The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1849.

THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE CITY
OP LONDON UNION.

Yesterday the JeetienreMe is the hisasios.hosse
we crowded with gentlemen mmeected with the City of
Leaden Vales, nearly all the gweediees bolsi peewit, to
hear the Lea Move's tiselein ems sammemo whisk had
hem awed y gm gleotrel Beset* Health Wiled die city
kir es alleged 'Weise of the Pattie Health
5s reledaig te sprint edatleael medial vidteres
Ilheepitele mad hewn 018=2 sad
OW Mute Alm
seats of the lewd. ate e'n& the = N
Has. the Lewd liaper took rime on the besetmirk 'I
by the Reseed.,, the City Bokielter, mod
, ?Me, and Gibbs. Meters. (Innen and Audit
sterns es the pert of the Bawd et Some iiils Mr.
se their prelesiseal adviese. Me. =ihr. firestemed
bribe heard gnsedime, Amain the
mei Mr. lleedhA esatise tells ask Xhe
sect war mak ereardei, sod the yesseediega Me-
nden' until liffilest 4 Vied. At the oommessementef
the peeseinlings
The LORD Maros Inked whether ft wield set be sew
espesient, the bond ef ginelisse leka se nunessea
wards of am belated is stember). that *ay Mask s 4
&limeades of six of their ameba* attesd meek the
prommusea. (This seasetisa qty with panel din*
Mset ponisted in.)
Mr. Boszta and be had *1 keen, to appear belies kb
lordship in support of a salmons which had bees bowed,
eating ea the lewd of gaudiess it the City of Ludes
Volute lease his letheltp, to gnawer • complaint
for *seen tea of train famed by the Central Beard of
Health, width mommas .bed been seined es the Wed
pardiass ea the kb September last. HI wet
aware et the otramistaseas under whisk this ogeffieetlea wet
made; mod at the onset he (Mr. Bodkia) admit that
ey el Lemke beard was imposed d pedaloes et
the Ol
high seepessabiiity, IMMO motives were Damien igsestime,
me *mean is wee a mast plead seek to Mem tea=
*era Is moppet of myth's( hi the shape of a
penelles spinet them. Bet his lordship wand prod*
thee be emespesse ef shimmied, oscurrieg daring the seer
the lithe = Marts atWestmiaster Shell were so Haw
melee of beim the legal authltritles esy Meld to
obey lb, dieletime of doe Beard Health. By as set
paired in September bet, whisk was is truth a contineades
of an an pawed la antisipones of the snivel of the pest
epidemic, • General Board of Hula was established, aod
a subsequent set coefiented and emended the powers of that
body. The 10 it 11 Viet, e. III; maned Mat from them to
.ime, after the issue of ea order in coantil, the General
Board if Health might use each dbeetioas Yd regelations
se the said board shall think Qt for the prevention or mid-
atios of epidemic or endossie diseases, sad make such
orders resposdng the cloning of house, removal of
noisiness, sad the burial et doe deed es might deem
isecesseey fee the mitigation of seek diseases.
Aad they were further empowered to call as the various
boards of guardian thrombin' Ragland to carry thoir
damage Cato effect His lordship would also see that
they were empowend to ceder the Aroma*, of moll.
eines and the appoiatment of adfittienalel assist-
ance where necesary. The daunt setters of the
tame sat provided that • ”salty of 61. should
be inflicted es any pereonwho skeaM wilteiy sealed or vio-
bta the provisions of the act. A later act' the 13 Viet., e.
111, s. 3, empowered the seentery of the Board of Health,
es the order of the bond, *prosseate any person or per-
ste' who *sold mint te May oat as ndea, It wend be
preps weed "sepses " was used, sad this an
=wa kened a aosibmation of the nuisances Removal Act,
the was to be takes es holdiser the same stamiag in
betk se* He did not knew whether say question would be
raised as to whether the ramilass bed weeny iodinated any
violation of the snot whether he sheaf be opposed merely
on whiten grounds, sad Amid delealbee set antinpate in
his observations. It was Sake bees that the Board of Health
had pewee to enforeopethezdtethe= al that WY the
objet of the present be sell attention to
the way la width their amber led be.. Mt by the City ot
Leedom guardians, end he amorted that whethersuch en-
due shield be ..seemed late " *Ostia. " or " neglect," it
exposed the staelly to the plaelties of the act. Oa the
sth September the following order we made by the beard :
To the Oserdians of the Poor of the City of London
Union, and to all others whom it may comm.
