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SEfTffiffiBii 15, 1849. ,. THE NORTHERN ...
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Hisrosr of ax AuvENrusEK.—About thirty y...
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COLCHICUM A REMEDY FOR CHOLERA On the 25...
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The Harvest.—The Past Week Was Most Favo...
the improvement m the social and moral condition 0 f Ireland may be found in the tact of several regiments being about to be withdrawn from that country . Among the cavalry is the Scots Greys , jtationed iu the west , who have received & letter of readiness for England . Excpsmsaro Estates . — The commissioners appointed to carry out the provisions ofthe Irish Encumbered Estates Act will hold a court at the Cust om-house , Dublin , earl y ia October , probably on fte first of the month .
Colonisation of CosjfAuonr . —It ia said that a majority of the London corporation committee , appointed in August last to devise the best means for promoting the colonisation of Connaught , has resolved upon reporting against any interference whatever by the corporate body with the proposed scheme . The minority , however , feels so thoroughly satisfied ofthe desirableness of the project , an d so anxious for its realisation , that in order to carry out their views , as private speculators , they purpose raisine £ 500 , 080 . 5 A New Movemest . — A g itation i s lik e l y to b e renewed . The church will be attacked , and a struggle for tenant right or fixity of tenure commenced . Thereis great discontent prevailing , joined to an entire want of confidence to the government .
The Natios . — The second num ber o f t h e Nation js-written "With far more vigour than the first , and it is not unlike ' y that ihe journal will again be effectivein politics- Mr . Duffyproclalms his desire that the popular parties in both countries should be ranted , and work together against oligarchy . Tas Cholera . —The reports are ratter more favourable , and there arc symproms of an abatement of tkediseise . It Irs , however , broken out a second time in the town of Thur . e ? , and several persons havefallea victimsto its ravages . In Sligo , to \ it is still very bad , the mortality being chiefly confined , as va ihe metropolis , to the middle and " upper classes Secret Societies . —Ixckease of Military ra tub Soinn . —The following statement appears in the
Clonmcl Chronidcz— " Twelve months ago , Carrickon-Suir was the focus of an insurrectionary movement , under the auspices and direction of O'Mahony ; and the government found it necessary to concentrate upon that town a considerable military force . In the disturbance aud excitement now reviving , the tame neighbourhood again takes tbe lead . There is a desperate determination among a large number of farmers in that locality to resist to the death the payment of rent or "taxes '; and it appears they are confederated tor the purpose of carry ing cut their object . Two or three months 320 the arrests of O * Grady there , and of a mechanic in the ceuaty Cork , whoiras in communication with him , put the government in possession of
correspondence and other papers which disclosed tbe commencement of a secret-organisation . However , the general impression was that it would fall to the ground upon the arrest of the man who appeared to heitsprime mover ; and wc expected to have heard no more about it . SEt within the past fortnight , the belief became general that numerous secret societies , bound together by a terrible oath common to all , were in active operation . We doubt not that the authorities obtained timely information of the startling fact ; so wc infer from the great increase in the military ana police force of the South Riding . The following Recount of tho additional troops already arrived or expected at Carrick is from our own correspondent : — " On Wednesday last General
Macdonnald arrcred here from Kilkenny , for the purpose of proosring proper accomodation for-aa additional number of troops . " Gibraltar , 'formerly occup ied by ths S 3 d and 3 d Buffs , is fitting with speed , also the Castle and the Police-barracks in Kew-street . ^ n Thursday a company of the * 2 d Highlanders , under command of Captain Hamilton , arrived fromjClonuicl . On Saturday , we expect a troop of the-vth Hussars from Newbridge , and a company of the . 43 d Foot from Kilkenny . Thirty police arrived hereon Friday from ' © ublin . —" -One hundred and twenty constabulary arrived here on Thursday from the Phoenix-park . They have been sent in detachments to those localities that are threatened with disturbance , excepting thirty who remain here to strengthea onrforce . m the
neighbourhood of Mallinabone , a nother corre s pon d ent informs us that there have been several instances of farmers clandestinely carrying off the crops , fertile purpose of defeating the landlords in their claims for rent But , indeed , thepracticeisnow becoming so ffeneral in the country that scarcely a district is free from such occurrences . —** We have heard that on "Wednesday evening two Dublin delegates of the Secret Organisation arrived in Clonmcl , and having spent the night here left on next morning . "We only state this as a report , but as one credited by those whose opinion on such matters we value . " The local Repeal organ ( the Tipf-srary Free Press has the following remarks upon tho alleged spread of secret societies .: — " Are there secret societies ? This is a-Question that lately occupied our attention as well as that of several 'of our contemporaries . Alas 3 we fear that there are ; we fear that our too credulous -eountrvmen have been led
into a snare—have been < Iuped by some unmitigated heartless raSans intoa-oonnexion with those illegal and death-bearing associations . For some weeks past rnmoars have been boating about that an organisation was spreadkg itself through this and ihe adjoining counties . Its objects were to bearrived at -only by guesswork , the numbers it included reckoned only b y th e ex a gger a ted accounts * wiuch in such . cases arc usually put into circulation . The movements of the authorities have , howeser , given authenticity to ihe report , that something is on the lapis , the sending out detachments of military to Carrick , < fce _ , and tlie draughting in of a large additional force to Clonmcl , are evideneeBtthat they are tkcII acquainted with all the particulars of this uufostanate wicked affair , and are takmg suck steps as the well-being of society , and r & e preservatien of pro p erty imperatively demand /'
PAYING THE PJPEIt . The following scene in the Town Council of Cork shows the seaiay « idc of those " brilliant affairo "Royal visits . Mr . Toosee said , th a t on b e h a lf of th e Que e n ' s Reception Committee he had to inform the council , that the coimnitros felt bound toexpress themselves grateful to tlie town-clerk for the eiEeient assistance rendered to them . It had at first been determined to move him a public vote of thanks iu council ; but on consideration , ii sras felt that something more substantial ouuhl to be voted to him . Tlie
committee therefore voted Mm , subject tothe approval of the council , a sum * f £ 15 , and to the mayor ' s secretary ( Mr . George i'cath ) for his active services on the occasion , £ 10 . ^ Laughter . ) There were several other items in the account which ha held in his hand , amounting in all to £ S 3 8 s . 9 d ., ihe payment of which the committee had sanctioned , and which he then begged to move . Mr . Bsi 3 r . —May I inquire if this sum is included in the £ 500 originally voted by the council to defray the corporate expenses ofthe Queen ' s visit ? Several Voices . —Certainly £ ot .
