9 DECEMBER 1865, Page 3

The Working Men's College in Great Ormond Street having more

than doubled in numbers since its commencement, is greatly in want of a larger building and greater conveniences of every kind for the good work which goes on there. This is the twelfth year of its existence, and its progress has been regular, and the interest it excites in the working class an increasing one, ever since its foundation. The College has, we believe, never before appealed to public support. On its removal to Great Ormond Street most generous private efforts,—including the gift of 500/. by the prin- cipal, Rev. F. D. Maurice, —just succeeded in preventing the necessity of such an appeal and now it may fairly be re- garded as a public institution the value of which is tried and known. There is no room for the geological and other collec- tions of the College, there is no room for Mr. Ruskin's classes, and no hall for the general meetings, when at least 300 or 400 persons often assemble, or would assemble if they could. The proposal is to raise from 3,0001. to 3,500/. for a new building expressly adapted for the purpose, and we trust that any who can do so will give their aid to an undertaking calculated to promote one of the wisest and most noble movements in London. The "Working Men's College Account" is kept at the London and County Bank (Oxford Street Branch), and contributions may be sent thither.