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London, England, 1863-12-01 00:00:00

surrounded. They can discern much to objets'
to in Dr. Moore or Mr. Coroner Humphrey,
but they can see nothing particularly ob-
noxious in Hollybush-gardens or other chosen
localities, where it is next to impossible for a chile,
to live. There is war in Bethnal-green, and there is
death. The authorities are not disposed to attack
the fever, but they are determined to attack the
doctor. Time and energy required for the saving
of precious lives are devoted to the raking up of
accusations against the officer of health who has
dared to expose the prevalent sanitary evils of thee
parish. In the meantime death is doing it
terrible work. The King of Terrors is not to be
beaten back by angry resolutions and captious
charges. The pestilence which walketh in dark-
ness, and the arrow which flieth by day, are de-
stroying the young child and the suckling. It is
not too much to say that public feeling is outraged
by the every-day history of Bethnal-green.
parochial squabble may be very amusing under
certain circumstances, but not in the midst of
a graveyard, where little coffins are being conti-
nually dropped into the ground, and where mothers
are weeping over poisoned babes—poisoned by
official contumacy. If the vestry and the guar
dians of Bethnal-green are so infatuated as to
think that the community at large is looking upon
their parish with the same eyes as themselves they
are greatly mistaken. The public are not to be
gulled into the idea that all this uproar is occa-
sioned simply by a fussy, impetuous, intriguing
medical officer or popularity -hunting coroner.
Society at large knows better than this. The
facts do not rest upon the sole testimony of Dr-
Moore. The senior surgeon of the Great Northern
Hospital, being summoned as a witness into court,
deposes to the sanitary history of one particular
family in Hollybush-gardens. Out of six children
in this family, all originally healthy, four ar°
attacked with scarlatina, two die and two rental°
in a very precarious state. The two that died did
not succumb to the fever, but " died during the
ordinary stage of convalescence." The little strength
which the fever left them, and which would have
borne them up into health again under ordinarily'
favourable circumstances, was insufficient to enable
them to contend with a malaria so intense that---as
we are told—the adult population were thereby*
robbed of sleep during the night, and could not
enter their backyards without being made sick-
The witness to whom we have just alluded stated
in his evidence that (in reference to Hollybush;
gardens) "the soil in all directions seemed saturated'
by the exudations of the cesspools, " and the air
simply stank." This gentleman (Mr. John Gay)
further stated that " children attacked by zvnaotic
diseases springing from such a source would have
hardly a chance of struggling against their effects
in an atmosphere so foul." As remedial mea"
Bures he recommended that the privies should b°
trapped, an abundant water supply introduced+,
drainage laid down, and the very ground itself
deodorised. Finally, Mr. Gay advised that the
convalescent children should be removed, "
otherwise their death was inevitable." Do the
parochial authorities believe all this ? Or do they'
think that they are mere fictions of some heated
imagination ? Holly bush-gardens have been cost'
plained of in Dr. Moore's official report to the
guardians a month ago, and " he believed that he
had made a similar report some months back." Yu"
ther, " he was not aware that any steps had been
taken in consequence." So far as professional evi"
deuce goes, Dr. Samuel Pearce also pronounce!
Hollybush-gardens " decidedly noxious to health.'
The jury decided in this particular case, that the
poor little victim of five years old died from the mot'
tal effects of the impure atmosphere which pre'
veiled in the locality, and they farther declared
that "great blame is due to the parochial authc;
rities, inasmuch as they ought to have remedtt
such a state of things long ago." In addition
to this, the jury condemned the property l°
question as unfit for the abode of human
beings, and declared—" That the inhabitants
ought to quit until the said Hollybush-garden?
be deodorised and rendered fit for human habv
tation." The verdict is very special and very distinct'
If after this and all preceding admonitions, the autbo:
rities of Bethnal-green are still determined to stave'
by their nuisances, some vigorous measures need be
enforced to bring these brazen boobies to their
senses. Fever is not a thing to be slighted, partite"
larly in a large and crowded city. The disease may
spread, and Heaven knows how far it may.go-
a lecture given by Dr. Moore on Friday night, be
made it sufficiently clear for popular apprehension
that scarlet fever naturally and inevitably results
from a certain gas which abounds in cesspool effl°,,
via. "But the disease so generated was contagious.,
Its virulence was indicated by the instance in whirl
he noticed a child playing over a sewer grating, se'
in four hours that child was dead. As for the COo'
tagious character of the disease, he had brought bottle
the infection to his own family. Disease of this Da:
ture is not to be trifled with, and the authorities 01
a single parish must not be allowed either to slaugh-
ter the poor by official neglect in their own juris-
diction, or to let loose upon the metropolis an in
lectious disease which may ultimately introduce
suffering and death where the originating causes are
not permitted to exist. Bethnal-green is an offer);
der against every metropolitan parish cleaner 0°
tself—and we hope it is not possible to find a dirticr•

COUNTRY MARKETS.