Mr . Bhadx . — T he n I mu s t g e t a n cxp kma & m how these £ 500 were spent . ( "A o , no ; " aud « 'h-. ' . ir , hear . " ) Mr . Meagheb . — -PIl explain . ( "So , no ; " and clamour . Mr . KRAnr . — Let him proceed . Mr . aIeaghee . — There was a jointeommittee appointed for this council , the Harbour Board , sul committee of merchants , to manage—Mr . Peerieb . — Would it not be better to dispose of the first question before we go into another ? ( " Hear , hear ; " "No , ao ; " and clamour . ) Mr . Meacueb . —All I can say is , that you are not done with the matter for . £ 51 ) 0 ; you will have to pay some £ 300 additional . ( "Oh , oh ; " and confusion . )
Mr . Brapy . —I was under the impression that -when tliis council took a \ ote for £ 500 , that som -was to be the maximum . ( " So , no ; " " Yes , yes . " ) " Well , until every item in the expenditure of that £ 500 be accounted for I will oppose the granting of an additional sum . ( Clamour . ) Mr . Meagher . — T h ere w e r e £ S 0 O voted to the committee by the three bodies—council , har b our lioard , and committee of merchants , and the expenses amount to some £ 400 additional . (" Oh , oh ; " and "Hear , hear . " ) Mr . J . Lambkis . —Let us have tho particulars of this bill , presented by Mr . looker , read out . I perceive an item here for repairing harness , intended
to be used by the mayor on the occasion of the Queen ' s visit . ( Laughter . ) Mr . G Feath—I can explain that The mayor having been lent Mr . Fitzgibbon ' s carriage and horses for tic occasion , I recollected that there was a gentleman in the country who had a beautiful set of silver-mounted harness , the loan of which I procure d , b ut in try ing them they were found not to fit the hor s e s , so we had to send them to Mr . Holmes to get them altered and furbished . ( Laughter . ) I had to pay ten shillings for the bringing of them fiom the country , and I charged a guinea for my own trouble and expenses . (" Oh , oh , with clamour and confusion . )
_ _ , Mr . J . Lambkix . —Sow it is but fair that the public should have an insight into the vrhole of this account , and therefore I move that it be read out . ( " Hear , hear , " and confusion . ) The Tow . vCiEBK then read the account as follows : Repairing swordbearer's cap £ 0 0 0 Painting city arms on the flag ... ... ^ 1 " JJ Making tho flag ... ... ••• ••; * " " The -Mayor for repairs of harness ana gingle hire 2 IS 6 Making staves for footmen 2 1 * 0 Velvet -cusbion on which to present the
city keys ' .. ' . 1 10 0 Eeano and Turnbill , for six suits of livery for M a yo r ' s servants and cocked hata 62 0 0 [ Here there "were loud cries of " Oh , oh , " with clamour and interruption . ] The Tows Cixskproceeded : _ Circulars and cards . 0 lb -o Ornamented address ... ... .... b 17 4 taking wands « . « •<• ,.. w 1 o
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Mr . J » tiAUBKis . — -I conceive the time has come when it h absolutely necessary to drop all false deliaa & y on this subject . ( Hear , hear . ) The mayor receives a salary of £ 500 a year , and the present mayor has been two years in office , thus having received £ 1 , 000 . Were I s o circum s tan c e d I cert ai nl y w ould not act in this m a nner ; a nd I do not th i n k that the mayor gets £ 500 to put it in his pocket and keep it there . The Match . —Sir , I have not put it in my pocket . On the contrary , I have been out of pocket by the office . Mr . HonDER .- —Everything was done to compliment the citizens as well as tho Queen . ( Cries of "No , no , " and "Hear , hear . " ) There has been already too much said on this matter , and , in my opinion , all the accounts should be paid . ( " No ,
no , and " Hear , hear . " ) It is positively scandalous to see the way this council has cot on in reference to the Queen's visit . "We have been placarded in every newspaper in the three kingdoms in reference to it . The conduct of the council has been most scandalous . ( " Oh , oh , " " Hear , hear , " and uproar . ) Mr . Lamukts . —I oowsider that Mr . Hodder , with all respect for him , has as mu c h to d o wit h t he scandalous conduct of the council as any one else . ( Cl a m o ur , shouting , and great confusion . ) Mr . Bradt . — I h ave a gre a t respect for th e g re y hairs of Mr . Hodder , but I have an equal respect for myself ; and in any course I choose to adopt I will not allow my conduct to be denominated " scandalous . " I will oppose here on every occasion
the profligate squandering of the public money , regardless of every taunt . ( Loud confusion , several gentlemen endeavouring to obtain a hearing by crying , " Mr . Chairman , Mr . Mayor , wil l you hear me ? " " Hear , hear , " and " No , no . " ) After some time , when order had been restored , Mr . Dowdes said that on a former day of meeting a general vote of confidence had been passed the committee by the council , for this reason , that no individual could anticipate the expenses likely to be incurred . ( Hear , hear . ) The visit of royalty was entirely new to them ; they were untrained and inexperienced in such matters , and therefore the committee had an onerous and disagreeable dutv
discharge . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) However , the matter had turned out most favourably for Cork . ( Cries of " How , " " Hear , " " No , no / ' and clamour . ) He maintained that they had acquitted themselves with honour , and their exertions were r e cognised by the whole country , (" Oh , oh !" "Hear , hear" laughter and confusion . ) He insisted that the expenses incurred on the occasion were considered as nothing by the majority of the people . («* Hear , h ear , " "No , ney " -and increased confusion . ) Mr . Hodder . — "We have been made tho subject of comment in every paper in the three kingdoms in reference to trar conduct touching on the Queen ' s visit .
