The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-25 00:00:00

I might havehad ft b- km now. (Loud cheers.) I want no The jewellery acd ;told work are chiefly from Trchisopoly,
favour, and, as my friend Bright says, no title. ('' Hear," the great seat in the East of the manufacture et the precious
and leattltter.) 1 watt nothing that any g . moment or metal, and stones. There must be something in the capacity
any ',lvy can give me; and if I am In the Hoene of Com iof the 'Dodo* for manipulation, which the Eurooesn dors
mom at all, it is to give my feeble aid to the advancement not peaces ; for the golden dieing arid bracelets made in
el certain questions on which I have strong ~invictions. 1 Tricbinopoly far corpus those mann'tctured in the venter*
Deprive me of that power ; teU me I cm not to do this, world. In lac , any damage to thou) of the former place
brave it is Ilk ly to destroy a government with which avant even be yes:ohed in Europe.
at se present moment I can have no sympathy; I say, The carved ivory work principally comes ferm Cniaa, end
then, the sooner I return to printing calicoes, or some- consists of workocees, chessmen, card GM., &a. The
thing more profitable than sitting up in the House of carving Is very elaborate and beautiful, yet it is sold to be
Commons night after night in that way, the better both performed by tcols ul the rudest and most primitive kind.
for me and my friends. (Rear, hear.) 1 have come here What strike/ every one with astonishment, in the medial-
then merely to renew permit acquaintances—or rather, nation of this work, is the olull and perfection
anxious by a short sakiurn in this neighboorhood and In with which the most delicate and complicated nouns
Yorkshire, not to loss old acgosintancet which I highly mice are caned one under the other, out of apparently •
and value. I come moreover in order to have an upper. solid piece of ivory, end the marvel is bow the outlet, cree-
-1 tunity of testing the current of public Opii.ion • little, and m sat can be touched of ctuallv by the tool of the workman.
sounding its depth, to see whether it he an unusual tide, or 'fbis mystery has been unravelled by believing the state-
s steady permanent stream. I think this meeting bee de- went that the appearance of Chinese corvine umt of one
monetrated to me that whatever has existed in other parts solid piece Is den Thee, and that the deception is effected
of the country, here at least there is no reaction. (Loud by an art and by appliances, unknown in Europe, vie., that
cheers.) And if we are found true and fat hful to our re- of joining tcgether pieces of the same, or dithrent solid
corded opinions, you in Ltacashire, sal I hop , my friends material so securely and perfectly that a microscope comet
in Yorkshire, will always be found true to their principles. 1 where the j dot is, that lire would consume the
(Mr. Cobden sat down amidst loud and long-continued materiel before the tortes could be separated, end that
chi 'ring.) catkin bat steam at an intense heat tan separate Chinese
Mr. J. BROTHERTON, Id P., said allusion having been carpentry sod explain the mystery of the women:el loge-
made to his conduct in supporting the givernment, he nutty it displays.
would confess that he had great sympathy for the Whigs, Toe whole of these most costly treasures are examined
because we had received at their hands many valuable re- for Custom house purposes, in strongly guarded warehouses
forms. He did not go with them on all points, but he would in the Dock', where none but consignees, Customhouse
remind them that it was well to I.lt the possibility of getting and Dock toucan are allowed to be present ; and such is the
a better government before we turaed out the present. A Mimese quantity that phases through thou halide, that they
men should always make sure of his nightcap before he are examined with as mica indifference sea cargo to Fri eau
put out the candle. (A hue.) He estimated his satin- eggs or Irish potatoes. At night, policemen petrol round
faction that the window tax was about to be repealed, and the *axe/muses, while other policemen aro stationed at the
said be had only supported it last session because it was a dock gates to prevent rer,,a or mares,' after a eve teln boor.
tee that pressed more upon the higher and middle than the When the East and tVest lads steamers arrive together,
working classes. (Hear, bear.) which is often the case in the middle of the month, there
Mr. NELSON observed that it did press upon the may then be seen treasure is the decks worth • milli• n
working climes, because they were shut out from light and sterling, which could almost be stowed away in a moderate
health ler it. (Heer, hear.) sin dwelling hours. We have been allowed the unusual
Mr. H. ASH WORTH moved a vote of thanks to the privilege of seeing almost at a glance the choicest productions
memb rs of parliament who bed attended the meeting, and of tie orient and the occident. We have looked open a
after a vote of cheeks alto to Mr. Wilson for presidieg, the i liege store literati; covered with heaps of g ,id, ;timing,
meeting separated about a quarter to twelve o'clock. and pesos, and alter walking • few steps, have beheld huge
benches Manse with gems and precious stones, and covered
with the mat beautiful fabrics in the world, rad with the
inoomparable workmanship of the cunning 'tinkers in Asia.
Southampton has the remarkable distinction of bring the
only port in ancient or modern times that receives the war-
milieus producions of the two ladies. No place an the
Butch dominions has ever been aide to vie with it iu this
respect. Twelve steamers from the reg:ous of the rising
sun, and twenty-four from those cf the setting luminary,
arrive every year at this port laden with enormous wealto.
In the far west—from the golden streams of the Apalls•
chitin mountains, from the bowels of the Cordilleras, eerces
the isthmus of Darien and the Cartibean Sao. la tile far
east—from the Yellow Sea and the sacred Ganges, along the
coast of " farthest Ind," to. land " of barbaric pearl and
gold," amnesia the Hod See, and down the ancient. Nile, the
riches of America, Asia, and Africa us contiausily II owing
to load those /111111101,141 and magaificent argosies that almost
every week float up Soutleamptea Water.

