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London, England, 1862-08-19 00:00:00

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p A.RIS.—GRAND• HOTEL,
BrJulevard des Capucines.
GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE,
Rue de Riven.
Thew?,
l two large Hotels arc carried on by the Compagn!Le
IMlnebilere de Paris.
711eY contain to,rether 1,400 bedrooms or salons, the rent of
which , at fixed prices, is established at from 4fr. to 30fr. a
,day f' ar the Grand Hotel, and from 3fr. to 2Cfr. P. day for the
`Ataf,cl Piotel du Louvre.
t.,.3' Pie variety in the price, and of
the situation of those
f,,n:o- rhatelx, in the finest uarters of Par,is, travellers and
,:'.411 lea are always sure of being able to ;Ind accommodation
',1,,,tr dale to their wants, their tastes, ar,d their means.
Ilia,x' he Tables d'Hote of the two ',leads, having together 700
.ces, are served at six o'cle,ek ; the public are admitted to
i em as well as those who 'reside in the Hotels.
f, zliieprtiwceos.llotels have, moreover, a public restaurant at
The Salons of those two Hoteb4 are appropriated for public
or wedding dinner and for fetes or family mee
_There is in each' Hotel a reading-room, a cife-gsbilliara
arvan, bath-rooms, and a 'public telegraphic office, corres-
ponding' Pending' day and night with all Europe.
Hotels
Persons employed in the service of the two
El3eak every lan ,
gua,,e.
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TUB LONDON , 191, FLEET-STREET, near
Temple-bar.
DAYS ,
SAWYER'S PA3JOIJS LONDON DINNER for THIS
'''e 19th inst,,, 'will consist of
fete de V POTAGES.
Veau a I'Anglais—A l'ltalienne.
POISSON.
linguine etuvee--Soles frites.
Cotelettes e ENTREES.
le Veau a la Zingara—Rissoles en Salpicon.
„._

Pia'nehe de Mouton rota—Bceuf bouilli.

ENTREMETS.
130. aeting aux Vermicelle--Beignets de Pomme.

Fronage et Sal de.
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will LORROW, the 20th inst., " TUE LONDON DINNER"
4vsist of

POTAGES.
De Tortue a la Francais—Aux Macaroni.
POISSON.
Saurnon sauce Homard—Filets de Merlans frits.
atelettes de Mouton a lEaNSTaßuliEsse.—Petit Pates de Volatile.

ENTREMETS.
G6l6e aux Citron—Pouding a la St. Cloud.

Fromage et Salade,
Turtle Soup included in the Loudon. Dinner three times a
Week without extra charge.
An extensive and carefully fielf2cted stock of RHENISH,
Tr°O4.I3SELON nINLE nd oth f WlNE'',;i'rorted expressly for THE
'NEI

Turtle Soup
r:l'le
attention of Cler ten,
and ' 411 Fish in season daily.
iteeeren is especially drp.wn to the advantages offered by
ractetr.end Club of tke . Officers, and Professional
vire:
.e elegant Saloons, ' which fulfil all the requirements
most aristoera c and
to eilleurs Journau
L'on trouve dan, ti d exclusive cha-
.d
Lecture non seulement lea
4la Salle e . Francais et 800., e ..x Anglais, mais aussi Journaux Allemande,
N. Tt_D„..
liners in
I)lNwn. ".,„n -4''' the Exhibition Season, THE LONDON
Di ---' " ilf be served daily from 2 until 9 o'clock ; and
th e Coffee-room, a la Carte, from 1 untillo o'clock.
Open on Sundays at 4 o'clock.
.L..............._ FREDERICK SAWYER, Proprietor.
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_
Cir.B.EAT WESTERN RAILWAY._
Wm. On SATURDAY, Atwust 23, an EXCURSION TRAIN
p.t; leave PAY_WINGTON'at 2.25 p.m., and Reading at 3.35
r. ..., for CIRENCESTER and Stroud (12s. and 65.); Gloud-
i,Bler and C'hieltenham 14s. and 75.); Ross and Herefor
-8.
and 864 ; returning( at SP. on Tuesday, August 26.
GitTA AT WESTERN RAILWAY.--
2srDAY August 24, an EXCURSION TRAM'
I,2ave Paddington at 8.40 a.m. for TAPLOW (ss. and
. 60.4, Twyford and Henley (ss. 6d. and 35.), Pangbourne,
Gor'ing Wallingford-Toad (6s. and 3s. 6d.), Abingdon and
OXio Nl' (6s. 6d. and 45.), returning the same day at 7.30 p m.
~'____________
II REAT WESTIVARN RAILWAy._
\A On TUESDAY, Aug'ast 26, an EXCURSION TRAIN
Will st irt from Paddington. at 12.25 p.m., and Reading at 1.35
for WORCESTER (12s. and 75.), Malvern (13s and 7s.
-), Ledbury (14s. and Bs.), Hereford (16s. and Ss.), finny (:7s. 6d. and 10. a. 6d.), Newport (19s. and 125.), AberKiddegr-
ister, stourbridge. and Dudley 12s. 6d. and 7s. 6d.), Bewd-
-leY (13s. and Bs.), and Bridgnorth (15s. and Os.), returning
either on p
Peaclay, September dy
as Auger bills.ust 28, Wednesday, September 3, or
5,

