The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-26 00:00:00

LLNOMBIRS.

Mr. FERRAN T) wished to ask the President of the Poor.
law Board whether he had yet received the return of the
number of unemployed unmarried women in the cotton
factory districts of Lancashire and Cheshire.
Mr. VILLIERS mid that the female unemployed opera-
tives were relieved from two source, the and the
voluntary relief committees. The paneh returns would
only refer to the unemployed females, and would give no
information as to their previous occupation. With respect
to those relieved by voluntary local committee', there were
170 such committees, and there would be great difficulty in
getting the informatios required by the hon. gentleman
from them. They were trying to get such a return, bat up
b Monday last they bad not been able to succeed.
THE WELLINGTON FUNERAL CAR.
On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Mr. C. BENTINCH wished to ask the First Commissioner
of Works to explain the circumstances under which the
Wellington funeral car, with wicker-work horses, trappings,
ha, was exhibited to the public at 6d. per bead by the
vergers of St. Paul's Cathedral. He wished to make no
complaint, either spinet the right bon. gentleman, or the
Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, or the vergers, but he was
anxious to know why the funeral car, which con the coon.
My 13,0001., was handed over to the church, and why the
nevus were allowed to charge 6d. a heed for permiision to
see it. During the Exhibition be understood that the vergers
made from 1204 to 1504 a week by showiog the oar, part of
which was to be appropriated to the decoration of the ca-
thedral by the dean ml chapter. He, moreover, thought
that it was unseemly and a scandal to the church that the
oar should be exhibited there, and he hoped it would be
removed.
Mr. COWPER said that for • long time the vergers had
been allowed to receive payment for admitting and conduct.
lag persons through the crypt of St. Paul's. He would not
enter into the question, whether it was right or not that
they should charge 6d. per heed, but as they did Dot charge
more since the car had been placed there, he did not think
them was any remelt for complaint. The government had
moon to be obliged to the dean and chapter for
allowing the car to be placed in the crypt, where,
in connexion with the tombs of Lord Nelson and
the Duke rf Wellington, it was an object of interest.

Itwas that the verger. should attend the visitors
through the dark aubterranean pauses to the crypt, and
they should of course be mul for discharging that duty.
It was not suggested that they should be paid out of the
public feeds, and as there were no cathedral funds out of
which they could be paid, it appeared bat nameable that
the persons who availed tbetoselves of the privilege of
visiting the crypt, should be the parlous to pay the at-
tendants. (Hear, hear.) The car had formerly been severely
criticised as a work of art—(laughter)—but the day for dis-
cussing that matter had gone by. That it was considered
worth looking at was proved by the number of persons
1 who crowded the crypt and paid for the inspection. Every-

thing connected with the greatest of Englind's heroes wee
naturally viewed with interest, end after the funeral, not only
the car, buttbe other erticlesof furniture used in the pageant
were exhibited, and they were lately deposited iu what het:en-