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The Harvest.—The Past Week Was Most Favo...
the improvement m the social and moral condition oflrelandmayhefonndinthe fact of sevei _* al _regtruents being about to be withdrawn from that country . Among the cavalry is the Scots Greys _, stationed in the west , who have received a letter of readiness for England . _Ekcumbebid Estatbs . — The comniissioners appointed to carry out the provisions of the Irish Encumbere d Estates tot will hold a cou r t a t the Custom-house , Dublin , early in October , probably on _fte first of the month .
Coloxisation of _Cokkacgut . —It is said that a majority of the _Ltindon corporation committee , appointed _^ in August last to devise the best means for promoting the colonisation of Connaught , has resolved npon reporting against any interference whatever by the cor po r a te bod y with the proposed scheme . The minority , however , feels so _thoroughly satisfied ofthe desirableness of the project , and so anxious for ite realisation , that in order to carry out their views , as private speculators , tbey purpose raising £ 509 000
,. A New Movekest . —Agitation is likely to be renewed . The church will be attacked , and a struggle for tenant right pr fixity of tenure commenced . Thereis great discontent prevailing , joined to an entire want of confidence to the government . The Nation . — The sec o n d n _nm b er of th e Nation is written with far more vigour than the first , and it is not -unlikely that the journal will again be effectivein politics . Mr . Dunyproclaimshis desire that the popular parties in both countries _shou'd he united , and work together against oligarchy . olera
The Ch .. —The reports are rather more f a v o ura b le , and there are symptoms of an abatement of _thediseise . It his , however , broken out a s _ec o n d time in the town of _Thur _! e » , and several persons _havefaUen victims to its ravage *! . In Sligo , to- * * , it is _stitt very bad , the mortality being chiefly confined , as in the metropolis , to the middle and upper classes . Secret Societies . _—Ischease of Military , ix the South . —The following statement appears in the Clonmel Chronicle : — " Twelve months ago , Carrickon-Suir was the focus of an insurrectionary movem e nt , 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 and excitement now
reviving , the same neighbourhood again takes the 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 for the purpose of carrying out their object- Two or three months ago the arrests of O'Grady there , and of a mechanic inthe ceunty Cork , who was in communication with bim , put the government in possession of correspondence and other papers "which disclosed the commencement of a secret organisation . However , the general impression was that it would fall to the ground upon the arrest of thc man who appeared to "be its prime mover ; and we expected to have heard no more about it . But within the past fortnight , the
belief became general that numerous secret societies , hound together by a terrible oath common to all , were in active operation . We doubt not tbat the authorities obtained timely information of the startling fact ; so we infer from the great increase in the military and police force of the South Ruling . The following account of the additioual troops already arrived or expected at Carrick is from ; our own correspondent : — " On "Wednesday last General Macdonnald arrived here from Kilkenny , for the purpose of procuring proper accomodation for an additional number of troops . * Gibraltar , ' formerly occupied by the 83 d and 3 d Buffi * , is fitting with speed , also " the Castle and the Police-barracks in New-street . On Thursday a company ofthe 92 d
Highlanders , under command of Captain Hamilton , arrived from Clonmel . On- Saturday , we expect a troop of the 7 th Hussars from Newbridge , and a company of the 43 d Foot from Kilkenny . Thirty Eoli ce arrived hereon Friday from Dublin . — " One undred 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 , exc e pting thirty who remain here to strengthen ourforce . In the neighhourhood of Mullinahone , another correspondent informs us that there have been several instances of ¦ formers clandestinely carrying off the crops , for the purpose of defeating the _L-indlords in their claims for rent But , indeed , the practice is now becoming
so general in the country that scarcely a district is free from such occurrences . — " We have heard that on Wednesday evening two Dublin delegates of tbo Secret Organisation arrived in Clonmel , 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 . " Tke local Repeal organ ( the Tippcrary Free Press has the following remarks upon the alleged spread of secret societies : — "Ave there secret societies ? This is a question that lately occupied our attention as well as that of several of our contemporaries . Alas . ' wo tear that there arc ; we fear that our too credulous countrymen have been led into a snare—have been duped by some unmitigated heartless ruffians into a connexion with those illegal
and _deathbearrag associations . For some weeks past rumours have been floating about that an organisation was spreading itself through this and ihe adjoining counties . Its objects were to be arrived at only by guesswork , the numbers it included reckoned only hy the exaggerated accounts which in such cases are usually put into circulation . The movements of the authorities lave , however , given authenticity to the report , that something is on the tapis , the sending out detachments of military to Carrick , < fcc , and tbo dr a ug hting in of a large additional force to Clonmel , are evidences that they are well acquainted with all the particulars of this uufortunate wicked affair , and are taking such steps as the well-being of society , and the preservation of property imperaiivelv demand . "
PAYING TEE PIPER . Tho following scene hi the Town Council of Cork shows the seamy side of those " brilliant affairs _"Boval visits . Mr . TooKEn said , th a t on b e half of the Quee n ' s Reception Committee he had to inform the council , that the committee felt bound to express themselves grateful to the town-clerk for the efficient assistance rendered to thera . It had at first been dcterniiued to move him a public vote of thanks iu council ; but on consideration , it was felt that something more substantial ought to be voted to him . The committee therefore vote d him , subject to thc approval oftue council , a sum of £ 15 , and to the mayor's secretary ( Mr . George Feath ) for his active services on the " occasion , £ 10 . ( Laughter . ) There were several other items in the account which he held in his hand , amounting in all to £ 83 8 s . 9 d ., the payment of which the committee had sanctioned , and which he then begged to move .
