The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-05 00:00:00

*.IMARIC!I.

Since ft a.m. of yeeterclaiaa;c7ti westerly gale has blown at
the entrance of the St. George*s and English Channels It ex-
tended to Holyhead and Ardroasan at Valentia it veered to
W.N. W.—force 11. The barometrk3l pressure was generally de-
creased : In the north of Scotland It has been down to 29 39
Inches, now it is rising with the winds veering to westward. Rain
has been general, esms on the east coast, and In the southwest
of Ireland the fall has bola large.

ARRIVAL OF THE JAVA.—CROOK HAVEN, SEPT. 5,
P.M.—The Cunard steamer Java is now passing the
Browbead signal station. She will probably arrive at
Queenstown at 5 p.m. Letters will reach London at G. 25
p.m. to-morrow (Friday).

The Times is requested to state that the letter
published in a Saturday journal last week, purporting to
be written by Mr. Henry Cole, was cal efully examined
and compared with a genuine signature of that gentle.
man's before being sent to the printer.
A " Horn Fair " is, we believe, an old-esta-
blished method by which popular indignation Is displayed
against any individual who has committed some gross
outrage against the laws of morality. In the present in-
stance it appears that a married tradesman, at Petham,
had taken advantage of his intimacy with the family of •
neighbouring farmer to seduce his daughter. On Saturday
last, a very rough band indeed, numbering about 50,
paraded the village, making the most discordant and on.
earthly noises it is possible to conceive. Of course the
noiseincreased opposite the offender's door, and total
silence reigned when the farmer's house was passed. The
band was accompanied by a mob of some 400 or 500 per-
sons, who carried a hideous effigy of the offender. Later
in the evening they repaired to an elevated spot in the
parish, where, with the help of faggots and tar barrels, •
huge bonfire was lit, and the effigy burnt amidst a scene
of uproar rarely witnessed in a quiet country village. The
police were in attendance, but as no direct breach of the
peace was committed, they did not interfere. We should
say that the object of all this popular indignation will
long remember the rough, though just judgment passed by
his neighbours upon his misconduct- Kentish Obperrer.
TIT FOR TAT. —A circular has been issued an-
nouncing the formation of a "Licensed Victuallers' Tea
Association," to compete with the grocers in return for
their having entered into the retail wine trade under the
act passed by Mr. Gladstone in 11400. The argument Is
that this act was a direct interference with the business
of the licensed victuallers, "the most highly taxed body of
traders in the kingdom ;" and that as the grocers were not
slow to avail themselves of the new field thus thrown open
to them, and have cultivated it wish assiduity, the licensed
victuallers have been driven to consider how they may best
protect and Indemnify themselves. An association, it is
alleged, has accordingly been formed for this purpose,
" which, stronu by its connexion with gentlemen of long
residence in China, and large experience as tea tasters, can
• undertake to dispense with intermediate profits, and to
: supply tea
"at • lower price than the purchasing retail
grocers pay.
CAUTION TO TRAVELLERN.—Last week, accord-
ing to the SherLonte Journal, Dr. Garland and Mr. Thos.
Moore, of Yeovil, were robbed at the Victoria Hotel,
j Weymouth, of money, watches, and other property to the
amount of 701. While they were sleeping in • double-
bedded room, some thief entered and effected his object.
LIGHT BREAD.—At the Kingston petty sessions
yesterday nine bakers living in the borough were sum-
moned for selling bread deficient in weight. Three of the
number sold half-quartern loaves which were 2oz. light ;
' the other loaves varied in their deficiency from loz. 14dra.
to Wm. One of the parties summoned was a member of
the corporation of the borough of Kingston, but he, as
did the others, denied any intention on his part of de-
' trending the public. _ _ _

Seem SneLts.—Eight hundred tons of shells
have iseently been returned to Washington to be emptied
and stored, and it is said that the workmen bare discovered
that work upon them is not dangerous, as saw-dust has
been substituted for powder in the preparation of these
projectiles. How many thousands of them similarly filled
were fired ►t the rebel forces during the war it is impos-
sible to calculate.—New York Zeta.