111 q ANK. OF ENGLAND NOTES.-£1,500
-,!--, REWARD.—WHEREAS the Directors of the BANK
IT ENGLAND have recently discovered that some of the
raper manufactured for their Notes has been feloniously
taken from the mills of Mears. Portal and Co., at Laverstoke,
!leaf* Whitchu'rch in Hampshire, and that such paper has
been used ha. 'the fabrication of Forged Notes, Notice is hereby
,hall' that 'a REWARD of £5OO will be paid to any one who
anda.. give *such information as will lead to the apprehension
a.„,,,,„ give
of any person concerned in the stealing of the
to the°
Paler and a FURTHER REWARD OF £l,OOO will be
Paid t any one who shall give such informatton as will lead
in th; 'apprehension and conviction of any person concerned
int__.7 fabrication of Forged Notes by means of such paper.
poirmation to be given to Mr. Superintendent Hodgson, and ,
'e-°Mee, Old Je , , London ;or to Messrs. Freshfields
~,eNvinan, 5, Bank-buildings, London.
By order of the Directors,
E. WELSH, Assistant Secretary.
Bator _.
ui England, 16th August, 1862.
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NeotiAY;ll-°N.—BANK of ENGLAND NOTES.—
Directors of the Bank of England hereby give
sorne"', that it has recently come to their knowledge that
too, .'3l the Paper manufau for their Notes has laen all 412?usly taken from the Mills; and they desire to caution
Pa.yrn"k‘e,rs, Money-changers, and other persons, in taking
ppareot nY Bank of England Notes, not to depend upon the
With anon
genuineness of the Paper alone, but to examine
their ased care the PRINTING also ; and in all eases, for
-the Persons
Protection, to obtain and preserve the Names of
sons from whom the Notes are received.
By order of the Directors,
tank of En E. WELSH, Assistant Secretary.
fs• land, 16th August, 1862.
.
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CAMBRIAN CONSOLIDATED GOLD
'"`Notie - MINES COMPANY (LIMITED).
MIAT.4 18 hereby Given, that NO APPLICATIONS
_F_OIRS
DAY this Company will be received after THIS
(TUESDAY), the 19th instant.

By order of the Board.
HILL, FAWCETT, and HILL,
29, Threadneedle-street, E.O
19th Brokers to the Company.
August, 1862. ~
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-
The Flag of Truce. Dedicated to the Emperor
of the French. Ridgway, London.
Why the writer dedicates his "Flag of Truce"
to the Emperor of the Frenqh it is not easy to see,
since he harely adverts to him or to France in its
pages. His object is to advocate a friendly inter-
vention to stay the War, and, notwithstanding his
impracticable beginning, some of the arguments
are well and practically stated. He is, however,
partial to such appeals as we find on page 11 :
" With all due deference to the diplomatic cautien 'of
European Cabinets, we do not believe in the policy of coolly
looking on with folded arms while a young and powerful
member of the family of nations, in a fit of passion, is tear-
ing its own flesh, and rending its own limbs asunder. in-
ternational duty is not dhcharged by assuming 'Mt attitude
of calm and complPcent neutrality. Something more is
duo to the corolmtants than to form a sort of sportsman's
ring, and insist on fair play. When the courage and the
skin of the parties has been preyed, and their strength and
manhood fully tested, non-interference on the part of the
witnesses. to the mortal combat is to become particeps
c 49ninis in the eye of the 'common law. Let them be it-
cognised and treated as equals, invited to shake hands and
separate in peace.

