The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-25 00:00:00

TO TES
.1217011 or TER lIMPILSS.

the absence of Lorißrougham, the
president of this union, I beg Lem as one of ite viorpre-
siderite, to address you ou its claims to en increased mea-
sure of public support. I ruinot think it requisite, in doing
to, to dwell oe the general merits of the peession. Ido net
believe there te any oee who desks that such
mimed to be of advantage to the classes above .;
man, are so to them likewise, when 1161ffiblithed 0;0=
principles. It is also manifest that they are awash
of far greater eatennos throughout the country
than they have yet received. U it were ter
cesium the council could illustrate both them
points, ou which many wenn are only generally
informed, to any amount of detail, from their own expe-
rience Woe this union was formed. Fipecially is towns,
they know of vest numben of cases, both of young men
and of married moo, who have no maw ref ciejoyieg lawful
recreation and refreshment, and the somety of thew eqesla,
but is public-bousei, which, originally intended for
" liceosed victualliog," to supply the public with Neale
and refreshment, or to provide entestainuteet for travellers,
have become, M many winsome, soy iipsihnig-howass, sad,
io any 01/141, ought not to be the workiag rear's sole rescues
for meeting his comrades, whether for model interments sad
&mamma.. or for businempurpoese eanneeted with friendly
societies and the like.

With regard to the axtessim at the system, it may Do
enough to say that the application& to the comical for advice
and aid in establishing elate, from meow of every alms is
the oouatry, average betimes 30 and 40 a-weeir • that in
little more than a twelvemonth, during which the ad=
has been in active operationt more than 40 obsbe have bees
actually estabinhed under lb auspion, and aa many move
are now in moms, of formalism'. The secretary bu attended,
by request, more than 100 ineetiuge is venom please Is the
ISMS Um►

It is undoubtedly difficult to add, for any woo a now
society to the vast number already mimics in this reentry.
This nolo, however, could be made permanently offbeat
by the pomession of an income moderate when compared
with many others, though far beyond what it hes at
present.
That it has hitherto failed to *Maio it is probably owio
to me or both of two some -L mod of &soh • tea-
' teal association not bilizzreived. 2. The belief that the
union, or any simile, , wee interfire, or Me interfered,
with the freedom et the menomeent of glue.
I coot bet maintain that helb these ohlairtioss, if they
exist, are doe to misapprithearien. Oestral moieties for the
promotion of objects which mot be badly punned have
long been familiar to the mind of this musty. We Omit
their value in the use of rel enterprise, both at bolo
and abroad; of and maisufaoteriag improve
meet ; of the amelteetea ot the dwellings of the poor ; of
hook-hawking, and may others.
This mien exists ander the same renditioes, and them
are obvious special (roods as which its utility may be
erected. . .Tb. ems mom meg more clew with
teepee to .the operations et the mire apart from its giving
pecuniary maistanoe. Whatever program in enlightenment
the labourer( else may make, it ma mast be the sae that
in soy given pear they will be able to organise for diem-
selves. without 141.111•110111, such instbutious aa clubs as well
as they could with the advice and help of a mistral body.
These clubs ars of very verions depose of geedade, sad
have met with very rumen memereacil mem& They dosed,
to a great extent, on general principles, modified acceding
to toed circumstances; and a sooty which on collect
from, and diffuse through, the whole country the results of
the superiors of eo many differeat bodies, io Oddest to
those of the ability sad judganess el eampetiot praise,
whom senses it co aware fat Oaf, ma& he of tomider.
able use to the came. In the &poligonal' of these and
similar means the onion has expended shove 7C.11. This
awn has salami chiefly from dons ; the annual income is
not more than 1501. It I obvious that with that moot
of income little or nothing can be dose.
It will be admitted by all who are acquainted with mob
subjects that the most effective of all engines for sack
work as this is the service of a competed secretory, who is
reedy, who requested by those who want help, to give it,
and to visit say part of the emery, sad advise on tie be
as to the establishmentof a club, or m3Olllllllllllll 10 be
adopted in any difficulty. It is plain that the senior of so
°mews' peso can be reared for lees than • ova inure
exceeding the whole present income of the unto ; sad there '
are of course, moue other inevitable charges. The prompt ewe
rosy, whose zeal and efficieecy cannot be quest:mad, has
dose and is doing no slight portion of his work gratuitously ;
but it is impossible that that should continue.
On the woad point. I have to say that thee is to
groued whatever for imputing or appreheadiag istwfuteees
oil the part of the uoiou with local eteelgere. We mite
no cooditions or stipulations with than ; we know al as
distinctions of mot or opinion. Beth dieliashatee ere set
admitted in the case of the clubs of other eleseee, tied we do
not recognize them in three which we promote.
Of these, among other grounds, we think we may nom
ably ask for increased support—l en, sir. your shadiest
servo., LTTTILTON.

Working Man% Club and Inndale train,
150, Strand, W.O.
January 21st, 1864.

FRAUDS Uros IssuLthicit Comethrins.—At the
Public-cdkoe, oe Saturday, Thomas Lowden
sad Edward Bston were charged with Oilskin certain
suns of money from the Liverpool sad Leeds., sod the
Westminster 6r. offices. The primmers bereserly tarried as
beanies in Birmingham ea drapers, sad hewed their sleek
is the above oasts. Is Jammu, 1863, a Ire osearred,
which aosspislay destroyed their stook aid premiss.
Mier the immune" compudes bad .soled the claim they
found that the prisoners had received mon than the vela*
of their Mock, having produced aa camas* proterieg to he
far goads from Messrs. Meshy and Grath, of rie4 fee
1011. da 64.. whereas the only goods they had hed from
that Ina was to the value of 11. be. 6d. In another cans
an invoke was seat is, perpertieg to be fee goads resolved
from Mehra, Davie, of Loathe. fur 4111. lTa BL, wither
they hod had no dealings with that Ina. Mr. Hopi,
ef Newgetehrest. tondos, appeared to pecarsele ; Zr.
Messed, (Midlevel circuit) smeared for Laerdes. sad Mr.
Methane. lOrfard arrait) ter Bentea. The m'g'-hate
Heston, rousidering that he had noshing do
titer is asseganient of the hendame, thin at the time
• rather, bat Lowdes was committed to the onsisaa.
Honarnmea Tea dance and sang.araderale
rot la sad wisdoms ts ass floss adsmilsess sessisd
ihis speared phrearass. Itle ail la isalrattig
11111111•61.—iadveriirmfti