The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-08 00:00:00

GREAT MEETING OF THE MEN.

At nine o'clock last night, according to arrangemen,
the men assembled in the large school belonging to St,
Matthias Church, St. John-street, Bethnal-green. The
spacious room was densely crowded, and some hundreds
stood outside, being unable to obtain admission.
_ _

Mr. Horsham was called to the chair, and briefly
opened the proceedings, stating that the deputations
would give to the meeting the results of their interviews
with the manufacturers that morning.
Mr. Smith said the deputation called upon Mr.
Hodges, but he was immovable in the existing system.
Mr. Martin received them with more consideration.
Mr. Goodson refused to see them. Mr. Robinson
determined not to yield. Mr. Le Mare consented
to advance the 3d. if the other manufacturers
would agree to do so, and added that he had room
for 200 or 300 extra hands. Mr. Brooks made a
similar concession. Mr. Casey and Mr. Stone would not
make an advance in any respect. Mr. Simmons not only
acceded to the advance of 3d. a yard, but had offered to
pay the men according to the uniform list." He (Mr.
Smith) believed that if a determined effort were made at
once on the part of the men, the manufacturers would at
once fall in with the suggestion of the additional 3d.
Mr.Walkingsh3w said he had frequently been engaged
in matters connected with the trade, but he had never
witnessed such a determined spirit of combination on the
part of the manufacturers. He believed that the leaders
would not give way, for they had expressed their bitter
disappointment that in consequence of this and at a pre-
vious turn-out 4000 yards of velvet had been lost.
Mr. Ferdinando said the number attending the demon-
stration was nearly 15,000, a circumstance which had
spread terrible alarm amongst the manufacturers. (Hear.)
Mr. Austen suggested that the prices paid by the
Va-
rious manufacturers should be sent to the mercers, m
order that they might know bow much they should offer
and pay for their goods. If mercers knew how much
the manufacturers paid, they would be disposed to avail
themselves of low prices as well as the manufacturers.
(Loud cries of "Out again to-morrow.")
Resolutions were then agreed to, declaring the con-
tinuance of the strike, and pledging the men to turn out
again to-morrow (this) morning, in order that they might
again urge their claims upon the attention of the manu-
facturers.

A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the
meeting separated.

THE CHOLERA.

THE MILLBASK PRlSON.—Yesterday three inquests
were held by Mr. Langham, deputy-coroner, at the
Penitentiary for male prisoners, Millbank. The first
was on Michael Hillman, aged 23, a convict, who died
of an attack of Asiatic cholera. The prisoner, who was
a single man, was admitted into the prison on the 231
of February, 1852, having been convicted at the previous
Wiltshire assizes of stealing a quantity of cloth, for
which he was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude.
Mr. G. Attfield, resident surgeon, said that deceased
was admitted into the infirmary on the 4th of July for
observation, in order to ascertain the state of his mind.
He was in good health, but of feeble intellect. On the
Ist of August he had an attack of diarrhcea. He was
treated for it, and on the 3d appeared to have re-
covered. The next day (the 4th), about eleven
o'clock in the forenoon, the diarrhcea came on again,
which rapidly passed into Asiatic cholera, from the
effects of which he died the same night about 11 o'clock.
Verdict, "That the deceased died of an attack of Asiatic
cholera." Another inquest was taken by Mr. Langharn
' respecting the death of Thomas Portsmouth, aged 38,
which was also the effect of Asiatic cholera. Deceased
WAS admitted on the 14th of June, having been convicted
of
fowls,
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seven
nyuearbse, ro
transporta-
tion. He was in the custody of a warder named Wes-
terham for about eight weeks, during which time he
saw the. surgeon twice. Charles Griffiths, infirmary-
warder, stated that he received thedeceasedonof 3d ofthe
of Angust. He was suffering from looseness
but in half-an-hour was brought backoafte'r he was seized
bowels; for which he had medicine. He left leafto.atihne. infirmary,
but
put to bed and prescribed for. Soon
t half-past three
He gradually sank, oambnsooof Asiatic cholera.
with cramps and the otheraod sydrodp
o'clock on Sunday Mr. Attfield having de-
posed'caMsesr. iljnantghheaniwaridns-
quired
deceased were removed ? Witness
from which the
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of dia.rilicea in all parts of
the Pentagon, facing
the prison, L h
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the river.
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calculated to predispose the prison, or in t
—There areb
but more cases
licularly
Dr. Bailey
accompanied me over the prison, to ascertain if there
prisoners to the attack ! Witness—No.
was anything wrong in the water or in the gaol,
but we found nothing unusual. Deceased was
ofa feeble habit of body. Verdict, "death from
Asiatic cholera." The third inquest was upon the body
of James Fisher, aged 51, who was sentenced to four
years' penal servitude, having been convicted at the Sal-
ford assizes of stealing two bags of rope. Mr. Samuel
wlntyre, clerk to the prison, proved that the deceased
was admitted into the gaol on the 23d of May, that he
was a strong hearty man, and in good health. Mr.
Langham—Are there many cases of Asiatic cholera nosy
in the prison ? Witness--There are six or seven cases.
Mr. Langham—Are they cases of long attack, or recent Witness—They have all occurred within the last forty-
eight hours ; the most of them in the last twelve hours.
Verdict, " Death from Asiatic cholera."
WOOLWICH.—Twenty-eight cases of this disease have
occurred on board of the Defence (convict-hulk) and
eight of these cases have proved fatal. There have also
been several cases on shore having a fatal termination ;
but, singular to relate, the Warrior convict-ship, sta-
tioned opposite the dockyard, has not had a single case
on board. The present appearance of the cholera at
Woolwich has shown itself within a few yards of
the same place where it broke out in the Justicia
convict-ship on its former appearance, and the hulk
was blamed, and the convicts all removed from her,
but it is now evident that it is the locality that is
to blame, and no wonder, as there is a most disagree-
able__s drain emptying its filth into the river a shortdl-
tance above the place where the Defence and the Unite
arises
hospital ship are stationed. The cholera probably
from suspended perspiration during certain states of the
checked by
the
ad
weather, especially if the perspiration isch
moist, clammy exhalations from foul drains or standing