The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-15 00:00:00

GREAT DISTRESS AMONGST WORKING MEN AT THE
EAST-END.—A large meeting of working men out of
employment was held last night in the Catholic School-
room, Wade-street, East India-road, for the purpose, as
stated in the placard convening the meeting, "of taking
into consideration, as the winter is coming on, the best
means of relieving the distress which prevails among the
working classes who are thrown out of employment through
scarcity of work which at present prevails at the East-end
of London." Mr. Fail, an East-end tradesman, presided. He
said the meeting had been convened by the working men
themselves, no less than 12,000 of whom at the East-end
alone were at the present moment out of employment. He
had been asked to preside, because be had lately been ac-
tively engaged in assisting to relieve the distress by which
at this end of London they were surrounded. He had col-
lected nearly £3O, and amongst 130 families distributed the
money, waking in all 250 visits, and in each case giving
from 2s. to ss. and 6s. his idea of the matter was, that those
who wore in distress would not be able to do much for
themselves, but that they would have to appoint a deputa-
tion from among themselves to wait upon the influential
classes of the neighbourhood, and try to arouse them to a
sense of the miserable situation in which the working
classes were placed. They must also endeavour to induce
their fellows who were in work to give say is. or 2s. a
week each towards their relief. 1n the 250 visits he made
there were many which caused him much pain. He found
many families who were before in a tolerably comfortable
position, but who were now in extreme want. The whole
of the things they once possessed were now at the pawn-
brokers' or the leaving-shops. For the contents of several
cottages he would not give more than 55., whereas before
this distress those cottages were tolerably well furnished.
Mr. Cavanagh said there were as many as 14,000 men out
of work, without taking the lads into account. At Mill-
wall Ironworks the number at one time was so large that
the streets were impassable during the dinner hour; now
those streets were deserted. At Westwood and Bailey's
shipyard there used to be 5,000 employed ; now not a single
hand. He hoped that sympathy and assistance would be
extended to the East-end now as was extended to Lanca-
shire, and that the Queen, who had sent £3OO to Quebec,
would be moved to a similar act towards the carpenters
and others who were out of work at the East-end. Several
suggestions wero made, and a resolution passed appointing
a committee to devise means for obtaining substantial re-
lief, and to make the Government acquainted with the cir-
cumstances of the case.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—}IoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.—
All persons afflicted with bad legs, sores, ulcers, and skin
diseases, who, from want of means or other reasons, can-
not avail themselves of surgical treatment, may avail them-
selves of their complaints by using ilolloWay's purifying,
cooling, and healing remedies. In every outward ailment
this wonderful ointment brings about the most beneficial
results by checking inflammation, cleansing ulcerations,
and restoring soundness. Internal pains, rheumatic and
gouty tortures, enlarged joints, scrofulous swellings, and
contracted sinews, may be overcome by diligently rubbing
this cooling unguent into the skin. In all malodies of un-
usual severity or excessive duration the pills should be
taken internally to root out the last seeds of the disorder,
and to hasten the desired cure.