THE HOMEWARD CARGOES TO SOUTH-

AMPTON.

(From the Hampshire Atirertiger.)
"The steamer - arrived yesterday at Southampton,
with the West India mails. Her cargo consisted of specie
2.003,000 dollars value; 250 awns of cochineal, 20 boxes of
pearl., 60 cases of succades, and 60 live turtle."
" The steamer - arrived yesterday at Southampton,
from Alexandria, with the heavy portion of the India moil
Her cargo congaed ed 600 bales of silk, 60 cases of shawls,
50 barrels of ivory, and 150 packages of sundries."
These are portions of almost weekly announoements
in the London and Southampton papers; and they are made
fro frequently and with such indifference, that no notice is
.aken of them. They do not appear to excite the slightest
interest or curiosity even in Southampton. One would
imagine that the inhabitants of this town would feel curious
as to the origin, natur,, and me gnitude of the gorgeous
treasures landed at their port. Thrice every month there
come up Southampton water the 'twat costly and coveted
products of the eastern and the western worlds ; gold from
California; silver from Mexico and Chili; platina from
Peru; pearls from the Boy of Panama and the Persian
Gulf; diamonds frost Golconda; dye ruffs from Central
America ; shawls from Cashmere ; turtle from the Bahamas
so aides from the Caribbees ; ivory from Egypt and Arabia,
&e., Att.

MONEY MARKET.

THIS DAY.

Two o'CLocs.

The Englie& funds continue firm, and, considering
that this is the last d-y of the week, when t-e trans-
actions are usually more limited, a good business has
been done at an advance ofd on yesterday's range.
Otherwi.e there is no feature of particular novelty.
Consols opened 961 to "4 for money, and 9G to
for the account of the 12th Feb., at which rates they
are also quoted at this moment, only a fraciionsl
variation having occurred ainc the commencement of
business.

It is through Southampton that the precious metals are
flowing into Europe in such quantities as to alarm statermen
and the whole mercantile world—creating by their abundance
commercial and political protbms, which the wisest cannot
solve, and threatening el. influence on nations more import-
ant then that produced by change of dynastirc or govern-
manta. Gold and silver, to the amount of 5,000,000 i, ster-
ling, are annually imported into Siuthampton. The gold
principallyconus from California, and although called gold
dust, it resembles in everything but the colour, which is a
dull yellow, the small water-worn gravel that may be picked
up on the inclined beech near the Southampton Platform.
It used to be imported in skins, but it is now g Ily
brought in wooden b.,xes, the rirn of which varies from a
few inc►es to a couple of feet in length, breadth, and
ds pth.
A great portion of the silver is importrd in what it called
bars. They are of a piano convex form, each about two feat
long, six inches broad, and thick, and weighing about three.
quarters of a hundredweight. A short time since the officers
employed to superintend the embarkation of the eyed*,
brought by a Wtat India steamer, were surprised to find
am,nget it a number of bat ere& and apparently old and
word out tin saucepans, such as are to be found on duet
heaps. Th-se sauc•paee turned out to be made of platina, a
metal which is obtained from the Peruvian mimes, and was
unuoown to the ancient world. It in harder than iron, re-
aisle the action of air, acids, and alkalies, and in beauty,
scarcity, ductility, and indestructibility, is equal to gold and
silver. . _

