The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-11 00:00:00

AQUAZIB4I7ON OP Till MBTBOPOLITAN POOR

24T118.

A very numerous deputation, introduced by Mr.
Ayrton, M.P., waited upon the Earl of Derby yew
Medal, in Downing-street, for the purpose of harem
lag upon the Prime Minister their views respetdag the
expediency d having one equal and ealmeal poor
me for the whole of the metropolis.
those whom we recorded were Mr. Looks, 114,172 e
Roupell, M.P., the rectors of St. George's in the Beet sad
St. Clement Danes, Mr. Alderman Sidney, Au, hat the
whole deputation numbered about 100 genUmen sad cam.
prised representatives of the majority of the nistropolitas
pried&
Mr. Amrox, in introducing the daputatiem stated that
the inequality of metropolitan ratings had been more than
once brought under the notice of *parliament, and this tee-
des a bill on the 'object, introduced by himself, stood for •
mead reading on Wedoseday next. A &pasta* respect-
* that bill had waited on the President of the Poor-law
Bond, sad he had stated some objections to it. The object
ofinshile ms4r. Ayrton's) bill was simply to deal with the great
of the rats in this wise. It ha the pucka est-
Uneent a• it wee at meat, but imposed men a 'pedal
bead of justices, nominated ll= the whole beach at rarer
madam the duty of examining the poor-rate accounts, at the
eall des& year, ascertaintm.the insamkb and, after care-
ful allasin and the dinallowasea of al extravagance or
Imp
ex bud, of equated( the payment in • fair and
mamba manner.
Lord Diary 'eked how this body etiolation was to be ap-
pointed P
Mr. dYliTut: said they would be selected by the whole
beech of Patios" si quarter Mons, se in the case of county
=,, It being felt that to appoint delegable from the various
would have an invidious appearance, sad might
aka the impartiality of the decisions.
Mr. Fain. at said that the deputation memesd Ikea a
nesting held lest month, at which were present the nre-
sentatives of 1,390,381 inhabitants of Loden In
short two and • half millions out of the nine d rate-
able property in the metropolis was repeended.
Ltd- Dar—lld wee to say repremisehm from the
perkier, the whole of the population deal& me so much.
Mr. Fowize—A Me Ind hem emu b aid parochial
bred, and the latter bed end ten dreamistkes. Eh-
MOM ikellepolitan ineiminsits„ repiriendiss an Immense
=IM led added their tareseksa, twenty-dve of
been held in diNieed2= el the mieropolis.
The palls bang was indely as kagsalayief the
reek and Mom an deer psalm ha boa
• id ate meld be promoted lopadionenton this
dam= SIDNEY Iranitairralppirled tie of e eli the
cited Sir J. Y. a iir t ape.d as
eandele to the uniform nate, end expremed Me hope that, as
we bed der get a truly liberal government, this very im-
peded ee_a problem wool/ Mee a earlelltalery eolstles.
Lard Dead thought thet he Ace dm,
areedy Me power el equates the
Mr. Loons, M.P., rid that we mak dak the parish
Itself, ad had no bemire over the ed s gparish«.
met,depetatka comphdad of wee the imerality of the
which in me metrepolitsa perid wee sad be
mother 4e. 6d. (Holz, bear.)
Aldrllllllll SIDNIT said that they were aw crud for
poor raw practically under the law of lakasse, es no
medadat of the kw bed es yet interbred with the rateable
an He thought that bill would answer
army redid wpm and therefor's'''.
The Bee. Mi. N'Or ra, of St. George'e-in-this-
=gto be baud ea behalf of • perch my of the
ot whisk were essenntly on the verge of dam-
• Ie Oat perish the usual Zooms to a destitute
pew we Is. • week and a 41b. loaf, which wee wholly in-
seMidene he wort Ws. (Ham.) When he appealed to the
=rler ama liberal dusty, he was admired that
yas shady 4s. to the pound, and that 4,000
IMINIMINI• had hat Weed for in recovery. The samba
ect=issie et dild in et Georgs's-in-the-Bast had in-
immay dabs the last 10 years, end the number
of rem who had died thine
actual priestion in that parish
Mee MI amounted to no len a total than 3,292
CITL(Hear, hear.) The rev. meeker proceeded
ISlMarinin of the ratesge of the 183 perishes
el the metropolis, from which it appeared that there were 22
under fled. he the pound, 50 under Is. 41 from L. to lc 6d.;
Si, Is. 6d. to 2s. ; 23, 2e. to Bs. ; and 14 our Si. The prom
natal of the parishes rated under 6d. in the pound was
1,682,4011., and the property value 1,889,6 W. ; while in the
me of the parishes rated at over 34.. the groat natal we
202,5151., and the property value 266,2011. (Hear, hear.)
I During the last 20 years, in consequence of metropolitan Ins.
movements and from other noses, the rich parishes were
getting richer, and the poor getting poorer, until at admit
a date of things had arrived as nude it neoessery for the
clergy to come (nth and appeal to men in power to see
whether some legislation might not be adopted to check the
domino! progress of so large • section of London as was
included in the over-rated per shat. In conclusion, he would
impulse upon the noble earl the importance of a petition to
parliensat from eighty-eight metropolitan clergymen, in sup •
port of some more equitable system of rating than was in
tame at present.
Mr. BLAIIIIFORD said that much of the prima deplorable
date of things in the poorer perishes at Loads arose from
the trreanoveability of dupers after flu year settlement,
and the dada of right of residue' to meats in the
wealthier parishes. The number of dimmed' moped
ie Fulham, the union whisk he represented, led harmed
from 400 in 1852, to 4,000 last year, and there were
16,000 servants in St. Games, Heaeveramerawho, when old
sad sick and helpless, were at once removed from that
wealthy parish into the poorer plain of their birth. (Hear,
bear.) Fulham, from its hip area, sad the number of in-
Mr houses in it, was extremely subject to pauper Mr*.
Yen, and named ttrMvomb from the amount of in ram.
He thought that r. Adtoore bill would provide an ample
remedy for the evils compielmd of ; but if that were not
greeted, he hoped a "Mot essamitue would not be refined,
to which the might mitigeted. (Hear,
hear.) Or it thew
rotbe hi k
another way, by repealing the
immoveable sot, md .ane taking the dOt of settlement
from many paupers VII. INNS WI/ • borthen on the hinds.
Dr. CRALLIM urged the wake! view of the question on
the mines ralenter. Ms MIMI at the mortality they
writ aped to the air whim ef Landon in the event
of ammo wkter. He al tat Mad Mond to Mr. Ayrton's
Nil, hada Med MA thine eilso se km* had taken the
ham dads k ed limn be age he bid a remedy for
so past or mud el ed.
Mr. Loren Mimed that the President of the Poor-law
Bead had no agonies to a committee. He suggested,
hethereare, that de hill should be read • second time and re-
rd.