Mr . BniDT . —May I inquire if this sum is included in the £ 5 00 or iginally voted by the council to defray the corporate expenses ofthe Queen ' s visit ? Several Yoices . —Certainly not . Mr . Brady . —Then I must get an explanation how these £ 500 were spent . ( "No , no ; " and "hiar , b ear " ) Mr . Meagher . —Fll explain . (" No , no ; " and clamour . Mr . Br _«> - " - . —Let him proceed . Mr . Meagher , —There was a joint committee appointed for this council , the Harbour Board , anl committee of merchants , to mana g e —
Mr . Perkier . —Would it not be better to dispose of the first question before we go into another ? ( "Hear , hear ; " "No , no ; " and clamour . ) Mr . Meagher . —All I can say is , that yon are not done with the matter for £ 500 ; yon will havo to pay some £ 300 additional . ( "Oh , oh ; " and confusion . ) . 3 D-. _Bhadt . — I w a s un de r t he impression that when this council took a rote for £ 500 , that sum was to be tbe maximum . ( " No , no ; " " Yes , yes . " ) "WeM , -until every item in the expenditure of that £ 500 bo accounted for I will oppose the granting of an additional sum . ( Clamour . ) Mr . _Meacheb . —There were £ 800 voted to the committee by the three bodies—council , h ar b our h o ard , and committee of merchants , aud the expenses amount to some £ 400 additional . ( "Ob ,
oh ; " and --Hear , hear . " ) Mr . 3 . _LAinsKix . —Let us have tho particulars of this bill , presented by Mr . Tooker , 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 the occasion , I recollected that there was a gentleman in the country who had a beautiful set of silver-mounted harness , the loan of which Iproenred , but in trying them they were found not to fit the horses , so we had to send them to Mr . Holmes to get them altered and furbished . ( Laughter . ) I bad to pay ten shillings for the bringing of them from the country , and I charged a guinea for . my own trouble and expenses . ( " Ob , oh , " witb clamour and confusion . )
Mr . J . Lamdkix . —Now itis but fair that the public should have an insight into tbe whole of this account , and therefore I move that it be read out . (" Hear , hear , " and confusion . ) The Town Clebk then read the account as follows : -Re pairing swordbearer ' s cap ... ... £ 9 0 0 Pa i ntin g cit y a rms on the fl a g 2 16 0 Making the flag 2 6 . 0 The Mayor for repairs of harness and g inglehire 2 18 6 Making staves for footmen - 2 14 O Telvet cushion on which to present the
city keys ... ... 1 10 0 Keane and _Xurnbill , for six suits of livery " for Mayor ' s servants and cocked hats 02 0 0 [ Here there were loud cries of " Oh , oh , " with clamour and interruption . ] The Tows Clerk proceeded : Circulars and cards -.. 0 16 5 Ornamented address ... ... ... 6 " 17 2 Making wands ... ... ... ... 2 I 8
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Mr . J . _Lambkijt . —I conceive the time has come w he n it » a bsolutel y necessary to drop all false delicacy on this subject . ( Hear , hear . ) The mayor receives a salary of £ 500 a year , a nd the pr es ent mayor has been two years in office , thus having received £ 1 , 000 . Were I so circumstanced I certaiulv would not act in this manner ; and I do not think that the mayor gets £ 500 to put it in his pocket and keep it there . The Mayor . — Sir , I have not put it in my pocket On the contrary , I have heen out of pocket by the office . r "
Mr . _Hodder . —Everything was done to . compliment the citizens as well as the Queen . ( Cries of "No , no , " and "Hear , hear . " ) Thero 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 got on in reference to the Queen ' s visit . We have heen placarded m every newspaper in the three kingdoms in reference to it . The conduct of the council haa been most scandalous . ( "Oh , oh , " " Hear , hear , " and uproar . ) Mr . _Lambke * . —I consider that Mr . Hodder , with
all res ect for him , has as much to do with the scandalous conduct of the council as any one else . ( Cl a mour , shouting , and great confusion . ) Mr . BmnY . —I have a great respect for the grey 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 he denominated " scandalous . " I will oppose hereon every occasion the p rofligate squandering of tbe public money , regardless of every taunt . ( Loud confusion , several gentlemen endeavouring to obtain a hearing by crying , Mr . Chairman , Mr . Mayor , will you hear me *? " " Hearhear " 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 bythe council , for this reason , that "no individual could antici pate th e expenses li kel y to be incurred . ( Hear , hear . ) The visit of Toyalty was entirely new to them ; they were untrained and ine xper ie nce d in s uch m a tters , and therefore the committee had an onerous and disagreeable duty discharge . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) However , the matt e r h ad t u rned out mo s t fa voura b l y for
Cork . ( Cries of "How , " "Hear , " "No , no , " and clamour . ) He maintained that they h ad acqu i tted themselves with honour , and their exertions were recognised by the whole country . ( " Oh , oh ! " "Hear , hear , " laughter and confusion . ) He insisted that the expenses incurred on the occasion were considered as nothing hy the majority of tbe peo ple . (" . Hear , hear , " " No , no , " and increased confusion . ) Mr . HonnEB . —We have been made the subject of comment h \ every paper in tbe three kingdoms in reference to our conduct touching on the Queen ' s
visit . Mr . Goulo . —So far as we have proceeded , the public are quite with us . ( " Hear , hear , " and "No , no . " ) . . ¦; Mr . R . Laubkis . —I shall oppose tbe vote of oven one shilling , until it be shown how the £ 500 were expended . ( " Hear , " and clamour . ) Jlr . J . Lambkin . —In reference to what Mr . Gould has said , thatthe public feeling is in favour of the conduct of the council , I admit it may be the case amongst the aristocratic portion of them with whom Mr . Gould has intercourse ; but amongst the people of my humble sphere the feeling is the very reverse . ( "Hear , hear , " and "No , no . " ) A man met me the other day in Patrick-street , and asked me if the
corporation could not make better use of the public monev than in spending it in cakes and tea at a ladies'party in Core ; ( "Oh , oh , " " Fes , " "No , no , " and great confusion . ) Mr . Brady . —The people are disgusted ; and you will find it on the day of reckoning . Mr . Jexxixgs . —The money expended has been a popular expenditure . ( " Ob , oh , " and " les , yes . " ) But if they were to take notice of what fell from every idle and i gnorant p e rson , a s in the inst a nce of Mi * . Lambkin's informant —( laughter)—they would never determine on doing anything , ( Hear . ) Mr . J . _Lambkix . —Well ,. I have good authority 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 lumped from his chair , crying , " I'll explain , I'll explain . " When it was known that her Majesty would leave Cove on Friday evening , after having visited the city , the corporation all , as a matter of course , went down . Well , sir , the day being Friday , and the majority of the gentlemen Catholics , they could not eat meat . ( Laughter . ) They had no dinner eaten at the time ; and what were they to do ? ( Lau ghter . ) So , sir , it was agreed to have tea ; and accordingly we all went up to Mrs . Broadway ' s on the " Beach , " and refreshed ourselves . ( Laughter . ) I must confess I too k . no t e a , 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 bacon , with a tumbler of hot brandy punch . { Great laughter . )
Mr . Jameso ** * . —And you eat the meat without leave also . ( Laughter . ) Mr . DownEX . —I paid for my dinner also , so that I am equally , clear . ( Cries of " AVe did the same , " from several gentlemen . ) Mr . Meagher , —Well , sir , th a t i s t he secret of tbe tea party . The expense came to £ 1 -is ., which was paid by Mr . Carnegie , andladviscdhimtosend in his bill . ( Laughter . ) Mr . R . _Lambkix . —To end all tliis debating , I beg to move as an amendment to the motion of Mr . Tooker— " That , until the original vote of £ 500 be a c c ounte d for , no additional money be voted . " Mr . BbatW seconded the amendment . The Matob then put the question on the amendment , which he declared to be lost on the vica voce vote , but Mr . Brabt bavins demanded a poll ,
The Towx-Clerk proceeded to call the roll , when the voting was : For the amendment , -4 . Against the amendment , 28 . The Mayor accordingly de c la r ed the a m e n d ment lost , and then put the original motion of Mr . Tooker , which was earned , under protest from Messrs . Brady and Lambkin , who contended that it being a money vote a fortnight ' s notice should ( as required by the by-laws ) be given . Mr . Tooker moved a grant of £ 15 to their townclerk , who had had much trouble and labour put on his ' hands by the visit of her Majesty . Then there was the Mayor ' s secretary ( Mr , G . Feath ) , who had exerted himself very much on the occasion . The committee decided on voting him £ 10 , which he also begged to move . ( Laughter . ) . Thc mayor put the question on both votes , which were unanimously carried . The council then separated . — Cork Examiner .
