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Show VurceocIeiileiS Dei:! i I nllon It; (jiti-nt ISrUtaiu A General Itelltt Sloveiueul Oruuulzed. London, IS. In the house of commons, com-mons, last night, the home secretary, answering an inquiry whether it wa;-true, wa;-true, as reported, that we are now face to face with such a crisis of distress ns this generation has never known, said though much distress unhappily prevailed pre-vailed iimcng the laboring poor, tlic-dfscric.tion tlic-dfscric.tion ot it in question was exaggerated. exag-gerated. 'I here was nothing to cau.-e unnecessary alarm. He read tele grams from thb hi-..d of the ho.ird ot supervision at Edinburgh and the mayors ot Liverpool and Manchester, stating thiit the ordinary mcanij of relief were at present euflicieut to meet all necessities. He had not hnd time to enquire inio the condition of the coal and iron districts at Birmingham. Birming-ham. A meeting conveued by the mayor was held yeet rday to contider the best means to reiieve the distress, which ia declared exceptionally severe, and increasing daily. The mayor was requested to organize the means of raising and distributing relief. At Sheffield 2,000 children and 3,000 adulle receive! aid laBi week. The mayor's relief fund amounts to $30,0U0. At CjtGcklon tae dis!rc3 is increasing. increas-ing. Hundreds of iamiliea of ironworkers iron-workers aro destitute, and an intlu ential committee is canvassing for subscriptions and contributions. At ritoke-on-Trent great distress prevails, which ia enhanced by the severity of the cold. The diatress committee is unable to keep pace with the demand. At Burslcm a meeting was called by the mayor, yesterday, to take means to alleviate distress. Great want ia being felt in north Sta fiord shire. At Edinburgh a deputation of unemployed un-employed men waited ou the magistrates magis-trates and asked for employment. The m;:gi:tratts authorized the street inspectors to give work. At Glasgow the depression and distress dis-tress are unexamiil-ei. The streets aro ew:ir:::in:4 w .lii i.lLi inei starving men, women iud cLihurt.'U. Tne lord provost nr.d ni.;g:3lrates aro organizing organiz-ing vt ry iiiotLnn;U relief fur the most urgent ui-tre. A Dur.;dtu dispatch says there is much mise-iy in that part ot Scotland. No adtquak: measures for rebel have been organized in the northern part of the country, were fishermen and agricultural laborers are destitUje.. At Manchester, v:st numbers of the mielie claaa and poor, who will not appeal to charity, are eu tiering keenly. A Liverpool dispatch says it is many years since the working clasics endured such distress and privation. At Bristol there are large numbers of unemployed acd much aufiering. At Wigan there is considerable distress among the better class of mechanics and workmen. Wolverhampton reports much dis tresi throughout Soutu Staffordshire, and food, coals and clctbiug are distributed. |
