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2 $ e ilfetropolt * . » 2 K £ iHra R £ s «; -Y-rT week ending last Saturday WL * *? " - * Ss Sere 3 lS S SeptCmbcr ' " hen thc t <) tal El ^ > l 83 ' tne mortality Las steadily de-Zj *» £ » ww . happay , not much in excess of + fc * ™ tnat osnall y prevails in thc last quarter of the year Cholera has fallen more rapidly than it » f ^ o ' for dtt r"S hst ^ eek the deaths registered vV ? ka number in the fourth week of its decline "wnich differs not much from the number returned about eight weeks before it attained its greatest fatality . Diarrhoea and dysentery also decrease , but more slowly . It will be observed , however , that ______
the deaths from these two forms of disease last week , namely 146 , are hardly less numerous than those of part of the years 184 G and 1847 , when the periodical increase was unusually great . In St . Giles only one death from cholera was registered list week ; in East London , West London , and city of London , the deaths were twelve , those in the previous week from cholera having been twenty-six , in Lambeth the deaths in two weeks having fallen Mty to twenty-four . It lingers in Fulham , and in some other districts the recent improvement is not remarkable . Other epidemics , with the exception of typhus , are near the average . With reference to
smau pox , jar . Uoll states that that he has registered only two deaths in the hospital for this disease ( in Camden « town sub-district ) in tbree months , within this period the house has been nearly empty at one time there was but a single patient , and all the cases were of a mild form . A man of sixty-two years died in Aldgate of destitution ( according to the coroner ' s verdict ) . The 5 ^ , H ? of tbe ^"" neter in the week was ^ J o < i ; the mean temperature was ol deg . 2 min , less than the average of the same week in seven IT ^} t ^ ¥ & ** ' The temperature was considerably lower than in previous w « ks ; and on some days ram fell heavily .
Shcide is Kbssisctox Giudexs . —Between five and six o clock ou Saturday afternoon , a man of decent appearance ghot himself with a pistol in . Kensington-gardens . Ke was found shortly afterwards by one of the garden constables Xo . 5 , lying mtne plantation of tree 3 on the north-east side of theround pond , still alive . Mr . Gardiner , sargeon pf Paddington , was immediately sent for , and found that the unfortunate man had shot himself just above the naval , and that the bowels were protruding . A stretcher was then sent for to the Kensington station-house , and in the interim both Mr . Gardiner and tbe constable asked him the cause of his desperate act , but be refused to give them answers on the subject He was placed on the
stretcher , for the purpose of being conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital ; but on tbe way he expired , and his body was then removed to the dead house of St . Margaret ' s , Westminster , j ^ jgjj parigh ^ Soj _ citte had taken place . The deceased appeared to be about fifty years of age , five feet seveH inches hisb dark hair inclining to grey , dressed in an invisible green coat , much worn , striped trowsers , shoes , and drab gaiters . On him was found a silk handkerchief , a steel ring , a pair of silver spectacles and case , a tobacco box , and two shillings and sevenpence in money , but nothing tending to lead to his identity .-On Wednesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Rose and Crown , Knightsbrid « e , on the body of Thomas Jones , aged sixty . —Charlotte
Jones , No . 22 , Duke-street , St . James ' s , tod-ing Louse-keeper , said deceased was her brother , ° and lived with her . He was a journeymansilversmitb , but his sight failing him lie had latterly been desponding , being afraid of coming to poverty . Verdict— " Temporary insanity . " Suicide of Mb . Bacshaw , of Brtdges-street , Covext Games . —On Monday morning information was forwarded to Mr . Bedford , the Westminster coroner , of the death of Mr . Richard" Ba ^ shaw thft newspaper agent , of Xo . 31 , Brvdges ^ treet ^ Lovent garden , who committed suicide under the following melanelialy circumstances : —The deceased
, who was in thc fortieth year of his a « e was well known iq the newspaper world , and had conducted a most extensive business for the last twenty years , which had been carried on nearly half a century previously by . his father , whom he succeeded Mr . Bagsbaw had always enjoyed a good state of health , but latterly be had shown eviaent symptoms of a disordered intellect , and appeared to labour under a delusive dread of povoty . By the advise of bis wife and other friends he was induced to dispose of his business , which he accomplished a few weeks prior to his destruction , and had resolved to remove into the country and live a retired life . Up to eidit o ' clock © a Sundav moraine
ie appeared as usual , but at half-past ten o'clock tlie same morning he was discovered in bis bed-room with a rope tightly fastened round his neck , and suspended to the bed-post . Life was quite extinct . Mr . Bedford held aa inquest on Tuesday at the Bell Tavern , Wellington-street Strand . The iury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity " Deterjused SraciDE .-On Tucsdav morning at a quarter before eight o ' clock , a most determined act of self-dcstraction was committed 6 y Mr . Kaye linen-draper , of Xo . 55 , Tottenbam-court-road , Ao himself from
precipitated the second-floor windowing the street . The deceased , it appears , had lately been in very embarrassed circumstances and it was considered necessary by his friends to keep a close watch over bis actions , but during tke temporary absence of tbe party attending upon him he tcoK advantage of the opportunity , and , without even waiting to raise the sash of the window , he jumped through the window into the street . Tbe lifrortuiiate man was immediatel y conveyed to tbe . Middlesex Hospital , where it was found that life was extinct . The deceased was fiftv Tears of a « e
anu nas icit a wife and nine children to deplore his untimely end . Veiiwct of Manslaughter agaixst a Schgeox —On Tuesday evening Mr . H . M . Waklev beld an adjourned inquest at the Perseverance * , WiUiamstrcct , Camden-town , on Richard David Pearse a mechanic , lately employed at the Vauxhall Gardens Jane Pearse , widow of deceased , stated that her Jiusuand was seized with cholera on the StU ult irfien Hr . Ilams was called in and prasewbe-J . to the evening deceased ' s brother discharged Mr . Har ris , and undertook his brother ' s treatment , which ¦ was homajpathie . He prohibited him all kind of
Jooa except water-gruel , ice-water , and arrow-root . Her husband became maddened with hunger , called for food , declared that he was starved to S ' eath , and in a paroxysm of ram ; rushed into the garden , but was so weak he had to return to bis bed . On the lith he became so ill that Mr . Davis , surgeon was sent for . He prescribed brand y and watei * and beef tea , which remained ou his stomach . He , however uied the nest day . —After threo hours' deliberation with closed doors , thc jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against tbe deceased ' s brother , who was accordingly committed to : \ * ewnate under tbe coroners warrant .