Potato Cnor . —There are reports from the south that the potatoes are becoming diseased in localities where they were supposed to bc safe . A Coffin-maker s Bill . —James Meara , coffinmaker f or the N e n a g h union workhouse , on Thurspay sent in a bill tb the Nenagh board of guardians for 1 , 130 coffins , furnished by him fromthe 25 th of last March to the 25 thof July—just four months .
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History of ax Advexibrer . —About thirty years ago a lad of Crediton , named White , belonging to poor parents , . being tired of living at home , was determined to seek his fortune , and try what he could d p for himself . He first went to Exeter , and offered himself to a butcher , to do anything that might bc required . The butcher . employed him , and gave him small wages , and the lad being stead y , he continued with his master nearly two years . Being very saying , he had by this time accumulated a small sum of money , partly by hi 3 wages , and partly by small sum 3 given him by his master ' s customers for his obliging behaviour ; but he had not sufficient money to carry him to London , where he was desirous o f going . However , by the hel p of f rien ds , he
procured money enough for his journey , ana ne went to London . After rambling about for some time he went to Shadwell , and hired himself to a butch e r , with whom ho lived many years . At length his master died , a nd he set up for himself _, ne took . a shop , bough t a sheep o r two , which he soon sold , and it was not long before he had a good supply of meat for his customers . His business soon considerably increased , and after some years Mr . White was . one of the first butchers 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 . Ho 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 trip to Torquay , and returned to Exeter on Thursday even i ng , when he felt poprly , and retired to rest very early . Next morning he was taken ser i ousl y ill , and died the following day . —Western Times .
_Dkstr-gciios op a Slaver , asd Ijdibxsb Loss of Life . —By letters from Rio Janeiro , ofthe 3 r d of July , we learn that Her Majesty ' s sorew steamer Rifleman had just returned from a cruise , having captured and destroyed a fine brigantine of upwards of 300 tons , that had 600 slaves on board . She ran ashore with a tremendous surf breaking over her . They succeeded in saying 125 * of the slaves , about as many more swam on shore during the night , and tbeothers were left dead oa board : As the brigantine could hot be got off she was set on fire . —United Service Gazette .
Tun Church asd Edbcatioi * _* . —The state of the grammar-schools all over the country , exposed by the ; report of a . commission , forms one of the b l ac kest recor d s in the wh o le hist o ry of a b use ; and these schools were the esclusire possession of the Church . —Daily News .
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THE CHOLERA .. SATORnAT . — -Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . London and _Vicisiir , —Deaths from cholera , 328 ; di a _rrhro a , 40 . England and Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 605 ; diarrhoea , 75 . Scotland . — Deaths from cho l era , 13 . Total . — De a ths fromchol e ra , 91 5 ; d iarrho e a , 121 . Sunday and Monday . — R e turn of de aths f rom cholera and diarrho _? a . London and Vicinity . — De a ths from c h ol e r a , 432 ; diarrhoea , 59 . _Esolasd and Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 850 ; diarrhoea , 136 . Scotland . —Deaths from cholera , 43 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , 1 , 331 ; di a rrhoe a , 195 . Death of Alderman Johnson from Diarrhoea . —An inquest was held at the Brunswick Arms , _Homerton , on view ofthe body of Thomas Johnson , Esq ., aged 85 years , l a te A ld e rman of Ald gato Ward , ( fity , who died from diarrhoea . The deceased was an inmate of the Charterhouse , but had lately
taken , temporary lodgings at No . 4 , Queen's . -road . H o merton , for tho purpose of being near his son . He was exceedingl y deaf ; an d , although very feeble , he enjoyed very good health . On Thursday , the 6 th inst ., he complained of pains in his chest , andhe took an aperient pill , and in the evening he was attacked with diarrhoea , 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 thc deceased complained of were symptoms of diarrhoea , and nny aperient medicine would aceolerate the disease . He considered tho deceased died from diarrhoea . The d ece a s ed was formerly connect e d w i t h the Romford B a nk , and was also an extensive oil merchant in Aldgate , in which business he failed . He had never , been able to obtain his certificate . Verdict— " Death from Diarrhoea . "
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 , convicts , who died from an attack of Asiatic cholera . The deceased were both un d er s ent en c e of se ven ye a rs ' transportation for larceny , and were admitted into the prison in February last in good health . One was attacked on tho morning of the 6 th inst ,, and the other on the " 7 th inst ., and they both died within twenty-four hours afterwards . It was stated that since tho outbreak Of the 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 presented itself at intervals , without any apparent causo . The only death that had occurred amongst the 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 . On Mosday a n inque s t was h e ld b y adj ournment by Mi * . W . Baker , at the Woodman public-house , White-street , Bctbnal-green , on view of thc bod y of Susannah Birch , aged twenty-four years , who died from cholera , alleged to have been caused by the malaria arising from an offensive open ditch under the arches of the Eastern Counties Railway . Dr .
