The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-11 00:00:00

THE STOCK OF COTTON.

The stock of cotton in Liverpool has not at pre-
sent seriously declined, although the tendency is
now in that direction. The movement during the
last three months has been as follows :
Stock, 1861, Stock, 1860.
Bales. Bales.
April 5 942,330 • . 906,010
9, 12 884,860 .• 955,640
„ 19 874,330 • • 1,015,880
99 26 952,740
May 3 990,690 • • 1,027,130
10 976,810 • • 1,016,630
5!
99 17 1,049,590 • • 1,027,130
1,111,260
„ 24 1,111,510 • • 1,20,0730
„ 31 1,151,010 1,295,570
June 7 1,148,650 • • 1,358,630

„ 14 1,131,080 • • 1,335,040
„ 21 1,116,860 • • 1,307,835
„ 28 1,124,070 • • 1,333,820
July 5 1,108,300 • • 1,298,490
At this period of the year, the crop from America
having ordinarily come to hand, the stock usually
falls off, and it will be seen that the decline from
the first week in June this year has been only
40,000 bales as compared with 60,000 bales in the
corresponding weeks of 1860. The real difficulty
will, of course, arise towards the end of the year,
when the delivery of the crop at present growing
in the Southern States should commence. The
proportion borne by Ameriean cotton to the totals
given above was as follows in the first and last
weeks of the period under notice :
Stock, April 5. Stock, July 5.
Bales. Bales,
American .. 790,570 .. 838,060
Surat _ 95,040 .. 202,600
Brazil _ .. 16,590 19,580
Egyptian .. 37,600 46,510
West Indies, &c. 2,530 1,550
The quantity of American cotton at sea for Liver-
pool at the commencement of present month was
87,500 bales, and of Surat 219,623 bales, as com-
pared with 98,440 bales of American and 109,334
bales of Surat at the corresponding period of 1860.
At the commencement of April the quantity at sea
for Liverpool was estimated at 225,000 bales of
American and 244,265 bales of Surat, as compared
with 252,600 bales of American and 118,246 bales
of Surat at the corresponding date of 1860. Alto-
gether these figures show that the ordinary course
of trade has been at present very little disturbed.
Mr. Haywood, secretary of the Manchester Cotton
Supply Association, is now en route for India, from
which large additional supplies have been this year
forthcoming. In the first six months of the current
year the average weekly consumption has been
43,850 bales, as compared with 47,494 bales per
week in 1860.

PROLIFIC BIRTII.—On Thursday, the 27th of
June, the wife of Thomas Mitchell, chairmaker, 6, Great
George-street, St. John-street, Brick-lane, Bethnal-green,
was safely delivered of three fine boys, who, with the mother
are alive and doing well. The parents of these three boys
are poor, hard-working people, and having had before this
large addition to their family seven children, they are placed
in great pecuniary difficultieo,

A deputation on the above subject had
view with Viscount Palmerston at Cambridge-house
yesterday morning. The special object was to pre-
:.,ent to his lordship a memorial founded on certain
resolutions adopted at a conference held at Lord
Brougham's residence on the lOth ult. The depu-
tation consisted of Lord Brougham, Mr. C. Gilpin,
M.P., Mr. S. Gurney, M.P., Mr. C. Buxton, M.P.,
Mr. H. Pease, M.P., Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., the
Rev. Dr. Carlile, Dr. Norton Shaw, Messrs. W.
Allen, R. Forster, J. Forster, J. Heather, F.
Wheeler, G. Volcker, A. W. Hanson, R. Campbell,
C. Sevin, J. R. Burchett, J. Cooper, D. Chinery, R.
Alsop, 0. Ralston, E. Miles, J. Perry, and L. A.
Chameravzow.

