The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-05 00:00:00

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A VOYAGE IN A GERMAN EMIGRANT SHIP.

We read in the New York Tribune of Jan. 23 :
The Commis/denotes of Emigration held their regular meet- ,
ing last evening In the Society Library building. 1)r.
Minis read a paper respecting the introduction of cholera
into this country by foreign vessels. Messrs. Kapp ,
and Biaainger, commissioners, and committee of the
board, reported on the disgraceful condition of
the Leibnitz. It may be remembered that the
Leibnitz left Hamburg on the 2nd of November
last, with 514 German passengers on board, for
this port. Of these, 105 died on the voyage
and three in port, making the total of deaths 108. Some
families had died out entirely ; in others the fathers
or the mothers are gone ; here a husband has left a poor
widow with children, and therea husband has lost his
wife. Von some little children being interrogated as to
where their parents were, they answered with sobs and
tears, and pointing to the ocean, in an agony of grief ex-
claimed, " Down there!" Mr. Frederick ICasaner, examin-
ing officer, says that when he boarded the Leibnitz he
found both ship and passengers in a moat filthy condition,
and that he could hardly discover a clean spot on the
holder or on the ropes where he could put his hands and
feet. He does not remember to have seen anything like
it within the last ties years. As to the interior of the
vessel, the upper steerage is high and wide. All the spars,
beams, and planks which were used for the construction
of temporary berths had been removed. Except through
two hatchways, and two very small ventilators. the hold
hail no ventilation, and not a single window or bull's-eye
was open during the voyage. In general, however, it was
not worse than the average of the steerage* of other emi-
grunt ships, but the lower steerage (the so-called orlop
deck) was a consummate pest-hole, calculated to kill the
healthiest man. It had been made a temporary room fot

