Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-30 00:00:00

DUBLIN CORN MARKET.-SEPT. 29.

A reaction seems to have s t in. Factors demand hi..,her prices,
and produce was h.l I firnali for advance, which in some ca• es was
realised. Several •amnles were. however, nns 11. Oats and grind-
in T.; barley sold at 6.ldecline. Malting barley was steady, w,t n on y a
slight supply.

GIIEENnCK SUGAR NI ARKE v.—SEPT. 29.
Basilicas ',nil limited, owing to refiners asking mote money.
Tre_.cla and s)rup was in requ-nt.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.-SEpr. 29.
The shipments this week were 12,093 tons a7ainst 9,526 tons eorre-
split ling week last y ar. The market was quiet to day at the
following paces zed on , buyers 68s, sell, rn 68s 31 • No. 1,
buyers 695, sellers 69s Gd ; No. 3, buyers 6;s, Belle's E4s 6d, per ton

A POKY SHOO wiTR GOLD.—There are now on atiew, in
Sydney, a set of shoes mad: of solid native gel!, weighing
24 ounces, and wolf) about £ioo. They were made for
he favourite pony of a gentleman (now deceased)- who
re sided in New South Wales, a d bear evidence of-con-
sderairle wear. Tire precious metal of which they are
composed was found na th land where the pony used to
graze,—Sydney lforc,":4 Herald.
A Bratury oF TAB DIISRRT.—On -the bank of the river,
near this tillage (near Esne), I sat down and watched the
women (oaring fin. water. Ooe and another came, each help-
ing the one before her to fit the enoraneue jar on the topof
her head. At length there appeared one of the noblest spe•
etmens of f. marine beauty that I remember. A tall and
splendidly formed girl c irne down close -by me, the wind
blowing back her ample thin cotton garment, so as to reveal
the outlines of a peeect fuem—,ne that Preercitelee might
have dreamed of, one suet, as it is seldom permitted human
eyes to see. Her tunic was opened from neck to waist, and
her bust, contrary to the common eppearante of the
Egyp.ion women, was full. and of delicate outline. Her face
was .Grcek, her lips classical in their severe beauty.
Imagine my astonishment as this vision swept by
not three feet distant, and paused within a rod to dip
water in a levy jai.. I geand admiringly at her, as
who would not ? She retureed my gaze with cold
curitisity, and eyes devoid of interest, but dark, 'alarm
eyes withal, that had fire in them which might be made to
flame. She had on her neck a string of antiques, chiefly
searabm3. I had teen them thus before, and had purchased
some c u:icus an iques from the necks and wrists of the
'
women I walked up to her, and teok hold of them. She
stood like a statue, motionless, her black eyes fixed on
but ve as silent, and allowed my examination without
fear er objection. How much shall I pay you for your
necklace 7" slhe looked, but made no reply, and, stooping
down, litted her jar; a friend helped her to saing it to her
head, end then, dropping her hands, she walked up the
bank in stately style; nor to ke I back, tier seemed to have
the slightest iuterest in the fate of Braheem Eff,ndi. To
be cut thus by an ECyptiara ! Oa reflection, I have
perhaps deaf and dumb—possibly
tho,ight that she Was
idiotic; but I think not that, for she was too splendidly
beautiful. Hamilto.n's Travels.

COTTON CULTURE TIN AFRICA.

The following correspondence and communication from
the board of trade, with rcferende to this subject has been
publishe

" Office of Committee of Privy Council of Trade,
.1 Whitehall, 27th August, 1857.
" Ski—l am directed by the lords of the committee of
privy council for trade, to transmit to you printed copies
of a, further despatch which has been received by the
segretary of state for foreign affairs from her Majesty's
consul at Llgos, respecting the cultivation of Cotton in
Africa ; and I am to r(cpest that you will state to the
Chamber of Commerce, at Manchestir, that they are
sent for the purpose of being distributed amongst those
who are most interested in procuring an increased supply
of cotton. lam further to request that you will inform
the Chamber of Commerce that Lord Clarendon proposes,
in conformity with Mr. Campbell's suggestions, to in-
struct Her Majesty's consuls in the southern states of
America and in Brazil, to endeavour to procure some seed
of a more valuable description of cotton, to be sent to
Mr. Campbell, and also plans and diagrams of the clean-
ing machines and presses in those countries for preparing
and compressing the cotton for exportation. My lords
would, therefore, be glad to receive from the chamber
any information which they may be able to procure with
regard to machines for cleaning and pre-sing cotton
which might prove useful to Her Majesty's consul at
Lagos.—l am sir, your obedient servant,
EDGAR A. BOWRING.
" The Secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Manchester,"

