The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-02 00:00:00

'THE SUN, LONDON. 1110NDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1 Su?.

while the c otton from Smyrna realises nearly as
high a price in Liverpool as the produce of the
United S t ates themselves. For these good results
the Cott on Supply Association have some reason to
congrat' slate themselves. Of course, it was the
sudden stoppage of the regular source which
created the demand for cotton from fresh sources,
and raist d the price to a height which brought for-
ward a host of competitors, but the Cotton Supply
Associati on had set the work on foot before the
commene,en tent of the trouble, and was able to
render vl.tuable assistance at the very time it was
most neeek.d.

Ilad any 'eon:Adorable proportion of our Lancashire
consumers ',hem as wise and provident as the mem-
bers of thij association we should have escaped the
worst days of the cotton famine. Unfortunately,
those whc • were wise in time were regarded as fanci-
ful and timorous iu their apprehensions. When
the danger came every one owned they were in the
right, but it was then too late to profit by experi-
ence. In the report read at the annual meeting of this
association, held at Manchester last week, it was
observed that their labours had been of great
service at the time of the famine. Their work,
carried steadily on in face of all discouragements,
had prepared the way; they had ascertained where
cotton could be obtained most speedily, and where
it was most desirable to stimulate and encourage
its cultivation. "It came into existence," said
the report., " when the largest supplies ever re-
ceived from America were readily obtained, and
when there appeared no prospect of interruption."
Even its earliest members, however, could hardly'
have foreseen how quickly the emergency
would arise that should elevate their humble and
disregarded labours into a matter of national im-
portance. By obtaining authentic information
respecting every country adapted for the cultivation,
by dispensing the best kinds of seed, and by pro-
viding improved sawgins and other machinery, as
well as assisting in other ways those who were mak-
ing the experiment of cotton growing, they have
enabled the trade to obtain a firm hold in many
different districts, and to become a source
of profit and a means of civilisation to neglected
countries, as well as a great advantage to
our own markets. Some idea of the labours of the
Association may be gained from the fact that the
correspondence during the last year comprised 1,194
letters, and the amount of seed distributed to dif-

ferent countries was 3,209 cwt.
supply, in the words of the report, are now so
numerous that, if retained and made still more pro-
lific, the loss of one of them, however valuable, will
be of comparatively little consequence. The
neglect of our Indian resources, which was so
long persisted in, iu spite of every representation
can hardly be repeated. Other events besides the
cotton famine are pressing matters on, and irriga-
tion and the means of communication are now ad-
mitted to be prime necessities in India. When
these have been advanced some degrees further
every branch of industry will feel the benefit, and
the cotton cultivation will surely profit. Mr.
BAZLEY, M.P., who made an interesting speech at
the meeting we have referred to, after the reading
of tho report, observed that it was fifteen
years since Sir ARTHUR COTTON had met the
leading men of Manchester in that very
room, but they gave him little encouragement with
regard to Indian matters. Spinners and manufac-
turers alike persistently denied that good cotton
could be supplied from India, whereas now we are
receiving Indian cotton worth ls. per lb. India is
in every way adapted for giving a plentiful supply,
while the cultivation offers a profitable means of

Tho sources o.

employment for her people. had rAnTuun
COITON'S advice been foOlowed fifteen y'vars ago,
had the irrigation of Iddia been vigorously car-

ried out, the other public works ~_pushed
forward with energy and decision, and had every

encouragement been given to the cultivation o

cotton, India would now be in a very different
position, while England would have escaped .the
miseries of the cotton famine.

As Mr. BAZLEY remarked, in India railway
communications are wanting, and water commu-
nications are wanting. In all India there aro but
3,000 miles of railway, while in this country we
have 12,000 miles, and in America they have 4%000.
Such a fact speaks volumes, and it is only won-
derful so much has been effected in India by private
enterprise. Such works as of right fall within the
duties of Government are carried on in a desultory,
half-hearted manner, which can scarcely produce
great results. Let us hope that some of our prac-
tical men of business will take the matter up, and
not suffer our Home Government to rest until a
newer and more vigorous system is inaugurated in
India.

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

(FRO3I OUR ow CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Sunday Evening.
As I announced would be the case, the Emperor
and Empress returned to Paris on Friday night.
Tey were in the most perfect health and spirits,
and publicity has been given to their feelings of in-
tense gratification at their reception everywhere.
Yesterday afternoon there was a Cabinet Council
at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. At
Dunkirque the Emperor made a brief reply to the
address presented to him by the Mayor, but it di I
not contain any political allusion, and merely ex-
pressed the desire of his Majesty to promote useful
works and improvements, and increase the pros-
perity of the town.