The prices of actual transactions are officially re-
porte4 as follows : —Three per Cent. Consols, 96„,
; ditto for account, 96„, Three per Cent. R.-
duced, 971, New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
961, 99. South Sea Old Annuities, 961.
In the market for the unfunded e(curities little has
been done. Exchequ,:r Bill., 1,00 W., mark 595., 37a,
and 603. prem.; India Binds, I,OOOL, 686. and 71s.
prcm.
The business in the foreign decks is almost purely
nominal. P.ices generally rule at yesterday's range.
The entire opaatione of the morning aro restricted
to: Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates, at 91; Mexi-
can Bonds for the account at 33 ex div. ; Peruvian
Deferred Bonds, at 331; and Spanish Active Five
per Cents., at 17;1.
The Emperor of Russia has, by ukase, renewed
I the prohibitions against the exportation of milver,from
the 16th of January.
CNOLI6III WUNDIL—Tun OAT.
mint Swett. 214 15 3 par MM.Ax,. A, 9651
3 per OL hod, Amu, f Inverse 4
3 per V.l Ts. t 0 GO.
I YO ItElo AVM M"'"

The specie brought to Southampton by the mail steamers
is always landed before any ether portion of the cargo;
while it is being landed, the dock quay, between the steamer
and the etinnie store in enel9seil, and no stranger is &Hewed
within the eneloenro T 1111 l urnethy pen ma see sinus
employed in conveying the gold and silver from the ship to
the shore, and the conveyance is superintended by policemen
and the ofSzers of the steamer. The boxes of gold and the
bars of silver ate arranged orderly .long the pavement of
the store, which is aomet‘me. literally covered with precious
stuns and metals. The value of the contents of each box of
gold dust varies from 1,000 to 30,000 dollars. The Mexican
dividends, a matter of so muca anxiety and interest on
'Caange, are amongst the boxes of specie, and are known
by the letters M D, joined like a dipthogr, b,ing on the lids
of the boxes that contain them.

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Coltunblaft Kqua,lor $&,31 il 170 ',darn I 8.10..
3 ',a et. 15..0. We,. 16 ip Ditto Pa...etto 1140, 31 8
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RAIL WA YS.

THIS DAY.

When all the specie has been landed, the doors of the store
me locked, while the officers of Customs and of the mail
steamer, together with the clerk, of the West India CM.
pany, are checking cff the ship's manifest ; and when this is
done, the gold and silver are placed in Fennel carriages,
drawn up close to the store, and are transmitted, caretelly
guarded, to the Bank of England.
The e.chineal is brought erten Central Austria, and is
contained io untanned laths. Each hide, with its contents,
is called a scron, and weighs snout li cwt. When it is
pierced with a steel Instrument by the Custom-house officer,
to asceetain if it contain, contraband goods, or not, the co-
chineal is found in small purple coloured shrivelled pieces,
each of about half the size of a pea. It beam no resem-
blance to an animal substance, yet it is the body of an
insect with the head and legs rubbed off. The cochineal
insect, when alive, must be about the size of the small
red tweet called a ladybird, found in Bugiish gardens and
meadows. When a piece of cxhineal is rubbed on a damp
white surface, a dirty red colouring is prcduce.l. By some

Two o'Caoex.
The share market opened with a buoyant appear-
ance this morning ; and a large and satis'actory busi-
mes offering, prices of marry every description o
stock experienced a further advalce. The rise is
most perceptible in Great Weiteras, Lancashire and
Yorkshit ea, Brightens, Midlands, and York
and North Midlands. Within ohs last hour,
however, some reaction nos occurred, the range of
prices having, in many instances, ;;one back to the
closing qaotatioi.s of 3 esterday's market. 'rho chief
feature of the market is a rise a in Eastern
Counties, 31. in Nolfoiks, and in Eastern Unions,
the cause of which will be seen below.

The following arc this day's rake :
Ambergate, Nott., Boston, and Eastern Jam, 21 1;
Caledonian, 104; Clie,ter std Holyhead, 161 ; creto
Preference, 141 ; Eastern Counties, 64 1; ditto Ex-
tension 5 per cent., No. 2, pas; ditto New Preference
6 per Cent., 191; Eastern Union Scrip, gulranteed 6
per cent., 174 ; East Lancamhirr, 124 1;
East Linolcahire guaranteed 6 per cent., 324;
Great Northern, 174 1; ditto Halves, A, 6 1; ,Atto It,
111; ditto Five per Cent. Pref., 124; Great Western,
82 3; ditto New 171., 134; Hull and Say,
Halves, 511; Line. and York., 674 8; ditto Fifths,
41 4; Leeds and Brad., 961; Leeds and Thirsk, No.
1, 131 14; London and Blackwell, 71 4 4; London,
Brighton, and &nth Coast, 953 6 54; ditto Pret., 69;
London and North Western, 124 tj i 1; ditto. Fifths,
161 ; London and South Western, 841 5; Midland,
501 f 4 11 ; ditto, 501. Censolids'ed Pref., 15/ 162 16
ex int.; Norfolk. 211 6; ditto Guaranteed 51 per
Cent., 5; North British, 81 1; North Staffordshire, 9 „;
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 16.4
Scottish Central, 14 ; Shrewsbury and Birmir.gham,
Class A, 6 die.; South Eastern, 234 4; Siuth
Wales, 22! ; Vale of Nestb, 61 ; York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, 19f, 3; ditto Exten-
sion, 141; ditto (G.N.E. Pur.),6l 6; York and North
Midland, 23:,, 4,4; Boulogne and Amiens, 94; East
Indian, 12 ex int ; North of France, 15 ex iut.;
Rotten and Havre, 11.
It is abated that an agreement for an an algamation
has been made between the hoards of the Eastern
Counties and the Eastern Union companies, end
which is to include tl o Norfolk. However desirable
such an amalgamation may be between the E astern
Counties and the Eastern Union, many of the share-
holders are of opinion that the arrangement with the
Norfolk is disadvantageous, and el.culd be set aside.
The present arrangement would he the means of
riveting the Norfolk yoke on the Eastern Counties
shareholders, and it will most llkely be strongly
opposed at the meetitg.

