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Mr . J . Lahbkik . —I conceive the time has come when it is absolutely necessary to drop all false delicacy 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 so circumstanced I certainly 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 Matob . —Sir , I have not put it in my pocket On the contrary , I have been out of pocket by the office . v Mr . Hodbeh . —Everything was done to compliment the citizens as well as the Queen , f Cries nf "No no » and ''Hear , hear" ) Vre has been already too much said on this matter , and , in my opinion , all the accounts should be paid f'STo no , " and "Hear , hear . " ) It is positively scandalous to see the way this council has got on in
refprence 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 ™ roarT S ' " ° > ° > " " ^ ^ > " Mr . Lambkis .-I consider that Sir . Hodder , with all respect for him , has as much to do with the scandalous conduct of the council as any one else ( Clamour , shouting , and great confusion . ) Mr . Bradt . —I have a great respect for the grey hairs of Mr . Hodder , but I have an equal respect lor 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 tne profligate squandering of the public money , regardless of every fauht . . ( Loud confusion , several gentlemen endeavouring to obtain a hearing by crying , " Mr . Chairman , Mr . Mayor , will you hear me ? " "Hear , hear"and "Xono . " )
, . 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 io 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 duty discharge . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) However , the matter had turned out most favourably for
Cork . ( Criesof "How , " "Hear , " « Ko , no , ' " and clamour . ) He maintained that they had acquitted 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 by the majority of the people . (« Hear , hear , " "So , no , " and increased confusion . ) ' Mr . Hoddeb . —We have been made the subject of comment is every paper in the three kingdoms in teterence to our conduct touching on the Queen ' s isit " — *
v . . Mr . Gould . —So far as we have proceeded , the public are quite with us . (« Hear , hear , " and " ao , no . ) Mr . II . Lambkct . —I shall oppose the vote of even one shilling , until it be shown how the £ 500 were expended . ( " Hear , " and clamour . ) Sir . J . LiMBKis . —In reference to what Mr . Gould has said , that the public feeling i 9 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 money than in spending it in cakes and tea at a ladies' party in Cove . ( "Oh , oh , " Yes , " "Uo , no , " and great confusion . ) > Ir . Bradt . —The people are disgusted ; and you will find it on the day of reckoning . Mr . Jesxixgs . —The money expended has been a popular expenditure . ( " Oh , oh , " and "Yes , yes . " ) But if they were to take notice of- what fell from every idle and ignorant person , as in the instance of Mr . Lambkin ' s informant —( laughter)—they would never determine on doing anything . ( Hear . ) Mr . J . Lambkis . —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 . Meaoder jumped from his cliair , 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 ? ( Laughter . ) 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 took no 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 bacon , with a tumbler of hot brandy punch . ( Great laughter . )
Mr . Jasiesox . —And you eat the meat without leave also . ( Laughter ) Mr . Dowde . v . —I paid for my dinner also , so that I am equally clear . ( Cries of " We did the same , " from several gentlemen . ) Mr . Meagheh . —Well , sir , that is the secret of the tea party . The expense came to £ 1 4 s ., which was paid by Mr . Carnegie , and I advised him to send in his bill . ( Laughter . ) Mr . R . Lambkix . —To end all this debating , I beg to move as an amendment to the motion of Mr . Tooker— " That , until the original vote of £ 500 be accounted for , no additional money be voted . " Mi-. Brai * t 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 . Bradt having demanded a poll , The Towx-Clbbk proceeded to call the roll , when the voting was :
For the amendment , i . Against the amendment , 23 . The Mayor accordingly declared the amendment lost , and then put the original motion of Mr . Tooker , which was carried , 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 . Tookee 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 . ) The mayor put the question on both votes , which were unanimously carried . The council then separated . Cork Krandhcr .
