The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-28 00:00:00

BARON THIERRY AND LORD PALMERSTON

AT SOUTHAMPTON.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EVENING.

His Excellency Baron Thierry paid a visit here
to-day, to inspect the docks and commercial facilities of the
port, in reference to a steam-picket communication between
Southampton and Trieste. After the inspection, the
baron was invited to a banquet by Mr. J. R. Stebbiug, the
president of the Chamber of Commerce, in the reading-
room of that establishment. The banquet took place at
2 par. About thirty gentlemen were invited to inset the
baron.

Hie Excellency stated that he had not seen Southampton
for thirty years, and was surprised at its progress as a
commercial port. He expressed himself pleased at its faci-
lities for trade, and said he should do all in his power to
establish a more intiruate commercial union between Austria
and England.
At about 5 p.m., just as the party was about to break
up, Lord Palmerston and the Hon. W. Cowper rode
up to the Chamber of Commerce. His lordship
heard that Baron Thierry was in Southampton,
and rode over fr.sn Broadlands to see him, andon inquiring
at the bermes hotel he found that the latter was then at the
Chamber of Commerce. The president, the mayor, and
other gentlemen went to receive his lordship. On entering
the reading-room Lord Palmerston and Baron Thierry
greeted each other moat cordially. His lordship's health
was drunk, and in returning thanks he rioke of the advance
which free trade had contributed to the commercial and
agricultural interests of this country. The opposition to it
had, he said, been most powerful, but it had yielded to the
force of public opinion in this country, and to the will of the
reigning head of France. With regard to Austria, its riches
in mineral and agricultural produce were immense, but in.
sufficiently developed. Nothing more fortunate could
happen for the statesmen of Austria than that they should
be led to see the benefits of freedom of commerce. He
was not one of those who believed that the extension of
commerce annihilated war, but it tended to draw closer the
bonds of friendship between nations, and thus prevented
war. His object in coming to Southampton was to invite
Baron Thierry to Broadlands. His lordship remained about
an hour, when he took leave. The baron will leave South-
ampton for Bromilands tomorrow.

Up to Saturday last there were consumed at the
Exhibition, in round numbers, no less than 1,30,000 ices,
554,000 Bath buns, 133,560 sponge cakes, 475.400 plum
buns, t19.2001b. weight of Genoa cakes, 15,000 Queen
cakes, 6,630 fancy cakes at 23. each, 21,000 pastry tarts,
180,000 small cakes and biscuits, 80,060 macaroons, 12 tons
of cheese, 112,000 pork pies, 27,480 other meat pies of
various kinds, 189,0001 b. weight of plain bread, 62,5001 b.
weight of bread cut intosandwiches, 1,4001 b. of fresh butter,
and 110,0(3 Abernethy and captains' biscuits. Of Allsopp's
cletd'irurre of malt and hope no lees than 513,000 bottles
were sold, and of draught 3,261 barrels—in all no lees than
1,600,000 pints. Of Ireland's famous drink—though no-
where drunk less than in Irelriod—Guinness's stout, there
have been sold 259,000 bottles ; and of HOST. and Co.'s
draught stout, 1.575 barrels—or, in all, upwards of 700,000
pints. Of gingerbeerlZ3,(Xlbottles have been drunk, with
101,00 e of lemonade, 31.000 of soda-water, 10,500 of Seltx.sr
water, and 930 pinta of liqueurs.