The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-16 00:00:00

REMARKS.

The barometrical pressure 1; generally high : since Saturday
the highest pressure has shifted to the west —being anal ln. st
Valenta, sad the lowest presmx Is In the rut. Winds are now
mostly northwesterly ami moderate temperatures are lower,
and weather is floe. Hain has fallen over the British Isles dna
last report

Colonel the Right Hon. J. Wilson-Patten is to
be entertained at a public banquet at Warrington, Oa
Thursday evening, the 26th inst., in celebration of his sp
pointment to the office of Chancellor of the Ducby of Len
caster. It is expected that ono or two members of the
Cabinet will be present on the occasion.
THZ PAN-ANGLICAN SYNOD.—SPECIAL SWIM
✓ats DAY.—This morning, the fifth of the special swiss
in connection with the great Pan-Anglican Synod was held
in the palish church of St. Lawrence, Jewry. Thera
was a tolerably large congregation, the greater portion
of those present being men, and the service con.
menced at the early hour of 7 o'clock. At that
time the first notes of the organ were heard, and
a procession entered consisting of between 30 and 40 sir
pliced choristers, singing the process;orial hymn, "We kw
the place, 0 Lord ;" the Re.. Morgan Cowie, 8.D., rector
of St. Lawrence Jewry ; the Rev. Henry Rik"
M.A., rector of St. AntholM, Watling•street ; and tln
Right Rev. Dr. A. N. Bethuue, Bishop of Niagara, tht
bishop coadjutor to the Bishop of Toronto. The ante-ccee
minion service having been read, the bishop took his plus
in front of the communion rail', and delivered a brill
address.

SOCIAL SCIENCE AemocearioN.—The arrange.
meats for the meetiap of the Soc Lit Science Association is
Belfast are now comireted, and every ling gives promise
of a successful meeting. A good number of members sal
associates' tickets have already been issued, and vs
may remind those who have so got tickets that
they are requested to send their names and se
dresses in full, with the number of their tickets, to
the reception-office, Museum, that they may obtain the
programme of arrangements issued daily during the
Congress. It would eke facilitate the arrangements 01
the secretaries if the inhabitants of the town would tab
out their tickets on Monday and Tuesday, so that Wel
tiesilsy may be reserved for strangers. The Rev. S. I.
Steinthal, Secretary of the Economy seal Trade Berm*
ment, has attired in Belfast ' • and Mr. Bodine's. tbs
General Secretary, is expected to arrive on Monday, who
the various committees meet for the arrangement of the
order of business—the Law Committee et 1-30 ; &Medics
at i ; Health, at 3; and Trade, at 4 o'clock. —S6rrier"
Whig.

SHOCKING DCATH.—A shocking accident is re-
ported from Torquay. An old woman. 72 years of a Ze.
named Elisabeth Leaman, was setting into bed when Ins
clothes were set on fire by a lighted candle placed by the
bedside. Her husband. en infirm obi man, rendered ttf
hest assistance to extinguish the flames, but the Pece
woman was fear'ully btu at. She unlocked the door led
went to the top of the stairs screaming " Eire." 710
neighbours flocked in, but too late ; the skin and fled
came away from the poor woman in large pieces, and eftg
suffering much peony she died at the Torbay Infirrisal•
where art inquest was held on Thursday, and a 'enlist of
"Accidental death" returned.
THE " CEREMONY " OF DRCH KING Orr.—The
52nd Regiment of Light Infantif paraded yesterday ereee;
irtz at Richmond Barracks to hear the sentence of a general
court-martial read sad carried out on Private Kelly he
striking his superior officer, Colour-Sergeant Power. is
I.;s quarters. He was sentorned to two years' imprimis.
ment. marked with the letters B C, and to be drummed
out of his regiment, which was carried into effect. Tito
facings and buttons were cut from his tunic. and theses.
her of his regiment removed from his carp. This is, we be'
Here, the third man drummed out of this regiment date
its arrival in Dublin.—DuNia EVellill,l Neil.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.—It is calculated that British
Columbia rintrins about 280,0C3 square miles. ee
179,200,000 acres, of which. up toOctober, I.lm, only allot/
ao,oon acres were settled ny white men. The colony ft
considerably more than double the size of the United
Kingdom. The irregular character of the country, hrekes
up as it is by high sod rugged mountain ranges, makes ft
very difficult of exploration ; but it has been sucertsitel
that besides the valley of the Frazer there is much lad
available for pasturage on the high plateaus, and at the
foot of the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains, Chia
form the eastern boundary of the colony.—Panassa San