The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-03 00:00:00

and maintaining 1,100 or 1,200 children,
mostly of the class of well-to-do parents.
The sum, therefore, spent upon each of them
is 531., to which the parents contribute
not one farthing ; whereas it should be
remembered that the children of the really
" poor " and independent are educated at the cost
of 28s. a year, a considerable proportion of which
is contributed out of the public purse. Nor
should it be forgotten that London has derived
more aid from the public funds than almost any
district in the kingdom. But who are those
favoured children? Who holds the key which
unlocks the door of this metropolitan trea-
sure Are these appointments, like the
scholarships of Oxford and Cambridge, the
foundations of Eton and Winchester, and the
military schools of Woolwich and Sandhurst, open
to the lad who proves himself of the greatest
capacity I Do thew presentations, as used by the
authorities of Christ's Hospital, exert any influ-
ence proportioned to its wealth and fain. on
national education I Far from it. It is the deli-
berate opinion of the Duke of NIWCASTLE, Sir
Jona CUL11111.416, and their colleagues, that these
presentations do the very contrary. The evidence is
conclusive that those funds, as at present admi-
nistered, instead of inducing parents to bestow
special care upon their children, induce them to
neglect their offspring. "We have been inun-
" dated," mays Mr. Glirtw, the Treasurer, "with
" children who did not know their letters." "We
have had children," he adds, " who, after they
" have been at Hertford"—the branch establish-
ment for younger children—" for two years, have
" hardly been able to spell." Again, the Trea-
surer declares : "We were positively met upon one
" occasion, when a child came for admission, by the
" factthat he reallydid not know his letters. I asked
" the mother what she was about ; she was the
"mistress of a national school, and I said, What
" ' can be the reason of this ?' The reply was,
" We knew he was to have this presentation, and
" therefor, we did not take the trouble to educate him
" at all.'" " How not to do it" has generally
been considered one of the most favourite official
problems, but not even the Admiralty has
reached the height of paradox which has been
attained by the Almoners of Christ's Hos-
pital. With a revenue of more than 60,0001.
entrusted to them for the promotion of education
their ingenuity has enabled them to employ it in
such a way as to discourage education and to de-
moralize parents. And the means by which this
result has been obtained are worthy of note. Of
the 485 Governors the vast majority are what are
called Donation Governors—that is, they have their
right of presentation by the expenditure of 5001.
The rights of presentation thus purchased extend
to all the places of the Hospital except about 100.
The rights are so absolute that it is doubtful
whether the Hospital has legal power to refuse any
child, however ignorant, presented by a Governor.
Lest year, for the first time, it was attempted to
refuse say child admission who could not " read
" fluently the four Gospels." But one member
argued 3 "I have Made myself a governor here,
"and if I choose to send my boy to this, which is
"a large charitable school, it is your duty to teach
" him ;" and the argument, on being referred to
the solicitor of the charity, was declared valid. If
the solicitor be correct, what follows?—that the
revenues of a public institution amounting to
57,0001. are subjected to an absolute right of pri-
vate patronage for the sake of an additional sum
of 6,0001., and this without any shadow of justi-
fication from the terms of the Charter. It is not
surprising that the Education Report recommends
the discontinuance of the system of Donation
Governors, and insists upon a reorganization of
Christ's HospitaL But it is surprising that these
abuses should have so long continued, and that
the Charity Commissioners seem to have made
no inquiry whatever into the subject.

Tex multiplication of Hospitals for the treatment
of maladies separated for that purpose from the
general and complicated varieties of disease, and
the peculiar merits claimed for institutions of
such an exclusive character, form a topic which was
'very usefully discussed last year in that " dead
" season " but for which so many important
public and social interests would never get the
attention they deserve. And although, as must
happen in a general discussion, much that was
advanced wee too vague to be of practical value,
the fact was made clearer to the public mind that
on the whole neither the interest. of science nor
the public have anything to gain by establishing
our organisations of medical relief upon the minute
subdivisions of disease.

