The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-16 00:00:00

Till DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

•
CENTRAL RELIEF FUND.
The receipts on Friday included 1,0001, from
the parish of St. Marylebone (making a total of 10,0001.
from that place) ; 1001. from "litchi!) 1001. from the lee
battalion of the 24th Regiment ; 1001. from Loegton • SOOl.
ban Ripon ; and 2301. from Mews. Loyd. Entail; sad
Co., bankers. The total amount was 2,3531. Among the
cootributkos of the week were 24 parcels of groceries, ac-
compaaied by the following couplet :
"Ouy poor craytur that's clemrain',
May come have a meavithful in' me.
(Signed) " EDWIN Waucc."
The couplet is taken horn one of the hat published volumes
of Mr. Wsugh's moors, in the Lancashire dialect. and the
soon in entitled. "God bless these poor folks." There was
o clue to the donor of the grooerics except that afforded
by the lines entitle signature, but that was thought to be
dear enough, mid Mr. Waugh was ilaisediatear wetter
to with a request that he would any bow he wished
his gift to be distributed. The poet hastened to
may that he was not the donor, though it
is probable he has the metit of having impired the gift by
his writings, and it may bo that the example will be fol-
lowed by others who wish to cootribute aeooymously. The
directors of the Manchester Unity Friendly Society, at their
meeting in Manchester on Friday, distributed the sum el
1,41111. 7.. amongst their distressed brethren in the cotton
manufacturing districts, chiefly with the view to prevent
their loss of membership through inability to per their
periodical cootributioua. This was in addition to 1,916 f. 2s.
diatributed in November het out of the same fund, mid
NC 10s. has now been heeded over to the Centod Relief
Fund, making a total of A.4:03/.. and there n still a Milano* in
band, the entire amount subscribed being 3.7001.. with sub-
scriptions still coming in from various quarters. Several
very handsome sums have Wes forwarded by the members
in Australia, Caned*. sod other colonies.

RZPRISIDITATION 07 DEVIZII3.—Tho nomination
for this borough is flied for to-morrow. Mr. Waal
Abrahams repudiates the awls which has been brought
against him, that he du refused- to abide by the result or a
ballot of the electors es to whether he or his opponent, Mr.
Pra, should withdraw from the contest, rather thaw
divide the liberal interest. Yr. Abrahams' explthation
that he proposed and is still willing to abide the result of •
ballot of the whole of the electors : whereas Mr. Prays
wishes that the ballot should be confined to the liberals.
RIPENKINTATION or DZVIJNPURT. —The Wester%
Morning New. gives currency to a rumour to the *Been
that Sir Arthur Buller, who bee accepted a sest at the
India Board, had, or would in a few days vacate the
met be held as M. P. (or Devonport ; that the ocelearvattee•
would bring forward u their candidate for this Tawny Sir
Thomas Bahia* Amboy, Bart, late the Admiral semis_
tendent of the Docluard ; and that the liberals bad deter-
mined to secure a mod candidate of " advanced liberal
"pinions," an *decent* of the Ballot and the Permissive
Bill.
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