The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-19 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA.

The follosr is ths official return of deaths trots
&Ana d
end oia
September egistered on Sunday end Monday,
16411 an 17th

Cholera. Dlar t 2 996
Work .t
k i 1
Nadi ablate 3
Osaka astride
Pad &ibid. l2
Boa& districts l2 ...... ..... 8

Total in London
The return for the rub-district of St. Giles North wee
not received in time for publication.
MANSION HOUSE MLLES COMMITTEE.
Yesterday, at a meeting of the working committee held
at the Mansion-Dove, the Lord Mayor in the chair, Lord
Wm. Hay, M.P., Count Strzelecki, Mr. A. G. Politer,
Captain Holbert and Dr. Ogle, representing the nom.
nitres associated with Mrs. Gladstone, attended to ask for
a grant of money. The deputation stated in effect that
Mrs. Gladstone, who was Bret in the field, bad received
applications in respect of 624 orphans, of whom 164 had
been provided for temporarily, of these 51 were absolute
orphans, having lost both parents, 45 had lost their fathers,
23 their mothers, and there were also 45 comedians*
pedants who Were being provided with temporary relief.
Ter purposes of temporary relief alone, Mrs. G adstoer
bad received 2,2001., of which 8074. had been expended, and
it was calculated that 1,1001. would be required to defray
the cost of maintaining thotechildren for the next six mouths,
which would leave a balance at the expiration of that timed
little mars than 2001. After that pi riodthey would be wholly
unprovided far. In a conversation which ensued upon this
application it was stated chiefly by the Lord Mayor, that
with respect to the 5,0001. which the Mansion-house Com-
mittee bad set apart for the maintenance of children made
orphans by cholera, 810 ohildrenhad &heady been returned
to them by the local committees in the Baal of London
se coming within that category, and the Bishop of
Leedom's sesomittes was prepared to supplement that
sum with another 50001. The whole of the Mansion,
house 5 000/. had been bespoke on behalf of those
810
°ens, but now that Mrs. Gladstone had get
in d draft in a state of orphanage, something should
be done for them after the expiration of the ix
months. The committee had the greatest possible sympathy
with Mrs. Gladstone and with the benevolent interest she
had taken in the orphans, but their funds were now
vary limited, and after they had apportioned the 5,0001.
they would have but little left for any further relief
of the distress. From the first they had been and were
still unanimously of opinion that it was not desirable to
create any permanent institution for the maintenance of
orphans, but towards her temporary orphanage they had
given her 2501., and looking to the fund remaining at their
disposal, he thought they had gone far enough for the
present. If, however, they should eventually have a sur-
plus, they might possibly think it desirable to make MIS.
Gladstone another grant for purposes of temporary relief,
having the profoundest respect and sympathy for the work
in which she we. engaged, which might be said to be a
national ono. With that assurance the deputation took
their leave. The committee then adjourned. Yesterday
and during the lad few days the following donations were
received amongst others :—Mr. John Walter, 25/. ; B. IL,
301. ; Mrs. E. IL Kerr, 301. ; Mr. G. Lutler, 2W. ; Meese.
Young, Maples, Teesdale, and Nelson, 21/. ; Mr. and Mrs.
H. Scott, 251.; Mrs. and Misses Du Cane, 12/.; Lord Claude
Hamilton, M.P., 101. ; Lieut.-General Bowers, 10/. ; Lord
John Hervey, 10/. ; and collected by Messrs. Fischer and
Prior at the Commercial Sale-rooms, Mincing-lane (7th
instalment), 151. 15s.