The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-07 00:00:00

WORKING-MEN CLUB AND INSTITUTE

tTNIOS.

The annual roasting of this association was held
at fit James's-ball plater& . Lord Baouoithm occupied
the chair, sad wee eoppor by Lord Lyttelton, the Bight
Hoe. W. Comm, M.P., Mr. Morley, Mr J. Pakington,
M.P., Omani 9F 1)e Lacy Bnas, M.P., the Hoe. Dudley
Fortnum. M.P., Earl Spasm, Mr. J. Heywood, M.P.,
Suisse, Mama&
Lintels bayous assn read from Mr. G tone, Lord
Chichester. the Mon. and liev. & Best. Sir J. T.
arid other gentlames, apologising for their oboes"
Mr. Both; the aeenlary, reed as abstract from the
report. Mush slated that S 1 flubs and 'esthetes bad been
estrialished daring the pad pear by the &few, or alder the
'mimes of the union, which, added to the 21 established
duriag the previews dee comthei, made a total of 75 clubs
mil Meditates formed thromh the &gala 01 the mice
during a year and nine mouths. (Cheers.) By returns from
these clubs, procured by the nouns! during this last spring,
, tt appeared that theytbsa numbered 15,803 .embers, giviag
es average of Zl2 ia each. (Hear. hear.) The mead a-
corns of the society during the two yews of he exhilimm
had 'sly avenged about Md., be; a large properties
of that bed coexisted of deeetioss, including one of 1004.
but it we, extremely desirable that the regular anted sub-
scription (which were at anent may about 2101.) should
neck at Lore 7001. The report also stated that it ass
quite certain that, unless the mica alerted itself
eaccessf idly to promote the educational unfulaing of
clubs and instituke, in nuncios with their social life
and rearestroa, acocediag to its original programme, thaw
was gnat danger not maly of the clubs failing to roofer the
benefits which would otherwise result from them, but of
ceasing even to exist at alt. Places for mere emus/meet for
working men had sever been found to last, except es private
gpeculatioes, and then too often only by the help of quer-
Minable adjancts. Bat the doe admixture of recreatioe sad
some kind of lab rating educatioual work promoted the
moons of both. It was abeolutely necessary, as was urged
naizgard to ptomain Women, that the movement
be maintain/1 on the high platform on which it
11 was originally placed, and dm at the true social. mental,
sad moral eleratios of the working classes. Nothing short
of this would aware for it the homy and conduit support
of gmerees Mods, and of person in every clue who OM-
him intelligmes and editratioa with disiuterested bersevo-
I Men. It must do this, or it would do nothing, and ere very
keg be simpered with the phileathropio abortions whisk
wen as often the opprobrium of ceie generation sad a dis-
emusgentont to the out.
the
Lord LETTILTOR sad the Hoe. W. COWPER then adrenal
meeting.
Lord Ithooortax, amid the cheep of the meeting. before
patting the rigeolertloo. onnounced a o Atiou from Gemini
Sir De Limy Bosse of
The Bey. Yr. Babb supported the repaintiog folly sir
firming the statemeut of Mr. Cowper se to cue ravages
which dreamier still made among our working popu-
lating.
The 'lsolation having been canted,
Sir J. Paimmor moved, " That experience is daily
proving the admirable adaptatioa of this iosntutith to the
mats of the working met, and that the labour of the so-
=promoting the meat of working men's clubs
the hearty support of the friends of the waridagr
dames se atoll as the wooden slues themselves"
Goneral Sir La L. Evora emooded the a mulution.
Mr. FUSER; who thou from the body of the room, was
anxious that It 'lipoid benadordood that the working mss
did not look upon say aid given by the gentry to these slabs
as charity, but merely sea beneficent help to start the clubs
and maintain them till they became milf.suppnrciar ; and be
reminded the aobleme and penalemes present that if by
means of these clubs the working men were elevated they
In their tarn would elevate the class immedlately
them. He objected to all nursing of the working me, who
as a gown' rale were able to take ogre of themselves, end
who would willingly support anything of this kind which
was of a rail and 'illegible character, but who would sot he
long is dimovering sad daproseMeasoleg a this..
The Key. Sims es hangman move., OWL Air. Forms.
cc; M.P., samoded, a resolution to the effect " That this
meeting rejoins to Mar of the admit to which the sermon
of the Rake are sought for in all parts of the coustry, end
is view of Use large and constantly increasing amount of
work being performed, and still to be accomplished, in de-
veloping the plans of the maim, earnestly appeals to the
public for support."
Resolutioes wen also reerovisieg the great ser-
ving rendered by the oobliarordd ta lb* chair to the work.
hog classes, sad thanking the viooliresidrote and officers of
the society. A cocilial vote of thselis to Loc.., iii.onchi.rn
presiding concluded the proceedings. We should add that
Bari Spencer has given a butocnpuum of 41. per 11411LLAR roe
throe yews

DPICLINZ or DUCTILE'S IN THE MANtrACTICINO
Drersicre. —There hes bees so meeting of the Coated
lizicutiv• Oeemnitses m Menchastrar this week ; bat Mr.
libabsze, the hoe. eacretary, has issued his monthly repack,
for that body, giving the roturns to tn. ?Ste of
niisPr.i He my•—" There hes spin been an increese in the
swam of mule workieg fall time, and the arrival of the
I hay making meson Las afforded upputiued•-• h. a ruled-
' demble extent for employment in the surrounding dietriets.•
K. gives the wumber of fseeory operatives win kis( fa
time at 2161,869. event 210.739 in Jeuuary ; working abort
time 80,066, spinet 125,856 in January ; whilst the toed
oembeir eat of work has decreased Wore January from
156.653 to 105.161 • there has thin be. a .Lets... „(6R flip
of thane out of wk dais January, while than are 78,000
man in fell work sad more than 40,000 lets on abaft time.
• meted table shows that of them receiving relief ham
guardians sod loosl relief oommatrees there nes a reduction
is the last isenth of 12.757 ; is the six menthe from the
commencement of Utopia, of 102391, sod is the 18 meths
since January, 1863. of 355 925. Out of 170 districts is
which local relief committees were established, there are
rely 43 when the conunittres 000 sider it necessary to OM-
Linos to distribute relief. Of abs 105,161 friary °oration
still oat of work is factories, a note appeaded to the above
news aye :—" A large somberef them panne are earning
ecneideriable, though irregsdar, wages from outdoor sad
various reseal occupsnoen"
The number of patients relieved at the Hospital
for Diseases of the Heart, 67, bliergiret•treet, Oaresdhi-
equine. an 91 aura the week.