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(-•• / Jtc-e VT / 2 7 4 r cY‘.ld'l'L .)lti.vat . . , IL . \... . . . 1 45.49 ...;,it. 6, . be _ ... ~., ‘., ~. F,l .TOl, , i1iP(1::,.:..:..‘A1,11:47. er . • ... . ' 7 . 'I 1 •i 1 f -it t i..- ~ T , -rr Tax 4 sl.r).r• ' r • • ~.. Vitt (1 b • _ ~. N lii rto -4.1 . , . , . . . • . _ LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1819. PR IC V. id. NUMNER 5268. BY si.criAL nr. 4 .IRE the:r ROYAL HIGHNEssa THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT. TUE ATit E.RO AL, DRURY-LAN E. 0 -MORROW, SATURDAY, Oi•toher T Illajeoty's Servants will perform (second time at Thratrt), the Alwical Dram. of (WV NIANNERING Or, THE GIPSY'S PROPHESY. , Matiortitte, Me. Peaky; Henry Berns's, Mr. p : „k ri s, 'in whirls Clorraeler he wilt Introduce the celebrate.' l',oet. from The Arneriearie, Now Hope, WOW Fear!" • Miss Possv—A new Milian. The Last Itiorrls of Mar. • •••••3114i " Scots wha lase wi' Wallace (Jeri:" Domi•ie sl io psori, Mr Ostv•rry; Dasolie Diorama, Mr. Duller; Dirk Ilsiteraick, Mr. Wiaimc ; Gilbert Glossin, Mr Gstiir. Lora B. dr.., Miss Carew ; Flora, Mrs Omer; Meg :Rennie., al .s: I:vitals; Jolla Alaintroister Miss Forty, in whirls she • introduce "My Henry is gone!" and " Sweet Robin!' To which will he added the Farce of WIIAT NEXT? Conrel Toorliwood, Mr. Dnwton; Major Tourhwoorl, Mr. Hsrley; Mordsuot, Mr. Himblin ; Colonel Clifford, Mr. Barionn ; stoup, Mr. Knight; &taus, Mr. Daberry. Mr=. Prorleore, Mrs Ifarlowe; Clarissa, Mrs. Omer. 00 Monday, Wild Oats, with The Innkeeper's nauseate. THEATRE-ROTA COY ENT-GA RD EN. T HIS EVENING. FRIDAY. Octoiier s, will be seta Ike Comedy of THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. TArd 004, Mr. W. Ferrero; Sir John Melville, Mr. All. ; Sterlimt. Mr. Fawcett; Lorewell, Mr. C. limbic; Canton, Mr. Farley; Drug's, Mr. Jones. Mrs. Heidelberg, Mr. Darrnport ; Mim Sterling, Mrs. C. Kemble ; Fauuy, DON JUAN. Tbis shy is published, in etu. price 11. I Is. 6.1. D "N U A N-2-ensitos 1. and 11. Pripteal far Thomas Davison, iirbilefriars ; and rob! by ail Bonk genera packages, during the time the cargo WRI lading or conveyed to Ibis cocain., must be more (pnoea to contagious mat t..., and these being placed in the interior ports of the ship, the infection might not be snfficiently dissipated, without a fn•e exposdre to the air and son afterwards. spriug from their own specific poisons diffused in the air, ur directly appli.d hi the body in male shape or other. Do you admit the benefit or ittommity of quarantine ?—I should think it was necessary. Do you not think the present lowan( fiaarmitine might be safely 'modified with regard to persons, without retcremce to cargo or goods ?—1 think that people arriving in health from suspected countries, might be Admitted after • few days (say sigh' or leo day.) to communicate with &witted, with the community ist large the length of the voyage ma terially bears on the question. I ask Tom, whether you ha've had any peremat experience of the plague?—No. Do you know *MI the rules of qoaraotine are is this country ?-11 am not minutely arquatated with them; I un derstood that the time is sometimes 40 days is duration, and that the goods and clothes are ventilated or wAshed?-1 du mot know minutely Or la** of gonnoolioe. You do not know thew, that itiliereut periods of quaran tine are assigned to vessels coming hum different parts with different bills of health!—Yes, I always uuderstood that there was a modification, but that few were below 40 days. Are you aware that ;soda are classed according to the supposed power they have of conveying infection Is abort, you are mot acquainted re/s'lll4lms at *11?-1 as not. go that you cannot as whether they are more rigid than necessary or not?-1 only state what I think would be gutty long enough bite for exposure to the air ou the coast of England, before there was a commuoicatium with the people at large. terastiug, ladiealitig great arterial diatariiatice titry were moat men, aims beinnging to he arartial. Had they buboes or earbnaeles tau their bodies ?—One had as enlargement in the otiffis. A bubo ?...-Yes; and two of Irwin died of the plague, 1 M.lO afterwards inforwit.l. From what you bone seen of the plague with your own eyes, du you cntisidrr it as routa*ioas ?-11 rolisalir it an highly infectious. !Hs...pinion is that it is equally by Ibr. ugh the medium of the diseased atmosphere of a sick chninher, as by simple contact, by feeliaz the WA'. What do you suppose is the mho* of the ylague at Con stantinople 7 —Dimmed constitotion of the atmosplielc and other peculiar causes, such as cartels and soil, which pro duce eadeMie diseases all over o the globe ; from the 'agile causes as we have ephletnie diseases is &salami, sod from the titer:instance of that city upon bills. Many of the honors are built on (wood to the soath•ars', eouserpiesilly liable to the *bole se • of the auoth••rut sun ; all are badly ventilated. 