The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-13 00:00:00

stricken by it ; incline us to aid in ministering to their
wants, and assuaging their suffering.. And in the pre-
sence of this great mortality may we all be reminded that
in the midst of life we are in death. Give us grace to turn
from our evil way., and seek the Lord our Saviour while
He may be found with hearty repentance and true faith.
So shall we in quietness and confidence await Thy holy
will, and be ready shouldest Thou call is to yield up our
souls to Thee, 0 Gracious Father, in the blessed hope of
everlasting life, through the mediation, and for the merits
of Thy Son Jests Chriet our Lord. Amen."
" 0 Lord God Almighty, whose are the cattle on a
thousand hills, and iu whine hand is the breath of every
living thing, look down, we beseech Thee, in compassion
upon Thy servants, whom Thou haat visited with a grievous
murrain among our herds and flocks. We acknowledge
our transgressions, which worthily deserve Thy chastise-
ment, and our sin is ever before us ; and in bumble peni-
tence we come to seek Thy aid. Stay, we beseech Thee,
this plague, by Thy word of power, and save that pro-
vision which Thou Laded, in Thy goodness, granted for our
sustenance; so shall we offer unto Thee the sacrifice' of
praise and thanksgiving for these Thy acts of l'rovidence
over us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ames."
The cases of cholera admitted to the London Hospital
during the twenty-four hours ending yesterday forenoon,
and the number of deaths, were somewhat in excess of
those of Saturday. The cholera cases brought in yester-
day were 15 as against 10 on Saturday ; the sufferers from
choleraic diarrhoea were, however, not so numerous, being
but 3 instead of 7. The deaths were 12, all from cholera.
The recoveries were, from cholera 8, from diarrhua 3. On
Saturday the deaths from cholera were 9 from diarrheas 1.
The number of patients treated for diarrhoea by the out-
door department were yestereley 182, on Saturday 2.12.
The sufferers at present in the wards are 107. On
Sunday week the number was 106. There is a satis-
factory difference in the severity of the cases ; of those
at present nudes treatment only 77 out of the 107 aro
elms of cholera, the rest suffer from choleraic diarrhoea.
On the sth of August 93 out of the 106 were of the
more fatal type of the epidemic. The total of the
admissions during the week ending yesterday was 123 ;
of the recoveries 57, of the deaths 65.
The reports from the east end generally are favourable ;
where the disease is not stationary a diminution in tho
number of cases is observable. The panic which existed
during the greater part of the past week is to a great
extent allayed, owing to the preparations which are so
generally apparent for dealing promptly with cases as they
arise. It is a subject of remark that the Jewish inbabr-
tants of the east end have escaped almost unscathed durieg
the outbreak. In Petticoat-lane and its immediate nergh-
bourhood only three or four cases of cholera have taken
place, and the eases of diarrheas have hardly exceeded those
of an ordinary summer. A similar exemption was observed
in 1849, when the Hebrew community only lost about 1 in
2,000 as compared to 6 in the 1,000 of the general popula-
tion of Whitechspel, and 29 in the 1,000 of Rotherhithe.
The Windsor Local Board of Health has made applica-
tion to the Privy Council seeking a transference of the
duties invested in the guardians of the poor by the Dis-
eases Prevention Act in reference to taking such steps as
may be considered necessary for the prevention of cholera.
Several fatal cases of cholera have occurred in Myton-
street and Roper-street, Hull. In Lumley-seinare there
have been four cases in one house, and three deaths.
On Friday, the Pacific (as) arrived from Dantzie. During
the voyage home two of the seamen died thrroouuggh an
attack of cholera. The bodies were thrown overbowl.
Mr. Roberts, on the arrival of the vessel, went on board,
' but there being no actual case at the time, he had no power
' to order her into anarazitine.

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A public meeting, in connexion with the Pad•
dington branch of the Reform League, was held on Satur-
day evening at the Foresters'-hall, Carlisle-street, Edg-
ware-road. There was • very large attendance of work-
ing men.
The living of East Barnet, Herta, vacant by the
death of the Lee. T. H. Llwin, has been offered by Lord
Derby, with the approval of the Queen, to the Rev, L W.
Owen, rector of Holy Trinity, Colchester. The otter is
understood, however, to have been declined by Mr. Owen.
BRITISH MEDICAL Assocuriow.—The council of
this association at its annual meeting at Chester, on
Tuesday last, awarded to Mr. Furneaux Jordan, F.R.C.S.,
of Birmingham, the Hastings Medal, for an Esrey en
Shock after Surgical Operations and Injuries." The
adjudicators were Mr. Carden, consulting surgeon to the
Worcester Infirmary, Mr. Hilton' F.R.S.,Surgeon to
Guy's Hospital, London, and Mr. George ionthum, sur-
geon to the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
THE orTRAGES UPON THE Jews tie PELSIA.—A
correspondent of the Levant Derald, writing from Teheran
on the 18th of June, says:—" The foreign legations at
this capital have been uriog their endeavours to obtain
from the Shah redress for a gross outrage lately committed
by the Mahomedans of Balfouroush—a town ea the
shores of the Caspian—upon the Jews of that place.
During the first ten days of the month of Moharrem the
Persians are mused to a state of the highest excitement
by the religious representations which occur at that time
in commemoration of the martyrdom of their favourite
saint, Hussein. By continuous outbursts of grief they
are at times driven to such a state of frenzy that the
slightest accident suffices to cause bloodshed. It was
under one of these regrettable circumstances that a
sickly Persian girl prevented herself on the 3rd of
Moharrem (18th May) at the house of a Jew at Balfouroush
fur the purpose of returning some goods which abe
previously purchased. The Mahomedans assert
tat
during this transaction the girl was struck and mortally
injured by the Jew. The Jews, on the ether hand, de-
clare that she was not touched, but that she had been for
a long time in a precarious state of health. Shortly after
her return to her house the girl died, and there-
upon the distracted Mahomans fell upon the
unfortunate Jews, plundered their bongo', and gave
them the option of either embracing Islattium
or being put to death. A few of the terrified Jews
manag to escape into the woods, but the rest became
Mahomedans. The British minister, on learning these
facts, immediately addressed strong remonstrances to th
Shah's ministers, and invited his colleagues to cooperate
with him. The result is not yet ascertained, but it is
said the Schah has promised to cause the offenders to be
severely punished, and that he has issued orders to the
effect that any of the forcibly converted Jews who
chose to do so were at liberty to return to their former
faith. During the same period of fanatical distraction
Mr. Alison, having occasion to ride into town, was
accosted by a Persian near one of the city gates. When
be got close to his excellency, he suddenly drew his
" brans" (the large dagger of the country), and flourished
it in the minister's face. Had Mr. Alison retorted at the
moment the consequences might have proved very
if not fatal. Bat he pendently laughed at his be:rer anal
moved on, leaving orders with a gholam to have the man
afterwards conveyed to the parish magistrate. The cul-
prit was accordingly seized, and the same evening sent
to the Prime Minister, who abased him to be severely
bastinadoed."