The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-16 00:00:00

JULY 16 1852.

THE GENERAL ELECTION

STATE OF POLLS.-(THIS DAY.)
EAST SURREY.-SECOND DAY.
TEN O'CLOCK.

Alcock
King
Antrobus
Cleasby

Alcock
King
Antrobus
Cleasby

Alec&
Ring
Antrobus
Cleasby

ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

ONE O'CLOCK.

_... 2,121
... 2,112
- 1,781
... 1,685

... 2,205
... 2,201
... 1,829
... 1,728

... 2,337
... 2,332
... 1,934
... 1,816

Yurk•road, 16th July, 1852.

, 21Oe
2'poliTi7-----------------------werfEull)4larnOn
SIR,--TO —T OinFwThllicEh
ySorha.ve Rer
advo-
cated
the question of r
you the gratitude of wlway
superannuation will secure
the service of railwayhundredscompanies,
who have wasted years in
to prevent the possibility opr
theiries at salaries so low as
however trifling, tor the future; andmaking provision,
self, can look back on twelve years, those who, like my-
service will feel more
than doubly grateful.
As regards the vexed question of returning payments
in case of death, one important point seems to have been
overlooked, it is that only ha! the payments will be been
overlooked, it i that only 1w!! the payments Will be re
turned, the half paid by the proprietors of each company.
of course being retained for the fund, and such would be
the case if a clerk withdraws from the society.
If my ideas are correct, and the point fairly con-
sidered, I cannot see how in common justice it can be
decided against us.
As regards the proposition of insuring that sum, it
does not appear to have been considered that th© low
rate of railway salaries %ill not admit of so many draw-
backs, as few can know the percentage to ba deducted
for losses, bad money, &c., &c.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
SPES.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.-TLIURSDAY.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs old, 7st 71b;
four, 9st; five, 9st 61b; six and aged, 9st 91b. Two miles.
Mr. Henry's ch f Butterfly, 3 yrs (W. Sharpe) 1
Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer, 4 yrs .. ...(Iliett) 2
Mr. Phillips's Le Juif, 43 rs (Marlow) 3
Even on Butterfly, and 6to 4 agst Mountain Deer. Won
by hilf a length_ Le Juif beaten off.
The Foal Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old;
colts, Bst 61b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; 31bs allowed, &c. Once
round and a distance. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Payne's br c. Wingenund walked over. Sir R. Pigot's
Filius withdrew his stake.
The Produce Match of 200 sovs. each; colts, Bst 71b; fillies,
Bst 41b; one to the post. T.Y.C.
Lord Derby's br c Umbriel
..(A. Day) 1
Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah f (Flatman) 2
6t05 on Umbriel. Won by a neck.
The Liverpool Cun of 200 sovs. in specs'_', added to a handi-
cap Sweepstakes of 25 sovr. each, 15 ft., ard 5 only if
declared; the winner to pay 30 sovs. to the judge, and 15
towards the expenses, and the second to receive 50 sovs.
out of the stakes. (10", Subs., 41 of whom declared.)
Mr. G. White's Colsterdale, 4 yrs, Gst Glb ......... (Carroll) 1
Mr. Palmer's Goldfinder, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Charlton) 2