While, however, this was the chief nett result of
the controversy, while it is now made clearer than
ever that the study of disease at once in its unity
and variety is best subserved by the maintenance
of great hospitals, where disorders of all types
are brought together, it has never been questioned
that there are forms of human suffering which
from their very nature require the existence of
special institutions. To-day, departing from our
usual practice respecting public charities, we wish
to say • few words on behalf of one of
these. We do so for • special reason. There
are some modes of benevolence which assert their
own claims and powerfully attract assistance.
There are others which, although they may be even
more useful, are not suited to ostentatious appeals
to the public. To those whose kindness is regu-
lated by discrimination, we wish to recommend
the present situation of an isolated and much-
needed charity, St. Mark's Hospital, in the City.
road. This institution, founded for the treatment
of a class of diseases the most painful and repulsive,
suffering in its most afflictive form and aspect, the
penalty of no sin, no crime—not even of excess
—end from which neither high nor low, rich
nor poor, can claim or count ou exemption,
was established in 1835, and is now dispensing its
benefits upon a larger scale than ever. It is not,
therefore, a novel project of doubtful utility, nor •
decaying institution from which the vitality is de-
parting, that we recommend to a larger measure
of public support. The question here is not com-
plicated, as is often the cue with public charities,
with any interests other than those of the suffering
poor ; it is one of the simplest that can be imagined
—it is to what extent the public will enable the
Hospital to dispense the peculiar relief it cable to
afford. No complaint is made that the claims of
the charity have not been recognised so far as they
have been heard. It his been enabled since its
foundation to succour and relieve 13,500 patients,
and its later years have been those of its greatest
prosperity. It now makes up thirty beds, and re-
lieves about three hundred in and four hundred and
fifty out patients • year. Its managers are gentlemen
well known to tha public, and it should be men-
tioned to their credit and that of the officers of the
Hospital that the cost of patients does not exceed
21. Os. 9d. per head, including every expense and
outlay connected with the establishment St.
Mark's Hospital has thus attained • recognised
status, it has overcome the obstacles which

ful and benevolent. But at the present
time it needs the help of the public.
As the nature of the benefits dispensed become
better known, the demands upon it become more
numerous and urgent. It is now more than ever
the resort of the afflicted poor, many of whom,
after having exhausted their means upon the un-
principled empiric, have been by him hopelessly
consigned to a miserable existence. A debt, not
too large to be extinguished by a slight exercise
of the public benevolence, but which impedes the
development of its usefulness, has to be extin-
guished, and if the range of its benefits is not to
be contracted, its funds must be speedily reinforced.
Unable to appeal powerfully to the imagination of
the public, we simply state these facts, and rely on
its compassionate regard for sufferings which cannot
obtrude themselves on public notice.

beset all undertakings in their early stages,
and grows in the estimation of the thuught-

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, jou.
EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom ogs OWX

PAttL% TOZSDAY Evwiio.

The translation of the remains of Napoleon L
from the provisional vault in the chapel of St.
Jerome in the Invalides, where they have lain for
twenty years, to the grand crypt destined for their
permanent resting place, was accomplished at two
o'clock this afternoon. The Emperor, the Empress,
the Imperial Prince, Prince Napoleon, Princes
Lucien and Joachim Murat, and the other mem-
bers of the imperial family, were present at the
ceremony, as well as the members of the imperial
household, the marshals and admirals, and the
Governor-General of the Invalides with his staff.
The coffin was removed to the crypt, which all
visitors to Paris have seen, and which is only a few
yards from the temporary grave, by twenty-four
Cent Gerdes. The Cardinal Archbishop of Paris
performed vespers. After the ceremony the Em-
peror reviewed the Invalides, and distributed
crosses to some of the pensioners.

The Murat movement goes on. The Patrie
announces as " latest news " that General Ulloa
has arrived in Paris, from Naples, with a petition
covered with 750,000 signatures, praying that
Murat may be King. Is Muratism then really to
be dealt with as a serious matter 1 Is it for this
that Baron David, one of the many left hand
members of the family, wax so emphatic in pro-
claiming the unity of Italy to be a Utopia 1 Is
this the explanation of the reticence of MM.
Baroche and Billault 1 These questions must be
answered, and that soon. Muratism, if patronised
by the Emperor Napoleon, would be an alarming
breach of the understanding which prevents him
from being regarded as a public enemy in
Europe. It has long been thought, and
Napoleon 111. has gained immensely by the
supposition, that he had renounced that part of bis
uncle's policy which consisted in carving out king-
doms for his own relations. Better the old divine
right of legitimist& than a mushroom divine right of
a Corsican family to manipulate universal suffrage
all over the world. The pretension will be a canes
be2li. If the Emperor really thinks of sticking up
Murat at Naples, he must be preparing for a ge-
neral war.