Gavan was the principal witness in this case , and he stated that thc deceased lived at No . 16 , Cudworthstreet , Bethnal-green , where twenty-two new houses had lately been erected . Thc backs of the houses were contiguous to the arches Nos . SO to 110 belonging to the Eastern Counties Railway . There was a ditch running parallel between the houses and the arches . It was full of stagnant water and night-soil , and the e ffluvium a r isin g from it was a sufficient cause for the outbreak of any pestilential fever . Each privy emptied itself into the ditch , and witness had frequently drawn the attention of tho Board . of Guardians to the nuisance , which had b een tre a ted with ind i ff e ren c e , and at present nothing had been dono either by the Board of
Guardians or the Eastern Counties Railway Company . Th e d ec e ase d had only r emoved i nto t he house on Saturda y we e k l as t , and was attacked with cholera on the following Sunday , from the effects of which she died on Wednesday week . Witness attributed the attack to the offensive state of the ditch . Several of the lodgers living in the house gave evidence that the smells were so intolerable that they were frequently compelled to leave their homes and seek for fresh air . —Mr . James Vaughan , the summoning officer , and inspector of nuisances , said he had examined thc place , and found in some parts o f the dit ch , under the arches , upwards of four feet of soil , and the privies had lately been emptied into it . Tho effluvium arising from thc ditch was most
obnoxious . After some further evidence the jury reque s te d t he coroner to w rite to the c l e rk o f th o Board of Guardians , and also to th e cl er k o f th o railway company , and desire tlieir presence at tho inquiry for the purpose of giving some explanation of tlieir conduct . The jury then adjourned the inquiry for that purpose . On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Baker at the Green Dragon public-houso , Wells-street , Hackney , on the body of Amelia Maria Scheville , aged six years , who died from cholera under tho following ver y distressing circumstances : —It appeared that thc deceased lived with her parents at _WOod's-yard , Wells-street . The deceased enjoyed very good health until she went to reside in the above locality , about ten months ago , and since that period she had been in a drooping condition . There was a slaughter-house immediately in tho rear
of the premises , and the effluvium experienced in tho houses was most dreadful . Frequently the inhabitants wero unable to enter the houses for stench . T h er e wer e twelve houses in the y a rd a n d only four privies , which were constantly overfiow ing . The houses were in a most dilapidated state The 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 employ ment for some time past , a r c now suff e rin g from cliolera . The summoning officer said ther e had been sever a l d ea t hs f r o m cholera in Wood's-yard _, and thc houses wore unfit for habitation . The coroner said he would write to the Board of Guardians , and draw their attention to thc houses and also to the locality . Verdict" Death from Asiatic cholera . "
Sickness in the 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 oftho cholera , and seventeen were on the same day taken into hospital with diseased bowels . The pernicious water , it seems , does not proceed from any water comp a ny , but is supplied from the Thames by means of forced pipes , whieh carry many impurities into the tanks .
_Tni Surrey Sessions . —O n Mon da y morning , on the list . of tradesmen being called over to serve on the jury atthe adjourned sessions , every other name was excused on the plea of suffering \ mdcr attacks _ofdiarrhooa and cholera . Four of them had died since Friday . They were all summoned from the neighbourhood of Kennington-lano and tho Kennington-road , where thc disease rages in a frightful manner . _TEWKEsnuRr . —The disease hero has manifested itself in a most violent and fatal form , and , taking i n to a c c ount t h e com pa rat i ve population o f t h e two places , it is more destructive of life here than in thc metropolis . The pestilence [ chiefly shows itself in proximity to the river , and riots in thc small dingy courts and alleys running out of the principal tho r o u g hfare backward * towards tho water , _lvhere tho inhabitants are of tho lower orders . In two houses in one of those small courts seven persons have fallen victims . A g e neral gloom prevails . _Basnardcastle . —Tho cholera broke out in this
place on tho 19 th of August , and has been exceeding virulent . There have been 04 cases up to the present time ( Saturday , September 8 th ) , and forty deaths . The cases have been principally in one stre e t , Bridgegate , noted for its impurities . . Sheffield . —In this town early measures were a dopted , to carry out tho recommendations of the General _IJoard of Health in respect to house visit a t i on , and the prompt treatment of the premonitory symptoms . For this purpose the town was divided into districts , and placed under a sufficient staff of medical officers for the treatment of the cases as they arose . Immediately that it was ascertained that diarrhoea was beginning to be prevalent , and that a single case of cholera had occurred , the staff tue inost
was put into active operation , _iiitnerto , decisive effects have attended this system . It appears that during tho last week , from Friday to Friday , the medical officers have reported 1 , 582 cases of diarrhoea and premonitory symptoms as having been under treatment , and only one death fromcholera . There have been other death ' s in the town from cholera , but these have occurred among persons in a better class ' of life , and they were attended by then-own private medical advisers . Thus it ap pea _rs that thc arrangements adopted havo 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 give his name and address , forwarding it at once to . a
medicil officer , who se c s _. fche patient without any delay , thus making it ' almost impossible for a case of cholera to oscapo being noticed , a s th o peop le here have had their attention fully directed to the svmptoms which precede cholera , and the means ottered are fully understood and appreciated by theni . Bristol , Sept . 10 . —At Bedminster we had hoped from , our recent returns thatthe disease was subsiding ,: but it appears that it was onl y a lull , as for the last three days it has been gradually increasing . In the city of Bristol , the favourable return of yesterday is sustained , and the disease now appears _, to be confined to the parish of Temple . At Stapleton workhouse tKe disease is still progressing .. In the crowded courts adjacent to St . James ' s Back ; and in Lcwins Marsh several fatal cases are re * - ported . In the out parish of St . Philip and Jacob ,
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although tho returns are withheld , we m a y st a to that the cholera . is decidedly ' on 'the iricrease . Several very sudderi ' deathsare reported this day . Mehthys aks Neighbourhood . *— The following is the official return for Sunday , September 9 : — M e rth yr—new cases , attacked 17 , dead 13 . Penydarran—dead , 1 . Dowlais—attacked , 3 , dead , 2 . — Aberdare—no case or death , Total number of cases , att a cked 3 , 511 , dead 1 , 472 . Tuksday . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . London and _Vicinitt . — Deaths from cholera , 432 ; _diarrhma , 43 . England and Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 449 ; diarrhoea , 85 . Scotland . —Deaths from cholera , 35 . Total . —Deaths f rom choler a 010 ; diarrhoea 128 .
