The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-27
LATEST FOREIGN DETAILS.
Discussion eff American Affairs In En-,
taud.
PROGRESS or 1HE coTroE F.iJfxYE


PROGRESS OF The GOrTOE FflfyYF
By the Asia Mt New York, we have so,os
further intei ssung foreign detaiIs. The Lon.
don Papers announce that be IoEf~a,rats
Comm, ssioners. Num- and I4ncey. dlned or
the 9Th Instant with the tishpongers tom-
pany.
MIR. Il JbeIt Muir, CT Charlesto ton, who WA
re sd.et from forl LaiayetIe on parole
e"cned Liverpool in the steamer norm
American.
The COTTON QUESTION IN hsaLASD.
from The Ao4don / In, 6, NV
The accounts from Lancashire state that
the paraiy SIS OF trade IN TIE III .Auiacturuy
districts, wtug TO the scarcity OF American
eottcn, Is becoming more visible day o, uay
Zach succeeding return sGVws NUMBERS Of
minis gradually being reduced III Tie houis Of
working. some tnst were working STA asysm
me week being reduced lii Tune 10y not b- lag
zig uted up III t.,e moFulnS ANA evening Auu-
that wore working lUur day being reduevd to
sb1ee, hha sCrue being Itoeeu aLsOge Iner.-
r rom paTtlt uiafs iurAisneu by CORES pynGrhIs
vi tr.e .ai. chichester hcaa:iaer tue ioI.o wing M.
nTes have teen cunptieu, when, although
noe complete, aie sufficient TO show generally
tue stats vi employ meat ia the various ioua,l.
ties OF The cotton sT-ue:
This table shows Il total Of "a 800 people At
work On fail time Il, j72 at WORK ii I've Ctsysin
The Week 81. 397 At work four days; 2s,.S.
three days, and S,053 men now iGI- los
2l,aes ADDS:
Inese returns are imperfect, Is there are
several important ais ricls not eEuIneraleL
and Ii - feared tnat the last 1Jt IN ~ uIs nLm.
DER OF wufk people totalty OUT OF eLpivy.
nieBL, anu tOT whom NO resource Is lett but
the poor raIts ana charitable Subscriptions
Is he.ow The actucl slaLs " tue CaSr, and lA,g
tue JoLal viii con Iihu..iIy lucIeose.
Eith reference 40 The reiterated rtCommeu.
Il al ~
day II eek, anu - the sPecuiatIons as " ,hs
effect huCn ii course wound have Oh The est
anu supply OF cotton, one Correspondent To.
MARKS thdL they Snow = very lulerieCt
knowledge OF }he cOnuIticn o. the lrLdo
lhere are, perhJ Us, 500 10 5pu mill owners IN
Lancashire, bus tne COST vi workIng shOrt
time / comparatively 50 great that az Is qurs-
tiuuvd II there ;sie Ilute tatn kunuIeu Lhat
cuuIu HJFu 10 Resort 10 II De3 UEU SAY months.
All corrUporation at luis, The taos lie ,tted ,hat
AuiuerUUs masters are giving notice 10 The
aora- people that their iiliIs VIII oe entirely
ciUsed as soon AS their PRESENT STOCK OF cotI.a
is exnapst sd.
In Preston the masters having given no.
tice OF IL reduction Of = ier cent III the
wages paid 10 tneir spInprfs, the latter naye
determined on stfikt, although sup
port AZ lhIS suicidal course can hardly be tx
{. ted from fellow workmen " no ale on tue
verge OF severe want,
MEaBBK or rAKLIAAzsz on coTroN ASD tRs
war.
Nr. EDMUND Potter, in he course OF an
address st Carlisle, where about dive thou.
sand working people are usually employed
in the cotton business, remarked as follows
/ need hardly, perhaps. tell you OF the po.
sitiOn in which we ara now with regard
cotton. We get, or have got, eighty five
per cent of our cot ton from America; but
you know that unfortunately the Americans
are at war among them selves, and We are net
getting bale OF cotton trcm them Oh the
reverse, they sre actually bnying cotton In
liverpool TO send back 10 the States, What
is 10 become OF unless we can get that
eighty i've per cent, very greatly made up
somewhere else There is every probab ilitt,
| am afraid, that within the next year we can
get very little more than i've or ten per cent
and We cannot get that very quickly. II W
cannot get American cotton on account Of the
civil war they are carrying on among them.
selves, we shall not have Ii bale of American
cotton in England. Unless something occurs
10 settle this silly, foolish .misohieyoEs, and
think, very wicked Quarrel, l can rec no
PROSPECT OF the working classes in the cotton
trade being kept one-half or oas-third sm'
pioved. IL is Ii fearful thing 10 contam plate.
