The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-09 00:00:00

STOCKPORT.

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The condition of Stockport, which is partly in
Lancashire and partly in Cheshire, is probably not
so bad as Blackburn or Preston, but it stands next
to them. It is dependent almost entirely on the
cotton trade. There are a few hat manufacturers
and other trades not affected very much by
the present crisis, but nine-tenths of the inha-
bitants are connected with cotton. The number
of mills in the borough is sixty-nine, which
usually employ 17,038 hands, men, women,
and children. In good times the weekly wages of
these hands would average about half-a-guinea per
head, or a total of nearly £9,000 per week. Of the
number of hands only 5,068 are this week on full
time, and their earnings are much reduced through
the poor material which they have to use. The
number working short time is 5,770, and those
wholly unemployed are now 6,200. Including other
trades affected by the condition of the cotton crisis,
there are out of employment about 7,000 persons.
The loss of weekly wages is estimated at £5,000,
though some make it much more. The number of
persons in the receipt of parochial pay in the Union
is this week 5,406, and in the borough alone about
4,500. The population of the Union, which in-
cludes Hyde, is 94,360, and that of the borough
about 55,000 ; consequently, one person in 171 in
the Union is on the parish, and in the borough
nearly one in 12 of the population are in receipt of
parish pay. In the borough there is a good organisa-
tion of relief ; 10 district committees and a central
committee are in full operation. During the past
week they have spent £177 2s 9d in relieving
3,313 cases, including 11,819 individuals. The
average income of the recipients is only 9d per
week. The relief has been given in bread2l.B,ls4lb ;
soup, 6,254 ; meat, 2,0951 b ; rice, 5351 b ; and por-
tions of coal. The total sum spent from the com-
mencement of operations is nearly £2,500, contri-
buted chiefly in weekly subscriptions. The donations
of the Lord Mayor and others have enabled the
committees to enlarge their operations. By these
means the people have been preserved from starva-
tion and disorder. There never was a time when
crime was so small in the borough ; when the magi-
strates and police had so little work. The working
classes are unusually quiet and orderly, and show
no
or accuse Government or
theiremployers
fault in the matter. By
complain,
ofan y
means of local and distant charity the crisis may be
endured if it does not extend beyond the summer;
but if it should continue till the next winter the
consequences will be serious.

INSTALLATION OF THE DUKE OF
DEVONSHIRE AS CHANCELLOR OF TILE
UNIVERSE( Y OF CAMBRID 9E.

CAMBRIDGE, SATURDAY.

The proceedings in connection with the installa-
tion of his grace to the high office to which he has
been appointed may be said to have commenced to-
day, although the note of preparation has been
sounding for some time past. The duke, accom-
panied by his daughter, Lady Louisa Cavendish,
arrived at Trinity College at half-past five o'clock,
and alighting at the great gates, or principal
entrance, proceeded across the court to the lodge,
where he was received by the Master of Trinity
College (of which his grace is a member), whose
guest he will be during his stay in Cambridge. A
notification of the Chancellor's arrival was imme-
diately conveyed to the Vice-Chancellor (the Rev.
Dr. Phillips) at Queen's College, and he, with
others of the University authorities who were in
waiting, immediately set out to wait upon the
Chancellor. Arrived at the lodge, the Vice-Chan-
cellor formally resigned the insignia of his office,
and the authorities having paid their respects to his
grace, withdrew. The maces were left at the Chan-
cellor's abode, as is usual when that officer is in
residence, as an official sign of his authority.
In the evening the Master of Trinity entertained
a distinguished party to meet his grace at dinner.
Visitors have already arrived here in large num-
bers, and many more may be expected before the
congregation appointed for Monday, in order to
confer honorary and other degrees. It has been
finally notified that these will be conferred on the
following celebrities : _ _ _

Honorary Doctor of Laws.—The Duke of Argyll,
the Marquis of Bristol, the Marquis of Hart-
ington, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Brougham,
Lord Stanley, Lord John Manners, Lord Bel-
per, Sir Edmund W. Head, Bart., Sir H. C. Raw-
linson, K.C.8., Sir James Emerson Tennent,
K.C.G., Sir Hugh M'Calmont Cairns, Sir W. Arm-
strong, C. 8., M. Chevalier, Mr. Selwyn, Q.C.,
M.P., The 4itronomer Royal, Professor Faraday,
Dr. Acland (RegiusProfessor of Physic, Oxon), Mr.
Faisbairn.

Doctor of Music—M. Meyerbeer.
Most of the above-named have already arrived,
and are guests at the various colleges.

SUN DAY.

His Grace the Chancellor attended Divine service
at Great St. Mary's (the University Church) this
afternoon. The sermon was preached by the Lord
Bishop of Chester, Dr. Graham, formerly Master of
Christ's College, in this university. The text, John
iv., 38. The church was densely crowded. The
Chancellor occupied a seat upon the throne, and was
surrounded by the heads of houses and other privi-
leged persons. The right rev. prelate made some
feeling and graceful allusions to the late lamented
Prince Chancellor, and some happy ones as to
the eminent fitness of his grace to follow so illus-
trious and venerated a predecessor.

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