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tte im provement ra the Eooaland moral condition JJlreland may bei found mthe feet of several regim ents being about to be withdrawn from that conn-JL Among the cavalry n » ih * Scots Grejs . station ^ in the west , who have received a letter of gfln ea fcrEMbniL Es ccmbkexd i-STATKS . — The commissionera appointed to carry out the provisions of the Irish Enkffl berea Estates Act will hold a court at the Ca 5 t oni-hottsei itol > lin , early in October , probably on ju , first of the month . ' ' coloxisation of Cossauoiit . —It is said that a
ma jority of the London corporation committee , appointed in August last to devise the best means for promotingt be colonisation of Connaught , has resolved soon reporting against any interference whatever by $ s corporate body with the proposed scheme . The minority , however , feeb so thoroughly satisfied of the denrableness of the project , and so anxious for its realisation , that in order" to carry out their fjews , as private speculators , they purpose raising £ 500 , 090 . A New MovEUEST .-Agitation is likelv t « \*>
jenewed . Ine churchwill be attacked , anda struggle for tenant right or nxit y oi tenure commenced There is great discontent prevailing , joined to an en tire want of confidence to the government . The NATios .--The second number of the Nation is written wUnfer more ^ ow thaa fte fi ^ itispotunlikelythatthejournalwillasain be effective in politics . Mr . Dufiy proclaims his desire that the popular parties in both cuuntrie 3 shou'd be united , and work together against oligarchy The CHOtERA .-The reports are rather more favourable , and there are symptoms of an abatement of ftedraase . It h-s , however , broken out a second tjme in the town of rhurte , and several persons * £ & ! 5 iZf& * * f ^ f «¦ I" SHgoLit is
, , still very bad , the mortality being chiefly confined » m the metropolis , to the middle and upper classes Secret Societies . —Ixceease of Military is iue South . —The following statement appears in the Oamd ChrontcUz— " Twelvemonths ago , Carrickon-Suirwasthe 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 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 nuroose of
carrying out their object . Two or three months ago the arrests of O'Grady there , and of a mechanic in the ceunty Cork , who was in communication with him , 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 the man who appeared to | e its prime mover ; and we expected to have heard no more about it . But within the past fortnight , the belief became general that numeroussecret societies bound together by a terrible oath common to all ' serein active operation . We doubt not that the authorities obtained timely information of the i startling fact ; so we infer from the great increase
jn the military and police force of the South Riding The following account of the additional troops already arrived or expected at Carrick is from our own correspondent : — " On Wednesday last General ilacdonnald arrived here from Kilkenny , for the I purpose of procuring proper a ccomodation for an i additional number of troops . « Gibraltar , ' formerly occupied by the 33 d and 3 d Buffs , is fitting with S speed , also the Castle and the Police-barracks in 2 few-5 treet . On Thursday a company of the 92 d Highlanders , under command of Captain Hamilton , I arrived from Clonmel . On Saturday , we expect a troop of the 7 th Hussars from Newbridge , and a I company of the 43 d Foot from Kilkenny . Thirty j police arrived here on Friday from Dublin . — " One
I hundred and twenty constabulary arrived here on I Thursday from the Phoenix-park . They have been sect in detachments to those localities that are threatened with disturbance , excepting thirty who Tannin here to strengthen ourforce . In the nei ^ hbourhood of Mullinahone , another correspondent informs us that there have been several instances of lancers clandestinely carrying off the crops , for the purpose of defeating the landlords in their claims ! for rent But , indeed , the practice is now becomin * 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 the Secret Organisation arrived in Clonmel , and having I spent the night here left on next morning . We
only state tms as a report , but as one credited by those whose opinion on such matters we value . " The local Repeal organ ( the Tipperary Free Press has the following remarks upon the 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 ! we fear that there are ; we fear that our too credulous countrymen haTe been led into a snare—have been dupedby some unmitigated heartless rufiians into a connexion with those illegal and deathbearing associations . For some weeks past rumours have been floating about that an organisation was spreading itself through this and
the adjoining counties . Its objects were to be arrived at only by guesswork , the numbers it included reckoned only by the exaggerated accounts which in such cases are usually put into circulation . The movements of the authorities have , however , given authenticity to the report , that something is on the tapis , the sending out detachments of military to Garrick , &c , and the draughting in of a large additional force to Clonmel , are evidences that they are well acquainted with all the particulars of this unfortunate wicked affair , and are taking such steps as the well-being of society , and tne preservation of property imperatively demand . "
PAYING THE PIPER . The following scene in the Town Council of Cork shows the seamy side of those " brilliant afiairs" Eoyal visits . Mr . Tooker said , that on behalf of the Queen ' s Iteception 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 them . It had at first been determined to move him a public vote of thanks in council ; but on consideration , it was felt that something more substantial ought to be voted to him . The committee therefore voted him , subject to the approval of tie 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 £ S 3 8 s . 9 d ., the payment of which the committee had sanctioned , and which he then begged to move .
Mr . BRAnr . —May I inquire if this sum is included ia the £ 500 originally voted by the council to defray the corporate expenses of the Queen ' s visit ? Several Yokes . —Certainly not . Mr . Bradt . —Then I must get an explanation how these £ 500 were spent . ( " 2 fo , no : " and " hear , hear . " ) Mr . Meagheh . —Fll explain . (" So , no ; " and clamour . Mr . Brady . —Lei him proceed . Mr . Meagher . —There was a joint committee appointed for this council , the Harbour Board , inl committee of merchants , to manag < j—
Mr . Perrier . —Would it not be better to dispose of tne first question before we go into another ? ( " Hear , hear ; " "So , no ; " and clamour . ) Mr . Meagher . —All I can say is , that you are not done with the matter for £ 500 ; you will have to pay some £ 300 additional . ( "Oh , oh ; " and confusion . ) Mr . Bradx . —I was tinder the impression that when this council took a vote for £ 500 , that sum was to be the maximum . ( " Xo , 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 . —There were £ S 00 voted to the committee by the three bodies—council , harbour board , and committee of merchants , and the expenses amount to some £ 4 . 00 additional . (" Oh .