't lie streets are very Hal row, and they du tint, I . helieve, parsecs that grand sou. cc of health, COUlfholl 'ewers. Are you arquain.c.l .ith the sulimb if Pres 4-iess. That suburb as chi. fly inkabieed by Eatipilase—Ciarey by Europeans. I. It true that there is emeriti, kis plagoo be that distiirt than in any other ?—rerfeelly tree. To what do you taco ihe that ?—Tu the houses out being SO close or the street' so sorrow. The Public are cantioned against a Work pretending 14 ,ips." The Third Canto of Don Juan," which they sway be awured is without authority, and altogether optirionig. Have . pot ever know.' or heard of a plitegoe elute on board ships arriving it lazarettos Great Ilritair ?—No. (low do you sapp•ne a bale of silk, If r woollen, or cotton, woold Income io,erted by the plague, in the interior part of it !—Ottly by those who are employed in packing it having contagion about their clothes or by Irving convalescent of the plague; or fruits the interior component part of the package having passed through dwelling* where contagion might lisve subsisted. 1 4 111 *ARROW'S Arcot NT OF T.IE CAPE OP 6001) HOPE-..-NtW EDITION. Thia thy is published, elegantly printed in Iwo volnmett .qoartn, a n d illustrated with at veral coloured Engraving. and "Owls, tor ce 3/. 3s. in hoards, the Second Edition, With additions ai d alterations, of TRAVELSINTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA ; in which are described the .Character and 'the Coediting) of's he Dutch Colonials of the Cape of Good limo., and oT the several Tribes of Na. am beyond its. limits: the Natural History of ..,eh kcis as °more., to the Animal, Marra!, and Vegetable Kingdoms; and the Geography of the Southern extremity of Africa--rurnprt ht tiding al.o a Topographical soil Stasis. field Sketch of the Cape Colony; with an logoiry into its imporfassce is a Naval and 31ilitary Statiue as a COISAI&Cf . teialßmpssj and ji,a-Tentitarist Passenaline.- .`I!y.IOFIN BARROW, Esq. F.R S. Secretary to the Admiralty. Printed fur T. Cadet! and W. Davies, Strand. Of whom nay also be had by the same Author , Then, Recording to the rigcumttances, is it not more likely that the infretioa should remain iu the ham kir part of a hale ilia.. the ontsi.lc, considering the outside as ex posed grisernlly or often to ventilation t—lgg reaped to the iuterior part at it package, 1 know of no other way in which ft might Wing contagion, but as I have .mid; 1 think it not very probable it would do it that way ; these are the possible ways in which it might be brought. still considering that it is very improbable: three can only he grafters of opinion. Is it nut the opinion of grime medical men, that the peati *vague matter does acquire ewer!, tactiin &mites, than wheyit 01i3C3 immediately (rum the Way: —It is the °pi nto% of many that it acquires a concentration of virulence by confinement ; but I C 3 ttttttt speak of my own knowltglgtg• SI Id you consider that the fart of there not having oc curred a plague case at any lazaretto for 50 or 100 years, should be sufficient to inspire confidence to contemplate the doing away q tine estahlishrnentst—No, I do not, be: I know that the contagion or plague is very con siderithly under aimotiglieric influence; and, consequently, that a very long period may occur in which that peculiar constitution of the air is absent which gives activity la the matter of contagion. TRAVELS IN CHINA, hantionniely printed in iitte vol. quarto, and illUstrated with Plates, from Drawings by the late Mr. Alexander, price 21. 12a ltd. in boards. A VOYAGE to COCGIN-CHINA, in the years 1792, and 1793, containing a general view of the valnable pro ductions and the political inaportanfe of this flourishing kingdom, handsomely printed in one v.l. Ito. a n d illus trated with Several Engravings, price 9/. 13s. 6.1. in hoards. Yon bave stated, that you have had no acquaintance in your own practice with the plague; therefore, the opinion you have delivered, with respect to its being infectious i■ the you have eleeeribed it, is entirely derived from the knowledge of others ?