The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-22 00:00:00

MINCING-LANE.—TIIIB DAY. itiiii
8170,5.71.—T66 market 1. very firs. The Migrate's of the so
Havannalt offered in pablis sale bought in, nearly all above 21
the market value. It woo made public os 'Change peter- 18
day that several cargoes afloat had been sada by _private 814
~street, at improved prime; in all, 12.000 boxes. Moaned le
tamales ens. Grocery lumps, 60s. to 61e. 6d.
Coma remeise May. Geed ordinary mare Ceylon
is good 41s. to 41e, bee the deemed ie as Vesibei.the
Tea matinees its, the treestity exported for week 2
en.liog 15th August, was 64,840 lbs., equal to rboot 800 •'"
chests Congon. ti
RlCl.—Tbe public sales of 4,600 bags Bewail end 1000 80
begs Madras went off rather irregularly, bat averaged pre. 11
trims rates. littngal 10s. to Ile.; Madras plait. y, 9s. 61
PIXIII7O —lOO bags sold in public sale, 61d. to 61d. 156,
per lb. 28
Corron.—The improved demand in Liverpool hie Mu- 10
snood this market, and a fair amount of bus Mess km been 25
done. 121
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Bum —Continues firm.
In other articles no materiel alteration.

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY. too
The market remains study at the following rates:— 40
Town Tallow, 35e 6i.; Petersham Y.C. on the spot,: old, 3°
36..3d. ; new, to 375.; oo.ob-r to December, 375.; October sit
to Deeember, separate months, 375. 6d. tr
SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. rs
Mears. Cooper and Davie report the Popply short, but iy4
quits equal to the demand. at the following quotations to
Ptime Meadow, 70s. to 755. • inferior. 55e. to 655.; new, MI
60e. to 755. ; Clover, 70a. to Sii.; new, 655. to 75f. ; Straw, 2534.
24e. to 28e. ,0

SPORTING.

LATEST BETTING AT YORK. 30
1. By Elootr!e Telograph.] 60
90
EBOlt HANDICAP.
4to 1 mod Collinprood 6to 1— Cantab 90
9to 2 Mark Tnpley I ti to 1 apt Champion
3to 1 Eleho 111

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EASTERN COUNTIES. —The half-yearly meeting of St.
this company took place this day, and was, at the time of
our going to pre,e, rather stormy in its prouediugs. The re-
SRO
port (as published in Monday's Express), having been read, ni
the chairmen proceeded to address the meeting, end entered 20
into some details retputieg the dispute between the cow Li'
pang and th, it engine-drivers. The feeling of the sharthol- 10
dam was decidelly against the latter. A Mr. Wood, of It
Cambridge, attempted to address the meeting, and was met SO
by a storm of hisses and opposition. 40
DO
CONVOCATION OF THE CLEROT.—Thig morning SO
having been appointed for the assembling of both hones of le
the Convocation, for the purpose of prorogation, his Graoe 845-
the Archbishop of Canterbury, accompanied by F. H. Dy to
Beg , her Ntsjessy's proctor and principal rrgi.trar of the pro-
vino* of Canterbury, arrived at the Isruselern.ehamber,
Wrstmineter abbey, at halflust 10 o'clock Social interest IA
ems attached to this day's prtmedings, inasmuch as it was 91-
1.
anticipated that p-titifass emanating from the Church Uaion,
Metier to the Gerhart' care, might be presented, and also II
from the Get %bat numerous meetings of the clergy through- se
out the country had been held, calling upon the primate to yo
assemble the Gins/chemical, in order that the present aspect s
of the affairs of the church might be fully and fairly uis. dos
classed. Esp. nation upon this head, however, was not 1,1
realised. At hal'-past elif, the erchbisbop having taken his K,
Nat en the throne in the upper better, the customary forms 25
of prorogation were gone through, and the writs having been 11l
read, the archbishop declared the proceedings at en end. SO
IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS MANUFACTURE The
salsieet of pure and cheap gas has of late been often brought as.
smder;the notice of our readers, together with the means of thl
improving and thee' ening so im. ortant an access ry to 111
domestic and vela) comfort. Perhaps there is no town
in the kingdom more highly favoured than Liverpool is 10
with excellent gas, made from the best cannel coal, and 10
which, we believe, cintiones to give general satisfaction. go
Until very remstly, gas from any other material than coal to
was scirce:y ever contemplated. The question was now 10
and then moot. d by timid philosophers, how long 56
0
our black diamond mines would last with the extreordi-
nary demand n..w made upon them by steam navigation, is
railways, &c., and predictions were freely hazarded that, sie
within a few genera.hre, this grand source of Britain's as
greatness would be found putting away C r ever. With 10
these frees and apprehensions we bed no sympathy, being
satisfied that there is a storehouse of coal in these islands
sufficient for our want., even for thousands of years. But so
it is delightful to find that science is ever on the alert to 13
widen the Bs ld of supply for every necessary, es well as 50
for every luxury, of life ; and, on this very article of at.
gas, our own immediate neighbourhood furnishes an inns- in
treti: nof the truth of this remark, as gratifying as it is st.
imp,rtant. We refer to the town of Southport, one of go
the moat delightful watering places in the kingdom, having
been now for nine mon'hs past splendidly lighted up, q
through the whole of its extent, by Mr. White's patent Its
hydro-carbon gas, rna'e from resin or tar, and water, no
cool being used erc..pt to heat the retort,. We had re- se
cently an opportunity of fully examining into the whole es
process of manufscturieg this gas at S uthport, and of care- 6
fully observing it in the streets and shops of the town, and 5
confess both the surprise and the plums it afforded us
to find a gas of surpassing brilliancy a..d purity, and to so
entirely tree from smek,, that the ceilings of the shops so
and houses were untarnished by it, produced so essay to
and rapidly under this system It is a lditionally pleasing *
to find, that while the brilliancy and parity of the gas is 141
decidedly superior to that from goal, it is produced at a 24
much less price—perhaps at about one half; at.d, there so
being a large meter on the gmbouse, we had ocular ag
demonstration that the rapidity of production is about
thrice as fast as from cal retorts of a similar size, while

