The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-22 00:00:00

THE DISTIZESS IN LANCASHIRE.

A meeting of the Central Executive Committee
was held yesterday, in the Town Hall, Manchester, the
High Sheritf (Sir J. Kay•Shuttleworth) in the chair. The
Hon. Secretary reported that 591. ss. 6.1. had been received
during the pest week, and that the balance in the bank
was nth 7d. Mr. Fernsll presented his usual re-
port, which stated that on the 12th inst. there was an in-
crease in the number of persons receiving parochial relief in
the 27 unions of the cotton maoufacturiog districts, as
compared with the number so relieved in the preview' week,
of J. The total cost of outdoor relief on the 12th
inst. was 6,6931. llrs. 4d. ; in the corresponding week
of 18,4 it was 2,5051. 12s. id. ; there is, therefore,
an increase of 4,08. i/. 6e. 11d., or 1(13.2 per cent.
In this corresponding week of 1363, it was :02!.
is. NI. ; thus 1.130 coat of outdoor relief ou the 12th inst.
was id. leas than that of the correspood.ng
I week of last year. In reply to Lord Egertoo, Mr. Farnall
stated that the decrease of 332 able-bodied men relieved
turns th 3 poor rates was doubtless owing to the increased
I employment of such men on public works. Mr. Madura
having read his report, the committee announced publicly
that at its meeting next Monday it would adjourn fur three
weeks. The Hon. Secretary laid on the tabletreturus which
hld been obtained, pursuant to a resolution of the Central
Executive Committee, of the balances of subscriptions to
the Central Relief Fund not retnittad, but which were
returned by the collecting committees, all of them
in ;dices situated outside the cotton districts. A
discussion ensued on the question of the publication
of these returns. On the one hand this publication was
urged in justice to the committee. who had faithfully re-
mitted all the subscriptions confided to them for the relief
of the distress in the cotton districts, and to the public, on
whom further claims had been recently advocated. On
the other hand it was suggested that the motivis for con-
tribution to the canted fund, whether from individuals or
districts, ought to be spontaneous, and to arise out of a
conviction that the condition of the workmen in the cotton
districts, and the tendency to the exhaustion of the
resources available for their relief,'conatituted a legitimate
claim on public sympathy. As, however, the amount of
the balances unremitted was reported to he upwards of
70.0t-01 , it wa+ res.dved that a circular should be mot to
each of the committees, and published with the proceed-
ings of the day.

THE WRE,K OF THE SHIP WILLIAM GRAHAM.— 1
Yesterday the Baird of Trade inquiry into the loss of the
above vessel was resumed at Liverpool, when Mr. T. S.
Reifies oral Captains Harris and Baker gave their decision.
Mr. Raffles seid that tie court, after a careful consideration
of the evidence and the master's statement, felt hound to
proaounce Mr. Geo. Hewison„ the muter, th.default, in that
ef ter getting his ship into a most dangerous position, by an
error of judgment, end declining to accept the services of a
load pilot or listen to his advice, be continued to rue,
boldly into a bay with which he was totally unacquainted
without taking the usual precaution of heaving the lead until
it was too late to avo:d the catastrophe. Taking into Louse.
deratiou the antecedents of the master, his mature age,
and the excellent testimonials produced, the court was
induced to pronounce a lenient sentence, trusting that this
accident may act as a warning to Mr. llewisoa to exercise
, caution in future. The sentence of the court was that the
I master's certificate be suspended for six calendar months.
GRATITCUE.—The following is the certificate of
the muter of the brig Heroine, of Milford, to the crew of
the New Quay Lifeboat :—" We, the uodersignad. master
I and mate of the schooner Heroine, of Milford, driven on
! Aare at New Quay, Cornwall, during a heavy gala of wind,
on the lath instant, hereby certify that curatives sod crew,
consisting of five men, were rived from the wreck by being
taken off by the lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat In-
stitution, manned by the chief officer of Coastguard and
nine other men. Too much praise cannot be said in favour
of these brave men, and in tile DM. of causeless and ciow
WO beg them to accept our warmest thanks and assur•
acmes of the gratitude we all feel for their strenuous and
sucosseful exertions on our behalf in the hour of extreme
peril. (Signed) James Griffiths. master ; sod Thomas
itor, mate.—New 9uay, Nov. 19."
fl An EitlcAN .1% EN'S AND THE LIVERPOOL CtYPTON
MARK FT.—The cotton market at Liverpool, yesterday (we
learn from our correspondent), was in an intense Mato of
. excitement, and the males, though only officially pat down
iat 2.5,9u0 balsa, are generally estimated at 43,(11111 hales ; and
Prices ..bow en advance of those ofl Saturday at from lid. to
2d. per lb.