T. Alley Jones, of ear*
joants'-ins, and Mr. J. Aber Jones, his moo, attended for
the Middlesex Conservative Registration Committee.
Oa the entrance of the Barrister,
A vestry clerk of ow of the City parishes said it unto&
Mattel) happeued that the reviles d the City lista had
been Axed far the same day as the revision of the county
lists for the City parishes. Now io essay parishes, his OR
MOW the lumber, there were neither objectless ear claims,
and the only burgeon which the representatives of those
perishes bad before the barrister wu to ask for the &Bow-
saw of their bills of costs. Respectfully, tlew, he asked
the barrister to take those perishes Grit ; and so dismiss the
parochial °Maws to give their atteedaaee Woos Yr. Phil-
lips at the revision of the OA, bate. -.—
Mr. Reales said he would sot only do this, but if the
(oedema' preferred it, they might sled their bills to
hie ehambers instead of the& waiting to preempt them fie

&Moscone..
The courses were assocedingly adopted in a coesidaable
number of the parishes.
The vestry clerk remarked that the same plan bed beta
formerly adopted by Mr. Sandwell. The clashing of the
City and tbe county revisioe arose probate from Mr.
PWllipe, the reviaing barrister for the City, being newly
appointed In the room of Mr. Hobson, who now held the
post of Comptroller el Inland Revenue.
The various irregularities conneated with the preparation,
transmission, and publication of the venous hate connected
with the ciounty registration for the City parishes Wand
the banister to make and repeat the obaervatkin that the
parochial officials in the City parishes were remarkable
able for their negligence and their high charges.
Mr. Smith reminded the barrister of his nomeeseefel at-
tempt at Mile Bad the day before, to get the "Carlton
Club" inserted in the "per of abode" column egaibst
the name of Sir Walter Riddell. Oa returning to the
°Boo he referred to a list el the members of the dub.
among which Sir Walter's name appeared, and on inquiry,
be found that a letter sent to the Oultos Club, apprising
Sir Walter that he bad been objected to, bad been met by
an expressed desire that the Oarltbe Club might for the
present be considered as his residesee, and an entry to that
effect was made le the book used for collecting materials for
the registratioe brief.
The Barrister, on Mr. Smith vouching the accuracy of
this statement, said he would correct the register
The Revising Bordner sits on Thursday. at the Lord.
Justices' Court, Westminster, for the revision of the lists
for the perishes, precions, and extra-parochial plums mm-
-1 prised is the Westminster polling plain.

WESTMINSTER.
Yesterday Mr. T. H. Terrell, the barrister
appointed to revise the list of voters for the city of West-
minster, held his court in the lards Justiaa Chamber,
Westminster.balL Messrs. Dimon* and Gilbert, of the •
City of Westminster Liberal Registration Society, attended
on beau& of the liberal interest, and Mr. Oktemhsw epee.
seated the conaervatives.
To-day the lists of the parishes of St. James. St.
John, St. Margaret, St. Mutts, St. Paul, and St. Mary-le.
Strand will be takes. The St. Georgo's list, whisk is rin.
usually heavy in objections, 410 baying been served by the
oonservalaves In that parish, will be taken on Tuesday next.
The total number of objections toles is 1,024, of which 999
come from the conearvativee, who have served upwards of
400 notices in the parish of St. George &lone.

WINDSOR.
Yeaterdsy, Mr. G. J. P. Smith, barrister-at-law,
comineaced the revieloo of the list of voters for the borongi
of New Windsor, st the Town Hall. A large camber of
Mains and **Mises have bola made by both liberal mid
conservative parUsa, Nr. Boserr, of Readiag, Mass esiogsd
on behalf of the former, and Mr. G. tool, solicitor, of
Windsor, for tits latter. Tbe prnmodinP will he wwitinuld
to-day.

THE CHURCH CONGRESS.