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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1862.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

AQUATICS.

THE COTTON FAMINE.

ODIHAM RACES.—TuEsDAY.

The Hurstbourne Stakes of 15 soils each, 5 ft, with 50
added, for two-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b;
winners extra, and allowances for beaten horses. Straight
half-mile. 12 subs.

THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA—SECOND DAY.
The attendance was rather larger than on the previous
day, and the weather still fine, although there was too
much wind out for wager boats.
The rowing commenced at 3 o'clock with
The Metropolitan Tradesmen's Four-oared Races,
In old-fashioned boats, rigged fore and aft; the first boat
in each of the first and second heats to contend in the
third heat for the first prize, and the beaten crews of all
the heats, having rowed the entire course, to start in the
fourth heat for the second and third prizes.
First Heat.
Western Crew, Hammersmith
Temple Crew 0
Fulham Crew 0

We extract the following from Burn's Montlayl
Colonial Circular and Commercial Glance, dated
1, Spring-gardens, Manchester, June 30, 1862:
I beg leave to call your attention to the follow-
ing facts relative to the cotton trade.
" The position of the trade has now assumed such
a serious aspect that we cannot afford to anticipate
obstacles to our obtaining a supply of the raw
material, or cripple our energies by allowing our-
selves to be thwarted by official impediments.
Millions are at present suffering from a scarcity of
cotton, and it must be had. This is the only way in
which we can possibly mitigate our present distress.
" There appears no prospect whatever of our re-
ceiving anything like a supply from America for a
very considerable period, and even looking at i$ in
the most favourable light, and adopting the views
of some whose ' wish is father to the thought,' that
the war may soon be ended, and the whole of their
cotton be sent here, the results would ultimately be
even more distressing than they are now, for it is
very certain that the United States have not planted
this year as much as will suffice for their own con-
sumption. Consequently, in 12 months from this
date we should have to•face another cotton famine
even worse than the present•, as from the preference
always so stubbornly shown by the trade for Ameri-
can cotton, all countries now exerting themselves
to produce it would be discouraged from further
planting before they had reached a practical system
of cultivation, and thus our whole resources would
be prostrated.

Mr. Lupin's Boutefeu, Bst 71b (bred in France) (Sharpe) 1
Mr. T. Stevens's Miss Edmondson, Bst 41b (Page) 2
Mr. Hudson's Harriett Watts, Bst 71b (Humpage) 3
Mr. J. Day's Duchess of Kingston, Bst 31b .... (Salter) 4
Mr. N. Fisher's Dinah f. (Hughes) 5
Betting-6 to 4 agst Boutefeu, 3 to 1 agst the Dinah filly,
4 to 1 agst Harriett Watts.
Before Harriett Watts could carry out her intention of
being fractious, the lot were despatched in excellent order
at the first attempt, Miss Edmondson leading for a short
distance; but when half the course was traversed, the five
competitors were abreast, the favourite, however, having
evidently the best of it. When crossing the road, the
Frenchman went a head, and won easily by a length.
Harriett Watts was a bad third, and the Duchess of King-
ston beaten off.
The Manor Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages ; a
winnner after June 27, at ten a.m., 61b extra: three-

The Western Crew—M, Bockett, T. Rust, C. Gibson, T.
Wolsencroft, and T. Gibbs, coxswain.
The Temple Crew—W. Spencer, G, Barnes, F. Fricker,
J. M'Guire, and R. Cook, cox.swain.
The Fulham Crew—G. Adams, G. Culver, J. Hester, R.
Langston, and J. Mansell, coxswain.
It was a very finely rowed race. The Fulham and the
Temple were off first, the other making but a very indif-
ferent start, but soon got so well to work that there was
not half a length between any of the three at the Point.
The Western crew then went ahead, the Fulham leading
the Temple slightly. On arriving at Hammersmith-bridge
the Western crew was only one length clear of the
Fulham, with about the same distance between Fulham
and Temple. The Fulham crew, after passing through
Hammersmith-bridge, went 'wide of their course, and
Temple tried to go by inside, when the Fulham crew
touched them, and, although coming in second, were dis-
qualified because of the foul.
Second -.Heat.
Lambeth Crew 1
Rory O'More Crew 0

