The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-20 00:00:00

PREVALENCE OP SMALL-PDX.

A meeting of the Medical Officers' Association
wee held on Saturday evening at Whitehall ; Dr. Taossoir,
of Msrylebose, in the chair.
Dr. Saone:roar milled attention teethe alarming increase
of small-pox; and the seessaity for urgent measures to re-
move the evil. The medical department of the Privy Cor-
al had Takeo up the question, bet it was necessary for the
medical officers to do something for • reedy and
remedy. Agreat difficulty to hi own dietnct of
ton was the removal of patients, for the small-pox sod
other hospitals could sot meet the exigencies of the prier
epidsmio. It would be well to appoint • committee cm the
quatien.
Dr. rams. of Belgravia, would mond any proposition
to lime effect, for though in hi own district measures had
bra adopted to isolate small-pox era in the workfare
by separate wards, most parishes had not such Ares.
Dr. BulOZ. of Pelham. 000trmed the neceasitifilir doing
something,. inerrela as smell-pox wee spree in the
lantana saburli. He bed addressed a latter to the of
guardians, who had appointed • spar meeting to consider
what was bat to be done. He bad &muted the rah-
' liehment of a serrate' building for smell-pax, sod leder
lay epidural drum It was very *proper to take mei
palmate to • suburban workhouse much more to • Loren
wench:am sad he toped all emir would fake the webfoot
into consideration. In Fulham there were old base, or
rows of cottages, which might be made into temporary
hospitals for sinall-poz, &oysters rather than In a work-
hour or morel healthy persons.
The CHAIRMAN said that Marylebone had done something
is this way by apportioning a &robed pert of the work-
house pander with • separate entrance, for cases not ad-
mitted into the damn-pox Hagar Hs believed gnu dire
sad vestrymen, as public bodies, were desirous of doing all
they could for the benefit of the public and he believed the
method officers would receive like credit. creamily es a
subject like that now wider disconnect. There had bass a
large number of oases in Maryleboue.
Dr. BUCHANAN Graved that the Privy Council had In-
simmer him to orate information on this sub)** and r
M would have to visit the metropolitan micas, be would
esteem it • favour if the medical men would aid him is
this day. He quite approved of supplementer hospitals
urby D Boma
. dim. neon moved, and DT. ALDIS seconded
"Thal it be referred to the Committee of General Purposes
to report ea Ibe preens premiere of small-pox, on the
best mass of providing for the conveyance and reception
of prints affected with small-pox, and to draw up •
series of preolisel resonerodations to be addressed to the
vestries and district boards of the metropolis on the sub-
** sad to submit their report to • special meeting of the
ressiation, to be twareened for the purpose as soon as
possible."
The motion was canted neanimorly.
The guardians of the poor of the parish of Bt. Margaret
and St. John, Warmish,. have caused to be pruned
hand-bills eareatly requesting ell parents to have their
children immediately vaccinated in accordance with the
terms requited by the set of patilment, and also to have re- •
vaccinated ell radius rat are above mean years of age.