Desperate Aiteat . —On Sunday , at noon , a desperate affray took place in College-street , Camden-Towa , by which the lives of two police officers were lor some time placed in imminent peril . The neighbourhood is not very remarkable for tbe paciac cUavaeter of its inhabitants , and collisions are of very freouent OCCUiToisee . In the present instance the disturbance was commenced bv a man named Partridge , who upon being remonstrated Wltu by police constable Billmgaurst , 386 S , attacked him violently , and in doiasf so was aided ' and assisted by two companions . Bilb ' nghursfc having obtained tbe assistance of two other constables !
SweeUand and Hollow-ay , attempted to capture the parties , upon which all tbree of them renewed the attaek , an 4 arming themselves with Iron railings torn up from in froat of one of the adjacent houses , threatened to murder them if they attempted to adranee . After a desperate struggle with tue fellows , the officers succeeded in . capturing two of tbe immw r ^ -. Partridge and a man named Redding bo . kof whom were eonveyed to tbe station-house la Fhffinix-strect , Seniors Town . The third natty eluded the officers . The affray accasioned « reat exeitenient intbe neighbourhood , and the prisoners ¦ were followed to tbe police station by a mob of several hundred persons .
Is the course of Friday and Saturday last several private . meetings of clerks in the various inland departmeutsofthe General Post-office were held , at wuica resolutions were passed p ' edging them to Oppose the threatened Sunday duty . All tbe clevIvS who attended were unanimous in declaring caat aa tlcduty was to be voluntary , they would decline labour . Robbekt of Saciumextai , Plate . —The sacramental plate belonging to All Saints church , Cambridge-place , Paddington , was stolen on Sunday evening , from the house of the clerk of the church , where it was deposited in an oaken chest . The thieves effected an entrance by means of a skeleton key , during the absence ' of the clerk ' s familv .
The Coxticis ax Woolwich . —The recent escape of convicts from this dockyard has caused a strict suryeilkbce to be made by the police of parties suspected to be in league with them , and on Tuesday , on searehing a seaman-rigger named Rogers , at the gate , a letter from one of the convicts still in custody was found in his cap , and information obtained that he had been . a medium of communication betwixt other convipts and partie 3 outside . The rigger was immediately dismissed , and a farther ia > qB + i lje n ^ de to ascertain'if he in any way aided tbo convicts ^ ho eseaped . - ; . : ;
wolnS ^ a Cfe ^ Qtt > Moiiaa y evening apoor Eftsrl- ^ ss * g ^^ fflKS W-TStt few mniute 3 before . A fence which the raiW com Pany-had . placed tip to . protect ? passes had heea . puUeddowaDysome of the infibSte offte Yieimty , and the poor woman directed her steps t £
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found them on a prescription old as Adam ; but trust us , no man will ever find fault with you , ia his heart , for preaching that , whatever may have been the origin of those rights of property , they are essentially subordinate to the rights of life . " Wo beseech our contemporaries , then , to raise their voices loudly , and help to defend the poor tenant against the impending ravages of winter . " Finally , if no exertion bo made to throw a ramnart round the peasant ' s hut , has he no resource , no armoury within himself ? Must ho die a sacrifice to propitiate the manes of some drunken profligate who lived riotously a hundred years ago . Every slone in that old rocking castle has blood marks , and shall it become a cairn to chronicle thc murder of another Irish generation this winter
...... '' But this hypothesis is premature , and it may not be expedient to consider it until the temper of the times shall have developed itself further . All we will say at present is , that though 'law raay . be arrayed against a man , it can sometimes De made inoperative without being violated . " The Clearance . System . —The Tippcrary Vindi cator has an account of theoviction , on Wednesday last , of 132 persons from an estate near Templemore . The Cork papers also have further accounts of evictions for non-payment of rent .
The Affray at Dolly ' s Biiae . —The Freeman s / ournai states , that a subscription list has been opened for the relief of the families of the persons who lost their lives at Dolly's Brae , on the 12 th July last , and that the Right Rev . Dr . Blake , Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromove , " has contributed £ 20 to the fund . Affray and Loss of Life . —The Cork Examiner contains the following ;— " On Wednesday evening week two constables of the Cloyne station proceeded to a farm in that locality , with the intention of executing a warrant for the arrest of the proprietor , named M'Carthy . They succeeded in meeting him at home , and immediately took him into custody , and were about to return with him to Cloyne , when
his family and a number of mends , who were speedily collected , attacked them with the intention of rescuing M'Carthy , in which , after a short struggle , they succeeded . The police , determined on executing their ' order , attempted to retake him , but he having seized a scythe from the hands of one of his friends , defended himself for some time , and finally , aided by a large party , became the aggressor . One of the police , considering himself in imminent danger , turned on M'Carthy , who was pursuing him , and levelling his musket at him , which was loaded , he fired and shot him in the abdomen . The unfortunate man expired in a few minutes after , and the police escaped uninjured . " Establishment oi ? a Nhw Univeiisiit . —A long
communication has been addressed by prince Albert to the Lovd-Lleutenant of Ireland haying reference to the establishment of a second university in Dublin . It appears . from this letter that the principals of the three Queen ' s Colleges , were anxious to have the power conferred separately on those institutions of granting degrees in the several faculties of law , physic , and arts—a view which is ably combated by his Royal nighness , on the ground that the granting of such powers would only have the effect of converting those colleges into " common nuisances and nests of jobbing and sectarianism . " The Prince , however , advocates the propriety of founding a second university for all
Ireland , the government of which , he suggests should be entrusted to a senate consisting of not more than seventeen persons , including the presidents of the Queen ' s Colleges and representatives , the most distinguished that can be obtained , of the several faculties of arts , law , and physics , of the exact and natural sciences , of agriculture , and of beUesUttm , with a chancellor and vice-chancellor , all of whom are to be appointed by the Crown . This senate , his Royal Highness turther suggests should have the control over the system of education practised in tJufprovineial colleges , and of the arrangements for graduation . It is nearly certain that the plan thus shadowed forth will be acted upon without much loss of time . —Times .