Lord Eglinton's Lucio, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Wells) 3
Lord Clifden's Poodle, 3 yrs, sst 13lb (Sharrard ) 0
Mr. Palmer's Doubt, 6 yrs, :st 71b (Knott) 0
Lord Glasgow's cby Ithuriel sst 71b (car. sst 111 b (Smith) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Poodle, 3to 1 agst Colsterdale (tak.),
3to 1 agst Goldfinder, and 6to 1 agst Lucio. The race was
between the first two from the distance and was won with
difficulty by half a length; the rest tailed off. Run in 3
min. 13 secs.
Cossack was scratched at twelve, and Herbert at two
o'clock.
The Derby Handicap of 10 sovs. each, and 80 sovs. added
by the Earl of Derby. One mile. (22 Subs.)
Lord Eglinton's b h Elthiron, 6 yrs, Bst 31b
~Marlow) 1
Mr. Payne's ch c Faux pas, 4 yrs, 7st 61b
......(Tatman) 2
Mr. Hargreave's bl h Osbaldeston, Bst 61b ...(W. Sharpe) 3
Ur. Flintoff's br c The Reaper, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b ...(Wells) 4
Lord Derby's ch f Iris, 4 yrs, 8,1 ..................... (Holmes) 5
Betting-6 to 4 age Elthiron, sto 2 agst Faux-pas, 4to
1 agst Iris, 5 to 1 agst Osbaldeston•
each did not fi
The Selling Sweepstakes of 5 WV& , 11.
e..A.riL)
(BY ELECTRIC TELEG
Won by a length, OsbaldestOn a bad third.
t T
000 to ermagant
LATEST BETTING ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
GOODWOOD STAKES.60 ags
theaii?rvuett:tdi;;;lry.rs. olds, 7st
12 to 1 agst Chief Justice 1,
12 to 1 agst Bushranger
18 to
13 to 1 agst Weathergage 1 agst The Brahmin
14 to 1 agst Houlakin 20 to
14 to 1 agst Don Pedro 1,000 to 60
aaggsstt
CCharaimbopoion
ur.
GOODWOOD c
2 to 1 agst Stiltoll._
T• LI6ER.
LIVERPOOL S • Great-taken
and agea, 9st 91b.
Even con Alfred
has
I.s
IPSWICH RACES.
Her Majesty's Plate of 1090stgu6irs; 'six,
71b ; four, 9st ; five,
Two miles.
Mr. Stephenson's Waverley,
Mr. Brown's Dangerous, 3 yBrsY.rs.. ............................................................ 21
Mr. Grimpsey's Pine Apple, 3 Yrs .............................. 3
Mr. Rogers's Pancake, 3 yrs ................................... 4
Mr. Firman's Edipus, 6 yrs ............ ..._ . 1. .. . ......... .... dis.
The County Members' Plate of SGI•, added
.t. a Sweepstakes
of 3 sovs. each, the second to save Ms stake. Heats.
Two miles.
Mr. Tabberrer's Liberty, 3 yrs, (lM') """"•......... I 1
Mr. G. Drew's Odiliam, 4 yrs, (1009 - 2 2
Mr. J. Warrener's CIMUS, 4 yrs, (100 )•••
5 4
second to 2
MM rr .. SReed'sar es
H(6e0,16),..t.w..0. . miles.
Mr. 3 dr
Miss Sarah
115, y3rsy,r(81(0100/0)0
..:::::
Mr. St. Quintin's Lady Love, 3 yrs Oyu/ ) ...
(3401.). ............. .. . .... 2,,
The Ipswich Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 30..a..d..d.
.........
.s.e.
(Bennet) 1 1
yrs (40/.)
Mr. Sue's FidsgaveetyhGisirslt,ak3e.yrs
kik 1
Mr. Smith's
Coo's Queen
Valentine,G u nSe vye rr
s.
Dragoons; llst 71b
Sereneof S
sovs.wer distanced,eaad
apu.. ' -
The Hurdle Stakes of e added, for horses
belonging to officers of the Light4th.
each. Heats, one mile and a half.
"•'••• Owner) 2 1 1
Mr. Adlington's Welcome .. ................. .................................
Mr. Hunt's Signal ... . ••
Captain Portal's Paddy ...... 13 23
d2r
.—.-................___

