The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-07 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
Sales about 5,000 bales. Imports 841. Steady
No change.

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about per millo pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.221 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
arly 2-10ths rer cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 124 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.5 i per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mirit price is, therefore, about
6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
days' sight is about 171 per cent., and the premium on
gold is 551 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the
mportation of gold from the United States.

THE GROWTH OF COTTON IN FRANCE.—It has
been asserted and subsequently denied that the cot-

ton, plant can be cultivated in the South of ursine. The
question appears to be set at rest by MM. Lille, Brothers,
who have addressed a letter to the Lyons papers, in which
they state that cotton may be cultivated in France as easily
as tobacco. The ocly impediment to be apprehended is
heavy rain in autumn, when the crop is fit for picking. In
that ease the colour of the cotton and the suppleness of the
fibre are deteriorated, but it will be still fit for the manufac-
thee of coarse cloths. The moue of cultivation recommended
is to plough and harrow the ground in the month of
February or March, and then manure the ground in
the proportion of 20 tons to the acre. The manure is
to be ploughed into the ground and left so for a few days,
and the ground then harrower a second time to prepare it
for the seer], which is to be sown towards the end of April,
in drills, about two inches de p and three feet apart. As
cotton seed is slow in striking root it must be steeped in
water for 48 hours and then mix Pd with sand. When dried
in the sun it is to be sown in parcels of 6 grammes weight,
at a distance of 2 ft from each other taking care to cover
the seed with earth immediately Should the ground be dry
it ought to be watered. When the plants rise to the height of
6 in. they are to receive their first hoeing. When the
plants are 18 in. high they are to be again dressed in the
same manner as beans. Some days after the tops of the
plants arc to be pinched off, in order that they may strike
oat branches. After this period the plants, being strong,
will bear watering if the weather be dry or hot. In order
to hasten the maturity of the plants some of the lower leaves
and the useless branches are to be removed towards the end
ot August. This precaution is necessary in all countries
where the autumn rams, which usually occur in Octet er,
may injure the erep. The crop ought to be gathered in
dry weather, according as the p ds begin to open ; and
they should be immediately deposited in a dry and airy
place

Th 9 Pandora, 4, screw gun. vessel, Commander
Ruxton, tested her speed at the measured mile in
Stokes B ou S tturday, but, from attendant eir-
eumstances, will prohably repeat the trial beforr
sailing for her dettivatiou, the West Coast of
Africi. The Pandora's armament comprises one
110-pounder, two 20-pounders and t wol2-pounders,
all Armstrong breechloaders.