The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-17 00:00:00

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

The following Order in Council appears in last night's
Gazette, putting in force the Nuisances Removal and
Diseases Prevention Act of 1848, for the whole of Geat
Britain :

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 15th day of
September, 1853, by the Lords of her Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy Council.
Whereas by an act, passed in the session of Parliament,
held in the eleventh and twelfth years of her Majesty's
reign, intituled "An act to renew and amend an act of
the tenth year of her present Majesty, for the more
speedy removal of certain nuisances and the prevention
of contagious and epidemic diseases," after reciting that
it is expedient, that when any part of the United
Kingdom shall appear to be threatened will or affected
by any formidable epidemic, endemic, or contagious
disease, measures of precaution should be taken with
promptitude, according to the exigency of the case,
it is enacted, that in Great Britain, the Lords and
others of her Majesty's Most Honourable the Privy
Council, or any three or more of them (the Lord Presi-
dent of the Council, or one of her Majesty's principal
Secretaries of State being one), may, by order or orders
to be by them, from time to time made, direct that the
provisions in the said act contained for the prevention
of epidemic, endemic, and contagious diseases, be put in
force in Great Britain, or in such parts thereof, or in
such places therein, respectively, as in such order or
orders respectively may be expressed, and may, from
time to time, as to all or any of the parts or places to
which any such order or orders may extend, and in like
manner revoke or renew any such order, and, subject to
revocation and renewal as aforesaid, every such order shall
be in force for six calendar months, or for such shorter
period as in such order shall be expressed.
And whereas the United Kingdom appears to be
threatened with a formidable epidemic disease, and a
case has arisen for putting in force the provisions of the
said act ;
Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered by the Lords and
others of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council
(of whom the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston,
one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, is
one), in pursuance and exercise of the powers so vested
in them as aforesaid, that the provisions contained in
the said hereinbefore recited act for the prevention of
epidemic, endemic, and contagious diseases, be put in
force throughout the whole of Great Britain immediately
from and after the date of this order.
And it is further ordered that this order shall continue
in force for six calendar months from and after the date
thereof. C. C. GREVILLE.

DARING BURGLARY AT WHITCHURCH, NEAR BRIS-
TOL.—Great consternation and alarm were occasioned
yesterday morning at the above village, in consequence
of a burglary having taken place at the house of a Mrs.
Edgell, widow of a respectable farmer of the county,
who kept but one female servant. At an early hour
the servant was alarmed by hearing a pane of glass in
her bedroom window break, immediately upon which a
man's hand was thrust through, and the sash lifted up.
Three ruffians, with their faces covered with black
crape, then entered the room by means of a ladder which
they had raised to the window. One of them imme-
diately seized her by the throat, and swore he would mur-
der her if she gave the least alarm or resistance. One of
the gang remained to keep watch over her, while the
other two went to the bedroom of the mistress, whom
they seized and threatened in the same way, telling her
they would put her to death if she did not diclose
the whereabouts of her money,
plate, and other valu-
ables ; having told them, one of the villains held her
head in a blanket while the other ransacked the house.
He succeeded in getting possession of about 701. or 801.
in cash, and various articles of silver, amongst which
were a silver tankard marked E.,,, several
table-spoons marked "J. M. E." and "T. E. W.," one
with a crest and arms, a silver sugar-basket marked
" E.," two silver salt-cellars marked "J. S. C.," and
several tea-spoons, salt-spoons sugar-tongs, &c. After
possessing themselves of their booty the ruffians threa-
tened vengeance if any pursuit was attempted, after
which they decamped, leaving the two females half dead
with terror and alarm. At about three o'clock in the
morning they heard a waggon pass by, and one of them
summoned courage enough to give an alarm. Intelli-
gence of the robbery has been received at the Bristol
police-office, and strenuous efforts are being made to
discover the thieves.