Whereas by the set 11 & 12 Victoria, esp. 123. entitled
" An act to renew and mead an act of the teeth year of her
present Majesty, for the more speedy removal et certain
nuisances, and the prevention of contagious and epidemic
diseases ;" and by virus of en order of her Majesty's Most
Honosuratsle Privy Council, bearing date the 27th day of
March. 1859, directing that the provisions of the sell act be
continued in force throughout the whole of Great Britain—
we, the General Board et Health, are authorised to leas
such directions and regulations as the said board shall think
fit, for the prevention, se far as possible, or mitigation of
epidemic, endemic, and contagious disease. And where's
"Mime parts and places within the City of London Voice
upper et be affected by formidable epidemic end endemic
we, the theta' Board of Health, in further @aer-
obe of the power wilted in us as aforesaid, issue the direction
sod regulations hereafter contained, to extend to the City of
pLesdon Union
1. That mine additional legally qualified medical officers,
(or in ease so many legally qualified meant men cannot
be obtalaed foe the service) ulnae* medial student., be
thethwith appointed, to give up their whale dam to • roan
tr sad carnal house to bones 'Maths threeptut the
elided districts of the Arne* pies, at lied oace seek
dey, and if requisite or moodiest, EMS berpostly.
& That adequate Ismael sesemsedstioa be Immediately
is a esimile sad meted }tidos, foe the rem
"IV= I.` b; any of
due
piler:Zitoiyhiraptyons.
3. That a bones, at Meese of refuge, be at ones pre
=in suitable peke^ to which may be removed the
of each net i 1 persons as have bees attacked
by *okra, or others living near to persons so attacked ;
asp that the helms or rooms from which such persons may
WS been removed, shall be thqrousbly caused and pun.
Set ley the_oine re, or those having the care thereof, or in
piesdeisalt, by the guardians.
4. That *II4U be forthwith opened, in sufficient numbers
aid f oisvenient localities, for the supply of medicine,
at all hears obtain day or night, to such necesaitous per-
sons as may acked by cholera, or by any ef its pre.
mmiteep sitems.
& That mp
km&billa sad **demo be issued throsghost the
=aid especially in the alerted districts, giving fall
where method aid and other assistance may be
procured by those who slay be attached by cholera, or by any
of it presimitory symptoms.
Gives ender oar hands and under the seal of the General
Seed of Health, this sth day of September, 1849.
(Biped) ASHLEY.
EDWIN CHADIC[.
T. SorneWOOD SMITH.
That order was menet on the day oa which it was made.
The RECORDER—Before it was Ocustred ►f
Mr. Bottum—Yee.
Mr. CLARKSON Was willing to Mee time by admitting that
the guardlaas bad rewind what war smiled the order of the
beard, hat which was in fact no order.
Mr. Bones—That WY on the sth September, and it
certaisly wee to be regretted that an interval occurred from
the sth to the 10th betas there wee any maim of the bond
of guar/limas to *he so urgent a matter into consideration.
The order wee, however, rearmed, sad the decision of the
board of guariliaae would be understood by the answer
which they ordered their clerk, Mr. Bowmen, to send.
TM Ricotta's—How was the order served—on each
perdisa iaulvl4ualy ?
Mr. BODKIN—It was served cm lh. Rowsell, as clerk *1
the baud. That gentlemen seat the following answer :
Sept. 11, 1849.
