The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-17 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA IN MALTA.

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bably owing in some degree to a return of very
sultry and oppressive weather. The cases continue
to be almost entirely confined to the poorest villages.
Indeed, the epidemic may be said throughout the
present visitation to have spared the wealthier
classes. The alarm which its advent at first created
has long since subsided, and many persons who
took the opportunity of travelling on the Conti-
nent are returning to Malta. It is only justice
to say, however, that we have witnessed none
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families elsewhere.abandoning bd
1 cholera-stricken relatives, of officials neglecting
their posts, of priests refuring to assist the dying ;
and if it has happened that a medical man has
shown the white feather, such has by no means
been the rule. The Relief Committee, who have sat
daily at the Exchange, under the presidentship of
an honourable member of Council, deserve great
praise, they having by their personal example and
influence done much to allay the fears of the popu-
lation, and, with the funds charitably placed at their
disposal, have been enabled by timely medical assist-
ance and wholesome food to relieve a great amount
of distress.

The following are the returns for the civil com-
munity of Malta since my last communication was
despatched :

Attacks. Deaths.

Oct. 5 ... 7 ...
„ 4 4
„ 7
...
„ 8 1 ... 0
The week's returns for
Attacks. Deaths.
Oct. 4 ... 8 ... 4

Attacks. Deaths.
Oct. 9 ... 5 ... 1

„ 10 ... 3 ... 3

;; 11 ... 6 ... 0

Gozo are as follows :

Attacks. Deaths.

" 6 ... 3 ... 1
" 7 ~. 3 ... 0

Oct. 8 ... 7 ... 0
„ 9 ... 8 ... 2
„10 ... 3 ... 0

The total number of cases during the week iu
Malta shows a diminution compared with the pre-
vious week of 13 attacks and 15 deaths. In Gozo
the decline during the same period has been seven
attacks and four deaths. I have not heard of any
fresh cases in the regiments, which after the first
rains were removed from their temporary encamp-
ments into their old quarters. But a soldier of the
Bth Regt., in Pembroke Barracks, was attacked the
day before yesterday and died in a few hours. Ile
was a man of very irregular habits, and was always
undergoing some kind of punishment for breaches of
military discipline. He had recovered from an attack
of cholera some time ago at Gibraltar. The barracks
are situated at St. George's Bay, in one of the
healthiest spots in the island.
The Governor has issued a notice prohibiting the
importation of all kinds of cattle, as well as horses
and dogs, from the United Kingdom, in consequence
of the cattle disease existing there. The same no-
tice also orders that vi 001, hides, horns, bones, and
hoofs coming from Great Britain and Ir eland shall
be subjected to sanitary measures for the purpose of
disinfection.

Clean bills of health are now issued at Alexandria,
but gessels are not yet admitted to pratique on account
of cholera still existing at Cairo.

The Cattle Plague.
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WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.

Yesterday the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions for
the West Riding began in the Town-hall, Leeds,
Mr. Wickham, M.P., presiding. A letter was read
from Mr. T. G. Baring, of the Home-office, dated
Oct. 12, in which that gentleman said he was directed
by Secretary. Sir George Grey to inform the inagis-
,..mes that it has oceuliuu. 41..6 it might be
desirable that the attention of the justices of the
West Riding should be directed at these quarter
sessions to the order of the Lords of the Privy
Council of the 22d ult., with reference to the cattle
plague. After reciting the terms of the 19th section
of that order, by which, after notice, justices can
make it unlawful to bring animals to a market or
fair from infected districts, the latter pointed out
that the power given therein had already been exer-
cised in several instances, but it had been repre-
sented to Sir G. Grey that the advantages to be
derived from it would be materially impaired if,
while the power was exercised with reference to
some markets or fairs, no action was taken with
respect to others in the neighbourhood. It was
clearly desirable that the various local authorities
should, as far as possible, act in concert,with a view
to the effectual exercise of their power; and Sir G.
Grey would be happy to be the means of communica-
tion, if necessary, between the justices of the West
Riding and other local authorities, as defined in the or-
der, with respect to any proceedings which the justices
might think it expedient to take on this subject. As
it was obviously important that ample information
of any order made for the purpose of preventing ani-
mals being sent to any market or fair should be
given to the public, not only in the immediate neigh-
bourhood of the market or fair, but also in the dis-
trict from which the market or fair was supplied,
Mr. Baring said he was to suggest that means should
be taken for the widest possible circulation of infor-
mation by means of the chief constable of the county
or counties concerned, or otherwise, as the justices
might think expedient. No discussion ensued upon
the reading of the letter, but the Court directed that
a copy of it sL9
uld be forwarded to the clerk of the
• however, that according
peace to every poti; sessional division in the Riding.
The chief constable statt;.l.
to the information he receiveu.l the cattle plague was
extending in certain localities.

OXFORD COUNTY GAOL—At the Miel;,..iniu
Quarter Session hold yesterday, and which an unusualij
largo number of magistrates attended, tho deputy governor
of the county gaol (Mr. Calverly) was unanimously elected
governor, in the room of Major Ogilvie, resigned. At the
same time Mr. Mortis, who bad officiated as clerk at the
gaol for the last sixteen years, was unanimously elected
deputy governor.
ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.—A serious
accident occurred yesterday to James Henger, a labourer,
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employed at the steam factory department of w
Dockyard, who it appears was at work in the
shed
massive 4i-inch iron plates used for ship building ar
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bent
by machinery, when his clothing by some means was caught
in a drilling machine, and he was whirled rapidly round,
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btlhiendfelyarituolpannlnguaanlammoretdaileitinyeos:
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firmary, where he now remains in a precarious condition.
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thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as rntrili
easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, tsnd for
children it is the best substitute for human milk. Dr.
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is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, con-
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potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle which
is found in milk in its constituent part No wonder, there-
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atrophy (wasting away of the body!, and marked debt
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