The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-01 00:00:00

EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1863.

THE DISTRESS IN LABCASHIRE.

THE CENTRAL BELIEF FUND.

A meeting of the collecting committee was held
Mayor
afternoon at the Towa.hall, Manchester, the
Mayor presiding. It was reported that die total reoelits
the pest week bad been about 45,886/. Among• the latest
donations a further subscription wu announced of .)001.
from Mr. Martin Schnook. A letter from Lord Derby wee
read, enclosing a bill of exchange for 1501., as stated in the
following letter ; also enclosing a bill of exchange for 1021.
from Uitenhage,
_F:aatera division of the ape of Good
Hope. Hie lordship (who has been suffering from gout)
expresses a hops that he shall be able to attend the meeting
of the committee oast Monday :

" D'Urben Mission Station, Pcddie Cape of
Good Hope, Nov. 6, 1862:
"My Lord,—l have the honour of herewith transmit-
ting the sum of 15W., being the first instalment of subscrip-
tions raised in the Peddie district of the colony of the
=Good Hope, in aid of the fund for the relief of the
operatives in Lencaahlre and other parts of
There is one circumstance connected with the subscrip-
tions rained in this outlying district of the colony, the
mention of which I have no doubt will be gratifying to
your lordship. More than 501. of the sum now sent have
been contributed by the native tribe known by the name of
IFingoc i, among whom the Wesleyan missionaries have
many years laboured in teaching Christianity and el%
In all the recent Kaffir wale with the colony, these
peo,de have proved themselves faithful allies of the
and ars now showing their sympathy in the time of natiord
sole...rig among our countunien in England by
icetri-
bating to their necessitiee.—l am, year lordship's obedient
set vent, " W. J. Dam, Wesleyan M-isioeaty.
" The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby."
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The meeting had not concluded when our report wu
deepatchtd.
The total daily receipts of the central fund were on
Tuesday, 4,6601•

AsaTON • lIRDKB N —The borough relief
committee, of which the mayor, Mr. B. M. Kenwortby, is
chairman, expended last week in the pecuniary relief of
14,234 persons, 5921. 2a. 4d.; in grant. to nine mewing
eases, comprisiog 1,734 young women, 2751. 1111. 4d.; in
the instruction of 3,760 poor children, 441. 17a.; in IMP•
porting ten male adult day school., comps:sing 1,699 par-
sons of a" ages between 15 and 80 years, 2501. 4s. ; sod in
Pe—chasing blankets; flannel, liaasy, oalico,sxLcelle,istockine,
tee., 7831. 2a. 9d.; making a total animal lure for tee
of 1,9511. 17s. 5d., betides C lamas dinner
tickets, which were keened to the value of upwards of 7( M.,
and which lave yet to oome in and be paid for. The same
received during the week by the treasurer, Mr. J. R. Conl-
that, banker, amounted in the whole to 9041. Be. Si.
Pszeron.—On Tuesday the chairman of the
Preston board of guardians stated, at the usual weekly
meeting of that body, that, for the week ending on Monday,
the number of persons relieved and the cost of their main-
tempos had bees se follows :—ln the whole union : Cases,
9,399 ; persons, 22,416 ; amount of relief granted, 1,743/.
2s. 9d. ; or a deareme, as compared with the returns of the
previous week, id 229 eases, IA.O persona, and in colt of
relief 1561. 2e. 9d. With regard to the borough of Preston,
there were last week : Cases, 7,313; 17,153 ; wet
of maintenance, 1,3181. 17s. Id ; the de crease being 7.36
ewes and 189 persons, and in amount expeoded 2431. 4a. 31.
The chairman also repeated a decrease in the number of ap-
plicants to the relief committc e, amounting in the week to
116 per.ons.
Wioss.—There is not the slightest improve-
meat to be noted in the stated employment in Wigan end
the neighbourhood, the mills, almost without exception,
continuing clued, and at those which us open not ODD
person being employed full time. Of the 9,185 operatives
in the town, a few hundreds ere employed three days •
week at Messrs. Wood's and Co.'s Sovereign Wlls, sod •
few at the mole of Mr. N. Fokereley and Mr. J. Gedlow ;
but the total of these will not be over 600, leaving 8,585
as the number entirely oat of employment. For many
months now the number of hands working both full time
and shot: time has not reached 1,000, and there are no
kcal signs whatever which would warrant any expecta-
tions of immediate improvement. The distribution of
cloaks and bedding by the raid ooinmittee has been very
extensive, and it is believed that the returns from the
Inert depots will show that fully 7,0001. worth of goods has
beta presented to the poor.

laf3) Intelligence.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Dec. 3L
(Before Mr. Osmarissieerr Fans.)
i>u HULETT.
The bankrupt was • daffier elf St. Martin's.le-Grand.
This was the adjourned examination sitting. Bebe% 2,8081. ;
assets returned at 9001.
Mr. B. GritAttu supported.
Mr. &mood, for the assignees. asked for an adjournment
aloe die, on the ground of the unsatisfactory nature of the
accounts. In March, 1860, the bankrupt bad made an as.
*meat, and paid a composition oils. 6d. in the pound. In
May last he was again insolvent, sod was made bankrupt
oa the 30th of that month. A few days before bedh peid
211. to his brother, as alleged arrears of salary, an 471. to
straveller. There were other preferential permeate about the
same time, including dOl. to another brother on the 28th of
May. two days before the bankruptcy. Be had mid goods at a
sacrifice just before the bankruptcy, sad had represented his
stock as worth 1,0001. to • person of whom he was borrowing
money, but had remised it under the bankroptey as worth
only 2501. The bankrupt had given a very unsatisfactory
explanation of these trannaotions, and on being applied to for
further information his attorney had writtee to the assignees
to say that he had given all the information he could.
Mr. R. Griffiths remarked on the tritiog amount of the
preferential payments which the bankrupt was charged with
making. Relied given op assets which had yield( d 6C31., but
he bad had no allowance out of the estate, though he had
been before the court for seven months. The brothen of the
bankrupt, to whom the payments were made, were in a most
respectrble position, one being a clerk in the house of Bar-
clay, Perkin', and Co. ; the other in the bank of Glyn and
Co. ; and they were ready to give any explanation which the
desired.
His reserved his judgment.

124 RE JOllll 11•21211.
The bankrupt was described as of Bell-street, Pad-
dino, and of Long-acre, also of Victoria-street Nov*,
Melbourne. The bankruptcy occurred in 1867, sod the
bankrupt has since been in prison. The amounts as pre-
pared by Mr. Butler, with the sanction of the assignees,
show liabilities of 36,0981., with meta stated st 19,5001.
This was the sitting for examination.
prt.odtigley, for the bankrupt, stated that he had bees
against and convicted in a criminal court some
years ago, bat the crown bad remitted part of the *animas
Be now asked to pass his list examixation.
Mr. Doris, for the assignees, said they approved of the
accounts which the bankrupt had rendered, asd.offered so
opitioss.
The bankrupt passed.