AMERICAN OcEANSTEAMERS.—A very great im-
provement has taken place recently in the speed of Ameri-
can Ocean Steamers. The Washington, Hermann, Hum-
boldt, and Franklin are now making their Atlantic passages
in almost as short a time as Cunard's best steamers. The
Franklin has just run from New York to Cowes in about 14
days. The Washington and Hermann were the first ocean
steamers the Americans built, and they were comparative
failures ; the Humboldt and Franklin were the next steanic!!,
and they exhibited a decided improvement. Then came
Collins's steamers, the Atlantic passages of which have been
extraordinarily rapid. The defect of the first nt, and
ocean steamers was in their machinery; fractureseAmecans
consequent breaking down, were frequent.
own
~ b, the En-
used to laugh at the labour and expense bestows: J
portions of
glish in giving a smoothness and polish .:led that rougher
American
steam-packet machinery, and they imaiginmiroese. They
and cheaper machiuery would answer the given
soon found out their mistake. e.
Thutarcturer is for the purpose
to machinery by the English
efrilactures and breaking down
of detecting by a micros-4)811e manufacturer
rial previous to its use, and Vile Americans have learnt a
lightest flaw in the
of machine machinery is avoided..., ~.,„roving on it. They have
lesson, and they are raplgin-rat ocean steamers, and
earned, the Yankees have a decided
altered the machinery il'r 'amongst the swiftest. As far as
those vessels now
h 4; the former, is a fine model. The
naval architecture i;ecan%firiti.sh. The Washington, the first
ocean have better notions of rigging a vessel, also, to
advantage overbwit.t
of the American ocean steamers
Americana .2; the Enish. This is evident to any ons
secure speed, Law.'
coves Southampton and the heavy rig of
that touch ateyal West India Mail packets. The slowness
who has
some of the .
Partly
attributable to their being over-rigged.
of the latter Is
seen the ender
s rig
Orsielt OF THE T
Nogr 0-WISS LINE OF THE GREAT
tigraq RAILwAY.—The portion of the Great Northern
Railway extending from Peterborough to East Retford, was
opened for general traffic yesterday. There was no festive
demonstration either by the directors or the public. The
first train left Retford at 6 A. 1.1 , and, notwithstanding the
early hour, many persons were *assembled to witness its de-
parture. The train reached Peterborough in two hours and
seven minutes. Another train was dispatched from Peter-
borough at 6 15 A.M , and arrived at Retford at 8 46, being
four minutes within its time. Owing to the bad understand-
ing which prevails between the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, and Great Northern Companies, the public are
compelled to make a circuit of nearly two miles in order to
reach either station from the other, although the two are
only about 300 yards apart. The opening of the above por-
tion of the Great Northern reduces the route from London to
Sheffield 16 miles, London to Wakefield 16 miles, London
to Leeds 22 miles, and London to York 30 miles.