Fever has become rather prevalent in Dublin since the subsidence of the greater pestilence . There were several fatal cases towards the close of the last week . Dismissal of Loud Roden and the Messrs . Beebs . —The Lord-Lieutenant , acting upon the report of Mr . Berwick , Q . C ., recently placed before the government , has removed the Earl of Roden from the commission of the peace for the counties of Down and Louth , and has directed that Mr . Francis Beers and Mr . William Beers should 1 ) 0 removed from the commission for the former county . " So step lias yet been taken respecting the other magistrates who were present during the procession and conflict at Dolly ' s Brae and Magheramavo , on the 12 th of July last . It is stated that Lord Roden will also be removed from the Deputy Lieutenancy for the county of Down . The Eveninq Mail
an Orange paper , is of course very indignant with the dismissal . It says , that if it be the desire of the ^ government to precipitate a Protestant crisis , such an exasperating act Of ingratitude , perfidy , and injustice is admirably adapted to further the attainment of their object . " Conciliatios-hall was opened on Monday , at cheap prices , and Mr . John O'Connell addressed the meeting in his usual style . There were scarcely any influential members of the old repeal party present , but Mr . J . 0 ' Connoll said that he had been promised support from influential quarters . His intention of attacking the Irish church temporalities Mr . O'Connell annoHncecl in the most ' pointed way . He dwelt with considerable severity upon Lord Clarendon , but when the Queen ' s name was inadvertantly mentioned there was enthusiastic cheering and waving of hats .
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . The premises in which this disaster occurred he longed to Messrs . Qooch and Cousins , the mellknown wool-brokers , who have dcpOtS at Dowgate « hill , Soothing-liine , and London-wall . About ton minutes after ton o'clock on Saturday night smoke was seen pouring fovth from the warehouses , which extend in one direction from the house numbered C 5 , London-wall , to the gardens in front of Draper ' s Hall . On the eastern extremity was a wing almost as large as the other portion of the warehouse , which stretched as far as Carpenter ' s'Hall , which building escaped destruction when the great fire of London occurred in 1 GGG . Nearest to thc houses in London-wall was another wing of wavehouscs , the same size as the latter , thc whole communicating
with each other , and forming a range of premises probably as largo as any in the city of London . At a moderate calculation they must have been about 300 foot long , and each wing nearly 100 feet wide . They were , including the ground -warehouso , three floors in height . The whole of Messrs . Gooch . and Cousin ' s men had left the warehouse some time before the live was discovered . Buforoany one had time to enter the property , a huge sheet of flame shot upwards , and , being fanned by a strong easterly wind , it was sent into the middle of the building , mid then taking a southerly turn , the whole of the lower pavtof the premises was fired simultaneously . At this time there were from 3 , 500 to -1 , 000 bales bf wool on the different floors , the value of which it is
stated was about £ 80 , 000 . Thc coverings of the different parcels being exceedingly dry the flames extended almost ¦ with the swiftness of lightning , so that before sufficient time had elapsed to convey intelligence to the engine stations thc firo had seized upon the whole of thc floors and had penetrated the roofs . When thc firemen arrived , the wholo-of the immense premises were in a general blaze—the floorings of the various stories -were cracking and musing a noise like the continued discharge of firearms ; the tiles from the roof were flying " about in all directions , striking the people in the open streets and severely injuring five persons , three men ami two women , who wore removing their furnihvro from Drapor ' s-bvuldings . At the same time . / tho
names as- tliey shot from the top of tlib warehouses completely covered thc voofs of ei ght or nine houses in Sadler ' s-placo . These houses contained about six families in each , and to witness the poor creatures throwing their furniture into the street , and even jumping from the upper windows , was truly pitiable . To grapple effectually , wibh so great a bodr of flame required some consideration , it beiui * ouitc clear if the firemen wero sent into thc burn " in § premises they must lose their lives on account of the continued falling of the heavy floors arid bales of wool . The men wero therefore placed upon the roofs of the contiguous promises , or sent into the court-yards of Drapers' and Carpenters' Halls whilst others wero stationed at the' entrance of Messrs . Gooch and Cousins ' s warehouses . The supply of water being most abundant ;' copious streams wwe thrown upon and into the burning mice liiif ¦ nnf . nrif Uci )>/ tvtr 1 tn * . . ' il . i . n *• -.- ¦ . a massbutnotwithstanding the worlco
, , f destruction continued with even greater violcnce / arid'the'flames mounted so high - into the air as'to'li ght' ' up the whole of the city , the river , and the eastern portion of London , lhe flames still continuing to spread ' much uneasiness prevailed for the safety of . Car ! ponters Hall , and the numerous double houses in Sadler s-placo , but , notwithstanding .: the exertions AhZ , fii ;? men Aho - flamos bntereQ several windows of the . hall , on tho western side , and fired the side wall of thisi ancient structure , and t \\ a firo was mmdly travelling ™ the staircase , threatening the whole place with destruction . A large number of firemon having been sent into the building " they eventually succeeded m mastering tho firo fn thw direction , but not until past four oWk on Sunday morning , six hours after the commencement of £ z * 3 s f * . sMWtti&si : lira luul i i
, v * " » u , « u « , nouses m Sadler'x nUhh <„ render assistance , fell to the bottom , aS t" ? so i sfes ^ &s ^ iii
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was engaged in removiug the crowd , which laid the flesh hare , and compelled him to procuro surgical assistance . Nino of the houses in Sadler s-place were fired in the roofs , but tho men fortunately succeeded in preventing their total destruction . Ihe property destroyed by this disastrous event , unless a great amount of salvage be collected , must reach , including the buildings , to nearly £ 100 , 000 . Fortunately Messrs . Gooch and Cousins were fully insured , and it is understood that nearly the whole of the persons who had wool deposited in their premises were protected from lo « s by what are technically termed floating policies . Respecting the OTigitt of . ttw five aotmng can at present be ascertained .
Tho following is a copy of the official report : — " Saturday , October 6 , 1849 , a fire broke at 65 , London-wall , belonging to Messrs . Gooch and Cousins , wool merchants and brokers . Called by stranger at a quarter-past ten o ' clock p . m . The cause of fire unknown . The buildings vfere insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office . ' " Engines that attended . —Six belonging to tho A district of the London Establishment , one of the parish , and one of the West of England Insurance Company . " The whole of the warehouses burnt down . " Carpenters Hall , No . 68 , London-wall . — Tho end wall and windows burnt out . Staircase leading to Court-room and offices , also the room , damaged by fire . The furniture damaged by fire and water . The building is the property of the Carpenters ' Company , and is insured in the Sun and Hand-in-Hand Fire-offices . ' The furniture , < fcc , were insured in the Union Fire-office .
