The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-25 00:00:00

MILITARY.

Powrsworrw, Jamb Z4.—The 23rd Regiment arrived
by "lway yesterday from Worehester, and embarked from
t►JMochyard is the Birkeshead. eL•ship, which sailed in the
evening for Devcrepoet.
Tin ATTICIPATID ILIVISW AT WOOLWICII.—It has
bees siseiritively died (though the public must be cautious
la receiving any intimation, however correct, as an unlucky
shower me y aver every arrangement) that Lord Gough and
the Mary& of Ankara will rtview the troop. at Woolwoh
to morrow (Friday) Numbers of persons visited Woolwich
ea Mgaday last, deNded by she premature announcement.
WOOL

DIIIIIILTN, APRIL 24.
The tenant right movement is assuming an organ-
ised and practical form that will add greatly to its
efficacy and importance. Preparations are in active
progress for the assembling of a tenant right conk r-
epot, which will embrace the opinions of the people
in the month of Ireland as well as in the north, and
will in fact fairly represent the interests of
the tenant farmers of the whole four Pro- I
vinceir, without any reference to political)
or sectarian difference,. The necessity for such a
conference has lung been obvious, for although the
movement among the tenant farmers throughout Ire-
land hes been sufficiently general, yet there has been
• want of community of purpose, and the particular
wants of different districts have not been mutually I
understood. " These wants," observes the Pitman
of this morning, " may or may not be identical. If
identical, so much the better—that the respective
partite interested shall decide; but whether identical
or not, they must respectively bind themselves to make
no terms save such as will embrace the arguments of
all ; and if this solemn covenant be necessary, so will
it be net:Naar, to exclude all other questions save the
one, and to concentrate on it the united force of the
whole country ." As I have said, the preliminary
steps have already been taken, and we may expect to
itearoton of the complete organisation el a weeperd
and central tenant right conference for Trelaid.
The works of the Belfast Distill/Ey Cempais, were
considerably injured by fire on Mendaymorning last.
The origin of the fire has not been aseetained.
A fire, by which a large amount of property was
injured, took place this morciog in the fringe and
brush manufactory of Mr. Ledwich, of 18, Capel-
street.

THE
MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.

MANCHESTER, APRIL 24.
With the present high price of cotton, arising from
&failure of crop in the principal market en which we ate yet
dependent, any information which gires hope of • new and
more ample source of supi•ly for the future is looked to with
"mat isterest. At one tuao great reliance is placed in the
encouragement which the East India Company may be able
to gtve to cotton Crowing in the di minions under
their control; at another tins* we hear of a large
tract of county in Australia, which is capable of
growing extelli-nt cotton. Then Natal is to be
West
with cotton growers, and next the capabilities of the
West Indies are under consideration. Whilst speculation is
thus busy, however, years pale over our heads and no cotton
in any considerable bulk seems to make its appearance from
say of there quarters. At the Chamber of Commerce I
have been shown a small cask of cotton which has reached
the president from another new district, said to be capable of
producing it on the west coast of Africa. It is said to have
been transmitted by the late African traveller, Mr. Depose,
shortly before his death. Mr. Duncan landed at Whydah.
in Dahomey, and visiting the monarch of that
kingdom, at his capita), this cask of co:ton, which
is indixennus, was gathered and presented to him
at his own request, for the purpose of being sent to Man-
chester as • sample. It is packed in the state it was
gathered from the pod, with toe seeds amongst it, and is said
to be equal to average New Orleans cotton, bring of good
colour and fine staple. An opinion has been expressed here
that his Maje.ty of Dahomey might be readily induced to
give up slave huntitg, if he c• old drive a roaring trade in
this cotton; but so far as 1 can learn, there is no sufficient
data in the hands of the chamber to enable them to say that
there are say really good prospects of a large supply from
this quarter.