The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-16 00:00:00

THE FXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1849.

fulness until some public, benefit shall hilitt-
been gleaned from rt. The pauper ohildrem' '
of no lees thin thielln ;Wishes bed hie& " farm' 4."
lat fi./.. Trure- Wu t4Tere4ried, the inti-, 1
to to,tlpr foci in qsll idty.
-lnafilaient fa quall&y,. hr cloth of
sitelilllit, AURA* tliollilfcca
,e•rossif• • 'sewn. A owi' lad.iiinfli
ciently supplied with medicines and iaA-unsuts, was
kept in the honer, destitute of_ authority,* sham
medical adviser. Grave official functionaries duly,
periodically visited the establishment, and, with the
eneeptin of Mt. Wisest and- his two Mends, es
duly reported that all was right. Mr. Thwarr bullied
the visitors when they made unfavourable re-
marks, nod after their departure be told the boys
" ill let you knew, you young scoundrel., what it is
to hold up your hands to tell the gentlemen you
had not enough to eat." This 'callous system of
trading in the 0 farming" of uolortueste children,
and the lex discharge of duty on the part of parish
official which prevented any detection of the abuse
until the fearful cholera visitation turned the eyes
of the whole kingdom upon Tooting, is a national
reproach. Every adult in the country is & particips-
tor in the guilt until sufficient precautions are taken
to preclude the possibility of the recurrence of such
abuses. Yet whet ~ has been done ? When
the children were dying by dozens, there was intense
excitement and .vernent &emaciation. But subse-
quent events—the mystery surrounding the Stan-
field-hell murders—the loss of the Forth—the last
new topic for gossips, whatever it might be, soon
effaced all recollection of the children's agonies. A
I feeble and abortive attempt, less to administer justice
than to exact vengeance, has been made on the person
of Mr. DROULT, and nobody asks whether boards of
guardians, or the poor law commissioners, or the le-
gislature are adopting meanres to prevent, for the
future, exquisite and prolonged torture being in-
; fficted upon the most defenceless clan in the commu-
nity under the pretence of administering charity ?

ENGLISH VISITORS TO PARIS.
BANQUeT GIVEN DT TR. NATIONAL GUARDS TO
'rut ENGLISH Vterroas —A dinner, on a very hand-
some scale, was given yesterday, at the Salle Valen-
tino, by about two hundred officers and members of
the national guards, to Mr. Lloyd and twenty-five
other members of the English excursion party. A
body of officers escorted Mr. Lloyd and his party from
the Hotel desPrinces, in the Rue Richelieu, to the
Salle Valentino, which was handsomely decorated and
hung with the French and English flags blended in
union. This procession excited much attention, and
the neighbourhood of the Salle Valentino, in the
Rue St. Honore, was surrounded by a crowd during
the whole evening. M. Bouvet, member of the Na-
tional Assembly, president of the Pesos Society of
Francs, presided, having on his right hand Mr.
Lloyd, and on his left hand Mr. Kennard, late sheriff
of London and Middlesex, the rest of the twenty-five
gusts, selected by Mr. Lloyd from the five hundred
visitors, being seated one each between two officers
of the National Guatd. M. Bouvet proposed, as the
first toast of the evening, "The happy union between
France and England, as ansviciously cemented by the
visit of oar guests." The honourable member spoke
at some length, and with much force and elo-
quence, all his aspirations for sincere friendship be-
tween the countries being responded to with hearty
applause by the national guards and his guest..
Mr. Lloyd returned thanks on behalf of his countrymen.
Mr. Lloyd then gave, " The constitutional preservers
of the order, liberty, and prosperity of France, the
brave national guards!" M. iTobit proposed ee
health of the Queen of England. " Let us," he said,
"drink to Queen Victoria, who was the first to hold
out to us the band of friendship." This toast was re-
ceived with rapturous cheers. Mr. Kennard returned
thanks, and gave " A lasting and sincere alliance be-
tween England and France," and several officers
made warm and eloquent addresses in response ;
indeed so much was their enthusiasm excited after
the Kentish firs above alluded to, that the whole body
rose and initiated on conducting their guests in a sort
of triumphal procession from the Rue Saint Honore,
along the Boulevard des Rations to the Café Tortoni;
an immense crowd ch-ering them as they walked arm
in arm in ranks of threes. Tortoni's presented an
animated scene. " Vire la France ! vivent nos amis
Francais !" was shouted by Mr. Lloyd, and the party
were responded to by "Viva l'Angleterre! Vivent
nos amis Anglais!" from the multitude. After a most
liberal regale of punch and ices, the national guards
insisted on escorting the party to Mr. Lloyd's quarters,
the Hotel des Princes, rile Richelieu, in the courtyard
of which " God save the Queen" was sung by all the
English, the French all more or less endeavouring to
join in the chorus. After earnest entreaties on the
part of the officers of the national guards to their
English visitors to send another such lot of " bons
enfeas" to Paris, and promises to pay a visit to
Britain, the parties separated. Most of the English
excursion party left Paris this morning to partake
of festivities to which they are invited this evening at
Boulogne.