The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-09 00:00:00

A WORKING MAN'S RIFLE CORPS.

TO Till IDITOI OT TXI TXPILISII.

ilitt,—You am a friend to rile volunteer corps. Will you
help the movement by promoting its extrusion toe clew
which r yet it ham roily remelted at ell—l mess Loudon
working MSC ?

Of warn, there are great difficulties is the way. Anon
the greatest is that of di.cziminatiziAr the real working sea
Imes these who have no right to the aeme—mess doss-
isms or outcome from other classes, who have so Make in
the country, and whom it would be worse than folly to area
in its defence.

Another still more serious difficulty la that of expense.
You are swam of the existence of, and horn Urns to
time have Bakal the Working Yew's College, in Great
Ormond•street. Well, some al tae, connected with the
College, thought that the etudeati, cited ea we hops they
are by ais arpnt•ds-corps which we have made it one of our
Bret objemte a promote, ware jest the right materials for
making $ rifle company. do we Matted one. It now sear
WM about one hundred members, et whose about tea am
menterre of the council, the test Modesto. Denim ha been
riot an almost every events( far the Met three weeks la
the college garden. Our dnll sergeant le a liste-eargeaat who
was wounded in the attack on the Redaa, sad has his three
medals (though he does not often show them). lon solely
say we could not bate a better man.

But though friends have helped um, and will help us, we
Sr. Neely le want of (node, having toned it requisite to limit
the members' subscription to a shilling a month. Long lists
of liberal subscribers to other cops fill the advertisement
columns of the papers. We hear and read of their dress and
undress uniforms, of their dinners and their bands of tousle,
w►Oe WI WM et our wits' end for wherewithal to get coats for
we leablese !whs. Uniform material (I =nut Call it cloth)
woe looked at lad night. If tles limit of price is to be 30e.
per man, for coat, cep, and poach (as it most be unless our
mosey prospects improve), betimes imp, which lets the
cold le, and "shoddy," which will not stead the wet, we
shall be but ul clad for *unpile:dog.
I have only to add that subeeriptionewiil Ise gladly received
by our Captain, Mr. Thos. Hashes, Old-eqoare, Lincoln's-
; by our Treasurer, Mr. Robbie, 70, Lincoln's-Inn-leas;
by ~Mr. Shorter (secretary to the College), at this Collage,
45, Greet Ormond.etreet ;or by no.-1 am, &o,

JOHN MARTINEAU.
Tiydrpark-gardeni, Dec. 8.

17, Wi

SIGNOR MORTARA IN LONDON.—MD report of
the approaching Congress bee brought a visitor to London,
who* seam, se he emphatically deplores, has unfortunately
become I[llollll all over Europe. Signor Mortar. is eleatly
set reconciled to the cruel fate that robbed him of his child,
and he is determined to try whether the Cony/rem will not
amoseplieh for him what the Board of Deputies of British
Jews could nut effect. He has, for this purpose, left his wife
sad eight children at Turin, whither he removed from
Holegsa, in order to route by personal solicitations the
guys/Mee of the two ladle; nations of the world—
Fresco and Ragland. He for this purpose repaired to
Prance, addreseing himself is the first Instance to the
lereelitaeh Central Coesisrory. He met with • coedial
reception frees Colonel Ceti beer, the Preeident of the
Coasamery, se well no from it. other members, and the
qmpthy 'visaed fur nun, both by his co- religionists end
FMK& Reines Catholic., wee general and profound.
Signer Mortara sawed us that tbe latter were not lees
,sheerest is the condemnation of the crime than the former.
Having mat in hi. spplicatios to the Consi.tory he set out
far the same purpose to London, being furnished with letters
of reeimmenclation by AL Albert Cabe, of Paris, to the Rev.
the Chief Rabbi, the Rerouted Rothschild, Sir MC.. Monte.
nom Ms. Alderman &tumour, and Dr. Beni.eh. Signor Mor-
ten has, gem his stay in town, had two interviews with Sir
Moses Meetellors, and it is expected that • meeting of the
heard of deputies will be convened by the worthy baronet, Its
president, to take the application of the usfortunat• father
unto consideration. Signor Mortara hes also waited upon Sir
Calling Smedley, to whom be tendered his thanks for the
emetions made by the warm-parted baronet foe the rescue of
the child. Signor Mortars is perfectly Italian in his appear-
meg, hie manners are gentlemanly, but his countenance is
seamed by a certain expresolos of melancholy. He bas not
ems Ms child for the teat year, but believes that ha Is well
hosed.—Jewish Chronachl.
LITERARY IN vTITOTIONe V. STRIELL—A stone,
eamesemorstive of the establishment of • literary institution
for working mm, wee placed yesterday evening by Mr.
Gurney, in the presence of a ooneiderabie number of work-
ing men, in the ball of the institution, 237, Rueton•roed.
The Institution is intended to operate as • Formative to
strike., and has already been instrumental in providing
week for same thee a thou/quad skilled end unskilled
labourers. The Rev. Canon Dale occupied the chair. Mr.
Harney asid this was so important era in the life of the
working men—em haatittutoe bad bees started which would
be the weft seelety, sad he Mined that branches would
extend all over the oleatry. This movement wait nut in-
tended to be sategesiseie tor Ten hossee, but to provide a
comfortable roses, where wo m could meet without the
temptations le wide\ they meet subjected at • public-house.
This Migh•dom weed elm Mot the mivistatte of a boom of
call Goo width mislues weld reedy, mom, and It weer great
=la W pees that It had the copped of the mastery, It
the babemot of sr the' meetem sod men should pull
together. Is mildes M t n erdiaory beseeta of a literary
WOW= the membets would be grovided with • rehear.
mot end emiderg mem. Against the latter practice, though
he yes wend to Me um of Mosey he would my suing.
Be begat dot • geese *umber of waking-wen would avail
thomselme of the emegart sad MOM of instruction now
sawed is Am, emu that thniabli the istleutc• of this legiti-
mates NM" of the welder-cam be saw before him on that
esemee• wesld Mem. awl. builders. _ _ .

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