ELECTION OF SCOTTISH PEERS.—The following
representative Peers were elected at Edinburgh yesterday .
—The Marquis of Tweeddale, the Earl of Morton, the Earl
of Home, the Earl of Strathmore, the Earl of Airlie, the Earl
of Leven, the Earl of Selkirk, the Earl of Orkney, Lord
Seafield, Lord Saltoun, Lord Grey, Lord Sinclair, Lord El-
philuitone, Lord Blantyre, Lord Colville, and Lord Polwarth.

4..11.... --.....,,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. THE RATING OF EXETER-LIALZ.
SIR ,—The able article which you inserted in your The question of rating Exeter-hall, which has been for
impre asion of yesterday, relative to the letter from some months in dispute between the proprietors and trustees
" 011ricus" on the important subject of railway super- of that building and the parochial authorities of St. Martin-
ameatation, would seem to render it unnecessary for in-the-Fields, came on for argument before the bench of
an y further reply to be made to the objection t magistrates, at the Strand special cessions, on Wednesday
last, upon an appeal against an assessment to the poor-rats
po anted out by your correspondent; but as it is
complete silence might lead to miss of
ssible that of 2,0001.
pr. thension, I trust you will permit me, as one who Mr. Edmund Antrobus presided, and among the magis-
trates present were Mr. Firnie, Mr. Stillwell, and otherha, ; ventured lately to take a somewhat prominent part
gentlemen. .
in the discussion of the question, to say a few words
upon the point raised by " Clericus." Mr. Hell, the barriater,appeared on behalf of the appal-.
lasts; Mr. C. Robertson Griffi. ths was in attendance on be-
half of the respondents.
l: quite admit that the point is a most important one, and one which, if possible, ought to be met in a liberal Mr. Cantwell, surveyor of the parish of St. Martin-in-the-
spitit. But it must be borne in mind that the provi- Fields, proved that the ordinary mode of assessing property
genial committee would not be justified in acting, ex. of this description was to impose 6 per cent. upon the cost
eel); under the advice of the actuaries they have con- of the building, in the case of Exeter-hall estimated to
salted!. This advice is, that it will be practicable to amount to about 30,000/. This sum, at 6 per cent., would
vauluts, panw-dooufludeeT
&ate,
2t,h2eBBa4nwuhailchv,aliunehoisf
return the amount paid by a subscriber should he leave
uglily:111;800/a M addition to which a ground rent of 4881. per
the service, but not in th© event of his death.
This advice wes sought, in consfqutince of urgent re- be obtained for
presentetions made to the provisional committee, that mr.
paynp,
another
hoetaremises from an ordinary tenant.
othpeinigr.one,atmhigahllt,
r surveyor, corroborated the evidence
their otiginnl intention points was i of Mr. Cantwell.
1 Mr. Allcroft,
causing it s-rions amount outpdoinssatiihaeCtito'rvau of Bond-street, and Mr. Goldsmith (of the
q„, 5.. respectively of opinion they would readily obtain a tenant at
sod Beale), stated that they were
Th.!: emetic:it actuaries consulted, Mr. Angell and 1 firm of Cramer, Addison, Mr. Nciseo, approached the censideration of the
bons submitted d to them, with an earnest desire to give 1 a higheirioalijnoutut than the sum mentioned.
" 1 'force, contendedortofhisargumenetasae6s.ment v as far too high, and,
such an opihion as mun!d secure the greate.l; ben€.fit
inmaarsctatemBept of receipts and
,agrtehaattlteinigth, and in a ,Teech of considerable
the sul:seribi re, consistently with a due regard to the
stabdity of the fund. They felt that in the preseut p,itiuu or the hoots-a data connected wi/h this subject, R%-ceipt..—grosi income of the year, 3b,45101.°1,Eaxs followsnt e:
.11xspueNiture for the year endPittlitg
it wodel cot bc pudent for them to rec..)rnmend b th 1 rates, t‘lxe:, salari-s, gas, repairs, &c., 1,059/ ,13,400 t. urD7-:
pi:itti to he graute6, umi oecoedim:,ly tutned tbdr et- duct for de:lreciation, lots trots diminution of income, bad
tendon to the question as to which it would be most Lie- debts, &c., 9501.. and for repairs 2004 ; leaving a net rate-
eirable to coma de.
able value of 1,2501.—The Learned Counsel called three sur-
Your correspond,nt has conclusively shown that the veyor.:;, who stated that they considered the annual value to
1,1001. to 1,3001.. and one gentleman, who thought
actuaries acted wisely arid judiciously, when he says that be from
it ikirght amountto 1.500/
there are 25 rerignations to one &:ath; but there wa3
in reply, rebutted the statement put in, a
still another reason for their advising as they dui, which
expressed.Griffihtr' opinionthat the receipts must have velard
greatly
exceeded the the sum stated. The Learned Gentleman
was, that had they given the pref.:tome to a return in
case of death, thane would have been no pos.ibiiity of
securing a similar advantage to those who might instanced the case of the Wednesday Concerts, a speculation
which had proved eminently successful, realising, for 'rent
leave the service; while now, by a very simple alone, not less than 301. per night. The new musical socie-
arrangement, and at the trifling cost of a few shilling's a ties which had been lately established must also have added
year, every subscriber can, by insuring his life for the a largely increased income to the property, and he con-
amount of premiums he pays, secure the advau- sidered there could be no moral doubt of the justice of the
assessmenth which had been made.
The court
tage contended for by your correspondent. And
thus we see, that the proposed association will I
in deliberationcourhain tran era being
fora considerable period. On s g
secure to the subicribers this most important
re-admitted,
advantage, that if they do not participate in the benefits been cleared the magistrates remained
contemplated by the association, they or their represen- The Chairman announced that the Bench was unanimouslyof opinion that the rate of 2,000/. should be confirmed.
tativea will receive back the whole of the contributions The case excited unusual d the court was
densely crowded daring the proceedings.
interest,
they have paid to the fund.
I submit, Sir, that these are benefits which could be
secured by no other means than by the adoption of the
scheme which you have so ably and so consistently
supported, and I cannot doubt but that this opinion will
meet with concurrence from all railway officials, when
they aro made acquainted with the bearing of the terms
of the proposed scheme.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
C. J. BRYDGES.

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THE EMIGRATION ill VEDIENT.-- A number of
clerks in the General Post-office and in the Tithe-office,
Somerset House, have resigned their situations to proceed to
Australia. Nine young men belonging to Blandford, irt
Dorsetshire, embarked at Gravesend yesterday for the gold
diggi'igs at Port Philip. These young men could all have
done well in this country. Last week a ship called the
Exact sailed from Jersey, laden with emigrants from that
island for Port Philip. An immense crowd of persons from
all parts of the island assembled to witness the departure of
their relatives, friends, and acquaintances.
It is stated that Sir Richard Keane, Bart., brother.
to Lord Keane, has been selected to take charge of and or—
ganize a police force to do duty in Australia, to be composed
of 2,000 of the Irish constabulary force.—Dublin Evening
Mail.

