The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-27 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

11INCINO-LANIB.—THIS DAY.
St:o4l/.—The market has a steady aonferences but buyers
operate with rcnelor, end rice. ere Muff, supported.
Cograt.—The public calm are progressing steadily.
T EA. —The netts rcoriveci by t&graph to the effect that
there have been no abipuients from China since last mail,
sod that the shipments for the year are stated to be
27,500,0001bn. less than the preceding one has materially
strengthened the tone of tae market, and holders are oaliag
rather higher prima Ude morning.
COTTON.—The salsa bare amounted to 3,500 bales the
last two daps and a slight advance has been established.
rate
RALTTETVI.-250 bap, refraction 381, wild in public
at 50,, which was a high price considering the gnality.ale at
Rtes.-I,W teal Bengal sold steadily in public t
Its. 3d. to Ile M.
Ruct.—Prins an unaltered.

TALLOW MARKET.-TEDB DAY.
Th. mark., .r oesdr. et the prices mused .—Town tat.
low, 61e. 6d. nett rash; 144emburg Y.C. ow the .1:04 u 4.4
September, 6L. GL to C2s.; Weber to December, 59:. 61.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET (THIS DAY.)
IL. E. 3 wiwttli the aboirt. with • Irtisit
demand at sdvancing !nicely—Prime nto,d ,w bay, 70e. to
76s ; superior ditto, 30s, to 835.; Inferior ditto, 50a.over, ld,
oto 051.;
new ditto, 700. to 84a.; rotten, 60s. to 685.; cloves
96, to 110 s.; second rut, 90a. to 100 e.; ditto new, 90e. to
145 a., strew, 26a, to lila.

Mr. William Fitzgibbon, Mayor of Cork, had en interview
with the Chancellor et the Exchequer, at Lis °facial reel.
dens" in Downinfeatteet. yesterday.
The Right lion. Robert and Mrs. Lowe left town yester-
day for the Continent.
Governor Wodehouse had en interview yesterday with Ida.
Secretary Lsbouchere, at the
Thaptitthes were eemt yodentay from the ColoniaLoffte
to the GOVrlllOre of Rung Kong and Ceylon.
VALENTIA MAGNETIC TELE° RA l'H.—Alithoug
the Atlantic cable boa not been succomfolly laid, the
with which it was to be joined Irons Kuightfo own in the Lie
of Vslentis, to Killarney has been carried on with the
utmost despatch by Mr.'Watlock, the local engineer. The
line is now complehal and in perfect working order, nate-
sages beteg sent from Knightstown to Dublin direct. The
line le carried ,m poles along the high road by Rosabe
to the White Strand at Bailyearberry, and thence by sub-
marine to Ruightstown, Valenti*. 'The whole of this week
has been completed in about three weeks, which, considering
the difficulties of transit and want of aecommolation on tie
road, shows great energy on the pert of the eompenfe
officers and own. We only regret that at present the IWli
cannot be used for the purpose for which it has been maft,
but both hope and believe that next, if not this year, will
anceeadully solve the great problem, and thus two quarters
of the globe will be united by the electric wire.—Fro

