The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-21 00:00:00

CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN INDIA.

(From the Nemorkr Mashier.)
A few Weeks ega, we stated, on the authority of
The Madras papers, vast the Beat India Company had re-
solved to &tondos the tzporimesto is sotto& culture at
Broach sad Coimbatore, whish they have been carrying on
foe MN time. The Mideast of this msexpected proceed-
ing ea the part of the dinettes was given ia the following
tents by the Maass At/meow :
"We regret to have to seeks the mactemessat that
order have hem received from the NM of diredon for the
ahanikament of the experiment In canon sultan seder the
supsisteadesoe of Dr. Wight, at Coimbatore. What has
led to this steer terminators of an undortaking which was
rue* earned to lane in multi of a very opposite cha-
rterer le sot Isom ; and the einnumtame is the more to be
reputed as there were indications that Dr. Wight's abates
wen &bones men with a ma k higher IMMO of sums,
them bad precievek been awarded to thew We yet
the Begs till Dr. Wight's labours is this qhwe of so
will sot be estkely km is the oemmereiel world, bat that
what the panlemedwas policy of Laidenhall-street refuses to
carry eat will Gad a prospers's" Mae through the means of
private capital and enterprise.
It now tarts oat, however, that this auseanonmeat was
only put-telly true. The commercial association having ad-
dress 1 a letter to the court of directors. requesting to be In-
formed whether there was any foundation fee tke etateasent
which had appeared In the Madras papers, the following
letter to the chateaus has hem received is reply, from
which it will be seen that the Important& at Broach hen
sot been interfered with, bat that those at Cobabatiors are to
terminate at the sad of the present mom :
"Best Ladle Rouse, 17th Sept., 1849.
" have laid before the nut of directors of the
Rest Ladle Company your letter dated the 28th ultimo, in
which you bring to their notice certain nauseate which
have recently obtained currency through the public rem,
to the effect that the ' experiments which have been for
some year corned on by order of the Honourable Bast
India Company, with a view to the Improvement sad ex-
tanks of cotton cultivation In India, aro now about to be
totally abandoned, both at Breach and Ceimbatore, and
eolintiag that the Commercial Association may be informed
whether there is any sad what foundation for the state-
ments referred to.
"In reply, lam directed-hi .musint you that the court
have arrived so information which loads then to appro.
Lend that the measures is nevem for improving the eul-
tiTatilea of *atm it. the Bench district have been in any
way interfered with ; oa the contrary, they have reason
to believe that they are now proceeding, under the preset
supotisteedett, Mr. Landou, with • greater prospect of a
socumfal ism than at auy former period.
" With regard to Coimbatore, the art have karat that,
wider • misapprihsaiioa of their orders, wrath measures
have been mita ed which night have had a tendency to
read the progress made ceder it* supsviatendence at
Dr. Wight. denial:4 g the capabilities of the presidency
el Medias for stmrying cotton suited to the lioglish market.
The own have- however let no time is issuing the us.
mug ka pleas the Coton experiments on a
"dimmed he sera you that the court have never
issued te take the mast lively interest is promoting the im-
portant ohjea of obtainio g from India an ample supply of
tenon, fitted for the :squirms's*, of the English sessafec-
Men; bat they must, at the same time, tunas their
sonvictiot that the titans of the Indian governments will
fail of reducing any extensive and permanent "Met un-
less they an aided by the cordial co-operation of the
manufacturer of this country. The exallent quality of
much of the roma which has been °Vaud ►to Manches-
ter, from the districts of Dharwar and niabstore, an so-
eosin of the East India Company has been admitted by the
Commercial Audition. It was never intended that the
experiments commenced ander the orders of the court of
dinettes should be indeileitaly roleoged, nor would any
goverment be justified, is point of principle, in each a pro-
Themean emitter that they have dose all that
est be eareted when they have dmsonstrated that
cotton of a gutty baited to the wants of the manufacturers,
may net only be roamed is India, but. es they believe, at
a cent whisk would be at once reauseraive to die modeler
and prolitsbn to the tomesumer. They are convinced that
nothing would tad more sorely to the exteaska of the culti.
vetim of Nam from Amnion seed, and to the improve-
meat of the native estop, than the location, in the cotton-
prodociag districts, of competent agents os the pin of the
manufacturer, empowered to purchase all cotton of • superior
quality which might be offered ro them, and to reject all
suck as might be of es inferior description. The noun pro-
pose, for the present, to limit their operations to the purchase
of a moderate quantity of cotton annually, for consignment
to this coustry,—to the didribution to the ryots of end of
the superior descriptions,—to the introduction of improved
methods of cleaning and packing,—and to the collection and
diesemisatioa of afore:lntim in regard to the best modes
and times of culture. The papas for which the experi-
mental farm at Coi a. Wore was instituted him' now bees ac-
complished, and in directing the discontinuance of the culti-
vation of cotton on account of imminent, atter the present
season, the court ban instructed the government of Marts,
I. the event of any association being formed for the pur-
pose of further prosecuting the experiment in that direction,
to male over to them the lands constituting the government
farms, with the Implements and machines attached to them,
at • fair valuation.
" In conclusion, I am directed to convey, Worth you, to
the Commercial Association, the court's acknowledgments
for the report on the quality of the Cohabatore and Tin-
ninny cotton, recently consigned to the emaciation fm sale
in Manchester, which was forwarded in Mr. Fleming's letter
of the 28th ultimo.-1 am, sir, your most obedient, humble
**resat, "ham C. Maxyllele.
" J. Aspinall Turner, Esq."
The court of directors express their conviction that
" nothing would tend more surely to the extension of the
cultivation of cotton from American teed, and to the im-
promises of the satire stoic, than the location, in the
cotton-prodacing districts, of competent agents on the part
of the manufacturer, empowered to purchase sit cotton of •
superior quality which may he offered to them, and to re-
ject all each as might be of an Janke dentiptios." This is
precisely what Mr Mercer insisted upon most strongly in his
otterview with the Commercial Association two years ago,
and there le, no doubt, some truth in it. Bat why does the
Houourable Company leave oat of shalt the moot important
question of all, in connection with the supply of cotton—
that of 'Always? Till the cell of trunk from the interior
to the ports has been greatly lessened, by the vonstouctinn
of railways and the makirg of good roads, we cannot expect
to a • any grest incase in the exports of Indian cotton to
this country, unless prisue ken should range much higher
thee they have lately hems, or an likely to be in future.

