The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-28 00:00:00

Cotton Supply Association,

Smyna. A strong and heartfelt desire is continually
manifested by the government to eecourage the
growth of eotton in every practicable way. Grants
of seed were made for Pernambuco, where it is
greatly in demand, and where it is said every pound
will be immediately planted, for Shanghae and
other places.

At the usual weekly meeting of the Executive
Committee, held on Tuesday, a letter was read from
JamaLa, stating that the writer is devoting himself

to the cultivation of cotto❑ on the north side of the
island; and having great influence with the natives
he is exerting it to induce them to become growers
of cotton as well as himself, whilst he pap special
attention to the due preparation of what is produced
for the market. The negroes, though not adverse,
and oven desirous that cotton should succeed, do not
believe that it will, neither do 99 out of every
100 of the other inhabitants; but encouraged by
the trials already made, and by his own deliberate
conviction, he is boldly prosecuting the work, and
expects that his success will stimulate others to ex-
ertion, A letter was received stating that the cul-
tivation of cotton is extending in Barbary, and that
the natives are entering into it with great earnest-

ness. A great mistake has been made in many
instances in growing the various sorts of cotton
promiscuously ; this has been especially the case in
Algeria, and the cotton thus produced has been
found unsaleable if not useless. The writer men-
tions a beautiful track of country near Tangier,
containing upwards of 20,000 acres, abundantly
watered by springs, and totally uncultivate3,
which might be made available for the growth of
cotton. A despatch was read, forwarded by the
Colonial-office, from the Governor of Queensland,
on the introduction of Chinese immigrants into
that colony to grow cotton, and stating that there
is no law in force, as in some of thA colonies in
Australia, to impede the immigration, at their
own expense, or at the expense of private
employers, of the inhabitants of China or
of any other country ; but that emigration from
Europe only can be assisted at the public expense,
according to the regulations sanctioned by the
Queensland Parliament. Oa the question from
what sou►ce can a permanent supply of the raw
material suitable for our manufactures, and capable
of competing with the product of the Southern
States of America, be obtained, the despatch repeats
what his excellency had previously stated, viz. ;

" That the whole question of the supply of Asiatic
labour really affects the mother country far more
than the colony. The Government and legislature
of Queensland have done all in their power, by
offering free grants of land, premiums on the
exportation of cotton, and other facilities and en-
conragGments, to assist the parent state in the pre-
sent crisis in the supply of the raw material of her
staple manufacture. Mr. Baxley and other practical
men are of opinion that sufficient cotton for the de-
mands of the English trade might be grown in
Queensland alone with the aid of Asiatic labour,
which they deem indispensable. But if cotton is to be
grown on an extensive scale it must be by English
capitalists, the capital of the colonists being already
for the most part absorbed in growing wool. It fol-
lows that any restrictions, or difficulties and delays
equivalent to restrictions, imposed on the introduc-
tion of Asiatic labour, whether Hindoo or Chinese,
will fall far more heavily on the capitalists and
manufacturers in England than on the colonists in
Queensland." A letter was received from Smyrna
from the Vice President of the Cotton Commission
of Anatolia, stating that the attention of the Im
perial government has been specially directed to the
importance of promoting the use of American seed,
and that the Minister of Commerce is now practi
tally engaged with the subject. The eaotic seed,
distributed and planted last year, was so late that it
came up just in time for the locusts, and fell a
prey
to to them. Some hesitation as to using exotic seed
has consequently been felt by the native cultivators,
which will be removed by a good harvest and the
successful results in other districts. Notwithstand-
ing all difficulties and discouragements cotton grow.
ing has taken a firm hold, ginning establishments
have sprung up in all the chief districts, and the
Imperial government has just sent down 25 of Platt's
gins for distribution in the country districts around