the voyage, by laying a tier of planks over the lOwer beanie
of the vessel, and they were so little supported that they '
shook when walking over them. The little light this orlop
deck received came through cue of the hatchways of the RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS BEFORE PARMA-
upper deck. Although the latter was open when the
vessel was visited, and although the ship was lying in the naNT..•—Mlann. . Frere and Palgrave, the examiner, of
open sea, free on all sides, it was impossible to see any. standing order proofs upon railway end other private bills
thing at a distance of two or three feet. On the nom-
read
to ment, resumed their duties yesterday,
the following business :—ln the committee-
thet's inquiring how that hold had been lighted during' and
m No. 16, the examiner (Mr. Frere) declared the stand.
vcyage they were informed that lanterns had been hung, .
ers to have been
complied with in the coma of the
hut that on account of the foulness of the air their lights laeogoem
puesd petitions of the Leamington Priors Local Board
would hardly burn. It had, of course, much less light than 2
the upper deck, but neither draft nor ventilation, and was of Health, the East Loudon Railway, the Aberg y
immediately over the keel, where the bilge-water oollects and and Monmouth Railway, the Dee River Company, the
adjoining a part of the cargo consisting of wool and hides. Alexandra (Newport) Dock, and the Buokfaseltigh, Tot-
And in this place one hundred and fifty paesengers were nes, and Booth Devon Railway Bills. In committee-room
crowded for seventy days. and for the greater part No:17, presided over by Mr. Palgrans, the following un-
of the voyage, in a tropical heat, with scanty
opposed petitions were declared by the learned examiner
very inadequate supply of water, and, worse mthatnaill-, to have pureed standing orders :—The Sunderland and
sneering from the miasma below, above, and alongside South Shields Water, the fitoarbridp Railway, the Woe-
them, which alone must have bred fever and pestilence. meter. Dean Forest. and Monmouth Railway, the Maccles-
field Infirmary Bills, and the (=ed) Portsmouth
The captain confesses that the passenger refused toThe emmi • of the London
carry their own filth on deck, sod that the urine and North ""'
and No Western and Knighton, Cannel Wales, and
ordure of the upper steerage flowed down into the lower. ~,__,__, Railway Wales Fstesmon Companies toooppimed),
Al the main deck woe very difficult of same from the
orlop deck, the inmates of the latter often felled to go and of the adjourned Isle of Wight (Newport
aloft, even to attend to the calls of nature. On the vessel Junction) Railway Bills was farther postponed until this
were only four waterclosets for the accommodation of
day nes (Wedcia ) In the use of the opposed adjourned
544 passengers, and the stench emanatingfrom
petition of tne Islaof Wight Central Railway the learned
them was almost intolerable. All the passengerst examiner declared that the standing orders had not been
cower in the complaint that their psoviaons eemPlied with'
were abort, partly rotten, and that especially the STRIKE OF THE MONMOUTHSHIRE COLLIERS.—
supply of water was insufficient until approaching port, A report of the conference held at the King's Head Hotel,
On examination the water was found to be clean and pure, Newport, respecting the proposed reduction In the wages
and no complaints could be made as to quality. Bat in of the hams colliers employed in the county of Monmouth
quantity the complaints of the passengers are too well has already appeared in the columns of this paper, and
foundeiL for they state unanimously, and are not effec- the delegates from the various collieries in the district
Cully contradicted by the captain, that they never re- said they would forward to the proprietors the determi-
ceived more than half a pint of drinkable water, while the nation of the colliers. On Friday last intimation was
United States law requires three quarts a day. Some of given that the colliers refused to accept the proposed re-
the biscuits were rotten and old, hardly eatable, other duction of 3d. per ton, as they considered it to be cross-
pieces were better. On opening a barrel of corned beef, it sive. They struck work next day, and on Monday only
was found to be of ordinary good quality. The butter,' onrhalf, the usual number of engines were employed on
however, was rancid. Twice a week herrings were served • the Monmouthshire Railway. It cannot be said bow long
instead of meat. The beans and soar-trout were very often the turn.eut will last, but however short in its duration,
badly cooked, and thrown overboard in spite of the hunger. it will entail not only a serious loss to those engaged in it,
The treatment of the mummers was heartless in the az- I bus to the tradespeople generally. What decision will be
trenie. The sick passengers received the same food with the , come to by the steam colliers it is impossible to say, but it
healthy, and high prices were exacted for all ex. is believed they will acoept the reduction and continue
treeand comforts. A regular traffic for wine, beer and work, in hopes of higher wises and brighter times before
liquors was carried on between the passengers on the one
side, and the steward and crew on the other. When the I DEATH FROM AN OVERDOSE 07 CHLOILODTNE.—
I first death' occurred, the corpses were often suffered to , An irgiusit was held on Monday afternoon, at Bridgemier,
remain in the steerage for full 24 hours. In some oases on the nod yof Yr. Samuel Belle, aged 63, in the employ
the bodies were covered with vermin before they were on. lof the dock compauy. It appeared from the evidence
moved. There was no physician on board. Though there i that the deceased for several days peat had been a great
was a large medicine chest on board, it was not large r sufferer from toothache. On Thursday night last he re-
enough for the many oases of sickness, and, in fact, was ; enninad upon the sofa in hie parlour, instead of (064 he
emptied after the lint two weeks of the voyage- • and at seven o'clock on the following morning wises
In conclusion, his
the committee suggest the appointment of ' hoaukeeper came downstairs, he appeared toilz
• physician or surgeon on board of all emigrant vessels W. Upon the table she saw two bottles, one
with more than 50
_passengers : the doing away with the "Leinthieunt Ohlinodyne." Re died that day, and a red
orlop deck on board of emigrant ships, In case of con- !merlon exandatilen, made by Dr. Bent, showed the d►
tmvention, the penalty of the ship should be at least ceased bad taken opium and eMorndine• The torY
5,000 dollars, and, in addition, each passenger roomed on Hived that be had token an overdoes of chlorodyne it his
the orlop deck should have double the amount of the Wed to relieve the toothache, and returned a mesa
passage money refunded. The report declares that a own-
missioner should he appointed for the especial purpose of Dr. DR .70Nali'll LIGHT-BROWN COD LIVILD
hearing and pasting upon these emnplaints. He might be _The eseedar Weer of this oil hiebeen unfrossolly op*.
appointed by- the Chief Justice of the United States under &seal Dr. J. Kidd, who has largely prescribed states: • leor
the precedent established in ease of the registers in bank- essay Pon I lave nannis°4B4 Tr. N •feeth's 00. sad I ham
ruptcy. His authority, however, meat be to hear and !LT' ble=7.lll",,,,llihe'snw,,miwwl"27.„..ed"ll.6lwer vidmv"ria
determine. An appeal from his decision should not op*. tiwiTort(sasswen silk& we net at at. aaphissi
rate to supersede execution upon his judgment, but the dijades-ati• ea, esseekee osioi. el.,
losing party should be met upon his oitanose of obtaining a& sc. end ea,"l. do J=iLa ego*dtr, setanisaL ta sod
reetituticin. Os., 11,111 seed, Liesese. sod