My Lords and Gentlemen,—l es directed by the board of
guardians of the City of Londe. miss to acknowledge tbe
receipt of the directions and repietbse dated the trik fen.,
whin you appear to consider semmigy fer this union. The
raardians haring takes seek dinning and regulations late
sonsideratioa at as exuseriltzjeeseting of the
oohed for the purse, as , the 10th bacreert
mbion that in the present state the Odom within doe
City of Loudon union they have already fully net the
vieeireitudes of the cam by the moseeree they have adopted,
particularly by their circulars of the 31,1 July and 29th
Amt last to the perish officers of their several parishes,
by the prompt and efficient manna in which the se
eery medical aid and relief have bees larded is every
we is asesedanes with the remommosilatiems and seesaw
sestabeed is such circulars.
The pardiaas are of opinion that the General Dowd of
Health mut be meinfensed ea to the erten medals etas
City of London Union with YO6IOIIOO fAMISS, IRSIP &is
to Went them that the dimes by set iliashed WM Se 61,1
=!smithy. but ham stews itself be the meet prat
ease Ea distinct parts of the gales, altogethersege
osi ememisoMed; that at the present time there le se
Ipiese which sea be denosimated an " affected ken*
that ia the poorer districts the poor have thinly boos he
formed, by printed head-bills or otherwise, whose to apply
for medielne, medical advice and meinesee, or for Sea Other
name as they may require' that damp *e somber of
deaths within the tunes Ms keen s& weekly darks the
month of Asps% sash deaths haws HININOH chiefly among
the middling threes, and act among* the per, and that the
number for the lest week of Bageenther views a diminution
OWN* then oaelsalf in comprises with the previous week,
the sambas being as follow for the noes* of August and
lint week be September :—Aoreet 4*, 3 ; August 11th, 10;
August lack. 18; August 88th, 28; September lot, 33;
September Itlt, 16.
Usk( all them circumstances, the guardians are of opinion
term by
regulations and direct**. addressed to
diem by trgraMisal Board of Health, if carried into effect,
wend be esleniated to excite unneeemary fear and alarm
thresekeat the union ; and that their adoption would prove
Injurious, knead of beneficial, to the health of the *habit-
at* by aggravating the disease they are intended to prevent
and mitosis.
Oa thee grounds the guardians respectfully decline to
adopt the regulations recommended by the General Board
of Health for the City of London Union, the chief portion
of which they minder they have already practically
canted into elect la • manner more arsceptable to the w
habitants of the mien, aad more congenialto the feelings of
thl
poor,
lave the hamar to be, my low end Pathos's, your
most obedient servant,
(Signed) Joan Taos. BowsuLL.
Hs (Mr. Bodkin) deeply regretted that there should be
any necessity for the present proceedings. It was not tor
the public advantage, that, instead narrating this peedlenes,
they _should be venting time in the straggles of conflicting
authorities, 'or eriticisieg the terms of an order in the spint
of alai pries law,
_whilst the people were dying around them
by headrests. The great quake' for every man of right
Winn to consider was, how this fearful epidemic wee most
effeetually to be dealt with. He should now proceed to prove
the facts, but without Interim; into any discussion as to the

psapristyhawel ea the must the eider, whisk
tale a.iseded, was wet a tus-
sles Is osess
Ctrazeon objeetal that sash a eauseas *weld have
beat tweed whitest Mrs ideate hobo say eppostasity of
base herd.
Mr. Boh.ent sad that the eliest et the eat was to pseasat
is* Ms/mak is. It was se woe diseaselatt estate el ydellege
whet the bouts was ea dm He held I. ble Waft esters
el the impedes's ethe Bawd et Kea*. by whisk It opposed
that et 9,466 am a Marks', ealy 26 bed yawed lab sha-
les% awl that l bad Twilled is death, Ueda the tram el

boesse.lease Sheiks
Mr. C. Cesaftfteem• *Weed to kis Maraud friend gobs
late Mk simeenst, heels/ already staled that dm efilee
the board was iset to be dkeemsd n he merits.
