The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-14 00:00:00

THE DISTRESSED SPITALFIELDS

WEAVERS:
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Last Saturday night a numerous meeting. ,of the dis-
tressed
Spitalfields weavers was held at the CrTyn and
Anchor, Waterloo-town, Bethnal green, by adjOurnment
from the previous Saturday, to receive the Report of the
Deputation which waited upon the Lord Mayor, for the
purpose of hearing from his Lordship his intentions as to
the appropriation of the funds in his hands for the relief
of the Spitalfields weavers.
Mr. Boddington having, about
,nine o'clock, been ap-
pointed to preside,
Mr. Fox, on the part of the COmmittee, said, that
he and two of the Committee waited'. upon the
Lord Mayor on Thursday last. The Committee were
aware that a meeting had been held in the vestry-
room of the church, at which . meeting several
clergymen of the district, and some gentlemen con-
nected with the Adelaide Society, attended. The Com-
mittee were informed that an intention was then ex-
pressed to devote the moneys raised (or the relief of the
Spitalfields weavers to the support of all persons in dis-
tress, of whatever trade. The Committee resolved, in
consequence, that a deputation should wait upon the
Lord Mayor. The Deputation saw his Lordship at the
Mansion-house, and his Lordship expressed his surprise
that there should be an attempt to appropriate money in
any other way than the donors intended. • They observed
that they called to express their desire that the money
should not be parted with by the Lord , Mayor, until a
proper Committee had been appointed. His Lordship
said, that such was his intention. While they were
in conversation, Mr. Wenwood, from the Adelaide
Committee, and Mr. Brydges, entered the room,
when they stated what had been done at the ves-
try, and what were their intentions as to the-dispo-
sition of the funds. The Lord Mayor, having stated his
objections, recommended the deputation to get up a dis-
trict meeting, when, if they had a responsible Chairman
and an efficient Commitke,-..who would apply the Wilds
judiciously, he would then give .the money out of his
hands. He stated that he had about 1,0001., but which,
he observed, he knew was not near sufficient to supply
their urgent necessities. The Committee had since
waited on Mr. R. Hanbury, who had declared his wil-
lingness to become their Chairmrn at the district meet-
ing.—(Hear.)
Mr. CLAISSE, the Secretary, said that he was happy
to find they were in a course to obtain some assist-
ance for the starving Spitalfields weavers. It was now
out of the hands of the Committee.—( Hear.) He as-
sured them that in the City, and at the West End, the best
disposition was evinced on their behalf by all parties ,•
and he believed that now that the opinion of the Lord
Mayor was known, that many of the gentlemen who met
at the church had fallen in with his views. The distress,
he was sorry to say, was increasing to an alarming ex-
tent. Since their last meeting the Committee had had
above 300 personal applications ; while the landlord of
the Knave of Clubs, where the Committee meet, is called
upon all day to know when the money will be distributed.
A few days ago he saw Mr. Brutton, the vestry clerk,
who stated that there were about 1,000 in the house, and
1,300 who receive out-door relief.—(Several eXclaimed,
" Nearly 3,000 ;" 'and a weaver said that Barton, the
relieving-officer, infornied him a few weeks ago that
there were above 2,000 receiving out=door relief.)
Mr. Fox said, that a fortnight ago there were 854 in
the house. ;Ire believed the out-door relief was about 3,000.
Several weavers addressed the Chair, after which the
Report was unanimously received ; when, thanks being
pmed.to the Chairman, who replied, the Meeting broke up.

The heart of the great man surrounded by po-
verty, and trammelled by dependence, is like an egg in
a nest built among briars ; it must either curdle into
bitterness, or, if it take life and mount, struggle through
the thorns for ascent.

PARTIAL SHOWERS.—A gentleman travelling
in the West of England, scarcely had a fine day during
his journey • one day, when at Davenport, he said to the
master of the hotel —" Raining again, I see."—" 0 (re-
plied mine host) it is only a partial shower."—" Egad
(said the traveller), showers seem particularly partial to
this part of the country."