The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-04 00:00:00

COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION.

At the usual weekly meeting of the Executive
Committee, held on Tuesday, a letter wee read from the Bri-
tish vice-coeindate, Latakia, North Syria, stating throatier
has further advanced in price, sad that the French picket
took 157 bales on the 12th ult., being the first large export
for the year. There is abundanoe of cotton, but the native
rearm madder work slowly, and a:writ. of French
hotter are, therefore, buying it in the in order to se-
cure • supply. The writer offers his services to purchase
cotton or commission at 3 per cent., the prior quoted being
24 piastres the oohs of Whs., aid having secured the ama-
teur al an overbroad msrohaat accustomed to do bar-
era with the natives he is prepared to execute are cadets
that meaufecture or others may send to him. A letter
wee received from Rio Gnus& do Sol, respecting the dietri-
burro d seed sent out by the association, and string that
• quantity of seed bad also been received by a Breaks
from Pernambuco Attalla@ bee now her
Ciiittur: co
all parts of the province to the cultivation of
cotton, end it te expected by Jane next that the produce
will be coming to market. Commthicatione to the newe-
r Portuguese on the cultivation of orbs her been
Crrarded to be printed for wider circulation. A letter was
read from her Majesty's consul-general in Cuba, reporting the
arrival et mad rot to him by the aasociatioi, and stating the
measures which be has adopted to promote it distribution. A
small sample of cotton was received from Cuba, and valued at
fully Sid. per lb. It is grown by • gentleman who has taker
• large tract of lend in Guaira*, about 70 miles due east
from Principi, and who purpose* cultivating it independently
of slave labour. There is a floating population of about
1,000, and his plan is to make mall &drawee as condition
that the same be refunded in cotton only. He takes the
cotton is the seed, having himself provided of inient machi-
nery for clothing and packing, thus making the cultivation
by smell holders of land an easy matter. He expects to
skip this year between 500 and 1400 hales, and has no doubt
the quantity will be Menthe& year by year. He is using
his owe resources freely, and is so convinced that his plea
of growing cotton by free labour can be made successful,
that he has removed his family from Principi to Gualmaro,
in order that be may perethallv superintend the experiment.
The samples of cotton grown at Salem,in the Madras; Pre-
sidency, and which obtained the Governor-General's pries*
this year, were valued. the Indigeooes (Ooppunij at 22d.,
end the exotic (Bourbon) at 31d. to 32d. per lb. A email
sample of cotton grown by an old colonist at Adelaide wee
submitted for examination, and valued at from 29d. to 30d.
per lb. Bead wee supplied for Barbary and Java.

ATTEMPTED MURDER IN BERKSHIRE, AND
SUICIDE.

MAIDENHEAD, Teeastur.
This town hes just been the scene of au attempted
murder of the most atrocious description, which, though
happily Dot terminating in the death of the intended vic-
tim, has been followed by the suicide of the intsoding mur-
derer. The circumstances are briefly these :—A young man,
22 years of age, named George Hooper, a native of Burnham,
in Buckinghamshire, about three miles from this place, was
employed as coachman end groom to the Rev. Mr. Greeley,
incumbent of AU Sainte Church, Boyne-hill, whose name
will be remembered in connexion with certain charges
brought against him of alleged den-tractarian practime •
year or inc e/004 This young man was attached to a girl
named Lydia Elsa Baker, a housemaid io the service of
Captain Fyfe, adjutant of the Berke Rifle Volunteers, who
resides at Folly Hall, immediately contiguous to this town,
bat his passion we by DO means recipreasted, the young
woman having repeatedly told him that she was deter-
mined Dot to have soything to do with him. This seems
to have determined him to take revenge upon the unfortu-
nate girl, and on Tuesday last, between eleven end twelve
cerbiel., he went to the shop of Mr. Edward Thomas, gun-
smith. in Maidenhead, and requested to look at some
He selected one, and bevies asked the price, which 'Wow!:
told was leis., took it away with him, saying it was not
for himself but for • friend, whose approval he must
have before purchasing it. Bevies promised Mr. Thomas
that be would call again in the evening to let him know
whether hie friend would have the pistol or not, he went
to another shop, kept by Mr. Gurney, and bought some
percussion caps. He then returned to hie situation, at
Boyne-bill, where be asked the butler for snore powder
and shot, observing that he wanted to try a pistol.
The butler said if be wanted to try a pistol
he should have bullets, but nevertheless supplied him
with the powder and shot as requested. The same
evening, between 9 and 10 o'clock, he welt to the
house of Captain Fyfe, and obtained au interview at the
back door with the object of his alfectiooe in the preemie*
of her fellow-servant, the cook. Some conversation took
between them. and Hooper begged her to reconsider
her refusal of him, bat she repeatedly declared that she
would have so more to do with him. He thee
asked her to accompany him to the front gate. This
she refused, however, and wished him "Good night."
She was about to go iota the bodes, when
Hooper exclaiming. "Then take that," discharged the con-
tents of the pistol into her neck, and she immediately fell
back into the conk's arms, crying out, "I shall die
Hooper decamped instantly, and went to the Red Lies
Hotel, where he asked the landlord for a bed, which, how-
ever, he was usable to obtain, the house being full. In
the meantime Mr. 31`Graw, superinteodeist of the Maiden-
head borough police, bail been apprised of the cinema
and he at once proceeded to Burnham, the residence :I
Hooper's father. thiokirg to find him there. Not succeed.
inn to doing so, he returned to Maidenhead, and there
learned that the body of the murderer had been found on
the moor, a piece of waste ground near the town, he having
literally blown out bin brains. lie. Plumtre had in the
interval been summoned to attend the unfortunate young
womau, who it was at first thought could DO! possibly sur-
vive, but she has since regained her senses, sod hopes are
entertained that she will recover. The coroner's inquest on
Hooper will be held this day (Friday). when it is expected
DOWD important additional evidence will be gives.

ARRIVAL OF THE kWIf4A MOM AMERICA. —The
North German Lloyd's straw...hip Hansa, Captain VOR
Suiten from New York on the '.llst ult., arrived off Cowes
yesterday paseLngcre for England and France. and
49 passengers for Bremen. She also brings 1211 dll doh. in
specie, of which :13.05.1d015. are for England, 92,700 dole.
for Frisco, sod 1,110 dols. foe Bremen.

SINOULA' ieCIDENT ON THE GREAT WF-..TERN
RAILWAY.—The high wind which was blowing yesterday
morning caused a singular accident on this railway mar the
Reading station. About half a mile to the west of this
station there is a long narrow gauge siding running parallel
with the up main line. lb the morning before mentioned
• truck which was standing on this siding was, by the force
of the wind, blown iu the direction of the points that lead
to the op line. By inadvertence the points appear to bars
been left in a wrong position and immediately the track
reached the spot it was turned on to the line, when
it gut off the rails. In consequence of the darkness that
prevailed no person noticed the obstruction. and a goods
train was allowed to proceed towards the station. However,
it bad not goon far before it came costars with the
trunk, smashing it to idotna. As far as we bare been able to
ascertain eosins sum.. Lied any injury, but the permanent way
was blocked for some time owing to the it bras. About the
sometime several othertrucks on another siding were blown
some distance, and were not stopped until they bad run
over the stop block and done eommterabledioualie. We have
also been informed thAt Noilivef the signals at different parte
of the line have been blown doss.

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