Mr . Gouxd . —So far as we have proceeded , ihe public are smite with us . ¦ (* ' Bear , hear , " and "Kb , no . " ) Mr . R . iAHBEix . —I shall oppose the vote of even cue shilling ; until it be shown "htvr the £ 500 ^ vore expended . ( " Hear , " and clamour . ) Mr . J . Lambkin . —In reference to what Mr . ? 3 ould has said , that the public feeling is in favour < of the conductof the council , I admit it-may be the case amongst the aristocratic portion of them wife " ivhom Mr . Gould has intercourse ; but amongst the people of my bumble sphere the feeling is the very reverse ( "Hear , hear , " and "" No , no . ) A man met me theother day in Patrick-street , and asked sne if the corporation could not make better use *&? tho
public money than in spending it Su cakes and tea at a ladies' party in Core . ( "Oh , oh , " " ¥ es , " "No , no . " and great confusion . ) Mr . BRAnT . —Tba people are disgusted : ; and . you -will find it on the < day of reckoning . Mr . Jexxixgs . — "The money expended lias been : & popular expenditure . ( "Oh ,-oh , " and "Yes , yes . " ) But af they were to take ncrfsco of what fell from every idle and ignorant person , as in the instanceof Mr . lambkin's informant —( laughter)—3 hey would never determine on doing any thing . ( Hear . ) Mr . J . Lambsix . — "Well , I hav e goo d a ut h o r ity that you did spend money 'down in 'Cove on a tea party . My informant is your treasurer— . (** oh , oh , " ) and great laughter , )—in the midst of which , Mr . Meagher jumped from -his cliair , crying , " Fll explain , Fll explain / ' When it was known that htr Majesty would leave -Cove on Friday
e venin g , after having visited the city , the corpora tion all , as a matter of oourse , went down . Well , sbr , the day being Friday , amd the majority ofthe gentlemen Catholics , they could not cat meat . ( Laughter . ) They had no dlaner eaten at the time ; and what wero they to do : ? - ( Laughter . ) So , sir , at was agreed to Save tea ; -and accordingly we all went up to Mrs . Broadway's on the " Beach , " and refreshed ourselves . ( Laughter . ) I must confess I took uo tea , so that I have nothing to say to it . I paid for my dinner a flat half-crown —( laughter)—for which I got a nice bit of cold roast veal and baeon , with a tumbler of hot brandy punch . ( Great laughter . ) Mr . Jameson . — And y ou e s t th e me a t w i th o ut leave Also . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Dowmsx . —I paid for my dinner also , so that I am equally clear . ( Cries of ¦ " We did the same , " from-several gentlemen . )
Mr . Meaoheb . —Well , sir , that is the secret of the tea party . The expense came to £ 1 4 t , which was paid by Mr . Carnegie , and I advised him to send in his biiL ( Laughter , j Mr . R . Lambkin .- —To end all this debating , I beg to move as an amendment to tho motion of Mr . looker— " That , until the original vote of £ 500 be accounted for , no additional money be voted . " Mr ., BraSt seconded the amendment . The Matos then put the question on the amendment , which he declared to be lost on the vica voce vote , but Mr . 5 ua » t having demanded a poll , The Towx-Clebk proceeded to call the roll , when the voting was ;
For the amendment , 4 . Against the amendment , 28 . The Mayor a ccording ly de cl a red the am e n d m e nt lost , aud then put the original motion of Mr . looker , which vras carried , under protest from Messrs . Brady and Lambkin , who contended that it being a money vote a fortniglit- 's notice should ( as required by the by-laws ) be given . Mr , Toc-KEtt moved a "rant of £ 15 to their townclerk , who had had much trouble and labour put on his hands by the visitof her M ; vjesty . Then there was the Mayor ' s secretary ( Mr . < G . Feafh ) , who had exerted himself rery much on the occasion . The committee decided on voting him £ 10 ,. which he also begged to move . ( Laughter . ) The mayor put the question on both votes , whieh wero unanimously carried . The council then separated . — Cork Examine **
Potato Crop . —There are reports from the south that the potatoes are hecoming diseased in localities where they were supposed to oesafc . A ComsrMAEEs's Bim-. —James Measc a , coffinmaker for the Xenagh union workhouse , on Thuvspay sent in a bill to the Nenagh board of guardians for 1 , 150 coffins , furajished by him from , tlse 25 th of last March to the 25 th of July—just four months .
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Hisrosr of ax AuvENrusEK . —About thirty years ago a lad of Crediton , named "White , belonging to poor parents , being tired of Jiring at home , was determined to seek his fortune , and try what he could do for himself . He first went to Exeter , and offered himself to a butcher , to do anything that might be required . The butcher employed him , aud gave him smal l w a ges , and tbe lad being steady , he continued with his master nearly two years . Being very saving , he had by this time accumulated a small sum of money , partly b y his wages , and partly by small sums given him by his master ' s customers for his oblig ing behaviour ; hut he had not sufficient money to carry htm to Loudon , where he was desirous of going . However , by the help of friends , he
procured money enough for his journey , and he went to London . After rambling about for some time he went to Shad well , and hired himself to a butcher , with whom he lived many years . At length his master died , and he set up for himself . He took a shop , bought a sheep or two , which he soon sold , and it was not long before he had a good supply of meat for his customers . Bis buswess soon considerably increased , an d af ter som e y ears Mr . White was one of thefirstbutchers in Shadwell . He had brought up a large family , and , by his industry and perseverance , had realised a handsome
fortune—his friends say not less than £ 20 , 000 . He was now about to put his son in a large business in the Commercial-road , and . shortly to retire himself , that he might enjoy the fruit of his labour . Being desirous of seeing his relatives in Crediton , he , with his wife and his youngest son , left London on Monday week , and arrived at Exeter the same evening . After staying with his friends a short time he took a tr ip to Torquay , and returned to Exeter on Thursday evenwg , when he felt poorly , and retired to rest very early . Next morning he was taken seriousl y ill , and died the following day . —irestera Times .
Destructiox op' a Slaver , ash Immense Loss OP Life . —By letters from Rio Janeiro , ofthe 3 rd of July , we learn that Her Majesty's screw steamer Rifleman had just returned from a cruise , having captured and destroyed-a fine brigantine of upwards of 300 tons , that bad 600 slaves on board . She ran ashore with a tremendous surf breaking over her . They succeeded in saving 125 of the slaves , ' about as many more swam on shore during the night , and the others were left dead on board . As the brigantine could not be got off she was set on fire . —United Servict Gazette .