, , On Tuesday two inquests were held before Mr . W . C a rter , the coroner , on the bodies of persons who had died from Asiatic cholera under very distressing circumstances . The first . inquiry was taken at thc Duke of Suffolk , Brandon-street , Walworth , r e s pe cting the de a th o f Emm a Wells , aged 44 years . —John Wells , a carpenter , of No . 13 , Camdenstreet , Walworth , said the deceased was his wife _, oho was a woman of intemperate habits , b ut was in good health until Thursday morning , when she complained of pains in the limbs and sickness , winch increased . Violent purging camo on , and witness scut the landlady to Mr . Mason , the surgeon , who , being unwoll himself , sent a bottle , of _nietHcine and a powderThe latter was taken but
. , she refused to take the other . The symptoms increased , and the deceased expired in great agonv at nine the same day . Witness left home , and when ne returned at one o ' clock to dinner , he found that thebody of his wife had been taken away to the dead-house by : the parish undertaker ( Mr . Lane ) _, ihe body was taken away in two hours after death . —1 lie Coroner : Do you mean to say that the body was taken away and bur ' ed without a certificate ?—Ali ' . Cooke , the officer , hero explained to the coroner that bodies wero removed to the dead-house as soon after death as possible , b y or d ers fromt h e Hoard of Health . He had known somo to bo interred without the usual document , but in the present case tho clergyman had refused to bury the bodv
unless a certificate was produced . —Coroner And very proper too , for . if such a system of hurrying bodies to the grave without a legal document as to t h e c a use o f d eath , was allowed to bo carried on , the most serious consequences would arise , —Dr . R . King , of Saville-row , the superintending inspector of nuisances for Lambeth , Camberwell , andNewington , said ho had been engaged for some time past , b y or de r of t h e Boar d of H ea lth , in making an inspection of that part of Walworth where tho deceased woman had resided . There had been a drain at the rear of the house , but it had been filled up . There was a quantity of sewage earth at the back of the house , from which the inmates were subjected to the inhalation of poisonous matter . He
had traced several deaths to this nuisance , whicli he had duly reported to the government authorities . The water which the inhabitants ofthat part of Walworth were in the habit of drinking was also vory bad and unfit for use , more particularly in Pilgrim-street . He had ascertained that the water was supp lied , by the Lambeth Water-works , and was quite unfit for domestic purposes . —Other evidence having been taken , th e Cor o ner remarked that something ought to bc done , and he trusted that thc Board of Health would carry on their exertions and find some speedy remedy for the serious evils complained of . The public wero much indebted to Dr . King for his evidence , and the trouble he had taken in t h o matter b efor e th e m , which was highly
important for the safety of the public health . —The jury returned a verdict , " Died of Asiatic cholera . " Mr . W . Carter , the coroner , held another inquest at tho Huntsman and Hounds , Park-place , Walworth-comraon , on the bod y 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 tho following effect . The deceased had recentl y taken a small cottage in Park-place , where he enjoyed good health . On Friday ho partook ofa sheep ' s heart , < . fcc . for dinner ,. au d s hortl y afterwards he was seized with vomiting while in the garden . At first no particular notice was taken until the evening , when pains in the stomach , cramps of the legs aiid hands came on , when he said , " It is all up
with me , I am a dead man . The wifo ran out for medical aid at ono o'clock iri the morning , and after being absent for two hours she came back unable to g e t a surgeon to att e n d , as three that she had been to were out . She , however , got- a bottle of medicine from a chemist , which somewhat checked the pain , but bo gradually got worse , when blueness of the skin and extreme thirst came on , and hc di e d a t half-past seven o ' clock that morning . The wife was of opinion that lie died from the effects of tlio cholera , and in answer to the coroner and jury assured them _th-it there were no nuisances to account for the death . The jury _vtry much regretted tho abs ence of a me d i ca l gentleman , as tbe deceased ' s life might havo been saved . Verdict , " Died of Asiatic cholera . "
On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held hefore Mr . Baker , at the Town of Ramsgatc public-house , Wapping , on view of the body of William Reid , aged 40 years , carpenter on board the brig Henry , of Sunderland , lying in Mill-hole Tier . Tho vessel arrived in the river on Tuesday week with a very he a lth y 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 Rotherhithe for a surg e on , but no one would attend . Subsequently some medicine was obtained from Mr . Melcomb , a surgeon in Wapping . The _decsased 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 summ o nin g 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 proper medical assistance for the deceased . If he found be could not p r oc ure sur g ical a i d in Rotherhithe , he ought to have applied on the Middlesex side of the river . —Verdict , " Death f rom Asiatic cholera . "
On Tuesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Old Rose , Ratcliffe-highway , on the body o f Peter Brennan ,. _aaed 20 years , a dock labourer , residing at No . 7 , Hungerford-strcet , St . George-in-tiie-East , who died from cholera on Friday last , at the cholera hospital in that _pavisli ,. after a few hours' illness . The Rev . Mr , Quickett , the incumbent of Christ Church , St . George ' s East , said his attenti on had been called for some time past to the filthy condition of Hungerfordstrcet . There were small g utt e rs in the centre of the stre e t , and they . were filled with stagnant water , dirt , and filth of all descriptions . The inhabitants were in the habit of throwing their refuse and dirty water into the street in front of their houses , and the effluvium ari s in g from it was dreadful . All the
privies were full and overflowing , and several of tlie houses were inundated witb the offensive matter to the depth of three feet . —Mr . Garrett , surgeon , said there 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 would 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 ofthe _houses ought to be compelled to drain their premises . —After some further remarks the jury returned a verdict of" Death from Asiatic Cholera , " andthe coroner said he would write to the Board of Health , and draw their attention to the Iocalitv .