—Entirely from the knowledge of nitres, and rt Section ou their testimonies. Yon have never, in the course of your experleace, Ind with any case which impressed you with a belief. that infec tion had been so eouninnisicaleill-1 met with a cage of the plague. I sieve, met with a ease where the peculiar symptoms of the plague were present. Whew was you in the Mrd terraloranl—ln 106; I resided at Gibraltar hospital five mouths in the year 11300. That was previous to the plague at Mahal—Previous to the plague at Malta. OUTRAGE AT MANCHESTER. AT s Ingot ottmerno4 i.IERFING of the ELECTORS of WESTMINSTER, held in Palace yard on Thtirmlny, the 24 of September, 1819, Sir FRANCESRURDETT, dart. M.P. in the Clink, It was Resolved—That it Is the ditty of every Friend to his Country to assist in procurinic redress for those Persons who have been illezttly Maimed, tViimided, and Imprisoned, in consequence of the Meeting held at Manchester, 4IU Ilit 1131 h of last :Wool' —to afford such relief as may be ne cessary to the Sufferers and their Families—and to brim.; to punishment the perpetrators of the outrage. And that a Subscription be opened for the above pur poses ; soil that Sir Francis Iturdelt, J. C. flublemie, T. T. Clarke. Esq., with others, he a Committee, wills power to add ill their ~umber, to carry the it/it:wont.' of this Steeling into effect. 1 would ask you to explain what you meats by spontacwona production?—A fever, for iustauee, way arise without auy ♦isible canoe. As you consider the plague cannot be produced by spots. taneous production, what il your opinims as to the ease of the first perms who takes ibe plague'— From latent conta gious matter, dormant during • certain pehod of the year, mad till • certain temperature or criumitailion of the air, or other adventitious circumstance in the person, gives it activity. Mr; you suppose that the 1 revival of Wavle is caused by !stew or dormant infection cslkd iutit activity chiefly by atmovpberie influence. SU BSCR s. d PTIONS. It Resintros. Nice which will list performed (3d time), a new Dramatic Legend, called THE GNOME KING: Or, THE GIANT MOUNTAINS. WA new 3lusie, grand and extensive Scessery, Machinery, and Decorations. Gerossina--Doke Klonaleinsehloffengrozen, Mr. Farley; taion Fisted', Sly. W. Farren ; Duke Sigismunil, Mr. Du isset. Princess Stella, Miss M. Tree; Lady Briiihibla, Mrs. ilaonseo—Ushriel (she Gnome King), Mr. Terry ; Dsisko beam, Mr. Taylor; heat Giionie, Mr. Connor; &TOM! Gnome, Mr. J. boar,. Borierweimia—Z , überstarf, Mr. Abbott; Gabes's, Messrs. Mal, Pyne, Comer. Marra for the Boxes in be taken of Mr. Brandon, at the Box-other, Hart street, from Ten till Four. A Private Box may be hail for the Season, or oir,litlp, of Mr. Branilmi, at the Box-Office. The Gnome king will be repeated every Evening. 70-morrow, the Opera of The Lord of the Manor. THE LAST NIGHT BUT TWO. SURREY THEATRE. THIS PRESENT EVENING, FRIDAY, October 8, will he presented, • Grand Legendary Melo-donne, in three short Acts, tinder the title or RICHARD THE FIRST; Or, CCEIJR DE LION. Richard (King of England), Mr. Watkins; Mandel ;Friend of the King'. Mr. Lee; Seneachal of Normandy, Mr. Brun (Queen of England, disguised as a Wind tdittstrer, Mina COPriltllli. S. Act 111. a Comic Ballet, by Mr. Giroux, Mr. Wyatt, Mr. Dove, and Miss Adcock. After which an entirely new Farcieal Barletta, is one Act (with old Characters), called SPOIL'D CHILDREN; Or. THE MANAGER'S NIGHT. In the course of the Evening, for this night only, the Fi lin Merl, from the Opera of ZIIIIIII, composed by Mr. ri:i - haia, will he performed by Miss Copeland, accompanied or the French Hurl by Mr. C. Tully. o conclude with the Grand Barletta Spectacle, in two Acts, ' under the title of SCANDERREG; Or. THE OUTLAWED PRINCE. Boxes 4s.—Pit 2s.—Gallery its. Half-Price at Half-past ROYAL COBURG THEATRE._ ("after the Patronage of hi• Royal Highuees Kittee Leopold of Saxe eobane: rirms EVENING. FRIDAY , October 8, t and TO-MORROW (Saturday), 9, he Entertainments to commence with the laughable Burletta of THE SECRET! Artie which, a new Panetta (the Music by Mr. T. Hughes), w. mesa he the •utleor of " Housing," celled IF THE CAP FITS YE, WEAR IT. ELEGANT DANCING. To which will be added, a etew Memo-dramatic Bagatelle, called WINNING A HUSBAND! Or, SEVEN'S THE MAIN. Miss Jenny Transit, Mrs. W. Barryisore. t'!harseirni •Iteraiited—Margaret Nlaeanstrklecanny, Mrs. llarrymore! Miss Cornelia Clenzentissa Elappresest, Mrs. W. Barrysnure!! Lady Dorothea Dashly, Mrs. W. Barry *ere! !! Mrs. Deborah Griskin, Mrs. W. Barryneure!! !! Missleinssiselle Antoinette Marthignieit ' Mrs. W. Barre !'