Tub Church axd EnncAiios . —The state of the grammar-schools all over the country , exposed by the report of a commission , forms one of the blackest records in the whole history of abuse ; and these schools were the exclusive possession of the Church . — Dai ly News ,
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THE CHOLERA . Saturday . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhcee . London and Vicinity . —Deaths from cholera , 328 ; diarrhoea , 46 . Engxand and Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 605 ; diarrhoea , 75 . Scotland . —Deaths from cholera , 13 . Total , — Deat h s from chol e r a , 945 ; diarrhoea , 121 . Sunday and Monday . — Return of deaths from cholera and diavrhoja , London and "Vici . vmv—Deaths from cholera , 432 ; diarrhoea , 59 . England axo Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 856 ; diarrheca , 136 .- Scotland . —Deaths from cholera , 43 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , 1 , 331 ; diarrhoea , 195 . Deatb of Alderman Johnson from Diarrhea . —An inquest was held at the Brunswick Arms , Homerton , on view ofthe body of Thomas Johnson ,
Esq ., aged 85 years , late Alderman of Aldgate Ward , City , who died from diarrheca . The deceased was an inmate ofthe Charterhouse , but had lately taken temporary lodgings at No . 4 , Queen ' s-road . Homerton , for the purpose of being near his sou . He was exceedingly deaf ; and , although very feeble , he enjoyed very good health . Oa Thursday , the 6 th inst ., he complained of pains in his c hest , and he took an aperient pill , and in the evening he was attacked with diarrheca . It increased , and on the following morning he had cramps and excessive vomiting , and he died in the afternoon . — Mr . Horeil , tho surgeon , said the pains the deceased complained of were symptoms of diarrheca , and any aperient medicine would accelerate the disease
He considered the deceased died from diarrhoea . The deceased was formerl y connected w ith the Romford Bank , and was also an extensive oil merchant in Ald gate , in which business he failed . He had never been able to obtain his certificate . Verdict— " Death from Diarrheca . " More Deaths from Cholera in Millbank Prison . —An inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , at the Millbank Penitentiary , touching the deaths of Bridget Lloyd , and Mary Ann Cillan , conv i cts , who died from an attack of Asiatic cholera . The deceased were both under sentence of seven years ' transportation for larceny , and were admitted into the prison in February last in good health . One
was attacked on the morning of thc $ th inst ., and the other on the fth inst ., and they both died within twenty-four hours afterwards . It was stated that since the outbreak ofthe cholera in the prison , all the female prisoners bad been removed from their dormitory and placed in a different part , of the prison , while it was thoroughly cleansed , but notwithstanding these precautions , the disease pre sented itself at intervals , without any apparent cause . The only death that had occurred amongst tbe officers of tho prison , occurred on Saturday , when Mrs . Reckford , the wife of the steward , was attacked with that fatal disorder and died soon afterwards . Verdict — "Death from Asiatic
cholera , in each case . Os Monday an inquest "was hsld by adjournment by Mr . W . Baker , at the Woedman public-houso , White-street , Bethnal-green , on view of t h e body of Susannah Birch , aged twenty-four years , who died from cholera , alleged to have been caased by the makria arising from an offensive open-ditch under the arches of the Eastern Counties Hail way . Dr . Gavan was the principal witness in this case , and he stated that the deceased lived at No . ffi , Cudworthsbreet , Betbnal-green , where twenty-two new'houses had lately been oreoted . Tho backs of the houses were coritigsoas to the arches Nos . 90 to 110 belonging to the Eastern Counties Railway . There was ¦ & ditcn ruiming parallel between the houses and
the arches . It was 'fell of stagnant water and Tiight-soiLawdtho effluvium arising from 5 t was a sufficient cause for the outbreak < ef any pestilential fever . Each privy emptied itself into the ditch , and witness had frequently drawn the attention' of the Board-of Guardians to thenaisanoc , which had been treated with indifference , and at present nothing had Tieen done cither by the Board of Guardi a n s or the Eastern C o unt ie s R ai lway Company . The deceased had only removed into the house on Saturday week last , and was attacked with cholera on the following Sunday , from the effects of which she died on Wednesday week . Witness attributed the attsck to the offensive state of the ditch .
Several of the lodgers living ra the house gave evidence that the smells were so intolerable that' they were frequently compelled to leave their home ' s and seek for fresh air . —Mr . James Vanghan , tlie summoning officer , and inspector of nuisances , said he h a d e x a m i ne d tho place , and found in some parts of the ditch , under the arches , upwards -of four feet of soil , and the privies had lately been emptied into it . The effluvium . arising from the ditch was most obnoxious . After some further evidence the . jury requested the coroner to write to the-clerk ot * the Board of Guardians , and also to the clerk of the railway -company , and desire their presence at the inquiry for the purpose of giving some explanation of then- conduct . The jury tlien adjourned the inquiry for that purpose .
On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Baker at the Hreen Dr a gon public-house , Wells-street , Hackney , on the body of Amelia Marin Scbeville , aged six years , who died from cholera under tho following very distressing circumstances : —It appeared that the deceased lived with her parents at Wood ' s-yard , Wells-street . The deceased eiijoyed very good health until she went to reside in tho above locality , about ten months ago , aud since that period she had been in a dro o ping condition . There was a slaughter-house immediately in the rear of the premises , and the effluvium experienced in the houses was most dreadful . Frequently the inhabitants were unable to enter the houses" for
stench . There were twelve houses in the yard and only four privies , which were constantly overflowing . The houses were iu a most dilapidated state . Tlie deceased was attacked with cholera on Wednesday week , and died on the following day . Her sister was also attacked with the same disease , and died on Saturday last . The parents ofthe deceased , who have been out of employment for some time past , are now suffering from cholera . The summoning officer said there had been several deaths from cholera in Wood ' s-yard , and the houses were unfit for habitation . The coroner said he would write to the Board of Guardians , and draw their attention to the houses and also to tlie locality . Verdict" Death from Asiatic cholera . "
Sickness in tub Tower . —The battalion of the Guards which marched into the Tower from Chicester on the 1 st inst ., was in a perfect state of health on its arrival , but soon afterwards experienced the deleterious effects of the water used in the Tower . One man died on Tuesday in a few hours of tho cholera , and seventeen were on t h e same day taken into hospital with diseased bowels . The pernicious water , it seems , does not proceed from any water company , but is supplied from the Thames by means of forced pipes , which carry many impurities into the tanks .
Tiis Sorrev Sessions . —On Monday morning , on the list of tradesmen being called over to serve on the jury at the adjourned sessions , every other name was excused on the plea of suffering under attacks of diarrhoea and cholera . Four of them had died since Friday . They wero ail summoned from the neighbourhood of Kennington-lane and tho Kenningtoiwoad , where tho disease rages in a frightful manner . Tehkesbue ? . —Tho disease here has manifested itself in a most violent and fatal form , and , taking into account the comparative population of the two places , it is more destructive of life hero than
in the metropolis . The pestilence jchieny shows itself in proximity tothe rim ; and riots in the small dingy courts and alleys running out of the principal thoroughfare backward towards the water , wh e re the inhabitants are of the lower orders . Iu two houses in ono of these small courts seven persons have fallen victims . A general gloom prevails . Baenardcastle . —The cholera broke out in this place on the I 9 th of August , and has been exceeding virulent . There have been 94 cases up to the present time ( Saturday , September 8 th ) , and forty deaths . The cases have been principally in one street , Bridgegate , noted for its impurities ; -
Sheffield . —In this town early measures wero adopted to catrj out the recommendations of the Gener a l Boar d of H e alth in r es pe c t to hous e visitation , and the prompt treatment of the premonitory symptoms . For this , purpose the town was divided into districts , and placed under a sufficient s taff o f m ed i ca l o f fi c ers f or the treatm e nt of th e c as e s as they arose . Immediatel y th a t i t was as certainc d that diarrheca wa s beg inhing to be prevalent , and that a single case of cholera had occurred , the staff was put into active operation . Hitherto the most decisive effects have attended this system . J £ appears that during the last week , from Friday to Friday , the medical officers have reported 1 , 582 cases of diarrhma and premonitory symptoms as having been
un d er tr e atm e nt , and only one death from cholera . There havo been other deaths in the town from cholera , but these have occurred among persons in a better class of life , and they were , attended by their own private medical advisers . Thus it appears that the arrangements adopted have protected the poor and miserable better than the richer classes have protected themselves . This remarkable success is attributable mainly to tho dispensaries for the gratuitous dispensing of one dose of medicine , the requiring each person receiving that dose to g ive his n a me and ad dr e ss , forw a r di ng it at once to a medical officer , who s ee s t h e patient without any delay , thus making it almost impossible for a caso the
of cholera to escape being noticed , as people here have "had their attention fully directed to the symptoms which precede cholera , and the means offered are fully understood ahdappreciuted by them . Bristol , Sept . 10 . —At Bedminstcr wc had hoped from our recent returns that tho disease was subsiding , but i t ap p e ars that i t w a s on l y a lull , as for the l a st three da ys it ' has been gradually increasing . In the city of Bristol , the favourable return of yesterday is sustained , and tho disease now appears to be confined to the parish of Temple . At Stapleton workhouse the disease is still progressing . In the crowded com fs adjacent to St . James's Back , and in Lewihs Marsh several fatal cases are reported . In the out parish of St . Phili p and Jacob ,
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although the returns are withheld , we may st a te th a t the cho l era i s d e cide d l y on the increase . Several very sudden deaths are reported this day . Mertuyr and Neighbourhood . — Tho following is th e official r e turn for Sund ay , September 9 : — Merthyr—new cases , attacked 17 , dead 13 . Penydawan-dead , 1 . Dowlais-attacked , 3 , dead , 2 . — Aberdare—no caso or death . Tot a l num b er of c a ses , attacked 3 , 511 , dead 1 , 472 . ruESDAt . —Return of deaths from cholera aud diarrhoea . London and Vicinity . — Deaths from cholera , 432 ; diarrhoea , 43 . England and Walks . -Deaths from cholera , 449 ; diarrhoea , 85 . Scotland . —Deaths from cholera , 35 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , 910 ; diarrhoea , 12 S .
