The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-14 00:00:00

THE LANCASHIRE RELIEF FUND.

The committee of the above fund met yesterday'
at the Mansion-house. The Lord Mayor took the
chair, and the following gentlemen were present
Mr. Cotton, Mr. Morley, Mr. Lycett, fir. Barber,
Mr. Armitage, Mr. Howse, and Mr. Dilheraigne.
Mr. Gibbs reported that he received grateful thanks
for and receipts of the twelve grants forwarded.las t
week, and he also reported that he had received
satisfactory reply from the parish of All Souls,
Manchester, and had accordingly forwarded the
£25 as directed by the committee. Of the total
contributions £4,725 had been already forwarded to
different townships where the distress was Most
prevalent. An application was read from 06
honorary secretary of the local relief committee for
the townships of Enfield, Oakenshaw, Great Ha'
wood, Rishton, and Huncoat, comprising a consi-
derable population. There were 1,176 wholly out
of employ, and 1,450 were only employed from two,
three, or four days during the week. An applica-
tion from the clergyman of Birch, near Middlcton,
was received, stating that the population of his
parish were almost entirely of the poorer class, and
out of a population of 1,500, for whom he applied,
600- were wholly unemployed, and the residue were
employed half or quarter time. An application
was likewise received from Waion-le-Dale, which
comprises a population of about 5,250, 400 of whom
are entirely out of employ, besides a large number
of handloom weavers also wholly unemployed, and
about 1,000 were working short time.
The Rev. J. C. Kershaw writes a very earnest
appeal on behalf of the above parish, and states
that his parishioners and friends had placed at his
disposal the sum of £270, by which he had been
enabled for a time to give away 5,000 quarts of soup
twice a week to those who had large families or
most in need. He had also been able to give away
1,400 tickets for bread, flour, meal, &c, r and,
further, to show the local efforts that had i);zeu
made, he stated that a number of men had beeri
employed, at the rate of two days per week, at
ls. 6d. per day, in clearing land for the erection of
new schools. The fund was now exhausted, how-
ever, and ho applied for some assistance from the
committee of the fund. An application was also
received from Harpurhey and Collyhurst, comprising
a population of 31000, one-third of which were
wholly out of employ, and a third only partially
employed. These applications were severally con-
sidered by the committee, and it was resolved that
the following sums should be forwarded forthwith:
—To the local committee of Enfield, &c., £100;
Birch, £75 ; Walton. le-Dale, £75 ; Harpurhey and.
Collyhurst, £lOO. The committee, in consideration.
of the continued distress in Hyde and Dukinfield,
resolved to send a further sum of £lOO to each of
those places. An application was received on behalf
of the parish of St. Thomas's Red Bank, Manchester,
and Mr. Gibbs was desired to write for further
statistics, and in the event of receiving a satisfac-
tory reply to forward a cheque for £lOO, making
a total sum of £650 granted since yesterday.

CLOSING MEETING OF THE SOCIAZ
SCIENCE CONGRESS.

The proceedings of the Association were brought
to a close at the evening meeting in Burlington-
house, over which Lord Brougham presided. The
Secretary read the report of the CG-nncil giving a
general review of the papers and dissuasions in
each of the sections, and expressing thanks to the
various 4ftoieties and official persons who had given
assistance to the Association durirg the course of
the meeting. In respect both n: the number and
importance of the papers communicated, and of the
large attendance of members, the present meeting
is pronounced to have been brilliantly successful.
The Association has received invitations for next
year from Newcastle•on-Tyne, between which it
remains for the Council to choose. The noble Pre-
sident, in moving the adoption of the report, ob-
served that there had been an addition to the roll
of members of a hundred more than at the Glas-
gow gathering, although there was on that occasion
a considerable increase; and that, owing to the
extra expenses which had this 3 ear been incurred,
there was a deficit, to the liquidation of which be
trusted the friends of the society would promptly
contribute. Mr. H. Roberts, F.S.A., seconded the
noliptga s o ~u ,
motion, was unanimously agreed to. A veto
passed, on the motion of M. C;arnier Pages, seconded
by Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., with acclamation, the whole
assembly rising to do honour to it. Hearty thanks
were also voted to the other officials, and, above all,
to Mr. Hastings, the hon. secretary, upon whom the
burden of the arrangements has mainly devolved,
and who, as Lord Brougham observed, has dis-
charged his onerous duties with the greatest energy,
judgment, and temper.