oh ; " and "Hear , hear . " ) Mr . J . Lambkix . —Let us have the particulars of ; this bill , presented by Mr . Tooker , read out . Iper-\ ceive an item here for repairing harness , intended \ to be used by the mayor on the occasion of the I Queen ' s visit . ( Laughter . ) I 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 g a gentleman in the country who had a beautiful set of silver-mounted harness , the loan of which I procured , but in trying them they were found not to fit r the horses , 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 "g from the country , and I charged a guinea for my ;|> own trouble and expenses . ( "Oh , oh , " with f . clamour and confusion . )
« p Mr . J . Lambkis . —Xow it is but fair that the pub-M lie should have an insight into the whole of this ac-8 | oount , and therefore I move that it be read out . 8 = ; ( " Hear , hear , " and confusion . ) ^ The Towx Clebk . then read the account as follows : 7 M Impairing swordbearer ' s cap £ 9 0 0 ; , Painting citv arms on the nag 2 16 0 - ; ; Making the flag 2 6 0 *• : ¦ : ¦ The Mayor for repairs of harness and % : : : ginglebire 2 18 G ? JIaking staves for footmen 2 14 0 ¦ * Telvet cushion on which to present the
B ? city keys 1 10 0 ' ' ' ¦ i Eeane and Turnbill , for six suits of livery % for Mayor's servants and cocked hats C 2 0 0 W [ Here th ' ere were loud cries of " Oh , oh , " with ^ 5 c iamour and interruption . ] - jS The Towx Cierk proceeded : ¦ '&Circulars and cards 0 16 5 fe rf Ornamented address 6 17 2 ^ SMaking vaads ... «« •¦• ... 2 I 8
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nisiORY of as Advesturer . —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 do for himself . He first went to Exeter , and offered himself to a butcher , to do anything that mi <* ht be required . The butcher employed him , and gave him small wages , and the Lid being steady , he continued with his master nearly two years . Bern " very saving , he had by this time accumulated a small sum of money , partly by his wages , and partly by small sums 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 of going . However , by the help of friends , he
procurea money enough for his journey , and he went to London . After rambling about for some time he went to Shadwell , 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 . His business soon considerably increased , and after some years Mr . White was one of the first butchers in Shad well . He had brought up a large family , and , by his industry and perseverance had realised a handsome
tortune—his menus 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 Exetev the same evening . After staying with bis friends a short time he took a trip to Torquay , and returned to Exeter on Thursday evening , when he felt poorly , and retired to rest very early . Xext morning he was taken seriously ill , and died the following day . —Western Times .
Dkstrcctios op a Slaver , axd Immbxse Loss of Life . —By letters from Rio Janeiro , of the 3 rd 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 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 brig&ntine could not be got off she was set onfire . —United Ssrvict Gazette .
Thk Church asd Eoocatiox . —The state of the grammar-schools all over the country , exposed by the report of a commission , forms' oue of the blackest records in the whole history of abuse ; and these schools were the exclusive possession , of the Chwefc , -2 tai& / ir « K'j ,
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-. - THE CHOLERA . ' di ™ w V Retumof deaths from cholera and cK ^ ™ ^? V ViciMir .-Deaths ^ m fe | 8 ; dl l ^ 46 . EffOLAKD AND WALES . TSt ? k T , ch 0 lera - 605 5 diarrhea , 75 . Scoifrnm 2 ? , eatbs om cnolera , 13 . ToiAL .-Deaths from cholera , 945 ; diarrhoea , 121 . bus-DAT and Mosday . —Return of deaths from cnolera and diarrhoea . London axd Vicixity .-Deaths from cholera , 432 ; diarrhoea , 50 . England and Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 856 ; diarrhoea , «!> . ScoTLASD .-Deaths from cholera , 43 . Total . -Deaths from cholera , 1 , 331 ; diarrhoea , 195 . Death of Alderman Jonssos mom Diarrhoea . —An inquest was held at the Brunswick Arms , Homerton , on view of the body of Thomas Johnson , w " ' j J ? ° ^ y ? ars ' kte Alderman of Aldgate Ward , City , who died from diarrhcaa . The deceased _
was an inmate of the Charterhouse , but had lately taken temporary lodgings at No . 4 , Queen ' s-road . liomerton , for the purpose of being near his son . He was exceedingly deaf ; and , although very feeble , he enjoyed very good health . On Thursday , the 6 th mst ., he complained of pains in his chest , and he 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 , the surgeon , said the pains the deceased complained of were symptoms of diarrhoea , and any aperient medicine would accelerate the disease . He considered the deceased died from diarrhoea . The deceased was formerly connected with the Bomford Bank , 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 is Millbank Prif ^ ' ^ fl i ° q « est was held Lcfore Mr . Bedford , at tne 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 under sentence of seven years ' transportation for larceny , and were admitted into the prison m February last ingood health ' . One was attacked on the 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 the 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 cause . The only death that had occurred amongst the officers of the 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 Monday an inquest was held by adjournment by Mr . W . Baker , at the Woodman public-house , White-street , Bethnal-green , on view of the body 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 . tho principal witness in this case , and lie stated that the deceased lived at No . 16 , Cudworthstreet , Bethnal-green , where twenty-two new houses had lately been erected . The backs of the houses were contiguous to the arches Nos . 90 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 nihtsoil
g-, and the effluvium arising 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 the Board of Guardians to the nuisance , which had been treated with indifference , and at present nothing had been done cither by the Board of Guardians or the Eastern Counties Railway 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 attack to the offensive state of the ditch . Several of the lodgers living in the house gave evi > dence 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 the 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 of the Board of Guardians , and also to the clerk of tho railway company , and desire their presence at tho inquiry for the purpose of giving some explanation of their conduct . The jury then adjourned the inquiry for that purpose . O . \ Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Baker
at the Green Dragon public-house , Wells-street , Hackney , on the body of Amelia Maria Scheville , aged six years , who died from cholera under the following very distressing circumstances : —It appeared thatthe deceased lived with her parents at Wood s-yard , Wells-street . The deceased ei'joycd 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 droopintr condition . There was a slaughter-house immediately in the rear of the premises , and the effluvium experienced in the houses was most dreadful . Frequentl y the inhabitants were unable to enter the houses for stench . There were twelve houses hi the yard and
only four privies , which were constantly overflowing . 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 Lost . The parents of the 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 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 of the 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 company , but is supplied from the . Thames by means of forced pipes , which carry many impurities into the tanks .
