The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-17 00:00:00

BILNHING D

tal
£14.553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
rnissioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

counts) 8,570,711
Other Deposits— l3, 05,84
Seven Dity and
other Bills .

483,332

£40,579 327
111.

March 17, 1861.

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Mr. Layard on an Extension of the Suffrage,

The fourth anniVersary dinner of the Leather and Shoe-
mereery Trades' Institution was held last night at the In-
ternational Hotel, London Builge, Mr. Layard, M.P., in the
chair. The company present numbered about one hundred.
After the t °nit of The Queen," " The Prince and Pr ince:s
of Wales"—alluding to the w.tr, and as-erting that it was
not the duty of our country to interfere—and "The At thy,
Navy, and Volunteers," the chairman came to the toast of
the evening, that of Success to the Institution, and said that
as tar as he could gather there were ab rut 1700 persons er gaged
in the leather trade of the metropolis, exclusive of journey-
men, and that during the last nine months the exports
amuun'ed to £1.74,000. That must represent a very large
number of persons employed, and no one could dispute
that it was highly desirable that some provision should be
made for those who, through old age or sicknes-, were un-
able to provide for themselves. He understood that a
sum of £1,158 had already been accumulated for this ob-
ject, In the distribution of that sum 213 persons were en-
titled to share. Tho benefits proposed to be conferred
were £25 a year to males, and £l5 to females, the allow-
ance to males to be continued to their widows, It had
been decided that some kind 'of an asylum should be
formed for those to whom he had alluded, and he was glad
to fee that an attempt had been made in that direction ;
but as yet the sum got for that purpose did not amount to
more than £59, The hon. gentleman made an appeal on
behalf of the institution, and concluded by offering a sub-
scription of five guineas.

Mr. SToctirra, proposed the health of the chairman.
Mr. LAYAICD, in' We course of his rep!y, said he hod
the time might come when there would be a Government
in this country that would be in the position and able
to pass liberal measures of such a nature as would give
satisfaction to the country. He believed at this moment
the
ni
suffrage
might be very much extended. During the
lastneer ten years working men had increased in in-
telligence; education had spread amongst them; they
had a right to be represented in the Legislature of the
country, and he would be one of those who would advo-
cate to the fullest extent the right of the working
classes. The were, however, difficult times, when mem-
bers of the Government must give up some of their prin-
ciples in order to bring together men who would carry on
the affairs of the country, and he believed there was scarcely
a man in this country who did not feel that this wasa tirno
when extreme opinions could not be curie(' out. (Hear,
hear.) lie believed the time was not tar distant when the
voice of working men would be heard in the representation
of the country, and he hoped when that time came he might
be found in the foremost ranks.
The amount of subscriptions read during the evening "I
£176 15s.