The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-10 00:00:00

Till DISTR.= IN TN! Ease or Mellow. —The
united executive cemmitthe fee relieving the exceptional
distress in the East of London hold another meeting at
the Manila:oton'. yesterday, the Lord Mayor in the
chair. Mr. Italy, the hon. secretary, reported that the
total sulweriptions amounted to 4,9601., the sum received
during last week being 1,150/. This included a subscription
from Miss Burdett Coatis of 5001., especially applicable to
Bethnal-grcem, and an anonymous donation of :Mt. The
remsini 10W. bad been subscribed by about fifty people.
The Rev. Mr. Rowsell thought, hefer• proceeding so con-
sider the applications for grants, they as a committee
ought to make up their minds bow far they wars to go ea
with their relief. This led to a very long disco tom,
which eventually moulted in the undereeinding that the
committee should distribute their money that day, and
meet neat Mondaitweek to tattle obsoletely what they
should do, and if t
thencame to the determination to
windup, they should leave no sub-committee in existence
behind them. The following were then made
500 L to the Bethnal-wean sad Relief Asso-
ciation, 400/. to the Ron Centel:Mit Committee, and
13oV. to the Mile-end Old Town Relief Committee: Ex-
ceptional grants of 501. each were likewise gives to the
Rev. Father Patios and the Rev. Joke Strickland, of lit.
Jade'., Widtechapel.
Tan Rim or or LONDON'S FUND. —Lut evsoDg
the first annual meeting of the Islington brawl se lids
fund was held in Bishop Wilson's Memorial-hall, Church.
street, Islington ; the Bishop of Loudon in the chair.
Them was a large attendance, including several of the
clergy. The report stated that the asexiation stood in the
plans of the Islington Church EIIISMIOII SodtV, which
had attained the object for which It was astsMithod in
1856. namely the erection of ten permanent churches in
the district. As formieg part of the great sad ithporthet
dimes of London it seemed a bounden dray foe so exten-
sive and denselytmulatad • parish as Minton to join
with the other nietropolitae parishes in Qs work
connected with he Bishop's Fund. His lordship, is the
course of some remarks, observed that the varying Vous-
stances in which they were placed rendered a ohmage in the
form of their efforts asottasary. They had reason to he
thankful for the amount of work performed by the 'sling-
toe Church Extension Society, but nit had sompleisd the
task assigned to it, they had nowstholiteled ins Osman
ansociatiou whieh, instead of being purely lord is its the-
rather,.propesod to theist in the great work of ouppleng
the religious wants of the whole metropolis. Addresses MI
favour of the objects of the meeting babel tease delivered
by clergymen and others the °maw Inoselnetel.
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made by the Middle Leval Deslnage tTosgsieisaie is ad-
joining the chime arising eat of the kilos of the medal
aisles near Lynn in 1862, bet the possess is nessensztly a
slow &-
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minds, &slay in &Beefily claim, tits didlinilly of
days fee segerdation suitable to the different paialsofaagi sad
their fonts. la. Beveral froth actions have roesefily hose
commenced spinet the commissioners, and sallow for
trial at the misoing Norwich Aadsso have bees gives ha
20 of them. The commiedseses hero be advised
eminent counsel that two years formed the legal limit for
&manacles 'edam At Foment the comniirsionen hays
not raised the loos (except temporarily) authorised by the
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