The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-25 00:00:00

THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

A meeting of the executive committee was held
yesterday at the Town-hall, Manchester ; the Earl of
Daaai presided. The following noblemen and gentlemen
were prompt :- Sir J. Kaye-Shattlewortb, But., Lord
Egerton of Tattoo, Lord E. Howard, M.P., Colonel Wilma
Patten, Major Egerton Leigh, Meson. R. Gloclatose, B.
Hutchison, Hugh Muoo, Jas. Worrall, E. Ashworth, M.
Roes, S. J. Steno, W. Rathbun, jou., T. Ashton, H. B.
Parnell, J. B. Kay, r. R. H. Machismo, G. L.
Ashworth, J. Goodair, and J. W. Madan, hoc. sec.

The HON. SecarrAir repotted that 421: 7s. ed. bad bees
received during the past week. sod that the balance in book
was 110,529/.oe. 10d. No clothing bad been roomed or
seat off.

The following grants were made from the general relief
fund :—Ashtoc,l,4ool.; Dokinfeld, 6001.; Lees and district,
40W. ; Moseley, 3301. ; Btalybridge, 1,4004 ; Peodlebury and
Swinton, 501. ; Heywood. 6001. ; Burnley sod Raberghas
Fevre, 2501. ; Chmley, 1501. ; Glossop and Hadfield, 3504 ;
Royton, 2001. • Preston. 1,0001. ; Rochdale, 7501. ; Stock-
port, 1.600 I.; Hyde, 50W. ; Wipe. 300/. ; Chorltoe sad
Ardwick, 21301; ; Aureate, 2501. ; Reships, 501. ; Bolling-
ton, 501. ; Hahne, 2301.

DEATH OF A POOR SHIRT-llMENEL—Yesterday
*Berton Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Middlesex,
held an inquiry at the Oporto Stone, Bloomsbury, touching
the death of Caroline Smith, who had resided at 9, Crown-
street. The deceased obtained a scanty living by making
the bodies of shirts, sad though represented as a steady,
hardworking woman, she wits sometimes unable to make a
shirt in the MUM of a long day's work, the price obtained
for each shirt being 4.1. Last winter the suffered severely
from want of food, and fearing bad times to cense she bad
saved something out of her poor earnisp, and when searched
after death the snot of le. 6d. was found I. her posesesiou.
Mr. Banoister, the surgeon, was called in to see her, and
though he lost no time in obeying the summons, she was
dead before his arrival. She had suffered, be said, from bed
bruises, and death was caused by the cessation of the
heart's action, accelerated by want. The bed on which she
bad been lying was nothing but • heap of dirty raga It
was proved by her neighbours that the donned bad
eaten 'nailer for three days. AU the relief she obtained
from the parish was baits quarter'. loaf about • week before
her death. No medical aid was provided by the parish. A
juror remarked that they could not throw blame on any case
if the deceased bad had proper medical 'Undersea. To
which the coroner replied that death was undoubtedly
caused in coosequeoce of the west of proper medical
attendance. The jury returned • verdict of "sutural
death, accelerated by want of proper attendance."
Tan MANNERS or GzarLamaw.—lt was in that
coffee-room, too, that poor St. Vincent Cotton was
dining, after a very severe attack of illness. He
bad ordered a good dinner, eaten it, and called for
the bill. As the waiter was about to deliver it, Lord
George Bentioth, who was also dining there, called &food,
and is very supercilious tones, "Walter, bring me Sir St. Vin-
cent Cotton's bill." Cotton sat synching as the extraordi-
nary order mu obeyed. George Beotiook read the bill, and
then returned it, exclaiming aloud, "Before Sir St. Vincent
Cotton ordered so stpsulive a dinner he ought to have paid
his debts." Poor Cotton, depressed in health as be was,
probably aware, too, that be had been a &declare in book-
' isg-up for some race, and that he owed George Bentiock
=7 . —Thcsaid • word. So paned that scene, and Was ft
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TALLOW.—lnfineeced by the extreme rates paying
for the advance of money upon goods, tallow was rather
forced upon the market in the middle of last week,
and prices declined Is. 6d. per cwt. for tallow at scale,
and Iv. for all forward periods. On Saturday there
was a reaction of la. per cwt.. which is well 'imported to.
day, there being no fresh arrivals from the 14,000 casks no.
on peonage; the shipments amount to 53,112, against 627 v,
last year, and it is thought about 10000 more .ill be
shipped. Oar closing prices are :—Spot, 40a., new ; old.
398.6 d. ; all the year, 40s. ; December, 41e. ; January to
March, 42g. to 425. 3d. ; March, 43... to 43e. 6d. Toni
tallow scarce, at 41s. 9d. net cash ; Taganrog sheep, 40.. lA.
to 41s. ; beef, 40s. ; North American, 40. fine to .:7r.
low ; South American, 40e. 6d. to 415., let pipes ;
Australian sheep, 40s. to 40s. 6d. ; beef 39.. to .r.e. id,
fine to 38s. inferior. Cocoa.out oil has been rather firmer,
the late low prose having attracted buyers, end there is
more demand from export bonne than lately. Cochin,
375. 6d. to 38s. ; Ceylon, 36.. 6d. to 375. ; Sydney, very
little offering ; fine is quoted 36. to 36.. 6d. ; fair and
middling, 3.5 a. Palm oil quiet ; 35.. 6d. fine Lagos. Palm
nut oil, 28.. to 306.—(From the circular of Messrs.
Smith and Charles, dated Monday evening.)

corroN.—Lmaroot, Ocr. 24.—There baa been a
larger business to-day, .t improving prices. Saks to-day.
10,000 bales. including 6,000 speculation and export. 300
American, 16d. to 24d. ; 40 Perham, &e., 21d. to 23d. ;
300 Miami° and Bahia, I9d. to :AM. ; 600 Eaptinc 124.
to 30d. ; 60 Smyrna, 11id. to 18d. ; 8,670 Borst, 7d. to
15fcl. ; Madre', 13d. ; Bengal, &aide, &c., 70. to 9d. ;
Cluna, 10/d. to 12d. ; 30 Peru, Sr.,

WOOL AND WORSTED.—BuirWORD, OCT. 21.—The
market has scarcely undergone any change since last Thum
day. The trio:motions in wool have beau very limited. The
priors are 'nominally unchanged. For cash wool may he
bought at a shade below last week's quotations. The trans.
actions in worsted yarce to-day are exclusively confined to a
few small orders in 36's singles. We cannot hear of any
other loudness having been done, either for home or foreign
account. In pierce s few small orders bars been placed for
the China market. We bear also of a few orders in fogey
goods for foreign account. Priem are nominally unchanged.

CATTLE.—Livraroor., Ocr. 24.—The supply of stock
was much less than on last Monday. Prime cattle in good
demand at rather better prices. Other descriptions without
material alteration in value. Sheep sold at last week's prices.

COALS.—Lorraw, Ocr. 24.—Holywo Main, 18a. 6d. ;
Wylam, 18a. 6d. ; Eden Maio, 3U.' 3d. ; Walls EM
Belmont, Ws. 6d. ; Walls EM Bradylls Hettoo, 210. ;
Walls EM Haswell, 21a. 6d.; Will. Had Peesher Pron.
roes, 20a. ; Walls Hod South Hatton, 21s. 6d. ; Walls End
Hartlepool, 21s. ; Walls Eed Kagloa, 20. 6d.—Shipt at
market, 18 ; mid, 17.