9 NOVEMBER 1850, Page 5

The Manchester Chamber of Commerce has resolved to do for

itself what the Government last session refused to do for it, and at its own cost send a commiasioner to India to inquire into the obstacles which prevent an increased growth of cotton in that country. Mr. Alexander Mackay, author of The Western World, is the gentleman selected for the duty; and all his antecedents give assurance that it Will be thoroughly well per. formed.