The Surrey 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 ofdiarrhcea and cholera . Four of them had died since Friday . They were all summoned from the neighbourhood of Kennington-lanc and tho Kennington-road , where the disease rages in a frightful manner . Tewkesbury . —The disease here has manifested itself in a most violent and fatal form , and , takin « into account the comparative population of the two places , it is more destructive of life hero than in the metropolis . The pestilence [ chiefly shows itself in proximity to the river , and riots in the small dingy courts and alleys running out of the principal thoroughfare backward towards the water , where the inhabitants are of the lower : orders . In two houses in one of these small courts seven persons have fallen victims . A general gloom prevails .
Babxardcastle . —The cholera broke out in this place on the 19 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 were adopted to carry out tho recommendations of the General Board of Health in respect to house visitation , 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 diarrhcea was beginning to bo prevalent , and
that a single case of cholera had occurred , the stall was put into active operation . Hitherto the most 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 from cholera . There have 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 arra ngements adopted have protected the poor and miserable better than the richer classes have protected themselves . This remarkable success is attributable mainly to the dispensaries for the gratuitous dispensing of one dose of medicine , the requiring each person receiving that dose to give
nis name and address , forwarding it at once to a medical officer , who sees the patient without any delay , thus making it almost . impossible for a case of cholera to escape being noticed , as the people here have had their attention fully directed to the symptoms which precede cholera , and the means offered are fully understood andappreciatcd by them . Bristol , Sept . 10 . —At Bedminster we had hoped from our recent returns that the disease was subsiding , but it appears that it was only 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 tho parish of Temple . At Stapleton workhouse the disease is still processing In the crowded courts adjacent to St . James ' s Back , and in Lewins Marsh several fatal cases are reported , Iattuj wt parish , of ^ , Philip ^ Jacob
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SvSon a ^^ J on the uuaetJL Several very sudden deaths are reported this day . ? lJwIK t" ? KEloJ" 50 UR « ooD .-The following is SSrfW L ° for Sunda 5 ' . September tfU KSmTS Dowlais-attacked , 3 , dead , 2 .-iWJMiT ? death " Total nuraber of cases ' attacked J . 511 , dead 1 , 472 H 5 , ^ h ^ T ? Otnrn of deaths irom cnolera and teiTiio F ° V v > cimtt . _ Deaths from tS ) ' , S T l ( 6 a ' 43 EXOLAKD AND WALES . ss ^ n'ftfiasja ™ - Deaths w rnK rt two in ^ ests were h eld before Mi--LW& ? f Coroner ' on the bodies of persona who had died from Asiatic cholera under very distressing circumstances . The first inonivv was taken
r ~^ V rr ' Brandon-street , ' Wahvorth , S iVS 6 death of Emma w «» s , aged ii years . % S ^ , ^>^ ^ £ fomDlSof tll - - rsda J morning / when she wfflnWi Ti * tho Ii - " Ild sickness ' SSSS ; . ) lo i ?^ s scarae on . witness sent the landlady to Mr Mason the surgeon , who , being unwellirimself , sent fhotSe of medicine and a powder The ktt « i . + it she refused to take ho other rl ? ^ b - creased , and the < J& ° !^^* 3 ££ » mue the samo day . Witness left home ^ nf whei ^ he returned at one o ' clock to ilinni . ? i t 7 }} , the body of his . Mb ¦ £ } K ^ J ; £ dead-house by the parish undertakei ffflife Tho body was taken away in two 1 ours after £ tl . -The Coroner : Do you mean to sav iw ^ fS
was men away and bured without a certificate »' Mr . Cooke tho officer , here explained to the cot ner that bodies were removed to the doad-kuso , 8 ' Boaid 101 iieaitn . He- had known some to be intpr red without the usual . document , but in the presS case tho clergyman - had refused to bury tfibS } unless a certificate was pwduced . -Coroncr An 5 very proper too , for if such a system oi ? huVryS bodies to the grave without a legal document as tS tho cause of death , was allowed to be carried on the most serious consequences would arise —Dr R * King , of Saville-row , the superintending " inspector of nuisances for Lambeth , Camberwell , and ^ ewin" - ton , said he had heenengaged for some time past
oy order oi tne JJoardof Health , in makin" an inspection of that part of Walworth where the deceased woman had resided . There had been a drain at the rear of tho house , but it had been filkd . up There was a quantity of sewage earth at the back of the house , from whjch the inmates were subjected to the inhalation of poisonous matter . He had traced several deaths to this nuisance , which he had duly reported to the government authorities . The water winch the inhabitants of that part of Walworth were in the habit of drinkine was also voi'y bad and unfit for use , more pnrticufarly in Pilgrim-street , no had ascertained that the water was supplied by the Lambeth Water-works , and was quite unfit for domestic purposes . —Other cvidimw '
