Sir,
   Tliere is, unquestioiiably, no other branch of The Rovai commercial industry wbicb so engages, at the ^aT&et before present day, universal attention as tbat of the itBelf the ta*k Cotton manufacture. Tlie Royal Italian Com- g[tfquudJti*n mission, to wbose members the Government of cottoa entrnsted the care of the International Exhibi-tion of 1802, deeming it its duty not to let slip any opportunity capable of advancing great na-tional interests, could not refrain from eonside-ring, in reference to Italy, what is now commonly cali ed the Cotton Question. And from the very commencement, being awaire of ali its impor-tance, tliey made every exertion in order that it should be accurately studied. Ali these resear-ches will be united in a work to be published with as little delay as possible; bnt, in the meau-time, it appears to me to be of use to submit to you a summary relation, in which I shall re-mark chiefly whatever may most urgently require to be made known.
   Amongst the economical questiona relating importante of to Italy tliere was never, perhaps, a greater one thii «l11»*011 than this, as certainly no greater opportunity has ever been presented for studying, with the utmost facility, a question of this nature.