" SadlerVplaeo , London-wall . —Nos . 1 to 18 , all let out in tenements . Roofa and back walls damaged by fire and breakage , and the furniture injured by hasty removal , and the buildings , which belonged to the Sadlers' Company , were insured in the Royal Exchange-office , but tho furniture was not insured . "
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" .: ^ == ! SSS . I atmosphere of a room from which five patients l > " I been removed the day previous to thc cbolora W pital , and found in it bodies of the same apncii-in as those represented . I soon afterwardsf repeng the experiment , with the aid of Mr . Ralph Bernard in a cell in the Bridewell , which had been unS pied for some time , but adjoining colls tte 22 " put . of some of which had been seimi fel Thffi " one of whom died the day before . Here ak , & . ' rurLx ° Si ( * s « cs £ » ! saa ^ KE ? experunents , aided by Dr . William iSfseJS ' times with . tho same positive and negative K ? : and therefore feel iust . ifiml in o ^*;«™ ??" ,., itS i and therefore feel justified in staUng ¦ t it tl' * :
» ' if the necessary care be talen , and a glass TS > ently lHgh power- ( I used a Ross ' s l-12 th ) -be oS" ; p oyed . Thoonly question remaining is ts tn T ' identity of the annular bodies thus shown to Cvfe i in the atmosphere of cholera districts and in m ^ vomited matters and evacuations of cholera mtL ° ' Most of those to whom I have shown the siS fn tSt f entertain no doubt on the subject < vi ,, l , » ^ lnens concur in their identity of form ' a 11 Secm & > This is all that is possible in respect fo m . h ; of such extreme minuteness anf 1 , mattera imagine , be satisfied here , as Si ^ ' form our opinion on cir cumstantial and conSra ? ing evidence . And when we consiiW ti . ? K form is in itself of too definiteToWto u v one of mere chaneo ; thai the 5 izes aw iwSSii accurate measurement showing those in ntmosnW *
to average tram tue lU . UUOUUotue a , woth Vf Z inch in diameter , those in vomit from tho 8 , 900 th t the 5 , 000 th , those in dejection , from the G 000 th to the 500 th ; whilst they are met with in the ' sum specimen of dejection in all the intermediate st a ^ s of palpably the same object—the inference is , it an . pears to me , conclusive , that the annular bodies {> £ atmosphere , vomit , and dejections aro but the three stages of developement of one and the same body j of whatever nature it may be . They may be seea in almost all these stages , some being nearly as j small as those in the atmosphere , others inter- j mediate , evincing a commencent of compound 1
character , whilst the largest , again , frequently seem pareftt cells , containing young cells in their j walls and interior , or broken up into a number of young cells , more or less separated from each other . j I have seen some much larger than tho largest here f represented , occasionally entire , but more fre- I quently broken with a sharp , irregular fracture , the I morsels presenting in some measure , the saniC cha- ractoristic annulus as the parent cell did . Their I form is too peculiar to need further comment , the j light ring round them " giving a peculiar cujiped appearance , which is unmistaKoable . Having thus given a detailed account of the mode in which I I
• was led to tho discovery of these bodies , in the atmosphere and evacuations , it might be expected that I should enter more fully into a description of their nature ; but , as I have stated in the commencement of this report , my object is simply to lay before tho profession the facts as I have found them , that they may receive the attention and examination which I believe they deserve , and be tested and proved by a repetition of my own experiments ; To this end I shall be happy to give any information to tlioso desirous of prosecuting the research , fully satisfied , that the more thev are examined the more fully will
they be established , and the more important will bo the results that may flow from their knowledge , and with the earnest hope that we may through them obtain , if no more , at least one common ascertained fact on which the profession may be agreed ,. and by which ouv inhumes into the cause and effect of this and other allied diseases may be directed iu thc right path . On this account , also , I have studiously avoided giving any opinion at all on the facts brought forward , lest I might by so doing distract attention from them , and because I would wish them to s tand alone as a fixed and demonstrated truth , from which others , as well as myself , may draw their
inferences . I have riecessavily formed opinions , and been led by oircumstances which occur only in tho actual practical investigation of such subjects , to conclusions which may or may not be approved by others , and I should therefore wish these to \ se consulevod as totally distinct from the facts stated in this report , and shall probably make them the subject of a paper in a future number . P . S . —Since tho abovo was placed in the printer ' s hands , I have been kindly furnished with the following letter from Mr . Quekett , for publication . Tho opinion of so high an authority will bear , I am sure , great weight . Clifton , Sept , 21 , 1849 . Royal College of Surgeons , September 20 th , 18-10 .
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CHOLERA . Thursday . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhcea . The Metropolis ; cholera 38 , diarrhcea 10 . Iho Provinces ; cholera 335 , diarrhoea GG . Scotland ; cholera 23 . Total ,-cholera 366 , diarrncea So . io T ; ~; Thc Mctro P ; cholera 42 , diarrhoea 13 Iho Provinces ; cholera 203 , diarrlwca G 4 . Scotland ; cholera 21 . Total , —cholera 356 , diarrhoea 77 . SATURD . vr .-The Metropolis ; cholera 35 , diarrhcea 21 . The Provinces , cholera 242 , diarrhoea 15 fccotland ; cholera 10 . Total , —cholera 293 , diarrhcea 06 . MoxDAY .-The Metropolis ; cholera 44 , diarrhoea 2 p . The Provinces ; cholera 3 S 7 , diarrhoea 115 . Scotland ; cholera 23 . TotaL-cholora 454 ; diarrilQ 3 tl 14 . v »
TuBbB « .-Tho Metropolis ; cholera 3 S , diarrhoea 20 . The Provinces ; cholera 213 , diarrhoea S 4 . Scotland ; cholera 32 . Total , —cholera 283 , di arrhoea 104 . . Wednesday . —Tho Metropolis ; cholera 14-diarrhoea 11 . The Provinces ; cholera 100 ; diarr ' m&fflif * ' ° ° - T <^~ cholera
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DR . BMTTA 2 FB MICROSCOPICAL INVES OUoSSL .- * TIIE PATiI 0 L 0 ^ OF - The following intcresUnJpaper by Dr . Brittan , Ot Bristol , describing a series of microscopical obyowatioM on tho pathology of cholera , is published ID . tlio Medtcal rimes : — f Monday , the 8 thof July , in conjunction with Mi . J . U . Swaync , as fellow-member ofasub-eommittee appointed b y the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society , for the microscopic investigation of choleraic evacuations , I examined two specimens of rice-water deletion ; and on comparing our diw .