artificial prepsrativn it forms the- basil of carmine, and of
the brilliant crimson and scarlet dye stuff used in our
textile menufactures. Some idea of the myriads of cochineal
insects which muse exist is Central America may be formed
by considering their minuteness, together with the weight
of each seron of cochineal, and the thowands of serous
that are imported into Southampton alone.
Saccades (pronounced seikkadea) are those delicious jellies
and preserves known as Guava jelly, preserved ginger, limes,
and tamarinds, manufactured in the West India Islands.
Some of these delicious confections would not have been
unworthy to rank with the fabled ambrosia of the Pagan
deities. The honey used in them must surplus in rich-
ness and flavour that which need to be extracted from the
far•famed honeycombs of Hymettue ; for it is distilled from
tweets that cannot be found in the fields or gardens of
Europe.
Live turtle are brought in the West India steamers, princi-
pally from the Bahamas, to be converted into soup for
epicures. They are immense creatures, and ate kept alive
daring the voyage by the sailors swabbing their eyes sad
months, every time they clean the deck. Occasionally a
boat is filled with water on deck, into which the turtles are
allowed to refresh themselves, and amuse the mangers
with their unwieldy gambols. One of the most singular sights
to be seen en board a West India steamer, when she arrives
in the Southampton Dock, is 40 or 50 gigantic live
turtles, lying in a row on their backs, on the lower deck.
Their heath are rather elevated, and their fins appear like
short and useless wings by their sides. Their helpless state,
and ridiculous position, appear at first sight irreeistibly
ludicrous ; but the muscular =Aims of their throats, which
are
~perpetually craviog tor moisture, and their piteous
look, as if imploring to be saved from the tureen, would
excite aldermanic sympathy, and induce civic functionaries
to eschew cruelty even to the amphibia ; and to sit down
almost contented to a plate of ox-tail or mock turtle.
The silk brought to Southampton by the Alexandrian
steamer is the raw material from China. It is brought in
small bales, for the convenience of transport access the
Egyptian desert, and each weigh, about 1 cwt. The cov.ring
for the silk is a species of matting made of cane. Upwards
of 600 bales of silk have been brought in one cargo, the
value of which has been nearly 100,0001.
The shawls beought by the steamers are from Cashmere,
a place celebrated in Indian romance, and ircm other parts
of India. These fabrics are the fittest and most costly in the
world. Hundreds are brought in one cargo, many of which,
embroidered with gold and silver, are worth between
2001. and 3001. each. They are imported in boxes made
of the wood of the camphor tree, lined with tin, and the
interior of which is pro'uaely strewed with pepper and other
spices to scare away insects during the voyage. The crape
shawls are from Chios, and are richly ornamented with
needlework of such a kind as could only be executed in a
country where labour is cheap, and by a people inexhaustibly
patient and ingenious. These shawls are brought in small
paper boxes, eaclossd in cases made of a stronger material.
Many of the cases containing the fabrics from the east are
covered with cloth coated with beeswax.
The ivory is imported here in extraordinary long barrels,
which contain oftentimes some thousands of tusks, shed by
wild elephants within the dominions of the Pasha of Egypt,
and in various patio( Weisel. Some of the ivory is dug up
from deserts and wildernesses, where it has lain sometimes
buried for ages.
Amongst the sundries brought by the Alexandrian packets,
are precious stones, jewellery, gold work, and an infinite
variety of ivory, tortoiseshell, and sandal wood ornaments.
The precious atones consist of diamonds, agates, turquoises,
pearls, rubies, sapphires, carbuncles, &c., and are from parts
; of India, Persia, and Asia Minor. Those from the latter
part are coUectsd by Jews and other merchants, and are the
• valued European goods seat into such distant regions, per-
, haps, as Astrachan and Tottery.