The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-22 00:00:00

THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

The Bfansion-house Committee of the fund for
the relief of the distressed °partitives in Leumshire and
Cheshire held their weekly meeting yesterday. The Loan
MAYOR presided. and Mr. Aldermen Cubitt, and Messrs.
Cotton, Lycett, Morley, Armitage, Barber, and Gibbs, were
pressor.. The financial statement was read, and showed that
the total amount reseived in aid of the fund up to Thurs-
day night was 173,848/. 10s. Id., of which sum the week's
receipt amounted to 35,1851. Ms. 7d. The total amount
already remitted to the distressed districts, exclusive of the
grants made at the meeting yesterday, as 89,408/. 19s. lid.
Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, and Yonop, the honorary
auditors of the fund, preempted their balance sheet,
and reported that they had audited the ac-
counts from the let of September to the lot of November,
and find them very correctly kept. The report from the
clothing depot at Bridewell showed the number of bales
and parcels of clothing, &c., received there up to Thursday
night to be 2,400, of which number 800 had been received
during the past week. During the week that has elapsed
124 large hales of assorted clothing had beet forwarded to
different districts, which make, in all, 211 bales sent up to
Thursday night. Mr. Gibbs reported that about 7,0001. had
been received that morning from India. The Rev. C. H.
Spurgeon was introduced to the committee, and he informed
them that he had brought 3754, being a portion of • collec-
tion made at his Tabernacle, and he said he hoped in a few
weeks to bring them another sum. He also informed the
committee that he bad sent two young men to Preston,
whom he knew to be good preachers, and bad given
them a portion of the collection, about 200/., to
distribute where they saw need for it. The com-
mittee were occupied the greater part of the day
in considering the application from the different local com-
mittees for grants of money. Amongst the numerous ap-
plications were fifteen fresh ones, the others were from dis-
tricts which bad already received assistance. Ten out of the
fifteen new requests were complied with, and the remaining
, five were adjourned until some further pat ;Aeolian had been
' obtained, it being a rule with the committee not to forward
any sum of money to any district until they are satisfied
• committee has been formed. The following are
the amounts directed by the committee to or re-
mitted:-9t James's Sewing Clam, 254. ; Woolfold, 50/.; New
Mills, Stockport, 501.; Mellor, dear Blackburn, 5W.; Bundle,
100/. • Hazel Grove, Stockport, 2001. ; overlookers, Stock-
port,2ool. • Collie, 250/. ; Little Hayfield in Stockport,
SW. ; Churche Akringtoo, :Al. ; Stockport, 2.500/. • Scaly-
bridge, 1,500/. ; Hyde, 500/. ; Chorley, 500/. ; 'Royton,
2001. ; Wenley, 1004 ; Dukinfield, 1,000/. ; Bolicigton.
2001. ; Oreat and Little Blandon, 2001. ; Newton Moor,
2110/. ; Failsworth, 2501. ; Haslingdon, 2511.• St. Cathedral
and Oswald, 250/. ; Tooge, Mt. ; Middleton, 2501. ; St.
Thomas, Radtenk, 250/. ; Walton-le-Dale, 3001. • Newton
Heath, 200/. ; Gorton, 200/. ; Halms township, 501. • Itax-
alms, 2001. ; Heywood, 1,1111. ; OlossoP. 500 L ; Li'rossY,
100/. ; Wotton, 2001.; Holms sewing class, 2501. ; Belmont,
1001. ; Callyhurat new committee, 2501. •
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10W. ; &lathery, 100/4 Oldham, 2,0001. ,• iemerio, 50/. ;
Tollino, 1004; Salford, 1,0001.; Whittle-le-Woods, 100/.;
BrosdWtotn and Charlewenth, 250/., ad 501. for sewing
elms ; Enfield, 150/. ; Crompton, 4001. ; Burnley. 1,0001.;
13acup, 800/. ; Hurst, old committee, 500/. ; Moseley, 500/. ;
Bolton, 1,000/. ; Morden, 1001. ; Bernberbridge, 2501. ;
Ashton-under-Lyne, 2,0001.; Rowenstall, 500/.; Birch, 2501.;
Millbrook, 500/. ; Blockley, 2501. • Oswaldtwistle, 250/. ;
Middleton, 300/. ; $ Willnsll, 1001. ; Leyland, r, o. ;
Si. John's, Oldham. 1001. ; Sutton, 1001. • Tintwistle, 150/.,
and 1501. for clothing ; Rochdale, 2,0E01. ; Broylesden,
3501. The total sum granted by the committe wee 38,8251.
The amount of subscriptions which came to hand yester-
day was larger, than on any previous day, and at
the close of the day the total was nearly 13,0001.;
upwards of 7.000/. of that amount, however, was
received from India, being 5,000/. from Bombay (2nd sub-
scriptioo) ; 515/. 22. sd. from lam Surat Lancashire Relief
Committee, Bombay ; 800/. from Madras, and 1,0001. from
Calcutta. Amongst the other amounts were 1,401/. 25.,
being • collection made at the Greek Church. Loudon Wall,
from the Greeks residing in the City of London, after an
appeal from the Rev. R. MOdl2oll ; 375/., being a moiety of
a collection at Mr. Spurgeon's Tabernacle, the remainder to
be distributed by the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, among the
dissenting congregation of the affected districts ; 1,109/.
from Messrs. Shunk,Souchay.and Co. ;from Scarborough, 182/.155. 10d. • Directors of East London Waterworks, 1001. ;
the Unit• Fir and Life Society, 1001. • J. E. and W.
Christie, 100/. ; Rt. W. H. and R. H. Tindall, 1001. ;
Thomas Murray. Bee,., 1001. ; Grand Surrey Canal and Duck
Company, 1,0001. ; East and West India Dock Company,
weekly, for five months, 1001.