On Tuesday two inquests were held before Mr . W . Carter , the coroner , on the bo d ies of persons who had died from Asiatic cholera under very distressing circumstances . The first inquiry was taken at the Duke of Suffolk , Brandon-street , Walworth , respecting the death of Emma Wells , aged 44 years . —John Wells , a carpenter , of No . 13 , Canidensti-eet , Walworth , said the deceased was his wife . She was a woman of intemperate habits , but was in good health until Thursday morning , when sh e complained of pain s in the lim b s and sickness , which increased . Violent purging came on , and witness sent the landlady to Mr . Mason , the surgeon , who , being unwoll himself , srat a bottle of medicine and a powder . The latter was taken , but she refused
to take tho other . The symptoms increased , and the deceased expired in great agony at nine the same day . Witness left homo , a nd when h e return ed at one o ' c lock to dinner , he found that the body of hw wife had been taken away to the dead-house by the parish undertaker ( Mr . Lane ) . The body was taken away in two hours after death . —xue Coroner : Do you mean to say that the body was taken away and buv ed without a certificate ? - Mr . Uoke , the officer , hero explained to the coroner that bodies were removed to tho dead-house as ' soon after death as possible , by orders from the Board or Health . He had known some to bo interred without the usual document , but in the present case , the clergyman had refused to bury the bodv !
unless a certificate was produced . —Coroner * . And v ery proper too , for if such a system of hurrying bodies to the grave without % legal document as to the cawse of death , was allowed to bo carried < en , the most serious consequences would arise . —D ? s R . King , of Saville-row , the superintending inspector of nuisances for Lambeth , 'Camberwell , and Nettington , said he h ad b e e n eng a ge d f or some tim e p a s t , by'order of the Board of Health , in making an inspection of that part "of Walworth where tho deceased woman had resided . There had been a drain at the rear of t h o house , but it had been filled up . There was a quantity of sewage earth at the back of the house , from which tho . innjatcs were subjected to the inhalation of poisonous matter . He had traced soveraMcaths to this nuisance , which he
had duly . reported to the government authorities . The water which tho inhabitants of that part of Walworth were in the habit of drinking was also very bad and unfit for use , more particularly in Pilgrim-street . 10 c had ascertained that the water was supplied hy the Lambeth Water-works , and was quite unfit for-domestic purposes . —Other evidence having been taken , the Coroner remarked that something -ought' to bo done , and lie trusted that the Board of Health would carry on tlieir exertions and find some speedy remedy for the serious evils complained of . The public were much indebted to Dr . King for Ms-evidence , and the trouble he had taken in the matter before them , which was highly important for the safety of the nubile health . —The iurv
returned a verdict , " Died of Asiatic cholera . " Mr . W . Carter , the coroner , held another inquest at tho ' . Huntsman and Hounds , Park-place , Walworth-common , on the body of William Charles Ross , aged thirty years , a commercial traveller , who died of Asiatic cholera without being seen by a medical man . The evidence adduced by his wife was to the following effect . The deceased had recently taken a small cottage in Park-place , where ho enjoyed good health . On Friday he partook of a sheep ' s heart , & c . f or dinner , an d shortl y afterwards ho was seized with vomiting while in the garden . At first no particular notice was taken until the e veni n g , when pa i a s in th e stom a ch , cramps of the legs and hands came on , when he said , " It is all up
with me , I am a dsad man . " The wife ran out for medical aid at ono o'clock in the morning , and after being absent for two hours she came hack unable to get a surgeon to attend , as three that she had been to were out . She , however , got a bottle of medicine from a chemist , which somewhat checked the painybut he graduall y got wors e , when bluencss of the skin and extreme thirst came on , and he died at half-past seven o ' clock that morning . The wife was of opinion that he died from the effects of the cholera ,, and in answer to the coroner and jury assured them that there were no nuisances to account for the death . The jury very much regretted the abs ence of a medical gentlem a n , as tho deceased ' s life might have been saved . Verdict , " Died of Asiatic cholera . "
On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . Baker , at tho Town of Ramsgate public-house , Wapping , on view ' of the body of William Reid , aged 40 years , carpenter on board the brig Ilenry , of Sunderland , lying in Mill-hole Tier . The vessel arrived iu the river on Tuesday week with a very he a lthy crew , which consisted of seven men . On Friday morning last the deceased was suddenly attacked with cholera whilst in his berth in the forecastle , and a messenger sent , to llotherhithe for a surgion , but no one would attend . Subsequently some medicine was obtained from Mr . Melcomb , a surgeon in Wapping . The deceased continued to
get worse , and died on Saturday last , without having been seen by a medical gentleman . It was stated that the crews of collier vessels were generally very dirty people , and the forecastles were always in a most' filthy conditon . —Marshall , the summoning officer , said the captain had since left the vessel and could not be found . —The coroner said there was no doubt the captain had been guilty of neglect in not obtaining propsr medical assistance for the deceased . If he found he could not procure surgical aid in Rotherbithe , he ought to have applied on the Middlesex side ofthe river . —Verdict , "Death from Asiatic cholera . "
On Tuesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Old Rose , Ratcliffe-highway , on tbe body of Peter Brennan , used 26 years , a dock labourer , residing at No- 1 , Ilungerford-strcet , St . George-in-tlie-East ., who died from cholera on Friday last , at the cholera hospital in that parish , after a few hours' illness . The Rev . Mr . Quickett , the incumbent of Christ Church , St . George ' s East , said his attention had been called for some time past to the filth y condition of Ilungerfordstrcet . There , were small gutters in the centre of the street , and they were filled with stagnant water , dirt , and filth of alldescriptions . The inhabitants were in the habit of throwing their refuse and dirty water into the street in front of their houses , and the effluvium arising from it was dreadful . All the
privies were full and overflowing , and several of the houses were inundated with the offensive matter to the depth of three feet . —Mr . Garrett , surgeon , said thure had been seven fatal cases of cholera and twenty cases _ of diarrhoea in the street , resulting from bad drainage , and if something was not speedily done the disease w ou l d increase to an alarming extent . —The Rev ; Mr . . Quickett said the board of guardians were exerting themselves to have the place thoroughly cleansed , but their powers were very limited . The owners of the housed ought to be compelled to drain their premises . —After some further remarks the jury returned a verdict of" Death from Asiatic Cholera , " and the coroner said he would write to the Board of Health and draw their attention to the locality .
