The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-06 00:00:00

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The rapid jammer of pressurenOiii7nl yesterday has hen sue.
ended by a tle.ieore, which sheered itself yesterday afternoon ;
the cheese has been greaten on our north and west roasts. Con.
piderable differences now exist in pressures, the reeling at Nairn
being on inch Mss than at Portsmouth. Pressure in the south of
France la high. Temperature has neon on all coasts ; the rise is
13 dep. at Nairn and In deers. at Weymouth. A sudden gale
teem the south-south-writ an In last evening on our north and
wen meats, it. extreme force was felt early this morning at sent
stations At Cape Clear a westerly gale is reported as now blow-
ing with a high Pea, but winds ern w hare moderated, and
ere firin from the south-west. Rain has been general ; chiedy
on the Itich mast, and mations on the Channel meat. The sky
is cloudy, and weather appears wattled.

ABgeit'lrA.—Arequipa, the capital of a promo°
of the same name, is lutuated fifty miles north of Arica,
Wing elevated 7,776 feet above the we. It is repcwnted
as bung a beautiful, healthy city, lying in the Valley of
the Wks, about 36 miles from Use ocean. It was founded
by Pismo in 1636. In order to avoid the oouwgamoes of
the frequent earthquakes to which it is liable, houses
are low and strongly built. It was devastated by violent
earthquakes in 1 and in 1725. The Andes here rise in
a volcanic oone 18,000 feet above the sea level, overlook-
ing the doomed city.—Ntio York Awe.
TREATY BRTWERN ITALY AID 131A11.—A treaty
of amity and commerce between the King of Italy and
the Supreme King of Siam was signed on the 3rd instant
at the Italian legation by the respective plenipotealiaries,
the Count Neer and Sir John Bowing. The treaty cres-
tains an article by which all disputes or misunderstandings
not settled by diplomatic correspondence shall be referred
to the arbitration of a friendly neutral power.
A TURKISH WAR FRIGATE IN Till MEassr.—The
splendid iron screw eteem frigate Lateff, one of the best
vessels in the Turkish navy, arrived in the Merteyolyester-
day morning from Alexandria, for the purpose
overhauled. The Lateff is a rakiahlybarquangstedvbeV,
and judging from her fine lines she is evidently a fest
sailer both under *team and sail She is commanded by
Sulinian Bey.
THE COLLISION BrrIVREN THE W.UIRIOR AND
ROYAL OLf..—Dirrosroser. Ocr. 3.—Alter lasting four
days the court-martial on Captain Bo the commander
of the Warrior, for having and hazarded the
Warrior and Royal Oak, by causing the collision thattook
plaft between the two vessebion the night of the 14th of
August last, was brought to a close to-day. The court
considered the charge not proved, and acquitted Captain
Boilut
TIIOOPABIP 51N0031.—R.11.8. troopship
Simoom, which arrived at Liverpool on Saturday with
several detachments of troopet sailed from the Mersey
yesterday afternoon with the ,oth Regiment for Queens-
town. The Simoom will afterwards visit several of the
Irish and Scotch ports on relief service, and eventually
leave Kingstown for the Mediterranean and the West
Indies on transport duty. The cruise will occupy about
six months.
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Some of the original founders of the colony of
South Australia in 1836, South Australian colonist& at this
time in England, other gentlemen interested in the prospe-
rity of that colony, and the friends of the new governor,
purpose to entertain Sir James Ferguseon with a dinner
at Willies-rooms, Ring-street, St. James's, early In
November. previous to his departure from London fur
South Australia.

PIxR 81100TINO EX7II.IORDINARY. —By thu
way. I must give the history of the pike I have just re-
ferred to, and I entreat my leaden to believe it on my
testimony. When the surface of the tens is covered with
water these fish frequently come in with the flood into
certain narrow pits or dykes out of which the turf has
been cut, and are left mit rendes without the ossibilityof
escape. It is no unusual thing to see a solitary jack in
one of these watery graves, but in a particular pit a brace
had been left as nearly as possible of the same size and
weight, between one and two pounds each. The water,
though stained, is clear as wine, and I bad watched these
flab for a long time previously. We always shot fish
when they were big enough, but these hardly appeared
worth powder: besides they lay in capital grouml, and it
is not pleasant to see a full snipe rise just within shot as
you slay a worthless pike. On this day however only one
of its accurtomed occupants was visible in the pit, and
that presented a singular appearance, floating uneasily
near the surface. Aiming well the fish, at least
double his amount distance below the surface, I fired,
and on getting him out with the pole, found that so far
as in him lay be had swallowed his companion ; the hoed
and shoulders with the greater part of the body were
actually digested, whilst the tail stuck out at ono corner
of Its wicked mouth. As they lay in the water on former
ocanions I could not have said which was the bigger of
the two, so nearly were they of a size, but as the rapes
Imetireet is es the mimes, we may assume that it was the
armor of the twain that I shot. Freser' .Iloyarlos for
October.
BkIIIeTTICO Pouvrav . —Poultry should be kept
everywhere, except intim streets, by all classes, rich and
woe. The prices of poultry are excessMe and ought to
be lowered ; but they can only be lowered by inoreaming
the supply much more abundantly then the demand. The
demand constantly increases, and will continue to in-
crease, as wealth and popalation increase ;
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other hand. as vilisabon advances, bringing
and other improvements in its train, the water-fowl and
wading birds, which used abundantly to compete in the
markets with poultry proper, are bersomamorerare
and dear. Not only has the feathered nos of the
funs and masts of this country been thus • *shed, but
that of Holland and other neighbouring coasts is well-
nigh exhausted ; and the poultry salesmen of London are
now largely supplied with water-fowl from inland places
beyond sea. The insatiable cravings of feshion are maid,
moreover, to be answerable for the destruction of great
numbers of phessants; &Monier birds of bright id=
and though one cannot understand whys
kis unable to mimed into pies bodies of
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the of X•lnif. Peet Ptnitir,
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