" Fair play is a phrase much nsed by Englishmen, and
even in pugilistic encounters a fair fight and no favour is
strenuously demanded. In the great contest between the
North and the South, the recognition of both parties as
belligerents, entitled to equal rights, was undoubtedly in-
tended as an application of the fair play principle to the
parties at war. But in order to place the North and the
South on a footing of equality, the ports and markets of
the world should be equally open to each. If the laws,
treatie R and agreements of nations prevent the supply of
articles contraband Of war to either party by foreign mer-
chants in foreign vessels, still the North has the vast ad-
vantage of purchasing powder, lead, rifles, swords, guns,
and all other instruments of death in all the marts of
Europe ; while the South, shut out from all the world,
depends entirely upon its own resources for means of de-
fence, extemporising the manufacture of arms and muni-
tions ;of war, instead of importing them ready made from
abroad. To respect the blockade is, in effect, to take part
with the North against the South—with the strong (numeri-
cally) against the weak—with the invader against the in-
vaded. Is this the boasted fair play of non-intervention?
Why, even in a cock-fight the gallant bird that loses his
spur is immediately taken from the pit in accordance with
,the cry of the spectators, and not permitted to renew the
contest until supplied with weapons equal in length and
sharpness to those of his antagonist. These diplomatic
sticklers for noninterference with the deadly struggle in
America forcibly remind one of the impartiality of the old
woman in Oregon, who, when she saw her husband fighting
with a bear, only ' prayed for fair play, not caring a fig
which licked.' "