Cholera . Patients \ nd Middlesex Hospital . —The weekly board of the governors of this hogpital , at their meeting on Tuesday , discussed the subject of admitting patients labouring under cholera and diarrhoea without the usual recommendation" by letter . It" appeared , from the statement of Mr . Corfu , the apothecary of the hospital , that upwards of 300 cases of diarrhoea had been treated as out ; patients by tha * gentleman and Mr . Robertson , his assistant , and that more than sixty cases of cholera had been admitted into the Hospital . It was ordered by the ' board that all such cases should be admitted , during the continuance of the epidemic , without letters ; and directions were g iv e n to make this order known to the officiating clergymen of tbe district .
Bristol , Tuesday , Sept .. H .-Thereium made to-day from St . Peter ' s Hospital may be said to be most favourable ,, there being but three deaths . In theout-parish of St . Philip and . Jacob the inhabitants have been actively engaged in burning : tar-barr e ls , and taking other means of purifying the air , and here also the disease is said to have taken a favourabl e tur n , there having been but four deaths since yesterday , and seven fresh c ; ises . At the Staplcton w o r k house , however , and in the parish of Bedminster the disease is still raging with unabated malignity , v In Bedminstcr , also , the epidemic has spread with fearful rapidity in Spring street and the adjacent streets leading out of Browu ' s-row , situate in I what was originally a description of marsh under Pile-hill .
Devonpout , Sept . 10 . —The cholera has taken a very decided turn again for the worse , in this town . Yesterday there were no fewer than twenty-five d eaths , a number that far exceeds any that we have yet had to record in thU borough . Amongst the persons who died to-day is James Burnett , Esq ., the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners , who was taken ill and died in six hours . There are many other persons of the middle classes who have died ..... WoLvf . niiAMPT 0 N . -r Cholera prevails here to a most alarming extent By accounts received in Birmingham on Tuesday , fiom fifty to . sixty deaths occurred on Monday sight . A great many of the shops of the town are closed . The authorities have applied in Eirmingham : for medical assistance .
Mbbthvb and the NErGHBommooD , Mbsmr , Sept . 10 .-Tho fatal epidomic appears to le gradually on the decrease in this neighbourhood .
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¦ Wednesday . — R e turn of d ea ths from c h o ler a an d diarrhoea . London" and Vicinity . —Deaths from cho l er a , 316 ; diarrhoea , 45 . England and Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 582 ; diarrhoea , 82 . Scotland . — Deaths from cholera , 159 . [ Note . —The number of deaths from Scotland embrace returns from Edinburg h f r om the 1 s t o f A pril to the 8 th of August . ] Total . —deaths from cholera , 1 , 057 ; diarrhoe a , 127 . Manchester . —Wc regret to find that there has been a very considerable increase in the deaths from cholera in this town , since our last . Bristol , Sep . 12 . —It is gratifying to be at length enabled to announce a diminution of this fatal malady ; the return for this day shows a more favourable state of things than has been announced for some days past . Merthyk . —The official return for the places comprised w i t hi n tho M e r t h yr district is the most cheering that lias been issued since the outbreak of the disorder .
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COLCHICUM A REMEDY FOR CHOLERA On the 25 th of August wo published J . Bell ' s treatment of Asiatic cholera , in which the writer stated that ho had dispensed 10 , 000 doses ( of Colohicu m , < fcc ., ) the result of which sanctioned the assertion that under this treatment Asiatic cholera would be shorn of its terrors . The following letter , under the above heading , which appeared in the Times of Wednesday , corroborates Mr . Bell ' s statement that Colchicum is tho best and only remedy for this dreadful disease . "to the editor op the times , "Sib , —I shall feel obliged byyoiu-givingpublicity to the following successful mode of treatment of that ; dreadful epidemic , the cholera , hy Dr . Thomas \ oung Cotter , ef South Australia , who , in acommunication dated the Gth of February , speaks thus ;— 'It was not until I visited the Cholera j Hospital in the west of Ireland , and had witnessed numerous cases in London , in which every variety
of treatment had been tried , viz ., the stimulcnt , tho mercurial , the antimonial , the saline , the actual cautery , « fcc ., each in turn succeeding in a few cases , but all failing in tho aggregate , that I was induced to seek a more rational plan of treatment , when 1 was led by some analogy between tho chymical character of the blood in cholera with that ot" some other affections , in tho treatment of which colchicum had been found useful , to adopt this drug as a remedy for that disease . I had subsequently an opportunity of administering it to upwards of thirty cases in London , of ages vary ing from two years to fifty-four years , and twenty moro isolated cases in this province , including two during the present month , and I am now happy to say that tho whole of the cases so treated have recovered . I have usually administered half-drachm doses of tho tincture of the seeds every ten or fifteen minutes , and havo had occasion to exhibit a larger quantity in tho whole than two fluid ounces before the balance of
circulation had been fully restored , and all tho urgent symptoms disappeared . In tho majority of cases less than ono ounce has been found sufficient . The patients have been allowed an unlimited supply of cold water to allay their thirst , but nothing else , and all external applications have been abstained from as much as regard for the patients feelings would allow . I feel confident that colchicum is an effectual—and I believe will bo found to be the only certain—remedy for malignant cholera , and if administered as above , will cure every caso that has not been subjected to any other plan of treatment . "' Note . —Next to colchicum , the best remedy is tartarisod antimony , in ten grain doses . The after tre a tment i s , however , difficult ; the patient frequently sinks from the effects of tho remedy . Of the stimulcnt remedies the least injurious is the a c tual c autery app li e d on e ach si d e of the dor sa l
verterbvjs ; the reaction it causes is surprising , but temporary . The next in value is the essential oil of cajeput , which restores the circulation to the surface for a time , but its beneficial effect , like that of naphtha and tho actual cautery , is only temporary ; in all the severe cases the patients ultimately sink . "' Opium and brandy , which hare been " much vaunted , act as poisons , io » even ofthe milder casus recovering after their exhibition . Calomel in large doses , viz ., forty grains , will cure any caso , if administered whilst the pulse at the wrist is perceptible . When the collapse is complete , insoluble mineral remedies are useless . External application of all kinds are injurious . " ' " Trusting that the mode of treatment above recommended will , under Divine Providence , prove eminently successful , and soon become generally adopted in this country , " I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , "M . D "
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EXTRAORDINARY CASE OP ATTEMPTED EXTORTION . An elderly person and his alleged daughter , both ofhighly-respcctsible exterior , who refused to give either name or address , were brought before Mr . Broughton , at Marlborough-streot Police-court , in custody of the police , charged on tho police-sheet with having attempted to extort £ 500 from Messrs . Herrics , Farquhar , and Co ,, bankers , of St . James ' s-street , by tho following extraordinary means : — Mr . R . Hoak , of tho firm of Hemes and Co .. said about four days ago a letter was directed to the firm , which he opened . The letter was anonymous , and it was to the effect that the writer was anxious to communicate some circumstances , provided a solemn assurance were given that no o th er person than tho firm should be made acquainted
with what the writer was able to disclose . Tho writer could save the firm from degradation , from an immense loss of capital , and even from something worse : The writer said , he had been entrapped by a gang of desperate villains , and had been hurled by them from the pinnacle of fortune to the lowest sink of infamy , and if one syllabic were to be known , or t h o s li ghtest stir made , his life would pay the forfeit . The writer , ho we ver would not yield to their , vile and cruel inclinations . His soul shuddered to see and hear their cursed designs , and , though he was now suffering severe privations .