!!! Rs lags., Boickihorn, Mrs. V. Bareyntere!!!!!! Ltisiyst Thaddeus °Transit, Mrs. W. Barrymurt To cuntihde with, for the third time at this Theatre, 1)0N JUAN! Or, THE LIBERTINE DESTROYED. Priiase f•sses laser been made and may he had itichillY• pli!res r:uumt Itussibly he kept later than Half-past Sects 1 4 1 are, to he taken st the Box-Offire of the Theatre ; •nd, fee the streomsrusslAtion of the Nuln,ity anal Gentry at the west-cud of the town, at Mr. Fruition's Music Warehouse, Not. 7fl, 'Strand ; and at Nu. ISt, Piccadilly, opposite Bur- For } t aeon nuninlal ion of n umer o us Visitors Gun) Green. .fn tr, 'Dentrar,J, &e. a cuacti calls at the ThrAtre a quarter 4.el.sre Eleven. NOW IS THE TIME! Peketinz the ..hove Motto, T. NISEI Iwgn 4.$ ioweens it on Min beet Ffie.lllS, the Public, as being tile tis..e nor bespeaking Part irk tar or f."unee Number*, as rirrr we at present hut few Tir'aete saki is the resent Lot ltrey,'cuisigisefilly NOW 13 TUE TIME. far Oeikatts who have any p Asleetion for Partienlar or Fortiori*: Numbers (whether eweete(nead by a Dream or fame eay me.her Cease) to be speak them before sold. and flaw the lorwosernenis of the Scheme. Persons haying a pre- Krosatent wf that ignitor. MI I. by baying the rotree.ltou'hltg 71 ' . 2 4111/vra Wirt adman, ohlo dm doable whet they eziweted ; bat at Iltr Ertl ems bi.coases ogee known. it natnrally excites e s. 'ae aelatratiout, soul sown trisently the Sale increases, there. 001. - 1111.0,000 wb 0 wish t., f t x ow precise NoolSer., have no tome to lox, rah anoint the., amp be Sold before they apply. -bets and &mem are &thug by %, 13161 J. StaxcAruker. 4 , Coral sill, and 9, Cbariay-cross, London, And by his Agents is Use Country. ••• Lottery begi 'seas Lard klayor's Day (9th November). * l OOOl.O, WWI fat. I Par fielder/. to be bed gratis at BISN'S. fair Prises of 2( 00 iy..tise Public 11111U1 get ; they may gel Eight of 3 0.0611. —l4 • paltry Prizes of 51. or 101. as the low est Prizes are UK II posy. . Sir F.Burdeti, Bart . . 210 0 0 I.C.Holthouse,T-sq. 100 0 0 Major Car WI ight and Friends - 54 14 6 T. T. Clarkr, Esq. 10 0 Sir Richard Phillips 5 5 Jricmy Bentham, Esq. - 5 0 0 Proprir ion of she Waleinne 5 5 0 The Stir News. paper . 3 0 il Mr. Phippo, Editor . . of the News 5 0 0 F Ellice, Esq. 51. P. 25 0 tt W. Hallett, Deoford House, Betts - 5 5 0 Subseriptiom previously a £ a. d. d • d. ino.Ceomplon.E.q. 10 10 0 Marquis of Tovi*. lock - 50 • 0 G. Evans, Eq. per .1. Perry, Esq 50 0 0 Hun. H. Grey Ben. nett, 31.1'. - 5 0 0 J. The'wall, E. 9. Proprietor of the Champion - 5 0 0 Mite of Leinater 105 0 0 Earl troavroor 50 0 0 How. D. Kalman!, _ _ M.P. - 4 26 S 0 Chas. Gillis Western. Esq. M.I. . 20 0 0 W. Fawkia , EA(' '2O 5 0 S. Graham, Esq. M.l'. - 20 0 0 used £l,lBO 17s. A.I. ~ d. W. A. Sanford, EN. Nyneltead.cuurt, Suraersetobire 5 0 0 Duke of Hamilton and Brau.lon 50 0 0 Peter Payne, Esq. 5 0 0 C. E Hanford, Pershore, Worm terekire lutlenthification for the past and ecru illy for the tutu, e, by a few Friends et the rimier of Mortimer-street 6 10 0 Mr. Street - 1 0 0 Subscriptions pet* received by Mr. S. Brooke, No 110. Stran:l; Mr. Galloway, 69, High Holborn; Mr. Dolby, Wardoor-street ; Mr. Giles 5, Wych street ; Mr. Has kell, 94, York.street, II estminater ; Mr. Parr, Great Rue sell-street, Covent-garden; Me. Korey. a, Tyler-street, Carnahy.t.tarket ; Mr. Henry Whittle, West street, Spital pods ; Mr. 170olcr. 76, Flet•l•sorret ; al the Office of the Statesman, Salisbury-cosot, Fleet-street ; Mr. Harris, 47, Norton -street, Portlstol-rostt ; Mr. BArrowctiff, Nn. 6, Fials•stret-411111, and 40, Drury-lane ; and at the Crows awl Anchor Tavern, Strand Subscriptions incorrectly elated will be irtittsetliately cur. reefed On application 1.1 the Secretary, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, any day between Eleven and Two °Tito*. J. Dean, Swallow. street - 1 1 0 A Yeoman, whose sword shall otter he stained with the ',kiwi of his u m4..1.11411; corn. hymen - 1 0 0 The Slate or a small Benefit Society, belt) at the Mal. berry Tree, Moor fields, per P. Sly, Secretary . 5 0 0 F. 8. Canton' 1 0 Mr. Rowcliffe - 1 1 0 5 00 ON 7'116 DOCTRINE oF CoIvTAGION 1N THE PLAGUE. (Continued fro= our Paper of yesterday .Irereurtj, 17 die Martaj, 1819. Bir JOHN JACKSON, 114rourt, iu the Cbair. Dr. lamrs Johnubn's sraisination co:tanned. Du you mean precauliosi with respect In condo ?—Yea ; I should think that the free exposure of packages, eveu if pot open. would be sulheirost.. . - What do you mean by free exposure; because if they are out opened. him are they capable of it ?—1 will put ■n in stance: a box of opium may come from Turkey; I do not see the toroidal:li of uprising that, soul exposing each cake uf the etintents. I take that as a single article. But confine yourself to silk and cotton ?—To bele goods it would be judietous to expose them as freely as possible. Without the universal exposure of Ike package, 'Mould you think it safe. supposing it bad been infected ?