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IB.ELAND.

Dosuet.

Today there Is to be a magnificent stag hunt at
Killarney, in bosour of the Lord Lieutenant, who
prose de to Cork to-morrow, where be will remain
till Saturday, when it is supposed that his excellency
will return to town.
The rumour of an moult on the polioe barrack is
said by the Freeman's Journal to be a fabrication.
The report had also appeared in the Kilkenny Mode-
rator, as well as the Evening Packet.
The Dolly's Brae investigation has terminated.
One of its most unpleasant features is that there must
I be gross perjury at either side, as Mr. F. Beers has
denied upon his oath the statements made by
IFrancie *Phelan, John Paul, Thomas Morgan, atd
IJohn M'Evoy. These witnesses deposed upon oath
to the furious demeanour of Mr. Beers upon the
bloody day in question; but that gentleman in the
most • alemn manner denied the various particulars
alleged egaiost him. This is a terrible exbibitiln in
a wart of jostler; but, indeed, the word "justice"
Am a stooge sound wherever Orangeiam ts con-
' eared.
The 'several journals here canvass the affair at
Dolly's Brae with as much assiduity as if it occurred
yesterday. The Keelung Mail elf last night does its
best to screen Lod Roden and the magistracy, and
.ys that the Earl of Clarendon was the real offender,
because the marching of the Orangemen in 1848 wee
countenanced by the government. It tries to support
this statement by referring to the evidence of a ma-
gistrate, Mr. Thomas Scott, who stated that he had
informed Mr. Redingtoe, in 1848, that disturbances
were likely to tale place from the matching of the
O On trangemme.
he other side, the Press of last night has a
very lengthy but able leader, treating with great
severity of the conduct of the government. and int/.
maripg its opinion that " as to diarrhoea from the
utagutraey,l.oed Roden and his associates may now
defy it." The Press also accuses the government d
" criminal complicity in the revived of Orangeism.'

Bananas& Faia.—The Galway Vindicator says: " The
important fair of Bansgluir (Hiag's Coenty), which gives a
tone te Ballinaske, was exceedingly wall Minded, and well
supplied with Amp, ate., for width there was an extraordi-
nary demaad, particalarly for owes, warmly say remaining
mewl*. Wadden were also is toed demaad, sad amordieg
to quality varied is pries from 33e. ed. to Ws and 43m Some
✓ed lambs hushed a high pries. There was a large supply
of bonus, particularly the low prised. lievtral military par
*ante was in attenuate, sad picked op moms lots. The
odds fair was =addend • good um"