quarters of a mile.
Mr. John Day's True Blue, 3 yrs, Est 4lb (Deakin) 1
Mr. T. Goddard's Peru, 3 yrs, Est (Nightingall) 2
Mr. G. Brown's Mermaid, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (Daley) 3
The following also ran :—Spicebox, Rapture, The
Quaker, Commander, Linus, Pinkepoe, Freestone, Sir
Robert, Ratan, and Rosabelle.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Spicebox, 4to 1 agst True Blue, 7
to 1 agst Freestone, 8 to 1 agst Rapture.
After a couple of failures the lot got off on pretty good
terms, with the exception of Rosabella and The Quaker,
who were left considerably in the rear. The running was
made by Commander, who was closely pressed by True
Blue, Peru, Mermaid, and Spicebox. Crossing the road,
Spiceboxilrew forward, and immediately afterwards Com-
mander held out signals of distress, and rapidly retiring,
Peru, True Blue, Mermaid, and Spicebox came on in a
line. Half-way up the straight, True Blue quitted her op-
ponents, and won easily by five lengths ; a head divided
second and third. Spicebox was a good fourth, Rosa-
bella was last throughout, and The Quaker finished last
but one.

The Lambeth Crew.—E. Carter, A. Hopkins, J. Chain-
man, R. Bain, and J. Hill, coxswain.

" Under such circumstances (and it has never yet
been confuted) our text must be ' India produces
annually 6,000,000 bales of cotton,' a share of which
we must have.

The Rory O'More Crew.—G. Cooper, C. Moore, J.
Bonny, H. Freshwater, and W. Ines, coxswain.
There was nothing of interest to record in this heat. The
winners 'started with the lead, and were so markedly su-
perior to their opponents that they went right away and
won at their ease.

" Thegreat obstacles to our obtaining a sufficiency
of cotton from India are, that the European mer-
chants as a rule have no agents in the interior ; the
extortions of the middlemen ; the lack of knowledge
on the part of the native growers as to the value of
cotton at the ports; and the want of adequate
means of conveyance. These are impediments which
at all risks must be broken through, or thousands
will starve ere they are eradicated by official routine.
Cotton must be obtained and brought here at almost
any cost. In 1860 the low average of 31d per lb.
brought us 562,674 bales from India ; surely present
prices of from 9b-d to 111 d will leave a margin suffi-
cient to cover any reasonable expense of transit,
even if carried on the heads of natives to the ports.
"If we are prevented from getting cotton from
India through the want of roads and other means of
conveyance, it will prove the second famine, within
a very short period, which has been occasioned
through the want of those neceasary auxiliaries.
And we shall soon find that it is not only the manu-
facturing districts that are suffering from the want
of a means of obtaining cotton from India, but—so
long as the native growers, being ignorant of the
present value of cotton here, are selling it to the na-
tive manufacturers of India at something like ld per
lb., while our consumers are paying 9d to 12d for
the same cotton—that the manufacturers of India
Ni ill be able to supply their cloths so very much
cheaper than the European merchants, and that the
latter will not be able to dispose of British goods
within a wide mark of their cost.

The Dogmersfield Park Stakes (Handicap) of 5 soya each,
2 ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds, the winner of any race
after June 27, at 10 a.m., 51b extra. Straight half mile.