10;,;;;,4
REFUSAL OF A CHURCH-RATE.—A vestry Meeting
of the ritepayers of Gillingham, Kent, having bow eon-
veined for the purpose of waking a church-rate, Mr. Church-
warden haler po.posed that a rate should be suede sufficient
to meet the current expenses of the edifice, sad that coluntriry
contributions should be mode to defray outstanding debts doe
to the clerk and organist. The proposition of a rate wee op-
nosed by Mr. Saxton, who euggestcd that It would be far
better to leave the whole matter to voluntary contribuCcong
remarking that if the vicar, the Rev. Dr. Page, who was the
richest man in the perish. world head the list with a ertb-
' wiription of 20f., be would be bound to say that • enticing
would soon be collected to free the chulen from debt. The
churchwarden's motion for a rate meeting with no secordee,
the prepoeidon fell to the ground. and the meeting a spar dad.
' THR NEm ACT ON MARRIED WOMEN'ti HEVER-
aIoSAILT Itenniitard.—Yeaterelay the new set, to enable
married women to dispose of their reversionary 'tiered in
persmil Mato, which received the royal assent on Tuesday,
was printed. After the Slat of December next, married
women may dispose of their reversionary interest in persona
property and release powers over such eetate, and also their
rigets to a settlement out of such estates in possession. TM
husband must (+Ducar in the deed, and such deeds aro to be
acknowledged in the same manner as fines and recoveries
are passed by married women. The set which is not eppliesei
ble to Scotland is not to enable married women to dispose of
any interest in personal estates settled upon them or agreed
to las settled, on the occanion of their marriage.
THE PERMIT'S SLATE QVARRIES.—A tom's!
correspondent of the art irdourst Journal thus describes one
of the wanders of Carnarconthire. I took a sharp walk 03
dle 36nei Suspension-bridge, and returned somewhat heated
*lnger in time for the coach to the Penrbyn Slate Quer.
ries, one of the " boas" of Bangor. which we reached after
a slow bet pretty ride, pa! sing through the mat and romantic
teeth of Iletheride. Raving Joined a small potty, wept°.
mired a guide, and proceeded to view the wonders of the
"lam, a brief description of which may not be uninterest-
ing. The great quarry is a semicircle, about one mile
rowsd and 000 feet deep. The number of men employed
mecca from POO to 1,100, who perform their work by ratan,
of idtating," which takes place every hour en a signal
teen a bugle. The effect is tremendous; as blast after
blast is tired the report is echoed a hundred tones by the Ms
! rounding rocks The slate thus loosened is split up for
vuisus purposes, from paving flap to the tuella-et roofing
slate, the thin slates being ell called " ladies" of borne Pert ;
this, the largest eir,e aro culled " Quesine," the next " Prim-
elailla. and so on through wane eight or ten sites. Geeing
remoseued the guide, and purchased some specianees or
slate beautifully reeked up by the men, we reluctantly trek
our leave of the far•famed slate quarries. The amount
of slate these qihrries yield may be estimated from
the following During the summer menthe eleven loaded
trains are depot...bed each day from the quarries by the
tramway, torn train consisting of forty waggons, each wag-
gon containing two tons end a half. In the winter months
the trains ore only deepatched seven times a day._ This
would yield the enormous amount of nearly 300,000 tons
annually.
THE. llritt.ts RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE. —lt
is amused that the Confeetnee of Hahn, for which
errangemente were sometime since made et Lam-
beth Palest, at a meeting presided over by the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, shall commence on Wednes-
day, September 9, with additional exercise In the
Germar, French, and English !assuager. On the second day
there wall he an address of aatatalion sad welcome, by the
Rev. Dr. Krummseher, court chaplain, Potsdam. On the
titled day there will be a discussion on the direnities is
Christendom, and reports will be prevented on the religious
and ecclesiastical condition of European and other comtries.
On tho fourth day reports will he presented in reference to
the state of protestantisin in Roman Catholic countries.
The conference will last nine days, sad amongst those who
are pected to take part in it ere :—The !Ramp of Down
and Coonnor, Bishop.Gohat, the Rev. Dr. Ikrkbols, so; se.
intendent and contoetioriel assemor of RJga; the Rev. Dv.
Mettle, of Turin; Professor Schaukel, of Iteldelberg; Dr.
Merle d'AuhignE, of Geneva; the Rev. O. Fisch, of Paris;
Professor Real, of Bonn; the Rev. Dt.Nowitey,of Prague;
Profane Den thermos de Moen, of Madrid ; Dr. fkbeallp
of PemsPesala; and several English. clergymen.
The Emetic/neaten of Brunets states that several
Zemin agents who bad been sent into the Austrian States te
manna the different details of the workieg of the railways
had met with obstacles of a very unfriendly character.
Then Remises hail in consequence beet aniseed to change
the loess of their examination to France, Prune, and