COLCHESTER—Nov. 28.
There was a fair supply of wheat at our market to'
dsli
and.the demand was good. No change in prices. 3:3S
Wheat, white. 44s 50s I Beans, Maxagan..2Bs ,
red 40s 44s middle & small.32s ,2bs,
Barley
I
Oats . 20s 25s grey ... , . .34s

GLOUCESTER—Nov. 28. to^dlo
There was a plentiful show of English wheat .ned,
for which the currencies of last week were maillepleB of
Foreign wheat held for an advance of is on the Pri,- but
last week. Oats, barley, beans, and peas were dull?
unaltered in value.

CHELMSFORD—Nov. 27.
At this corn exchange to-day there was a moderate bl.lOl-
ness done. The prices of las , week were is in advallef
for fine sorts. Other sorts arm, but not dearer. Ber
le!
in large supply, at :ls per quarter cheaper. A fair bbl'
ness in other articles, and prices unchanged.
Wheat, old white 30s 47s reas, Partridge, ... 365 3„9;
new 44e 48s White 38s 3"
395368 BeDansitt,oTniecwk,
old red.... 348 40s Boiling 390 41°
new
Chevalier ..... 228788
38s 42s Dun ..33e 36:
Barley
Grinding.. 22s 31s --S
Malt.new.•-0 ,06
61s 678 Harrow Ticks ..35s 1.0
Chevalier . 64s 69s xtew..---s
Oats 3os 38s
20s 28s Mazagan .......
........ ..
—34ss . C9:l

KIRKCALDY GRAIN—Nov. 28.
We had large supplies of all descriptions of grain at out;
market to-day, which sold freely. Wheat and oats 1s per
qr higher than last week.
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
First....34s Od I 25s 6d l6s Od
Second ..36s Od 27s Od 17s 6d
Third....39a Od 30s Od 19s Od

COAL MAII,KET.
Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.
u

d.
Hastings Hartley ....16 6
Lambert's West Hart- _ _ _

Walls End. 6
K elloe . .18
.... 0
South Kelloe.. ........ 18
. 9
Hartlepool ......... .. 1° A
I East Hartlepool ...... 19 vn
Hetton ............. 19 vn
1 Wharncliffe .......... 17 ';
Belmont .. . . ....... 17 v
Braddylr a *Raton ..... 18 3
I South fietton ......... 19 0
I Eussers lietton 18 0
5
i H.eugh Hall 18
Cassop is
Tunstall l7 9
I North Hartlepool 16 0
:et, 82 ; gold. 76.

ley
Wylam 17 0
Holywell 17 0
West Hartley 15 6
Eden Main ...17 9
Cowpen Hartley 15 6
Davison's West Hart-

ley.. l6 6
Walker Primrose 14 9
'oilfield Moor 13utes 15

Walls End.
19 0
Haswell .. .
Ships at mark,

Births.
BLEWITT.--011 the 28th ult., at Pinner, Mrs. Blewitt, of

.26th ult.., at Chilton Rectory, the W
a daughter.
Chaplin, ifo
of a daughter.
Cromwell-place, L 34/
I,Cs the thl-e-2
7 t itllit . ,
uaitt
and 'l'hyone, of a daughter.
Baw a
—Oa the 9 Athe Hon. Mrs. (•11411'r
wirgfield, ot a son.

Marriages.
aigi°
BRUCE—WOODRUFFE.—On the 28th ult., at St. Bartlf 01
Church, Kensington William Bruce, M.D., °lter
The Crescent, Kensington, to Charlotte, third dalt,ive
of Mrs. JohnWoodruffe, of 11, Richmond-terrace, P
water.

ago
RICARDO—PERRY.—On the 2Sth ult., at Saint re-0
Eaton square,
_ Francis Ricardo, Esq., of The Fatir9,,ioo
Windsor, to Louisa Jane, second daughter of Sir Bro&
Perry.

Deaths.
BEAMAN.—On the 29th ult. at at Hammersmith, Mr. Gdee.
a'
°
Hula Beaman, late of Henrietta-street, Covent-gar-
aged 39. ,doter
Coca.—On the 29th ult., at the Court Lodge, APO
Kent, Albert Cock, Esq., aged 40. Thos'
JoYxsoN.—On the 27th ult., at Liscard, Cheshire,
Joynson, Esc., aged 55.
---
S,
Lmurt..—On the 27th ult., at Putney, Cecil E. a• A.
Esq., ad 53.
MALONE. aged
On the 27th ult, at the Royal Naval o°s°'
tal, Plymouth, Edmund Malone, Eeq., R.N. „b tit
MESBAN —On the 28th ult., at Cauonbury, H. C. ive'-'1
Esq., of 16, America-square, aged 58. „dee,
WINGFIELD.—On the 26th ult., at Maid's Moreton 10-' t:'
Buckingham, the Hon. Mrs. Edward Winodeld.
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