The following is the Emperor's answer to the
address presented to the Emperor and Empress by
the Mayor of Amiens :

"Monsieur le Maire,—With the Empress I have
just traversed France from Strasbourg to Dun -
kirque, and the warm and sympathetic reception
we have everywhere received has penetrated us with
the liveliest gratitude. Nothing—I recognised it
with happiness—can shake the confidence which for
nearly 20 years the French people have placed in
me.

" The non-success of our policy beyond the sea
has not diminished the prestige of our army, for
everywhere the courage of our soldiers triumphed
over all resistance. The events which have taken
place in Germany have not made our country
abandon a calm and dignified attitude, and it
relies with reason upon the maintenance of peace.
The excitations of a small number have not re-
moved the hope of seeing more liberal changes
peaceably introduced into the public institutions.
In short, the momentary stagnation in commer-
cial transactions has not prevented the industrious
classes from exhibiting their sympathy towards
me, or from relying upon the efforts of the Govern-
ment to give a fresh impulse to busine.:s._
_ _

"These sentiments of confidence and devotion
I see with pleasure renewed at Amieni, in that
department of the Somme which has always exhi-
bited a sincere attachment to me, and where a
stay of six years proved to me that misfortune
is a.good school in which to learn how to sup-
port the burthen of power and avoid the vicissi-
tudes of fartune.

" The Empress is much moved by the manner
in which you recall t) recollection her visit to
Amiens. She desires, like myself, to return her
thanks to those who in the same circumstances have
given proof of so much abnegation and cuergy.

My son will prove him"self worthy of the affec-

tion of which in all directions I receive the proof on
his account. He will grow up with the thought that
everything ought to be sacrificed for the happiness
of the country."

The Bishop of Amiens made some touching and

eloquent allusions to the. speech trade by the Em-
peror at Lille. Referring to the expression of the
Emperor that he was wedded to the Empress and
to France in the presence of eight millions of wit-
nesses, said, " To continue your gracious imagery,
you might have added, and with the blessing of
fifty thousand priests.'" The Bishop, after some
other remarks in a similar strain, proceeded to say,
" A pilgrim only just returned from Rome, where
five hundred bishops freely assembled around their
venerated chief, what shall I say, Sire, of my own
personal sentiments, if not that, as a French
bishop, I was deeply touched and proud to
know that even when the French flag no longer
is unfurled over Rome the influence of France
of itself gives security to the Church. Sire,
be a thous tnd times blessed !" Turning to the
Empress, the Bishop alluded to her ;.11ajcsty's visit
last year to Amiens while the cholera raged, and
contrasted the present gay and happy appearance of
the city with its desert and funereal aspect at the
former period. He characterised the Empress's
heroism, devotion, and kindness in glowing terms,
and expressed a hppe that God would preserve her
son. " And God will preserve," concluded the
Bishop, " for your happiness and for the happiness
of France, that august child, thrice blessed, for he
is your son, the son of the Emperor, and the sou of
him who represents upon the earth the Father
which is in Heaven.' "
The visit of the Empress to Amiens will form a
glorious record in the history of France. The re-
membrance of her undaunted courage and devoted
sympathy during the cholera dwelt in such forcible
recollection in the hearts of the inhabitants sthat
they seemed ready to fall down and worship her.
Never before was there such an ovation anywhere.
Enthusiasm does not describe the display. It was
delirious and irrepressible joy. Throughout the
whole of the journey the French people have exhi-
bited heartfelt affection, loyalty, and respect.
The distribution of prizes at the French Academy
this year attracted a more than usually numerous
company, which may be accounted for from its being
known that M. Villemain, the secretary, who has
just recovered from a very dangerous illness, and
Count Falloux, the director, would deliver addresses.
M. Villemain made a graceful and eloquent allusion
to the great results of the Universal Exhibition.
The subject of the prize for poetry was the death
of President Lincoln,which was given toll. Edouard
Grenier. Count de Falloux announced that the
first Montyon prize for virtue was awarded to
Agatha Malias, a print-seller at Angers, who had
taken the vow of celibacy, in order to bring up her
brother's children, and to assist the old, the infirm,
and orphans. When told that the academy had
bestowed the prize (2,500 francs) upon her, with
admirable simplicity she said, "two thousand
five hundred francs, that is a largo sum for
me, who have never possessed anything,
but this money will be used to give pleasure to
everybody." Two prizes of 2,000 f. were awarded for
similar acts of virtuous devotion, and three medals
of the first class of I,ooof. Also 15 medals of
500 f. The prize of virtue, founded by M. Sourian,
was given to Anastasie Gaudin, a female servant.
Eight Montyon prizes of 2,000 f. were awarded for
the most useful works upon "living manners." The
Bordin prizs of 3,000 f., for the encouragement of
first-class literature, was awarded to M. Caro,
author of the work entitled " The Philosophy of
Gcethe." The Lambert prizes of I,ooof. and 600 f.
were granted, the former to M. Edouard d'Angle-
mont, and the latter to M. Barillot, the author of
various poems. Madame Craven obtained one of
the literary prizes for her work," Recit d'une sceur."
A frightful murder has taken place at Lyons,
which has created great consternation. It appears
that a young Italian, named Thrti Gallion, had for