26 subs.
Lord Westmoreland's Merry Hart, Bst 101 b.. (J. Goater) 1
Mr. J. Clarke's Kennet, 7st 91b .. (J. Snowden) 1'
Mr. Guy's Hilly Grove, 6st 91b _ (Pearson) t

The following also ran :—Netherby, Regenerator, The
Prior, Dictator, Blanche of Lancaster, Miss Edmondson,
Birdlime, The Idea, and Zeloo.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Merry Hart, 4to 1 agst Blanche of
Lancaster, 6 to 1 agst The Prior, 8 to 1 each agst Kennet
and Birdlime, 10 to 1 agst Miss Edmondson.
After several false attempts, - caused by Regenerator,
Hilly Grove, and Blanche of Lancaster being too anxious
to get away, causing a delay of nearly an hour, the favou-
rite, Blanche of Lancaster, Dictator, Miss Edmondson,
and Regenerator showed in front. At the quarter of a
mile post, Kennet and Hilly Grovo drew forward, and a
splendid race ensued from the road crossing ; the favourite,
however, answered every call made upon him, and won
cleverly at last by a couple of lengths. A desperate race
for second honours resulted in a dead heat between Ken-
net and Hilly Grove; Miss Edmondson was a good fourth.
Regenerator fifth, Dictator sixth, and Birdlime seventh.
The Odiham Handicap of 10 sous each, 2 ft, with 60 added ;
the winner of any handicap of the value of £lOO, after
June 27., at 10 a.m., 71b extra; the second to save his
stake. One mile and a half. 45 subs.
Mr. G. Ward's Gibraltar, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b.. (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. H. J. Smith's Fitz-Avon, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b
(G. Fordham) 2
Lord Palmerston's Spencer, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (J. Snowden) 3
Mr. Fuller's Walpole, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (J. Plumb) 4

The following also ran :—Little Dick, The Principal,
Naiad, Ethel, Seville, Cam, Mermaid, and Conster-
nation.

J. Grimshaw weighed for Sweet Jessamine, and her num-
ber was put up, but the filly did not go to the post.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Fitz-Avon, 9 to 2 agst Seville, 8 to
1 each agst Walpole and Gibraltar, 10 to 1 each agst
Spencer, Cam, and Mermaid.
An admirable start was effected at the first attempt,
Seville making the running at a smart pace, with Naiad
second, and the remainder in a cluster well up. Approach-
ing the mile post Naiad took up the running, Spencer going
on second, and Seville third. The next lot were headed
by Fitz-Avon and Gibraltar. Descending the hill Fitz-
Avon rapidly passed the leaders, and took a clear lead,
Naiad still occupying the same position. When they
rounded the last turn Fitz-Avon possessed the lead, Gib-
raltar going on second, Spencer and Walpole, close at hand,
were next, and Seville retired beaten. Gibraltar, however,
came on, and won by a length ; a bad third ; two lengths
between third and fourth.
The Stewards' Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for
2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; maidens al-
lowed 51b ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Straight

" Seeing, then, that the native cotton growers of
India are in complete ignorance of the high prices ob-
tained for cotton ; that the merchants of India have
so little direct communication with the interior ; that
the native dealers, or middlemen, are blinding the
eyes of the growers to the excessive demand that
at present exists for Indian cotton ; and that they
are deficient in the means of transit, it becomes
imperative upon the people of this country—for
all are vitally interested—to provide the means of
purchasing cotton direct from the growers in
India, and sending it here by road, river, and sea,
without the least unnecessary delay. For this
purpose I would suggest that a company shall be
formed, under the auspices of the members of the
House of Commons, representing the cotton manu-
facturing districts, the mayors of the various towns
the chairman of the Chambers of Commerce, the
chairman of the Cotton Supply Association, and the
chairman of the Manchester Cotton Company, with
an executive committee of practical and energetic
merchants and manufacturers, the object of which
must be to purchase cotton in India and send it
here. When once the native growers are practi-
cally enlightened as to the demand for cotton and
its price at the sea-board, growing cotton for export
will become an extensive established custom, and
our supplies thence rapidly and extensively in
creased,

half-mile.
Mr. J. Stevens's Bargain, Bst 21b (Payne) 1
Mr. R. I'Anson's Passion, Bst 21b (Fordham) 2
Mr. Johnson's Black Bess filly, Bst 21b (Custance) 3
Mr. R. Law's Draff, Bst 51b (D. Hughes) 4
Mr. Goddard's Zeloo, Bst 21b (Reeves) 5
Betting—Even on Passion, 3 to l_agst the Black Bess
filly, 7 to 2 agst Draff.
The favourite lay in front to the distance, from which a
fine race, however, ensued with the trio, which ultimately
resulted in favour of Bargain by a neck; the same between
second and third ; a bad fourth. The winner was bought
by Captain King for 80 guineas, and goes into floater's
stable.

