The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-03 00:00:00

cotton operatives, who were fit for employment on the public
works. There was also at the farm a large number of men
fit for public works, but who were not directly dependent
upon the cotton supply for their means of livelihood. There
had been no draft of men to the public works since the last
meeting of the board. There was no other business of im-
portance. The following are the relief returns for the week
ending on Saturday:— Outdoor—settled cases 611, cost
£B5 15s, English non-settled 1,915, cost £385 6s 4d, Irish
1,495, cost £204 14s 93, total 4,021 cases, 8,586 individuals,
cost £575 les ld. Compared with the previous week the
above shows a decrease of nine cases, and en increase of
cost of £3 :6s 4d, and compared with the corresponding
week of last year, a decrease of 1,150 English cases and
£lB3 is Gd in cost, and of 713 Irish cases and .01 in coat.
Indoor—New workhouse 1,213, Bridge-street 1,409, Swin-
ton Schools (including 73 belonging to other townships)
608, total 3,230, a decrease of 35 upon the previous week,
and an increase of 108 upon the corresponding week of last
year. Fever patients included in the above 30, a decrease
of three upon the previous week, and an increase of 18 upon
the corresponding week of last year.
BLACKBURN. —The Relief Committee have just issued a
return showing that during the last month they had ex-
pended in general relief £.:98 183 7d against £433 18a 7d in
October, together with £lB 4s 2d in clothing, £lB 17d for
school pence, and £ll 8s for management, making in all
£777 7s 91. The number of persons at present relieved by
the committee is 1,876, whose average income per head, in-
cluding earnings and relief, is is B,d. The return also
shows that the committee find employment for 293 opera-
tives, and pay the school pence of 640 children whose parents
are recipients of relief, The estimated weekly loss of wages
to the 6,373 persons at present out of work is £1,780.
ASIITON-UNDER-LYNEUNION.—At a meeting of the
guardians of this onion, on Thursday, it was stated that the
total number of persons relieved during the week was 12,114,
at a cost of £7§l 93 Id being a decrease as compared with
the previous week of 2 7 persons and £'4 Os 6d. A letter
was read (signed by David Schofield, of Cotton-street), ac-
cusing Mr J. Galt, one of the medical officers, of not having
attended him during illness because he (Schofield) had voted
for the Conservatives during the late municipal election.
It appeared that Schofield had, since the alleged non-
attendance of Mr Galt, been attended by Dr Gardiner,
who, it was said, had reported that Schofield had been
lost for want of medical attendance. After some discussion

it scab determined that Mr Galt should be requested to at
;end at the next board meeting.

PRESTON.—The cotton-trade report issued for
this week stated that there are now 11,586 operatives work-
ing full time, 8?.6 at the rata of five days per week, 539 four
3,161 three, 719 two, and that 10,534 are entirely unem-
ployed. The number of factories stopped is 25, same as last
week. Relative to the unemployed, there are about 70 less
this week than last. The guardians have on their books
for the Preston union 295 cases, consisting of 7,682 per-
sons, who have been relieved at a cost of'L47l 15s 3d. As
compared with last week there has been a decrease of
43 cases, 42 persons, end £1 los 6d in the expenditure,
At present the guardians have in their service 617 able..
bodied men; they have also 165 persons, unfit for out-

door labour, engaged in oakum picking. The Preston
Relief Committees have on their books 2,423 cases, com-
prising 9,031 rersons. As compared with last week there
has been a decree of 124 cases, and 406 persons:

BANK RETURNS.

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The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir-
culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending Nov. 12. These
returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and
Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula-
tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the
9th 'Nov. (the nearest date furnished by their returns),
will give the following results of the circulation of notes in
the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month :