Lord Lyttelton has written a good letter to the Daily
News, appealing for funds on behalf of the Working Men's Club and Institute Union, in which we have more than once expressed our own deep interest. Lord Lyttelton points out how much the society has already done in forming local clubs of the highest value to the working men, and how much its aid is sought by individuals anxious to know how effectually to begin, and needing even a little money aid in beginning, though they soon run alone. " Current expenditure," says Lord Lyttelton, " is made up of small sums, which are within the reach of working men of provident habits ; the first cost requires a block sum, which though not large is just -what the working classes cannot command." To aid in such initial efforts both by money and advice,—advice, we must say, which in drawing up the rules for the new society is even more valuable than money,—is the object of the Central Union. In one year the Union has expended 7001., and its annual income is only 1501. There cannot be a clearer case of pecuniary crisis, and we trust this valuable society may pass through it and be established on a firm foundation.
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