The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-25 00:00:00

Precautions Against the Cholera.

The local authorities of the outposts, and of cer-
tain other places in the United Kingdom, have re-
ceived a circular letter from the Clerk of the Privy
Council, suggesting the adoption of precautionary
measures against the spread of cholera. The letter
runs as follows :

Privy Council Office, July 22, 1865.
Sir,—l am directed by the Lord President of the Council
to requeit that you will call the attention of the authorities
at to the reports which have appeared in the newspapers
respecting the severity with which the cholera has visited
Egypt, and to the fact that some cases of that disease have
occurred in Turkey and in Italy. From the most recently
received intelligence there is reason to believe that that
disease is on the decline ; but while the Lords of the Council
do not consider it necessary to enforce the restrictions of
quarantine against vessels arriving from countries which
have been visited with cholera, their Lordships cannot
altogether ignore the apprehension that that serious malady
may visit the United Kingdom. Feeling strongly the im-
portance of neglecting no precautions against the spread of
the disease, if it should unhappily make its appearance in
this country, their Lordships direct me to transmit to-you,
for your information, the enclosed copy of a letter, which,
by their instructions, was sent to the various outposts of
the United Kingdom in 1859, together with a copy of the
sanitary memorandum therein referred to, in order that
the authorities of your locality may be enabled to take
such measures as they may think proper for the preserva-
tion of the health of the inhabitants of their neighbour-
hood.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, _

E. HARRISON.

The documents referred to are of great length,
and set forth a number of sanitary precautions
against epidemic diseases.

INJURY THROUGH JUMPING FROM A TRAIN.—A
frightful accident occurred to a young gentleman
named Henry Tayleur, at the Earlstown junction of the
London and North-Western Railway, on Friday night.
Mr. Tayleur, about 22 years of age, is a nephew of Mr.
Tayleur, managing director of the Vulcan Locomotive
Works. He had been to Warrington, and was returning
to his uncle's residence at the time of the accident. Near
the Earlstown junction is a sharp curve, and on approach-
ing this it is usual to slacken the speed Of the train. It
has been the practice on the evening train slackening
speed for some adventurous persons to jump out of car-
riages whilst in motion. At all events Mr. Tayleur seems
to have done so, his motive, it is understood, being to avoid
having to walk .back from the New-bridge station. He
got out, intending to jump on the siding, but in attempting
to do so his legs became entangled in the wheels. One of
his legs was caught, and completely torn from his body,
and the other was fearfully mutilated. He was speedily
convoyed to his uncle's dwelling, and surgical aid pro-
cured. He pathetically exclaimed, when taken home, " I
am ruined for life." Wo hear that he had been courting a
young lady in Wales, and ho had an excellent business
prospect before him.—litanchester Courier.

ELECTION DISTURBANCES IN WARWICKSHIRE.—
Two men now lie at Warwick, so injured in the
election• disturbances there that it is uncertain whether
they will recover. After the polling was over, late on Fri-
day night, some men from Coventry, who had been parad-
ing the town, crying "Mordaunt and Wise (Conserattives)
for ever," proceeded towards the railway station to return
to that city, when they were attacked by partisans of Lord
Duncan, the defeated Liberal candidate, and so severely
handled that several of them had to bo carried away. It
was allege'd that many persons had voted for Mordaunt
and Viso who had no qualification, and popular indig-
nation at the result was carried to the length of destroy-
ing a portion of the polling booth. At Leamington a
mob paraded the streets, "bonneting" people and throw-
ing stones. At Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Brine-
low, in tho northern division of the county, the mob made
similar demonstrations. Intelligence reached Coventry on
Saturday of the death of Mr. Morgan Treherne, one of the
members of that city, through excitement in the recent
election theye.

PRINCE NAPOLEON IN SOUTH WALES.—On
Saturday, quite unexpectedly, his Imperial High-
ness Prince Napoleon arrived at his beautiful corvette Le
Jerome Napoleon at Cardiff. After landing from the
corvette the Prince paid a visit to a few places in the town,
and then took the express train for Swansea. His Im-
perial Highness travelled without any retinue of attend-
ants, being attended only by one gentleman. On Saturday
evening the Prince drove around the neighbourhood of
Swansea, and staid at the Mackworth Arms that night,
and early on Sunday morning he paid a visit to Caswell
bay, where ho bathed, and then returned to the Elms at
the Mumbles. The distinguished visitor left Swansea on
Sunday afternoon in a carriage and pair for Carmarthen
and Milford Haven. The Prince purposes visiting Holy-
head, but it is not known whether he will returh to Cardiff,
or whether the corvette will put in at Milford for him.

ACCIDENT ON THE HAMMERSMITH RAILWAY.--on
Sunday morning a Hammersmith train was running
to lianimoriniith, and when it had reached the Shepherd's-
bush Junction, the kwitharnan on duty there opened the
points and the engine passed along the proper line, but
before the whole of the carriages had gone over the points
the switchman let go his hold, and the consequence was
that the connection between the carriages was suddenly
severed, and the latter part of the train was thrown on
another line, dashing against an old building and knocking
a portion of it down. The guard of the train kept to his
post, and was very severely shaken, while the passengers
in the rear portion of the train were also shaken and
alarmed. Stich accidents as the above, which might under
some circumstances, prove more serious in their results, aro
liable to occur frequently, either from carelessness in its
various forms, or from unlooked-for accidents of a personal
kind, such as seizures of cramp, &c., while the switchman
is at his post, and this exemplifies the great utility of the
locking'-gear, which renders the points immovable until
trains have passed over.
'TIE LADY'S MILE.—Most of our readers ,are
doubtless aware that the favourite drive in Hyde-park is
called the " The Lady's Mile." This name Miss Braddon
has chosen for the title of her next literary adventure,
which, we understand, is to commence in an earlyfiumber
of the " St. James's Magazine," where it will succeed Miss
Braddon's last and most successful work, ".Only. a Clod."
The latter novel has reached a fifth edition.