The yarns of Preston are known by the name of "Blackburn Counts." They range from 28's up to 60's, and they enter largely into the manufacture of goods for the India market.

These things partly explain why Preston is more deeply overshadowed by the particular gloom of the times than many other places in Lancashire.

About half-past nine on Tuesday morning last, I set out with an old acquaintance to call upon a certain member of the Relief Committee, in George's Ward.

He is the manager of a cotton mill in that quarter, and he is well known and much respected among the working people.

When we entered the mill-yard, all was quiet there, and the factory was still and silent.