The Loan MAYOR appreheaded that the leased swam
sersakket was merely to show the Mem of Leads IMM
116" 11141IM be des the edepftentbeoke&
like alum said thbyat with =pull eta
bosses st 1061111.1
lift Asa. Ad llse Belief elf the Hessler Poor had
I Oat ihendllft limed a large bedlam at the dismal eat
the hoed Meyer.
Kr. Cwrosow.—Wis really coast allow these aka.
masers le be made.
',bilious Macon said that the gift had boss made
Mile the previous half-hour. He should he very sorry to
petteelleme widest kis kilow-sitisras, bat sack amire awry
that tliff Amid disobey *is order of the beard.
Kr. Bolas said he did sot pests this matter, to rho hope
that a pestle( 61. would be potential la wiereizig the guar-
dians, he merely took the most step is oonsequense of the
semis of the superior warts. He should new mowed le
= facia In evidence. (TM teased guides,' then
in the Gazebo and steer doessestary sides, re-
lads to the order of the board.)
Mr. CLARKSON ma that he SWARM CM the pert at
sstlemin, who were among the most resreelp
I bit, of his tellow.citinne, to show eau, why_ thq
should not be =mead is a penalty et ter
disobeying a certain order of the Board of Health which ha
contended wasa nullity and of no Tau. If his lordship
would refer to the 12th erotica of the get, he would find K
set oat in express brass that, in ease of aoeseempliaree with
the orders of the Board of Health, it was the poor-law cos
missioners who were to compel the boards of guardians to
obey such orders. That fact alone would ..title his to walk
out of coon with his clients, as the Baud of Health had sot
applod to the commissioner' at all. His loused friend tied
him up to the legal question,
had
if be MOM remitted he
could show that his clients had Tinselly and
• all the requirements of the Board of Health before they
had heard of the order. He was boated now by a badly
drawn act of parliament, but at the same time it wet not to
go forth that the City guardians had ',gloated their decks.
If he cad Mr Grainger in the box Ite could have the benefit
of that gentleman's testimony in their favour.
The RICORDZR said that the au empowered the Board
of Health to call ea the poor law isommissioners to wafer*
their orders. It appeared that they had cwt done so.
Mr. CLARIBON.—Your lordship lise andsipated my whole
answer. They bad that power, sad did sot exorcise it.
Mr. CLARISON.—Toe act empowned them also LOMB
en the owns' of premises to have them doused, and there
was no evident* that they Lad done so. Why had not the
owners been called ? It sees only in their default that the
guanines were liable. He submitted that where a penalty
was to be natured, he wasemitled to the strictest interpre-
tation of the law.
The Loan MATO' said it was desirable that mach a goa-
ds should not be derided on mere teohnioalities.
Kr. Cutlass contended that after the first general di-
me/kw of tee Board of Health, ail subsequent details were
the merinos of the board of guardians and that before the
latter wore made responsible for soy se; it should be shown
teat it was their duty to do it either corporately or indivi-
dually Suppose that the gueriiees at once carried out the
directios of the comnessloners, and that afterwards when
their accounts come before the auditors, they refused to pass
them on the ground that the money of the union had been
illegally spent, what remedy had the 'Gordian& ? Under ell
the oirounwancts, be felt justified in availing himself of the
criat provisions of the act.
The BSCONDIa said that the public would not be satisfied
if such a question were decided on technicalities. Would it
art be better to come to en accommodatiou ?
Mr. CLAItLSON said that it was implied that his clients
had nig:eyed their duty. Why bad they been brought
there as ersinals ?
The BICORDILIt suggested that the summons might b'
withdrawn, on the unuentanding that the guardians would
comply with the order.
Mr. CLARKSON dented that an order had been Issued. A
recomme, dation had been Sued, bat addressed to noted
The commissioners should themselves go into the City, and
see what state it was in.
The Loom klAroa said there could be no doubt but that
the City was in a very good state of health at present.
Atter some dhession as to the possibility of a eons.
promise,
Mr. CLeadsox said he had no discretion except on the
withdrawal of the osmotic
Ihe RECORDIa then suggested an adjournment, to give
time for some arrangement.
