The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-07 00:00:00

THE METROPOLITAN POOR.

On Wednesday, September 5, a meeting of the
General
of the Metropolitoli Visiting
Coinmitt e 0
and Relief Association was held at the office, 21,
Regent-street.
the Bishop of London, president of the associa-
tion,was in the chair, and the meeting was attended
by Lords Effingham and Ebury, Sir W. Farquhar>
the Rev. J. Povah, and Messrs. R. lianbury, jun.,
M.P., Tilson, and Thornton.

A report of the sub-committee of management
was read, showing the receipts and expenditure of
the Special Cholera Fund since its commencement
on the 3d of August. It appeared that the appeal

to the public made by the Bishop of London, by : t
letter inserted in the newspapers of the 2d of Aug. ,
had been met with a liberality which exceeded th s
most sanguine expectations of the committee. On
the first announcement of the proposed Fund foi
relief of distress arising from cholera her Majesty
the Queen sent a donation of £5OO. This gratify—
ing donation was followed by a long list of contri-
butions from persons of all ranks and conditions of
life, not only from London and its neighbourhood,
but also from remote rural parishes. Notwithstand-

ing the number of other channels through which
aid was supplied by the public for the relief of cho-
lera, no less than £18,300 was within one month
supplied to this Association, to be distributed by
the committee by means of their parochial
organisation. In order to give prompt effect to
the charitable intentions of the subscribers, the
committee of management have met daily, and mem-
bers of that committee have generally been in at-
tendance throughout the whole of the day, to assist
n receiving subscriptions, and to receive the personal
communications from the clergy or subscribers who
might wish to apply for aid from the fund, or to ob-
tain information respecting it. The cholera being
so sudden and partial in the times and places in
which it spreads its ravages, it was thought best to
give at once small grants to all the districts in which
even a few cases were reported to have arisen, leav-
ing it open to the clergy presiding over the district
visiting societies to make applications for further aid
as soon and as often as occasion might require. The
committee also put themselves in communication
with the Mansion-house Committee for the Relief
of Cholera, to which they sent from time to time
lists of their giants, receiving from that committee
similar information in return. In the manner above
mentioned the committee of management had,
within a month, made grants to 91 parochial or con-
ventional districts within the diocess of London, of
which 63 were in the eastern portion of the metro-
polis, 23 in other parishes north of the Thames, and
five on the southern side of the river. For the re-
lief of parishes of the metropolis within the diocess
of Winchester, £BOO had been remitted to the South
London Visiting and Relief Association. Grants
were also made to three committees whose operations
ranged over several contiguous parishes. The total
amount expended in these grants to district societies
had been £4,135. Grants were also made to the fol-
lowing permanent or temporary institutions affording
various kinds of relief in cholera cases :—The Beth-
nal-green Dispensary, the City of London Dispen-
sary, the German Hospital, Dalston ; the House of
Charity, Soho ; the temporary Cholera Hospital in
Spitalfields, and a temporary convalescent insti-
tution in connection with the London Hospital.
About £BOO was expended in grants of this descrip-
tion. Thus about £5,000 had been applied to the
relief of distress from cholera during the month,
leaving a balance of upwards of £13,000 available

for future distribution. It was stated that in most
of the districts virulent epidemic cholera was dis-
appearing, and that at the present time the princi-
pal anxiety was to provide for the recovery of con-
valescents and to give aid to widows and orphans
who had lost their natural protectors by the cholera.
The attention of the general committee was parti-
cularly invited to the question of how the large dis-
posable balance might best be applied for the relief
of convalescents, widows, or orphans, or otherwise
in accordance with the presumed intention of the
donors. The general committee were also informed
that the Mansion-house Committee had determined
to appropriate from their funds £2,000 for the re-
lief of convalescents, and £5,000 for the relief of
orphans, from cholera. After taking these various
topics into consideration the general committee
agreed to the following resolutions :
I. That an adequate amount of the funds at
the disposal of this committee be applied to the re-
lief of convalescent patients from cholera ; that this
portion of their funds be distributed on applications
made through the clergy presiding over the local
visiting societies ; and that all applicants be invited
to give an account of the manner in which they
propose to employ the grants, the numbers whom
they wish to relieve, and the probable cost of such
relief, and also the sums which they have received
or may expect to receive from other sources for the
same object.