THE CENTRAL RELIEF COMM EITEL. —EMIGRA-
TION. —Mr. J. W. Maclure, Honorary Secretary to the
Lancashire Central Relief Committee, has received the fol-
lowing letter from the Government Emigration Hoard :
" Government Emigration Board, 8, Park-street, Westmin-
ster, November 1 i have to acknowledge your
letter of the 15th inst., and, in reply, to state that they have
now no objection to your making public the offer contained
in my letter of the 4th ultimo. It must, however, be under-
stood that the commissioners cannot accept more than 40
young women, and that the names of the candidates must be
submitted to the board not later than Wednesday, the 26th
inst., se the only vessel the commissioners can aespatch to
Western Australia is appointed to sail from Southampton on
the 16th proximo. I enclose for your information a few
copies of the regulations under which these passages would
be granted. You will perceive from the fourth and fifth
paragraphs of the itiformation' at the foot of the regula-
tions, that the commissioners provide diet and medical
attendance during the voyage, as well ea • supply of bed-
ding and me utensils. The only expense to the young
women would be the cost of their outfit and a payment of
10s. towards the expense of the bedding and mess utensils
provided for them by the commissioners.-1 have the
honour to be, air, your obedient servant, S. Watcorr.—
John Win. Maclure, Esq."
ST. DUNSTAN-IN-THE-WEST. A general meet-
iug of the inhabitants of this parish was held yesterday in
the inquest-nom ; Mr. Henry Hoare, the churchwarden,
in the chair. The Rev. F. Auriol, the rector of the parish,
read a resolution to the effect, "That considering the
severe acd wide-spread distress which prevailed in the
manufacturing districts, the meeting desired to express its
deep sympathy with the suffering families, and its admira-
tion at the fortitude and patience they had exhibited under
the terrible calamity which had fallen upon them." The
resolution having been seconded, Mr. Phillips, the Mayor
of Blackburn, who was introduced by the chairman, ad-
dressed the meeting. and detailed the air aunt ot the distress,
with the circumstances connected with it, more particularly
in his own district, and the measures which had been
adopted for its alleviation. A committee was named to
collect subscriptions and appropriate them for the required
purpose through the Lord Mayor's committee, the chair-
man stating that he bad received a note from the secretary
of the Law Life Assurance Society intimating the intention
of that body to subscribe 1001. in aid of the fund to be
raised in that parish.

