The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-18 00:00:00

CUCULTIVATION OF COT lON IN

The hull Advertiser says, the Chamber of Commerce
of tv.is port have agreed to present a mernoria to the
East India Company, setting forth the advantages of an
uniform culture of cotton in the East Ihdies, and praying
that they will relieve this important article of c mmerce
and manufacture from the tremendous local impo6ts by
which it is fettered. The following is a co yof the
memorial which was dispatched last night, and a copy of
which was also forwardt d to the Board of Control:—
"To the Honourable the Chairman, Deputy-Chairman,
and Court of Directors of the East India Company,
London.
" The following memorial of the President, Vice-Presi-
dent, and Directors of the hull Chamber of Commerce,
"Humbly sheweth,—That the importation of cotton
wool, iu much larger quantities than hare hitherto been
brought from In.tia, is bhcoming daily of increased im
pnrtinee to Great Britain at large, and to the town of
Hull in particular.
That the importation from all parts of India to the
United Kingdom has been gradually decreasing for the
last five years, the quantity entered in 1841 having been
273.000 bales (averaging in weight 3361b5. each), while
in 1845 it only amounted to 155,000 bales ; showing a
fallirnr off of 118,000 bales.
" That the importation from America for the same
time has increased from 890,000 bales, in 1841, to
1,490.000. in 1845, showing an increase of 600,000 bales.
"Thai. in the opinion of your memorialists, the great
reduction in the import of cotton from In,iia arist s prin-
cipally, if not entirely, from the h avy land- tax and
transit-duns to which it is subject before it reach, s the
sea coast ; these charges amounting to 75 per cent. on
the average value of cotton in Bombay, viz. 2d. per lb.
" That your memorialists find the cotton brought
from Bombay of vary inferior quality, usually much
stained from exposure, and mixed with seed and other
waste, which incurs serious loss in weight, and expense
in cleaning.
" That your memorialists would therefore pray your
Honourable Court to take these matters into your early
and serious consideration, and adopt such measures as
may induce European capitalists to invest m.,ney in, and
make cotton growing in India, their business, your me
morialists being of opinion that such measures would,
by superior culture, ami.,rove the quality of the staple,
lead to careful picking and clean packing, and ultimately
bring the cotton trade of India to a state of periee.
ion
and extent that would, ere long, rival, it not exceed, that
of America.
" Your memorialists would further remark, that the
production of cotton in the world is at this moment, in-
, sufficient to keep in full work the mills now actually
t xisting in Great Britain. Further, that Hull, in which
your memorialists ere more particularly interested, has
become a tnanufacturinr place, and extensive mills are
now Feing erected, which will double the present coa-

Si" pt ion.
" Your memorialists being of opinion that the true
interests of the cotton-growing districts of India are the
only means likely to induce an extensive aid profitable
cultivation of that staple in those countries, by Euro-
ans, as well us natives, depend upon your honourable
court reducing, so far as may be deemed advisable, the
land-tax and other heavy charges to which the article is
now subject, respecVully submit the necesity fur so

doing.
" And your memorialists, as in duty bound, will ever
pray, &c.
" Signed on behalf of himself, the vice-president, and
directors of the Hull Chamber of Commerce, by
" TI LOS. THOMSON, President.
" Hull, January, 1847."

TRADE 'WITH THE CAPTURED
MEXICAN PORTS.
Circular to Collectors and other officers of the Customs.
Treasury Department, Dec. 16, 1846.
I have to call your especial attention to the annexed
circular instructions, heretofore issued, regulating the
trade with Matamoros, Tampico, and any other port or
place upon the Mexican side of the Rio Grande which
may during the war pass into the actual possession of
the forces of the United States, they being still in full
force, and to which it is found expedient to add the fol-
lowing explanations and regulations with the view of
affording every facility consistent with law to persons
participating in said trade.
It is to he observed that the trade is confined exclu-
sively to American vessels coming from foreign ports,
or departing from our ports, with cargoes composed
either of foreign goods on which the duties shall have
been paid, or of articles of the growth, production, or
manufacture of the United States.
American vessels and their cargoes, departing from
any friendly foreign port, and destined for either Mexi-
can ports before referred to, must first enter at some
port of entry in the United States, and pay duty on
their cargoes, and may thence take a clearance and pro-
ceed to either of the ports before stated, and land their
cargoes thereat without payment of further duty or
charges. Before granting a clearance in these cases, a
manifest must be prepared in duplicate and sworn to by
the master of the vessel, containing an exact description
of the kind, quantity, quality, and value of the respec-
tive articles composing the cargo, and be submitted to
the collector of the port. The collector will certify on
one of the duplicate manifests the fact of the duties
having been duly paid on all the dutiable foreign im-
ports described therein, and will deliver the same to the
master of the vessel. retaining the other manifest
amongst the archives of his office.
All acts rendered necessary in pursuance of law, to
determine the quantity, character, and value of imports,
with a view to the assessment of the correct duty, must
be complied with at the port of original entry in the
United States. The landing being effected, and the
duties secured, the goads may be either re-laden on board
the same vessel or placed on board of another American
vessel for transportation to either of the before-men-
tioned places in the manner herein indicated. It is
desired, arid enjoined upon their respective officers of
the customs, that every proper facility for the speedy
dispatch of vessels and cargoes entering at their ports,
and destined, as before stated, may be afforded.
It is to be distinctly understood that no vessel will be
allowed to proceed with a cargo, taken in at a foreign
port, to either of the places before alluded to, without
first entering and paying duty at some port of entry in
the United States.
Foreign goods warehoused in the United States cannot
be withdrawn therefrom for exportation to the places
mentioned, without payment of the import duty, nor
can the duty paid on any foreign imports, be returned as
drawback, on their exportation to either of the places
referred to.
It is deemed proper to add, that these instructions are
not intended to interfere with any orders issued by 'the
proper military authority, to exclude at the places indi-
cated, such articles, including spirituous liquors or
contraband of war, the introduction of which may be
considered injurious to our military operations in
Mexico.
Thee instructions being issued with the sanction of
the President of the United States, it is expected that
they will be conformed to by all officers of the United
States, in every branch of the Government.
R. J. WALKER, Secretary of the Treasury.