711 E MANCHESTER COTTON COMPANY.

The first annual meeting of the shareholders was held on
Friday afternoon, in one of the committee-rooms of the
Manchester Town-hall. The gentlemen present included
Mr. H. Mason (Ashton), Mr. J. R. Kaye, Mr. W. Morris,
and many other well •known cotton .spinners. Mr. J. Platt,
the chairman of the company, presided.
Mr. D. Chadwick, the secretary, read the report of the
directors. The following is an abstract :
The first business of the executive committee, after their
appointment, was to communicate with the Secretary of
State for India in reference to Mr. Haywood's proposed
mission. This resulted in the Government agreeing to order
the completion of the road at the Keggah Ghaut from
Dharwar to the harbour of Sedashegur without delay; to
afford to the Manchester Cotton Company the opportunity
of purchasing land at the new port of Sedashegur for the
erection of cotton gin factories, presshouses, offices, and
stores; and to send to the Governors of the Bombay and
Madras presidencies, and also to the collectors, surveyors,
and other Government offices in the districts through which
Mr. Haywood might have to pass,instructions to afford him
all the assistance and information in their power. The Cot-
ton Supply Association contributed £5OO, being about one-
fourth of the expenses of Mr. Haywood's mission. Mr. Hay-
wood arrived in Bombay in September. He was detained in
India in consequence of the anxiety felt in regard to the
transfer of North Canara from the Madras to the Bombay
Government, without which no satisfactory progress could
be expected in the making of the new road from Dharwar to
Sedashegur. Mr. Haywood's official report, when ready,will
contain valuable information upon the system of cotton cul-
ture, its purchase from ryots, and its present mode of clean-
ing and packing, and other details relative to roads, &c.
Last month the chairman of the company received 11 bales
of cotton grown from American seed in Dharwar, and for-
warded thence to Sedashegur. The present value in Liver-
pool of this Dharwar cotton is stated by brokers at 16d. to
17d. per lb., while under ordinary circumstances the average
price has only been from sd. to 6d. Although the Govern-
ment of India promised that the new road over the Khyga
Ghaut should be open for traffic last May, it was onlyopened
to a width of 12 feet-6 feet scarped out of the side hills, the
remainder being for the meet part only loose earth thrown
over to form the rest of the 12 feet road. The consequence
has been that the rains of the monsoon have already com-
pletely destroyed the road in many places, and rendered it
impassable for traffic. Carts could not safely pass each
other on the 12 feet road, even if in repair. It is the inten-
tion of the Government to commence opening this road
to a width of 24 feet immediately after the monsoon. The
work will occupy, probably, two years. A temporary but
inferior cart track has been opened to connect the Arbyle
Ghaut Road with Sedashegur. The Seringapatam was
chartered for the company, and was despatched on the 10th
of December with a full cargo of machinery, cotton presses,
cotton gins, &c., together with a quantity of ploughs, sent
by the Cotton Supply Association. The harbour of Sedas-
hegur has been preyed to bo quite equal to the expectations
of the committee, formed from the reports of Lieutenant
Taylor, R.N., and other Indian officers. Six experienced
mechanics were sent out with the machinery—one of them
died on the passage. The company's warehouses,workshops,
and machinery are now being erected on a site of land (19
acres)selected by Mr. Haywood, at Allyghuddy, and front-
ing the harbour of Sedashegur. A second shipload of ma-
chinery, stores, &c.—aboat 600 tons—was sent out on the
28th of July, in the Harriet Humble. It is much to be re-
gretted that the object of Mr. Haywood's mission to India
has been to a large extent misunderstood and misrepre-
sented, and he has, therefore, had many difficulties to con-
tend with which were not foreseen. The committee have
muoh pleasure in recording their high opinion of the manner
in which he has discharged his trust. At Winnebah,on the
West Coast of Africa, the committee have entered into a
satisfactory arrangement with and have afforded assistance
to Mr. A. C. Hutton, an active and energetic Englishman,
who has purchased 300 acres of land from the King of
Winn'ebah, the greater portion of which is under the culti-
vation of cotton. If it can be proved that cotton can be
profitably grown by free labour in Africa, it is hoped that
the success of this great experiment will induce the native
chiefs to follow this example. Being desirous that some
steps should be taken to introduce into the Berar districts
the improved machinery for cleaning and packing cotton,
arrangements have been entered into to supply Messrs.
Robert Watson and Co., of Nagpore, with the new gins,
bullock power machines, and a cotton press. It is ex-
pected that the railway between Nagpore and Bombay
will shortly be completed, and this will afford largely
increased facilities. The total receipts of the company up
to July 31, 1862, are £41,990 7s. 7d. ; payments,
£38,064105. 6d.; leaving a balance in hand of £3,925175. ld.
It is expected that in a few months the press houses at
Sedashegur, with the machinery, will be completed. It is
estimated that the machinery will clean about 1,400 bales of
cotton per week. The six cotton presses will press one bale
per minute. Up to the present time the company's ope-
rations hay e been necessarily preliminary; but the directors
must look to and require from the Government of India
that assistance which it is bound to render by means of the
speedy construction of roads and other public works, which
all commercial communities have a right to expect at the
hands of a Government. The position of the company is
now such as entitles it to the prompt and fullest support of
the trade and the public in the present crisis.
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and
congratulated the shareholders upon the cheering appear-
' ance of their first annual meeting. When they first com-
menced operations they looked upon India in some mea-
sure as a maiden field. The sole object in sending out Mr.
Haywood was to see how far the Government reports were
correct, and also to gather information as to the best dis-
tricts in India for the operations of the company. It had
been found that the districts of Dharwar and North Canara
were those especially adapted for their operations. When
the matter was first decided upon by the committee, North
Canara was under the presidency of Madras, which was
notorious for its dilatoriness in all matters connected with
trade. The company represented to Sir Charles Wood that
it was advisable to transfer North Canara to the Bombay
w.
etc, tebdy.
Sir
d-tapism
Charles re
INeTooGovernment. A great delay followed. The district of North
Canara contained Sedashegur, one of the best ports in India;
and the moment it was discovered that the transfer of this
harbour to Bombay was probable, all the appliances of
rei
Since then progress has been very rapid. The failure of
the 80 miles of road from the interior of Dharwar to the
were
tupie into
sev requisitionera the to
transferprevent as it,
effected.
Since
harbour had materiall • dPd operations,and • y nape ... it was to
be regretted that communications did not receive greater
attention at the hands of the Government. (Hear.) The
Manchester Cotton Company welcomed all companies and
associations, both private and public. They had no jea.

