The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-21 00:00:00

have a benefieLl ant in the exports of the ooltety. A
very interesting feature iss the collection is the curious spe-
cimen of Cassava brag. made from a plant
havi which, in ita
entirety, is a strong poises; but the Indians, ng first
kneaded it into sakes, expeneit to the sun, and the poison
being carried off by tvaperatson, loaves a pleasant and palat-
able food. Anodise strang• fast skeet the plant is, that its
juice, althowifill/okaaneass la itself, ass be so extracted and
prepared infins a powerfal andsoptie having the quality
of mem* newt for years. It is bitter to the taste, but
poison a be flavour, and offers a notable suggestion for a
new sauce. Old West Indians know it, and use it for that
purpose ; and Cassava sauce would be a good selling name.
Some fine specimens of coffee have been sent over, having
that peculiar smallness of berry which gives such value to
Mocha ; and a new article of commerce is suggested
in the preparation of dried Bananas, which have
a line data flavour. Its introduction to our trade
would be of great importance to the colony, ea
the fruit is to be had in the greatest abundance, and almost
for nothing. and the cost of preparation is exceedingly: mo-
derate. It has already been seen and approved of by many
of those best qualified to judge, and is deserving of some
notice, being an instance of the direct influence of
Exhibition as in stimulating the production of new ar-
ticles of commerce. Another novelty of the same descrip-
tion is the silk cotton, a beautiful and silky dowu which
grows wild in great abundance all over the colony, and is at
this moment extensively used in New York in the manu-
facture of silk hats. It has already attracted the notice of
the trade, and one purchase of two tons has been made—a
large quantity when we consider the lightness of the article. I
But for the Exhibition it is probable the colonists would
never have thought of sending it over, as, until lately,
it has been allowed to blow away and go to waste. Those
visitors who pay more attention to the curiosities than to
the utilities, will be pleased with the models of the natives'
houses, and of their rude warlike weapons which are of suf-
ficent variety and mischievous character to indicate a tole-
rably bellicose idiosyncracy. The vegetarians will be de-
lighted to find that there exists in the vegetable world sub-
stitutes for almost everything that is now drawn from the
animal. There are, crab-tree oil drawn from the tree of 1
that name, and which makes excellent candles and soap,
and milk from the cow-tree, which will perhaps not excite
so much surprise, seeing that already we have in London
discovered the secret of extracting so copiously from the
pump. A new fruit of fine flavour is submitted in the
taviwa nut, which if it be successful in catching
the English taste, may lie of great importance to
the colony, as it grows wild and in exhaustless abundance.
Lastly, we must not forget in enumerating its vegetable
products, that Guiana is the birth-place of the Victoria
Itegia, now the foremost of British horticultural woolen
The number of country visitors who take interest in the
affairs of the Apiary, will no doubt be much attracted by
the specimens of first-rate honey, the produce of the
Guiana bee, whose habits and characteristics form a direct
contrast to those of his English relative. Ile is, in the first
place, stingless, a detect our little boys would rather prefer ;
but his strangest peculiarity is that he abhors the municipal
organisation which has hitherto formed the text of so
many profound proverbs. Be lives singly, manufac-
tures without assistance, and acknowledges no alle-
giance to a female sovereign. The remaining noticeable
features in the collection are the specimAts of colonial
woods, some adapted for shipbuilding, and some, the
more ornamental, for the cabinet-maker. The latter arc
appropriately inlaid as a table top, and look exceedingly
well in that form. We have, we think, said enough to
convince the reader of the number of one:haunted re-
sources by the application of which our fellow-subjects in
Guiana might amply make up for any loss they may have
suffered by the fill in sugars. The n.:r.diug of so many spe-
cimens to the Eshibaion is a hopeful sign that the colonial
mind is beginning to take that direction, and it is pleasing
tank to give every assistance to the development of so bene-
ficial a tendency.