ings maue irom ttiem , and produced before the subcommittee , we were struck with thc peculiar appearance of certain bodies depicted in each On further prosecuting this investigation , I found the se bodies to be constantl y present in the riee-iatX evacuation of cholera patients , and oficrintr the same characters tic appearance that distinguished them from anything I had before observed . ° In order ™ »«^ M » rfti » ey borc in tUoir iac or quantity a £ relation to
cue seventy ol tho symptoms , I endeavoured to obtain specimens pasted b y the same patient at diBeront periods , as well as to comSete he observation by an account of his condition 5 the time . , The result was , that as several cases in my table indicated , and as other cases not recorded seemed to prove , I became convinced that a certain relation docs exist between the size and number of these bodies , and the time elapsed after thoSr ? takenn . connexion with the severity of ho vmJ toins . Tha is to say , they aro small and < KE defined m tho matter vomited , they become S and more compound in tho dejections ; and as the disease progresses favourabl y Uere I have lid t o opportunity of examining , tlicy vanish as the svmn tons disappear , and the motions rcga n theirKu " ral appearance . I have also found that , 1 , " to
moTX , ° - thCS 0 b 0 dics «» so «' ^ Ye met with only m yevy small quantity , or are altogether absent , . though this oWn ion must bo qualified b y hc remark that it is not always ™ s sJUo , or at all events has not been with m ? Jll oomesmight lave been present , It must also ho recollected that but a small qtmntity is saved for £ vcstigation . andbutainnfinitkmial pa ^ oftl at om ever comesactually on tho stage of the microscope My observations were made on oases taken kst is SS . T ' rW T 11 O . tiCO > - ! > viUmt "" fim " some m the cholera hospital , " some through tho kindness of Mr . Ralph Berjiawf , in the BrkSwoll-OVVlii " VmSt . COUecnnff tills SOl'IPS T r > vnm ! nn , l J compared the specimen ' s witl , n , » , ' . ^ St
isssssi wto ^ eSlia !! 0 * 00 ^ infer ( 5 that «' so hodic Tm J i v 110 the evac « ationsof cholera totient , and mus have some essential relation to the disoaso . , The observations collected by . Mr K 1 - W § Mfm $ m&sm . Having been thus lml + n n ^ .:. i-.. ., ¦ .
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London Graveyards . —Thc recent investigations into the condition of graveyards have brought to light more specific evils than those disclosed even b y the researches which Mr . Chadwick mailo hv direction pf the government in 1842 . The effect of thei overcrowding of the graveyards has been strikingly marked by tho excess of deaths from cholera within the reach of most of them . The General Board of Health could upon such evidence have no alternative than to adopt a remedial interpretation ot the general words of the statute conferring discretionary powers upon them , ami to order those graveyards to bo closed which appear to uo already overcrowded , and which the inspector reported to be dangerous to health . The untoward uecision
ot Mr . Jardinc , however ( which there is no opportunity of bringing without delay before a superior court ); and indeed" tho ordinary habit of interpretation of ordinary statutes which ' might bo expected to be maintained ( though inapplicable to tuo cx « aov 4 \ navy powers given for the present emergency ) , has forced tho General Board to issue orders for the application of quicklime as a disinfectant m eases of continued interments in tho grounds which thc Board considered would bo easier anu better closed . Eminent . chemists were consulted , as . to tilC rilMllS Oi' disinfection . Though several plans were considered to be eligible and oftectual
, yet as the Board had no other direct moans or working them than through the existing officers , it was , we believe , determined that chemical processes could not be intrusted for execution to churchwardens and reluctant sextons . . There is no choice , therefore , but in thc simple application of quicklime , as directed in tho order , to tho surface of tho overcrowded graveyards , to neutralise surface emanation , and not upon , bit Ivcncath , each coffin newly interred , to prevent , as far as possible , the pollution oi wells and springs by' tho drainage ' which has in sonic instances boon found productive f worse oftocte tlinn the gaseous emanations . Tlic
orucviunuw provides , that only one corpse shall > e buried ma grave ; that the graves shall be two toot six inches apart ; and that on every cwpso there shall be at least five feet of earth deposited ; and it also orders , that if , in discing the grave , or in opening any part of a burialVound , any human til h , i ,, (? i nd . " bei i ? vwiWc , then that the wituo , ff « m - : 1 T cdi ! ltoly fillod in a « d covered nnviTi / i ° , ' avo is t 0 ho allowed , upon uoposncil witliin ten years . In tho me-intime ff JletSl h , iaS > -f , " tlle i ^ uSS f S tS ° « 11 ! msllcs / 011 tho collection of facts toi iorming . tho ffencral sehomo « f nm ., n , i ,,, ( .
^^ s ^ Mirectuhe GencrarBoard to ^ ij ?|™ fp Convicts fuom Spike Islaxd .-TIio S « J ? i } C T depot at Snike Inland were S ? "' TCh co ? steiinati ' > n at an early hour on Wife w i " ? 8 , tliat two Wtivicto , named tFn "S S lTods ° E tvansportation , had effected their escape from tto prison and island . The crime for wuch Watson was undergoing his seven years punishment was cattle stealing in tho vicinity of Dublin , whilst Byrne was wnvktol at Armagh on a charge of stealing a case of sursoon ' s instruments . The convicts had been located in that part Of tho depot called the " model prison , " tllO winaows of Which , it . " appears , arc noO of the most secure description ; as ; on examination , it was evident that . the escape was effected by the removal of the window sash . On quitting their cell thev
suceeededin getting over several walls , notwithstanding the sentinels were on patrol ; and on getting clear of the prison , they wero so fortunate as to " find a boat moored by the shore , which they managed to work , without oars , across the little bav that separates Spike Wand from Bingaakiddy . Vhero they hauled the boat ashore , and decamped ! As vet no clue has been discovered to their track , but tiiero is scarce a doubt of their capture , as they are habited m the prison clothing . '• Adubi . has taken place at Lisbon between M . botomayor , editor of tho EttandaYte , andM . Coclho , ot the Lmancipaeam , the latter gentleman receiving Bw , ° ?; thriist , s in tIlc slloulder and hand . [ Qnonsi What have tho cuts ' proved ? "Which of the two was right ?]
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scotlanHf , Sejctekce of Death . —At the Jedburgh Circuit Court on Thursday week , Thomas Wilson , John Brady , aad Peter Rafferty , or Liffery , alias the Switcher , were charged-with mobbing , rioting , aisan . lt , and murder at the last St . Boswell ' s fair . All the prisoners pleaded " Not Guilty . " Agreat number of witnesses were examined on behalf of tbe prosecution . They all identified the prisoners , Wilsonand Brady , as having taken an active part in the assault on young Lauder , who was murdered in assisting the police to quell the riot raised by . the Irish labourers In order to rescue a prisoner . Nearly alltaewitnteses saw either the one or the other of
these prisoners strike Lauder . Other of the witnesses identified Rafferty as having been in the crowd tatongan active part in . it , but none of them saw him strike Lauded J .. Baillie , M . D ., proved that the deceased William Lander ' s death was produced by a blow given on the right side of the head , which had caused a cpncnsVien and compression of the brain . Witnesses were then led on behalf of the prisoners . The jory returned aa unanimous verdict of " Guilty " against tbe prisoners Wilson and Brady , as libelled , and also of the murder of William Lauder , with a recommendation to mercy . They found a verdict against Rafferty for mobbing , rioting , and assault to
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SreitUft * A Novel Barricade . —The Tipperary Vindicator contains an account of the proceedings , consequent upon the Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe , nominating the Rev . Mr . Kenny to the parish of Nenagh , instead ot the Rev . Mr . Power , who has acted as curate fur twenty years . On Mr . Kenny proceeding to the chapel , he found that the gates and do&rs were navlfed ana barricaded against him . A large crowd had assembled , and from their demeanour it was evident that they were determined to prevent Mr . Kenny s entrance . This was on the Wednesday , and , in spite of the efforts of Mr . Power and the Rev .
