The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-14 00:00:00

PROPOSRD CITY OP LONDON COLLEGE.

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor received a
deputation on Monday morning, Consieting of Richard Gibbs,
Esq., and the Rev. Charles Mackenzie, A.M., who presented
the following requisition to his lordship :—"Ektesex-hall,
Leadenhall-street, E.C., 31st Jody, 186 L—My Lord,—lt
having been resolved to reconstitute an institution esta-
blished in 1848 under the title of the Metropolitan Evening
Classes for Young Men on a collegiate footing, as the City of
Landes Whim we beg leave to request your lordship to
favour us by holang a public meeting in the Egyptian-hall,
Mansion-house, in order that the movement may be brought
fully before the public. that such funds and such support as
are required may be obtained. Perhaps your lordship would
kindly show/your sympathywith an institution which has done
so' much towards raising the intellectual standard of the
young men of London, by taking the chair on the occasion.
We are, your lordship's moss obedient humble servanta.—
(Signed)—A. C. London: Lyttelton ; John Carter, alder-
man ; Jas. Abbias, alderman and sheriff ; Andrew Lusk,
sheriff ; Finis and Fisher ; Warren S. Hale, aklermais ;
J. J. Meehi, alderman ; W. A. Rosa. alderman ; Edwd.
Conder, alderman ; Thos. Hakim, alderman ; W. S. Lindsay
and Co. ; R. N. Fowler ; Jas. E. Mathieson ; Smith, Payne,
and Smiths ; Roberts, Lubbock, and Co. ; Fuller, Banbury,
and Co. ; Glyn, Mills, and Co. ; Barnett, Flores, autCo. ;
Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Masterson, Peters, and Co. ;
Chas. E. Mangles ; C. Hoare and Co. ;• Geo. Hitchcock and
Co. ; George Moore ; Fredk. Huth and Co. ; Chas. Price and
Co. ; Fredk. Barnes and Co. ; Richard Gibbs
_Boulder
Brothers and Co. ;Shaw, Sevin, and Co. ; Fader, and
Co.'; Samuel Baps& and Sons Llsemosaa. Green, arid Co. ;
Hear and Ob. ; Ifegretti and *'umbra ; Chu. Mackenzie,
A.M. ; Rev. Thos. Wrench ; Brown and Hatfield ; Wertheim,
Macintosh, and Co. ; Jerrold and Sons ; W. Kent and co. ;
P. Cazenove ; Leaf, Sons, and Co. ; Bsvington and Sloe-
rig ; Walter Bovill ; Farley and Boyne ; Bremner, Huston,
and Co. ; Goy and Co. ; Elfinglom Vinson ; Edwin Payne,
M.D. ; Braxton Hicks, M.D. ; Edward Clanton, M.
J. Haurie, Nephew ; Thos. Foster ; J. Walkden and Sons ;
J. H. Pepper ; Hume* Suborn and Co. ; Tregellee
and Taylor ; David Brown ; Straohan and Co. ; W. V.
Maxwell ; 0. 8. Herbert ; Ky. Prichard and Sons ; Livett,
Frank, and Soo ; K Hawley ;J. H. Tuck and Co. ; Henry
D. May ; Hills and Son ; R. S. Maitland ; Jas. Hocking.'
The Lod Mayor kindly consented to hold a public meeting,
which is expected to take place the first Week in October, as
it would be useless to convene it earlier, on account of so
many of the corporation and leading men of the City being
out of town. It is hoped this will not prevent those
wining to subscribe towards so important an object from
doing so forthwith. The association from which the City
of London College is about to be formed has hitherto been
known as the " Metropolitan Evening Classes for Young
Mee," and was established, with the approval of the Bishop
of London, by the Rev. Charles Mackenzie and others, at
Crosby-hall, in 1848. In February, 1900, the ground land-
lord having repurchased the lease of Crosby-hall the aseccia-
tem was compelled to remove, and the lose of its pre-
sent abode, Sussex-ball, LeadenhalLatreet, was purebred.
The Prince Consort has kindly consented to be the patron,
the Bishop of Loudon the president of the proposed college,
and the following noblemen and gentlemen havealready con-
sented to be its vice-patrons : —Right Hon. the Earl of Car-
lisle, K.G., Right Hon. the Earl Granville, E.G., Right
Hon. Lord Ebury, Lord Lyttelton, and Right Hon. W. E.
Gladstone, M.P. Among the vice-presidente who will take
an active part In the management, are It. N. Fowler,
J. G. Gilbert, Henry Hoare, Harry Closter, Fags., and the
Rev. Charles Mackenzie.
Although the principal promoters of this institution are
members of the Church of England, yet the classes are not
confined to such, nor is there any religious test imposed on
its students. The total number of pupils who have re-
ceived instruction in the Metropolitan Evening Classes from
1848 to the present time is about 6,000. The subjects of in-
struction have been French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin,
Greek, Hebrew, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, music
(vocal and instrumental), arithmetic, political economy,
book-keeping, short-hand, chemistry, elocution, writing,
history, English literature, grammar, and composition, and
Bible Instruction.

