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Show I LititlBLE OKSS1 TI TIO.V .11 ore Talcis ol Poverly and Oisiress iu Great lirUaiu. London, 23. Returns of the Uuion workhouao, in the east of London, show widtdprcad poverty and distnaa. The Shoredituh workhouse infirmary is lull; a'so tho workhouse itself, and extra room must he providtd. At Bethnal Green workhouse there are l,0od inmuUs and 3&2 in the ii.tirru-ary. ii.tirru-ary. Iu Hackney there aro 1,410 indoor poor, chargeable to L'mju district. Visitors disclose a v.idI u mount of distress, ai:d the fur:ds at their di.-posal ure utterly insufficient. This is especially the cace at Poplar and Millwall, where thousands of dock and other laborers are thrown cut of employment. employ-ment. Spitaifields, LimchousL,South Hackney, Shadwell and Uaggerston stiller severely. Tradesmen of the entire eastern districts are crying out about the badness of trade, and even Christmas wares are a heavy drug in the market. So severe 13 the distress in Haggerslown that committees will be formed lor the relief of ca&ea, but will be grfatiy crippled through want of funds. The propes'-d reduction of 12 pe: cent, iu the wnges of colliers, South Yorkshire and north Derbyshire, allccts IGO.OJO men. A moceter meeting will be held during the holi-; days, when a scheme or striking en' masse at the commencement of the year will be discussed. Tnis course ia favored because it is feared the masters mas-ters are endeavoring to break down resistance in detail. Some pits have already received notice of the reduc tion. Chicago, 2. Times' London: The uncertainty of the Anglo-llusso-Iudian situation at this moment receives re-ceives less attention in England than the continued depression of trade and universal distress of the working classes throughout the kingdom. Relief committees are being formed, the poor law arrangements having broken down as usual under the severe strain. An unprecedentedly bitter winter has set in and with snow and frost cornea the cry 0 hunger and btarvation from women and chiidron in every quarter of the land. Christmas Christ-mas bells will be funeral chimes in many a onco prosperous home, |