Mr. CLAAKSON would undertake th et when the Board
of Health made a legal order, it would be obeyed by his
clients.
Mr. BODKIN would rather take a decision from his lord.
ship thin w.thdraw the summons.
Mr. CLARKSON repeated his legal objectless; first, that
the Board of Health had no power to issue such detailed
orders as they had done to the was/dittos I next, that they
had rerun issued them orders in the proper manner.
Mr. BODKIN roes to
Mr. Cianicsoit objected, on the ground that he (Mr.
Clarkson) had called no whammies
me ItICOILDia ~led that ear. rinelLia• altool/ t.. Ls., J.
Mr. BODKIN, is reply, read the section of the act bearing
on the ea.e, and contended, generally, that the commissioners
had full powers to issue the orders S. y had issued, and that
the guardians were compelled to obey them. The commis-
sioners w. re entitled to spicily the act' they thought neces-
sary, gm otherwise their powers would be wholly useless in a
ease like the present. The object was the yublic good, and
it should not be overruled by mere technicalities.
The Bacosom said that the question was one of very
great Sponse., and, therefore, his advice to the Lord
Meyer was, to talc, time to consider his decision.
Toe LORD MATOR said that he was is the hands of the
learned Recorder, and must therefore reserve hb decision
until be had more carefully considered the points at Slue.
Alderman Guns said that not a single case of cholera bad
been reported in the City that day.
The Loan MAYOR was exceedincly glad to hear it. He
believed that the disease was generally on the decline.
The proceediup were thin adjourned.

main (b.zers.) In the Vatted States the navy of Rag-
bag ass maga a i7yetext he building more war-ships ; but
the babaat this aellgry stood up in Its majesty to advegate
gra oadpia gg game set a flask dollar mere would the
Asterism. weal k hafitiks: ships of war. (Cheers.) Frame,
with its NUN Skop, was lictlusht to the verge of beak.
replay, mil kook midis is an example of disarmament.
(Rear, hiew.) Lie mos en the Continent—the reaction
st it was ganga—barit bass tauzht the people that with the
exist as of a malted poem' in the bands of the
nts, popular libwdes WOW illeOwellelit. (fiew.)
I:ehigrittei the Web night to make simeltasseene disar-
mament their bettfwery. The untoka Btsbo had 8,000
troops. Not one of those would be *soled had they no
slaves. A saint" force was only needed by weuttries that
were usjest. (Hear, hear.) The slanowneve et the south
were advocates of a large army to keep down their slaves,
and give their seas emplejsalet Si einem L Ear std
the government was not only talented bat shrewd. Wien
the people ware evidently bent on • reform, the government
was tare to concede it; and a government which so sated
could never be overturned. Let the friends of poise ad on
this conviction. (Cheers.)
The flee. Mr. PIN/1111111TON, the minister of colour, em-
tweed the prineiplas of universal pesos ea the Breland of
ebrifilitairy, end ocatended that the existence of slavery
wee lacesipatible with the reign of general peso. The
fins Whom he represented—the slaves of Africa—had been
practically advocates of pears for two hundred years, but
their white brethren had not profited by theeoeLsaillm •
(Rear, bear.) Notifies had been to him more ag,
at the late Peace Coagrem, than to witness the spirit o de-
tenalawirm which seemed to pervade the representatives of
all sakes. Re hailed this as the best omen for the
scenes of their cease. The sword settled nothing ; all
must admit this, now that the t?reeek nation had at their
bead a Napoleos, after blood and treasure had been se
lavishly poured oat for the sake of expelling that family.
Mr. W. W. BROWN, an escaped slave, whore complexion
very nearly approached that of a European, r :pressed his
conviction that pesos principles must woe generally pre-
vail, as indissolubly linked with the pried& ef human
At the late congers he had borne hie testimony
on behalf of his oppressed brethren in favour of peace prin.
ciples, which could only be carried oat by educating the
people of different countries in those principles, and being
taulbt to regard each other as brethren.
Ti. proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the
chairman (the Rev. J. Stephensea) and the members of the
deputation.