The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-15 00:00:00

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Rhenish, SI p.—Grest Luxembourg shares, w 5-16—Begyptian
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al•ed Gas, I.l3—Pacilc steam, 80 ad.

Before leaving Elyria, Captain Gaze and the
English exclusionist* visited Damascus, attempted the
went of Mount Hermon, and passed through the valley
of Lebanon. They afterwards visited Beyrout, Cyprus,
Rhodes, Patmoe, Smyrna, and Athens, on their way to
Constantinople. They were unable to make ►n excursion
to Ephesus on moonlit of the road to it being flooded.
The country round Damascus the excursionists found
verdant and very beautiful. They were unable to get
higher than 8,000 feet on Mount Hermon on as•
count of the mow. They s►w there numbers of
eagles, vultures, storks, and chamois, and beard
hyenas, wolves, and foxes, at night, but they saw nil
panthers and bears, although they am numerous there.
The excursionists coasted Asia Mince in an Austrian mall
packet ; 300 passengers were on board, amongst whom
were a party of American excursionists whom Captain
Gaall'a party had met in Palestine. The English and Ame-
ricans got up capital singing parties on board the packet.
The English excursionists were in first-rate health and
spirits, and they had scarcely met with the slightest Loci-
dent to mar the pleasure of the excursion. They bad taken
about five weeks to see every spot of elastic or sacred in-
terest between Grand Cairo and Damascus. They bad
travelled by almost every conveyame known in the east,
mak as camels, horses, males, and donkeys. A letter from
the excursionists from Athens reached England in tea
days.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, APR IL 14.—Notice
is hereby given, that the State Apartments of Windage
Castle will be open to the public on and after Monday
next, the 20th instant.— GaZtile.
DEATH or JOHN HYACINTH TaLeor, ESQ.—This
gentleman died on Saturday night last, at his resident,
Bally Treat, county Wezford, after a prolonged illness,
having attained his 80th year. From the year 1832 he
was identified with O'Connell's agitation, and was four
times returned as a member of parliament for the borough
of New Roca He nu last elected tar that borough in
1847. In 1852 he retired from parliamentary life, and
endeavoured to have his son-in-law, Sir Thomas Reding.
ton, retnrned as his 110.000118011% In this, however, he
failed, Sir Thomas being forced to retire from the contest,
giving Mr. Marks Devon Duffy an ray
LADY Ovnnengas. —The magustravtietT the Staf-
I ford Petty Sessional Division have lust appointed the
SYSTSOSTS for the current year. Mazy Wright IA among the
overseers foe Branton, and Ana Boyden is one of those for
Se ford.
THE OPEN CHURCH QUESTION IN LIVIRPOOL.
At the annual vestry meeting of the parishoners of Liver-
pool held yesterday, it was decided that is future Sunday
services free, and open to rich and poor alike, shall
ebve.::ll in the two parish churches of St. Peter and St.
Nicholas,

The result of the contest in the pariah of St.
Pancras for the °face of guardian of the poor is that ht
of the thirty-seven candidates retired before the vo
papers were honed, and fifteen of the members of the old
board have bees again elected, three changes odly having
taken place.
RAILWAY CONIItRI/ICZ AT MANCIMATER. —An im-
portant conference of railway abarebolders was opened yes-
terday at the Town-hall, Manchester, to take into considera-
tion the moaidesinsble coarse of wosgement to be adopted
by railway ocespanies in the future. Yr. Thomas Bailey,
IL P., prodded. There were about 180 shareholders pre-
vent. Kr. Thomas Wrigley read apa on the intb*t,
in the course of which he advo the abolition or
limitation of the proxy system. All new projects, he urged,
should be abandoned. The capital fund be recommended
should be placed is charge of a booed of trustees, and he
was also in favour of the sectional management of lines.
Mr. Watldn, said he preferred co-operation
amongst directors to such competition as they bad ex-
perienced. The Chairman was of opinion that the Board
of Trade should arbitrate between rival companies. He
would divide a board into three pasta—en ementiveboard.
a financial board, and a board of investment directerk
Mr. Fildert, M.P., said that he should prefer ea appals.*
meat of a permanent independent board of arbitrator..
egr. C. E. parka read a paper on the deairahleness of
Nadel* eaSay upon lines mall fonds were provided.
Bs sionried the antelasi of further vowel** given
Is sash nanny to regulate by resolutions thd Maw
went of its own undertaking. Os the motion of Mr.
Fades a committee was appointed to draw up resolutions
to submit to the conference, and the pressedings closed
for the day.
CorroN sr Sim.— The followinaar ply
cotton are afloat from the east and
American ports to the Mersey end ThserassrLasio the
Mereey—froze Bombay, 105424 lease; frees Makes, 1,601
balm ; from Calcutta there an tanaidpe. seed bow Odes
one, but their ramose have net bees emesambeed. Proem
New Orleans, 66,189 bales ; from Nsw Trek &la balsa
from Galveston, 8,250 bales ; from Mehl* 42,431 harm
from Char 12,902
_Mks ; and from Savannah,
latan,
15,788 bales. To Londm--from Madras, 7,389 ban ; fro..
China. 204 bales ; treat °nada, 13,744 bales ; and from
Bombay and Marrashee, 2,019 bass.
GOOD TALLIIII.—GOW rare that accomplishment
tezd7 be ems hem the het that throughout the civilised
at the present time, Mere are more great musician,
pest poses, and great }sisters, than there are oohsum-
elude talkers. This men repeats profccely ; that man iv
dry aid earl ate man is everumplanatery and Wages fa
parentheses, which are the death of ecd nor ; another is
liloirmPfAhrlieror egotistical Ihw talk degenerates into
as man Many about hiu..elf and his own doings ;
while a third matrine to turn all conneestiem into ass-
onant's* or Mann When we mad a the remarkable
*came who have bewitched the werld—the Anasfas.
Cleopatra*, the Ninon d'llasies—we 'say an* eienelatio,
not that they were much more beautiful than other
women, but that they talked better. —.2feartiffen's Mop*.
situ for April.