1 FEBRUARY 1868, Page 3

There appears to be a good deal of weakness still

in the arrange- ments for the relief of distress in East London. A Central Exe- cutive Committee has been formed, but it appears front the remarks made at a meeting convened on Wednesday by the Bishop of London, that it has very little control over the societies represented at its meetings. They are not bound, that we can see, by its action, though they may possibly obtain through it in- formation as to what they are all doing. T his is not organization, but only intercommuniou, a very feeble substitute. Will not these societies consent to merge themselves a little more, or at least to divide localities, instead of dividing work ?