You see the temper in which 'hs
American war Is carried on, and the state
OF feeling, aud you can judge as well rs csH
OF the p obabii'ies Of The. cessation OF hts
miserable quarrelIi"g amongst themselves
You eau Judge Of our prosp"c cts respecungths
cotton supply. We have prospects from IL
dia, l will admit. Ii you look 20 lDdis for
cotton, and II they will take our goods oaeS
for it, as they will, there is pr spect Of trade;
but Ii must De slow, it cannot come rapidIy
Tn" quantity of bales from 1ndla last yeai
was Go, 900: while from America the aysrsss
Is ], 7Uo, go or ,seuf"'o bales. We saay sr
more from India this year. but nothing %
compensate for the loss OF the Americas
trade
Indian cotton would not keep Us ri wofs
day aud n halt wsea. and there u nc pro
liability that we eau hayc cotton from any
other source to keep US 1t WORK. auless We
get ths American war NJ "A end. II saahe7
ton Of lifs and death with us II Is Fi'ai
question for ail, and We shall have 10 uiseb
II IN some way or other. In CONCLUSION no
appealed to the electors and Bcn-eieetoEs ~
supror, him man who could represent
their Interests in a question, in comptfisoa
with which the extension OF The suHfasr A.u
the ballot sink in TO in siguifieance. The, teuls
ST rd to wait for them, but they eoaid ho'
aIJrd to wait for cotton.
TEE BANK OF ssaLAsp LowgRs Ifs kA1s or l.
TkSEsts
FRIDAY EvRS,se, Nov s~The bank eifeV-
tors at their usual weekly court yestciasy
morning reduced the rate OK d!SeoahA i'UH
per cent, NJ which II was hSsd on vac -
OF September, 10 per ceps ne Jote'
banks and discount hcsases nave Ia Con-
apsncs reduced their terms for money Oh ~
poSit to per cent, at call. and = per crh'. :.
sayeu DAYS noure. The rednetioa was ~
most generally expected for the last r"
DAYS, seeing hat whilst the banks Fsss hr'
was enlarging, its discount business "as - ,
ing OF, and the price of money ouI'ias W.
To / per cent. below the bank tnthiinu 80,
Doubts, however, are felt whether lhe ~
minimum eSn bs long mslntained, 49,
that the exchanges are becoming fa'uei
verse, and that the rate In Paris IL 0 lri VS.
TRg Joint EXPEDITION 70 xsxfco-ffk
TIVE coNTISGENfs.
A letter in the Brussels indepen snee -.
that Spain, as the power most CLOSELY 80
est q. Is 10 far ntsh 5000 men' Z ranee A'
ard England 500. .,-on con.
The Constitutionnel says the frehe@ Mn
tingsnt will consist of q line Of Daily x
trigatas, a corvette, gan-oosIs, aaa Iii h.
vice boat The number OF ueolc AMI
about 3 900 men, comprising o." I1aa' 's,,i BE-
a de.a ch ment OF eaissry Inc hoEses
procured IN Mexico. ...,, which
The Pasrie also says the eohIhsen
France will send viii number so" ''A
TVS ssspExyous AND rss PLANS
According to the Peuts, the siiea ~ Vsrs
r,r. hrye dxssi al ron the rcsdstsao eI \, -
0rr, fnr their rendezvous. The eits WI
INN sdiatsiy occupied, and should that ,ss
surs not lead 10 any satisfactory f..,,se,.
allies will successfully occupy f.f-.
Natamoras, Tacasco, and the tewh ,sose.s.
m en-, in the Yacatan. and ultimately
sary, the city Of Mexico. -, ,es ssh
The Paris papers OF The eveniax ANNE NJ
announce that the squsdren VIII ASS
Hayana.
Tho bridge over Lick Cr~ss, ON ,ay saa