VACCINATION IN THE EAST.—From the annual
report of the National Vaccine Establishment, just published
by command of her Majesty, it appears that a large supply
of vaccine lymph, having been sent out by the Board of
.LoEgypt Bey, i4t5642 appearsp e
persons
that
ons
Health at Alexandria, has been found eminently successful,
,s, in a statement received through Lord Palmerston from
Ibrahim
inhatdhebceietniesvaanccdinpartoedvinincesonoef
year, and during the last five months only as many as 29,303
plied by the
dadandergpoanset the operation. The same report states that
yond those of the
ear 218,632 charges of lymph had been sup-,
g the
National Board, being an excess of 39,252 be.
3asseedcutg
stations on the African coasoutt in
raepgaainingtahpe
year. In consequence of the
failure of the lymph Psreenvtious
glass tubes to the various
and to the province of Angola,
aacckceetsso foflyamirphanian.
the
de
rbi :as rstate
now,careful) eng
damp, and to be consigned to some responsible
than intrusted to the casualties of the officer rather
mail bag.
THE ELECTION FOR CHATHAM.-147, yesterday re-
ferred to the extraordinary influences which had been put '
requisition in most of the Government boroughs, to ensure
the return of the Derby candidates, and we particularly
specified Chatham as one of the places in which corrupt
agencies had been most liberally employed. Among the
facts which will be elicited by a Committee of the House of
Commons in connexion with the Chatham election, will be
the very ugly one, that Sir Frederick Smith went about
through the borough, saying to the electors, " Vote for me.
I have all the patronage of the borough in my pocket. The
Duke of Northumberland has placed everything at my dis-
posal." -Strong must have been the integrity of the poor
voter who could have remained unaffected by such an appeal.
—Morning Advertiser.

SCREW'-STEAMERS.— GRIFFITH'S PROPELLERS.--
We noticed some time since the trial of the Weaver, a small
screw-steamer, built by Mr. Laird for the Bridgewater Trust,
fitted by Fawcett and Co. with a pair of 10-horse engines,
pointing out, at the same time, the change it might effect
in river navigation by means of screw-vessels, the difficulty
hitherto having been to obtain speed with a light draught.
The dimensions of the Weaver are limited to 66 feet long, 14
feet beam, and 3 feet 6 inches draught of water, in order to
pass the locks of the river—a great disadvantage, as it pre-
vented the builders giving as fine lines as were desirable to
ensure speed. The Weaver has since been fitted with
Griffith's patent screw-propeller, and the result of some
trials since made shows an increase of speed, with,
25 per cent. less speed of engine—a most im-
portant point, which must lead to the introduction of
Griffith's plan, more particularly in long voyages, where
saving of fuel is essential. The runs were made from.
Woodside-pier to Eastham-pier, a distance of miles.
With the common propeller the engine made 83 revolu-
tions, and the screw 332 revolutions, wnile the speed equalled
11 40 statute miles per hour. With Griffith's patent pro-
peller the revolutions of the engine were only 65. and those of
the screw 260, while the speed was equal to 12-28 statute
miles per hour. The per-tentage the ship bears to the whole
speed of the screw is, with the common propeller, 32, and
with the patent only 8. Last month a run, with the patent
propeller set at 5 feet 2 inches pitch, was made in the
Mersey, from the Duke's Dock, at Liverpool, up to Weston
Point; the distance by the direct course, which can only be
taken at high water, is fourteen miles, ut by the navigable
channel followed by the Weaver it is sixteen miles. The tide
was in favour of the vessel, estimated at about three miles per
hour, and the distance was accomplished in 55 minutes.
Average pressure of steam 10ib. ; vacuum, 28 inches; revo-
lutions of engine, 62.
By the Tay, Brazilian mail steamer, advises have
been received from the Queen of the South. She performed
her voyage to St. Vincent's, from Plymouth, in nine days,
16 hours, the fastest passage yet made, being at the rate of
236 miles per day, or 10 knots an hour. The Sir Robert Peel
screw-steamer, on her way to Cape Town, to take up the
African coast mail service from Cape Town, to Natal and the
intermediate ports, reached St. Vincent's from Plymouth in
13 days, 10 hours, and sailed for the Cape on the 30th June,
RETIRING PENSIONS TO COUNTY COURT JUDGES.
There is a clause in the County Courts Further Extension
Act (15th and 16th Victoria, cap. M), under which, on a
petition to the Lord Chancellor, retiring pensions to County
Court Judges, to two-thirds of their salaries,
may be granted
on account of personal infirmity disenabling a judge from tlail
dueexecution of his office.