haviHff been taken , the Coroner remarked that something ought to be done , and he trusted that the Board of Health would carry on their exertions and find some speedy remedy for tho serious evils com . plained of . The public were mucli indebted to Dr . King for his evidence , and the trouble he had taken in the matter before them , which was highly important for the safety of tho public health . —Tho iurv returned a verdict , " Wed of Asiatic cholern . " Mr . W . Carter , the coroner , held another inquest at tho Huntsman and Hounds , Park-place , VPalworth-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 fiffect . The deceased had recently taken a small cottage in Park-place , where lie enjoyed good health . On Friday lie partook of a sheep ' s heart , &c . for dinner , and shortly 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 nn ' d hands came on , when he said , " It is all up with me , I am a dead man . " Hie wife ran out for medical aid at one o ' clock in the morning , and after being absent for two hours she came back 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 cheeked the pain , but he gradually got worse , when blueness 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 ino death . The jury very much regretted the absence of a medical gentleman , 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 the Town of Itamsgatc public-house "Wappmg , on view of the body of William Reid , aged 40 years , carpenter on board the brig Henry ! of Snnderland , lying in Mill-hole Tier . Tho vessel arrived in the river on Tuesday week with a verv healthy 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 surgeon , but no one would attend . Subsequently some medicine was obtained from Mr . Melcomb , a surgeon ia Wapping . The decjased 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 fil'hy conditon . —Marshall , the summoning officer , said the captain had since left tbe vessel and could not be found . —The coroner said there was no doubt the captaiu'liad been guilty of neglect in not obtaining proper medical assistance for the deceased . If he found lie could not procure surgical aid in Rotherhithe , he ought to have applied on the Middlesex side of the river . —Verdict , " Death from Asia , ic cholera . "
On Tuesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Old Rose , ltatcliffe-liighway , on the body of Peter Bronnan , ased 26 years , a dock labourer , residing at No . 1 , Hungerford-strcet , St . George-m-tlie-East , who died from cholera on Friday last , at the cholera hospital in that parish , after a few hours' illness . The llev . Mr . Quickett , the incumbent of Christ Church , St . George's East , said his attention had been called for some time past to the filthy condition of Hungerfordstreet . There were small gutters in the centre of the street , and they were filled with stagnant water , dirt , and filth of all descriptions . The inhabitants were in the habit of throwing their refuse ard 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 , s-iid there had been seven fatal cases of cholera and twenty cases of diarrhcea 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 of the houses ought to be compelled to drain their premises . —After some further remarks the jury returned a verdict of" Death from Asiatic Cholera , " a nd the coroner said he would write to the Board of Health and draw their attention to the locality .
Choleua Patients and Middlesex 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 of 300 cases of diarrhcea had been treated as outpatients by that 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 a'l such cases should be admitted , during the continuance of the epidemic , without letters ; and directions were given to make this ovder known to the officiating clergjmenof the district .
Bristol , I uesday , Sept . 11 .-The return made to-day irom St . Peter ' s Hospital may be said to be most favourable , there being but three deaths . Jn theout-parish of St . Philip and Jacob the inhabitants have been activel y engaged in burning tav-barrels , and taking other means , of purifying the air , and here also the disease is said to have taken a favourable turn , there having been but four deaths since yesterday , and seven fresh cases . At the Stapleton workhoase , however , and in the parish of Bedminster the disease is still raging with unabated malignity 1 In Bedminster , also , the epidemic has spread with fearful rapidity in Spring street and the adjacent streets leading out of Brown ' s-row , situate in what was origiiialy a description of marsh under File-mil .
Dkvonport , Sept . 10-Thecliolerahas taken a very decided turn again for the worse , in this town , lesterday there were no fewer than twenty-five deaths , a number that far exceeds any that we have yet had to record in- thw 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 ate many other persons of the middle classes who have died . WoLVEniuiipioN .-Cholera prevails here to a most alarming exient . By accounts received in .. Birmingham on Tuesday , fiom fifty to sixty deaths occurred on Monday night . A great many of the shops of the town are closed . The authorities have applied in Birmingham for medical assistance , MBKTBtt AND T « K NkIGHBQWHOOD , MONDAT , » " , T i fata * epwknrioappeare to be gradually on tb 4 decrease u ^ . thia neighbourhood ..
