The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-01 00:00:00

LANCASHIRE DISTRASS AND THE POOR-RATSS.

A parliamentary return relating to the distress
in the north has been prepared by the Poor-law Board.
The return gives on its first page a comparative statement
of the expenditure for relief in two of the Cheshire and all
of the Lancashire unions in the half-years ended at
Michaelmas, 1861 and 1862. In lameshire the amount in
the earlier period was 205,4471. ; in the latter. £32,443/.
Consequently there was an increase of 126,9961. That addi-
tion is equal to 62 per cent. In these sums, however, the
expenditure of nine anions not connected with the cotton
trade is included. The cotton trade is, so far as this return
extends, confined to 21 unions of Lancashire and the unions
of Stockport and Maccleefield, in Cheshire. The increase is
these 2.3 unions was 179,655!., or 74 per cent. This in an
area inhabited by 2,100.000 persons.
Seven unions claim priority in the ranks of the distressed
by the excessive augmentation of their disbursements :
Amount of Increase
increase. per cent.
Ashton-under-Lyne £12,685
Preston
Blackburn 14,267
Stockport
Burnley 5,04.5
Rochdale
Four others are above the average rate of increase ; they
are:

CHARGE or MURDER IN NORFOLIL-011 Friday
the magistrates sitting at East l)ereharo, Norfolk, were
engaged in investigating the circumstances attending the
death of John Greengreas, a labourer, who bad come to his
death in a violent manner. It appeared that on the night
of Monday, the 24th ult., the deceased and two other men,
named Benjamin Newell and Samuel Edwards, were drink-
ing at the Horse Shoes public-house, at Great Dunham.
On leaving the house they commenced fighting in the road,
and the deceased knocked Newell and Edwards down,
taking a stick away from the former, who exclaimed,
" I have got something for a like you," and stretched
forwent as if with the intention of stabbing his opponent.
The deceased almost instantly fell, calling out that he was
stabbed. He was taken home to his house, when it was
found that he wes so seriously injured that it was consi- • MORE CANER Or GAROTTING AT THE RANT-END.
dared advisable to take his depositions io the presence of • On Saturday night a respectably-dressed man, named
magistrate with a" little delay as possible. This was does Joseph Stannow, aged 37 years, a clerk, residing at Hoxtoia,
by Mr. A. C. Spurgeon ; Newell and Edwards, who bad was admitted into the London Hospital in a state of partial
been apprehended, being also brought into the presence of unconsciousness, suffering from a pistol shot wound received
the dying man, who stated positively that Newell stabbed while in the act of protecting himself from the attack of •
him, and that he saw the knife with which he was assailed. garotter,' under the following circumstances :—lt appears
On Thursday Greengreas. who had never rallied, expired ; that the unfortunate man was on the way home, and while
and on Friday the prisoners Newell and Edwards, who had passing the rear of the above-named institution he was aud-
been remanded to Swaffham Gaol, were brought before the deoly attacked by a thief, who pounced upon him from be.
magistrates at East Dereham. The bench considered the hind. He was in the habit of carrying fire-arms with him
evidence conclusive sgainsa Newell, and committed him as a protection, and drew a loaded revolver from his coat
for trial on a charge of wilful murder. Edwards was die- tail pocket. He discharged the weapon at hie assailant, who
charged. made off, but one of the barrels burst and shattered his
EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL DUEL—On SittllT- right hand, lacerating the limb in a frightful manner. Several
day morning two Sicilian sailors, belonging to the barque of the foot passengers went up to the spot and found the
Ringo, of Palermo, lying at Passage, neer Cork, landed is injured man bleeding copiously from the injuries he had
the vicinity of the village, and, accompanied by a mesa- sustained. The police came up, and be was conveyed to
mate, who acted as second to both, proceeded to fight a the hospital, where Mr. Dyte, the resident house surgeon,
duel. Armed with long knives they stripped is due form dressed the limb. Lest evening he was going on favour-
for the encounter, and set-to in right earnest—so earnest ably. The man who
i attacked him got clear off. The
that, after some pares and cuts, one of the combatants police have also received nformation of an attack
fell mortally wounded, and the second scarcely less so, as made upon Mr. Mackintyria, the landlord of the Salmon
he lay weltering in the blood of both. The survivor is in and Bull Tavern, Cambridgmbeath-road, Bethnal-green,
the bands of the police, but the sailor who acted as second a few evenings since, by two (allows, who prottert him, and
made hie escape. The cane of the quarrel is not stated in made a desperate effort to rob biro, but he, being • strong
the telegraphic report of the affeir, and powerful man, succeeded in protecting his life and pro-
I mporting Tea without colour on the leaf pre- rt hut the • esca The unfortunate
Per.e—Y,h-as ornfeelelohawts madreeoe"theredr from the attack ; and
vents the Chinese passing oN inferior brown leaves as in the
•u :al kiwis. norm's Tea Is uncolonred, therefore always although the police of the district have been in search of
ram Wine. Bold in packets by 2,2b0 sgenta—ladvertisemenaj the delinquents, they have not yet been apprehended.

Amount of Increase
increase. per cent.
Iraelingden
Bury
Manchester
Salford
The remaining 19 are below the average ; the most lightly
burdened of these are the Warrington Union, which shows
so increase of 18 per cent., and the Wigrus Union, 17 per
neut.