"Consul Campbell to the Earl of Clarendon.
(Received July 9.)
• 1" My Lord,—T had the honour to receive, by the last
mail, your lordship's despatch, da!ed March 9, 1857, in-
forming me that your lordship had perused my report of
the trade of the Bight of Benin for the year 1836, w,ith
great in crest and satisfaction; and desiring me after
careful consideration of the subject, to inform your lord-
ship whether there are any means which Her Majesty's
government could adopt in order to stimulate or assist
the cultivation of cotton in the countries lying to the
north and south of the Niger, and that Her Majesty's
government are prepared to use their utmost efforts, and
to incur experimentally a reasonable expense, in order to
turn to account the favourable state of things described
to my report, and desiring me to consult those persons
upon whose judgment and experience io this matter I can
place reliauce. The Rev. Samuel Crowther, the highly
in'elligent native clergym in attached to Church Mission-
ary Society's establishment at this station, through whose
instrumentality the chiefs and others at Abbeokuta have
extended their cultivation of the cotton plant as a com-
merpial export, having returned from a visit from that
town, I lost uo time in making him acquainted with the
wishes and intentions of Her Majesty's government is
regard to promoting the cultivation of the cotton plant.
Mr. Crowther is of opinion that, in the present stage, it
would not be advisable to distribute the seeds of a foreign
and more valuable description of cotton to the chiefs and
others at Abbeokuta. The native cotton now grown by
them is of that description of which the greatest quantity
is used, and is known at Manchester, as • good ordinary,'
and fetches to the cultivators a renumerating price ; but
Mr. Crowther is of opinion that seed of a higher priced
description of cotton would be advantageously placed in
the hands of the native converts of Christianity, many of
whom are planters, because they would readily submit to
instruction and directions as to the mode and manner
of cultivating the new seed ; in fact, that. under the
advice and instruction of the missionary agents, these con-
verts would readily cultivate a model plantation, to which,
after a time, the attention of the chiefs and other cultiva-
tors might be invited. I think highly of this suggettion
of Mr. Crowther's, and beg respectfully to submit to your
lordship that seed of the higher priced description of
cotton be sent to me to be placed in the hands of the
native Christian converts. The great drawback hitherto
experienced has been the want of good machines for
seperating the cotton from the seed ; those hitherto used
are the description called the saw gin,' but as they
deteriorate the cotton a halfpenny and more the lb., in
eonteauence of the tearing of the fibre, another descrip-
tion, called the 'roller gin,' was sent out; but this
machine being unadapted for the cottod cultivated in this
part of Africa, not cleaning 51bs. of cotton per day, while
the saw gin cleaned upwards of 301b5., the natives refused
them even as a gift. Another great drawback also has
been the want of a press, but this will be soon remedied,
as two presses has arrived out, and will be soon set up in
Abbeokuta; and Signor Scala, the Sardiniau consul, a
man of energy and enterprise, who is forming a conemer.
cial establishment at Abbeokuta, expects a press from
England by the next packet. Unhappily, a large quantity
of cotton in the- raw state, of the crop of last season,
stored in various depots at Abbeokuta, waiting the arrival
of more cleaning gins and the _presses, was destroyed by
a fire some months ago, which burnt down a large portion
of the town of Abbeokuta. As it is a great desideratum
with a people who have no other capital than their labour
that they should possess machines for cleaning the cotton,
simple, cheap, and inexpensive, I beg to submit to your
lordship that Her Majesty's consuls in those southern
states of America, and in other countries where cotton is
extensively grown, be directed to forward to your lord-
ship drawings and diagrams of the description of cleaning
machines most used in those countries, with such descrip-
tions as would render them quite intelligible to a Manches
ter mechanist ; and as as increased cultivation of the
cotton plant In other parts of the Yoruba country is
confidently expeeted, and there are neither railroads nor
canals by which to transport cheaply so bulky a material,
and only very narrow footpaths at best, I beg further to
submit to your lordship that Her Majesty's consuls at
Pernambuco and Para be directed to send plans and
descriptions of the rude but phwerful wooden presses
which I am informed are used in the interior of those
provinces in Brazil, to compress the cotton into small
bales, which are then carried on the backs of mules to
the ports on the c fast. I beg again respectfully to
suggest to your lordship that the conductors of the
trading expedition up the Niger should be earnestly re-
quested to direct their attention to cotton as an article of
export, and that the expedition should be provided with
all the means necessary for purchasing it from the natives.
cleaning it, and pressing it in the state fit for shipment.—
I have, &c., • (Signed) "B. CAMPBELL,
" Lagos, May 16,. 1857."