he would endure them . rather than be driven from the path of honesty which ho had hitherto followed . If the firm would pledge their faith as they hoped for mercy in heaven , not to ma k e known what he could communicate , and would also consent to lend their assistance to gctthc writer into an honest system of business , he would trust to their honour and honesty to pay the money after ho made his disclosure . They must bo quick , niid decide , for he was marked out for destruction , and would become a victim . If they accepted his proposal they were to put the following advertisement in the Times newspaper : —
B , O . N . —Your terms arc accepted . The money , as required will he sent and deposited in the place ' iwmeii . Lose not a moment . —Sept . 4 . After receiving this letter witness read it , and immediatel y took it down to Scotland-yard , and gave information to the police . A constable called at the banking-house and advised them to put the advertisement in the Times as suggested . The advertisement was accordingly sent to the Times on Tuesday , and it appeared the following day in that paper . Two d a y ' s aferwavus Nvitaesa received a second letter in the same handwriting as the first . The letter was to the effect that tho writer would have replied to the notice in the Time s before , but he had been prevented from doing so . If the firm acted
honourably with him , and did not deceive him , he would save them , or perish in the attempt , but , as he hazarded his life , the writer must havo sufficient means without delay , or all would be lost . Tho writer was full y assured that £ 20 , 000 would not cover the horrid catastrope contemplated , which would not only stop tho bank for a time , but for evciv as the books would be destroyed by slow matches . The most dreadful things were contemp lated by tho horrid gang , from which the ¦ writer'fervently prayed to be relieved . The writer had never , so he l p him God , done a deed of which he was afraid or ashamed . Unless he could privately obtain means it would bo folly to attempt to save them . At one end of Kensington-gardens , near
the Khightsbridge-road , there was a dyke , in which were two large waterpipes . Under ono of tbo watevpipcs . was sufficient VOOm to conceal a email bug . If . they sent . ii confidential . man with a bag containing 250 soverei gns , with orders to place it under' tho p ipe unseen by mortal eye , tho writer swore byAlmig hty G o d to a vert pr e sent evi l , and to inform them of all , and to denounce the villains to them . After he had done this , he should expect £ 250 . more , for he could not get into business with less money . Tho money was to be lodged about half-past eleven o ' clock , but not before . If this was done all should be well , but , if he was deceived , all the evil must fall on themselves . This letter was without date . On receiving this letter witness s e nt for the po l i c e , and in their presence prepared a marked canvas bag , and put in it a quantity of
farthings , some shillings , and a marked half-crown 1 in paper . This bag was given to the office messenger to put under the pipe . A few hours after this tho prisoners were brought to tho bankinghouse in . the . custody ofthe police . Witness said to the police , " You found the bag on one of the prisoners ? " Tho male prisoner answered , that he went into the dyke or ditch for a certain purpose , and , seeing a piece of red tape sticking out , he pulled it , and found it belonged to a bag apparently containing money / and he brought it away . —Crossex a min e d b y : Mr . Woolf : Was almost sure tho prisoner used the word "dy ke , " but would . not swear ho did . Tho bag when examined contained the coins which witness had put into it with his own hand . The bag was made to resemble a bag with 2 5 0 sov e rei gns in it .
W . Van , messenger , said he marked a half-crown , aud ii was put into a bag . He also marked the bag . Was directed to take the bag and place it in a c ertain spot , between Ilydo Park and Sensing .
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ton-gardens . Witness deposited the bag in a haha , under a waterpipe , about half-past cleveft o ' clock , and covered the bag all over except tho top part . Witness then went away . Tho halfcr o w n now pro d uc e d from tho ba g t a k e n fr o m the prisoners was the ono marked by witness . —Crossexamined by Mr . Woolf : Witness only saw a little boy lying on the grass when he put the bag under the pipe . The lodge was about eighty or hundred yards from the slope iu which the pipe was situated . The place was not a retired spot . There was no red tape visible , as witness had concealed the bag too well . The officers engaged in the affair gave evidence as to the manner in which tbe capture of tho prisoners was effected , and said that no one had been into the ditch for a certain purpose , the grass being quite dry .
... Mr . Woolf , on behalf of the prisoners , said tho charge was ono ofthe most cxtraorc'inary ho had ever known . The charge on the police-sheet was that the prisoners had endeavoured to extort tho sum of £ 500 from Messrs . Herrics and Co . under false and fraudulent pretences . That was tho charge the prisoners were there to answer ; and he would respectfully ask whether such a charge had been borne out in the least degree by tho evidence ? Mr . Buouohton said , whatever might be the chage at the station , he was not bound by what appeared on the police-sheet .
Mr . Woolf said , ho was aware of that , but the station-house charge , on the evidence produced , at once fell to tho ground . In reference more particularly to the female prisoner , he was bound to say that there did not appear to be tho least imputation against her . Tlie whole bearing of the testimony went to show that sho was only in the society of the other prisoner , and that whon tho bag was removed she was not with him , but twenty yards off . There was no evidence of guilty knowledge of any kind on her part , oven assuming that the charge was made out against tho other prisoner . The bag was given to her , and when the constable asked her for it she gave it up to him . Mr . BnouonToN . —The constable , after receiving a refusal , said Vic would take it V > ylorcevi ' vtT » a 3 I not given up .
