The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1850.

Irma that state satire swished's With the mower* proposed
by the °muddies. In the warm of his muserks apse this
meaverie, Ur. Clay alluded to Mr. Beward's position as the
avast" of a higher—e divin law--eleming him with those
who seceposed vas Garriew needs, la New York last week,
whereat, he mid, Mows and all the prophets were rejected,
sad the name of ON Saviour reviled aid contemned. Having
demi Mr. &semi with wash as.., he eppealed to the poople
ob.. whether dos mks • muss bias which to MOM,e
ibeizzillin id a higher--a divia• law. Lastly, Mr. Clay
the poem abolition of the slam trade in the
▪ d Colorable. The tint as,. that ever denounced
that Mac he believed, wee a etngthere moos—John Nan.
high. el Meanoks—aad h• believed there had hew no time
is forty run . when, had the subject bees energetically pre-
esaW, atwsriqq would not haw been found in COSI/TM it
histellt d lit Abolition. A few yaw ago, this measure would
ban boa Intel upon as • greet concession ; bat now he
Baba *a am* ot the ultra abolition ',spin pronounci d it
m • more nothing. Ia esewhirios Mr. C.., exprersed his
coeviesioa that the propeoltioas of tits oommitme would sac-
i.d. would almost stake kis existence that, if pre-
seated to the people to-morrow, they would remise an al-
soot unanimous approval. Hs submitted a few obstres!ions
la modentaatien of the Wilmot proviso, commenting upon
111111111198•11111 sad impropriety, and rimed with an intim-
sionespoiktppeal to senators to lay adds all penonal, party, and
oresiderattoas, and come to the resew of the
Calm from dearer, and the Baal dispositiou of toe disturbed
cleats.e cleats.

ltr. Clay having concluded, the Senate adjourned.
The aocoonts of the raragis of the cholera in many
of the western states continue to be very alarming.
Another expedition had been formed for the invasion
of the island of Cuba. The volunteer invaders zero
already 6,000 strong, and were under the cetsu,And
of General Loops:. Their numbers were moreover
daily increasing. Some accounts made out the
number enrolled to be 12,000. Accounts from New
Orleans of the 13th, report the invaders' arraniientents
as completed, and that before this the whole force
intended for the operation is coteentrated at a point
of rendezvous, which is without the limit of the
United States.

From Hayti we learn that the Emperor wu
making active preparation. for war with the south
side of the island. Coffee was very retrace and high.
Venezuela advice. of the 20th ult. state that the
British chargé d'affairea had received at notice for
British subjects in Venezuela, warning them agaiut
engaging in the mil trade.
Accounts from Havannah to the 14th icat. state
that ace bad been rain in the intt riot of the inland ;
the crops, however, promised fairly. A Spanish 74,
two Brat-clan frigates, and two steamers, were lying
there. The cagier& had farther subsided.
From Rio de Janeiro we have detaihd accounts of
the 6th of April, comprising the reported ravages
among the shipping. It is stated that the dissaae
had undergone no nut( msct. From :hie circuit's:luxe
and the unfavourable weather the market for imports
was dull.

