The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-31 00:00:00

THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

THE MANSION-HOUSE COMMITTEE. —ln the
course of yesterday the sum of £l,OOO was received
through Messrs. Matheson and Co., being the bal-
ance of the first instalment from Hong Kong.
Amongst the amounts which have come to hand
during the last two days were—£loo, being a
seventh instalment from Bermondsey ; the parishes
of St. S within and St. Mary Bothaw, £100; Roston
Academy Chapel, £4O ; Islington, £250; collected at
St. Etienne and Basle, per Messrs. Leaf, Son, and
Co., £167; Harrow-on-the-Hill, sixth donation,
£lOO ; St. Dunstan-in-the-West, £lOO ; Messrs.
Staines, second donation, £156 7s. 7d. The total
amount received since Saturday was about £5,100.
THE LIVERPOOL FAT CATTLE SHOW AND THE
DISTRESS FUND.—Yesterday the committee who
conducted the proceedings of the late Fat Cattle
Show in Liverpool handed to Mr. R. Hutchiscn,
treasurer of the Liverpool fund, the sum of £2OO, as
part of the proceeds realised by the late exhibition
of fat cattle. The committee expect a still further
contribution from this source. The fat cattle com-
mittee also handed in as donations from the follow-
ing gentlemen :—Mr. Robert Rankin, Mr. Henry
Deacon, and Messrs. Jas. Hall and Son, the amount
of the prizes respectively won by them; from Messrs.
Thomas and Henry Banks the amount of their
commissions ; and from Mr. George Barnett the
amount paid to him for services rendered to the
committee.

ARDWICK SEWING GIRLS.—On Saturday even-
ing the sewing girls employed at the Chancery-
lane and Bank Meadow sewing schools were
treated to tea, defrayed by special sub-
scriptions. A meeting was afterwards held in
the Bank Meadow School, at which the Mayor (A.
Heywood, Esq.) presided ; and addresses were de-
livered by the chairman, by Mr. R. Rumney, Mr.
R. B. Brierley, and others.
SALFORD SEWING SCHOOLB.—A few weeks ago,
several ladies connected with the sewing school in
St. Stephen-street, raised a subscription to treat

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the women and girls in the school to a Christmas

dinner, but at the suggestion of the mayor the
plan was extended so as to include the whole
of the schools then established by the relief
committee, containing about 900 inmates. A com-
mittee of ladies was therefore formed for carrying
out the necessary arrangements, and the dinner
would have been held in accordance with their first
intention ; but atter the announcement of the muni-
ficent gift from the Lord Mayor, providing the
means for a Christmas dinner to the whole of the
persons in receipt of relief in the manufacturing
districts, the ladies considered it would be best to
change their intended treat from Christmas to New
Year's-day, and somewhat extend their plan, if
sufficient funds could be raised, by adding to
hof coffee, tea, and
oranges, dinner
and
filling np supplyt
heevening with music,
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songs, and recitations. Several volunteers for this
a moderatein
desirable entertainment have offered themselves to
aid the ladies in making the dinner a great success.
The present number of women and girls in the sew-
ing schools is 1,100, and it has been one of the prin-
cipal difficulties of the committee to find a room in
Salford large enough to hold so many persons at one
entertainment. This difficulty is, however, obviated
by the mayor and town-hall committee offering the
large room at the Town-hall, free of cost, in which
to hold the dinner, and it is now being fitted up
with tables and seats, and will be ornamented with
evergreens for the occasion. The ladies have con-
tracted with the proprietors of the Irwell Dining
Rooms for the supply of hot roast beef, potatoes,
and plum pudding, to be served at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. The Mayor has expressed his intention
to preside, and invitations are sent to the subscri-
bers and ladies of each school committee. All ar-
rangements for preserving order and promoting the
success of the dinner are completed, and a telegram
has been received by Mr. D. Chadwick, from the
United Cooks' Society, Cheapside, London, stating
their intention to send the monster plum pudding,
weighing 991 b., to grace the principal table at this
great Now-year's dinner to the Salford Sewing
Schools.

ASHTON-lINDER-LYNE.—The returns read at the
usual meeting of the Ashton board of guardians on
Monday showed that during the past week the total
number of persons relieved in the union was 32,465,
at a cost of £2,141 123., being a decrease on the pre
vious week of 853 persons and £lOl 2s. 2d. in the

expenditure. The increase on the coresponding week
of last year was, in persons, 30,419, and in amount,
£2,014 ss. 2d. The number of inmates in the work-

house was a short time ago over 500, but during the
last few weeks it has gradually fallen to 454, Pro-
ceedings at law were ordered to be taken against
the overseers of Matky for recovery of arrears due
on calls, and the same course will be taken with

Motram unless the money due is immediately paid

NOT SO PUSHING.—An American paper states
that those who go round with the contribution box
in Californian churches plead and argue the case in the
pews as they go along. The following dialogue, it is said,
took place between one of these gentry and an honest-look-
ing miner. Parson L— extended the box to Bill, and he
slowly shook his head. "Come, William, give something,"
said the parson. " Can't do ir," replied Bill. " Why not ?
Is not the cause a good one?" asked he. "Yes, good
enough, but I am not able to give anything," answered
Bill. " Pooh, pooh I I know better; you must give me a
better reason than that." " Well, I owe too much money;
I must be just before lam generons, you know." "But,
William, you owe God a larger debt than you owe any one
else," " That's true, Parson, but he ain't pushing me like
the rest of my creditors." The argument was conclusive.
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