the labour of attending to the whole is not one-half.
Sta•ements so much at variance with past exnerience may
at retly obtain credence ; but an hour's ride from our
Exchange will enable any one to see and judge for hints .If.
That a vast improvement has been achieved in gas manufac-
ture—the prccursoi, it may be, of still greater—is argues
tionable ; and kr this Mr. Stephen White hag amply merited
the rich reward he is so sure to obtain. Our spirited nei,h-
boar, Mr. Coullsorn, has bad this gas in full operation at
Egrrmont Ferry, as well as at the large hotel and adjacent
buildings there, far more than two montheput, and expresses
hiasselt in the highest terms regarding it. His eloper .tua is
,in daily operation at Egremont. We learn that its aJoptifn
is spreading rapidly around Manchester, where it is exciting
the greatest interest, and that Pew ral lase continental cit., s
are now in treaty for it. Its future prnuen deserves to be
watched with much interest.— Lixerpoof Mercury.
DETERMINED SUICIDE IN KENSINGTON-GARDENS.
Yesterday forenoon Mr. H. M. Wakley held an quiry at
the King and Queen Tavern, Paddington-green, respecting
the death of a gentleman, name unknown, apparently about
2G years oleo, leo committed self-destrurion by shooting
himself with a listed through his heart, in Kensington-
gardens, on Monday afternoon lot. The circumstances
attending the suicide of the deceased were detailed in the
Express of Tuesday. and were recapitulated by tho
witnesses examined Thome, Claytcn, s garden cons•able„
No. 6, stated he was shout 300 yards off, when littering the
report he ran to deceased's assistance, and found him dead.
On searching his clothes he found a gold Genev.s watch, grid
chain, and briquet key; there was no maker's name
on the watch, but inside the cue was scratched "C. M.
4,006." An embroidered green and red silk bag
was taken from his trousers pocket, containing
61. 7s. 41. No p ,pers or letters of any kind
could be found on him; but on examination a small silk bag
was found in one of his coat pockets, containing a narrow
slip of leather, about tire yard, in 1. mirth, having at each
end a piece of leather hello.v in the centre, about an inch
square, which was minutely t unlined by the coroner and
jury, and was the SU.I4ICS of much curiosity AS to its use.
Eventually one of the jury broke the hollowed portions
open, when three slips of parchment, shout an inch in width,
and one about 18 inches long, all rolled up, fell out, and
were found to be covered with Hebrew characters, but their
import could not be ascertained. A small quantity of gun-
powder, • bullet, and some p:rcu.sion caps, were found
screwed up in some paper in his waistcoat pocket. Inspector
Grant of tka 1) division, in answer to a question by the
coroner, elated that nod,' of the oceurrenre had been for-
warded by route throng', out the metropolis, but that up to
the present time no inquiries had been made for the deceased
gentleman. Verdict--.. That the deceased destroyed Maven
by discharging a landed pistol through his heart ; tut the
jury have no evidence as to the state of his mind at the
time."