The stock of coffee wu 50,000 bags of new, but of
ordinary quality. The new crop arrived slowly, and
wu of poor quality.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Nal! Yola, MAT 14 —Siam the departure of the last
steamer, the stock market Ms Mtn active ard the market duettist- I
log. file so ly id disidood.paying a'Oek oamiderable ; demand
toad. No di ling PiOCkt active, and quotations bad advanced.
The money market caution, ahundanCy supplied- Kate of ioteivit
tended downward. FirMelaan piper got at 3to pet cent.; loan en
4. to I per ems. an good security, *Wear.
Haus tie. to 7e., .illoiditers, 30. to 4e. per lb.
Campo in dad, at nye. to :ie., x ith onviderali:e supplies, ar.d a
better he ing in anighte, and more daft.
Corrox.—Os rootlet at the 2liimara's adobe's at the fhb • better tons
woo at ewes Mt la the market then to, mate time past. On the
the take was. 3,060 bake, and an the loth 3.n01i with .ot change in
kn.*. Ott the 11th OW boles, and on the Ilth 2,auo, at viirditly
steamed prim The salsa foe the last are day. were I Novo baits, of
whisk 3,111 N to 4,400 ore to Liverpool, 1,300 for the Continent, and
the retaidader by spinners a: depredators. The receipt. at the ports
to the !Mk of May amount to 1.11.4 Mho manna 2,*U,001. lee the
we time fan year, being a deacieucy of G. 4,0) b a.
Glootamm—OrCtovy Velem!, Ile. to 12e.; Mobile and Flo-
rida. 111 e. to ice.; int idling Upland. 111 e to ; lair,
Isle. to late. May 11, 6 p tn.—The Niagara's advice' have come to
band, but hove but no matertsl Beet on the market tot cstton. The
our are 1,300 bales.

letter was mach criticised, and opposed generally by
the sakers.
We have also, rid Halifax, later dates from Canada.
The Canadian parliament had met at Toronto, and
Lord Elgin opened the proosedings by a spokes, re-
commending several important measures tor the con-
sideration of the members.
The governor stated that Canadian securities are in
better demand, and that they have risen io value in
the market; that reciprocal trade with the
United States is delayed, owing to the want of action
on the part of Congress; that cheap and uniform
rates of postage are repaired; that the Assembly
should be more numerously constituted than it now is;
that public feeling is becoming more opposed to capital
punishment; that the Chancery practice of Canada
requires improving ; that improved sesseamsot and
jury laws, and cheaper courts of juice are required.
The annexation movement is becoming unpopular in
Canada, and neither the cause nor its advocates will
be countenanced in any manner whatever by the
government. The following is a list of bills for the
introduction of which notices have already been given
in the Assembly : A bill to forbid the proscription of
officers of the government on political grounds; to
rubstitute for the council an elective senate; to abo-
itch the endowment of the clergy ; to abolish the
courts of chancery; to abolish the law of primoge-
niture.

The harvest throughont Canada is cheeringly
spoken of.

MERIAL.
The Hibernia's news COwMas published in New York on the
18th, and has unsettled the price of cotton, corn, and
provisions. Molders ask considerable advance. Cotton
cannot be purchased at a less advance than * sent on the
quotations by the Mall. Sales : Tnewlay, 3,000 balm; Wed-
nesday, 5 000; Thursday, about 2,600. lieuthern advisee re-
present the crop still back ward. NetrOrleans letters of 14th inst
say, a severe storm bad checked operations in spring cotton.
Mierkets firm. Rim, on the 14th instant, at New Or-
leans, 3 dole. 876 e. per cwt. Estimated total deficiency
in cotton to date, 616,000 beim. 11.bernia's Rows bad im-
r need the price tit breadstuff.. Since the departure if the
mail there hid been large operations in whaleMne, at 34c.
to 40e. ; common whale oil, 60c. to 52:. ; sperm, 1 dol. 19z.
Money quite easy.
Escunirons —UMW Mates Sixes, 1867, 1159; DJ.,
1868, 119* ; Da., 1866, 116. Pennsylvania nem, 966.
Kentucky Six n, 109*. Ohio Sixes, 110. Swain, Ex-
change, 109* to 110* (a rise).

SHIPPING.
Arrived at New York sines Canada sailed : From Havre the
Micro's, All in, and the Seine, Williams; from Antwerp,
the Bachand' M irion; hem Marseille*, the Flora, White;
fr m Lrussricli, the Bottum. ; from Liverpool, the Andrew,
Foster; from Lon ionderry, the British Queen.
Our southern telearapluo despatch reports the wreck and
total low, at Key Wet, of the Belgian brig Fulkutts (?),
from Hambutgh for Falmouth, loaded will sugar.