GRZENWICIL—At the clone of the public meeting
held at Greenwich, on Thursday evening, a sum exceeding
3007. was subscribed towards the relief fund. Mr. Anger-
stein, M.P., engaged to give 251., and Messrs. Lovibood,
brewers, 11. ls. monthly, during the distress ; and Mrs.
Angerstein offered a dooation of 507.. if a committee of
ladies was formed, to aid the special fund for sewing
dames.

DUTFORD. —Last bight a numerous and influen-
tial public meeting of the inhabitant. of Deptford was held
at the Literary Institution in that town, at which a com-
mittee, comprising the rector and churchwardens, the mem-
bers of the vestry and district board of works., and other
gentlemen. war appointed to collect subscriptions in aid of
the relief fund. The clergy of all denominations within
the parishes were also solicited to co-operate with the com-
mittee.

SOUTHAMPTON. —A large am: influential meeting
took place on Thursday night at the Town Hall, to take
into consideration the means for assisting in relieving the
distress in Lancashire. The Mayor, Mr. F. Perkins, ire-
aided. The meeting was the largest charity meeting held
here since the one for relieving the sufferers from the burn-
ing of the Amazon in 1851. The following resolutions were
passed :—" That this meeting very deeply sympathises; with
the severe distress existing in the manufacturing dis-
tricts, and expresses its admiration of the character of
the suffering operatives, who are bearing their pri-
vations with a patience and endurance which com-
mends them to the kind ronsiderationof every Englishman."
" That in miler effectually to relieve such an amount of
poverty and destitution a subscription be immediately com-
menftd, and the town divided into districts, so that all those
who have the means may have the opportunity afforded to
them of contributing towards the relief of such a severe and
unparalleled distress. and that all who are desirous of con-
tributing left off clothing be requested to send
such to the police-station at the Bar Gate." The
Mayor commenced the subscriptions with 25 guineas,
and nearly 500/. was at once subscribed. The mayor was
appointed treasurer, and the Rev. Mr. Cotton and Mr. Jas.
Bennett honorary secretaries to receive additional subscrip-
tions in money and clothing. A shocking event happened
at the meeting. Mr. 0. N. Cooksey, a tradesman of the
town, attended for the purpose of subscribing five guineas,
and to offer to he one of 100 persons to subscribe 10a. a
week each, making 50/. weekly, for three mouths. Just
as the proceedings of the meeting were about to commence
he fell down in an epileptic fit, and was carried out uncon-
scious. This calamity occasioned great confusion and
excitement, and caused unusual solemnity to prevail at the
meeting. Large sums have already been subscribed by
many of the congregations of the churches and chapels of
the town.

PRI*;TON. —On Thursday, a very influential
meeting, under the presidency of the Mayor of Preston, was
held in the Assembly-room of the Bull Hotel, " for the pur-
pose of promoting further subscriptions in aid of the fund
for the relief of the distress." At the close of the meeting
subscriptions were made. Meters. Horrockees, Miller, sod
Co., gave 2,000 f.: Messrs. Swainson, Barley, and Co., 1,0001.:
Masan. Bliley Brothers, SUM ; Messrs. Horrucks, Jame,
and Co., 500/. • Mr. D. Arkwright, ; Messes. B.
Goodair and Co., 500!.• Mr. Alderman Goodair, ; and
several gentlemen, 10b/., 30L, 30/., 204, and 10!. each ;
staking the total subscription in the room, 9,1741. lls.

EMNBURGH. The Edinburgh Committee, on
Thursday, sent off 6,0001. to the Central Committee in
Manchester, in addition to 2,00 W. formerly sent, making
8,000/. c utrihuted from Edinburgh within less than a week.
Of the sum thus transmitted, the committee recommended
that are-fourth part, or 2,0001., should be app/iod, at the