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 folloir :
Privy Council Office, July 22, 1865.

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Sir,—l am directed by Lord President of the Council
;o request that yOu will call tho 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
altegether 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 mo to transmit to you,
Mr 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. IlAnniso.N.

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

INJURY' THROUGH JUMPING FI%OM 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 d(Mo so; his motive, it is understood, being to avoid
having to,walk back from the Now-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. Ho was speedily
conveyed to his uncle's dwelling, and surgical aid pro-
cured. He pathetically exclaimed, when taken home, " I
am ruined for life." We hear that he had been courting a
young lady in Wales, and he had an excellent business
prospect before him.—Manihester 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 o'vbr, late on Fri-
day night, some men from Coventry,: who:had been parad-
ing the town, crying " Mordaunt and Wise (Conservatives)
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'be carried away. It
was alleged that many persons had voted, for Mordaunt
and Wise who had no qualification,- and popular indig-
aation at the result was carried to the length of destroy-
ing a: porticin of
.the polling booth: At Leamington a
mob paraded. the streets, "bonneting" people and throw-
ing stones. • At Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Brins-
low, in the 'nnrthern 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 there.

PRINCE 'NAPOLEON IN SOUTH ' WALES.—On
Saturday, quite unexpectedly, his Imperial High-
ness Prince Napoleon arrived at his beautiful corvette Lo
Jerome Napoleon at Cardiff. After ]finding from the
corvette the Prince paid a visit to a few pfaCes in ;ho town,
and then took the express train for Swansea. Sis 122-,
peHal Highness travelled without any retinue of attend-
ants, being attended only by one gentleman. On Saturday
evening the Prince drove around the neighbourhood of
Swangea, and staid at the Mackworth Arms that night,
and early on Sunday morning he psiid 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 purposeg visiting Holy-
head, but it,is not known whether he will return to Cardiff,
or whether the corvette will put in at Milford for him.
ACCIDENT ON THE H.A.M3IERSMITII RAILWAY.—On
Sunday morning a Hammersmith,' traiii.was running
to Hammersmith, and when it hadreached the Shepherd's-
bush Junction, the swithchman 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. Snch accidents as the above, which might under
some circumstances, prove more serious in their results, are
liable to occur frequently, either from carelessness in its
various forms, or from unlooked-for accidentsof apersonal
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.
THE 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,
whiclb:we understand, is to commence in ah early number
of the " St. :Tames's Magazine," wheie it will succeed Miss
Braddon's lkst and most successful Work,. "Only a'Clod.
The latter noyel has reached a fifth edition. ••

MY DE4It AN;DptsoN,-1 have some very good news for
you about that property you bought. in Gipps' Land, and
the papers for which you left with me. The picture on this
will show' what your property was like, and now it is on
the outskirts of a town ! I wrote to you about their first
finding gdld in:that part of the country, and I told you that
I had got Simpson to go over and see about your land. Ho
told me when he came back that he believed it would turn
up all right soon—and so it has. The yield of gold in the,
neighbourood" is richer than anywhere around Gipps
Land—put in her produce with Buckworth last year and
beat Ballarat. .Ballarat did 72,203 ounces for the year,
and Buckworth with Gipps' Land did 83,083 ounces, with
a higher averago by far; her average being 1 oz. 3 dwt.
16 3-7th gr., and Ballarat only 4 dwt: 16 2:sth gr. They've
built a town adjoining your property, and call it Sale.
It's going, ahead, and a railway through from Buckworth
will ba construoted very soon. 'Now, /laud Lhi.,, my clear
Anderson, your property is every day growing in value.
They want it now, and I was so much surprised at what
I heard it eould be sold for that I have been over to see it.
There is no mistake about it, but that every square yard
of it will soon bo worth a bag of gold. I think I could sell
it for yott befor6 the end of the year for thirty thousand
pounds, or:thereabouts ; but would not like to make any move
without ,having full instructions from you. Why
can't you. come out yourself ? It would pay you
better than conjuring, and how rich you might be-
come there's no knowing. James Wilson, who bought
at the same side you did, has sold his and has gone
off to Calcutta with his mdfaey. God has thrown a
stroke of luck •in your way, and you, must attend to it.
Write me out full instructions, and send me proker power
of attorney to dd whatever you want; but Came yourself if
you can.-=Yours, my dear Anderson,, your, friend to serve,
, . . ANDREW MACLACHLAN.
To Professor Anderson, London. • • •