The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-01 00:00:00

. _ ' Yesterday Dr. Lankester held an inquest in
TO Tom anima OF THE !Ultra& High-strset; St. Giles's, at which important informatkm
was given with regard to the prevaleace of smallpox.
inquest was held upon tbe body of a lad named
SIN —May I request you to publish the enclosed The
correqsondeuce.—l am, I:c., JACOB BRIGHT. 'Henn Charbonuier, aged 19, the son of a French boot-
Alder* Edge, Manchester, Dee. 30, ISIS. • closer, living at 65, New Compton-street, lit. Giles's.
The Coroner explained to the jury that he. bad held this
inquest, which was upon the body of a young man who had
not been vaccinated and who had died front smallpox,with
a view of poiriting•out to the public and the authorities
the dangers which existed from this disease. If it were
proved to him that children died from . this disease, and
were not vaccinated, it would be hiaduty to remounstia the ,
jury to return a verdict of manslaughter against those who
were responsible for the children being vaccinated, and ins,
should certainly carry out this duty; for the safety of the
public rendered this course highly necessary, as the j
wield learn in the course of this inquiry. Eliza Charbou-
nier stated that she was the mother of deimuied, and that
besides hint she had three sons older than deceased and
one younger. Decoded was not vaccinated, but the
three other children were. She knew she ought to have had
deceased vaccinated, and the only reason she could give for
having iiedected this duty was that deceased win a sickly
child, and the operation had been put off from time to time
until it had been forgotten. Mr. William Bennett. the
medical officer of St. Giles's Workhouse, stated that he at-
tended the case from the workhouse. The deceased lie ed
with his parents, was well attended to, and died from
smallpox. In reply to the Coroner, the wheels mid there
was no organisation in St. (Meal for making a house-
to-hoese visitation, and there was a meet alarming ihereimei
of smallpox, not only in that distriot, but in many districts
of London. The workhouse authorities had been compelled
to take some of the smallpox cases into the workhouse in-
firmary, for the Smallpox Hospital wax often found to
have no beds vacant ; but the infirmary was a most im-
proper place for smallpox • and, besides, the infirmary at
the present time was fille'd with other cases. Smallpox
required a very large cubical space for its successful treat-
ment ; in fact, he did nut thick it could hove too much
space. That very morning he had three new cases of
smallpox reported to him, and there had come under
his notice 109 during the last six months. Of these
22 had been sent to the hospital, eight had been ex-
pelled from common lodging-houses and had to be
taken into the workhouse infirmary, and 79 bad to
be treated in their own homes, which he said was a
meet dangerous course, as many of the people only had
one room for a family. The Coroner said that the sick,
if this increase continued, would be left among the healthy,
and death to a large number would be the certain in-
sult. I Our legislation, be further remarked. was extremely
defective in these cases of disease. There should be proper
house-to.honse visitation, and other steps taken to mevent
the disease spreading, but the fact was the people wee*
afraid of having high rates, and so things which ought to
be done were left undone. The consestvence of neglect
in the case of smallpox would be at many fami-
lies would be burdened with doctors bills' and death
and dialed would follow. Mr. Bennett further dated
that he had no hesitation in sayiag that deceased's
death hail been accelerated by his not Laving been vac-
cinated, for of 91 cases of persons vaccinated, one only,
and that a baby, had died from the disease, whereu of to
unvaccinated persons 16 he knew died of the disease.
The landlord of the house in which decease,' lived said
le. had taken upon himself the respuaeihility of destroying
the things infected by the deceased, and he wanted to know
if he could be held free from the expose of replacing them.
The jury at length returned a verdictof "Death from small-
pox, accelerated by want of vaccination," and they signed
a formal resolution declaring that in their opinion the
parish authorities ought to take steps for meeting the out-
break of smallpox, and ought to compensate those whose
goods had been destroyed to prevent the 'Tread of the in-
fection. The foreman /of the jury reported to the court
that many men of a large brewery in the I,eighhourbood
ere afflicted by the disease, and that it bad been spread
among them by men coming to work before they were well.

