The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-20 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

Total in London
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Yesterday the Bishop of London examined some of the
workhouses n the east of London, and concluded his day 'a
work by attending a special evening service at the newly
I consecrated mission church of St. Peter, in St. George's-
NEW SOUTH WALES.
I in.the-East. On commencing the service, Kr. Lowder
INDIA.
1 Sydney &deices, which are only seven days later ' read a long list.): names of persons whuhad recovered from
Western Bengal has been visited by a severe than those received un the 13th rid Panama, • serious illnese and desired to return thaks and of others
storm which lasted two days. It was accom- mention that the second steamer by the new line vAleo,bbiestig ill, d ehtsr .
nttliiiiie =ening of t thesho contrite, learned
panned by a rain-fall of fifty inches, and the anise- was to sail on the 15th July. The government of f
queue° was a flood of unprecendented severity. the colony has given notice to the Imperial govern-O'ndwrElepcitsiagtle toforthheW Corinthians,
Crops, steh,
;chaptere:PlPS:. rtauef sideSenci
Crops, cattle, and railway bridges were swept be- meet of its intention to terminate the contract with . verse 1. At the close of the sermon an offertory collection
fore it, and the damage done is described by the the Pacific and Oriental Company for the mail ter- I was made, and it was announoed that the contributions
Calcutta Englishman. as immense. All traffic vice rid Galle in two years from the present date. I made would be applied to the erection of a window to the
of those who . have recently died. . The bishop
Parliament is summoned to meet on the 24th I :ieesa:?lrya most interesting and hearty service with the
above Raneegunge and Burdwan had been inter-
rupted since the Ist July ; but the railway autho- July. The government are prepared with a large benediction.
cities had displayed the utmost energy in repairing number of bale, and the session Is expected to be a ! On Saturday the fund now being raised at the Mapsion-
the line, and trains were expected to pass through, lone one. house, with the view to the prevention of isholera, and
1 theu upwards
aef
of 11,000,.,
te conseoretth. distress,
)zie. . amountcdd to
as usual, in a day or two. i fhe drought had at length broken up, and the
colony had been visited by a copious downfall of during the day. The Relief Committeelc hwela ft Teetin
The same paper says that the cry of starvationin
from the famine districts has become, perhaps, a rain. The coast had been swept by several heavy at one o'clock, Sir Mordaunt Wells in the chair, and
little less urgent, but in other parts, especially in storms, causing much damage among the shipping. heard applications for grants from the fund from local
Calcutta itself, prices are rapidly rising, and will 1 committees. These were not so numerous as on former
probably continue to do so for the nexttwo months. i SOUTH AUSTRALIA. day., from which circumstance it is inferred either that
The Madras Athm says that "the Bengal Parliament has been called together for an ex- , the disease is abating or that the money voted by the
authorities seem even enaeu
now but half awakened to traordinarY session, and is now fully en aged upon mitigating committee during the last ten days has begun to tell in
the distress. Up to Saturday evening the total
the magnitude of the calamity that has overtaken a grave constitutional question. This is no less a sums granted by the committee for relieving the
,
the population within their boundary, or at any matter than whether the Legislature should pray . distress from the beginning of the fund amounted to
rate to have taken but half measures to mitigate for the removal of one of her Majesty's judges. i 3,6001. Among the subscriptions received at the Mansion-
it. Our own government," it adds, " are now The great event of the month had been the open- I house
on ,4';'ll t_tvnr. ",i wore :—Messrs.
ans on 0' 0: Sandeman,, Sons,
Aaony-
active on behalf of Ganjam, and beside sending ing of the new Town-hall at Adelaide, which took mous, Per M. .i) 100 f. ‘ il Confer, 10d. ;
erupplies of rice, as formerly mentioned, have sane- place on the 20th June, and was celebrated by a 1 A letter has been written to the Lineet by Dr. Gavin
tioned an expenditure of 3,000 rs. per mensem for grand banquet given by the Mayor. There were Milroy, upon the important subject of what to drink while
three months, on the maintenance of relief houses between 800 and 900 present, including the gover- cholera prevails. M e append it :—" In addition to the
for the starving people, but much more than this nor, the ministry, the members of the legislature other
.
1 tneatate offatlheir dwellings, ail otitielrprr eanr;ingwecnteraafl
will be required of them likewise to meet the great and all the leading colonists. Over a hundred of habits, as well as of the risk of neglecting any tendency to
emergency. We are glad to say that the Lieu- the original pioneers of the colony were there, diarehaa., In the printed handbills now being issued by
'tenant-Governor of Bengal has given 20,000 rs. and the Speaker of the House of Assembly local boards there is a point which might be mentioned in
from the former relief fund balance in his hands said he bad surveyed with his own hands them with advantage, viz., the ordinary drinks that are
towards the assistance rendered in Ganjam." the street in which the hall was built. The meet- most safe and useful in a time like the present. And
, first and foremost as to the water used for drinking. Con.
