The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-28 00:00:00

COTTON FROM DEMERARA.

A letter from a contemporary says :—As so
much anxiety is at present manifested in influen-
tial quarters as to the future supply of cotton for
our mills, perhaps you will be good enough to per-
mit me, through the aid of your columns, to direct
attention to British Guiana as an inexhaustible
source from which cotton can be obtained.
Mr. Anthony Trollope, that intelligent traveller
as well as sprightly and forcible writer, in his
West Indies and Spanish Main, says :
" British Guiana consists of three provinces--viz., Ber-
bice, Demerara, and Essequibo, so called from the three
great rivers of the country. . . Demerara is flat. Ber-
bice is flat, and so is Essequibo. The whole laid is formed
by the mud which has been brought down by these great
rivers and others. . . To the rear there is an eternity of
mud running back to unknown mountains, the wildernesses
of the Brazil, the river Negro, and the tributaries of the
Amazon ; an eternity of sugar capability. . . Guiana
is an enormous extent of flat mud, the alluvial deposit of
those mighty rivers which for so many years have been
scraping together earth in those wild unknown upland
countries, and bringing it down conveniently to the sea-
board, so that the world might have sugar to its tea. .
There is no limit to. the fertility and extent of this region.
The only limit is in labour. The present culture only
skirts the seaboard and the river sides."
Then, after giving a correct description of the
figure and boundaries of an estate, he says, speaking
of the owner :

" He starts from the water, and is bounded on each aide ;
but backwards I backwards he may cultivate canes up to
the very Andes, if hi) only could get Coolies. Oh, ye soft-
hearted, philanthropic gentry of the Anti •Slavery Society,
only think of that; a million hogsheads of sugar—and you
like cheap sugar yourselves,—if you will only be quiet, or
talk on subjects that you understand."

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday
at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in
Downing-street. The members present were--Viscount
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke
of Argyll, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Lord John Russell, the
Duke of Newcastle, Lord Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, Right
Hon. C. P. Villiers, Sir George Grey, Lord Stanley of
A lderley, Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, and the Right
Hon. E. Cardwell.

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—The following cir•
cular has been addressed to the liberal members of the
House of Commons : "94, Piccadilly, 22d January,
1861. Sir,—As matters of considerable importance will
come under discussion at the meeting of Parliament on
Tuesday, the sth of February, I shall feel greatly obliged
by your attendance in the House of Commons on that day.
I have the honour to be, yours faithfully, PALMERSTON."
The Address in the House of Commons, in reply
to the Speech from the Throne, to be moved by Sir E.
Colebrooke, will be seconded by Mr. Charles Paget, M.P.
for Nottingham.

The Duke of Sutherland continues daily to regain
his strength. His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, Lord
and Lady Blantyre, and the Duke and Duchess of Argyll,
are staying with the Duchess of Trentham.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster
left Grosvenor-house on Saturday, for Eaton Hall, near
Chester.

The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli
have arrived at Grosvenor• gate from Windsor Castle, where
they have been on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince
Consort.

The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Alexander Cockburn,
has during the past week been compelled to absent himself
from the Court of Queen's Bench by indisposition. We
are glad to find that his lordship is now convalescent, and
will probably resume his judicial functions in his court to-
day, or to-morrow.

SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE.—This distinguished
surgeon (we learn from the Medical Times. and Gazette)
underwent the operation for extraction of cataract from the
right eye on Monday last. Favourable reports were given
of the progress of Sir Benjamin up to Saturday afternoon.

CALLS TO THE BAR.—The undermentioned gen-
tlemen were called to the bar on Saturday :—lnner Temple.
—John 'Walter Tyas, Esq. ; Thomas Neilson Underwood,
Esq. ; Charles William Mackillop, Esq. ; Henry William
"'4Franklyn, Esq., BA. ; William Henry Mellor, Esq.;
Thomas Green, Esq. ; Felix Hargrave Hamel, Esq. ;
Henry Brooks, Esq , B.A. ; John Barker Thornber, Esq.;
Henry Goldwyer, Esq. ; and John Martineau, Esq., B.A.
Middle Temple.—Thomas Henchman Buckerfield, Esq., of
10, Southampton-buildings ; Henry Michael Durphy, Esq.,
of 3, Dr. Johnson's-buildings ; George William Paul, Esq.,
of 4, Elm-court ; Alfred Richards, Esq., of Lamb-build-
ing; and Thomas Henry Goodwin Newton, Esq., 8.A., of
4, Hare-court, and St. John's College, Cambridge, Lin-
coln's-inn.—Deane Parker Pennethorne, Esq., 8.A., Cam-
bridge (Certificate of Honour, first class) ; Percy Simpson,
Esq., M.A., Cambridge ; Arthur Giles Puller, Esq., M.A.,
Cambridge ; Joseph William Dunning, Esq., M.A., Cam-
bridge ; George Worthington, Esq. ; Charles Robt. Flet •
cher Lutwidge, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge ; Paul Panton, Esq.,
8.A., Cambridge ; Edmond Robert Wodehouse, Esq.;
Charles Collett, Esq. ; Horace Davey, Esq., M.A., Ox-
ford ; John Liddell, Esq., M.A., Oxford ; Arthur Dixon,
Esq. ; Charles Synge Christopher Bowen, Esq., 8.A., Ox-
ford ; George Randall Johnson, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge ;
Bernard Cracroft, Esq., M.A., Cambridge; m. Halfhide
Allen, Esq., M.A. and B.C.L„ Oxford; Frederick James
Quick, 8.A., Cambridge; Robert Smith, Esq. ; Angelo
John Lewis, Esq., 8.A., Oxford; Charles Stewart, Esq,;
Mark William Hunter, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge; Henry
Augustus Clavering, Esq. ; and William John Belt, Esq.,
M.A., Cambridge. Gray's-inn.—Richard C. Rogers, Esq.;
Timothy O'Brien O'Freely, Esq./ L.L.D. ; and Julian
Emanuel Salomons, Esq.
BATHING IN THE JORDAN.—The shore was muddy
with the feet of the pilgrims, and the river so rapid that I
hardly dared to get beyond the mud. I did manage to
take a plunge in, head foremost, but I was forced to wade
out through the dirt and slush, so that I found it difficult
to make my feet and legs clean enough for my shoes aid
stockings ; and then, yaoreover, the flies plagued me most
unmercifully. I should have thought that the filthy fla-
vour from the Dead Sea would have saved from that nuis-
ance ; but the mosquitoes thereabouts are probably used to
it. Finding this process of bathing to be so difficult, I in-
quired as to the practice of the pilgrims. I found that with
them, bathing in Jordan has come to be much the same as
baptism with us. It hardly means immersion. •No doubt
they do take off their shoes and stockings ; but they do not
strip and go bodily into the water,—London Review.