—lf it were supposed to be infected, limn very free ventilation cud ex posure should be used ; bat I think it in rather within the range of possibility than probability, that, under ordinary circumstance'', the emitagino should be brought to this country by articles of cargo. Is it nut as likely that the seat of infection should he in the interior part, as iu the untsiilz?--No, I think 11101; be cause the exterior towering may pass through a prat mauy places, anal he expuSeal to various sources of lufediou, where Ike interior could nut. Exposed to the counteracting rouse ?—Cerlainly. )(that is the ease, the outside being prior and at all times exposed to ike air, costume •entilation would prevent Wee. tioo on the Goode?—it nowt probably would. me saute mule you adopt for purification would entirely operate es a preventive?—Yes; but suppose infected serious on board, WIWIC there are packages) the extesior of the.. Should you not, in that ease, enneider 100 years sufficient to give n recurrence of all the possible cycle• of comhine. lion?—Yes, certainly ; in all probability sloth ...institution of the air would return in that period ; hut then the mean* now taken in quarantine might 'nevem the introduction of the entitagii%it at such particular jimeturea. Contidering that no personal case of plague has occurred in the lax hem's, for massy year■, do you consider these erdablishistents to have been the rinse why tie plague has not appeared tit Great Britain?—lt is a very difficult thing to answer that question. I think lie great probability is, that no Werth's', or very little, wa+ h glut ; and if it was brotien, it may have hue,, in so slight a degree as to have been dissipated by Ilse mean* used; the probability is, that It seldom or ever rerehes this country. I have not au Intl. male knowledge of tlitt means used in quarantine; but suppose they are exposure to the air, and such other memo as cumuton p.udznce mould dictate. As you conceive the infection, supposed to be introduced in the bite,. of Bloods, is... introduced by the persons parking; is it not your opinion that the internal part is more likely in have infeeti gggg than the nutside!—lf any of the interior part comet within the range of infection, 'boring its passage or !liana:it-lure. it would certainly be more liable to retain it in the interior than in any variant part of the package. From all the riseurnsinnees. tin you think the internal part more likely to be infected than the external part rather think not. Do pill consider the atmosphere to hare any operation on rt 111 l in packages I mean 11w atmosphere where the plagne exists?—]{a s mil the gent ral at phi re; the atmosphere of an iodide/ nob is a different thing ; but the general aautosperarialinimil pl iably infect gond*. _ _ _ The it the infection prodneed by goods, most be pennant bundling ?-15y coming within the range of exhalation front infected matter. If an infected bed is in the house, and if a bale of goods was laid on a bed where contagion existed, it might he infected. The local atmosphere of a house or room might be impregnated by the effluvia of an infected bed or pl rum, and that might comminsicate infection, but ant the general atmosphere of the town. Then you consoler the general atmosphere to have no con cern in the contoitinication of infection ?—Not its the gout ration of it, but in iucteAsing its activity, or lessening its (spree. Have yon any particular circumstances to adduce as proof that the plaque is contagious or infections ?—I have: first, the authority of those who have written without bias on the stshkci ; for instance Russel, and most of those oho have amen it. Secondk, its being ass eruptive di is in favour of its kiting contagious; because we know that all eruptive diseases arise from specific contagions, or poisons as they are called ; buboes add carbuncles are as commonly sects in the plague as pustules in she small-pox. Do hoboes and carbuncles come tinder the description of erupt . s—Yee ; the same as that of scarletius, or pus. lutes its the smallpox. Is typhns ?—Typhils is not an eruptive disease. Then you mean those disorders that medical trims call Fmauthemata ?—Yes. Yon hare beets a considerable lime in varn►u parts of In.' .?—Yes. lAt you consider the maliennia fevers, Incident to Tritt ennialre, Ittisivia, and Diamond flarininr, to he a class new luguns to the plague, as it exists in Turkey, kypt, and in the African dates?