We read in the same paper : ing was throughout of a most enthusiastic kind, si megthe necessityfor attention this mater
d ' prime to
The recent intelligence from Affghanistan and parte and the Mayor's speech, in reply to the toast of so forcibly pointed out in the instructions of the Privy
beyond is very scanty and unimportant. Ameer Ufeul his health, was received with immense applause. Council, and the generally unsatisfactory and too
Khan seems to be ruling quietly at present, with the con. On the same day the bells recently imported from often dangerous character of the supply in the dwell-
sent of his brother chiefs and people, and the Candahareris logs of the poor, it would unquestionably be wise
England for the Albert Tower (in front of the
also manifest a friendly disposition. to advise that all the water used for drink should
Town-hall) were chimed for the first time, and on
The Simla hills, it is reported, are to be sham- be boiled Filtration or otlier expedients. will never be re-
the 22nd the celebration was completed by a ball, sorted to by the mass, and if they were it is doubtful that
cloned as the future summer residence of the Go-
at which 700 or 800 were present. The hall is any of them would be half so useful as the simple and
vernor-General of India, the climate not having said to be the handsomest municipal building in ready way of boiling. Let, then, each family be advised
weed so well as previously with the health of the Australia. i toput aside every morning or evening—say at the time of
rumour , breakfast or tea—one or two kettlefule, and let no other
Viceroy and his staff. Sir John Lawrence,
During the month there have been several heavy
water than thin he used for drink in the household during
says, has determined to take up his abode next hot
weather in the Neilgherries instead of Simla. trieta and to falls of raiu, extending all over the settled die- . the next 24 hours. The risk of using impure water will
'the far north. The news from the thus be Immensely lessened, and one serious source of
The trial of Captain Jervis, at Simla, for nec 1
• e a'. latter is of amuch more encouraging nature than for danger during the prevalence of the epidemic be, in a
tion of the Commander-in-Chief's stores, continues, a long time back. I great measure, removed. At the same time, the etiologist
and is reported at great length in the Indian papers. will be the better enabled to estimate aright the influence
The cross-examination of Sir William Mansfield , QUEENSLAND. of other insanitary elements in predisposing to, or in ex-
hadciting, attacks of the disease in unwholesome localities.
not terminated at the latest dates, and was
The parliament is still sitting, and is principally , The necessity for the above precaution is greater in many
likely to occupy the court some days longer. districts and places than even in towns • as it
- - . - occupied with the Land Bill and the Immigration Fenntej
no is a notorious fact that the water from
.wells' about
.
CHINA. 1 question. With regard to the latter, the Brisbane
I cottages is often the worst of all, from their proximity
The North China Laity News says that letters Courier says :
-to ivies and divers; surface impurities. On
from Hankow state that a body of hlahornedan On this question there is very little difference of opinion, merchant ships, too, its adoption is also much
rebels have made an irruption into Kansuh and namel some that the la e expenditure which has been gone to be desired at this time, as the quality of the water
to forr time pastr
in bringing immigrant' to this used by thecrewe and steerage passengers is often anything
captured and burned its capital. The Futai of colony is not compensated for by the advantages to be but pure. But might we not go a step further, and suggest
that province has sent an officer to Hankow to pur- derived from such increase of population. The some simple beverage that would be pleasant and useful, as
chase large supplies of arms and ammunition from great evil lof . the system apars o and so inexpensive as to be within the reach
Shanghae, to enable him to arm a force too ppose naltrelheaseme selection of immigrants by tthe besubia- a
eat The
ae
owfeal I
llaawhene'tl pestilence is und / Such a boon would
at least. Now, slightly
them. , y which the colony is being budened certainly be 'ilriz ed by many
for the most part with • pauper population, instead of acidulating the boiled water with dilute sulphuric acid
At Ningpo, during the occasion of some great reaping the advantage of the simultaneous introduction of at once renders it a grateful drink in hot et
her;s the
Chinese festival, a bridge over the river Ying gave labour with capital. 1 addition of • little sugar and any
will of course make it still more pleasant flavouring.
way from the weight of the numbers upon it, pre- The I be same paper thus refers to the cotton crop of nutter..