MARYLEBONE *VESTRY.
STREET-CLEANSING.-011Saturday, at the Marylebone
Vestry, Mr. t!'ODEN brought fitrward a motion fur the
app iiptment of a clmmittee to cottsid!.r the necessity of
adopting measures fur the more erctual ele fusing of the
thoroughfares of Mirylebone, and stated that this object
had become necessary from the increased traffic which
had taken place in some of the principal streets.
Mr. ITABEERT oppmfed the motion, on the ground
that those p. rsons residing in the principal thoreu.4hfar, s
ought to pay the expenses wh'.eh wouid be incurred by
this proposition, since it would be for their comfort in
part icular.
Mr. DANIELL suggested that the paupers in the parish
might be employed in cleansing the streets, as they user'
to he forme sly.
The resulu'lon was carried, and a conamittee;appointed
A communication having been read from the Lord
expressino• his willingness to receive a depu-
tation on the subject of the Small Debts Bill, the vestry
separated.

DREADFUL POWDER MILL EXPLOSION. —EXETER,
SATURDAY , NIGHT.—A tremendous explosion involving
mehincholy consequences, took place on Thursday morn-
ing last, at the K,ltnal Vale Powder-mills, the property
of Messrs. Samson and Lanyon, at Kennal, in the parish
of Stithian's. The explOsiOn took place in the stamping-
mill, which was almost anew building, and was blown to
atoms. Two men were working in the mill, named
Martin and Dunstan, and these unfortunate individuals
wir„ shockingly mutilated by the force of the explosion.
A namh.r of persons on hearing the report congr, gated
around the spot from the tieighbotoing village of Pons-
worth, end great was the lamentation among them, it not
being known what family had been bereaved of its mem-
bers. The bodies. of the two men were soon known.
Part of Dunstan's .bodY was blown into the river; his
arms and one of his legs were rent from the body; his
lace frightfully disfigured, and the whole remains in such
a mantled condition that the) were obligati to be taken
up in a sheet. Martin's body also presented a shocking
appearance, the skull being blown entirely off: Both
men were marii.-Id, but have left no children.
THE MACKAREL FISHERY.— The catch of mackarel
off the town during the week hAs been very great ; not
kss than 40,000 having been brought in. One boat
&one—the Sarah, Nat. Gunn—took
,11,000 fish on Wed-
nesday night, being the first nigat's shooting. They
were very fine fish, tetched 13,. a hundred. Other
boats have taken from 2,000 to 4,000 and 5,000 a night ;
and fish are very plentiful, reducing the prices ron.l 365.
to 18s. per hundred.. No news has been received from
Plymouth, where there are still eight or ten Brighton
boats, whilst 22 are employed off the town.—Briyhton
Herald.
A GOOSE PLUCKED BY A GOOSE.—The North
British Adccrtiser tells a story of a family which lived
on its wits upwards of a quarter of a century, (a feat
which many families perform from generation to gene-
ration). At one time the gifted family had an empty
corn bin, and the household geese and turkeys quacked
and gobbled in vain for a feed. In this critical conjunc-
ture the head of the house espied the carter of a neigh-
bouring farmer driving along the road with a poke of
carterd o him prickedse
corn in his cart, and accosting him, inquired if he knew
un honest grieve in want of a good situation. The
Tu ph
i., his
led
e atros
a,andrropasked
that "ifh
he
shouldwould no
ex-
hibit his skill ; and, as he boasted more particularly of
sow his horse's provender nroadcrarsatngined'
his capabilities in sowing,it ari that l (.. should
the b "k
d.
" highly couaren(daesdob;
yartu
say)to he would be written for
The poor gull accordingly got to work, and wasav
the agricultural
judges.
~ friends
H w teas
would
then
when wanted ; and when the poor goose was gone, the
remaining geese, and also the turkeys, were sunatnoned
I. to the yard, and enjoyed tin. awple meal.