The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-20 00:00:00

N°. 22,146.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1863.

THE HON. MKS. NORTON'S NEW NOVEL.
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
THIRD EDITION 01 " LOST AND SAVED."
By the Hon. MRS. NORTON.
" `Lost and Saved' will be read with eager interest by
those who love a touching story. it is a vigorous novel."—
Times.
" A. work of such rare excellence that it would create a stir
among novel readers even it it had not Mrs. Morton's name
on the title page."—Atheneum.
Hurst and Blackett, 13. Great Marlborough-street.

MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his
Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic
stablishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now
in lull operation.

pleedrgsoe,nsanqduawliefierdepbeyatextpheeroieonvccerannmdenptoshitaisvedoknneowail
in its power to arrive at an exact appreciation. The
needs for the public use of the building are instant
and acknowledged, and it is well to provide now
and for ever for those needs, instead of battling and
debating questions of taste and style, interminable
and immortal is this country, which has only of late
years risen from a very chaos of likes and dislikes,
such as belonged toa barbarian order of things. Of
course it would be useless to deny that we should
much pm fer the exterior to be faced end decorated
with stone instead of stucco; but this again is a
question of expense, and there are many buildings
in London "not deficient in beauty end faced with
stucco." Lord Granville specialty mentioned the
Trave.lers' Club in Pall-mall--a copy of the
Borghese Palace, and one of the most beautiful and
finished edifices in the whole metropolis, which
contributed in no small degree to the early reputa-
tion of the late Sir Charles Barry. There is quite
temper enough unhappily of a directly personal and
vehement character altogether about this acquire-
,nent and possession of the late Exhibition building
for the Government to care to have its tone of pru-
dent economy impeached. And as for the part which
the public is expected to play in this question, we
may be quite sure of this, that when Professor Owen
has occupied his five or six acres with the natural
history speeimerrer-and—when the numberless illus-
trations of machinery belonging to the Patent
Museum are duly provided for, whilst the British
division of the picture gallery is being gradually
filled with portraits of English worthies, there will
be as large a crowd of visitors of all classes as there
is on the most crowded days at the British Museum.
Nor is it likely that the proximity of the edifice to
the Horticultural Garden will be generally dis-
pleasing to the majority of those who come for
instruction or amusement. To the masses of the
metropolitan lieges the squabbles and bickerings,
envy, jealousy, and strife, which have all along
assailed the encouragement of the higher tastes of
the nation, are but little known. They recognise
mutely, but intimately, the comprehensive thought
that warranted the belief of the Prince Consort and
the Commissioners of 1851, in his own words, "that
in securing space on which, in unison with each
other, and with a systematic interchange of mutual
assistance, separate societies and departments might
attain to a degree of usefulness which their presen
confinement and isolation must materially lessen,
the Commissioners had correctly appreciated the
great want of the day and the requirements of the
public, for whose benefit alone they should work,
and by whose assistance alone they can "hope to
prosper."

Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d ; 21 for Xl. Miniatures on
Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former
styles.

The Distress in the Manufacturing Districts.

An adjourned conference of representatives of
boards of guardians relative to the exigencies of the
distress in the cotton manufacturing districts, was
held yesterday afternoon in the Mayor's Parlour, at
the Town-hall, Manchester. There was a very
large attendance, including gentlemen representing
a large majority of all the unions in Lancashire and
Cheshire. Abel Heywood, Esq., Mayor of Man-
chester, presided.
Mr. HOLGATE read a letter from Mr. Cobden,
M.P., to the effect that he should watch the pro-
ceedings of the meeting with much interest, but
could not make it convenient to attend. He hoped
a satisfactory measure would be obtained.
The Rev. Mr, PITCAIRN (Eccles) moved the adop-
tion of the report of the committee, which was
agreed to unanimously.
The Mayor of ROCHDALE (Mr. Ashworth) moved
the adoption of the following resolution :—" That,
inasmuch as Government has introduced a bill to
facilitate the execution of public works in certain
manufacturing districts, &c., this meeting partially
approves of the principle of such bill, but considers
that it will not meet the exigencies of the case.
That the bill, if passed, can only come into opera-
tion where there is a local authority. That where
no local authority exists the meeting is of opinion
that as boards of guardians are responsible for the
maintenance of the poor in the districts where the
act will not take effect, such boards of guardians (in
the absence of municipal corporations, local boards,
or local improvement commissioners) ought in such
places to be the local authority for the purposes of
the act, in order that all portions of unions may be
provided for and similarly dealt with. But such
bill, passed into a law with the alteration now Bug-
gested, falls far short of the requirements of the
suffering localities, as any works which can be de-
vised in these localities will only afford partial em-
ployment for the persons thrown out of occupa-
tion, leaving a large portion of such persons still
unemployed; and the position of boards of guar-
dians is one of very great responsibility, and calls
for special aid from government, because boards of
guardians must at all times provide for and relieve
existing distress and destitution."
Mr. ASHWORTH spoke at some length to show
that the distress would be very great in the coming
winter, and that the government were bound to
make adequate provision to meet it. There must
be a continuance of the Rate-in• Aid Bill in some
modified form.

