The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-03 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
THE GOODS FROM EGYPT.
Whilst Turkey r. main. pontewhat incompletely
tepeeseat. da. vet in c May Fair-whilst its treaxites
sty rralc ...1 ie Civ:r C.i.f., Egypt ',rings foe*
sight Cie wonderful specimens of it. agrioulture, se weal
in templets.. MD u in the produce of its fertile plains. Thew
iss.th,,,,ut showy in this diaplay, and though,bere and damn.
vb► gay trapping* of a dromedary !saddle, with Its sauce
pen ~n i
keep the rider on, and the gilt embroideries of Al
pith...b....in/I Ain.. in !light reflections, the chief olb..
.. . ,
is
Jett. anthoot; must hi re be the p0..-ou'vy unecies
With wlurh theDtyptians still plough their ne....' • and
thresh th it torn. plough which furrows the rNl' de-
posits of the Nile is not if, 4,:"7 nolx"et 4.41;1' Pt fr.,ot that'
which i. described es cii..tigs in the oldest times. It is
'vs n .0 for interior to the es! I Etyma instrument that it has
no cash but consist. simply of a wedge MOO/. 'hod
with iron, • handle to guide, and a beam by whit:l it i.
dram.. .4uch ia the instrument as now exhibited in the
glass pal are -such the plough that the old F.gy Ohms
nv .I. If the plough i. sisuplo, what tdodl be
said of th dad, or r.foer o: the instrument w hich in b..:YPt
summed • the Neil. If- re i, a specimi u exhibited of •ts
instr.ms. rat eamposed of a series of roll. rs liko bobbins,
Oar d in elm: ematignity, and revolving over the ears of
corn. A -.eat Owl 41 over these rollers hold. the driver of a
horse alto-bed to • pole, winch drags the machine :dong,
the *Les% being placed in a circle, w ith the ears inward;
the machine invorresoss roan.: and round till the grain is
extract. d. This mode of threshing his the great disadvan-
tage, in addition to others, of Iwino most destructive to the
reasaia'..a straw. l'erhapa W, Lamartin^, in his newly
granted Lam in the east, may sacee...l in natarali.ing some
of the it 'roved moikrn ins•ruments of agriculture, and if
the :idyl-•4ls ant sea a. .I.hile a, the tillers of Iliad's-tan,
they may yet improve and prawn.. Near these imple-
ments on tuntaine.l in glass bottles the diver, produce of
the E...yptian 11.41, in every species of grain. Its
mineral god chemical wealth is also teprosented
by mini- room spleitaens, whilst its manufactures
bats, a 1... kva duly attended to. At no great dis-
tant** ore to be bests specems na of the cotton, hemp, flax.
and silk in • raw state, produced by the country, and the
aiunufacture. from these products of silk tissues,
cottoo prints, and linen. The silks ore of that ...ft extant
which d. how. the early .tags of matiofnetort t but the pat-
terns aro !witty, awl the fabric soft to the touch. The cot-
ton. /.1-f ill common enough, and we were ;eside to rase ertain
whet!.. the r.,4 .an were fad or not, though, if the .hries
are as little •ulijereil to washing in Egypt as our common
torahs nod bind...ln is are in India, it is a matter of little
ermaseitto nee. Scattered aliout on the door in the Egyptian
tompartniont w.-re various pots of Nile clay-coolers of
water Loring th.• great advantage of rendering the liquid
plan el in them told a. ice, sea though they are 1•11.14:11dfli
in the I...nbent ht at of Eiotsns sun. l'eacock fans, Sy
blowers, pipes of every Lind, alabaider, and date wood
were al...mug the numerous other curiosities of the place.
%V ..ta.d. rin4 from Egypt into Genre, we were struck
with the a omparative slow 'ingress of the latter country is
It. preparation. fur the show. In • glass case, however,
stood a goriteously-ap..arelleil native, arrayed in all the pie-
turewsw hearty of native costume. Specimens of l'an
hall awl misc. lluneuus oltjurts strewed the floor, hut
iu illueh order. Persia seemed to be what in racing
phrase is called nowhere," and under it. bauner diligent
workmen were busily ft Aria.; seat. for the pageant of to-
asurruw.

MOLDAVIAN GOODS.