Mr . Bowles , the people persisted during the day in " nailing -the new priest out . Recourse was had to Dr . Kennedy , the bishop , who ordered Mr . Kenny to persevere ; " watch and ward" was kept all Wednesday night at the chapel gates , and also during the whole ot Thursday . On Friday the attempt to enter was renewed in vain . Mr . Kenny went around the chapel , examining each of the doors and windows , but all were firmiy closed with strong planks nailed across , in such a way as any attempt to force them would be useless . He then addvessed the people , stating that the Rev . Mr . Power had no greater friend than himself , and that this proceeding on the part of the people was calculated to do him ( Mr . Power ) more disadvantage than benefitlie
, said when Mr . Power was on that morning acquainted with the fact of the chapel doors being nailed up he expressed himself much pained , and said that his worst enemy could not do anythin * more injurious to him . Mr . Kenny then requested the people to open the doors of the chapel and allow him to celebrate Mass , but several answered that they would not allow the bishop nor Mr . Power himself to lay a finger on the chapel : and' " you , Father Kenny , " added one of the men , ; "and Dr . Kennedy too , were far enough away when Mr . Power was building that chapel , and mortgaging the coat off his back to make up money for it . " "I know that , my friends , " added Mr . Kenny ; "but the fact is , that Mr . Power will not get the parish , and if I leave it
uow , ai \ utter stranger , who neither knows nor is known by any of you , will be appointed your pastor . " "Never , never , Sir , " broke in the crowd , " when you go , no stranger will , ever come after you , nor will we allow Father Power to be taken away from us . " " He is not to be taken from you , " interrupted Mr . Kenny . " Nor will we suffer him to be made a footstool of by any person , " cried another . Mr . Kenny hereproteslcd that no intention was had of making Mr . Power a "footstool , " as the people expressed it After a conversation in this strain with the people forupwards of half an hour , the reveivnd gentleman retired , but the crowds continued around the chapel , fearing least advantage might be taken of their absence if they left—in consequence of the rain which then commenced to fall heavily . About eleven o clock Mr . Power again came down and entveated of the people to open the gates , but they resisted all his entreaties , and asserted that no body , layman or
priest , dare touch them until he got his rights . About ten o ' clock on the night of Thursday the chapel . bell was rung violently , and in a very few moments upwards of 500 people had collected to see what was the cause of the alarm . They appeared much excited , and , doubtless , apprehended that an alarm was raised . But it appeared that a little boy who was watching in the old abbey adjoining the school heard a ladder falling , and thinking that the noise proceeded from one of the doors being broken , ran to the belfry and raug the bell . A number of watchmen continued in the chapel yard , and all day on Saturday last , to guard against any attempt that might be made to enter . So matters remain , whilst the great oody of the respectable parishioners , who knew nothing of the nailing oi tbe gates , and WOllld have opposed such a course if they cmilcl , have met and adopted a memorial to the Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy , in favour of their pastor and friend of twenty years , the Rev . Mr . Power .
Carryixg of Crops . —Tha provincial papers contained numerous instances of this practice . In many places the landlords are endeavouring to meet the crisis by lowerig rents . The Nation . a ( last Saturday has an article on the subject under the head .- * ' llow to Face the Winter . — " After drawing a most gloomy picture of the prospects for the next six months , Mr . Duffey thus proceeds — " Let no one be startled—we have no idea of disturbing the quiet sleep of Captain Hock , or reillumining tbe ashes that fell from the midnight fires , ot the Whitcboys . We intended to be as constitutional as a Lord Chancellor . "We . would suggest then . — ••• - ""' " That the people proceed at once and vigorously to construct a series of Tenant Remonstrance Societies , throughout the entire country . If from past times they can borrow no suitable pattern for theism .
meal organisation of these bodies , it will not task a moment s thought to strike out one . The dimensions ot each should hardly embrace more than a parish , or a poor law union . ^ C would have them open to every man , and so regulated as to require but the subscription of a firm and honest purpo s e fo their maintenance . It is scarcely necessary to remark that earnestness and union could make tESl sufficient . The object of such JS £ jffg % contemplate would be twofold , partly prospective cheifly immediate , It is clear as light " that SS foundation wouldsupply thebest fule mm for the lever which we are resolved to push by and by under the very corner-stone of the present land system . And as for instant results , by quadrupling the difficulties necessarily attendant upon the urgent execution of rents , they could most effectively operate on the self interest of landlords , and oblige them to modify and abate their demands . Within there respective spheres of action , they should , also , see that the
general distress should not be made a cover for individual fraud , and that such tenants as really had Caesar ' s image stamped upon their possessions should give Caesar his due . " We « -ould have the cause of tbo poor tenant taken up boldly and energetically by the press Several of our contemporaries in Ireland entertain the same views with ourselves on the ri ghts of life as opposed to jthe claims of luxury ; and we have abundant earnest that , in the advocacy of those rights , they will receive a hearty and powerful cooperation from the organs of the movement party in England . Some of i he * terrible shadows' of the landlord . interest will of course mutter hollow ethics , and call us Rappai'ees , and propa gandists of Communism . Bat their attractions and their denunciations will fall lightly iOn men who are earnest in the cause of . humanity aiid truth ; Those who delight in reading Montesflue'Ui or Bentham may date the rights of proDcrijfrom -tho flood ; - or even
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wards alight m Green ' s-end , which was placed on the other side of the line . She -was seriously iniured bythefall . ' '
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EI ) c UroMmes . EXTRAORDISABr ClRCUMSTAXCK AT WlKDSOB . — A few days ago a 3 entinel , namsd Hillier , on duty at Windsor Ca 3 tle , one of tho battalion of Grenadier Guards , under the influence of intoxicating licuor and affected by temporary insanity , presented a loaded carbine at Mr . John Roberts , inspector of pajace ? , as he wa « leaving tho llomo Park , and threatened to shoot him . The military maniac subsequently discharged his piece at a comrade sentry , the ball passing through a gas lamp , smashing it to pieces , fortuaately without doing further injury . The insane proceeding was repeated twice . Sergeant Spiers , with two men . by direction of the
officer on guard , captured Hillier , and he was placed in confinement in the black hole , where ho will be kept until be is tried by court-martial . — WecUy Chronicle Ehbezziemexi bt a Railway Statios-Masieb . —Chestebford , Saturday . —The master , Robert Jones , of the railway station here , on the Eastern Counties line , has been apppehended on suspicion » f being concerned in an extensive system of embezzlement . He had been for some years in the service ofthc company , and previously to joining this station filled a responsible office at the Shoreditch terminus . He underwent a lengthened examination before the Rev . Mr . Graham and other magistrates at Uketon , a , small \ vllagc near this place , the station being in that parish . One case gone into showed that it was his duty to collect the moneys' for the passengers' tickets and goods , and
forward the cash to Mr . K . Davis , the accountant of the company , at Shoreditch . On the 21 st of July he received £ 11 os . 7 d . for passengers , and £ 14 11 s . 1 . for goods , in all £ 2516 s . 8 d ., but only remitted £ 1210 s . to the accountant , leaving a deficiency of £ 13 6 s . Sd . It was stated that on that day he had entered in the train book as having received in notes £ 15 , gold £ 7 , silver 10 a . Other cases being gone into , Mr . Cooper , a solicitor , we believe , of Cambridge , made an appeal to the bench on behalf of the accused . The magistrates decided , however , on committing him for trial . Be had been master of this station for nineteen months , and was well known to the frequenters of Newmarket as being very attentive to the safe conveyance of the racehorses , &c . This station is near the Jfewmarket Junction . It is said that his defalcations amount to £ 200 .