From 18,6, when the examinations of the Society of Arts
were commenced, to the present time, the pupils of these
classes have taken a very honourable place in that society's
examination', having carried off 164 certificates (many of
them of the Mat-class), and Z 3 prizes ; and ten of the pupils
have obtained clerkships in the public service after compe-
titive examinations.

In 1880, the pupils paid 6441. 16s. 9d. to the fonds of the
sasociation.

Its income, however, being almost entirely confined to
the payments of the pupils and to occasional donations, is
en inadequate to the necessary expenditure, that the in►ti-
tution must either be dosed, or reconstituted in a solvent
and self-supporting state.
The first alternativeis greatly to be deprecated, as the
Glasses supplied an urgent want, and produce excellent
educational and moral results.

At a meeting held at Londot -house, on the Vail of
April, the Bishop of London in the chair, it was moved by
Earl Granville, seconded by Lord Lyttelton, and carried
unanimously, " That, considering the great good which the
metropobtan evening classes have done, and the benefits
they might still render to the young men of London, au
effort be rued. to re-establish them upon a new and broader
basis, and that with this view the Rev. Charles Mackenzie,
A.M., the Rev. Richard Whittington, A.M., Harry Ches-
ter, Esq., Henry Cole, Esq., CB., Henry Hoare, Esq.,
Henry Thornton, Esq., Thomas Whittington Esq.,
and Mr. Sykes Marshall Carpenter, be appointed a committee to
eacertain what subscriptions are likely to be contributed
towards their re-establishment, and to prepare a scheme
whereby the institution may be made self-supporting for
the future."

It is woord. uigly proposed that the Metropolitan Even-
ing Chimes be re-ounstituted on a more permanent basis, and
in a collegiate form, u a selfeupportitig institution, under
the title of the City of London College for Young Men ; and
that, as above 600 young men have signed a paper in be-
half of such a college, an effort be made to raise a fund
of 2,5001. by donations.

The fees will be graduated from ss. to 10s. per term,
eccoriliog to subject, and the college will hold terminal
aratainatioes.
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A principel is to be appointed, who will be responsible
for the educational working of the college.
Donors of 50/. are entitled to have always one student
free of the college ; donors of 251. one student free of one
clans in the college, or one student free of the college for
three years ; donors of IW. one student free of one class for
two years, or two students free of one class for one year ;
and donors of 51. one student bee of ore clam for one year.
The foregoing are the main features of the plan. Of the
2,5001. required upwards of 500/. will be handed over by
the metropolitan evening chums on the settlement of the
new constitution, sod for the remaining 2,000/:* an active
canvass is being made amongst the merchants, bankers, and
leading traders of the City.
A public' meeting is announced for to-morrow evening,
at 8 p.m., at Sussex-hall, Leadenhall- street, to repeat pro-
gress and enlist young men as student/.

• The Right Hoo. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of
Loodon hasiiodly promised SW. ; the Earl Granville, 251.;
the Hon. W. E. Gledstooe, /L P., 101. ; J. G. Gilbert, Esq.,
501. ; and Yours. Hoare, Fleet.suset,lol. 10e.