CHOLEnA Patients and _Mioolesex Hospital . —The weekly board of the governors of this hospital , 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 . Corfe , the . apothecary of the hospital , that upwards bf 300 cases of diarrhoea had been treated as outpatients by that gentleman aud Mr . . Robert s on , hi s assistant , and that more than sixty cases of cholera had been admitted into the Hospital . It was . ordered by the board that _. all sueh eases should be admitted , during the continuance of the epidemic , without letters' and directions were given to make this order known to the officiating clergymen of the district . ¦ . ,
. Bristol , Tuesoay , Sept . ll . —Thereturn made to-day from St . Peter ' s Hospital may be said to be m os t fav o ura b le , there being but three deaths . ' In the ' out-parish of St . Philip and Jacob the inhabitants have been actively engaged in burning tar-barrels , and taking other means of purifying the air , and _hereialso the disease , is said , to haye taken afavonrablejurn , there haying been but four deaths since yesterday , and seven fresh cases . At the Stapleton w o rkhouse , however , and in the parish of Bedminster the disease is still raging with unabated , malignity . In Bedminster , also , the e p idemic has s p re ad with fearful rapidity in Spring-street and the . adjacent streets leading out of _Browa ' s-row , situate in what was originally a . description of marsh under Pile-hill .
_DEvoNroBi-, 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 deaths , a number that-far exceeds any that wo have yet had to record in this 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 . arc many other persons of the middle classes who have died . ... ¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ •• : ¦ , . _WoLyE RnAMPlON . _^ _Choleraprevailsheretoamost alarming extent . * . By accounts received in ! Birmingham on Tuesday , from fift y to sixt y 'deaths occurred on Monday- night . A : great many of ' the sho p s of the town are closed . The authorities have applied in Birmingham for medical assistance . " : ' '
_MEBTIltll AND _iTBE _NBIGHBhunHOOD , 'MONDAT _, Sbft . 10;—The fatal epidemic appears to he gradu-. all y on the decrease in this neighbourhood .
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_Wbdnbsdat . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . London and Vicimiit . —Deaths from choler a , 316 ; diarrhoea , 45 . _Bsoiakd and Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 5 S 2 ; di a rrhoea , 82 . Scotland . — Deaths from cholera , 159 . [ Note . —The number of de a ths f rom S c otl a nd embra c e returns from E d inburg h from th e 1 s t of April to the 8 th o f August . ] Total . — deaths from cholera , 1 , 057 ; _diarrhojs , 127 . _Manchester . —We 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 bo at length enabled to announce a diminution of this fatal malady ; the return for this day shows a more favourable stato of things than has been announced for some days past . _MisiiTHTn . —Tho official return for the places comprised within tho Merthyr district is the most cheering that has been issued since the outbreak of the disorder .
Colchicum A Remedy Por Ddolera ' On The ...
COLCHICUM A REMEDY POR DDOLERA ' On the 25 th of August we published J . Bell ' s treatment of Asiatic cholera , in which the writer stated that he had dispensed 10 , 000 doses ( of Colchicum , & c ., ) the result of which sanctioned the assertion that under this treatment Asiatic cholera would be shorn of its terrors . The following letter , undor the above heading , which appeared in the Times of Wedne s d a y , corroborates Mr . Bell's statement that Colchicum is the best and only remedy for this dreadful disease .
" TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES . "Sih , —I shall ltel obliged byyour giving publicity to the following successful mode of treatment of that _Idreadful epidemic , the c hol e r a , by Dr . Thomas Young Cotter , of South'Australia , who , in a communication dated the 6 th of February , speaks thus : — ' It was not until I visited the Cholera Hospit a l in the west of Irelan d , and had witnessed numerous cases in London , in which every variety of treatment had beon tried , viz ., the stimulent , tho mercurial , the antimonial , the saline , tho actual cautery , Ac , each in turn succeeding in a few cases , but all failing i n t h o a ggr e gate , that I was induced to seek a more rational pla n o f treatm e nt , when I was led by somo analogy between thc chymical
character of the blood in cholera with that of some other affections , in the treatmentof which colchicum had been found useful , to adopt this drug as a remed y for that disease . I had subsequentl y an opportunity of administering ifc to upwards of thirty cases in London , of ages vary ing f rom two y ea r s to fifty-four years , and _twenty more isolated cases in this province , including two during the present mont h , and I am now happy to say thatthe whole of the cases so treated havo recovered . I have usually administered half-drachm doses of the tincture of the seeds every ton or fifteen minutes , and havo had occasion to exhibit a larger quantity in tho wholo than two fluid ounces before the balance of circulation had been fully restored , an d a l l the urg e nt
symptoms disappeared . In tho majority of cases less than one ounce has heen found sufficient . The patients have been allowed an unlimited supply of cold water to allay their thirst , but nothing else , and all external applications havo 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 be found to be thc only certain—remedy for mali gnant chol e r a , and if administered as above , will cure every case that has not been subjected to any other plan of treatment . " Note . —Next to colchicum , the best remedy is tartarised antimony , in ten grain doses . Tlie after treatment is , however , difficult ; the patient frequentl y sinks from the effects of the remedy . Of the stimulent remedies the least injurious is the actual cautery applied on each side of tho dorsal
verterbra *; the reaction it causes is surprising , but temporary . Thc next in value is the essential oil of cajeput , which restores the circulation to tho surface for a time , but its beneficial effect , like that of naphtha and tho actual cautery , is only temporary ; in all the severe e a ses tho patients ultimately sink . " ' Opium and brandy , wliich havo been much vaunt ed , act as poisons , fo < •* even ofthe milder cases recovering after their exhibition . Calomel in largo doses , viz ., forty grains , will cure any case , if administered whilst thc pulse at the wrist is perceptible . When the collapse is complete , insoluble mineral remedies aro useless . External application ofall kinds are injurious . " ' " Trusting that thc mode of treatment above recommended will , un d er D i vine Providenc e , prove emine n t ly 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 of higbly-vcspccbnble exterior , who refused to give either name or address , were brought beforo Mr . Broughton , at Marlborough-street Police-court , in custody of the police , charged on the police-sheet with having attempted to extort £ 500 from Messrs . Herries , Farquhar , and Co ,, bankers , ef St . James ' s-strect , by the following extraordinary means : — Mr . R . Hoak , of the firm of Herries and Co .. said about four day 3 ago a letter was directed to the firm , wbich he opened . The letter was anonymous , and it was to the effect that tho writer was anxious to communicate some circumstances , provided a solemn assurance wero given that no other person than the firm should be made acquainted with what the writer was able to disclose . The