Sir,—l have your note of the sth instant After what
occurred in the last session of parliament lam not sur-
prised to find that " Public Affairs" was written by a
liberal member of the House of Commons." He states
that he cm, verify the phrases which he attributes to Mr.
Bright. I know that their verific Woe is impossible, and on
that ground 1 account for his delay. You inform me that
if I run right there shall be an acknowledgment of the
" mistake." The offence seems to me Very inadequately
characterised by the tam " mistake." I call it a delibe-
rate falsification. The words on which the " liberal
member of the House of Commons" founds the charge that
in his heart Mr. Bright has ailopteil the maxim
"IA proprietk c'est le vol" ate plowed between
inverted commas. Inverted commas imply a literal
quotation, and no honourable man will make use of them,
especially when about to draw inferences. intended to
damage another's reputation, unless he is sure of the truth
of his quotation.
As you will not desire to take upon yotweelf the reepon-
sibilit7 of the " blemishes" and ' wild inaccuracies ' of
this discreditable article, may I request you to furnish me
with the name of the writer ?—I ant, yours truly, •
John Morley, Seq. J•oos BucHr.

Er, Piccadilly, Dec. 15,1866.

Dear Sir,—l wish to state parenthetically that in no
cue should I be responsible for the nits-statements about
Mr. tright, u they appeared before I succeeded to Mr.
Lewes as editor of the Reri, to. It appears that the state-
meats to which you take exception are inaccurate. The
inaccuracy shall be acknowledged in the &riot, fur Jan.
Ist, which, as you will aro, is di that I can do to repair
the Injustice. Ido not think the writer would object to
icy furnishing you with his name. He is oat of town at
present but I hope to see him on Tuesday, when I will
write to you if you still think it worth while to know the
writer's name.—Believe me, yours very truly,
Jacob linzht, Esq.

Alderlcy Edge, Manchester, Dee. 19, 1/16t1.

Dear Sir,—ln answer to yours of the 15th inst. I beg to
observe that when a writer is engaged in fair criticism, or
when he attacks, I ilo not care with bow much severity,
the views of an opponent, he has a right to the anonymous
if be wish to assume it ; but when he resorts to falsehood,
or is guilty of carelessness so extreme that it cannot be
distingLishe.l fioni falsehood, then, in the interest of the
lublic and of anonymous writers themselves, he should no
onger lie allowed to conoeal himself. Such a writer re-
quires to be put tuadsr restsaist, otherwise anonymous
'dander might become general. I know of no mode of
applying that restraint but by placing his name before the
public in connesk .1 with his offence. With these views I
" still think it worth while to know the writer's name,"
and beg that you will give it use without further delay.—
Yours very truly, JACOB BIIONT,
John Morley, Esq.

AJderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 27, 1666.

My dear Sir,-- I trust you will excuse me f 'l' reminding
you of nay letter of tho 19th inst., to which I have not yet
been favoured with :a reply.—Yours very truly.
John Morley, Esq. JACOB BRIGHT.
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Alderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 30, 1966.

My dear Sir,—.4+ I do not hear from you I presume I
am not likely to be put in communication with the writer
of " Public Atreus." Being unable, therefore, to address
him through the post, I must oak you to give him the
enclosed letter, which I shall publish with this correspon-
dence.—Youra very truly, JACOB BRIGHT.
John Morley, Esq.

HARE HUNTING EXTRAORDINA RY. —Yesterday
neck the Herne Harriers met at Mr. John Bushell's, Ed.
dington, at 11 o'clock, and, after a sharp run, found the
third Ware on Burton Downs, where she took a turn to
the Chit, came beck over the Loudon, Chatham, and
Dyer KailwaY. by Eddington. Underdown Farm, Green-
hill, and Hampton, down the Cliff, through the brickyard
to St. George's-terraoe, where she jumped off the roof of
a house, and lay on the pavement for a moment, appa-
rently stunned. She then started off down the Herne.
bay-pier, which is three.quarters of a mile iu length,
spar the cad of its moittor pistol out dMr a 5
M rde
by a boatman.7/frntisis ()matte.

To THE " LIIIT.ILiI.MEMBEK or THE Horn OF CoNlllMin"
WHO CorTHILUTEs To THE " FoRTMEHTLT REVIEW."

