The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-03 00:00:00

EVENING CLASSES FOR YOUNG MEN.

Yesterday a public meeting. in connection 'with
this movement, was held at Willis's Rooms, King-street,
13t. James's ; the Earl of C•itrain.3 in the chair.
• lase was read from the Bishop of London, expressing
his sopa at being unable to attend the meeting and his
oboe, Merest is the success of so beneileiel an object sa the
silellenelinn of the young men of London. Letters of excuse
cow SIP read from Lord R. Grosvenor, Lord John
Memo, sad the Bishops of Winchester and St. Asaph.
TM Climigull stated that the institution of evening
abase dated hem the year 1848—a year, the mats of
which presented a reameliablo contrast to the objects which
this movement was ealentilleit to promote. In the brief
am, doss that thim 7.4111/ young persons had attended
8114 ieme MA@ v ows browsliss of English and ecientille
eimeatioa ; sod pram et molsowee had delivered 200 lec-
tures to numerous and gratlisd audiences. The instruc-
tion afforded had waileseed clause in writing,
arithmetic, French, Latimeheethand, Hebrew, vocal music,
Greek, single book-keeping sad double entry, Spanish,
ornamental and architectural drawing, a Bible class, Ike.
A religious spirit pervaded all the operations of the institu-
tion rather than a technical religions teaching; and al-
though it particularly directed itself to members of the na-
tional church, it refused no member of say denomination.
Much as had been done enough had not been accomplished
to remedy the evils and deficiencies which originated the
design. It was true 7,000 or 8,000 had attended the
classes, but what were they to the whole adult youth of
enormous London ? It was no wonder that those con-
nected with the institute who saw those young men before
them should have fuel added to the fire of their wishes,
and kindle from their own friction. The noble lord then,
with great eloquence, urged the necessity of using every
means of bringing out the latent powers of the youth
of this country, whose opportunities were infrequent
for the development of their intellectual energies.
He made en earnest appeal for pecuniary assistance to the
committee, who had incurred a debt of 3001. He then re•
ferred to the enormous temptation which was held out, in
London, to the inexperienced youth who had perhaps just
been removed from his parents care; and which, commenc-
ing in amusement, might lead him through every grade of
dissipation to crime and its consequences ; and concluded
by a most powerful appeal to the meeting, urging them to
do all they could to aid one of the means of making man
equal to the requirements of an age like the present.
The meeting was then addressed by the Bishop of CM-
cheater, Lord Radstock, Rev. C. Mackenzie, Rev. Dr. Wil-
ion (Dean of the College of Preceptors), Rev. Mr. Jessop,
the Earl of Harrowby, and several other clergymen and
gentlemen.
At a later hour the Bishop of London joined the meet
tog, and delivered an address. He called attention to the
connexion between this institution and the system of
" early closing."
Resolutions were agreed to acknowledging the divine
blessing, as indicated by the success which has followed the
efforts to promote the advancement of the young men of
London by establishing evening classes, and which had been
the means of forming a connecting link between the dif-
ferent orders of society, and which had been recognised by
the clergy as an instrument of testifying their interest in the
young men of their parishes.
Votes of thanks were passed to the committee and gra-
tuitous lecturers for their exertions ; as was a resolution de-
claring the want of pecuniary assistance in order to forward
the objects of the institution, and appealing to the support
of the wealthier members of the national church.

UNPOPULARITY OF THE EARL OF WESTMORE-
LAND.—A report, not traceable to any very authentic
source, current in Paris, to the effect that a mob had
assembled at Vienna anti broken the windows of the Eng-
lish ambassador. As this statement is not easily reconciled
with the strictness of tho state of siege in Vienna, we give
it as mere rumour.

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