writer could save the firm from degradation , f rom 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 syllable were to be known , or thc slig ht e st stir ma de , his life would pay tho forfeit . The writer , however , woul d not yield to their vile and cruel inclinations . His soul shuddered to seo and hear their cursed designs , and , though he was now suffering severo privations , he would endure them rather than be driven from
the path of honesty which he had hitherto followed . If tne firm would , pledge their faith as they hoped for mercy in heaven , not to make known what he could communicate , and would also consent to lend their assistance to gctthc writer into an honest systcm of business , he would trust to their honour and honesty to pay the money after hc made his disclosure . -They must be quick and decide , for he was marked out for destruction , and would become a victim . If they accepted bis proposal they were to put the following advertisement in the Times newspaper : —
It . O , N _. —Your terms arc accepted . The money , as required will be sent and deposited in the . place named . Lose not a moment—Sept . 4 . After receiving this letter witness read it , and immediately took it down to Scotland-yard , and g a ve information to the police . A constable called at the banking-house and advised them to put the advertisement iu the Times as suggested . The advertisement w a s a ccor d in gly sent to the Times on Tuesday , and it appeared the following day in that paper . Two day ' s , aferwards witness received a second letter in tho samo handwriting as the first . The letter was to the effect that the writer would have replied , to the notice in the Times before , but he had been prevented from doing so . If the firm acted
honourably with hini , and did not deceive lum , hc would save them , or perish in the attempt , but , as he hazarded his life , thc writer must havo sufficient means without delay , or all would be lost . Tho writer was ful _' y assured that £ 20 , 000 would not cover tbe horrid catastrope contemplated , which would not . only stop tho bank for a time , but for ever , as the books would be destroyed by slow matches . The most dreadful things were cont e mp lated by the horrid gang , from whioh the writ e r f e rventl y prayed lo be relieved . Tho writer had never , so help him God , done a deed of which he was afraid or ashamed . "Unless ho could privately obtain means it would bo folly to attempt to save them . At one end of Kensington-gardens , ne a r
I the Knightsbridge-road , tliere was a dyke , in which | were two large waterpipes . Under one of the ! waterpipes was sufficient room to conceal a small bag . If thoy sent a confidential man with a bag cont a _in i ng 250 sovereigns , with orders to place it un d er thc pipe unseen by mortal eye , tho writer swore by Almighty God to avert present evil , and to inform them of all , and to denounce the villains to them . After he had done this , he should expect £ 25 Q _;* moYe , for he could not get into business with less i-honey . The 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 sent for tho police , and in their presence prepared a marked canvas baa ; , and put in it a ouantitv of
farthings , some shillings , and a marked half-crown in paper . This bag was given to-the office messenger to put \ indcv the pipe . A few hours after tin ' s the prisoners wore brought to . the bankinghouse in the custody of the police ; . Witness said to the police , " You found tho bag on one ofthe pri s oners % " _-. The 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 ho brought it away . —Crossexamined by . Mr . Woolf : Was almost ; sure the prisoner . used the , word * . _* dyke , '' but would not swear he did .. The . hag when examined contained ' the Coins which witness had put into it with his own hand . . The bag was madoi to resemble a bag with 250 sovereigns in ifc , . _y- - _¦"
W . Van , messenger , said-he marked a half-crown , and'it was put into a'bag . Ho also marked the bag . Was directed to take the bag and place it in a certain spot , between Hydo Kirk-and Kensing-
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ton-gardens . Witness deposited the hag in a ha » ha , under' a waterpipe , about Iialf-past eleven o ' clock , and covered the bag all over except tha top part . Witness tbon went away . The halfcrown now produced from the hag taken from the prisoners was the one marked by witness . —Crossexamined by Mr . Woolf ; Witness only saw a littl e bo y l ying ou the grass when ho put th-:. * bag under the pipe . Tlie lodge was about eighty or hundred yards fromthe slopoin which tho pipe waa 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 cviihmca
as to tho manner in wliich the capture oftho prisoners was effected , and said that no on- * - , had been into tho ditch for a certain purpose , tin * grass being quite dry . Mr . Woolf , on behalf of the prisoners , said tha charge was ono of the most _extraordinary he had ever known . The charge on the police-sheet was that thc prisoners had endeavoured to extort the sum of £ 6 * 00 from Messrs . Herries and Co . undeC falso and fraudulent pretences . That was tha charge tho prisoners were there to answer ; and ha would respectfully ask whether such a charge had been borne out in the least degree by the _evidenee ? Mr . BnouGmoN said , whatever might !••• tha chage afc the station , he was not bound-by what appeared on the police-sheet .
Mr . Woou * said , ho was aware of that , but th © station-house charge , on the evidence produced , at once fell to tho ground . In reference more par _* - ticularly to the female prisoner , he w _» 3 bound to say that thero did not appear to be tho L _* ii _** fc imputation against Jier . The whole" bearing of thertestimony went to show that she was only in tha society of * the other prisoner , and th . it when tho bag was removed she was not with him , but t \\ . nty yards off . There was no evidence of guilty know * ledge of any kind on her part , even _assuuiing that tho charge wasmade out against tho other _prisonor . The bag was g iven to her , and when tho _constablcasked her for it sho gavo ifc up to him . Mr . _BnouoitTON , —The constable , after _rccinving a refusal , said he would take it by force if ii was not given up . Mr . Woom ? contended that was all in the w : ¦* -an ' s
favour . She ha « . received the bag from her 1 . iher , and would not , therefore , part with it toa ;; rson in plain clothes whom she did not know u _; .. _ishij had received her father ' s sanction . There -.- -sno _* case against the female prisoner , and as far ¦ . _* tha male prisoner was concerned ho could not ¦ ¦¦ ¦ how tho evidence implicated him . There was _u-. _trooj that either of the prisoners was concerned _witii tho letters which had been produced . It was _nntural that both parties should decline to give their names or a ddress e s , as they were evidently oi" respectable station . What , in fact , did the whole caso amount to ? The prisoners were walking in Keii' _-ingfcon _* - gardens , near a place where a bag was . secreted . Tho male prisoner sees the bag and gets possession of it . Re is followed by an officer and taken into custody . lie could not conceive what would bo the legal view wliich tho magistrate would take of such
a case . Mr . Broughton said he \ i ould tell him at once , in order to save trouble , that the case could nob stand on tho ground it stood on in the policei sheet . Mi * . Woolf only knew of one act of parliament which coul d ap ply to this case * , but then it must be shown that a threat wits made—that a certain sura was to be paid to prevent some dreadful accusatioa or injury being inflicted . But , even assuming the letters to have come from the prisoners , there was no threat or menace in them .