" But, as it would occupy a considerable time to
get such a company in working order, and send out
agents to India, I further suggest that the Govern-
ment shall be solicited to employ their staff of offi-
cers, in their several localities in India, to purchase
cotton direct from the native growers, and have it
conveyed to the ports in the readiest manner pos-
sible—the Government to advance the money for
this object, which would be refunded to them on
the delivery of the cotton to agents appointed by
the company at the ports. This would prove a great
relief to the trade of this country until the company
could get their agents into working order in India.
" Now, I have no doubt that this appeal to the
Government willl be objected to on various grounds
—but we must not forget that in 1847 they ad-
vanced £8,000,000 to Ireland during the famine
caused by the failure of the potato crop, the
effects of which were nothing as compared with
what is certain to be the case should our present
supply of cotton become exhausted. Nor do we
lack even a more direct precedent. The present
Emperor of the French, during the scarcity of
corn, sent agents into all parts of Europe to pur-
chase grain, with means provided from the French
Treasury. In fact, there is only one of two alter-
natives left for the Government to pursue—either
to lend their practical assistance to procure cotton
from India, or to find the means for supporting the
people as they are thrown out of work from a want
of cotton. It has been said that 5,000,000 of people
are affected by the dearth of cotton ; but, if our
supplies are stopped, two-thirds of the whole
empire will be most seriously affected.
" Such a proposition may appear extraordinary;
but I consider that the occasion is far more extra-
ordinary than the remedy sought for its relief, when
it is considered that the stock of cotton in Liver-
pool is only equal to four and a half weeks' con-
sumption, as in 1860 ; and what is of more import-
ance still, from this has to be deducted our re-
exports of cotton, which for the last four weeks
half
have averaged 25,865 bales per week, or, in the
aggregate, 103,865 bales (about equal to
one
on
halfr
the stock at present held in Liverpool),
w
n foreign
the 6th of June the stock of cotton held
Europe was only 50,751 bales ; and that
•
in the last
00l show a
six months our imports into L•v
while the
rP
weekly average of only
below
19,950 bales,
from that port
has
,
quantity taken by the trade wt J
although so much previous years,
averaged 29,370 bales.
" Were the members of the House of Commons
connected with the manufacturing districts to hold
a meeting on this subject in Loudon, I feel assured
much good would result from it, by paving the way
a'on for some decided a the part of the tr,lde and
nd notey plea for thus addressing
its dependencies ;
wleclgt that already 59 persons are
you is the kno
entirely without work and the means of obtaining
food, and 108,000 P
em lo ed only one-half their
time.—I have the honour to be, your most obedien
servant,

The Aldershot Stakes of 5 sous each, 2 ft, with 30 added,
for horses the property of or nominated by Officers of
the Aldershot Division; list each ; winners of £5O to
carry 71b extra ; £lOO, 101 b ; £2OO or over, 21b ; to be
ridden by Officers of the Aldershot Division. One mile

