The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-07 00:00:00

COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION,

At the usual weekly meeting of the Executive
Committee, held on 'Tuesday, a letter was read from
Nassau, stating that a small bale of cotton growl'
from Egytian seed at Grand Bahama, and cleaned
by a gin sent out by the association, has oeen for-
warded for sale. A correspondent at Long Island,
one of the Bahamas, reports that almost everybody
on that island has now planted cotton, and that a
gentleman on his way to Nassau purchased in e•
tew hours 3,0001 b. of fine cotton. The favourable
results so far realised seem to justify the expecta-
tion that cotton will continue to be grown in all
increased degree at Grand B shame. A letter vilie
received from St. Kitt's, West Indies, reporting that
some experiments in growing cotton had succeeded
well, and that the writer intends to pleat a large
rea t '.year. On some estates in which he is in'
terested in the adjoining island of Nevis cotton had
been tried, bat had not done well, owing to exces-
,ive drought. Soma samples have been forwarde°
which, if found to be satisfactory, will prove e
,iimu,us to greater efforts. The cuiLivat ion of cot'
..on is gradually extenoing, although It is yet but as
!xperiment, A letter was read enc;osing a sample

cAton from Batavia which had been grown Irons
seed sent out by the association. It is
,iated that the Eg p and Sea Liana seed bbd
at fincetEded, but Iwo): thv New Orleiais promised
well, and it was intended to sow a larger quantity
lf that description. Encouraging accounts Were
also for warded from Manilla. Letters were received
from Genoa and Turin, representing the importav°
of promoting the growth of Sea Island cotton In'
Sardinia, for which that island is well adapted,ao
qu,stiug to be furnished with large supplf.es et
seed. It is inteuthrd to plant 1,000 hectares at once,
And upwards of 5,000 hectares next year, as ever/
,xperiment so far gives assurance, of satistactor)
:esults, A letter was read from Malta, convey
(Ile thanks of the directors of the Exhibition 01
.q.altese industry for a grant of gins made by the
Association, as prizes to be presented to the rne4
successful cultivators of cotton. The Exhibitioo
opens in the second week of April, and intorwatto
its progress will be supplied. Consular d°ere
vatcnes, forwarded by the Foreign -office,
,oeived from her M j--sty's Consul-General 51
Bey rout, containing a comparative return of 0(
quantity of cotton seed sown in the pashalio
Sidon in the years 1862 and 1863, and showing ti v,l
the excess in the latter over the former year V'
been 209 per cent., and amounted to 1,193,793 th•
return of the quantity of cotton shipped at the p' rut
of the pashalic during the last two years win "
speedily obtained and forwarded. The Cotton Core
mission is taking measures for the distribution °
the American cotton seed from CJnstantinopler v
be given to the growers gratuitously for the 13P.,
proaching season. A despatch from Mr. COlibru
Green, Bucharest, contains an interesting rep.°_,
from Galatz of some experiments in the cultivati:e
of cotton, communicated by Prince COUZit'S bee.u,
tary. The merit of these experiments is a
conviction that cotton can be advantageously gr7t,
in the Danubian provinces. A sau3ple 11" D,
forwarded as an illustration of what can be poi
duced. • -

General GtribAldi leaves Brooke on INionu-
morning for Lludon. Lunch is ortirrucl to
ready for him and his friends at the Fountain Hotel,
Cowes, on his arrival there. He is to embark from tt
Fountain-pier at ten o'clock, so as to reach southatuptou
time for the 11,35 train for London.