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'no. Nl.,ldavi.lei portion of the Turkish contrihn-
toms an an onspaniesl by Major Ciwaluits ;,,
ceis. •ruttems fora Prioec biregory lihil the llos-
vela: nt no• pro. iace, to employ his tine in Loudon in
In ...11..111 Inv productive cap ebiliti• of his country,
and, Hi r. turn, *tioly such of the inveutions of the taper.
ti• ii as may be likely to prove ue.ful in the principality.
In, moan:sins of Moldavia, a tine ramiticatiou of the Car-
Whim cLaity are cartslingl7 rich in mineral tree...tan and
the: a, moray of the kiaspla the min. ralogieal
Late M.O from the very surface ol the country. Ily
the side id a huge block of cud, taken from a mine lately
dirover. in the district of Bakaon, will hi, found a
collection of lent Oro* bunt the NUM' locality, where
they ar. red in great abundance The mineral
Was, a 1 roduet lately distsivered in the Muldaviso soil, has
S unarm to much aieutitic inquiry, lis repo .anted
Aiwa
by a mass of the raw m Aerial, another pit ce which has
Ms a owaisl and east, and also by a black candle. The marbles
of the Carpathians will furnish a large and beautiful black
tahle, finished with tare by native workmen. Irsides these
many lipt• ' • of the limestones and millstones of Mol-
CAWWI
d ivia are sent, and with them two remarkably large crystals
ni nit The mineral robes id this country on. curry d
with a soil which supports forests of great Aintiqui.7.
Twenty tour fine specimi us of timber used in construe' ,ron
resen. ot Inturiant egetahr production of the pr tnei.
r
; they an• ilium of the trunk. of t
a duawet rof Is inehes and 2 feet. It is net, hi, we ter,
mud,lbrof tiles, logs, nor yet their supu..ior quality
WhiCh lao ld to their importal. on Uas MCA/ iuu r, much
as the low price at which they van he produced.' r hr. JIM* WIWI.
41111110 k 1.4 I torte that their riot price is di ALreftio,ril udcly
by the laterite of felling. and the test cyiud tow
Umber to No trial. Among the iregetalib orenbietions arum
is a complete collection of all the m.0.,' •
graias grown in the
prisu,i,.,loy, of w rich the Iwo( note „rib), em • a
hind remarkable for its La,ndity.rof
61.4.1.ivi.i is also sent in four variete
eat vegetedc &nehmen oval r and
h. 'up snme • "I'L"i'm si Mellott,. the root ennuis,
f alb oaf° by lhf "1"" ,and esteemed for its cupid-
site and hygrnie odour as 4 low wk.', du; owl, onga.
4”;,‘,.ini1,;,,,i.nna tolmeeo. wax alta honey Are
p▪
nalur..l in liWitilitir. in the
anal wAh fun vial weal Irvin tie it part of the collection
whirl
.I—h. rived Iron the annual king-
ten printing establishments scud
does. • to the pr
wens of via iliaition in the prin.
etpality in the rollve
of tht, hoot., Hurls, testa+, and
which it has produced. Among the typogra,
m.,micre tunliitti.zil.iocmoutoofiningthe
prim•gsdiq, the
ancieut geography of Prince I'm:Uinta, tic.
A umalor of
PP"'"""* Among thew are a hoe of vanillas (non Ha
atear,u: rte 31i works of losslora• (Auks, of Vaasa; which
"", " •worked by steam. A carriage maker,
". ;•-••• end.. a •Ivagv, in the- figure of a shell. and gilded
the e .rient II style. A number of small articksi, caned
iu w°6o , 411.1 ...Tend woulleu tissues lose tern furnished
front tl coivents and nunuetic. of 310114. Lt. l'erhaps
at curious object of the entire collection is a barrel,
"04 two heehaw across the head, and six inches in length,
bat nintaluing 1,n701 aafeo. A wooden chain, cut out of •
" ale ineee or lime, and 21 feet in lealgth, accompanies AM
tr genitor specimen. Lastly. Prince Uhika ha. sent •
air dal, tolerated by the Moldavian Joao, which bears the
arms of every district of his principality, these: aims COW 11
elating of the pemhisoi which each dassract is best capabh of
supplying.