tousles, but were anxious to get the raw material into Lan-
cashire. They might now look with very great hope and
encouragement to the future of India. He did not mean
to say that India was adapted for the finer qualities of cot-
ton, but for three growths of the cotton used in this country
India was specially adapted, (Hear, hear.) But, unless
the Government entered into their plans, all their labours
wolfr. uld be in vain. (Applause.)
LITTLEDALE seconded the adoption of the report,
withW h which
thei w as
exception carried unanimously.chairman,krhe
iireAtiyrinwgo andodpirseacitdortshat
hios
illfisduw.tyerwe
who, being a contractor
with the coMpany, resigned his
office.
asthteonvirseit-eElegcytepdt,
e
and in The Times and Cbtton ,Supply Reporter the result
of
his investigations had been recorded. He had that day had
an interview With an agent of the estates of several of the
Pashas of Egypt, whc informed him that last year the
growth of Egyptian cotton Increased from 120,000 to
200,000 bales, and that next year, in all probability, we
should be supplied with 250,000 bales. He (Mr, Haywood)
Was therefore not without hope that the efforts made by the
Cotton Supply Association to direct the attention of the au-
thorities of Egypt to the importance of increasing their
cotton productions was not without useful results. It was
unfortunate for the company in many respects that the
transfer of North Canara from the Madras to the Bombay
Government.was not carried out, as he was informed by
Sir Charles Wood, personally, it would be by the time of
his (Mr. Haywood's) landing at Bombay. He was un-
able to proceed up the Ryga Ghaut Road, as there was not
even a track cut through the forests. He then proceeded
further down the coast, and ultimately pushed forward
to other districts of the Madras Presidency. The
Government of India and the East India Company
formerly made very great efforts to improve the cultivation
of cotton in India, and a number of American planters were
employed in various parts of the. different presidencies in
improving that cultivation. Some persons had attributed
to these men the intention of defeating their own efforts,
stating that it was not patriotic on their part to seek suc-
cess. Whatever might be the truth on the subject, they
were not discuss; but anyhow, not one of those planters
succeeded in the attempt to cultivate cotton. The Dharwar
was the only district in which American seed had succeeded
as a culture, and it was mainly owing to the efforts of Mr.
Shaw, a collector of the district, who was determined to
carry out the experiment, that Dharwar was now covered
with American cotton. In a recent minute. published by
the Governor of Madras, the culture of American cotton
was to some extent deprecated, under the impression that
all previous efforts were a failure. The Dharwar American
cotton, however, stocd at the head of the London and Liver-
pool markets. The Cotton Supply Astociation had endea-
voured to extend the culture, but his impression was that it
required time to acclimatise the seed. The successful culti-
vation of American cotton in India ought to be the first
effort of the Government. The seed already acclamatised
should be spread over as wide a portion of suitable soil as
possible. Although Sir William Denison recommended
the improvement of native cotton, he (Mr. Haywood) be-
lieved the nearest road to success was through the exten-
sive distribution of the acclimatised seed. No one ac-
quainted with the subject could doubt that the soil of the
Indian cotton fields would yield ample cotton produce.
Out of 180 millions of population, at least four millions—
equal to the population of the American slave States—•
could certainly be found for the cultivation of cotton.
(Hear, hear.) The cotton received from India had, unfor-
tunately, a bad reputation ; but this did not arise so much
from its intrinsic nature as from an indifferent system of
picking, cleaning, and packing. To make the growth of
cotton in India successful, this system must be altered.
Great attention was paid to this in Egypt. The whole of
the productions of Candeish, Dharwar, and other districts,
found their way into Bombay through two lines of railway,
but, unfortunately, neither was complete. They would
probably be finished in a couple of years, but more were re-
quired. What was wanted in these districts was the estab-
lishment of cotton presses to diminish the bulk of the cotton
and facilitate transit. The greater portion of goods was
carried on the old country carts, employing hundreds of
thousands of bullocks. To make the operations of the com-
pany successful, all that was required was the united efforts
of the trade. He was convinced that the presence of Euro-
peans as merchants or agents, or in any other capacity, in
the interior was necessary to direct and guide the willing
efforts of the labour of the natives. The natives were in-
telligent, keen at a bargain, and willing to make a profit of
a rupee when they saw the possibility, but they had not that
practical knowledge which was requisite to make India a
competitor with the United States. The sooner efforts were
made to send out European agents in numbers to go into
the various fields of labour, the sooner the cotton trade of
this country would realise its great hope of making India
not only its great field for the supply of cotton, but its great
market for manufactures. The merchants of India had
had their attention chiefly taken up with theirliusiness at
the chief centres of trade. The great bulk of the cotton
