The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-19 00:00:00

REMARKS.

A rather high atinospheilaprewsu----rs still continue' over the
llrltish Isles, but since yesterday • general diminatiou has taken
place, greater In the north than in the south. The pressure at
Valenti' is highest ; 30.4.3 in. strong north-easterly winds have
prevailed on the south and east coasts of kngland ; this morn
ins the winds are north-easterly. earept in Scotland, where
they are light from the southward. Neither is generally One
and dry. Rain has fallen only on the west coast of France.

TEE SALE or Bxran.—An adjourned masa
meeting in reference to the question of selling bread by
weight took place on Monday eight in the Leicester
marketplace, when (torn 9,000 to 3,000 persons assembled.
Mr. T. Emery occupied the chair, and the various speakers
were unanimous in their objection to the decision of the
local magistrates, that " tin " and " cottage " loaves come
under the category of " fancy bread," and therefore need
not be weighed by the seller to the purchaser. The follow-
ing resolutions were cordially agreed to:—" That public
notice shall be given to the makers and sellers of bread to
weigh the same before delivery to the purchaser, in ac-
cordance with the Act of Parliament, or fresh proceedings
will be taken before the magistrates to tuforce the law ;
also, that the meeting being of opinion that 'tin' and
'cottage' loaves do not constitute fancy bread, declares its
determination that, failing to get the law applied in the
local courts, an appeal shall be made for judicial decision
in a higher court.' A subscription was entered into to
defray the necessary expewies in carrying out the prose-
cutions.

SWIMMING MATCH IN THE THANES.—Yesterday
morning en exciting race from Battersea-bridge to London-
bridge came off between E. Goodwin, of Lambeth, and
Charles White, of the Serpentine Club, for 20/. The
Venus steatubost, engaged by Mr. Beckwith, the noted
swimmer, and many small boats, accompanied the men.
Notwithstanding the early hour appointed for the start,
the bridges were crowded with spectators. White has won
many races as an amateur, but Goodwin, who is a power-
fully-built man, was the favourite at 5 and 0 to 4. At
twelve minutes past 7 both dived from their respective
boats. Goodwin touched the water first, but White soon
took the lead, and at Cadogan Pier was three yards
ahead. Very soon, however, Goodwin passed his oppo-
nent, and the betting now was 3 to 1 ou
At Battersea-part. Pier Goodwin had increased his lead
to 20 yards. White, however, quickly shortened the
distance between them, and shortly after he showed in
advance. White continued well at his work, and at the
IVaterworks at Battersea was between 3G and 40 yards in
advance. At Vauxhall Goodwin had reduced the distance
to 25 yards, and at the Penitentiary to six yards. He soon
after became level with White, and at Lambeth-bridge
Goodwin went in front amidst the shouts from his nume-
rous friend.. At this part of the river the water was ex-
tremely " lumpy," the high wind meeting the ebb tide.
White struggled ou moat gamely, but was steered too
much out of the stream, and, finding his chance of mama
gone at Hungerford, he resigned further competition. Sub-
joined is the correct time as taken by Mr. Woodstock, the
official timekeeper: Goodwin, at the new bridge, Bat-
tersea, arrived in 14 min. 12 see.; the Railway Bridge,
16 min. 2 sec. ; Vauxhall-bridge, 30 ruin. 23 sea ; Lam-
beth-bridge, 36 min. 15 sec. ; Westminster-bridge, 43
min. ; and the whole distance in I la. 12 min. 20 sec. He
did not appear at all distressed at the finish.
CAUTION TO BIARINERS.—TIIO Spanish govern-
meat has given notice that a Spanish merchant vessel, on
her voyage from Macao to Havana, discovered a patch of
shoal ground to the south-westward of the Cape of Good
Hope. The shoal bank, on which several casts of the lead
were taken during a calm, had from 1N to 13 fathoms,
rocky bottom ; and from the latter depth the water and-
ilenly deepened, and no bottom could be found. At the
time of the first sounding, in IN fathoms, the Cape of
Good Hope lighthouse bore E. by N. magnetic (N. 49 deg.
E. true), and the assumed distance from the Cape was 16
miles. This being the distance, the bank would be in
lat. 34 deg. 314 min. S., long. 15 deg. 154 R. of Greenwich.

THE LAITY AND CONVOCATION.—The Rev. Alfred
Barry, D.D., writes to the Gtairdias :—" A convocation,
free and fairly representative, in which the laity shall hold
their due place, is the only means of exercising any action
of the church as such. All parties ought to press it,
except the quaai-Braatian party, who would do everything
by the civil power, and make the church simply • depart-
ment of the state. lam told that its meeting would
necessitate the disruption of church and state. I do not
see that this need take place, but if it did there are many
of us who, while they value highly the national establish-
ment, would rather imperil it than sacrifice the living
action of the church by fettering it under a constitution
fixed two hundred years ago. I am told also tbat its
meeting would break up the church itself. I do not be-
lieve it, and I greatly fear that such disruption by seam-
Ilion is likely now, just because the church, as a whole,
has no opportunity of fixing those limits of variety which
are the security for unity and freedom.