The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-24 00:00:00

DESTRU7ION 1N GLASGOW.

Three months ago we considered it our duty to
draw the attention of the public to the sad condition
of the operatives in Glasgow connected with the
cotton-spinning and weaving trade ; then, from
statistics we published, it was shown that the dis-
tress amongst the cotton factory operatives, although
pressing most heavily upon those of Lancashire,
was not confined to them, but that in this city and
neighbourhood sufferings of a very poignant nature
being endured. The statement we published on the
18th of August showed that there were 4,417 per-
sons totally out of work, 4,118 working half-time,
1,664 working two-third time, 1,628 working three-
quarter time, and 4,380 fully employed. Soon after
that statement was published the Lord Provost
called a meeting, and an influential committee was
appointed to collect subscriptions and relieve the
necessitous. That it was appointed not an hour
too soon has been shown ever since its ap-
pointment; and this fact will be made more ap-
parent from a survey of the statistics col-
lected during the present week. The executive
relief committee, since their appointment on the 2d
of September, have given weekly assistance to
between 1,800 and 2,000 individuals. One day this
week a member of the committee had himself no
fewer than between forty and fifty applications for
schedules. Of course all of those who have got re-
lief are now on the list, as from various causes a
number have dropped off or been struck out. The
paucity in the number of applications for relief,
when compared with those who are actually un-
employed, is accounted for by the fact, which has
been proved by the domiciliary visits of the sub-
committees of relief, that applications are never
made until sheer want compels them. The quiet
suffering that has thus been endured is beyond re-
cital. The executive relief committee are fully
aware of the whole circumstances of the sad case,
and are doing all they can to cope with its exigen-
cies. They were invested with full powers from the
general committee appointed at the public meeting
itneptember, and accordingly at once set about
organising means for the collection of subscriptions
and the distribution of relief. Although they are
by no means out of funds yet, still undoubtedly
more money will be required during the coming
winter if the applicants for relief increase in the
ratio they have latterly done.—North British Mail.

LARGE SHIPMENT AT LIVERPOOL OF WAR MA-
TERIAL FOR THE CONFEDERATE GOVE
the NicolaßNMENT.—Alsou 1., Capt.t
eight days ago, a fine screw steamer, !.
Fkenley, quietly slipped out of the Huskisson Dock, where
she had been loading with goods packed in cases, and
steamed up to the ;•:loyne, where she lay for some time m-
veloped in the dense November fogs. She was ostensibly
bound for St. Thomas, in the West Indies. At last the
Nicolai I. (which had more than once changed her name
0 tone f war
and engaged in short Baltic voyagesbefore, in
°Atlantic, where,
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on allayb board,
ar d , suspicion) creptfa ru p
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during a dense fog, with upwards of 60
at least, she is not likely to be captured,ebeing a vessel of
first-rate sailing powers. During the time the Nicolai I.
lay in the Huskisson Dock her boiles were severely tested
by hydraulic power, in order to ascertain what pressure
they could bear, and the result was satisfactory, so that in
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