The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-20 00:00:00

NAVAL.

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 19.—APPOINTMENTS.—Chap-
lain J. P. Giver, to Minden. Paymaster G. A. Lance, to
Tiger. J. F. Johnson confirmed to rank of Surgeon.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 19.—The Leopard, 12, paddle-
frigate, Captain G. Gifford, is ordered to SAO to-morrow
from Spithead for Cork, there to embark 13 different drafts
of regiments for conveyance to the Mediterraneen. They
will number about 400 men, women and children, exclusive
of 26 officers and onelady. The Dauntless, 24 screw.
frigate, was taken into the sea basin to•day. The Lucifer,
steam-vessel, arrived to-day from Plymouth. The Dili•
gence, transport, wan taken out of dock to-day.
DEYONPORT, OCT. 19.—The Queen, Capt. Michel,
is still is the Sound; she bas drawn her chute and received
her powder. 11 is reported she is to take out troops. The
Lucifer, steamer, left yesterday with supernumeraries fur
Portsmouth. The St. George, 120, ordinary guardship,
Capt. J. Kingcomr, will be paid off on tho 31st, and re•
commissioned on the following day. The Nautilus, 10,
Lieut.-Commander S. Dolling, sailed on Wednesday, for
the exercise of the naval apprentices, and returned the
same day. Tue Ajax, 58 (screw), Capt. Warden, at this
port, will sail in a few days for Queenstown, to take the
tt.ig of Rear-Admiral Sir W. F. Carroll, K.C.B. The
President, 50, Captain Burridge, at this port, is about
80 men short of Ler complement. The Desperate, b
("crew), Captain Chambers, will be paid wages at this
port to-hay (Wednesday). Her mast was put on board
oa Friday, and she is now ready to go out of har-
bour. The Valorous, 16 (paddle), Captain Buckle, was
paid wages at this pert on Monday. The M:.gitienne, 16
(paddle), Capt. Fisher, arrived here on Sunday from Ports-
mouth. Her crew will be paid wages to-day (Wednesday).
Capt. Sir Thomas Maitlaad, of the Agamemnon, 91 (screw),
was ou Monday evening summoned to the Admiralty by
electric message. It is rumoured Sir Thomas is to the aew
Comptroller of Coast Guard. The Leander, 50, Capt.
King, on her way to Malta, arrived at Lislym from this
port, on the 9th inst., and remained on the 10th. The
„Deegan, lighter, sailed with stores for Queenstown on Sun-
day. The James Watt, 90, was taken out of duck on Mon-
day, and placed alongside the ji tty. The foremast of the
.Imoerieuse is complete, and will be put on ho.ird this day
(Wednesday). The f aemast of the Agamemnon is also re-
paired, and will be put in on Thursday.
Mr. John Ward, the boatswain of the Desperate, who
lately saved the lite of a ,canan carried away wit" the fore-
, topmast of that ship, in a gale off the east of Ireland, and
who on nine former occasions has been instrumental in
saving the lives of his fellow creatures, has had Lie citations
honourably acknowledged by the committee of the Royal
thepila eue Society,dnaonwaetea
courage meeting inaonfl.dht he
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John Ward, boatswain of the Desperate, on the 9th dope.,

1853, in having jumped overboard to the resese of a seaman
who was carried away with the foritepmast, when blowing
strong at sea, off Ireland, and whcse life he saved, calls
forth the lively admiration of this committee, and justly
entitles ►im to its sincere thanks, inscribed on vellum (he
having formerly been adjudged the society's *Hilt, medal)
which are hereby awarded him." The testimonial was
presented to the gallant fellow on the quarter-deck of the
Dcaperate, in the pre.ence of the crew.

TILE CHOLERA.

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(From the General to;r4 of flealth, Oct. 19.)
METROPOLIS.
Mr. Hall, of the Poor-law Board, and Dr. Milroy,
from the General Board of Health, had interviews
on Tuesday with the boards of guardians of Ken-
sington and of Fulham. Upon the advice of these
gentlemen the guardians in both inwances devolved
the very responsible duties of sanitary inspection in
the different districts of their parishes upon their
medical officers,who are required at the same time to
maintain a vigilant surveillance over the health of
the inhabitants in all the suspected localities. At
both meetings, but more especially at Fulham. loud
complaint was made of the disgraceful state of lung
open ditches as left by the Commissioners of Sewers,
and indeed of the utterly defective sewerage through-
out the district.

In the Notting-hill portion of Kensington parish
there still exist that slough of abominations known
as "the Po series;" things are worse now than in
1848.49, when loud complaints were made by ail the
respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood of the
horrible condition of the locality, and when the
medical officer of the di,trict proved that the ratio
of mortality among the residents exceeded that of
almost any part of England. No one who has vi,,ted
the spot where swine and human beings are suffered
to remain immersed together in filth, can %ender at
such a result.

There is a general opinion prevalent that the Ken-
sington Board of Guardians might have done much
more than has been done to correct this monster nui-
sance, and it has oven been alleged that some of the
guardians are owners of the property in " the Pot-
teries." Whether this be the fact or not, it is ear-
nestly to be hoped that without a day's delay prompt
and energetic measures will be taken by the hoard
for the removal of so foul a disgrace of their parish.
A case of cholera has occurred within the last few
days at Kensington, in the very same room where
the first fatal case occurred in 1849. There have
also been two fatal cases in St. George's-in-the-East.
From reports of the superintendents of the 1/, K,
L, M, It, S, and V divisions of police, forwarded this
day to the General Board of Health by direction of
the Commissioners of Metropolitan Police, it appears
that between the lath inst. and the 18th there have
been 27 cases of cholera, resulting in 13 deaths. In
six cases death ensued within 24 hours of the
attack.

In one instance it is remarked by the superinten-
dent that "the smell from the premises in Green-
street was so bad all last week that it was impossible
to have the windows of this house (where the death
occurred) open for ordinary ventilation." The
patient was " in perfect health up to the time of
the attack."

GERMAN EMIGRANTS' LODGING-HOUSE, GLASS-
HOUSE-YARD, ST. MARY'S, WHITECHAPEL.—During
the last few days several cases of cholera have
occurred at this dep4t for the Germans em grating
from Germany to America. Three have leen re-
moved to the German, three to St. Thomas's, and
one to the London Hospitals. The disease appears
to have been brought over from Holland by the
emigrants, as in some of the patients it appeared
even on board the Rotterdam steamboat, and in
others shortly after their lauding at St. Catherine's-
wharf, in Lower East Smithfield. The medical
officer attending the sick in this lodging-house states
that he considers the accommodation supplied in the
establishment during the short stay of the emigrants
in London as faultless, that constant attention is paid
to cleanliness in every respect, and that any sugges-
tion that can promote the comfort and health of the
emigrants is immediately carried out, regardless of
expense, by the proprietor.
LIVERPOOL.

Since the 14th inst. these have been five new cases
of cholera and two deaths; of those attacked three
were Germans, and two Irish. 'I he latter and one
of the former were emigrants ; another had arrived
'in Liverpool, vii Hull, a fortnight before. The third
was the keeper of a large German lodging-house, in
which several cases of cholera had previously
occured. The deaths were among the German eon-
grants formerly reported.