Sir,—ln your article, " Public Affairs," of last November,
when criticising Mr. Bright's Glasgow speech, you say—
" The absurd inaccuracy of some of his statements, as, for
iastance, that all the lend of Scotland is in the hands of
12, and of England in the hands of LW proprietors, are
serious blemishes iu his oratory." Mr. linglit's own state-
ment, taken from the Glaryor Weekly Mail, is as follows :
" Are you aware of a fact, which I saw stated the other
day in an essay on this subject, that half the land of
England is in the possessiso of fewer than 150 nien ? Are
you aware of the fact that half the land in Scotland's in
the possession of not more than tea or twelve nice ?"
In another part of yourarticle you write :—" Mr. Bright
says ' that the poor are the only people fit to legislate for
the rich.'" Again you say, " Mr. Bright, if left unchecked,
would speedily bring on the war between those who have
and those who have not. His tone too much indicates
that in his heart he has adopted the French maxim, 'La
propriae c'est le vol.' What other interpretation can be
placed on his saying that ' the poor only are fit to legislate
for the rich?' Such a course u the would bring us to the
bloody days of June, which is a curious climax for •
member of the Society of Friends to wish for."

! THE. CATTLE PLAIItE ItECELATIONA. —A very
important order, which comes into operation to-morrow
ithalh reftinceilßuto edtlieblattltheepillaf,.°erdsie. ofOtrileeralw'rievrt
efT'ouuudanial,yw),
issued n abort time ago giving local authotities power to
make relaxations in their regulations, nod the Cattle Plague
Committee fur the county of Kent aceordingly made an
order allowiug owners and their Agents to give certificates
for the removal of their cattle w tde the county, to a die-
' tante of not more than 21113111e5. I .nfortunately. in soma
parte of the country, advantage has been taken of the
freedom thus granted, and fable certificates have
been made use of. This, together with the re-appear-
ance of the cattle .'sguel certain districts, has no
doubt intlueuceil their ordshipe in their detennistalon to
withdraw the permianion they had granted , so that stock-
owner and purchasers wishing to remove cut le have once
more to have recourse to a inagintrate. In the grazing dis-
tricts the principal stockholders are opposed to any relaxa-
tion in the present orders, and cosisidetuble pressure has
lately been put upon the Privy Council. This no doubt
has had something to do with the COMM! tabs II in refusing
the reopening of the Maidston.• stock market. Renewed
application has been made by the towu clei k to obtain a
license for the re opening of the unrket, but no reply has
been received. In the face of the new order, we fear that
success can hardly he anticipated. —.lleOleff me JoterArtl.
SIB JOHN LAWRENCE'S AIMLESS AT THE AGRA
Drawn.—Yet a stiffer, colder, more unsympathetic ad-
dress than his to the princes and chiefs we have very sel-
dom read. It is worth study as erode] of what Mr.
Matthew Arnold calla British Philistinton— fu of national
arrogance and self-assertion, breaking out in that moat
offensive of all forms, the cempariscu of the
blessings and superiority of everything British with the
miseries and inferiority of everything else. The DatiVll
princes and chiefs are lectured like lays at A national
school, or labourers at a provincial institute. They nro
told of their miegovernment, their idleneas, their frivolity,
their mutual jealousies. Whether all that was true or not
a grand Berber was assuredly not th•• occasion on which
to tell it. The minces were not merely feuda-
tories or subordieate powers, but also guests. It was
right enough that in the former eharacter tiny idiould be
given good advice on general questioes of policy, but in the
latter character they could ficateely have been prepared
for downright ncoldiug. This would have oonie not mere)
with more grace, hut also with more effect, through
private channels, through political agents and govern-
ment secretaries. Nor is this scolding atoned for ur re-
lieved by one courteous word as to the relations of amity
and alliance which it is the present policy of (In ..t Britain
to cultivate toward.. the native princes. If it is I. A easy
to see why the Viceroy at a grand ltmrber should consti-
tute himself a nelluolifunter, it is still le- a rosy is sec why
he should forget that he is a statesn...n. Reran'.
FEMALE. TTRANNY.—AN j est'utterviffe. A
newly-arrived Gernsin or Irish girl, who, in her own
country, would have hoer glad to demo .t geetleman's
hoists for 6.1.' speedily apes the niauti:rs tle.t prevail in
the land of her adoption, and will insist Ulan as much de-
ference as if she were a duchess. Si,., will go up to a
gentleman old enough to le. her grandfather. and per-
haps rich enough to employ a Mere • f each ns she in the
work of his household, and onler him to vacate is seat for
her accommodation. It is not to le. imagieed, however,
that the men of America do not sometimes eln.fe under
this oppression, or openly resist it when the opiortunity
is favourable. (nice an the line I, r %seen Coiciimati nod
St. Louis—a long distance—on whi. h n traveller going
the whole way would naturally deein• Its make himself as
comfortable as passible, a venerable gentleman with long
white hair, who it appeared was an eminent judge, and
had served with distinction in the senate of the United
States, was seated quietly in a coiner of the ea/ in which
every place was occupica, engaged in reading a news-
paper. When the train etopped at ,me of the interme-
diate stations, a crowd of persons. wale and female,
poured in at both ends—glad of etandit.g loom if tlwy
could procure nothing latter. .liter the usual amount of
bustling and jostling the majority passed on to the next '
car ; but one woman, hot and blowzy, with a carpet•bmt •
in her hand, remained behind. The v.:net-Mile judge, if
he had not the beat place, had the place which took this
's fancy, and thinking. alesmeetle, that he would
Cr:llmA enough to oblige her, site Yr:liked 1.01.11 y up to
him, tapped him on the shoulder, and said, " I want a ,
seat." The old gentleman looked up and noletly re-
' plied, with a very judicial tone and manner, " Madani;• I •
advise you to try if you cannot find &commode,
tier in the next car. Tile is full. If any gentleman
chooses to give up hie scat to you he can 'ski
so—l shall not. lam en old Marl— lamon a bang
journey. I crone to the depot (the station) earlier
others in order that I might secure n place. I have
it, aid I shall keep it. In conclusion, let um info
that, in my opinion your chance of obtaining a seat
be much greater if you would stand patiently until some
one saw your distress and volunteered to relieve it." There
was a buzz of app! sum from everybody within hearing, in
which the amen who had gained their own seats by
right of first possession took audible part. The aggreseoe,
who was by no means handsome, had sense enough Wale •
that in Mat vehicle public opinion was against her, and
retired with all couvenieot celerity into another.—Black-
wood's Magazine for January.