THE SUN , LONDON, TIM_RSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2E4, 1864:

tion of a city and country life. Among all classes of men in
the city, at 20 and upwards, themean age at death is scarcly
52 years, whereas in all England it is nearly 56. Among
women at 20 and upwards the mean age at death in the city is
little less than 50, though in the rest of England it is a little
more. It would appear from this that there is a general
loss of about four years in the lifetime of every man in the
city, but the different classes show remarkable variations in
this respect, The merchant and shopkeeper, for instance,
says Dr. Letheby, die at the mean age of 57, the clerk at 54;
the tailor, shoemaker, labourer, carpenter, and porter at
from 51 to 52 ; the cabman, ostler, and carman at 50 ; the
costermonger and hawker at 19, and the printer at 45. The
wives in these classes in every instance have a much longer
duration of life than their husbands, for it commonly reaches
to about 56 years, and therefore it is presumed that the
circumstances which shorten existence in the city are not so
much in the homes of the people as in their occupations and
habits. With respect to the causes of death clariiig the year,
of every 1,000 deaths, among all classes in the city, there
were 164 from pneumonia and bronchitis, 133 front phthisis,
76 from tabes and scrofula, 25 from hydrocephalus, 55 from
convulsions and teething, 27 from diarrheas, 71 from scarlet
fever, 39 from continued fever, 15 from smallpox, 24 from
measles, 9 from erysipelas, 50 from whooping cough, croup,
and diphtheria, G 2 from violence, privation, and poison, and
270 from causes of a chronic nature. Altogether, there
were 214 deaths in every 1,000 from tubercular diseases,
164 from inflammatory affections of the lungs, and 235 from
diseases of a zymotic character, The average number for
the last ten years are 212 from the first-named maladies,
164 from the second, and 236 from the third. In all Eng-
land the proportions are 160, 149, and 191 respectively.
Each of these groups of diseases is thus seen to be more
prevalent and fatal in the city than elsewhere.

were five sovereigns in the drawer, which he claimed asi
his property. On searching him I found a key Which
fitted the box. I subsequently found at the Waterloo
Station, 13s 10d in money, as well as a watch and chain.
I also found a letter received from Mr. Kennedy, secretary
of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central Indian Railway, 10,
Liverpool-street, New Broad-street, London. It was dated
Nov. 7, and stated, in answer to an application for an ap-
pointment on that railway made by the prisoner, that there
was at that time no vacancy, but that his name should be
entered upon the company's book. I also found the second
letter in Mrs. Harris's handwriting, which has been read.

I went to London, and at the Waterloo station found a box
directed to Mrs. Wilson, &c. The key found upon the
prisoner fitted the lock. In the box were £33 in gold, and
also a slip of paper, on which the following was written :
" Dearest,—l have taken £5 back for other opportunities.
The rest is in the box, as Charley (meaning the prosecutor)
is in a way, and it may be found out if any one should see
I had so much money. Keep away from any of your
friends. He has sent to Chapple-street (the residence of
Mrs. Harris's grandfather) to day."
Mr. Samuel Davis, superintendent of the Salisbury sta-

tion of the South-Western Railway, knew the prisoner's
handwriting, and believed that on the scrap of paper found
in the box at the Waterloo station was the prisoner's, but
he could not swear positively to it.
The Bench having heard Mr. Wilson for the prisoner,
expressed their opinion that there was sufficient evidence to
warrant them in sending the case for trial.
Mrs. Betsy Harris was then called by Mr. Wilson, and
said she had determined to leave her husband, not because
he ill-used her, but because he made use of bad language
She knew the prisoner in consequence of his visiting her
husband's house. On Wednesday last she took some
clothes and money to the railway station, and asked the
prisoner to forward them to Waterloo station, and handed

_An £5 to pay expenses. But there was no engagement
between her and the prisoner to meet each other in India,
though she proposed to go out herself, and applied at a
house in Birchin-lane to take part of a berth, but she was
asked £6O, which she thought too much, Her letters to
the prisoner were certainly very unguarded in expression.
Cross-examined—l do not generally address gentlemen
as" Here I am, my darling." (Laughter.) I made an ex-
ception in this case, because the prisoner was my tool. I
gave Stainton £5 to purchase the box, and to meet any ex-
penses to which he might be subject in assisting me in
escaping from my husband. I took £54 from my husband
altogether. I intended to earn my own living in India. I
have mentioned about going to India to the prisoner. He
told me that he had applied for a situation in India. I did
not make any arrangements for Stainton to see me in Lon-
don. I spoke to the prisoner about leaving Salisbury the
first time on the Wednesday morning. I left on Wednes-

day at a quarter-past two. The children I left in the care
of their father.

The Bench then committed the prisoner for trial at the
ensuing spring assizes, to be held at Devizes, but they con-
sented to take bail, himself in £2OO and two sureties of £lOO
each.