trade rested in the hands of natives, who were pursuing it
much in the same way as they ever had done. There was
great room for improvement, and all that was wanted was
the active, energetic efforts of Europeans in the interior.
The Bombay merchants were not jealous of the action of
any cotton company in India. They had expressed to him
their readiness to co-operate with any efforts that might be
made from Manchester; and although they were, to a certain
extent, like to operate in the same fields as this company, it
must be well known to them that there was room in India
for all who wero ever likely to go there. He had taken an
opportunity of visiting the new road from Sedashegur to
Dharwar while it was in course of construction, and it then
seemed to him, or to any one who had a practical knowledge
of the roads.in India, that, being newly made, a very few
cotton carts would render it almost impassable, by plough-
ing it up, owing to the softness of the earth. It was abso-
lutely necessary in India, after the construction of a road,
to await the action of the monsoon upon it, so as to consoli-
date it, and then the road should be metalled and finished.
The Indian Government must have foreknown these condi-
tions when it was promised that the road should be opened
by a certain time. Not only could the road not be used in
its present state, but all carts travelling down the road
must pass down during the day time, and any return traffic
must go down during the night, ae carts could not pass each
other on the road. But immediately the North Camara
province was transferred the executive engineer of Bombay
struck out another road deviating from the Ryga Ghaut road
to connect with the Arbyle Ghaut road, a road which, had
it been thought of previously, might very well have been
substituted for the Ryga Ghaut road altogether. This road
was already open to some extent ; and another line had
been commenced with the view of connecting Sedashegur
with the Arbyle road, avoiding a rather difficult ghaut on
the road just mentioned. He did not much condemn the
Government for its failure in promises when he came to
know the difficulty the Bombay executive must have in
grasping the whole of the public works in that Presidency,
there being few Europeans in India, and the inferior native
agency having to be employed. By December next great
progress would have been made with the erection of one or
more cotton presses at Sedashegur, and probably the whole
would be ready in time to operate on the next crop ; but
during the four months of the monsoon there would be great
difficulty in working, and it would be almost impossible to
get the foundations in much before the month following
the monsoon. It was the intention of the company to
establish in the cotton districts cotton cleaning establish-
ments, and dispose of machinery to such natives (and there
were not a few) who would purchase on their own account.
He had found machines as high as £l6 a-piece purchased.
The people in the district to Le worked by the companies
were well off, and prepared to do a great deal in the way of
introducing new machinery. The cotton press establish-
ments
in Bombay were known to realise from 20 to 30 per
cent. profit ; and when he mentioned that a Bombay firm
had also been forwarding presses to Sedaihegur, it would
be seen that those who were on the spot and knew the
country had the fullest confidence in the operations of this
company. There was, therefore,
every ground for confi •
dente in the action of the company. The question of ex-
tending its operations and purchasing land in the interior
must entirely rest with the trade itself and the supporters
of the company. If the company were adequately sup-
ported, there was no question but India would afford a suf-
ficiently wide and profitable field for such operations, pro-
perly conducted. It would require great care in the selection
of agents. They must not be men who went from this
country without a knowledge of the languages or customs of
the regions they were going to, but men who had already
a practical knowledge of India and its trade from residence
there. (Hear.) Mr. Haywood added, in answer to in-
quiries with respect to the actual production of cotton in
India, that the districts he had travelled over formed but a
very small portion of India ; but he had seen statements
promulgated by high authorities with which he certainly
could not agree. It was incredible, for instance, that
6,000,000 bales were waiting in India to be sent away. The
statement to that effect might arise from the previously
published statement that India produced annually about
6,000,000 bales per annum. That was, he believed, so far
as a general estimate could be formed, correct. In the ab-
sence of all statistics, or any earthly means of discovering
the facts, there could be no true estimate. (Hear.) In
answer to another question, Mr. Haywood said it was not
the intention of this company to grow cotton. That opera-
tion would require such an amount of machinery and
and such a number of skilled cotton agriculturists,
aagseint cLuld be difficult to find; besides which, the natives
knew sufficiently well how to grow cotton ; all they re-
quired was European direction.
A vote of thanks
to Mr. Haywood—moved by the Chair-
man, and seconded by Mr. Radcliffe--was passed unani-
mouslY•
HAYWOOD, in his reply, said the trade were much
indebted to Mr. R. Burn for his efforts to prevail on them
to utilise Indian cotton, and he hoped no pains would be