sulphuric acid taken in this way would as usefully pre-
cipitating them into the water, causing the death the colony : 1 phylactie against attacks of diarrlida as it is remedial of the
of over a hundred ; some fifty or so of the bodies The show of cotton is really splendid—something to malady when it occurs,maybe reasonably expected ;my own
have been recovered. make one think of similar dieplays in the great cotton- experience of the practice in past years has certainly fin-
From Shanghae we have dates to the 6th of producing countries of America. In perfection may be seen preseedme favourablyin respect of it. him to be remembered
Lealsland Uplands, Egyptian, and other varieties, adapted too that the acid has long been known as one of the most
June. The question of the Chinese government
' • nof this colony.' Certainly this exhibition useful corrections of certain impurities in water, so that
allowing small steamers under foreign flags to trade hasevroYnrartin great deal towarr making plain the course a even when the boiling is neglected advantage will he ob-
on the inland rivers in the silk districts has been man should follow towards becoming a cotton planter in tanned from its addition in more ways than one. It is a
settled by a positive refusal, which is embodied in
lace in our cotton c .. . i
Queensland. It is easy to believe, after seeing the speci- great thing that he beverage prepared with it is pleasant
a despatch received from Sir Rutherford Alcock on mein here presented, that • very great increase will take to the taste, and is liked by children as well as by adulta.
the subject. "This has proved (says the Overland P rop of next year. The show of tobacco . The e generally require to be cautioned
good, the manufactured specimens particularly SO. againstcontinuingthe use of t eir or man- o
China Mail) a great disappointment to the mercan- , is beer whenever they experience any tendency to diarrhea ;
tile community generally throughout the north, as 1 there is no article of diet that is more liable to keep up and
those wishing to go up country or run silk down '
the river must do so in Chinese built boats." d
THE Carne PLaorz.—A considerable decrease I aggravate looseness of the bowels than fermented liquors.
The users withdrawal of the accustomed beverage for a few
Piracy in Chinese waters does not always seem to of cattle plague attacks is exhibited in the return for the days will often suffice, with the simplest remedies, to
be the work of Chinese thieves, for we learn that on week ended 11th August, the number officially reported in
Great Britain being 161 ;vie., 150 in England, 6in Wales, check the disorder. Cold tea is one of the best things that
can be drunk as long as the diarrhea lasts."
the 29th of May a party of foreigners, numbering and sin Scotland. This shows a decrease of 60 on the pre-
some five or six, attacked a boat near the Soochow vious return. Correcting the number, by adding an eti- I At the London Hospital only 5 patients were admitted
to the cholera wards and 3to the choleraic diarrhem
creek, containing a quantity of dollars which were mate
.rif attacks commencing during
de the
aof ravleetif butwim, . wards. 7 recoveries in the one case
da7d 4 in the other
to be sent up country to buy silk. After a pretty may. ne Fresh outbreaks tool,
plus ire 33 farms,
or
places
when wereaooe rmortet;li,arrwhtlati. 34,1retwhtzcuof
rom
severe scuffle, in which one Chinaman belonging to cattle are kept, the number of such outbreaks in the pre- admitted to the hospitals up to Saturday numbered 579, of
occurred
cholera` icapaTients
the boat was killed and another wounded, the vious week being 40. The number of healthy cattle
robbers succeeded in getting away with 9,000 slaughtered, to prevent the disease extending to them, was whom 213 recovered and 259 died. The number remaining
in the hospitals the same day was 107.
dollars. The thieves, who bad boarded the boat 34 during the week. A new outbreak. is reported front The Rev. Chief Rabbi has issued a form of prayer to be
Scotland ; the county of Ayr, after being free from the
in a four-oared gig, then made for the shore. The used in all the synegoeues of the United Congreia
disease for five months, now returns five animals as being tion of Jews in the Britieh Empire against cholera. The
next day, a large portion of the money stolen, attacked at Thirdpart, West Kilbride. The following 22
, prayer is to be preceded by the reading of the 91st, Bred,
nearly one-half, was found by the police hidden in counties have from the commencement remained 're* • and 121st Psalms. The concluding passage of the prayer is as
one of the banks of a ditch on the Pootnng side of from the disease, viz., Westmorland, Monmouth, the six , follows:—" Endow us, 0 Lord, with understanding, that
we may live and discern that both from the evil and the
the creek. A watch being set, the police sue- counties of South Wales, Montgomery, Merioneth, Car.
eey Wigtown Bute, Argyll, Banff, Elgin, salvation. Thou but created them
ceeded in capturing two of the thieves, who were 12,
ran: Angle
ean d' Civ m art y , Sutherland, Caithness, and rort'd
h Lirw. orderhelE atallieeavenly seeds of virtue and kindli-
caught whilst in the act of unearthing their booty. Orkney and Shetlaud. In 66 counties, "the Metropolia,"and 'mess
From a preliminary examination which had taken 2 ridings of Yorkshire no caries have been reported as cc- all feel impelled to assuage the pains of the afflicted, and
place at the Prussian Consulate General, the die - curriniduring the week. 7 counties and 1 riding of York- . beimplanted in our hearts. Grant that we may
to sustain those that rise from the bed of languishing, to
covery was made that the robber band consisted ofdeal out unto them wholesome.
