The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-04 00:00:00

ST. MARK'S HOSPITAL.

Last evening the anniversary festival of this hospi-
tal was celebrated, at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-s•reet,
ender the presidency of the LORD MAYOR. who was sop-
ported by Mr. Sheriff Roth, end several influential genus-
men, friends of the cbatity. The gees% numbered is ell
about 120, a large portion of whom were gentlemen who
bad esperiesced the benefits of the treatment adopted in the
institution, end who have sines become rrguhr
cntribtt-
tor• to its feeds.
In discharging the duty of bringing before the compsay
the toast of the evening—" Prosperity to St. Mark's Hopi-
tal "—the —RD T,e, m —ATOR eiertiated upon the 01“1101.008
&despises which bad resulted tram the establishment of sea
hospital, ezelewively devoted to the perticular clue et
dimse which this institution professed to treat; and in
speak's, of the difficulties which it. promoters encoun-
tered is the outset, hie lordship observed that
when it was projeated 1301. was the teal amount
of matecriptioas they were enabled to False The saccese,
however, had bees so couplets, though gradual, that cow a
sew and handsome building, beautifully arranged and
closely wills!, steed as a menurial in honour of the founder
and of the geed works his charity had effected. There
was, moreover, an wilier, meet?, who.e members con-
sisted for the most part of the power cisme of Tenons,
seamest whom no lase • min than 0401. had been collected
is snail sans, as • testimony of their panted* for the
=blaming@ which the bistitat'on had conferred upon
Ho woe awry, however, to soy, *et, although the
hupitel was capable of amonamodatiog 60 bode, the present
fends would not enable the committee to fernieh more than
24, and it was worthy of mention that, if the means at their
disposal would admit of It, they mold oatend the benefits of
the charity to a much larger number of inmates. By way
of slowing, to the moot intelligible form, the great good
which had seethed from the lesdtuti.o, his lordship draw
attention to the surgical report, which stated that the
number of patients admitted between the let of
January and the 31st of December, 1855, was
662. Of these, 345 bad been diseharped oared, sad
218 had been materially relieved, *lithe the total number
received since the foundation of the hospital to the 31st
Drs., 1865, was 9,663. Notwithstanding these facts, it was
to he regretted that the 1 subscriptions were not
I than they proved to be, for the amount was only
6001. • year, although the expenditure was upwards of
2,6901. a year, sod this at a test of not more than ea
average B[4l. foe sash Wiest. There mold be no doubt
that such a reliable sad well•coadeated int Unities was dr
and in e enmending it 'o
rrt,
serving
ervibeaDg of the highest eap
evolent sympathies e the company, h. was happy to
say that be bad derived the greatest satisfaction from a
pentad inspection of the building end its internal errarge-
menu. The toast was warmly thspooded to, end was
followed by Olken eepesially devoted to the in-
terests of the hospital. As used on this or
imam, the health of Mr. Balloon, the founder, was
drunk with enthasium ; and Mr. Salmon in returning
*basks expressed the gratilleston he felt that the instils-
Soo was free from debt, sad wee now pieced on so firm •
hoes that nothing but nelemseageeneet, which they had no
reason to ent'cipets, scold prevent its tieing one of the most
imeeertant sad infleeatial charities la the metro; olis.
The embattlement wee enlivened by some well-te'ected
mule from Meson. Francis, Lockey, Benson, and Lawler,
and the appeal made to the company on behalf of the hos-
pital had the effect of producing a seberription amounting
to TOOL

AND THE RONAN CATHOLIC

Csunon.—At Hong Hoeg, on the 21st of January, the
Grand Pre of (het city was married in the Protestant
Cathedral to Mire Ann d'Almeida, cf Sings rre. Both the
parties were Potteries, Catholics, sad had at plied in the
first instanos to the head priest of the Catholic Cathedral to
clebr►te the rite. The rev. gentlemen refused t, do eo.oa
'the groom'bridevoma wee Freemason. The
I Grand Pie, with the ►sertty eitecarrenie of the lady, took
the bold resolution of seeking a tel ranctioe to t►e
salon at the Imhof a miniver of the Citereh of Ragland,
the Bev. Mr. Odell, himself a Freemason. The Ciboria
Magi, from which we take them fasts, ter that the opiates
of the Catholio community In the °okay was against the
priest.
Fufa Aals.—At a gala of the eugravior,
anwiep, ite., of Kam Hnisg and Remington, which
took glom this week by Ileum Smethyste Red Hewett, a
copy i■ walltruedhreeo, by Lewis Reptte, of David Roberts's
grand philtre of the Destrectioa of Jeresalele. was sold fcr
2101., sad the stick end lithographic wiles if the same
work milled 7001., while the other lots In the same sue
twos& goal pion.

etc Gx;preoo.

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use be at sb• Oar. 10. lesierbatrest. by Two lededi es dr
fty ot psbilimace.

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