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WBDNESDAY .-lleturn of deaths from cholera and Sv ¦ a Q , « ] . DON AXD Vicixiir .-Deaths from n ? £ J ' dlwrf « Ka , 45 . ESOLASD AND WALES . -Deaths from cholera , 582 ; diarrhoea , 82 . Scoinfmw 5 f ; IA Cholera ' ' [ Mto-MlO frnm P 1 M Ga l ? Om ScOtland embl ™<> ret " ™ aS « . 5 i J from the lst of A P { o the 8 th ° fehS , jg ^ -fcrt tatom cholera , 1 , 057 ; been A a v ir Kl 7 , , ? S refct <> fi ^ that there has onESwtstn ^^ * s ^ fi ^ v ta sa malady ; the return for this day shows a more SSftSSMf thing 3 thau has bccn Lnou = piS ra ; s ^ K ^^ = Jf tWuStor iSSUWl SiUC 6 the 0 Utbre ^
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COLCHICUM A REMEDY FOR CHOLERA On tho 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 Colchicum , &c ., ) tho 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 Cokhicuni is tho best and only remedy for this dreadful disease .
" TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES . " Sir , —I shall feel obliged by your giving publicity to the following successful mode of treatment of that [ dreadful epidemic , the cholera , by Dr Thomas Young Cotter , of South Australia who in a communication dated the Gth of February speaks t M US : ~ , ' ^ was not until l visited the Cholera Hospital m the west of Ireland , and had witnessed numerous cases in London , in which every variety ot treatment had been tried , viz ., tho stimulent , tho mercurial , the antimonial , the saline , the actual ffiift -v'' ? , inturn succeeding in a few cases , tl . . „ I S m " i 0 aSgregate , that I was induced to seek a more rational plan of treatment , when I was led by some analogy between the chvmical cnaracter
ot the blood in cholera with that of some other affections , in the treatmentof which coichicum had been found useful , to adopt this dru <» as a remedy for that disease . I had subsequently an opportunity of administering it to upwards of thirty cases m London , of ages varying from two years to hfty-four years , an < T twenty more 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 the tincture of * Z 0 £ l 7-I t ?? Ol : fifteon minuto , and have had Mnn tlfl ^ i kbit a larger quantity in tho wholo than two fluid ounces before the balance of circula-S 2 J £ * Jfe *! .. i ; est ° > . ? n . «» w » t symptoms disappeared tho
. In majority of cases less than one ounce has been found sufficient . Tho . 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 coichicum is an eitectual-and I believe will be found to be the only certain-remed y for malignant cholera , and if administered as above , will cure every case that has not been subjected to any other plan of treatment . JSote . —Aext to coichicum , the best remedy is tartansed antimony , in ten grain doses . The after treatment is , however , difficult ; the patient frequently sinks from the effects of the remedy . ' Of the stimulent remedies the least injurious is tho actual cautery applied on each side of tho dorsal verterbvoi ; the reaction it causes is sumrisin" but
temporary . Ihe next in value is theesscntiafoil of cajeput , which restores the circulation to the surface tor a time , but its beneficial effect , like that of naphtha and tho actual cautery , is only temporary in all the severe cases tho patients ultimately sink ! Opium and brandy , which have been much vaunted , act as poisons , fo * even of the milder cases recovering after their exhibition . Calomel in large doses , viz forty grains , will cure any case , if administered whilst the pulse at the wrist is perceptible , men the collapse is complete , insoluble mineral remedies are useless . External application of nil kinds are injurious . " ' " Trusting that the mode of treatment above recommended will , under Divine Providence , prove eminently successful , and soon become generally adopted m this country , ' " I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , "M . D . "
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EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ATTEMPTED EXTOHTION . An elderly person and his alleged daughter , both ot highly-rcspectablo exterior , who refused to cive cither name or address , were brought before Mv Broughton , at Marluorough-strcct Police-court in custody of the police , charged on the police-sheet with having attempted to extort £ 500 from Messrs llemes , Farquhar , and Co ,, bankers , of St . James s-strcet , by the following extraordinary means : —
Mr . R , Hoak , of tho firm of Herriesand Co .. said about four clays 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 wore given that no other person than the firm should bo made acquainted with what the writer was able to disclose . The writer could save the firm from degradation , from an immense loss of capital , and even from something worse . Tho writer said , lie had been entrapped by a gang of desperate villains , and had been hurled by them from the pinnacle ot fortune to the lowest sink of infamy , and if one syllable were to be known , or the slightest stir made , his life would pay tho forfeit . The writer , however , would not
yield to their vilo and cruel inclinations . His soul shuddered to sco and hear their cursed designs , and , though ho was now suffering severo privations , he would endure them rather than bb driven from the path of honesty which he had hitherto followed . If the 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 get the 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 ho 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 tho limes newspaper : —
K . 0 . N . —Your terms arc accepted . The monev , as required will be sent and deposited in the place ' named . Lose not a moment . —Sept . i . After receiving this letter witness read it , and inv mediately 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 iu tho Times as suggested . Tho advertisement was accordingly sent to the Times on Tuesday , and it appeared the following day in that paper . Two diiy ' s aferwards witness 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 Times before , but he had been prevented from doing so . If tho firm acted
honourably with him , and did not deceive him , he would save them , or perish in tho attempt , but , as he hazarded his life , the writer must have sufficient means without delay , or all would be lost . The 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 ever , as the books wouid bo destroyed by slow matches . Tho most dreadful things were contemplated by the horrid gang , from which the writer fervently prayed to be relieved . The writer had never , so help 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 Knightsbndge-i'oad , there was a dyke , in which were two large waterpipes . Under ' one of tba waterpipos was sufficient room to conceal a small bag . If they sent a confidential man with a bag containing 250 sovereigns , with orders to place it under tho pipo unseen by mortal eye , the writer swore by Almighty God to avert present evil , and to inform them of all , and to denounce tho 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 bo lodged about half-past eleven o ' clock , but . not before . If this was done all should be well , but , if ho was deceived , all the evil must fall on themselves . This letter was without date . On receiving this letter witness sent for the police , and in their presence prepared a marked canvas bag , and put in it a quantity of farthings , some shillings , and a . marked half-crown
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 the bankinghouse in the custody of the police .. Witness said to tho police , " You found the bag on one of tho prisoners ? " The male prisoner answered , that he went into the d , yke or ditch for a certain purpose , and , seeing a piece of red tape , sticking out , ho pulled it , and found it belonged , to a bag apparently containing money , and he brought it away . —Crossexamined by Mr . Woolf : " Was almost suro-the prisoner , used the word "dyko , " but would . not swear he did . The bag when examined contained the coin 3 which witness had put into it with his own hand . Tho bag was made to resemble a bag with 250 sovereigns in it .
