And I never saw Fishergate, in Preston, look better than it did then.

On my arrival there I called upon the Secretary of the Trinity Ward Relief Committee.

In a quiet bye- street, where there are four pleasant cottages, with little gardens in front of them, I found him in his studious nook, among books, relief tickets, and correspondence.

We had a few minutes' talk about the increasing distress of the town; and he gave me a short account of the workroom which has been opened in Knowsley Street, for the employment of female factory operatives out of work.

This workroom is managed by a committee of ladies, some of whom are in attendance every day.