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The COTTON nxeitement IN 11ngland.


A movement has recently taken placo in
ties, md others have Joined, with view TO
provide against the ruinous consequences which
would result tosehc notwithstanding interests Of
that country, should a failure occur in the sup.
ply Of cotton from America or should the
supply he inadequate to meet the rapidly In
creasing demand. At a late meeting of the
Society Of Arts. the subject was fully discuss
ed; aud tho conclusion seemed to DC that
India was the country from wlicli sufficient
supply of cotton could be obtained. It was
asserted that the soil Of Julia was peculiarly
adapted to the. culture of cotton that the
fields of Bcras, could procure three or four
times the qdsptity necessary for the consump.
tion Of the asorll and that some of the cot.
ton produced is equal to the finest in America.
But ms the journal Of Commerce remarks:
1t is n we'll nsccrtained fact that the cotton
now grown inandin is of fnr inferior quality
to that grown In this country, aud that even
we're the calculations as to- the proluctivcness
Of India perfectly true. this defect would he
fntnl to its sole use in tho place Of American
cotton. Vast amounts of capital, unrcnitting
energy. nnd m"ny. years Of patient trial are
neccssnry-even in the opinion of the most
sanguine who take n practical view of the
mnttcr-before the success or fnilurc Of the
experiment tn raise a rival to the Southern
States can DC demonstrated. As the London
Times remark, before Englisl capitalists will
carry their capital to India, and employ their
energy and means in any commercial or indus.
trial speculation in that country its present
administration by the East India Company
must be materially modified; existing legal
disabilities to the tenure Of land in fec simple
must he removed, md the assimilation Of
British India generally to the other possessions
of the British Crown, permanently effected.
"Englisllmc", says the Times, will 60 to
Hong Kong, Sctrn Leone. the Falkland Islands.
or Bermuda, but they will not settle freely in
iiin.loostan. The consequence is, that two ont
OF four requisites for cotton produce arc
wanting. There is the soil. and there arc the
hu'bnndmen: but the capital and the energy
are not fortlicomng."
Notwithstanding tho expensive experiments
which are about to Lc made by the combined
energies Of all the parties above enumerated.
,ti'cir success Is Mt the best, but remote con-
tingcncy. In the meantime the necessity of
American cotton for English manufacturers.
and the consequent Importance, politically rs
well "' maternity, OF friendly relations with
tins country, must continue as urgent aud i'm
perative as now. There is nothing humilia-
ting in this dependence. cordial under
standing between the two countries is scarcely
less important to us than t" England nor arc
the inducements to cherish and maintain it,
by all honorable means. less powerful with
US than with our Kindred in the Old C.untry.
Powerful as it ia the 'cotton thread" whicl,
now binds us together, and vital ms is it's i'm
Portance to our best interests it is not the
only tic that exists between US; and even il
the cotton fields of Brrar prove ms productive
as it is thought they will, our friendship. We
trust, will not Oh that account be less cordial,
or our relations less intimate. By the time
TINT dream is realized, il is highly probable
that the wants of our population will require
all the cotton we can grow, and perhaps OBJ
ligeus to draw on Bsrar