§ MR. ALDERMAN SALOMONSsaid, he rose to ask the hon. Member for Andover, If the Mansion House Committee for the Relief of Lancashire Distress has responded to the prevailing opinion that it ought now to unite with Lord Derby's Central Committee; also the number of persons composing the Mansion House Committee; and if there exists a General Committee of the Subscribers to the Fund to whom this Question might be referred?
§ MR. W. CUBITTsaid, in reply to the first Question of the hon. Gentleman, he wished to state that the Mansion House Committee was not aware that the opinion to which he alluded was so very prevalent as to justify them in making any change of their proceedings. Contributions from all classes continued to come in, and were placed under their administration. With regard to the second Question, the number of the Committee was nine. It consisted of:—The Lord Mayor, President; the Member for Andover, Treasurer; Mr. John Armitage, of the House of Armitage & Co., Australian merchants, Great St. Helen's; Mr. Charles Barber, of Barber, Nephew, & Co., East India and Colonial brokers, Fenchurch Street; Mr. W. J. R. Cotton, of Culverwell, Brooks & Co, hide, skin, and tallow brokers, College Hill; Mr. Dilberoglue, of Dilberoglue, Cavassy, & Co., Greek merchants, Threadneedle Street; Mr. Howes, of Cook, Son, & Co., St. Paul's Churchyard; Mr. Lycett, of Dent, Alleroft, Lycett, & Co., Wood Street, Cheapside; Mr. William Morley, of W. & R. Morley, Gutter Lane, Cheapside, Manchester warehouseman. The Secretary was Mr. Joseph Gibbs, a gentleman formerly at the Bar, now private secretary to the Lord Mayor. Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, & Co., the eminent accountants, generously undertook the periodical audit of the accounts. They had 775 frequently performed that duty, and their last audit was to the 4th of April. The amount of money received was, in round numbers, £480,000, and the sum in hand was somewhere about £90,000.