The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-26 00:00:00

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The next mails for Lisboa, Spain, and Gibraltar will be
made up to-morrow, Oct. 27.
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LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26.

THE efforts which have been made for the relief of
those who have suffered from the sad effects of cholera
seem worthy of a degree of attention, which they do not
seem to have received. The alacrity with which iedivb
duals and public bodies have coons forward to assist in
alleviating the distress, whether by personal cr pecw
niary aid, is highly creditable, and may well, in there
days, be a subject of congratulation.
The intensity of the disease is admitted on all
bands to have been materially increased by reason of
the little care or attention bestowed upon the peer,
whether as regards the ventilation, sewage, or construe.
tion of their dwellings; or as regards their material and
moral welfare. It is, therefore, not only on the ground
of humanity, but as an act of positive duly and obli-
gation, that thosewho, by permitting throe things,
have, to some extent, been the passive means of
generating the disease, should some forward to all'.
viate the distress which their more timely efforts
might, it is presumed, have mitigated. As an act, too,
of thankfulness to that Providence which has spared ee
many of the better-endowed amongst no, whilst thou.
sands of cur poorer fellow creatures have been swept
away, we ought to embrace the opportunity of ma.
tributing liberally to the assistance of those whom
the pestilence may hare unhappily deprived of cox-
forte, and too often of support.
For the purposes of present relief efficient organl.
nation appears to be provided. We believe the
Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Associaticn has, is
order to meet this emergency, greatly extiinded its
sphere of operations. From the funds placed at its
disposal grants are being made to every parish and
district requiring assistance, within the wide circle of
the bills of mortality. We have no doubt that the
demands made upon thin emendation are far greater
than were anticipated by the managers, or than
the public are likely to suppose. It is rot until the
fearful catalogue of death comes to be made np that
the full extent of misery end sorrow can be seen.
Nor, in many cf these cases, is it until some time hes
elapsed after the blow is struck that its effects eirs
fully felt. For a time relations and friends may step
in to comfort the afflicted ones ; hopes may b enter-
tained of means which do not exist, or may be held
out for the purpose of soothing the sorrows of the
distressed ; but we all know that no long time elapses
ere these consolations are withdrawn or vanish, and
when the dreadful reality of poverty becomes appa-
rent. Then it is that the real misery commences, and
then it is that charitable succour is most appreciated.i
These so ietiea which step in at such a time to
afford consolation and assistance to the widow, to en.
deavour to preserve the orphan from falling into the
career of vice to which poverty too often drives the
young and inexperienced, do, it deed, convey inappre-
ciable blessings—blessings which fall upon those who
give as well as upon those who take. For n
we believe, is more capable c f proof than that the Lest
means of preventing those misdeeds by which so-
ciety as well as individuals suffer, is the administra-
tion of timely assistance, whether it be spiritual or
temporal, in the hour when poverty is leading to
despair, and despair, perhaps, is threatening to induce
to acts of desperation.
Beyond the mere temporary assistance which is in-
dispeoseble to these sufferers, and which tl.e above-
mentioned society is so well qualified to afford, we
observe several projects afloat with a view to preside
more permanent assistance. We have before as the
prospectus of an crphan echool intended for the
children of the poor : not a et mleary for these who
have wealthy friends, but a school where useful in-
struction shall be provided for those who are
the proper objects of charitable support. One
of the ultimate designs of the promoters of this pro-
ject is to fit the children for employment in agricul-
tural or mechanical pursuit-, either at home or in
the colonies. And it is not, we believe, intended to
throw the orphans adrift into the world when they
arrive at 14 years of age, but in all cases a proper
position is to be found for them, in which iudtatry
sod capacity may enable them to ensure a competent
support.
such a scheme as this seems to appeal peculiarly to
public sympathy, at a time when so many orphans
are thrown upon their friends, or too often on their
panel. es. Everything, of course, depends on the mode
in which such a project is worked out, but if it takes
a sufficiently wide scope, is placed under proper
management, and carefully avoids jobbing, it would
supply a blank in the list of our chalitable iastine
time, which, looking at the national wealth and the
urgent claims of these peculiar objects, is to some
extent a national reproach.
Lord ASHLEY, ever foremost in philanthropic
efforts, has calve i attention to another means of use-
fully assisting the poor at present—the improve-
ment, namely, of their dwellings. As a member of
the Board of Health the sterveling provision for the
poor in some of the most densely populated quarters of
the metropotio' has been deeply impressed upon him.
This, no doubt, is at the present time an di-impor-
tant subject; and we earnestly trust the noble lord
will press and pursue it until he has fully aroused at-
tention to its claims. It is a question on which public
opinion may readily be brought to bear; and if there
are difficulties connected with it, difficulties are things

to be overcome.
There are other institution., such u the Free Hos-
pital, &c., which are worthy of assistance at a period
when there must necessarily be eo many additional
claims upon their funds. But we have said enough,
perhaps, on the subject. Our object was not to re-
commend any particular means of disposing of chari-
table benevolence, but rather to exhort those who
occupy the 'vantage ground of life to regard atten-
tively, at the present time, the sufferers in the vale of
tears below them. One thing, however, we have
always impressed upon the public with reference te
charities, and that is, to inquire carefully and mi-
nutely, tefore they appropriate their offerings, into
the mode and manner of distribution, and the respon-
sibility of those who undertake to administer. No
man ought to give to charities until he has thoroughly
satisfied himself respecting them. To neglect that is
too often to encourage public plunder. But, having
satisfied himself, let each man contribute according to
his means, liberally and ungrudgingly, that worthy
objects may be worthily sustained.

THE fall of NARVAEZ, or his stumble, for fall deft.
nitively he cannot, with merely CLONARD to replace
him, is one of the many events which show how fast
and how far Europe is retrogrAing to centuries
past. Of late, in oar western world, public opinion,
parliamentary struggles, the ascendancy or declension
of parties, had become the received causes of the rite
and fall of ministers. That a court intrigue, or a
royal paramour reinstated, or a. bribe to a dowager
princess could make or unmake cabinets, seemed by-
gone or impossible occurrences. But when the National
Assembly of France has fallen in extacies before a
speech of such Papistical exaggeration that FENELON
or BOSSUET would have blushed to utter, it: was
but natural to expect that Madrid as well as Paris
would retrograde to old sentiments and habits.
Accordingly we have precisely such a ministerial dis-
missal as the old memoir writers would have
chronicled. _ _

There exist, however, some points of difference.
In the last center sovereigns and courts had intrin-
sically a great deal of influence and power. Teat
reverence " which doth hedge a king" supplied the
monarch with a fund of authority, which of itself
protected him against sedition, or opposition, or in-
trigue, and enabled him to play such pranks before
high Heaven as are recorded of the LoUISEC, the
Cassursas, and the FERDINANDB.
But now this source of respect and of authority has
been dried up. And a continental court, even of the
best descended monarch, requires not only a guard,
but a large army to support it. The power of royalty,
therefore—of inch royalty as scorns constitationalma
—that it, of all royalties worth talking of, save our
own, hos virtually paced into the hands of themilitorl.