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPUIIED 'IN PARLIA-
DR/22.—Tho ball of the Okeliamptoe sad Lidferd Junction
Railway, to Incorporate the company and to make arrange-
ments with the South Devon, Tar Mock, Imoceston, and
South Western Companies, be been oared by the House of
Lords, the consent of the Priam of Wales, in right of hie
Duchy of Cornwall, having been signified. The promoters
of the Dahlia Metropolitan Railway have made an applica-
tion to the house requesting that their bill for ti eseteal
natio, and tramways in Dublin, and for arreogements with
the corparatien of Dublin and other parties, may be dealt
with by the committee appointed to coasider it in the same
way as the Loadoa Metropolitan Railway was whoa consi-
dered in corriudttee. The following bills have been
in Mr. Massey's commith ere Hedhant and I :T.
iogford Railway, for Menem of capital and further sabscrip-
Me yon Greet Eastern Railway ; Busby Railway, fora line
/remCaledoeten !Whom to that place ; Seaton and
I Boar Railway, fora line between throe places, unitise with
the Leedom and South Wasters ; London, Tilbury, and
Southend, for arrangements with Great Pattern and Black-
! wall; A tneystwith rad Welsh Onset. for estensions to
Abezyst with Harbour and Festiniog ; Devon Valley, to re-
gulate capital ; Newhaven Harbour and Mersey Docks.
A BOARD OF AUDIT FOE INDIAN R•ILW AYR.—
We Rocloostaffil that the Indian government are about to
establish a Board of Audit for the rumination of Indian
railway accounts, to ensure that the charges against
revenue shall be fairly made. The Indian government have,
of course, a direct pecuniary lateral in seeing that all
charges are properly apportioned ; and, to it is be
that Indian railway accounta will be made out in such
ia
clear and oommehannve roamer as b cooties& favourably
with the of mummies at boom—Mono Marla* Revive.
Mu. RIIRULL DECLARED BeemaurT.-0a Sa-
turday Mr. Reedier Roche held • monthly Thar.
ton at ®phitsereemilpest Priem for the purpose of meanie-
ing the prisoners and adjudicating three baakrapte whom
circumstances warranted it. Among the prisoners was Mot
Russell, the mother of the lady who was plaintiff is the
case of Ramon e. Adams, which was tried in February lath,
in use of the superior courts for breach of promise of mar-
riage. Mrs. Rumen having been sworn said, in answer to
the regielmr, she waii • on and was arrested at
the 10th of February for 301. and 261. mete. It wee only
the death of her brother which had taken plane since she
had been in prima that hod prevented her making arrange.
tomb with her creditors. Her liabilities were Oat IatOVO 201.
beyondthis. Apollonian who attendedfromMeme.Wildaed
Bator, solleitare for Mr. Larne, the detaining creditor, said '• I
am speaking advbeilly when I say that 1 am aware of debts
to the amount of 2001. I may say from my own knowledge
that a composition is utterly out of the question." Mrs.
Rumen —" I am in negotiations that I believe will lead to
a settlement.* la reply to the registrar, the poisoner'
eontieued—" My mine is Emily Caroline Roma I am •
professor of made. I reside in Cottage-grove park, Peck-
ham, and have resided there for about siz months. The
majority of my creditors reside in London, but they only
amount to small debts of 10a or ss. each, and waat to be
entertained before Imn state the amount. I can pay them
all off. Sims I have been in prison any brother km died,
and my little annuity is 'topped." The Solicitor—" I must
object to the came being adjourned, for there is not the alight.
est chance of a settletnest, and it will only impala upon
my client the expense of cornea here again. His deft is
301., Red the coats 261. I have here an adios pram I.
which we are ehallenged to go to trial. There is 151. paid
into court, and the ozonises will beet least 5001. I hold •
bill of sickaage which the ore to Dr. Adams, and he
endoned it over to me. I commenced an action against
her oft that bill, sad the applied to be allowed to de-
fend it ma the ground that she had • goad defame to
the action. By pleading poverty leave was given he,oe coeditioe el her paying 15/. into court I have her
Mildew% hem is which the states the defame she in-
tends to set up aphid the claim, and that will involve
the tad OVel again of the case of her daughter and Dr.
Adam. We shall have to bring witneses from Wass
sad other parts, and the a:psrs of the two trials will
earthialy be move thee 1,0001. The defence the Ina set up
is thef the bill was glees is aoaessisa with her daughtm's
saarriege with Mr. W. Adams, and we shall have to go iota
than questions again. I therefore object to the cum being
adjourned." After some further conversation, in the acorns
of !blob Mrs. Russell laid she did sot want to be made •
bWrylPf. the registrar adjudicated her a bankrupt. She
asked that she might still be permitted to defend the mo-
tion. The registrar told her that that mod be left is the
hands al the asignees. As order for her discharge frees
prison was ref .
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