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 wrt&in-spot . between . Hyde f ast- and Kensing .
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fftS ?\ ^ " ^ Stedbaginaha . ' stf-SSSr-ja ffS crown now produced from tl » £ Skcn fromi £ prisoners was the one marked by I ? nS - < W examined by Mr . Woolf- w ;? n « o . i roM " little boy l / ngon ' thcgn s wIS A ? ta ! under the pipe . The lod » e was iL ? t i ? g hundred yards from the slope in which the £ W situated . The place was £ 1 SS t S KC ^ ST 1 ™" ' ffitness halc «
A he officers engaged in tho affair gave evidence as to tho manner in which , tho capture of the prisoners was effected , and said that no one had been into the ditcli for a certain purpose , the erass being quite dry . b Mr . Woolf , on behalf of tho prisoners , said tho charge was ono of the most extraordinary lie had ever known . The charge on the police-sheet was SSS * W , . ondc »« M > HHl to extort the sumof £ o 00 from Messrs . Ilerries and Co . under 5 SJ ? H ™ duIe"t Pretences . That was S charge tho prisoners were there to answor , n « i Z
« omu rospeettully ask whether such a chirreha . l beer , borne out in the least degree by he evidence J Mr . Bhouoiiton said , whatever might ¦ b ! tl chago at the station , he was not bound by what appeared on the police-sheet . y * Mr . Wooi , p said , he was aware of that , but tho station-house charge , on the evidence produced at once fell to the ground . In referenc e more particularly to the female prisoner , he was bounfto say that there did not appear to be tho least imputation against iior . The whole bearin « of tho testimony went to show that she- was only in the society of the other prisoner , and that when the bag was removed she was not with him , but twenty j ards off . There was no evidence of guiltv knowedge of any kind on her part , even assuming that the charge was made out against tho other prisoner . in < 5 bag was given to her . and whnn t . hn im , et .. w «
asked her for it she gave it up to him ., l f \ i R 0 TOI } T- ~ Th , , ^ "teWe . after receiving a refusal , said he would take it by ibrco if it was not given up . Mr . Woolf contended that was all in the woman ' s favour . She haa received the bag from her father , and would not , therefore , part with it to a person hft ? ° M * , !!? l 10 did not know until she had received her father ' s sanction . There wasro case against the female prisoner , and as far as the male prisoner was concerned lie could not see how the evidence implicated him . Tlu >™ wn * r * ™™*
, . that either of tho prisoners was concerned with the letters wluch had been produced . It was natural that both parties should decline to give their names or addresses , as they wcro evidently of respectable station . What , in fact , did tin whole case amount to ? Ihe prisoners were walking in Kensingtongardens near a place whore a bag was secreted , lhc male prisoner sees the bag and gets possession f , 1 Ie » followed by an officer and taken into custody . He could not conceive what would be the legal view which tho magistrate would take of such a caso . . Mr . Brovquton said he would tell him atonco , in order to save trouble , that the caso could not stand on tho ground it stood ou in tho
police-J £ \ u Olp } n ™ of one act of parliament which could apply to this case ; but then it must bo shown that a threat was madc-that a certain sum was to bo paid to prevent some dreadful accusation or injury being inflicted . But , even assuming tho letters to have come from the prisoners , there was no threat or menace in thorn . ""• < - " Mr . BnouGiiTos said the offence came under tho < th and 8 th George IV ., cap . 29 , an act brought in by Sir 11 . Peel , in which it was enacted that every person . sending amenacing letter to extort money or chattels should bo deemed guilty of felony , and transported beyond the seas . It was under that act that the present case must stand or fall Mr . Woolf contended that there was no menace in tho letters . The letters apparently emanated from some crazy brain ; but there was not a tittle of evidence to show that the prisoners know anything about the letters . ; s
Mr . Bkougiiton after commending tho course adopted by Mr . Hook , said : Ho was at first disposed to think that the male prisoner mi"ht havft gone into the dike for a certain purpose , and that the prisoner accidentally saw the 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 evidence of the officers , tho detailed statement of the way m 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 , llie conclusion to which ho came was , that as the male prisoner had taken up tho baghe must have
, written tho letters . Undoubtedly in tho letters there were no direct menaces , but then judges themselves wore not agreed as to tho definition oftheterm . Here , however , wevo such terms as " bloodthirsty villains —conspirators who wove to effect some horrid cataatrouUe . wlucnwas to destroy the bank , the books , and do more than £ 20 , 000 damage . " This was to be avoided by paying the writer £ 500 . It was true tho writer did not say that he was the bloodthirsty villain who was to destroy them , but ho asserted that unless lie had means to go into business nlnced
at Ins disposal , those villains and conspirators would eflout their purposes . The letters were ingeniously worded , but not so as to avoid threats . It wa 3 a serious charge , and lie admitted there va 3 some difficulty in it , but this made it the more necessary that it should bo tried in a higher court . He should , however , give the officer a week to make inquiries , and to ascertain who the prisoners were . With respect to the female prisoner , it was possible she was the daughter of the male prisoner , and had acted under tho control of her father . He was willing to take bail for her appearance , —two housekeepers in £ 80 each .
