Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-20
FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, October 30, 1852.

POLITICAL rumors nave very mucn decreased our
ing the week, partly because invention had been so
very active that it necessarily began to flag, but
more especially on account of the near approach of
the opening of Parliament, when fancy must give way
to reality and rumor yield to fact However, well
do Ministers keep their secrets-if they have any,
which some people doubt-that nothing whatever is
known Of their intended policy, or with what pro-
positions they are prepared to inaugurate the new
Parliament and make their appearance before the
public. So close are they in their councils and
we think well of them for being o-that not even
the Marquis of GRANNY who is one of their leaders,
knows any thing about the measures they intend to
introduce and advocate, as he declared at meeting
of the freeholders of Lecestershire few days ago
There seems, however, to be little doubt that Lord
has lately endured good deal Of Tory WOO
ing, and the ond of the day is that he is not unwilling
to make arrangementhat arrangement being that
he and Lord DERBY should meet on equal terms, each
bringing his contingent of colleagues the construction
Of new Cabinet 1t is said there is increasing viii
ngness in the less important members Of the Admins
raon to sacrifice themselves for the good Of the leaders,
and places mentioned being Mt Lord DERBrs
disposal should he be able to find weghty and pow
erful occupants. 4. ~ aL4
Parliament will undoubtedly meet on Thursday next,
the 4th November but business will not in reality COM
mence until the llh The election of Speaker will not
occupy much time contest for the Office being antci
pated but the administration Of the oaths to six hum
dred and fifty members is tedious process and this and
other necessary routine business will occupy first week
| We doubt whether Lord PALmERsTos will be won by
the unwonted couresies and aatey of the Derbyites;
that such things, having palpable object would
weigh much with such may well be doubted. Ger
any the acquisition of Lord PALMrRsToN would not only
give strength to the Derby government but the secession
Of the noble Viscount and his friends from the Wings
would SO very much weaken them hatit might give
thing like permanence to administration of which he
was prominent member.
The evidence taken before the select committee of the
House of Commons the affairs of India has just been
published 1t appears that the investigation has yet
tended only Of the eight heads of inquiry into which
the subject is divided The point inquired into respects
she authorities and agencies for administering the gov
eminent of India at home and abroad respectively" Up
on this important head number of most competent wit
nesses examined, amongst others Lord HARDINGE
and the Earl of ELLENBoRoUGH All the witnesses, with
the exception of the Earl of ELLENBoRoUGH, in
the opinion that is desirable to maintain the present
fern of government subject of course to minor
sary changes Lord HARDSGS asserts that the act of
1885," now about expire, has been very successful
in ensuring good government in India, in fulfilling
the intentions of the Home Government and in promot
ing the welfare of the people of India" Lord ELLEN
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BOROUGH the contrary, seriously objects to the pre-
sent mode of double government; he would abolish the
truseeship of the East India Company, by which at
present governs for the British Crown and he considers
the Court of Directors eminenty unfit for the exercise
Of the powers which confded its This court
he describes composed of men without knowledge or
authority and unfit to be consulted upon the affairs Of
India IA juncure like the present when all resist
the part Of native States has been broken down.
and the state of things in India has been completely al
tered His Lordshp describes the Court Of Directors as
s'dreading education; dreading improvement by rail
roads dreadng the army" He sees remedy against
any of these evils in the Capitalization of all power
in the hands the Governor General of India whom be
proposes invest merely with the patronage of
Indian ruler but with the right to appoint council In
England whose duty it would be to advise the President
Of the Board of Control We find that the commit
tee Of the House Of Commons like that Of the House Of
Lords has adopted by large majority preliminary re-
solution in favor Of the double system Of government
| at present existing Mr. HUME and Mr. GOLDEN alone
protest against this decision The committees Of both
Houses will be re-apponted Parliament assem-
bes but 1t thought scarcely probable that any vital
change will be introduced into the constitution Of In
da unless the representations Of the various native dele
Cations their way to England, should work any
change in the majority of the respective committees Of
and talented strangers win be respectfully received and
attended to- and their opinions upon matters closely
concerning their interests have due consideration
The subject of the future and certain supply Of the
qusite quantity Of cotton for English manufactures
tnues to be very engrossing DIR. LANG insists
upon Australia furnishing the most promising cotton field
not emily to quantity but also respects quality. Mr..
Tmos CLEGG of Manchester calls the attention Of the
public Western Africa where the chiefs in the neigh
borhood Of the Gold Coast have lately found It adj
vantageous to employ their people in raising cotton than
to sell them to Cuba Brazil. The quantity shipped
from thence Manchester has increased in three years
from $50 lbs weight to 10037 lbs The spinners, in
speaking Of the quality Of this cotton say the staple is
about the respects length good Egyptian or
ordinary Sea Islands, and is about the strength Of good
fair Egyptian but it is very irregular" The price
which this African cotton reaches in Manchester is about
I'd. per b. To show the greatly increased and still
pdly increasing consumption Of cotton in England, we
quote the following paragraph from late Nottingham
paperNottngham il win be remembered is the centre
of the English hosiery manufacture
"To give some idea Of the increased consumption Of
in hosiery manufactures during the last two
years. and the cheaper method Of production, may
state that two years ago labor constituted the great item
Of cost but present machinery has chespened
and multiplied labor that has become the chief
pense in producing dozen pairs Of stockings and
have hesitation in stating that the consumption Of
cotton in Nottingham has fully tripled The same labor
in the lower descriptions Of hosiery performed by means
Of the machinery for ID which used to cost Is Cd