—Na; I consider them to Ist totally dif ferent its their nature wall causes. Do you believe thst these violent epidemics in India, de. prod fur their origin omits the miasmata exhaling from the marshy soils of these regions; or nre they communicated by contagion from the morbid so the anund - bodies of imeo ? —They are dependent principally upon the miasmata, which miasmata are intim:need by the stale of the atmosphere, and the diseases are not in their own nature etuttarsous ; but, under particular states, as from accumulation of filth and want of ventilation, they do occasionally annum a con tagions character. 10 1 •1 you believe the epidemic distempers sod ilyienteries of particular climates am contagious, under any Mecum. *latices ?—I knew as iustaime of simple ilyseutery beiug contagious ; hot epidemic fevers may sometimes become so. consider that allows, whether originally contsgiors or not, stay botanic su by She patients being too muck mowded, by waist of cleanlioese or wart of ventilation. Have you experience of West India epideuiimi?—Yes. Do you believe them to be err totirtto ! I believe the re. mittens and what are called Yellow fevers, more properly called Endemic fevers, are not contagious. have you had experience of the fevers that prevaiksl at Malta and Gibraltar iv-4 was at Gibraltar in 11300, bat the fever was nut epidemic then; there were sporadic eases, which 1 Considered as of local origin; they were produced by causes generated in the surface of die rock, and Straw spheric causes, not imported. Define chat is lIICA I{ I by the term sporadic ? —Wandering cows. not generally epidemic; • case happe•iug here and there in a family. Do you believe the plague to be a contagious d'se•se communicahle by the effluvia of diseased bodies being ap. plied in d persons, indepelident of local circumstances? —Yes, 1 do , even under those cireasinstaucer, iudependeut of any atmospherical or adventitious 'What are the means and (Weiler...antes mast favourable to the diffusion of •riasmata?—Heat and moisture. May not epidemic direttses, unite, Certain circumstances become colitsigiuus? —They way; that is proved by the epidemic fewer* of this conotry at this airinstiiit. Which are produced in many instances by atiransplseric and terrestrial isillueore at first, bat propagated afterwards by toetagiett. I cousider the exbalatinsw of the earth as *flew combiaiag with certain Matcs of the air to produce rpidewlit fevers. Take the eseverse; de yew that say roetrigiests disorder email.. sego 3-No; I believe that what may be celled as entgairs asegaiore, as seeallipo, oseaslrr i or plague, cutiotstise 1.1110116.00113 they mast Do you eoneeke that certain quality is the air ii sere♦. gory to bring forth the latent cuutagion ; do you considir that, in the great plague in the reign of Edward 111., which spread over country seer country, and it:airiest off three fourths of the inhabitants of Europe, the climate. shifted; if from the year Ib7o to 166, there was a perpetual recur. truce of plague in Englead, do you consider it probable that the more quality of the sir could have been over Eiig. land duriag a oratory ?-.ll'ith reopett to the first versions, the disease was probably produced by an epldeMie isitlisence, which will occasionally trevej o round the whole globe ; for ibit•oee„ is 1802, there was as hillocks over most of the Herald. There was a fever is lsdia * Ikw years age which travelled nearly 1,000 walks, gradually esteisdiuw itself is the direction of the nsonsuon, from near Cape Cormorie I. the banks of the Carvers , , sod sweeping off 10,000 people. Thiii took • considerable lime to travel from one port to souther; but went la the direction of the monsoon, affect iag one district after another. That 1 consider ait.eiss epi demic influence which 1 cannot •cement for, excepting by peculiar states of earth sod sir; it was 11.4 ante/loos from individual to individual, lost something in the air, which produced a general epidemic fryer from south to north. 1 think it was some epidemic iutluessee of ibis kind that spread over Europe; but from the time it happened, the &strip fissile ate win minute; I hardly euusider it the plague of the present day, Do you consider that climates ehangel-1 do ; 1 thidk there are periodical changes, irregular In their returns, bat bringing • constitotioa somewhat similar to former Periods. This was the opinion of Syskuhsiss, and is entertaiued by many at this moment. Do yes consider these changes as productive of disorders? —Certainly; and I think there are scarcely two epidensits preeiselt alike in their nature. Du you consider the plague of 166 to have bees the re gular true Levant plague ?—I should think it was, and par ticularly from the eruption of hoboes, which is the out! cri. terion ; the febrile phenomena in plague and oilier fevers, may be similar; the erupt ious are the only sure distioctions. Did yhu ever know buboes and carbasiiikil to appear in cases of typhus fever?