Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-11-15
NATIONAL lNTELLIGENCER:
FROM-OUR Z ONDOx CoRRESPONDEN7
LoxroN, OcropRR as. ae5I


The annual crop ofcctton, and the ability Of DIFF
ferent conusries to furnish that material to the
manufacturers of England, is every day becoming
a subject Of increasing importance. The capabili-
" Of India 10 furaish this raw material 70 cOns-
Serabe extent has never been doubted but hithCr-
to there have been aFeat forwssdingt
from the place q growth % Mspot ~ sbirnent
for Europe. Thsse1 i66culies axss she~sssr. rapid
ly diminishing, aa{lshs quantity recovod thsAce IN
England has increased from 7O,Oe0;O0O .pssAds
weight in 1870 - nearly l20,0o0j0OO pounds
in 1850 the former being about nine par scent OF
the whole quantity imported into England, the lat
ter about eighteen per cent. Of that importation.
The proportion this year will be sail larger. The
Great Exhibition, which has just closed, has not
only presented numerous samples Of the raw cot
ton of India, but has also shown ms the great de-
gree Of perfection to which the natives of that coun-
try have, by mere manual operation, unasslsted
almost entirely by European science and mechan-
ism, brought their manufactures of cotton. Muslin
tissues have been exhibited, ten yards long and one
yard wide, weighing only OF. q dwts. each, and
capable Of being passed through a 'weddingring.
They are literally of gossamer texture, and more
resemble whasmight be the work Of fairies than the
produce Of human fingers. We have, indeed, hither-,
to known more of the low and deceital politics and
contemplate policy Of the rulers both native and European,
Of Ina than ofshe patience and industry the ingenuity and
skill the social and admirable ability Of the people The
Exhibition has given turn to our thoughts India
will henceorwatd receive large additional share Of The at
enoa Of the merchants and manufacturers Of England, as
well as more the fostering Of the Government and the
benevolent regards phianhropis and of all who really
wish 10 improve the condition Of hundred millions Of human
beings India has been renowned for her muslin fabrics for
more than sixteen hundred years yet how few Of the six
million Of the vsers the Crystal Palace before pos
sessed the of beholding ssspe Of those fabrics 1t
is not probable however tha. these cobwbke tissues beau
l and wonderful they win produce ary great effect
upon the general distribution Of the trade and commerce OF
the world They, well many other proofs Of the skill
and capaby Of the natives which the Exhibition contained,
cannot fail to excite 40 endeavo to turn that skill and
biy profitable purpose than they have hitherto
been employed in thereby improving the condition OF the
people and adding the Of the British empire
Parliament will undoubtedly during the next session, ear
nesty take up the sa Of nds particularly with scspect to
produce cotton and the means Of facilitating Its imPor
tation 10 Europe and although the manufacturers Of Man
chester and Boonu for several years come under any
circumstances rely for the principal portion OF the raw mate
rial upon the isoquay true that every year
will nd them more and Independent of the casualties
which may arise from their being dependant upon single
market Il must also be borne in mind that there is every
year remarkable incsease in theoonsunpon Of cotton ia
brics and there little chance ofTaw cotton becoming
drug In the market through undue proportion between
its supply and the demand fori there Of gold becoming
too plentiful from the discovery Of the rich mines Of California
and Australia, as a9
few more general observations uPon the Great Exhib
ton preparatory to intendedepo Of it's statistics and
our conclusions respecting the effect which think il likely
70 pduce and the evidence which it affords Of the condition
and social and political poson of the nations which conr
buteo IT, The populariy of great kom the
first ssow as continued 1t really seems to leave no regret
behind. except that it did last longer and no worse
that il may be renewed nsome shepe or other
some wA.e other, possible We lind that pro-
posals are really issued f holding Exhibition of the
Industrysof all Nations At New York' next year The ad-
veseen. Of this project signed BY MsBuscHEK, the as
ss,aut Austrian Commissoner to the Exhibition IN London
and E. RsnDrr, the United States Commissioned It isin-
tended 70 bean Exhibition Of foreign goods exclusively
mo AMERICAN producer manufacturer will be allowed to
take part ini We very doubtful Of ih success, in any
other way hsG as mercantile speculation, to s projectors
who msy psrAsps realize something their expenses
from their connissions ales but will be much in the
way the success Of large and attractive OF
all Nsons~ which had hoped would be held at New York
in two or hee gears Time Some aos have been made to
ascersn the suber Of foreigners who have bean attracted to-
Epgland by kezkibion, and We learn with astonishment
that the made the Commissioners Of the passengers
brought by the drt continental packets does not exceed
seventy thousand This is far beiow the generaexpeca-
tion .and the popular estimate Of abe actual number
We ust remember, hOwever, that few foreign European
nations travel abroad he same sshe English and
considering the few England ardna occasions
70 Londonn FIVE months lisa very large and
unprecedented numb offosegn visiter. Again Is said
that sre than 1900 entered on the Ace-
Ticsn visiter book kept he Exhibition This probably
correc but think likely khst not onehaf OF the per-
from The United Ses inserted their names 90 that re-
cord We ourselves kno of party OF SIX. net one OF
whose entered the ana of several otheS each in
cuding four five persons Of hch name os1y was
entered We sse inclined believe that the number OF vi
s;ers from the limited States fo eight thoNaand
With all the Of visters from abroad and from the
PROVINCES the sccHeats have been surprisingly few Tsre
has been confusion In densycrowded iL
terrupon to any ordinary business. No doubt great deal
is due 10 excesn police, but more to Ahe KINDLY feeling
and good spirit generally evoked oil sssss snd all indvidu
ais ogrecd to help and each oher The absence Of dis
order such an ncsase Of people, and the absolute
proposonay diminished amount Of crime, are equivalent to
progress ia order and increase Of virtue We remem-
be oo that predictions Of dsass aswe ss turbu'snce TO
arise from the Exhibition, rather prou.ey scattered
abroad about the time Of i,s conmsnssmen The fac bow
ever has been aa ths ropo anwing for IT. Increased
mposrv population has had s per centsse average OF
mortalv than usual Il most however, be remembered that
the addition 70 the populatou fair average c be
whole, Il consisted almost exclusively Of the mdce upper,