The Labor Depression In Great Britain

A recent cable dispatch from London says: In tlie House of Commons the Home Secretary, answering tlie inquiry " whether it was true, as reported, that we are now face to face with such a crisis of distress as tliis generation lias never known," said though rnuch distress unhappily prevailed among tlie laboring poor, the description of it in question was exaggerated. There was nothing to cause unnecessary alarm. He read telegrams from the head of the Board of Supervisión at Edinburgh and from the Mayors of Liverpool and Manchester, stating that the ordinary meansof relief were at present sufficient to meet all necessities. He had not had time to inquire into the condition of the coal and iron districts. At Birmingham a meeting convened by the Mayor was held yesterday to consider the best means to relieve the distress which is declared exceptionally severe and increasing daily. The Mayor was requested to organize means for distributing relief. At Sheffield 2,000 children and 3,000 adults received aid last week. The Mayor's relief fund amounts to $30,000. At Stockton the distress is increasing, hundreds of families of iron-workers are destitute and an influential committee is canvassing for subscriptions and contributions. At Stoke-on-Trent, great distress prevails, which is enhanced by the severity of the cold. The Distress Committee is nable to keep pace with the demands. At Burslem, a meeting was called by the Mayor yesterday to take measures to alleviate the distressi. A great want is being feit in North Staflbrdshirc. At Edinburgh a deputation of unemployed men waited on the Magistrales and asked for employment. The Magistrates authorized the street inspectors to give them work. At Glasgow the depression and distress are unexampled. The streets are swarming with idlo and starving men women and children. The Lord Provost and Magistrates are organizing very thorougli relief for the most urgent distress. A Dundee dispatch says therc is much misery in that part of Scotland. No adequate measures for relief have been organized in the northern part of the country, where the flshermen and agricultural laborers are destitute. At Manchester, Eng., vast numbers of the middle-class poor, who will not appeal to charity, are suffering keenly. A Liverpool dispatch says it is many years since the working classes endured sueh distress and privation. At Bristol there are large, numbers of unemployed and much suffering. At Wigan there is considerable distress among the better class of mechanica and workmen. Wolverhampton reporta much distress throughout South Staffordshire, and food, coal and clothing are distributed.