ATRTON hoped that the matter would be fully con-
sidered by the government between that time end WV:lDM-
day am% sad pointed out the danger of allowing the
question to becomes • subject of agitation with four or eve
hundred thosiesd men writhing under the imprewon that
her or be thenesnd wealth people ware standing between
theme il their esbeistance. Hear, hear.)
The Ire DISHY havinglistened with great patience
mad strentice to the several spokesmen of the deputation, ex-
pelled his strong impression that, however much the evils
molted were to be de , the remedy pointed to was little
better, going as it di to the eabverelea of the whole ptinci-
pie upon which the poor law wee beaded. Therefore, he
did not me bow the government wild esectros a second
reeding of the bill pro fore* with a view to • 'sleet nom-
mitres, seeing that the mooed reading of a bill wee the stage
In which its principle was sanctioned by the home. He
feared that if they altered the sees of rateability,
the interest is god local management now felt by the inhi-
bition" of each district would d• and that we should
soon metre to all the frauds sad of the old poor-law.
The awe et the metropolis was peculiar in ice grierranme, bat
if yea eves established a uniform system of rating there, be
did not me how it could keg be withheld from the whale
°sentry. when all individual Wend in the proper manage.
mat of the rata would be destroyed. That wee what made
him hesitate, and be that the rum °petrels
meat have been enpraeeei bf the Prodded at the Poor-law
Hosed. He did not think fiat the hulked could have con-
sisted to refer the coccus. to a seised esismitem but
that what he agreed to rehr te • select emenium
we the pmatioel working et an net peeled mime=
mime respicdes the isdegiet which led am bee
to ism in a dad LAW. With moped to the ementies of
irremovability while mese meeker* of the legiatellne
urged Is %bulimia= had meetly received • delpitelies
composed of eambees, VMS, complidet leek en
emit* opposite dismitim They preyed for inquiry with a
view of asenidirehly shertiabg the period required mgive a
legal setthemet, mid melidag reeldeat• vet the
id at the padpads'indialeet. In hie erb the
the seise
werldog at the law be • mey it selfest
bet he ssest say ermaW that. kali( the
et the gran" his peemat impremien emleilwee not le
Imam at Yr. Aorta's DM not beams it might ate Mind
refill. bet beams he thought the
the tesahrlitierlies abet
would anspletely meaterbilsoce eimetego
Of aerie the dickies_ lay with the of demos@
bet, es the deputation asked the epidea if the eignionimt,
he readidly gave it.
The deputation having Oinked his hardship for his 02111,
WWI stlestion, withdrew.