EtoPEMExx . —Preston , Saturday . —During tho past few days tbe tranquillity of this district has been disturbed by a report that one of the patients of Burgh Hall Lunatic Asylum had eloped , and that the runaway was none other than the celebrated Mrs . 'Sorris , tlie quondam Miss Duric ,, Our readers will , no doubt , recollect the dexterous elopement of Miss Duric with Ellis Norris , their marriage at Chester , the capture of , and replacing of Miss Dane in the asylum , and the subsequent law proceedings , which resulted in the imprisonment of Noras in Lancaster Castle for the expenses . Norris only left the gaol about a fortnight back . It appears that on Sunday last the family , with the exception of Mr . Stead , the proprietor of Burs » h
Hall , and a servant , had gone to church . About half-past eight o ' clock , Mr . Stead had occasion to leave Mrs . Uorris * 3 room , for the purpose of writing a letter , and by some means the fair pri soner managed to get possession of a carpenter ' s chisel , by the aid of which , after cutting the chords , she was enabled to take out the lower sash of the window , from which she made her escape . Whilst Mr . Stead was writing he twice sent his servant to see that Mrs . Xorris was safe . The first time she was reported to be reading , but on the second occasion , just as the servant entered the room , the candle was blown out , and , to her amazement , she found tbe window lying on the floor , and that the
lady ftad flown . The police authorities were as soon as possible apprised of the circumstance , and several constables proceeded in search of the fair fugitive . Every house in the neighboorhood about which any suspicion was entertained was searched , but to no purpose ; for neither Mrs . Norrisnor her supposed deliverer could be seen or heard of , for even under the window through which she escaped they left not even the print of a footstep behind them . Norris was found comfortably asleep in bed at his lodgings , minus his wife , and apparently unconscious of her escape Xewsham , who was Morris ' s assistant on a former occasion , was also found in his bed asleep . A reward of £ 10 has been offered for the apprehension of the lady . —
A Dakiso Kobbery was committed on Saturday evening last on Messrs . Flaiag and A ' exatfder , watchmakers , Bath . During that evening a person , dressed as a respectable farmer , entered their shop and asked one of the partners to show him some gold watches . Several were placed before him , but he stated a wish to see some more , and whilst the shopkeeper was in the act of obtaining some more from the window , the apparent purchaser made off with two gold watches aad a gold chain , valued at Upwards of £ 40 . The thief was immediately pursued , and whilst in the act of turning the corner of the street lie fell , and one of the gold watch s was
picked up from tbe mud . He , however , got off with the other gold watch and chain . The police , however , succeeded in capturing the thief about twelve o ' clock at night , in a low lodging house in Avonstreet , but the property has not as yet been recovered EXCROACHMEMT OP THE SEA AT DOVER . — -Owing to the heavy gales on Wednesday and TUuraday morning last , extensive encroachments have been made by the * ea on the ground at the Esplanade and lower part of Waterloo Cresent . On Thursday morning , it being then nearly high water , the waves rolled in nwst boisterously , and at every surge carried away tuns of the beach along the shore — Dover Clironide .
Death rnoM tiie Fcmes of AnsENic—Plymouth , Oct . 9 . —An adjourned inquest to iuquire into the cause of death of a little girl , named Helen Roberts , who was supposed to have died from the effects of tbe fumes of arsenic emitted from a chemical manufactory adjoining tho ChoW Hospital , in which the child bad been placed , was held before Mr . Edmonds , Esq ., the coroner , at the Guildhall on 'Wednesday . The evidence of the medical gentleman who had attended the child bad been taken at the last examination , and they were unanimous in the opinion that arsenic fumes were emitted from the chimney of the chemical works , and that those fumes were detrimental to the public health , if not actually poisonous . They also swore that the child ' s death
arose from inflammation of the lungs , and that the irritating cause of this was these fumes , which she had absorbed into her system . The defence was gone into , and several witnesses living iu the immediate neighbourhood were called , and proved that they had never experienced any bad effects from the works being so near them , and that their health was uniformly good . The Coroner having summed up in a very clear and lucid manner , after an absence oftwo hours the jury returned a verdict , "That deceased met her death fro m inflammation of the lungs , caused by inhaling the arsenic in tbe loft . " A Discotjekt . —An idea has for sonic tiiUO been prevalent . among our fishermen , tliat one day or other their lucky stars would lead them to the
discorery of an . oyster bed on our coast , and this dainty vision has recently met with a most unexpected fulfilment , a bed of " real natives" having been found near the South Scroby , and supposed to be nearly two miles long . The " diggings in this new California have already been extensive , and several boats have landed their cargoes , which have been retailed at the remarkably low prices of ten a penny . The fish are delicately flavoured , and though at present small , still ia a few weeks they'will doubtless become fattened . The value of this fortunate discovery can hardly he overrated , as it will afford immediate and profitable employment to very many poor persons , and it may hereafter rise to be one of the most important branches of thc Yarmouth fisheries . —Bum UcraM .