The correspondent of the .11reiv York Tribune who described
the defeat of the Federal flotilla off Vicksburg on July lb
by the Arkansas has given an account of the unsuccessful
attempt of the Federal officers to destroy this formidable
vessel of the Confederates. The correspondent says :

" So patent had been the demoralising effect of the late
achievement of the Arkansas, and so greatly has fear dif-
fused itself as day by day went by without her capture or
destruction, that Lieut.-Col. Ellet deemed it necessary to
call Commodore Davis's attention to the matter, and renew
the proposition—the execution of which was attended with
so much hazard —made to him immediately after the rebel
vessel reached Vicksburg.
" This proposal was to attack the Arkansas at her moor-
ings, off the town, and endeavour to sink her by running
her down. For this purpose the following plan of opera-
tions was formed—Three of the vessels of Commodore Davis,
the Benton, the Cincinnati, and the Louisville, were to en-
gage the upper rebel batteries, the Bragg to lie behind the
bend in readiness to butt the Arkansas in the event of her
appearance above, and
the Essex to run down in advance of
the Queen and
an excellent
the
ho sopportunity
gunboat if
grapple her as she passed draw her out into
the stream, to give the Queen
ram her. Farragut meanwhile
engaged the lower batteries.
m
After the Queen had struck the enemy she was to come up
or go down the river, as was most advantageous,
Ben-
ton protecting her retreat in the formerthe
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tile
t to
and the Essex in
the latter case ; the Sumter to ra
Queen failed to perform her task. This
arrangement
good, and entirely satisfactory to all parties, and
was
to be faithfully carried out. The three gunboats opened promised
the Bragg took her position, and the Essex led off in fine
style, the Queen following at a high rate of sp, and
under very favourable auspices. As the ram passed the flag
ship Commodore Davis waived his hand to Col. Ellet, stand
ing near the pilot-house, and cried out, Good luck, good
luck The Colonel misunderstood the words, supposing the
Commodore said Go back, go back I' and therefore turned
the Queen about and steamed towards the Benton, when he
heard Go on, go onl' Without comprehending this appa-
rent inconsistency, and believing the first duty of a soldier
is to obey, the Colonel steamed down under the batteries,
and arriving at the first water battery near the Marine Hos-
pital, where the hostile gunboat was lying, he discovered
the Essex had gone on, and was then in advance one-half
or three-quarters of a mile.
" The Queen was now exposed not only to the batteries of
the enemy, but to those of the gunboat, which lay with her
stern into shore and her bow up stream, apparently expect-
ing and prepared for an attack. All this while, so far from
the gunboats drawing the hostile fire, and standing between
the Queen and harm, she was receiving most damaging at-
tention from all sides. Shot and shell were raining around
her, and she had been struck a number of times in very de-
licate localities. Col. Ellet saw his was a desperate chance ;
that he had staked his life upon a cast, and that he had
probably lost, that those on whom he had depended had
failed, and he could now depend only on himself and fate.
" To attempt to strike the Arkansas with his wooden boat
while a score of the heaviest guns were pouring their fire
upon him seemed certain destruction. There appeared ne
chance for escape above, and none below. He was hemmed
in on every side. A wall of fire on both sides. And still he
saw and heard nothing of Farragut, who was to occupy the
lower batteries, while the ram relieved herself from her
hazardous strait.