—Glands suppurate sometimes, but very rarely; they are only except' to general rules; whereat' in tree plague, the eruption of buboes ur carbon etc. is yearly as common as postales iu the small-pox. Dees every body who has the plague, also have it attended with carbuncles or buboes?—Not invariably; but perhaps 6 out of 100 base elliptic's,s of one kind or other, Euless the patients die in the first stage of the disease, previously to the eruption (while's is I think a sanative start of nature), or where nature is not ultimately able to bring Out Ike erup tion, emu in protracted cases. It appears that the plague was, at least, frequently recur rent in England fur the greater part of a century, previous to 1065; in the year 160 h it is mentioned by • familiar writer, to be so prevalent, that houses were marked with a crows, and the words sitiserere nsikl written oat then' to pee. vent persons front 'airtime them; be particularly nontioss the plague *pole; would not that be a proof of the similari ty bf the plague to the Leant plague ?—lt is a difficult thing to give a ikeideil answer; where it k nteiC ed that they had the tokens, them were probably buboes ur carbon. etre ; with respect to the spots, there is some difficulty in shaking Sp hoes mind as to what they Meant, they might mean petechi. Vevutris, 19 die Marlij, 1819. Sr JOHN JACKSON, Barouet, is the Char. Gladstone ealkd fa, and 'maimed. You are a practitioner in @medicine ?—.Surgeon to the Naval Asylum at Greenwich. Are yeti at-unsnap.) with the disease 'envied plartle is the Levant, sod Ike aral..gion ascribed to it, and what is your opiariou thereof ?—1 was at Constautinuple in 1806 and 18117; mad c r aw l hiving been then surgeon rains Majesty's ship the Borlysnion, I there mew MINI diorama' of the plague, sod a great variety of Asiatic fevers, highly isifectious. Was the plague at the time Mgiog ?—blo; there is al all times snore or law plagde there. At what time of the year?—lt was in December, January, rehrimary, and March, prior to the forciug of the Dalian:lns. Wilt )rie describe to she Comnsitte, the lthaesetevirties of the plague?-1t is a disease attemultd by amlias prattrathro of strength sod spirits, great apprehensiso, and assay symp. to.. of a Malignant type. Frotti the little appesheistrio the Greek physleiaos I saw have le come is. awed with U'. plume I was led to feel she palm if theft Federate, which I did with tooldderahle apprehmelolt. lid oad eUtsider the phlgoo nano matagious from anima than listoogio tbe ms. Mom of the Musireptiere. Mat was tbeecrusegitamol-.4 so bid etiosigoasess. Maw matey plates pimiento do yea sopplie Oro Mt the puha of sat three, sod took arportealtias of visitieg thew *roast limits. How was their poise ?—aVeey laisk asiltaU, fropentl7 al- . or Is there increasid cleanliness in tfiet district ?—More think in Pent than Constaittiniillle. What do you mean by infeetiou ?—Disease produced by a contagious state of the atmosphere; an epimemie state of the atmosphere produced by various cum.; effluvia, vinous effluvia, or by coutact with a particular tints. Have you ever beard of the plague being in Great Ilritain or Ireland'—Yes / both; dhring the denser of IABS, in Charles lll.'s time. There is an order iu Council by the Ho nourable Privy Council, present lie Lord Chamberlain, 4he Earl of Bath, Mr. Treasurer, Mr. Vice•Cliamberlasu, si:l/ Mr. Secretary Morris, ordering the College of Pln swims to suggest measurer, soil give directious; to prevent the spread ing the infection of the plague. DI. you ronfider that was the real Levant plagne Why'—At that Orrind, as far m I have been able to trace from a swirly of old authors, listre was scarcely such a thing as a comiiiimi p.estrr. The privies iselb a. romolated under every house, probably not emptit.l for yeses ; and au older was given to empty them once it month. That otde r originated, I believe, in the College of Physicians %fin the spreading of she plague. As you do nut consoler that to have hero what is pi u prely termed the Levant plagmr, to what do you werrilie ' , Amos iu 166.5!—Tis the narrowness of the sheets, arco_ mutation of filth, and want of ventilation; and pri.1.41.11 a diseased constitution of the atmosphere at that period. Then you consider it was 1101 tee Leeson Wavle; iliat it was islet itnpustrit, but that it nrigiosted is Englaud .?—l'es ; 1 la lieve Him it originate.: in &seam!. Do you found your lifi.a of its out being the Levant plague, from any historical description, oemailogiesl Chas racier of the disease ?