Tue Cosdemsed Prisoner Charlotte Hahbis . — Sonic charitabl y disposed inhabitants of Taunton recently memorialised the Home-omce to spare the life of this convict , condemned for poisoning her husband , and now awaiting her accouebment , previous to the sentence of the law being carried into effect . Sir George Grey has officially announced his regret that thc case presents no graunds that warrant his interference with the due course of law . The prisoner is expected to be confined every day , and as soon after as possible the extreme penalty of the law will , it is stated , be carried into effect . " ^/^/ " / ' rt ^^ V /// /^/^/ JW
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the danger of life . The sentence on . Rafferty was postponed . After a brief consultation by their lordships , and a few remarks from Lord Wood , the Lord Justice Clerk , in the most solemn and esniest manner , pronounced the sentence of death upon "Wilson and Brady . He told them they had been recommended to mercy . The court bad no mercy to bestow , only he would make the proper application to the Crown on their behalf , but he warned them not to expect any . Brady wept bitterly when the sentence was passed , but Wilson heard it without betraying any emotion . The execution , if not countermanded-, will take place at Jedburgh on the 25 th . inst . — £ ovder Advertiser . '
Case ot suspected Poisoning and Robbert . — During the summer months , Jane Hamilton , a servant girl , resided with her mother in the town of Stratlwven . She had been for many years a servant to a clergyman in Edinburgh , and had returned to . her native place in a delicate state of- health . She had accumulated upwards of £ 20 off her fees ; and of these in her chest , along with a few loose pound notes , was a bank receipt for £ 20 . She was latterly confined to bed , and her mother was assisted by [ anet Lennox , who was married to Jane ' s brother , Andrew Hamilton . Janet prepared drinks , and the doctor s medicine for the use of her ailing sister ; and both she and her husband were in frequent and close attendance , as became affectionate relatives . Jane
began to show symptoms of recovery , somuch as to induce the medical gentleman to discontinue the usual visit . On the following day Jane's mother stepped into the doctor ' s shop . —Mother : This i 3 a sudden change wi' Jane .-Doctor : What way 1-Wother : Shes awa'I-Doctor ( in astonishment ) : Where to 1 Mother : She ' s dead ! - Doctor : Dead ! When did she die ? This is a Sttddeh change , indeed . —Mother : But what way did ye no come yesterday when ye were sent for?—Doctor : She ffasso much better that I did not think it necessary to call ; and to my knowledge I was not sent for .-Motber : that s strange ! Janet Lennox left my house o' her am accord to gang for ye , and she came back saying that you would be directly . This was the first ground
of suspicion of foul agency . Jane had thus died suddenly , and death had been attended with retching and burning pains . Avsenic ia alleged to have been purchased by Janet Lennox froma druggist ' s shop in Strathaven , and arsenic is alleged to have been found , on tho body of the deceased being opened . Before suspicion had been matured and legal steps taken ; Janet absconded , but afterwards came back , when both she and her husband were apprehended . Jane ' s chest , on examination before relatives , was found robbed of all her money ; and it is alleged that the sister , Janet , has been identified as the person who cashed the £ 20 receipt " in the bank . Letters have 2 ? run' and the trial will shortly take place in
,.. Edinburgh . Remembering all the circumstances of inlmours trial , this may be considered peculiarly fortunate for the female prisoner . Altogether , the non-Publicity of this atrocious case of murder and robbery exhibits a striking contrast with the courts and press of our English neighbours . Execution of the Convict Robb . —An answer to thc petition transmitted to the Home-office , for a commutation of sentence in the case of Robb , was received on Thursday . The answer , which is in the usual form , is unfavourable to the prayer of the petition , and the unfortunate man must therefore be executed on Tuesday week , according to tlie tevms of his sentence . —Aberdeen Banner .
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Two omEn Fires occurred on Saturday night . One was at No . 12 , Shouldham-street , Bryanstonsquare , belonging to Mi-. S . Box , a beer-shop-keener . The inmates , having retired to rest , had great difficulty in escaping . The Royal Society ' s escape and brigade engines attended , but the flames could not be subdued until the fire had damaged the whole of the premises . The other fire was at No . 29 , Bedford-street , Covent-garden , in the tenure of Mr . A . Benyon , jeweller , and which burned one of the detached workshops out , in spite of tho early arrival of tho parish and brigade engines . Both persons were insured .
At the CnARTEnED Gas Works St . Luke ' s . —On Alonday night , shortly after eight o ' clock , the inhabitants of Brick-lane , Old-street , St , Luke ' s , were greatly alarmed owing to the sudden outbreak of a fireat the Chartered Gas Company ' s works . Tho flames originated from it is believed an escape of gas in tho purifying house , a building not more than twenty-seven yards square . Tbe Whiteeross-street brigade engine was promptly on the spot , when tho roof of the building in which the outbreak originated was found in flames . The engine of the brigade , as well as the steam-engine ot the company , having been set to work , the fire was happily eonfined to that portion of the works where it began , the property destroyed being comparatively speaking inconsiderable . About the same period another fire occurred in
the mews at the rear of Albany-street , Regent ' spark , but fortunately no damage was done , owinw to the arrival of timely assistance . . Alderman Humphrey ' s Wharfs . —Between four and five o ' clock on Wednesday morning , as a person was passing the wharfs of Mr . Alderman Ilumphrey , at Banksido , he discovered an unusual smoke . Timely information was g iven to the police , and messengers sent to the City and Southwark engine stations . Several engines and firemen were in quick attendance , and an entry haying been forced , a fire was found to be extending itself among the straw and rubbish in the oil eellarswhere an enormous stock was deposited . The fire men were soon successful in allaying the fear of the neighbourhood ; and fortunately their haying been called quickly to thc spot no doubt prevented a most awful loss of property .
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My Dear Sir , —I have carefully examined thespecimens procured by you from the air of cholera districts , choleraic vomit and evacuation , submitted for my opinion on Friday , Sept . 14 , as also a specimen obtained from the atmosphere this day , and have no hesitation in stating that in my judgment they aro successive stages of developement of the same body , which I believe to bo of a funjroid nature . Yours very truly , ° Dr . F . Brittan . Jons Quekett . _ It should be mentioned that Dr . Bvittan ' s paper in the Medical Gazette is rendered more complete by illustrative diagrams showing the form of the fungoid bodies supposed to be the cause of cholera .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 13, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1543/page/6/
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