Mr . Broughton said the offence came under the 7 th and 8 th George IV ., cap . 29 , an act brought in . by Sir R , Peel , in which it was enacted that- every person sending a menacing letter to extort money or chattels sliould be deemed guilty o f fel ony , -md transported beyond the seas . It was under that act that the present case must stand or fall . . Mr . Woou ? contended that there was no menace * in the letters . Thc letters apparently emanated from some crazy brain ; but there was uot a tittle of evidence to show that thc prisoners knew anything about the letters .
Mr . _Brotjohto" ** after commending the courser adopted by Mr . Hook , said . * He was afc first disposed to think that the male prisoner niight have gone into the dike for a certain purpose , and that tho prisoner accidentally saw tlio strings of the concealed bag ; that , in fact , he was but a mere passerby , who bad como accidentally into a situation of undeserved suspicion . But after hearing tho evidence of the officers , the detailed statement of tho way in which they had watched the place and the m o vement s of t hc p r i soner s f o r n ea r l y t w o hours , every shadow of doubt was removed from his mind . Tho conclusion to which he camo was , that as the male prisoner h ; _id taken up the bag , he must have written the letters . Undoubtedly in tho letters there were no dir e ct m e n a c es , but then judges themselves werenot agreed _iistothodefinitionoftlietci'in . Here , however , wer e suc h t e rms a s '' bloodthirsty villains * —conspirators who were to effect some horrid
catastrophe , which was to destroy tho bank , the books , and do more than £ 20 , 000 damage . " This was to be avoided by paying the writer £ 500 . It was true the writer did not say that he was tho bloodthirsty villain who was to destroy them , but he asserted that unless lie liad means to go into business placed afc his disposal , those villains and conspirators would effect their purposes . The letters wore ingeniou s l y worded , but not so as to avoid threats , It was a serious charge , and he admitted thore was some di fficu l t y in it , but this made ifc the more necessary that it should be tried in a higher court . He should , however , give the officer a week to make _, inquiries , and to ascertain who tho prisoners were _. With respect to the female prisoner , it wa ; - possible she was tho daug hter o f th e ma le prisoner , aiid had acted under tho control of her father . Ho was willing to take bail for her appearance , —two house ** keepers in £ S 0 each .
Discovert In Veniilation.—At A Time When...
Discovert in Veniilation . —At a time when cholera , with an appalling voice , calls the most earnest attention to house ventilation ; and dreadful explosions and loss of life in mines demand no less anxious efforts to deviae means for the prevention of these calamities , wehave much satisfaction in anticipating that human residences may easily be supplied with a continual circulation of whole some air , and tlie most dangerous subterraneous works bo preserved against accidents from foul currents or fire-damps . Dr , Chownc has enrolled a patent for improvements in ventilating rooms and a partments , of thc perfect efficacy of which , we believe , there cannot be a doubt , and on a principle at once most simple and unexpected . Without
going into details at present , we may stato that tha improvements are based upon an action in the syphon which had not previously attracted the notice of any experimenter : —viz ., that if fixed with legs of unequal length , the air rushes into the shorter leg , and circulates up , and discharges itself from the longer leg . It is easy to sec how readily this can be applied to any chamber , in order to purify its atmosphere . Let the orifice of the shorter leg bo disposed where it can receive the current , and lead it into the chimney ( in mines , into the shaft ) , so as to convert that chimney or shaft into tho longer leg , and you havo at once tho circulation complete . A similar air cyphon can ba employed in ships , and the lowest holds , where
disease is generated in the close berths of the crowded seamen , bo rendered as fresh as the upper decks . The curiosity of this discovery is that air in a syphon reverses tho action of water , or other liquid , which enters and descends , or moves down in thc longer leg , and rises up in the shorter leg _. This is now a demonstrable fact ; but how is tha principlo to bo accounted for ? It puzzles out philosophy . That air in the bent tube is not to tha surrounding atmosphere as water , or any heavier body , is evident ; and it must bc from this relation that tbe updraft in the longer leg is caused , and the con s tant c i r c u l at i on an d with d rawal o f polluted gases carried on . But be this as ifc may , one thing is certain—that a more useful and important
discovery has never been made for the comfort and health of civilised man . We see no end to its application . There is no sanitary measure suggested to which it may not form a most beneficial adjunct . There is not a hovel , a cellar , a crypt , _oc a black close hole anywhere , that it may not cleanse and disinfect . We trust that no time will be lost in bringing ifc to the public test on a large scale , and we _foreseo no impediment to its being immediately and universally adopted for the public weal . Wet ought to remark , that fires or heatingapparatus are not at all necessar _* y ; and that , as tho _specificatioa expresses it , "this action is nofc _pr-v * - *¦?( ' hy making tho shorter leg hot whilst the i- _** . ; . •;•• ieg remains cold , and no artificial heat is _n- ? _e-.- _* _-.- _:-. _- ' > * fa
tho longer leg oftho _aii' -syphon to cause u : is _w . _htt to take place . " . Extraordinary as this in . " . . . _li-pcar , wo have witnessed the experiments mail ¦ _* _-. - - •¦ i ona ways , with tubes from less than an inci- '<" ¦ _:--urty . *" : foot in diameter , and wo can vouch fov the _faofc being perfectly demonstrated . Light gas does descend the shorter log when heated , a n d ascend the longer leg . where the column of air is much colder and heavier . — -Literary Gazette , A Female _Sailoh . —A letter received in Nantucket from our Consul at Paita states thai the ship Christopher Mitchell , of that port , touched at Paita , on . the 6 th of July , to land a _iemalo who
shipped at Nantucket as a green handj under the namo of , Gcorgo Johnson ; but whoi upon her sex being hnowri , gave her real name as Ann Johnson , daughtor of George Johnson , living in Rochester , _frcw York , at 22 , _Qak-skeet , a shoemaker by trade . Her appearance is said tobe that of good-looking boy of sixteen ' pr , seventeen years . She did her duty ' cheerfully , going aloft to take in bale in the heaviest _feather , and bas taken her _regular mast * heads and nelms all the voyage . —New York Journal . Is _ScoTLA-si * there" is ono deaf person to every 1 , 481 of the population , making the number o £ mutes 1 , 792 .
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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/ns3_15091849/page/7/
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