The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-28 00:00:00

THE 1114.1 L SEIiV)-CE.

SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 27.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Delta, Captain Weeks, sailed hence at 2 p.m.
to-day, with the mails for Gibraltar, the Mediter-
ranean, Egypt, Aden, Bombay, and Upper Bengal,
together with 70 first, and 23 second class passen-
gers—amongst whom are Lieutenant Yates, Cap-
tain Daniell, Rev. J. Slater, Major Lyacke, Cap-
tain Johnson, Lieut. Jones, Rev. Mr. Mitchell,
Lieut. Huddlestone, Major Patey, Dr. Simpson,
Lieut. Morris, Colonel Laffan, Rev. G. Lloyd, Cap-
tain Morris, Colonel Bruce, Ensign Danford, Lieut.
Chalmers, Captain Magill, and Captain Hickie ;
57 other passengers proceeds via Marseilles to
join this mail, including Major General Sir A.
Cotton, Lieut. Colonel NA axwell, Major Moyle,
Captain Forbes, Dr. Armstrong, and Brigadier-
Gen. Bates. The Delta took out on freight 1,409
boxes specie, value £431,291, of which amount
£411,991 is for Bombay, consisting of bar silver,
£330,950 ; five francs, £40,200 ; gold coin, £40,200;
watches, jewellery, &c., £641. And for Alexan-
dria-19,200 sovereigns; jewellery, &c., £lOO, and
a full cargo of general merchandise.

The Ceylon, Capt. Evans, is preparing to take
out the Calcutta and China mails from Southamp-
ton on N0v..1; the Pera, Capt. Jamieson, is ex-
pected on Nov. 1. The Royal Mail Company's
steamship La Plata, Capt. Abbott, with the West
India, Pacific, and Mexican mails, is due on the
29th inst. The Magdalena, Capt. Woodward, with
next Brazil and River Plate mails, due on sth is ex-
pected on 3d prox. The Atrato, Capt. Woolley,
will sail on the 2d proximo with the fortnightly
mails for the British and Foreign West Indies,
Mexico, the Pacific, California, Central America, &a.
The Tyne, Captain Jellicoe, is appointed to sail
hence with the monthly mails for the Brazils and
the River Plate on the 10th Nov.
The Union Screw Company's steamer Norman,
Captain Ladds, is due at Plymouth en route for
Southampton, on the Ist November, with the next
mails from the Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, As-
cension, &c. The Dane, Captain Hoffman, is pre-
paring to leave Southampton on the 4th proximo for
the Cape, embarking the mails at Plymouth.
The screw steamship Tartar, Capt. Miley, sailed
hence to-day at five p.m. with a ship's mail, 20 pas-
sengers, and a general cargo, for Lisbon and Vigo.
The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
ship Saxonia, Capt. Elhers, with mails of the 18th
inst. from New York, is due off Cowes on the 30th.
inst., en route to Hamburg.

CROPS OF CO7 TON IN THE SOUTHERN
STATES IN 1860-2.

The following correspondence has been addressed
to the Manchester Cotton Supply Association by
order of Earl Russell :

Foreign-office, Oct. 25.
Sir,--I am directed by Earl Russell to transmit to you herewith, to be laid before the Cotton Supply Association, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Charles-
ton, containing observations on the cotton crops in the
Southern States of America during the years 1860, 1861,
and 1862, together with information as to the stock of cotton
now on hand,—l am, sir, your most obedient humble ser-
vant,
E. HAMMOND.
G. R. Haywood, Esq., Cotton Supply Association.

British Consulate, Charleston, Aug. 13.
My Lord,—The near approach of the close of the cotton
year, which is compiled from Sept. 1, seems to render t
t om
ocroelltehcant thei.so infor-
mation,
o 0
ap-
propriate a few remarks upon the condition and amount of
the crop whieh has been planted during the last spring and
summer, as well as some general information on the subject
ulehna ve:3oftatkhelle civilaom we ar, painso
of the cotton supply from the Southern States of America.
I begin by expressing my regret that the disturbed
state of the country and the irregularity of communication
render it more difficult than usual to procure trustworthy
and venture to think that it may be depended upon.
There can be little doubt that the crop of 1862 would,
under ordinary circumstances, have reached 4,500,000 bales ;
have been planted. It is thought by some that the present:
crop will not exceed 1,000,000 bales, but I have reason to
believe that the supply from Texas has been underestimated.
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Thit State has been as yet very little disturbed by military
operations, so that agriculture has bean less interferred with
than elsewhere. On the banks of the Mississippi very little
cotton has been planted, as the danger is too great. It is
only in the interior of the various States, at a distance from
the great rivers, that the crop of this year is to be found. ,c
The crop of 1860 was disposed of, and, in a considerable
measure, exported before the blockade of the Southern ports
was established, but it is calculated that 750,000 bales still
, remain on hand.

The crop of 1861 amounted to about 2,750,000 bales.
Of these about 1,000,000 bales have been destroyed at
various places to prevent their falling into the hands of the
Federals; the rest is stored in the interior of the different
States. Much of it has been bought by foreigners, who hope
to preserve it as neutral property through all the dangers
of the war.
About 50,000 bales have run the blockade successfully,
chiefly to Nassau. One care() has gone to Barcelona, and
one to France ; I do not take into :mount the product of
the sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia. They are
in the possession of the Federals, and I have no means 0C
ascertaining whether any cotton at all has been grown there
during the present season.
The amount, therefore, of cotton remaining in the
Southern States at this date, which might be available to
foreign commerce as soon as the blockade is removed, may
be said to stand thus :

Crop of 1862 (not yetl,soo,oooßales.
Remainder of crop of 1860...........• 750,000
Undestroyed crop of 1861 1,750,000
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