ARRIVAL OF THE NEPAULESE EMBASSY
AT SOW HAILP TON.-THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.

[lllO3l 01111 SOL THAMPTON LJB.II”PONDINT.j

Thg,Oriental Company's simmer Ripon, Captain
Moresby, arrived from Alexandria, Nl'its, and Gib-
raltar at Southampton, at 7 o'clock on Saturday
morning (as stated in that day's Express), with the
heavy portion of the indult mail, and with 160 pas-
sengers, 101 of which were tint class.

Among the passengers were his Excellency General
Jung Bahaduor Koorman Ranagee, Prime Minister
and Commander-in-Caief of the kingdom of Nepaul,
situated on she borders of Thibet His suite con-
sisted of twenty-four persons, the most d etinguished
of which were Colonel Juggut Shumshcre K 001111412
Ranagee and Colonel I/teer Shumshere Koorman
Renegue, brothers of the general, Captain Rummihr
Singh Adhikares Khajee Kurbeer Khutree, Captain
Hemdul Sing Therm, Lieutenant Kurbeer Khutree,
Lictrenant Loll Singh Khutree, and Lieutenant
Ilheem Sen Rana. The general's visit to this country
is as ambassador extraordinary from the King of
'Nepal to the Queen of England, and he is charged
witn a complimentary letter and costly presents,
consisting of the most valuable Nepaulese pro-
, ductious and manufactures, worth, it is said,
nearly a quarter of a million of pounds
sterling, from the King to her Majesty. The
embassy is accompanied also by Mr. Mq.cod,
private secretary to his Excellency, and Captain
Cavanagh, political agent at Nepaul. The travelling
expenses of the emb may, since it left Nenaul, have
amounted to nearly Ifipoot. His Excellency and
suite profess the religion of Baddhism,and on account
'of their strict notions respecting their religion, diet,
and ablutions, and their dread of having their Lied,
or the vessels which contain it, touched by Ctiristiars,
they were compelled to engage the whole et the fore-
' cabins and saloons of the Ripon, in which they (Pled
up a cooking apparatus, which was courerocted out of
• large mean: box made of planks and paddle floats,
filled with mud and sand. The fuel they used was
charcoal. Their principal food on hoard was poultry,
kids, eggs, rice, and vegetables. TEty took in them-
selves, at each port they touched at, what water they
used. The features of the Nepaulese partake of the
Mongolian and llindoo caste. Many of the embassy
are most pleasing and handsome looking men, and
their dresses are gorgeous beyond description.
The general is a handsome and wet intelligent
man, about 32 years of age, very dark, with long jet
black hair. He is the first Hindoo of high caste that
has visited this country. He is considered one of the
foremost men in India, possesses great power and in-
fluence in Northern indostan, and bas rendered
great services to the East India Company. He was
treated with great distinction by the Governor-gen, ral
of Indis, having Leen received in fall durbbar at Cal-
cutta, and saluted with 19 guns on his arrival and
departure. Although to young, he has been a great
and most successful warrior, and is one of the most
Perfect marksmen ever seen. lie used (it is said)
repeatedly to fire at and strike a bottle from the mast-
head of the Ripon during the voyage from Alexandria.
He was sea sick after he left Egypt, and to ill that
it.was determined to land him at Marseilles, in order
that he might reach England through France. He,
however, through the kindness and attention of all
on board, got better, and was enabled to enjoy the
voyage. He was very fond of all the amusements
and games entered into by the passengers during the
voyage, and cordially joined in them. He was parti-
cularly fond of the music of the Ripon's band, and
rewarded the musicians most munificently. His man-
ner was regal and graceful, and apprared more like
that of a polished European than an Oriental.