REFORMS IN THE COMMON LAW COURTS.—TWo
Acts were passed on the 30th ult. by virtue of which some
extensive alterations will be made in the common jaw courts.
Both Acts were framed in accordance with the recommenda-
tions of the Common Law Commissioners. The first Act (15
and 16 Victoria, cap. 73) relates to the Nisi Prius officers,
and to the payment of judges' clerks by salaries. Several
offices are abolished, and the present fees reduced. Some
fees and gratuities are abolished, and the parties are to be
paid by salaries. The Treasury will, with the sanction of the
new table of fees for the superior courts and the judges,
chiefs of the three courts, fix the salaries to be paid, and a
chambers is to be framed. Among the fees abolished is one,
as many as 236 clauses, and its
of 6s. Bd. paid on circuit " for the use of the judge." The
triple and speedy the process, prac-
tice, Act is called the Common Law Procedure Act (cap.
object 76 Tishtios
pleading in the common law courts. A
tice, and mode of
..
are got rid of by this Act, and
great many technicalities
expensive and morteifpLdtistiowl than
rAencdtercoinnotairens, .
actions will be lesslthe superior courts.
they have been
2i4nth of October, the end of the long vacation.w
SIGNATURE OF COUNSEL.—From the 24th of
ifneVdicatoria,
the signature of counsel will not be required to
October next
i ,i,,iag• in the superior common law courts.
effeTctlifEromtlie
any pea
Poraocinetdiffuroer Act, 15th
haanvdinlg6othbtao
ExECIITION AFTER TRIAL.—It is provided by the
Common
cep. ,
ver-
dict in a cause tried d out of term, shall be entitled to issue
execution in fourteen ays, unless the judge who tr.
caw, or some other judge, or the court, shall order
tion to issue at an earlier or later period, with •
7a thLaatwa 1
tries the
execu-
tion without terms.
AFRICAN COTTON.—SmaII parcels of cotton con-
tinue to arrive from the western coast of Africa. We have
been favoured with samples from a lot of five small bales,
containing 1,0261 b., consigned to a gentleman
and now on their way from the coast. in
this
town,
exceedingly clean and well The cotton seems
got up, the colour good, the
staple of good length, but not very strong. It 1 wou d be,
however, exceedingly useful for spinning weft,. and
equal in value to fair bowed. We hear,
also, is
of another probably
parcel
of about the same amount, purchased on the coastwith funds sent out for that purpose by Lady Buxton. The important
question of the price at which African cotton can be im-
ported remains yet undetermined • but we see no ri'ason for
supposing that the labour which is employed during
one portion of the year in collecting . palm oil, and
at others in the cultivation of ground nuts, cannot
be profitably turned to the growth of cotton, for which, if
we may judge from the natural produce of the wild plant, the
soil and climate of Western Africa are peculiarly adapted—
much more so, indeed, than those of any of the countries
from which we now receive our supplies of that mat""
It is only by a judicious selection of' seed, and by careful
cultivation, that the quality of American cotton is kept on an
equality, or something near an equality, with the unaided
produce of the wild plant of Africa; and hence there is rea-
son to suppose that, with some moderate amount of skill
and care in the cultivation of the latter, it would produce
cotton more abundantly, and of better quality, than the
American plant; while the great regularity of the seasons
and the invariable absence of frost would preserve it from
those vicissitudes which always threaten the produce of the
United States, and frequently diminish its quantity and
injure its quality to a very serious extent.—. Manchester
Guardian.
MoNzyMARKET.--Tbe quotation of gold at Paris
is about 4 per mine prem. (accofrgii.nglt7osthe new tariff), which,
at the English Mint pricecxcohan e f. 10a, per ounce for
standard gold, ' gives an
at short being 25.27 ; and the ex-
change at Paris on Lon _ t being 25.35, it follows
Per cent,
that gold is about 0.321. Pm
~..a dearer in London than in
Paris. By advises l owhitot raburgh the price of gold
is about 4281/ Per mil'' en., at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
d the exchange at Ilamburgh on London at
of 13.6 i i and the it
short being 13.4, follows that gold is about 0.46 per cent.
London than in course of ex-
dearer in Hambur h
Hamburg h. The
New York
change at on London for bills at 60 days' sight is
110 i per cent., and the par of exchange between England
and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the
exchange is nominally 0.92 per cent. in favour of England.
And, after making allowance for charges of transport, the
present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold
from the United States,