The Phase, in reproducing from the Pays,
Patrie, and Constitutionnel the manifesto of Prince
Murat, observes that it is " regrettable to see
Prince Murat speaking in terms which ultramon-
tanists and counter-revolutionists might adopt,
of that glorious movement which has already con-
stituted a nation of twenty-two millions of citizens,
and will certainly make Italy one and indivisible."
The Opinion Nationale speaks with contemptuous
indignation of Murat's canvass, and refuses to give
his letter a place in its columns. The treble-dyed
traitor, Liborio Romano, is the man who has lately
been working the Muratist intrigue in Naples.
On Thursday the Emperor will review the Ist
division of the Ist corps d'armie in the court of the
Tuileries, and it is said that in the course of the next
and following weeks he will successively review all
the divisions of the army of Paris. In the present
anxious state of the public mind on the question of
peace or war, it is not surprising that this announce-
ment should occasion much speculation.
The Bourse was much disturbed by the news of
the revolt at Agree'', and the various rumours of
war. The Rente fell 35c. for cash, and 20c. for
account, closing at 67fr. Wk. and 67fr. 70c. Mo-
biller fell 10fr. The Orleans Railway fell Bfr. 750. ;
Lyons, tifr. 25c. ; and Eastern, Western, and
Southern, 3fr. 75c. each. Northern is unchanged.
M. Brian, an ex-prefect, has been appointed pro-
visional d irector for one month of the eonstitutionnel

and Pays, which, you are aware, belong to M.
Mires.

The Debuts, in an articleexplanatory of the sense
in which it understands the much abused word
revolution, took occasion to express its pleasure in
the belief that the moment was not far off when
the government of France, following up the decree
of November 24, would think it nut dangerous to
restore to the country the full and entire enjoy-
ment of its rights. The Pays objects very strongly
to the use of the words " restore," and " rights,"
because they imply the restitution of something
which has been at a former period taken away.
Now the Pays argues that the imperial government,
whose powers are all sanctioned by the plebiscite of
1852, never took away anything from the country.
Therefore it Wales for the use of the word " gift,"
and not " restitution," as applied to the decree of
Nov. 24, and upbraids the Dibata for its imperti-
nence in talking about public "rights." Such
advocates 118 the Pays represent the empire in the
most odious light possible, and revive pages in its
history which people would be glad to forget.
Thus, according to the Pays, the catch vote of 1852
was au absolute and unconditional surrender of
French liberties into the bands of the Emperor, his
heirs and successors, for all time—posterity is
irremediably bound by the vote, and can only hope
with fear and trembling for concessions of the mere
motion of the monarch, such as the Czar of Russia
may grant to his serfs. A more damnable doctrine
and position could not be propounded.

The Duke de Modena is about to leave Vienna
for Venetia. General Cabrera, Count de Meters, has ar-
rived in the Austrian capital from Modena.
We read in the Oat Deutgche Post of Vienna :
" Our subscribers are entreated to pardon us if they failed
to receive our yesterday's (Saturday's) number, as it was
seised by the authorities. We reprinted the affidavit of
' Kcesuth, published by the English journals, and which
several eveniug journals of Vienna and of the provinces bad
given the day before without molestation. in fact it is not
possible to speak of a trial which is proceeding before the
eyes of Europe, and in which Austria plays the prin-
cipal part, without citing the documents, even though
they contain false statements. Moreover, we took
special care to accompany the affidavit of Kossuth with '
some very energetic comments, notwithstanding which the
authorities have acted with rigour. The Vienna Gazette
announces that the Wanderer and tho Press, which had
given the document the day before without being seized,
will be prosecuted. Let us hope that these proceedings will
throw some light upon the principles involved in this matter
—principles upon which it is indispensable that a liberal
ministry should have a definite opinion."
The Martinique journals give detailed accounts
of the reception of Prince Alfred at Fort de Frame and St.
Pierre, where he arrived on the 7th ult., on board the St.
George. As the prince was on board as a midshipman,
serving like others of the same rank, the commander of the
St. George was obliged to refuse any personal invitation
to his royal highnem, whose incognito was to be
strictly observed. But in order to have the honour of his
company at dicner, Admiral de Maussion. de Candi, the
governor, addressed a personal invitation to Captain
Egerton, accompanied by blank invitations for him to fill
up as he pleased. On landing, the whole party accompanied
the governor on horseback to the Forts St. Louis and
Desaix, where they found the garrison drawn up in line
at exercise. As if surprised by the unexpected arrival
of the governor, the troops presented arms and rendered
military honours. On Captain Egerton 's complaining of
this apparent infriagement of the incognito, the governor
replied that, being under 1111111, the troops could not omit
rendering the military honours to himself. A salute of 21
guns was also fired as the prince entered each of the forts,
and for this also a similar excuse was offered. The public
rejoicings on the occasion of the priuce's visit were most
brilliant. Their) were a dinner, a hall, an illunduatioo, sod
fireworks.