The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-20 00:00:00

THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

A meeting of the Central Executive Committee
was held yesterday, in the Manchester Town Hall, the lligh
Sheriff (Sir J. K. Shuttleworth, mart.) in the chair.
Mr. Maclure. honorary ',screwy, reported that r3l. 4a.
had been received during the last three weeks, and that the
balance in the bank was 78,6111. 104. 2d. He also reported
on the circumstance which bad led to a defalcation of 2,0441.
in the moneys entrusted to Mr. Paine, the treasurer of the
Huila relief fund. A letter was also read from the secre-
tary of the Hula) relief Lund, in which the following state-
ment wee made The grata made by the Central Executive
and the Maosion.houseConunittees, ax., have ban regularly
paid into the bank, the embezzlements being in sundry
ilonaCout and subscriptions which, matted of paying into
the hank. Mr. Paine appropriated to his own parposes. The
amounts thus embezzled were subscribed by memben of
the general committee. The committee have resolved to
prosecute Mr. Paine, and are acting under legal advice.
At a meeting of the general committee, held on Thursday
laid, the committee pledged themselves to nee every effort
to raise the amount deficient. As this will be a work of
some weeks, I ant requested to apply for a grant for the
relief of the distress the township in the meantime. It
was resolved, " That a letter be sent expiessing the satis-
faction of this committee as to the resolution of the Hula,.
relief committee to make up 'by fresh subscriptions the
amount of the defalcations in the funds confided to the late
treasurer." Mr. E. Ashworth inquired if the large reduction
in the anionat of pauperism in Asliton.under-Lyne during
the past week acme from increased employment in the mills
or from additional men being engaged upon public works.
Mr. Hugh Mason said it arose from both these causes.
There was a reduction of 330 in the number of unemployed
cotton operative* in the town of Ashton, and of 292 in
the borough of Stelybridge : and there were also fewer of
this class unemployed in Moseley. la addition to this the
expenditure from the rates and the relief committees' foods
had been lightened by the entire families of several hun-
dreds of men engaged on the waterworks, &c., being cut off
from relief. The Hon. Secretary, in reply to • question
from Major Egerton Leigh, stated that, from a report re-
ceived from the calico of the Public Works Act in Man-
chester, he found that on the 2fitlh ult. there were engaged
on public works in Manchester (including the townships of
Manchester, Ardwick, Chorltou, Chatham, and Hahne)
aSti skilled workmen sod 208 factory operatives. The com-
mittee adjourned for a month.

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