jEwecoaLts:lotedrhr,d BROUGHAM, in introducing the deputation,
alluded to the gratifying intellir,ence,justmorileniceadesutiuviclii",eddts:
that the Emperor of the French had abolished the
so-called free immigration of negroes from the
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to put an end to the present system of carrying
slaves to Cuba under the American flag.
Mr. C. BUXTON said he trusted the Government
to put a stop to the like exportation of slaves at
Wydah, in the dominions of the King of Dahomey,
and would consent to place consuls at various points
of the Eastern Coast of Africa.
After a few words from Mr. J. FORSTER, one of
the patriarchs of the Anti-Slavery movement,
Lord PALMERSTON, in reply, expressed his wil-
lingness to take such steps as might appear desir-
able and prudent in order to put a stop to the slave
trade. It was owing to the determination of the
British Government, more than to anything else,
that the Portuguese and the Brazilian Governments
had abolished the traffic. But the Portuguese
Government, although willing to carry out their
treaty obligations with this country, had to deal
with very corrupt officials in distant settlements..
Spain had acted with great insincerity, and, lyq
doubt, had given atip:**tittifvtat if this country
chose to resort to forceio compel her to carry out
ker deliberate engagements. He . doubted, hoW-
ever, if the House of Commons would respond to a
call for war on such grounds at the present mo-
ment. What he (Lord Palmerston) had stated in
the House of Commons on the subject the other
night had made the Government of Spain very
angry with him ; but he believed they immediately
sent off a certain number of cruisers, so that it
would appear they were amenable in some degree
t 6 public opinion. The Government had required
from Spain a categorical declaration that slavery
should not be introduced in San Domingo. There
were there at this moment a great number of
negroes who had escaped from Cuba and Porto
Rico, and the Spanish Government had given the
most positive assurances that their freedom should
remain intact.

Lord BROUGHAM said he hoped
,there would be
no objection to produce the categorical declaration
alluded to.

Lord PALMERSTON said he apprehended not, but
his noble friend at the head of the Foreign-office
would determine that point. There was nothing
confidential in the communication, and it would
perhaps be satisfactory to the Spanish Government
to have their intentions publicly known. The chief
difficulty at present was with America. So long as
the States refused the right of search, the Spanish
trade would continue to be carried on under the
American flag. The Government of the United
States had seemed to think the British Government
might be induced to connive at the annexation of
Cuba on condition that the slave trade should cease;
and that, and the influence of the South in the
councils of the Union, had hitherto prevented any
effectual measures for the suppression of the traffic
being carried out. The United States had, however,
recently sent cruisers to the coast of Africa, and had
done more to suppress the trade under their own
flag than they had done for a very considerable time,
It was perfectly true that the French free immi-
gration of negroes to their colonies was slavery in
its purest and simplest form, and the British Go-
vernment had only been able to induce the French
to put an end to it by an engagement enabling them
to get coolies from India. The free immigration from
Africa would therefore be put an end to in 12 months,
and he trusted there would be no attempt to revive
it. The appointment of consuls at the places indi-
cated by the deputation would no doubt be exceed.
ingly advantageous, but it was a subject which lay
with his noble friend at the head of the Foreign-
office. No doubt a great step was made when Mr.
Foote, whose death he deeply regretted to hear of,
was appointed to Lagos. That gentleman had been
of great service in suppressing the traffic, and in-
structing the people of Abbeokuta to defend them-
selves against the King of Dahomey. As to sending
a consul to Wydah, or any other part of the King
of Dahomey's dominion, he must own that the savage
character of the King, and his threats against all
Englishmen, made it exceedingly dangerous to for-
ward a peaceable mission to his territory. The in-
crease of legitimate commerce in those districts
where the slave trade had been put down was some-
thing most encouraging.
Mr. CAMPBELL, a gentleman who had travelled
in the neighbourhood of the King of Dahomey's
territory, said that he was of opinion that an ac-
credited consul, going with a peaceful mission to
the King of Dahomey, would be properly received.
Much, no doubt, would depend upon the fitness of
the person selected for the office, and it was desir-
able that he should bear with him ample evidence
of the esteem in which he was held by his country-
men.'

Some further conversation took place in reference
to this point, and the deputation, having thanked
his lordship for the attention he had given them ,
withdrew, the proceedings having lasted upwards
of an hour.

EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING MR. GORILLA. Messrs. J. L. Toole,
P. Bedford, Billington ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. Thorne.
After which (229th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr.
1). Boucleault, 1). eisner, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson,
C. J. Smith, Romer, [Toward, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss
Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with THE TURKISH BATH-. Mr. J. L.
Toole, Mr. P. Bedford.
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