—I babe not been ebte to trace ant decided fact of it. imporlatims ; a circumstance of see morn importance sad gen. inleri id, if tine, would, I think, leave been marked by the time: I link upon the liarroviiii-sis of Ike streets, the Illth of the city, the want of common Mons, and the shoe of Ike atmosphere at that period, 1? have bre% the eannlinnl but particularly the west of COMMON sanrini. Was it atissuled with buboes and ea/boucles ?—Yes, as ta► as I am able to Irani i iu tome cams; nut generally. hid pm ever OVIE cases Of typhus encoded with !entrees —Yes, iu the fitst instant', its "Issue isigaismatury (mural halms*. freoneatly?— , Nut frequently. Hare you .lCu the 141611111 it' 110 typhus have seen an enlereenrent in the Rums ; the ellrbitncle to gruefal cootie tira the bent. n the I.lBun Icier& Have yen rims. !wand of the plague in Great Britain and behind 'deice 1665?—There was a disease in DuLim something similar, but 1 have uut any eurrect iuforma lion as to it, lu what year?-1 do not know manly; I believe ioon af ter tlw plaglie in London, but I am not sure. Do yon consider that nor quarantine ritahlishments have kept the plague from being introduced into Grest Britain or Ireland?—No, I do out; I cannot my they have. From having been requently tinder quarantine restraint myself. I bale niaili it my boldness to visit bidet of the Istareitos Itr tween Gibraltar and Constantinople; but the source of din. ease Is more frequently sera akwag the Greek vessels that carry cargoes to Marwilles, of which there was s meat many sailed soon after the blot kaile by the British squadion under Sir John Duckworth. If plague infection was intreidoced into hales of gnodu in the Mediterranean, do you suppose that the pr, mit Native 'letters aad opportunities at tioarautine Cbtablisit.aledill itt G-eat Britain, altdielent to 11111Ify theta from the infection ? consider the lazaretto•, as far as I am able to Irarte, par. ticnlarly inefficient in fitment for that pus pu4e; I intim with respect to ventilatiou and liallalt. no you consider that she Levant plague can (1654 tit a British atistiaphere?—l thick that is very douldfial ; but I think there is great eutoutageineol to noise dem ■ny is imported min the lazarettos. There are some of the lazaretto ships, as I ins given to undrritaiiii, where the shingle ballast has not hien shifted fbr many years; Min in many instances fevers Hare brill produced, an•l 1111 f. this ease, even in our men of war; the tome of war for merly used to be lostlateil with shingles; sosi Wining Chia ballast, it his produced freer In 14 vend of the slops; thpt I have seen myself, Ind it is *ell recorded. What kiitl of fever!—The usual fever df the ►tation they bapprned to be on, sir the place dory were at; not "the plague. It is a well-known feet, established among in iri time people, that the lwalth of our fleets, nor Worms iu transpurta, and seamen in merchant yr awls, 'hive all riots in proportion ill the d.gree of licit . ..cairns at which we have arrived in tleantiness unit Have you in your it.rloiries, ever heard of a plazne case having arrived at or torso seem in any la zo cm) in them 111. lain ?—Never. _ _ . Do you siot.sesppose, that if the infection of plague had been imported in any bales of from It.e Meths , hams's, which were opened for the purpose of bring rentilati it at lazarettos, Bud if the plague bad existed tliscriii, slid was cootagions, those expoigaturs would become themselves in fected with the plague?—Certainly. Would the circunlstauce of pligue out having h,cis seen for so many years in Gent Britain, or its laza►ettos, give sufficient antfidruee for concluding that the 'Mogur house* exist Iu a British atmosphere shoot.' think it would toot give soffit:Mot confidence; it would create ghat alarm if knows to exist. You still suppose it ssitlit exist think that is a slosh.- ful Is not plague, in plague cavalries, periodical to its bees wing and end ?"..*Yes. What is the state of atmosphere atilt yob conceive Cam pitiable and nut compatible with the eminence of plague ?-- I look upon it that its cold dry weather, the pligue does out so frequently exist. Ise hut weather, after Brosts, whew the rivers, such as the Nile, hake oeerflowed, sod left marshes and And., t h e action of the nos in sauna of seek taarebee and moist grosud always produces disease, and frequently the Levant pligue. What sort of temperature do you morbid , Necessa►y to the mistimes of plague !—le the cases of. plague I sate at too ataallaople, tile tberowitneter el.iod *boat the frehhog pulsar, from 1 I to 30 ; it was iss the oleic*. MM the plague preveleat at that slats of lellybrature ! No. It oda not; but then nitre alesys ebame !NOS three. Theo wen gams errs during Owl orate of the year ! There ems *bhp *sae easel at enastaalistopie. rn be eiaan•rd.) . Y