Mr. J. PLATT, of Oldham, seconded the motion,
and said it was necessary that some extra borrow-
ing powers should be given in the bill to boards of
guardians.
Mr. ROBERTS, of Bury, thought that a clause
should be inserted requiring the auditors to pass
accounts when they had been sanctioned by boards
of guardians.

Sir J. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH reviewed the sub-
ject generally, and remarked in particular on the
erroneous view entertained of the distress in the
cotton trade by persons at a distance. Some por-
tions of the press contended that in a short period
the prosperity of Lancashire would be restored.
It was strange to contrast vaticination of that kind
with the doom predicted by the same authority ;
that the extinction of the cotton trade was of little
importance to the national weal, that England
would hardly afford it a decent funeral, and that its
epitaph would be one of ignominy and forgetfulness.
There was still great misconceptions as to the con-
fidence in the returning trade of the district. The
answer was that the whole history of the cotton
trade was a pertinacious triumph over obstacles and
embarrassments. Each successive crisis of inven-
tion was overcome with the ingenuity and enter-
prise characteristic of the district. He had confi-
dence that even with only the present half supply
of cotton the great capital, genius, and enterprise
of this district would resuscitate the trade either by
finding new fibres, creating new fabrics and com-
binations, or usurping the trade of some neighbour-
ing district. The trade would not lie down in the
ditch simply because it had this obstacle to :over-
come. (Applause.) But they had also confidence
that the trade would be invigorated by supplies of
cotton from new sources, as well as by the resources
of science and art. Hence the wisdom of those who
were embarking their capital with a view to future
returns. Passing on to an anticipation of the future,
Sir James gave his reasons for expecting great dis-
tress during the coming winter. First there was a
limitation of the supply of the raw material; and
second, there was a limitation of price, which was
not taken into account by the.so who were not con-
versant with the subject. This limitation of price
limited the market, and new fabrics camp in and
helped to destroy the trade. These things tended
greatly to disturb the calculations of the manufac-
turer, and stocks had to be held for months before
the original outlay could be reaped. At present
there was a certain limitation of supply, but a tem-
porary increase of demand. Stocks had had to be
replenished at home and abroad; but they could
would k ex-
etnily calcullte how soon that supply
hausted. From these causes the Central Drecutise
Committee were assured that the approaching win.
ter would witness as much distress as last winter,
while it would have to be met with diminished re-
sources among the working classes, lessened charity
and a condition of the middle classes and small
manufacturers every day becoming more perilous
and more onerous to the country. This was the
state of things that had to be met. His impres-
sion was that it would be better to leave Mr.
Villiers's bill to be considered by itself, for it was a
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the outlying districts. (Hear, hear.) It was not
the object of the guardians to find employment with
wages. The law did not enable them to do that.
All that boards of guardians were enabled to do was
to find the means of sustaining life, and to employ
tests to determine whether the applicants were
really indigent. Mr. Villiets's bill proposed a totally
different thing ; it proposed to find employment for
the able-bodied with wages, inste2d of alms or
parochial relief. No doubt the outlying districts
would be considered in committee. They ought to
for the renewal of the Union Relief Bill of last
year, with power to enable the gir.rdiaus to obtain
loans for relief of the poor.

After a discussion the resolution was passed by a
fare majority.—The meeting had not concluded
g
when our report was despatched.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The Royal Oak has arrived at Spithead from
Portland with Admirals Sir Frederick Grey and
Eden on board. The Duke of Somerset has also
arrived at the same place. Their lordships visit the
Warrior and other ships at Portsmouth to-day.
Her Majesty's steam storeship Fox, master com-
mander Thomas Pullen, 1,131 tons, arrived yester-
day at West, and will probably reload from. Wool-
wice and Deptford with machinery.

The following appointments were made at the Admiralty
yesterday :7

F. W. S. Ponsenby, Assistant-Paymaster, to the
Aboukir.
Edmund H. Key, Clerk, to the Racoon.

Naval Cadetship—Mr. Andrew Wm, Rogers.

THE ARMY.

Preparations are in progress at Woolwich for a
banquet to be given to the Duke of Cambridge and
some of her Majesty's Ministers, on Wednesday, the
24th inst., in the Royal Artillery Mess-room, after
the distribution of the prizes awarded to the Gen-
tlemen Cadets of the Royal Military Academy and
the half-yearly inspection of the garrison troops. It
was yesterday announced at Woolwich that the
Prince of Wales had abandoned his intention of
being present on the occasion, as was anticipated.
Notices were yesterday issued throughout the de-
partments at Woolwich, announcing that a close
holiday will be observed on Monday, the 29th inst.,
the anniversary of her Majesty's coronation, so that
the establishments will be closed from Saturday
midday until Tuesday morning.