" 11. That relief also should be afforded on a
liberal scale to children who have become orphans
by the cholera ; and that with a view to that object
a schedule similar to that issued by the Mansion-

house Committee be furnished to each of the clergy
in the districts affected by the cholera, with a re-
pest that full information be given as to each
orphan for whom relief is sought.
" 111. That grants should continue to be made as
hitherto by the committee sitting daily for the relief
of persons suffering from actual cholera or of con-
valescents, leaving the cases of orphans to be deter-
Mined at more special weekly committees.
" IV. That while the committee is disposed to
deal with the cases of convalescents and orphans in
a liberal spirit, still, looking to the danger of some
fresh outbreaks of the disease, it appears right to
reserve a sufficient sum to meet such an emergency."

The following is the official return of deaths from
cholera and diarrhoea in London, registered on
Wednesday, Sept. 5 :

Diarrhoea.

Cholera.
West districts 0
North districts ... 4
Contral districts..., 3 2
East districts
South districts

... 2 ... ... 6
410

Total

~ 20

STATE OF TRADE.

LEEDS, 4th.—There has again been a wet day for
the woollen cloth markets, and business with the
home trade buyers has thereby been checked. Still
there is some improvement noticeable in the trade,
there being more business doing at the warehouses
than of late, especially by those engaged in the ex-
port trade to the Continent. There is a fair busi-
ness also doing with the Australian colonies, but the
demand for Canada and the United States is not
very active at present. The stocks of seasonable
goods in the cloth halls are not large, a proof that
manufacturers have been proportioning their
supplies to the late limited demand. The country
manufacturers report that they have a moderate
amount of orders on hand. In both the borough
of Leeds and the surrounding manufacturing towns
and villages the operatives are well employed.
NOTTINGHAM, 4th.—There was a limited attend-
ance at our Exchange-hall to-day, and the demand
for lace yarns was only moderate, prices being the
same as last week. In the value of hosiery yarns
there was no material change to report. Silk firm,
and fully as dear. The demand for brown nets
was extremely dull, at prices similar to those of last
week.

ROCHDALE, 3d.—The improvement which was
noticeable in the flannel trade last week has been
fully supported to-day. There was a fair attend-
ance of buyers in the market, and they purchased
plain flannels, as well as dyed and fancy fabrics,
with more freedom than of late. Prices are very
firm, and the stocks and goods in the hands of
manufacturers are not large. There is a little more
doing in Yorkshire goods, but not enough to make
the trade brisk. Prices are without change. Wools
are more saleable at the full rates of last week than
they were at the preceding market.

PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.--A quarterly court of
the governors of this society, which has for its object the
reformation of juvenile offenders, was held yesterday at the
London Tavern, Mr. W. Gladstone, the treasurer, in the
Clair. The report for the quarter ending 30th Juno last
stated that the total receipts during that period were
£2,835 13s. 5d., including a balance of £945 9s 10d. in the
hands of the bankers. Of this sum £591 was the farm
account, and £l2 had been received from brick-making.
The expenditure amounted to £2,09 4s. 34 leaving a
balance in hand of £596 9s. 2d. During the quarter there
were admitted 27 buys, four of whom were from the London
police-courts, one from the Central Criminal Court, and
the remainder from different parts of the country. During
the same period 21 boys were discharged, 15 being at or
near the end of their terms. Two boys bad deserted, and
had not yet been recovered; ono had been sent to prison
for desertion, and one bad died. The total number in the
school on the 31st August last was 261. The chairman, in
proposing the adoption of the report, said the institution
was in a most prosperous condition. The secretary an-
nounced that a "harvest home" would be held at the insti-
tution on Wednesday nat.