Mr . Wooi-f contended that was all in the woman a favour . She had received the bag from her father , and would not , therefore , part with it to a person in plain clothes whom she did not know Until sho had received her father ' s sanction . There wasno case against the female prisoner , and as far as the male prisoner was concerned he could not see how the evidence implicated him . There was no proof that either of the prisoners was concerned with the letters which had been produced . It was natural that both parties should decline to give their names or addresses , as they were evidently of respectable station . What , in fact , did the whole caso amount to ? The prisoners were walking in Kensingtongardens , near a place where a bag was secreted . The male prisoner sees the bag and gets possession of it . He is followed by an officer and taken into custody . lie could not conceive what would be the legal view which tho magistrate would take of such .
a ease . Mr . Bbououton said he would tell him at once , " i n order to save tr o u b l e , that the case could not stand on tho ground it stood on in the policesheet . Mr . Wool * onl y knew of one act o f parliament " which could apply to this caso ; but then it must ha shown that a threat was made—that a certain sum was to be paid to prevent some dreadful accusation or injury being inflicted . But , even assuming the letters to have come from the prisoners , there was no threat or menace in them . Mr . Rroi / ghtojj said the offenco came under the 7 th and 8 th George IV ., cap . 29 , an act brought in by Sir It . Peel , in which it was enacted that every person sending a menacing letter to extort money or chattels should bo deemed guilty of felony , and transported beyond the seas . It was under that act that tho present case must stand or fall .
Mr . Woolf contended that there was no menace in the letters . The letters apparently emanated from some crazy brain ; but there was not a tittle of evidence to show that the prisoners knew anything about the letters . Mr . Buouohton after commending tho course adopted by Mr . Hook , said : He was at iirst disposed to think that the male prisoner might havo gone into the dike for a certain purpose , and that the prisoner accidentally saw tho strings of the concealed bag ; that , in fact , he was but a mere passerby , who had come accidentally into a situation of undeserved suspicion . But after hearing the cvi « dence ofthe officers , tho detailed statement of the way in which they had watched the place and the
movements of the prisoners for nearly two hours ,, every shadow of doubt was removed from his mind . T h e conc l usion to which he camo w a s that as the male prisoner had taken up the bag , he must have written the letters . Undoubtedly in the letters there were no direct menaces , but then judges themselves wero not agreed astothedefinition ' oftheterm . Here , however , were such terms as " bloodthirsty villains —conspirators who wore to effect some horrid catastrophe , which was to destroy the bank , the books , and do more than £ 2 ( 0 , 000 damage . " This was to be avoided by paying the writer £ 500 . It was true the writer did not say that ho was the bloodtlursty villain who was to destroy them , but he asserted
that unless he had means to go into business placed at his disposal , those villains and conspirators would effect their purposes . The letters were ingeniously worded , but not so as to avoid threats . It was a serious charge , and he admitted there was some difficulty in ii , but this made it the moro necessary that it should be tried in a higher court . Uo should , however , give the officer a week to make inquiries , and to ascertain who tho prisoners were . With respect to the female prisoner , it was possible sho was tho daughter of the male prisoner , and had acted under the control of her father . Ho was willing to take bail for her appearance , —two housekeepers in £ 80 each .
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Discomr i . v mnuno . v . —At a time when cholera , with an appalling voice , calls tho mosi earnest attention to house ventilation ; and dreadful explosions and loss of life in mines demand no less anxious efforts to devise means for the prevention of t h o s e ca lamitie s , wc have much satisfaction in anticipating that human residences may easily be supplied with a continual circulation of wholesome air , and the most dangerous subterraneous works be preserved against accidents from foul currents or firo-damps . Dr . Chownc has enrolled a patent for improvements iu ventilating rooms and apartments , of tho perfect efficacy of which , Ave believe , there cannot be a doubt , and on a principle at once most simple and unexpected . Without
going into details at present , wc may state that the improvements are based upon an action in the syphon which had not previously attracted the notice of any experimenter : —viz ., that if fixed with logs of unequal length , the ah- rushes into the shorter leg , aud circulates up , and discharges itself from the longer leg . It . is easy to see how readily this can be applied to any chamber , in order to purify its atmosphere . Let the orifice of the shorter leg be' disposed where it can receive the current , and lead it into the chimney ( in mines , i nto the shaft ) , so as to convert that chimney or shaft into tho longer leg , and you havo at onco tho circulation complete . A similar air cyphon can bo employed in ships , and the lowest ' holds , where
disease is generated in tho close berths of the crowded seamen , be rendered as fresh as tho upper decks . The curiosity of this discovery is that air in a syphon reverses the action of water , or other liquid , which enters and descends , or moves down , in the longer leg , and rises up in the shorter log . This is now a demonstrable iact ; but how is the principle to bo accounted for ? It puzzles our philosophy . That air in the bent tube is not-. t o tho surrounding atmosphere as water , or any heavier body , is evident ; and it must be from this * relation that the updraft in the longer leg is caused , and the constant circulation and withdrawal of po ll uted gases carried on . But be this as it may , ono thing is certain—that a moro useful and important discover y has never bee n ma d e for the com f ort aud health of civilised man . We see no end to its
application . Thero is no sanitary measure suggested to which it may not form a most beneficial adjunct . There is not a ho vol , a cellar , a crypt , oc a black close hole anywhere , that itmaynot cleansa and disinfect . We trust that no time ' will be lost in bringing it to the public test on a largo scale , and wc foresee no impediment to its being immediately and universally adopted for the public weal . Wo oug ht to rem a rk , that fires or heating apparatus are not at all necessary ; and that , as the specification expresses it , . "this action is not prevented by making tho shorter leg hot whilst tho longer leg remains cold , and no artificial heat is necessary to the longer leg ofthe air-syphon to cause this action to take place . " Extraordinary us this may appear , wo havo witnessed the experiments made iii various ways , with tubes from less than an inch to nearly a foot in diameter , and we can vouch for the fact being perfectly demonstrated . Light gas does
descend the shorter leg whon fieated , and ascend the longer leg whore tho column of air is much colder and heavier . —Literary Gazette . A Fejule Sjilok . —A letter received in - Nantucket from our Consul at Paita slates that the ship Christopher Mitchell , of that port , touched at Pnita-, on tho Gth . of July , to land a female -who shipped at Nantucket as a green hand , un d er the name of George Johnson ; hut who , upon her sex being known , gave her real name as Ann Johnson , daughter of George Johnson , living in Rochester , Now York , at 22 , Oak-street , a shoemaker by trade . Her appearance is said , to be that of good-looking boy of sixteen . or „ seventeen years . She did her d u t y cheerfull y , going aloft to take in sale in tho heaviest weather , and has . taken her regular mastheads and helms all the voyage . —New 1 ' ork Journal . I . v ScoiMsn there is one deaf person to every 1 , 481 of the population , making the number of mutes 1 , 702 .
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 15, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15091849/page/7/
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