The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-10 00:00:00

THE PRISON MINISTERS dOT.

The following memorial baa been presented by
the clew of the ancient parish of Blackburn to the Lord
Bishop of Manchester :
Showeth,—That the undersigned clergy in your lordship's
diatom, after actions 000sideration, feel it their duty to
enter their public protest, in the form of a memorial to year
lordship, u their diocesan, spinet the principle sad opera-
tion of the Prisou Ministers Act. Your memorialist& bare
learned with grief and dismay, that the magistrates resolved
to furnish a room in the Praetors House of Correction, at the
expellee of the county, with an altar, crucifix, and vest-
meets, for the us of the Boas catholic chaplain, thereby
publicly recognising the doctrine of trensubstaatiatieo, the
sacrifice of the mar, and the adoration of images, which
your memorialists have solemnly declared to be" Idolatry to
be abhorred of all faithful Chriatians• (note of ter communion
office), and "a food thing vainly invested and grounded
upon no warranty of Scripture." (Article 22.) Your memo-
rialists, as ministers of the Established Church, now find
themselves in the Inomalosa position of being bound by
their sacred vows to teach and preach against practices
which the legislature has sanctioned and the magistrates
i have adopted. Your memorialista are constrain to cis.
due their firm meridian. that the encooragemeot of them
practical, by grants of public money, is contrary to the
plain teaching of Holy Writ, a dishonour done to Almighty
God, and is fraught with dangers to the wellbeing of this
notice. Your memorialists pray that every blowing may
be vouchsafed to your lordship, and beg to subscribe them-
selves your lordship's most obedient servants,

DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.

ASH TON.—The fortnightly return of Mr. Ma-
nnish, the chief constable, shows that al 51 mills in this
borough 20 were working ft, 14 that time, sad 17 were
stopped. There were 6,788 halide out of smplormant, bring
an increase within the past fortnight of 394.

GENERAL Rater OONNTITZE ima ASHTON AND NZIOH•
DOUR/100D. —Chairman • S. D. loom M.D., mayor of the
manor. The expenditure. for the week lied* °ebbe, 5,
1884, amounted to 1561. 170. 3d., and includes 551. 7s. 7d.
for wages in the sewing shoves, 61. 4s. 88. for children's
school pence, 861. 16e. 6d. for outdoor relief, 21. 12s. for
medical relief tickets, IL 50. for wages and stationery, and
21. 11.. 6d. for repair of elapsed rent.
BYDL—The relief committee, who suspended operations
some weeks ago, have decided, owing to the Menem to the
Number of unemployed operatives, to re-orgeolae with •
view to an early re-commememeot of their duties. At •
menus( held oe Friday, in the Mechanics' Institution, Kr.
Ashton, the representative of the central executive, was
requested to point out to that body the pressing mocesity
for • grant of money for the relief of the more necessitous
moos in the neighbourhood.
BreLreemon.—Mr. Chadwick, the chief eettelable, re-
port. that of 67 mills in Stalybridge five are working full
time with all hands, 24 fall time with part Made, 98 short
time, and 12 are stopped. 5,703 person were totally un-
employed, 5,226 of them being factory operatives. Nine
mills have stopped during the month. and the unemployed
have increased no fewer thee 1.337. The relief com-
mittee last week relieved 4,736 persona, at a cost of 198/.
the total expenditure, including the climes and outdoor
work, having been 297/.

Forraut INCILLSZ or Drumm IN BLACIBUILX.—The
relieving officer's returns made up to Friday night show
that there has been en increase during the week of 636 in
the number of parsons applying for parochial relief. There
are now 6,403 ueemployed cotton operatives. while 1,1123
are only employed three days, and 1,659 four or Ere days
%week. The total number of persons relieved out of the
rates during the week was 5,432. The relief committee
sommeneed *potations as Thursday night, and rest spin
as Friday.