The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-09 00:00:00

THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

Shortly before the conclusion of the business at
the Mansion-house yesterday the Lord Mayor left the
chair for the scum of a warier of an hour, and on his return
be said he was sorry to bus kept the public waiting, but he
had been called away ea a matter of great immtantrebi..
the distress among the operatives. in Lucas had
just then been waited upon by a deputation of several mer-
chants of the City, and he had considered the matter with
them, and the result was that he was that afternoon tossed
to several of the towns where the dishier prevailed • por-
tion of the money which the public had confided to his care.
It might, perhaps, be recollected that about • fortnight
ago he stated he had been applied to on the subject, and
that he was wiling to be the medium by which the public
bounty mt be transmitted to some central or-
paniation. Such an orpakation had not been formed ; but
various load orgurisations were now in action, and acting
under the advice of those gentlemen who hail been with
him that morning, be felt he should be fulfilling his duty if
be sent the money to these local agencies. They were all
working to one end. There wu one, and perhaps more
than one committee already formed, which would act in
harmony one with another to one end, namely. the allevia-
tion of distress which was known to be prevslant in lAnoa-
, shire. A considerable amount wee received yesterday, and
the sums which the Lord Mayor sent away during
afternoon were as follows :—To Preston, 5001. ;
500/. ; Stockport, 2501. ; and Wigan, 2501.

At • meeting of operative spinners held in Idane.heater,
last night, • committee was appointe " to collect subscrip-
tioos from the workmen of all ender who are fully employed,
and from others, and to distribute theism* to the necessitous
unemployed operatives in the manufacturing districts." A
letter from Lord Shaftasbany was read, ia whi
earl ch the sable
expressed his warm sympathy with the suffering. opera-
tiro of Lancashire, whom he has'"' always in his mind." The
letter contained • cheque for 20L—the Sri contribution
towards the proposed subewiption, which is to be called the
" Shaftesbury &diet Fund."
(From the Afaseekster Exastiner.)
It is desirable that all erroreou" 'miseries' of what is
being done in the direction of relief should be at once re-
moved, and that no political or party colouring be given
to manifestations of sympathy. We are informed that the
deputation of members of parliament and others to the
Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, at the office of the Poor-law
Board, on Friday, took place in accordance with an opinion
by •
of
the mooing of Lffinorahire members
in
ndortes-room of the Houma of Commons. From the inter.
prated= of the law ae laid downby Mr. Villiers to the depu-
tation, it was evident that the board would tolerate indulgent
measures of relief, and would not 'squire very narrowly
into exemptions from the labour test, or require • poor
man's house to be stripped before relief was obtained. The
members who attended were invited to resume their deli-
berations on the Tuesday following at the house of (Idabel
Patten. Afterwards the place of meeting was ciod to
Bridgewater House. Colonel Nies, IL P., we 4 and
the meeting was also attended by
_Lord Ellesmere, Lord
Overstoue, Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Lord Harlington, M.P.,
several other Lancashire members, and about haffie-doers
private gentlemen from the manufacturing districts. It
was then ascertained that the publication in the Times
of • list ef seines of a pro committee for ea appeal
to the °amenity to rams • gessral subscription in aid of
the unemployed operatives was wholly without ,
and had emanated from a dram in • Lancashire
who bad taken on the respossibility.
names had Included those of the Earl of Sabo, Mr. Card-
well, M.P., the Earl of Deft, the Earl of Illeirme,
the Earlei Crawford and Warren. Lord Stanley, IL P.,
Lord .Lindsay, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Hon.
A. Egerton, M.P., Colonel Patten, M.P., Major-General
Lindsay, IL P., Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. H. Woods, M.P.,
and Hl. H. Ashworth (Bolton). The initiative thus
attempted was at once undone ; and, after two hours' discus-
sion, in the course of which it appearedthat eomeof the leaded
gentleman present were in favour of a public appeal,
while all the mercantile or Maori facturin g represeetatives
were opposed to it, it was resolved, by a majority of three to
one, that the time was not yet come for any such action to
be taken. This decision will in no way interfere with local
efforts for the relief of deities, and it is not at all improba-
ble that some influential meeting may be held in Lancashire
to confer upon the subject, as well as to express a suitable
recognition of the fortitude and forbearer,e of our suffering
-vtrymen.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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The following extract of a despatch from Lord
Lyons respecting political %Freda in the United States, is
printed to-day in a parliamentary return :—" Lord Lyons to
Fad ItusselL—(Received April 284—Washington, April 14.
—Although the power to make arbitrary political arrests
has not been formally remounted by the executive govern-
ment, it has not, so far as I know, been recently exercised.
I am not aware of any British 'object being now arbitrarily
detained am a political prisoner. Arrests, without form of
law, are still made by the military authorities in plum sa-
mpled by the forces of the Uoited Stater ; but they appear
to be maned in general to persons accused of offences
affecting, more or leas, the discipline or the safety of the