and a quarter.
Mr. Floyd ns Rhcebus, 4 yrs, list 71b.. .. (Mr. Lawson) 1
Capt. Barclay's The Don, 5 yrs, list 101 b (Owner) 2
Mr. Gardner nas m. by Alarm, 5 yrs, list (Mr. Gardner) 3
Capt. Halton ns Ma Mie, 3 yrs, list (Capt. Halton) 4
Betting-5 to 4on The Don, sto 2 agst Rhcobus, sto 1
agst any other.
The Alarm mare was first to show in front, but was
almost immediately passed by Ma Mie, The Don going on
third, and Rhcebus some half-dozen lengths in the rear. At
the mile post, The Don took up the running, and Rhcebus
ran into the second place, the other two being gradually
left in the rear. At the road-crossing, Rhcobus closed with
The Don, and the pair went up the straight head and head.
Captain Barclay was the first to move on his horse, but
immediately he did so, Mr. Lawson commenced riding
Rhoebus, and a slashing race mitred, Rhcebus winning in
the last stride by a head ; 20 lengths off came the Alarm
mare and Ma Mie, Capt. Halton amusing the spectators
by riding his horse home with much earnestness of
purpose
The South-Western Railway Plate of 5 soya each, with 25
added ; 2. yr-olds, 7st 31b ; three, 9st llb ; four, 9st 121 b ;
five, six, and aged, lOst 21b; mare and geldings allowed
31b; selling allowances,:&c: Straight half-mile.
Mr. Guy's Hilly Grove, 2 yrs, sst 71b (MO)
(J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. J. Goddard's Peru, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (£3O) (Clement) 2
Mr. R. Law's Dunoon, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (30) (Reeves) 3
The following also ran :—Lord Palmerston, Sheppy
Court Maid, Bacchus, Pinkepoe, and Griffin.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Hilly Grove, 4to 1 agst Peru
and Griffin, 5 to 1 each agst D anoon and Bacchus.
The three placed lay in front all the way, and a fine

struggle ended in favour of Hilly Grove in the last few
strides by a head; the same between second and third;
Bacchus was a bad fourth, and the remainder beaten off.
Match-100 sous, h ft; lOst each. One mile.

Mr. F. G. Campbell's Mayflower (J. Goater) 1
Lieut.-Col. Burnaby's First Flight (Fordham) 2
Won easily.

DEPLORABLE SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN.

Yesterday morning an inquiry was held by Mr. W.
Payne, coroner for the city of London, at the New Pun-
cheon Tavern, Bloomfield-street, Finsbury-circus, touch-
ing the death of Mr. Thos. Lock, aged 62, who committed
suicide on Friday last, under peculiarly distressing circum-
stances.

Mr. F. Lock, the son of the deceased, said that his father
resided at No. 1, Bell-square, Finsbury .circus, of which
house he had formerly been the owner. About 18 months
since he had the misfortune to lose those premises, which
preyed greatly upon his spirits, and shortly afterwards his
wife died, when his mind became so much affected that he
was deprived of a lucrative situation which he held in the
City. He then separated himself from his family and took
lodgings in his old Louse, where he seemed so distracted at
the prospect of poverty that his friends called in two
door, IA
phy-
sicians, who, however, declined to certify to his insanity,
but recommended that precautions should be taken against
b,_ destroying himself. That, however, could not be done
Itvaekreennoptlatcoe
and medical assist-
ehuoectually, for on Friday last, upon witness calling at the
the found him, as he thought, standing at his room
struck to find
upon taking hold of his hand w_ itness was horror-
being it cold, and that deceased was quite dead,
rope.lie suspended„m from the beam of the door-way by a short
" immediately cut down
Dr. Elwin said
ante- procured, b
some hours before.lit
that de
a theth 'far :en eda sr eodf deceased e a havesed
blame for his unfortunate death, as being a free agent he
was able to order thee,ll to keep away froth him.
The Coroner remarked on the distressing nature of the
case, and the jury returner a 'verdict of Suicide while iii a
Mate of =send Wad,

gi RICHARD BURN."

MONTGOMERYSHIRE ELECTION.—Mr. Charles
Watkin Williams Wynn, cousin of the late member, and
Capt. the Hon. S. C. G. Hanbury Tracey, eldest son of
Lord Sudoley, Lord Lieutenant of the county, have an-
nounced themselves candidates, the former in the Conser-
vative, and the latter in. the Radical and Dissenting interest•

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