five years worked for M. B-, a rich locksmith

He has a handsome young daughter, and Gallion
fell in love with her, and wished to marry her.
The father, however, would not give his consent,
and having learnt some very unfavourable things
respecting Gallion's character and antecedents he
dismissed him about eight months ago. Since that
time Gallion pursued a system of annoyance, and
almost every night stationed himself at the lamp-
post opposite his late master's door, and frequently
sent leers to the young lady. A few nights ago
Gallion forced himself into the yard over which the
stables are situated. M. B- was much enraged,
and the result of his fury was that a few minutes

afterwards the body of Gallion was seen stretched
on the stones. The skull had been fractured in two
places, either by a heavy stick or a bar of iron.
The Zouave Doctcr Jacob is decidedly the lion
of the day, although the authorities have suspended
his consultations for the present. The papers
abound
in the mo.3t marvellous accounts of his
cures. Some of them must be true, I think. At
all events, they are vouched for by respectable
persons. General Lapeyrouse is said to have been
cured of paralysis by the doctor, and the writer of
a letter, who gives his name and address, states
that a father took his child to the doctor. It
was born blind, but after the visit it could
see perfectly well. A woman who had lost the use
of her arms from milk fever was cured. Another
case is mentioned in which the doctor discovered
the seat of disease in an instant. A photographic
artist, who took a portrait of him, says he is endowed
with greht magnetic power, and at times his phy-
siognomy is very remarkable from its peculiar ani-
mation. A man who attends patients in hospitals
says that some of them who were not cured there
received immediate relief from the Zouave. This
person courts inquiry into the truth of his state-
ments. It appears that when the Zouave was at
the camp at Chalons last year persons came to him
from a distance of 20 and 30 miles, and an inmate
of the camp says, that he then received from 25 to
30 patients at a time, and at his voice, his sight, his
touch, the dumb spoke, the deaf heard, and the
lame were able to walk without their crutches.
Jacob told the writer of this account that ho in-
tended to send lilin a manuscript which had been
dictated by a spirit. The Zouave is said to be as
good a musician as he is a doctor. The instrument
he plays in the band of the Zouves of the Guard is
the Sax-horn.

There arc still no official accounts from Spain,
so it may be supposed that the insurrection is not
yet suppressed, or the Government would have
hastened to tell us so. On he
the journals publish private letters from the fron-
tiers, which leadato the supposition that there are
numerous bands of insurgents in the mountains.

Some important movement will probably take place
ere long.

The weather continues extremely hot,
in spite of
which the average number of daily visitors to the
Exhibition is about 45,000. The chairs are con-
spicuous for their absence outside the cafes. At
one restaurant there is a printed bill assuring cus-
tomers politely that
they may be certain of having
refreshments of the best kind outside if they will
only consent to partake of them while standing up.

THE Moons AND FORESTS.--thir accounts from
the inoors this week are meagre compared with the last,
not from deficiency iu the birds or unfavourable weather,
the
et
fibersctauthe3ses,portsmen seem not to have gone out. From
enjoyed such remarkably fine weather that
they were
generally satisfied after a few days' incessant
work on the hills, and thus the season has come to an end,
or at least to a pause, somewhat sooner than usual. It
was a Very rare occurrence, almost unknown in the expe-
rience of the most veteran '
sportsman, that from the 12th
to the 28th there should be
such a continuance of bright
sunshine as we have had this year. The season has alto-
gether been an extraordinary one, not more on account of
the excellent sport enjoyed iu the North than of the con-
trast presented in this respect between the southern and
northern moors. Prom the 12th to the 22d the Highland
Railway despatched 700 gaup.) boxes more than during Ihe
corresponding period lust year. Iu the east we observe
the weather during the past week has not been so favour-
able as with us. In Banffshire and Aberdeenshire there
ha'o been occasional heavy rains, and the thick mists
which have prevailed on the hills have rather interfered
with sporting operations.—lnverness Courier.
AN ECCENTRIC PERSON.—" During my stay at
York," says Argus in the Morning Post, " that city lost her
greatest wine merchant, and perhaps I might say the
greatest in England, in Mr. Volins. He was an extraor-
dinary person, and well known to all the racing noblemen
and gentlemen in the north. The architect of his own
fortune, he never had but one sort of wine in his cellars,
never kept a clerk or sent in a bill, never was in London
in his life or got into a railway carriage. He died at an
adyanced age, and was generally respected."