army."
THE JAPANESE AMEAPEADORS. —Yesterday morn-
ing five of the medical gentlemen attached to the
Japanese mission paid a visit to King's College Hospital.
They went over all the wards, examined mescal of the most
interesting cases, and minutely inspected the srrangements
for the comfort and convenience of the patients and muses,
which, as this hospital is the most recently constructed in
London, are all of the beat and moat approved description.
They spent a considerable time in the dispensary, ern-
mining the drugs in most frequent use, many of which ware
quite familiar to them, and they seemed struck with the
simple machine used in the manufacture of pills. They
were also particularly interested with the various descrip-
tions of plaisters, the mode of preparing which was shown
to them, and they carried away small pieces as specimens.
They afterwards visited the kitchen, where for the first
time they saw jousts 000ked by gas; and the machinery of
the hydraulic lifts for winding up patients and diets appeared
greatly to interest them, as they all ascended in the lift to
the top of the building.
PUBLIC EXAMINATION or LAW STUDENTS.--The
public examination of law student+ which will take place in
the Beacham' Reeding-room, Lineoln's-inn, will be on,
in the following order :—Friday morn May 23,
at 9.30, on Constitutional Low and Legal History • in
the afternoon, at 1.30, on Equity. Saturday morning,
a.
May 24, at 9.30 ►m ,on Common taw •in the afternoon,
at 1.30, on the Law of Beal Property. ko.' Monday morning,
May 26, at 9.30,00 Jurisprudence and the Civil law • in the
afternoon, at 1.30, a paper will be given to the itodents
including questions bearing upon all the foregoing subjects
of examination. The oral examination will be conducted
in the same order, during the same hours, and on
the same subjects, as those already marked out for the
examination by printed questions, except that on Mon-
day afternoon there will be no oral examination. The oral
examination will be conducted apart from the other stu-
dents, and the character of that examination will wavy
according as the student le a candidate fur honours or a stu-
dentship, or desires simply to obtain a certificate. The
oral examination will be founded on books mentioned in
the prosus, regard being had, however, to the parti-
cular object with a view to which the student presents
himself or examination. In determining the question
whether • student has pawed the examination in such
a manner as to entitle him to be celled to the bar, the exa-
miners will principally. have regard to the general know-
ledge of law and jurisprudence which be has displayed.
A student may present himself at any number of examina-
tions until he shall have obtained • certificate. Any
student who shall obtain • certificate may present himself a
second time for examination as a candidate for the Mildest-
ship, but only at one of the three examinations imme-
diately succeeding that in which he shall have obtained
sash certificate ; providing that if any. student so preempt-
ing himself shall riot moved in obtaining the stexlentehip,
hie name shall sot appear in the list Thom students who
have kept more than 11 teems will not be admitted to an
examination for the studentship.
THE RECENT BOILER EXPLOSION AT Marstaillmi.
—Mr. Thomas Rose, the proprietor al thews weeks, ream-
day remind • cheque forlool. from Rest Dndloytewasaithe
fund which is being mimed for the relief el the enffierere by
this calamity. Mode are being made to remit the damn*
done, with a view to the rsconsmenemeolt al eporatices,
which is mast desirable, there being arelnuarter el maa
is the Mike district who are net aPJ~I.