The passage front Mr. Bright's Glasgow speech on which
you have dared to found this disgraceful attack is as fol-
lows :--" But I deny altogether that the rich alone are
qualified to legislate for the poor, any more than that the
poor alone would be qualified to legislate for the rich. My
honest belief is that if we could be all called upon to legis-
late for all, that all would be more justly treated, and
would be more happy than we are now. We should have
then an average ; we should have the influence of wealth
and of high culture, and of those qualities that come from
leisure, and the influence of those rohuster qualities that
come from industry and front labour."
Now, sir, 1 slid not seek for epithets wherewith to
characterise your conduct in this nuttier. It is enough
that your silence and secrecy show that you regard it as
I do. I observe that you go out of your way to make au
attack on Mr. Cobden. I believe your statement is false,
hut as it appears to refer to unreported conversations I
are unable to convict you as I bare .lone in the case of my
brother. You are a " liberal member of the House of
(*ominous." I ant at present ignorant whether you repre-
sent a free constituency (of which there are some in
England), or whether you sit for a place where the
electors have only the appearance of choice. If the latter,
you may be less afraid of giving the public your name, as
you might thereby establish an additional claim to the
support of your patrons. If the former, the case would
bedifferent. Those who elected you might put inconvenient
questions. In the course of your article you say the people
at Clasgow " knew they had no real grievances.., If that he
your view should you not take your seat on the other
side the how,e, g those who think that things are
perfect as they are, and that change is an evil! You
speak of Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill as "a double doss
of coucaution in granting the voting privilege" in order to
compensate for its author's illiberality in other directions.
And yet you know that if that bill had passed. millions of
your countrymen would still have been excluded (tom the
franchise—a state of things now hardly to be found in any ,
civilised country.
You have dune one service to the cause of reform, and ,
for that I thank you. By attacking Mr. Bright through
miserable inventions of your own, you have given the
strongest testimony which it is possible to obtain that
the speeches, whose influence you would fain undermine, ,
are themselves unanswerable.—l am, kc.,

JACOB BRIGHT.

Alderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 30.

REPRESENTATION or EAST NORFOLK. —.The liberal
party in the eastern division of the county of Norfolk bar.
determined upon starting Kr. Edmond Wodehowst and
Viscount Bury as candidates at the next election, in the
room of 31r. Edward Howes and klr.C. J. Read, the sitting
members.
HER MAJ ESTY'S STAO HOUNDS. —A special train
for hunting men and horses will leave Paddington on
Friday, at 9.30, for Taplow station.