The Ripon arrived in the Southampton dock soon
after 7in the morning. Many of the general's suite
were promenading the deck, and amongst them his
two brothere, very handsome young men, and splen-
didly dressed. The general made his appearance on
deck at about half-past 7. His dress consisted of a
black satin cloak, profueely embroidered with gold of
elegant workmanship. His head-dress was a cap
' nearly covered with large emeralds, diamonds, and
other precious stories. The cap was surmounted with
a bird of paradise, the fastening of which was co-
vered by a profusion of brilliants. His fingers were
covered with rings, on one of which was a diamond,
an amethyst, and an emerald of immense value. Hie
wrists were also covered with bracelets adorned with
gold and precious stouts. He left the ship soon after
9 o'clock in the morning to go to the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's offices just outside the dock antes.
On walking from the ship, his excellency was pre-
ceded by or.c of the chief of his suite, and fol'owed by
a large number of other chiefs. Such a strange and
gorgeous sight le seldom witnessed. There were 14
or 15 princely personages, evidently from a refined
and highly civilised state on the borders of tbe Hima-
layan range, with most strange but handsome ooun-
tenances, clothed in drawee of' elegant and costly
workmanship. Many of their head-dresses, when
the sun ehcne on them, were literally blazing with
brilliants. They were all armed with pistols,
mounted, and many of their swords were in golden
scabbards.

The ambassador declined to go to any Southamp-
ton hotel unless be could have it entirely to himself.
Tnis area from religious scruples, lest any food
prepared for Christians should be mixed with
his own. In consequence of this determination,
immediate arrangements were made to enable
the ambassador and suite to sleep and cook their food
ut the Peninbular offices during their stay in South-
ampton. During the whole of Saturday afternoon
the Hindu° servants were busy conveying their o,ok-
ing utensils, water-pitchers, bedding, rice, and other
kinds of food from the ship to their temporary abode.
A tent was formed in a back yard, where a Nepauless
cooking apparatus wiu fitted up. Messengers were,
employed running all over the town purchasing eggs
and vegetables. The Modena refused hen-eggs, and
, preferred the larger e,egs of ducks and geese. They
took a great fancy for cauliflower, which es very plen-
tiful at Southampton, and purchased an immense
qnantity of that vegetable. They appeared to
observe the utmost massy in drawn and

' eating their food, and were numb alarmed lest
any of the bleska and other pence belonging to the
Petinsalar Company should observe them. Bat
though so secret about their cocking and eating, they
appeared to be quite indifferent as to who maw them
at their extraordinary ablutions. They wash after
they touch anything, the ensign being more like
a religions ceremony than for the purpose of cleanli-
ness. Not only the Hindoo servants, but some of the
chiefs were is the back yard washing themselves
almost perpetually. They stripped, with the exception
of a slight cloth around their lois, and they would
wash themselves all over with about a het pint of water.
The servants of the embassy were evidently of the
lowest casts—some were meanly and miserably clad,
many of them without shoes, and their clothing
formed a striking contrast to the magnificent costume
of the chiefs. His Excellency dined with a few
members of his suite on Saturday. After dinner they
all oommenced smoking. They also rode out in a
carriage in the evening. They seemed much pleased
with the spat tment in which they resided, which is a
very spacious and handsome one, and particularly in
the evening, when it was lit up with gas.

THE BRAZILS.—LIVERPOOL, StllllO6T.--The
Swordfish, Capt. Omen, strived from Pernambucu last night
with data to April 11, and from Bahia to March 23.
The supplies of cotton are on a limited scale, and prices
supportAd ; with larger 'tippet, however, prime would fall ;
first quality eottons,6ld. to 61d. per lb. There has not been
so mash doing in sugar, sod the shipcmnts last month
were much below the corresponding period of last year.
Freights.—To Channel, 245. ; and Baltic:, Me. per tou for
sugar. To Liverpool, 7-166., and 6 per cent. per lb. for
cotton ; and 20s. per ton for sugar, as ballast. Shipping not
abundant, but sufficient for the produce in more. Exchange,
2131 d. At Bahia freights are improving, 375. 6d. and 6 per
emit. per cwt. having been refuted for sugar to the Channel.
Eutaw, 296., firm.