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— a > . Discovert is Yentiution . —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 devise means for the prevention of those calamities , we have much satisfaction in anticipating that lmman residences may easily be supplied with a continual circulation of wholesome air , aud the most dangerous subterraneous works be preserved against accidents from foul currents or fire-damps . Dr . Chowno lias " enrolled a patent for improvements in ventilating rooms and apartments , of the perfect efficacy of which , we believe , there cannot be a doubt , and on a principle at onco most simple and unexpected . Without
going into details at present , wo may state that the improvements are based upon an action in tho 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 see how readily this can bo 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 , into the shaft ) , so as to convert that chimney or shaft into tho longer leg , and you have at onco the circulation complete . A similar air cyphon can be employed in ships , and the lowest holds , where
disease is generated in the close berths of the crowded seamen , be rendered as fresh us tho 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 the longer leg , and rises up in the shorter leg . This i _ s . now a demonstrable fact ; but how is the principle to be accounted for ? It puzzles our philosophy . That air in the bent tube is not to the surrounding- atmosphere as water , or any heavier body , is evident ; and it must be from this relation that the updrafc in the longer leg is caused , and the constant circulation and withdrawal of polluted gases carried on . But be this as it may , one thing is certain—that ft move useful and important discovery has never been made for the comfort and health of civilised man . We see- no end to it $ application . 'JChero is no sanitary measure suggested to which it may not form a most beneficial
adjunct . There is not a hovel , a cellar , a crypt , or a black close hole anywhere , that it may not cleanse " and disinfect . We trust that no time will be lost in bringing it to the public test oa a large scale , and we foresee no impediment to its- being immediately and universally adopted for the public weal . Wo ought to remark , that fires or heating apparatus are not at all necessary ; and tha 4 v as tho specification expresses it , " this action is not prevented by making the shorter leg hot whilst the longer leg remains cold , and no artificial heat is necessary to tho longer leg of the air-syphon to cause this action to take place . '' Extraordinary as this may appear , wo have witnessed tho experiments made in various ways , vritb tubos from loss than an inch to nearly a foots in diameter , aud -ao can vouch for the fact being perfectly demonstrated . Light ga 3 docs descend the shorter leg when heated , and ascend the longer leg where tho column of air is much colder and heavier . —Literary Gazstte .
A Female Sailob . —A iotter received m Nantuckct from our Consul at Paita states that the ship Christopher Mitchell , of that port , touched at Paita , on the Oth of July ,, to land a female who shipped at Na ' ntucket as a green hand , under the name of George Johnson ; but who , upon her sex being known , gave her voal name as Ann Johnson , daughter of George Johnson , living in Rochester , Now York , at 22 , Oak « st-rcct , a shoemaker by trade . Her appearance is said to be that of good-looking boy of sixteen or sovonteon years , She did her duty cheerfully , going aloft to take in sale in the heaviost weather , and has taken hev regular lnastheadsand Aehris all the voyage .- ^ tftto lorfcJbwnal . In SooTiiANb there is we deaf person to every M . ° f $ * population , making the' ambwfCT mutes 1 , 702 , . ^/\ b %£
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Potato Chop . —There are reports from the south that the potatoes are becoming diseased in localities where they were supposed to be safe . A Coffix-maker ' s Bill . —James Meara , comnmaker for the Nenagh union workhouse , on Thurspay sent in a bill to the Kenagh board of guardians for 1 , 130 coffins , furnished by him from the 25 th of last March to the 25 thof July—just four months .
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T the " m * & - »•—» - -- ¦* - * -s » ' ^ » --- ««—«¦¦—w . 'Vjr ' ' Ml > lll ^ ' » gP ** UJ *^ 'FT ^^ ' *^^^^^^ M"T ^ i ^ l ^^^^^ i ^ "ii ^ i ^ jWf |^ P'i B i ^ Slil ^ i ^ i" ^ JW ^ p | MJJp ^ Bi ^ MgWg ^ ' ^ W"PW 1 | p ^ pMIM ^^ piTSeptember 15 , 1849 . HE NORTHERN STAR . "
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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/vm2-ncseproduct1539/page/7/
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