Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-22
Correspondence of the Herali.l
hoNDoN, SePte"pe' -''", 'S'''
Cultivation Of Cotton In India, -

t Cultivation OF Cotton In India.
II is due to the Hon. East India Company TO state,
that they paid the patentee Of the Cotton Gin $50
in addition to bearing his expenses.
1t il true, as the Court Of Directors state, they
arc longer trading company, their charter hav-
ing expired, and that they now merely poli,i
cal body, agents for directing the civil and militia
ry government Of India, possessing in themselves
no personal pecuniary interest in the agricultural
commercial affairs Of the country. They have
thought proper, in this capacity, TO encourage to
limited extent, the cultivation Of Cotton in India
and intend afterwards to leave the enterprise to pr
va'e capitalists. Under these Circumstances, they
said they only required six or eight Cotton Gins
and for this number, the pantentee gave them the
privilege TO build them on his pian for which they
gave him the ESQ.
Ina former letter, no unjust imputation was in.
tended 10 be cast the members ofthe Hon. Court
OF Directors individually. Such men as MIR Bailey,
the Chairman Of the Court, and Sir Robert Camp.
bell. 20 whom the patentee was personally intro
dac.d By a gentleman OF high standing in London,
aud Sir Richard jenkins, with other mbers Of the
Court OF high standing, and could not, IL 10
believed, have entertained . 'hooght Of doing the
Patentee any injustice, Yet, what they con c lem
tiously deemed adequate compensation for his ser
vices and improvements, light be di, rently viewed
by others.
With this explanation, close all further illusions
20, comments upon this subject. Al.
CHEAP AND QUIcx TRAVELLING yew-a-days
in crossing the Atlantic, which is three Thousand
miles broad at place, ans twenty five hundred al
another, we can eat dinner in New York, on the
ocean, and in London or Paris, on three eonseeu-
tive Sundays, and have day or two 10 spare here
and there with perfect ease. No less than seven
steam ships and ferty-scven packets, now run be-
tween New York anil Boston, and England and
France. They depart hither and thiiher every
week, and in few years perhaps, they will dot the
Atlantic as thichy the Tabernacle is dotted with
whites and blacks a an abolition meeting But this
en- passant Travelling never was so cheap as now.
In the packet ships passenger can 20 in the cabin
for one hun lred dollars, even in Collins fsmous
ships, tn. prettiest models and fastest sailers in
the world" TO 20 in the steam ships, however,
he must pay twenty dollars Some prefer one
some prefer the other. There Is no want Of ao-
eommodation now. Those who like TO steam it,
have an opportunity to satisfy their propensity in
that linesn those who like to blow IL, can satisfy
this too by going in one Of "tbe prettiest models
and fastest ssilsrs in the world"
P.sx THEATRE There was murder most FOUL
at tbi. house, last night Hackett certainly did
butcher Shakespeare, in most villsinous way,
and at the fall Of the curtain he told the audi
euce "that IL was Geir fault" He moy have been
right in this instance, but ifhe ever plays Hamlet
again IL will be Mrs Woods fault for IL she had
been the Ophelia rot twenty even u Mr.. Hsekets
friends could have sat out the tragedy. May
we never look upon its like again
Thi. evening the opera Of the " Maid Of Jsdsh'
is TO be repeated.