CAPTURE OP A RIM SLAVII.—A letter from an
oiler as board the gasket Jasper, Liwataneat sad Corn-
meal" H. Pyre, says We hare oaptarod and brought
In, I may safely say, ths largest and richest prise aver cap-
tured in the slave tide. She is a WI-rigged end fest-man-
ism ship of 750 tons brisk, with • fall slave equlpmest,
17for their sereessee. She also led ma board
rimseld to thassagrt 2,260 awes Spear& sad
wr abets Bar wee sad arra
swims. We aspired kr gills mirk alda of Maras"
ea the 2111 of Nark beams are sad tea a.a., air berm
rand her Ihramelt aa ths previous rot, to perehaes
art ever alma far dr bird at Culla.- We had radar
es terse tar resat bar sad bad roan. At area
lie (6, peddle, earsaaathr Veiny) hove is sight
rdjdrd shim, hal hips rem eta ustd the prow
wee War She, herever, abed as sad we wan whir
Me at kr, alma she lowered her ray* bat did rd
Imre
te Ili tar rare ahote wore dream We harded rad
arahr d kr. She had ew papas, Blare ewer wee
lyre ea wsoda desk, eat their farrow is a ere fa the
mown at the mar hatchway arcked ' Itereadra,' at whisk
pia ray the
ere t We ere tamed elm Mae
Led awe pita tor larked, 811.1, art mar
bred, tar sot is fte place, ragas,' tad SOO Isse el
wrier is there, ma immense quark, at dea, Was, raw
Mad salt lA, 18 ponacheoas of run, aid elbow aserearee., The Styx gene, bat the Jasper wfil share fa tie proceeds of
a prise tern the previous day by the Styx."

BT. MARX'S HOSPITAL.

In the year 1836 a private individual, Mr. Hal-
ms, the oedema surgeon, conceived the idea of founding an
hospital for the cure of a clew of diseases which required
more special care, skill, and attention than the ordinary cata-
logue of Ms which With is heir to," and which at the
seam time was most newsiest amongst the dares which
could worst afford such special skill and attention. 81.
Mark's Hospital was Minded by him, and so great has bees
in success, that between the time of its foundation and the
present day 10,981 afflicted persons have been received, sad
the isafority successfully treated within its walk. For the
year 1867 the number of patients received was 723 ; of
these there were materially relieved, 338; discharged
cured, 2134 incurable from irregularity of attend-
ance, 16; died from consumption, 1; still remaining
under treatment, 81. Everything 81 the
of the institution hasduring the pit year indicated tLieltdrepn
held it has taken in the sympathies and charitable *slam
of the public. Governors have died ; but numbers of gentle-
ma, squally influential, ban hastened to fill their
and ea endowment fund has been established, which to
bard until it retches 6,0001. I. addition to Dr. l=
the eminent physician to the famitution, and Mr.
the header the committee have been able to serene the sa-
vior of Memo. Imam Rabid Lane sad peter Teems
(Midland, fellows of the Royal Cease of dergeoms, as eagle.
tent-eargeoas to the ineritatioa. The mode of treatment
find adopted at St. Mark's Hospitalises sow become the fixed
practice at all the lastitatime ; but odd the
admission into the pared goyim is Ist bored mammy
resources of the barbel. To Mr. adman, the fixsolss,
the ealecribers have deleneded to present • fia•
length t, to 'had the pear wedged of the
hospliel ameno add • had, to be pressated to Mrs. Islam.
Thews facts we brought out in the coarse of the
Chairman's (H. Hear% Id.) eddied when dewing
the toast of the evaideg. The adman was supported by
Sir C. Barrel, Mr. flanadary Potter, Dr. 8P•1118, B.
Aliened, Esq., and about 150 gentlemen interested in the
wows of the charity. An innovation into the ordinary
ratline of loyal oratory, when proposing the Queen's health,
VW paraded by the chairman, in introducing the subject
of Ommedloa, with the announcement that 4000 of the
Id 4 ware lady to lake part in the next debate of the
lassior Chamber. Having, however, astonished the
adegmy samewhet hi the irrelevancy of his remarks, Mr.
Ham am redent time to complete good humour by
enetsweelug the be bed lad hawed 1001. for the liberty
he bog taken. Whim psweselag the teem of the evening the
abekmen took media to nomennee that the founder, Fre-
ddie.' Illehnon, En., was la each • date of health as to be
unable to attend ca the orririsa, but his eon was present,
and all be (the chamois) beg to ray was that he boded he
mold turn out as geed a rem as bin father. (Load ohms.)
Twenty years ego, when Mr. Sinn Emir Ma first mom,
about 120 drams and in a smell mem mil 1601. wee sub-
earthed ; but eines then sr. mash bri uestalases of the
foundation Escrowed that the amber ef awed patients nearly
approached 12,000. Mr. delmisee tradament was so sun-
assdel that the knife had almost disappeared in the treat-
ment of the diseases received into this institution. The
taiwas now • model of comfort and even loamy, and
regretted was that may 24 oat at the 50 beds it
amalgam& were occupied. la cosalusion, be called pan
esu the
small public to emulate the amen patron
gives the institution the =asthma donation of 3,0001. At
the conclusion of the chairmaa's speech, the seorebuy, Mr.
Whbkin, read the report and list of dowdier, including
1001. from the chairman, Mr. Sendiresa 6W., Mirchent
Taylors' Compare 30 guineas, Edward Alleard, 201
George Smith, ~ fil., auxiliary society of poor ISM i 6
Zir(being . dace the commeseenent), and amount-
the whole to 1,0001. Mr. J. Hoare gave " The Vies-
Presidents," to which Mr. C. Bums returned thinks, and
stated from his own knowledge that Mr. Saimaa, the
founder, had sacrificed • prudes at 2,0001. • year is order
that he might give up hie whole flee to the Methadon. Mr.
hands had charge of the mulled sersarewets, and Mr.
Harker was toastmaster. The dinar gave generalmatidection.