The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-08 00:00:00

THE LANCASHIRE DISTRESS.

The Mansion-house Committee of the Lancashire
Distress Fund held their weekly meeting yesterday at the
Mandon-house. The LORD Maroa presided, and
Cotton, Howes, Morley, Barber, Armitage, and Mr.
were present. A report was read from the superintendent
of clothing depot at Bridewell, stating that 461 i bundles of
clothing and bedding had been received there during the
week, making altogether 1,0:33 paresis. One bale of mixed
clothing and Dew material was sent away to Elton, near
Bury, on Saturday ; seven bales were sent to Blackburn,
four to Glossop, six to Wigan, six to Stockport, and five to
Heaton Norris, making • total of 29 bales since Saturday
last. Five bales had been previously sent to Preston.
Mr. Pickering, the cashier, reported that the total
amount received in aid of the fund was 118,t311. 6s. 7d.,
of which 16,1311. Se. ld. came to hand daring the
past week. The total amount remitted, exclusive
of the grant made yesterday,oras 60,2081.119 e. lid. Mr.
Gibbs read • letter from the secretary of the Relief Com-
mittee, Stockport, containing • copy of a resolution pro-
posed by the Mayor and unanimously agreed to by the com-
mittee, that the thanks of that committee be forwarded to
the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor (Mr. Alderman Cubitt),
for the very timely sod valuable assistance rendered by his
lordship to those districts during his present mayoralty, by
his indefatigable exertions in procuring subscription and
forwarding them without delay to the districts so much
requiring aid. The committee took that opportunity
of passing the vote, as before their next meeting his
lordship would be out of office. The Lotd Mayor
informed the committee that he had received a
letter from the Choral Society, offering to give •
concert in aid of the fund, in the Guildhall, after
the 10th instant, if his lordship would grant them the use
of the hall. His lordship also informed the committee that
he bad written to the society, referring them to the com-
mittee at Guildhall, as he would be out of office. Mr.
George Fred. Young, the chairman and treasurer of the
Associatioh at Reigate and Itedbill for the relief of the dis-
tress in Lancashire, forwarded • cheque for 50 guineas, •
great portion of which, he stated, bad been collected in small
sums from one penny and upwards, from more than 1,000
persons, of which nearly 160 were domestic servants. lie
informed the committee that he hoped to be able to forward
a like sum at least once a mouth, and he hoped that the
example which had been setby that small district, containing
not more than 10,000 inhabitants, would cause similar efforts
to be made in large towns, and the benefits which
would arise could scarcely be overrated., The com-
mittee then proceeded to dispose of the applications, and
the following grants were made :—Bradbury, NW. ' • St.
Lawrence Stabbey Lee sewing class, 251. ; Higbem, 501. ;
Totting tua, 141gbor sod, 200/ • Ashton-under-Lyne,
borough committee, 1,0110/. ; liakiegden and Musbury
sewing class, 50/. ; St. Philips, Bradford-road, 3501., 501. of
which was for the sewing china ; All Soul, Apeman, 3034 ;
St. ?aura Bradford-road, 150& ; Moseley, 500/. ; Fariogton,
1004 ; Ribeharter, 1004 ; Shuttleworth, 1001. ; Bariaolds-
wit*, 2001. ; Gorton, 1501. ; Chthedral District, Manchester,
2001. ; Stalybridge, 1,0031. ; Rochdale, I,OOX. ; Stockport,
1,C301. ; Blackburn, 1,000/. ; Tottiugton Lower-cad, 100/. ;
Newton-heath, 1001. : Livesey,loo/. ; Witten, not.; Poyn-
ton, near Stockport, 50/. ; Gigg, near Bury, 251. ; making
a total of 8,0004 Mr. Morley then introduced
the following resolution, which was warmly e-
tended by Mr. Cotton. Mr. Howes, on behalf
of the committee, in general expressed the unani-
mity of eentiment to the resolution, which was as follows :
" My Lord,—This being the last occasion on which we shall
have your lordship's services as president of this committee
we feel it equally due to your lordship and to ourselves to
convey to your lordship no leas our grateful sense of your
uniform courtesy and kindness to ourselves personally, than
our appreciation of the dignified and calm judgment with
which your lordship has directed our deliberations, and iu
, bidding adieu to your lordship as our president we rejoice to
think we shall enjoy the benefit of your counsel and support
as • member and treasurer of this oonnuitte for the

future, which we have but too much reason to believe
is pregnant with great suffering and grave responsibility.
At the acre of your lordship's official duties, this committee
ventures to express their conviction that among the many
and varied instrumentalities which your lordalup has initi-
ated, none will abed a more cheering ray on the evening c f
your life than the recollection of baying been made the
honoured channel through whom has been communicated a
stream of unparalleled benevolence which hitherto has
cheered the hearts, and raised the sinking enemies of a
class of the community suddenly reduced from industry
and independence to a poverty and destitution as calamitous
all unforeseen." The revolution was passed unanimously.

THE LONDON TRADES AND THE DIRERINS IN UN-
CABlll6l.—in pursuance of a request made by the Lanca-
shire Belief Committee, the Loudon Trades Council Jester•
day issued a notice convening hi meeting of delegates from
the metropolitan trades societies, for the purpose of con-
sidering the best means of their contributing, as aocietier,
to the fund now raising for the relief of the Leacathire
distress.