The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-02 00:00:00

THE CO7 TON FAMINE.

1 Yesterday the City of London Relief committee held a
meeting at the Mansion House to make another appor-
tionment of the money spontaneously sent to the Lord
Mayor for the relief of the distress. There were present
Mr. W. J. Cotton, Mr. Lycett, Mr. Howes, Mr. Wm.
Morley, Mr. Armitage, Mr. Dilberoghu, a Greek
merchant; Mr. Goodman, and Mr. Gibbs. The cashier,
Mr. Pickering, reported that the aggregate sum received
at the Mansion House do pen to Thursday evening
ast, was £23,355 odd, £4,096 of which came in the
ast week, and that £13,500 in all had been remitted
to places in the distressed districts for distribution by
local relief committees. Yesterday, after careful con-
sideration of some fresh applications made during the last
few days, to share in the fund, and of the condition of the
people, so far as they were able to judge in other parts of
the famine area to which they had previously sent grants
from time to time within the last three months, the com-
mittee resolved to send a further sum of £2.275 among 17
different places, thus apportioned :---Blackburn, £,5 :
Preston, £500; Wigan, £250; Droylsden, £150; Walton:00
le-Dale, £100; St. Matthew, Chadderton, £lOO •
£lOO ; Glossop; £ICO ; Birch, £5O ; Fails worth
Gorton,
Tonge, £5O ; Harpurhey and Colleyhurst, w;71.5t11; ,Briosaod
..
bottom and Charleswortb, 150 ; lc
£5O; All Saints' Habergbare, £5O; and
Bamber Bridge, Newton Heath, £5O ;
the Hull Needlewomcn's Society, £5O
ad-
ditional subscriptions have been " The following
sion-house in aid of the fund:— at the Man-
of London, £l,OOO ;:—The
Mrs.w.Fm. C..EMaurice, £5O ; Mr. Henry
Corporation of the City
Meredith Parker, £2O ;
D. W., .£2O ; Sir. W. De Ca p
eiwa
Brooke,Swart, E sq.B, l‘altr..tP.n,
).,x, X 2500.;
the
Hon. Mr. Justice Crompton £100;
Colonel Long, £105; Mr.
Frederick Temple, £l5 ; Ed(seiconCdla donation),
Mr.
£25 ; Bishop of Rochester Currey, £2O;
Fredewrinck Calvert, Esq , Q.C.,
£2O • Mr. VP"'
Collected in Ted 'chngton Church, per Bev. C. P. Clarke,
38 10s. 6d. ; Messrs. Ralli Brothers, £100; Messrs. John
Bar/ley White and Brothers, £5O; Messrs. Charles Arthur
and -Wm. Pott, £lOO ; Worshipful Company of Scriveners,
£2l; Messrs. Dudabhai Naoroji and Co., £100; and
Messrs. Frederick Giesler and Co., £2O.

wca jfAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

Awl:Alia and
_
via Marseilles ..... Aug. 12.
brazil
_an_doodCaff Verds, by British packet........ Aug. 4.
Cape ot Li ope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aug. 1.
China,
Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Aug. 2.
via Marseilles Aug. 12.
Falkland Islands Aug. 4.
Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. 2.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon,
via Southampton Aug. 2.
via Marseilles Aug. 12.
India (Bombay), via Southampton ...... Aug. 14.
via Marseilles Aug. S.
Lisbon Aug. 4.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 11.
via Marseilles Aug. 8..
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo .............. Aug. 4.
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Aug. 6.
by U.S. packet
_ by Canadian packet.J ulyt 34.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug 10.
Bahamas, via New York ............ Aug. 21k.
Mexico ............. Aug. 28.
All parts of West Indies, includin Chil Peru, 1 Aug.
California, and British Columbiag .. ....i,
..... j'l 13.

CRICKET.—MATCHES FOR NEXT "WEEK.—Mon-
day Next.—At the Oval—Surrey v. North of England'
At Chatham—Kent v.T wenty-two of Rochester, Ma tbairv'
and District. At Hastir gs—New All-England
EishvecTnnm:
Twenty. two of Hastings United. Tuesday.—olkt Norfolk.ford—Gentlemen a Essex v. Gentlemen
Eleven. v.
f even.
Thursday.—At Doncaster—All-England United All-
Twenty-two of Doncaster. At SoutbgaT
s, teen. Surrel
England Eleven v. Mr. John .ja which will be
Walker'''tc ,
v. the North of England.—In this :0, the tollowii ghi
commenced at the Oval, on Alc!„ndlrbridg Esq., F. P.
the list of players :—Surrey--F• cagyn, Cresar, Grath
Miller, Esq., E. Dowson,tifeksq
Humphrey, Lockyer,
Carpenter,, 'ell, and H. H. Ste.
Hayward, Daft,
phenson. Nort h A indclArdsi
sr°Borll2: nodgeon, Tarrant, Row*
Grundy, Jack''h'
bAhaze, and Tinley