" Col. Ellet now determined, come what might, to strike
the Arkansas—willing, if he could but sink her, to lose his
existence. The Arkansas position was unfavourable. He
would have to take a roundabout course, before he could
reach her, and strike her going against the current; thus
decreasing the rate of his speed, and diminishing the
accuracy of his aim. But even these adverse cir-
cumstances did not deter him, nor the fact that
heavy shot were every moment piercing his vessel,
going through and through her, as if she were made of
paper. The colonel determined to take the odds, sink
or not, and he took them ; he went against the Arkansas
partially up stream, designing to butt her forward of her
side guns, her weakest place—but the eddies in the river
altered his course somewhat, and he struck her aft of the
aft side gun, and, unfortunately, a glancing though violent
blow, that made both the traitorous and the loyal craft
tremble. The Arkansas seemed to shrink and yield before
the blow, and for a moment it was thought her side would
give way ; but she recoiled, and the ram flew back from her,
and, in moving toward her again, ran into the bank. The
Queen reversed engines, and, as she went sternward into
the stream, her head veered up the river, and it was then
evident her sole opportunity was above.
"Nothing more could be done, and. Col. Ellet resolved,
if poasiide, to save his men, though that, under the circum-
stances, was the-ratme ftyrrorn OfforTerirfiiipes. No friendly
gunboat or Union vessel was near. Three or four of the
hostile batteries were playing upon the devoted and seem-
ingly doomed Queen, which must run by the great death-
belching guns before she could be regarded as in any way
secure. She had already been struck by more than 20 shots.
Her chimney-stacks were perforated with balls ; one of her
steam pipes had been shot away ; in various places large holes
had been bored through the sides and bow of the dauntless
vessel, and yet no one was hurt, though many of the
escapes had been almost miraculous. The Arkansas had
given her broadside just as she was passing, and it was
feared she would soon be water-logged. She therefore
moved up the river, the Confederate batteries increasing
their fire, as she did so. Heavy shot and shell fell before,
behind, and around her, and every few seconds one would
go tearing through her deck or cabin. As she passed one of
the upper batteries a 34-pounder shot struck her in the rear,
went through every one of her larboard state rooms, in
which no person happened to be at the time, into the cap-
tain's office, penetrating the iron safe, and passing out,
shattered the wooden carriage of ono of the mounted brass
pieces on the boiler deck, dismounting the gun, This shot,
which was afterwards picked up,
was composed of pewter mostly, with a mixture of lead and
zinc, and weighs, probably, as much as 501 b. It is probably
was
rtattea,hsdiedsto,henael peculiarof,
damageo ne .
moulded out of tha heterogeneous materials which the citi-
zens—the wives, mothers, and daughters of the Confede-
racy—have from time to time been urged by the rebel
leaders to contribute to the glorious cause.
" The Queen ran by the hostile batteries through a ter-
rible fire, and made her appearance above the bend riddled
with shot, but not a man on board seriously injured. She
was received with acclamations by the crews of the fleet,
who had as little hope of seeing her return as Col. Ellet
himself had of returning. His escape was what the
orthodox call miraculous, and the philosophic fortu-
nate. The same experiment could not be tried with the
same result once in ten thousand times, though her almost
entire freedom from casualty is partially due to the precau-
tion of Colonel Ellet in taking as few persons as possible,
knowing that the probability of injury wouid be propor-
tioned to the number of his crew.
"On comming out of the action the Queen presented a
most dismantled and forlorn appearance, and is as nearly
shot to pieces, for any vessel that will float, as can well be
imagined. The many who have visited her since her ter-
rible experience are with difficulty persuaded that not one
of her crew was killed or dangerously wounded. She has
the semblance of a complete wreck, and it will be necessary
to send her north at once for repairs, although some think
her injury too great for remedy--that she is not worth the
mending. •
" After Colonel Ellet's return it may be supposed he felt
as if ho had been, to say the least, unfairly treated by the
two commodores, who had in no wise fulfilled their portion
of the covenant, while he had done a great deal more than
his. The celoiel chiefly regrets the contretemps because
he is firmly of the opinion that if Farragut and Davis had
performed what they agreed he would have been successful
in capturing or destroying the Arkansas, and he expressed
himself not only willing but anxious to repeat the attempt
whenever they will assure him they will achieve their por-
tion of the task.
" Commodore Davis crying out ' Good luck' to Colonel
Ellet, was very unfortunate, for it threw the ram behind,
and gave the Essex leisure to get too far ahead. Had the
Queen and Essex been nearer together, it is quite possible
they might have achieved a favourable result.
"Commodore Davis informs Colonel Ellet that after the
Queen had passed down his position was very much ex-
posed, and he ordered the Cincinnati and Louisville up the
river, following them with the flag ship, forgetting, until
they had ascended the stream some distance, his promise to
cover the Queen's retreat. The Commodore immediately
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