ofoodoire te ,
uses the wcaast rout into
an American named Thompson, an Austrian, and shire
showe
ananitil 2 ridingsof
orYorksh‘reaasdhBowaaaanres' "the
of
Metropolis,"
eases• One animalin every 19 of the ordinary stock ri waer7ofsa raiment,
t bringaaestwsus, 0 thatrertta with the light of Thy
two others who are unknown. Ample evidence WAS
adduced to prove that two of the attacking party 1,000 attacks whose results have been reported 862 ani-
of cattle in Great Britain has been attacked, and to every countenance.m y'Turn Thou us unto Thee, and we shall be
borrowed the gig from a schooner in the harbour, male perished. 53 sheep
.are reported during 'the week , redemption." Dated Ellul, 5,626 (August, 1860
and one of them was identified by the mate. ito have been attacked, making the total to the date of this I turned ; renew unto us a year of life, of plenty, pekoe, and
The New Zealand liner, Wild Duck, Captain Bishop,, ea
I return 6,393. At the Royal Observatory the mean tem- ! route from London for Wellington, New Zealand, with
I perature of the week was 57.7 deg., or 4.4 deg. below
mngers and general cargo, put into Plymouth Sound on
JAPAN. ' the average of the came period during 50 years. Rain Saturday morning. She had on board swot 130 /wan.
The Japan Times says that the British minister,
the Chamber of Commerce, and the Japanese have fell to the amount of 0.50 inch, and the. dame blue miler gers from London, and on her pamage down Channel, one
of them, a Mrs. Croul, or Crewell, aged 44, died after •
nearly concluded their disc:melon on the tariff, which remarked by Mr. Glaisher as first discernible on 30th
July was constant throughout the week. brief illness, attended wi ili malignant symptoms, which the
will ultimately be settled, it has reason toiff,
believe, in THEc:ALL OF A
ptain mbonoll. six 1710LBORie.—On Sit- I surgeon Dr. Thomas, pronounced to be Asiatic cholera.
8 , the Asistent-Conimietioner • The body was buried
fates off the Start on 'Thursday
on the basis proposed by the Chamber of Commerce. of Police, served notice the owners of the house : night. The surgeon owel certified that there was
" The scale of duties," adds the Japan Times, "is which fell en Thursday mornin, at No. 6, Ely-court, 'no farther illness on board, either among ramenirem
on the whole in favour of the foreigner, but the Holbmatth pull down the nustanffing walls. The hones was or crew, but it was thought advisable to put the hip _
government of the Shogoon will have little to corn- • vet',tine until the matter was further mg into. Ia
com awe, and it WY built so far back re the year Taman gg
time it has been used am •
Lot of, for the duties on all principal articles
I,_ ITre.redlitisnnelooTaast if the whole house had hoot
up ' proceeded on board, and he also having ' to the
-house. 'the afternoon r. Stevens, surgeon to the ardiana,
• fix instead of adaealeme' the nor will ""' with gunpowger. Several men had been engaged in re- 1 healthy state of all on board. the ship was at night, with
shut to mime of tnat frana wince has hitherto oeen moviag the &brit MR in shoeing up the adjoining wails. I the consent of the local sanitary authorities, released loam
from
the diegrace of our trade, and to which the exam- Th• two sufferers, Edwards sad Mrs. Shea, who were ' quarantine. The deceased has left a daughter on
sive venality of custom-house officials has given removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, were sober MI a. ' aged 14-
well as mold be expected. The °eraser'. inquiet will lan I
such encouragement. We hear rumours flat the held .... the nth. Gomm, cemmeni, today by Dr, I a
NORTHERN HOSPITAL, CALEDONIAN-ROAD,
Yedo government are anxious to try the experi- Leekeis-ei. The bed; of idb.,„ Davis, the fermate who lest ' RiAT ! week ending
meat of a foreign inspectorate. We have good MI- her life, will be removed from St. Bartholomew% Hospital, LitirAuguatorols.--,N4uoomllie,
ofr
wofhfahpatmientawefroornewthe
cse
dimity for as much as we have said, bat the matter where it now lies, to the union

By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have
reoeived advises from Calcutta to July 8 ; Madras,
July 16 ; Colombo, July 17 ; Hong Kong, June
29 ; Melbourne, June 27 ; Sydney, June 23 ; Ado- ,
laide, 29 ; Queensland, June 19, &c.

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