The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-19 00:00:00

PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
The Russian despatch, containing the rejection
of the modifications proposed by the Porte, arrived
at Vienna on the 14th, and persons who derive
their information from Russian sources say that
the St. Petersburgh cabinet has also addressed a
kind of explanatory Note or Manifesto to the four
great Powers. The Manifesto, or whatever the
document is called, is probably short and concise,
as the sense of it was communicated to me in a
few words. In order to prove his sincere de-
sire to maintain peace, the Emperor of Russia al-
though justly incensed against the Porte, readily
consented to accept the mediation of Austria, his
friend and ally. In order to bring the differ-
ence to a more speedy settlement, conferences were
held in Vienna, and the draft of a Note was pen-
ned which the four Powers were inclined to believe
would prove acceptable to both parties. The Rus-
bian Cabinet, fully confiding in the justice and
honour of the mediating Power, promised to raise
no difficulties if the Porte unconditionally ac-
cepted the Note. The Turkish Government has
not thought fit to do so, and therefore Russia is
necessitated to retain the Danubian Principalities
as a pledge. It is said, that even now the Emperor
is willing to evacuate the Principalities if the
Porte will consent to the original Note " pure and
simple," but this no Turkish Cabinet would dare
to do if so inclined.
Private letters from Constantinople of the sth
inst. speak of the excitement which continues to
prevail among all classes of the Turkish population '
in that capital, and the placards posted up in van--
ous.parts, of the most irritating and incendiarykind,
. .5 d I
r 7 o ' tending to rouse the fiercest passions of the popu-
*************** '''' lace. Several persons, on whom suspicion alighted
as the authors of these dangerous documents, were
arrested, but, for want of sufficient proof to trace
the fact home to them, were subsequently liberated.
In these placards the Ministers are accused of
4
44 i cowardice or of treachery, and the allies of the
' 9 Porte, but particularly England and France, are
25 held up to the reprobation of the nation ,and
254 6 1 " war to the death" is demanded. Redschid.
g Pasha is reported to have declared that if Russia
will not acept the note modified by the Porte and
by the four Ambassadors at Constantinople, war
will surely be the consequence. The opinion at
C p
onstantinole was that, if war break out, hostili-
-1 ties would first take place in Anatolia, or Batoun,
. .2
.2, near the Caucasus.
5 Important dispatches arrived at Vienna on Satur-
an. 54 P c day the 10th from St. Petersburk, brought by
, ....... -- Colonel Sziwitsch to M. de Meyendorff, and also
37 Gi
' ...... from Constantinople. The English minister also
fe In London. received dispatches from Lord Stratford de Red-
,fr 9B cliffe, and yesterday had a long conference with
.....,......
—.7, 3 the French envoy.
It is said the Sultan will not accept the Vienna
note without the modifications, or something tan-
tamount to the modifications.
Private letters from Vienna, of the 12th, state
that the members of the Conference had assembled,
' that the best understanding subsisted between
them, and that a fresh note had been prepared by
This little town is all astir, on Saturday, and
them, which was couched in the most conciliatory
iad been so for several days past, with the news
language, and is calculated to be accepted by the
that the Channel squadron, under the command of
contenaing parties.
Admiral Martin and Admiral Corry, were about to
From Bucharest, Sept. 2, we have a confinna-
pay it a visit, and to remain for some days in the
tion of the news of the march upon Bucharest of
harbour widely celebrated under the now almost
the third corps of the Russian army, under the
obsolete name of the "Cove of Cork." They were
command of General Osten-Sacken. 4,000 Russian
expected there in the course of that day. By way
troops are on the road from Focktchany to Jassy.
of preparation for their arrival, Mr. Verling,th e
From Servia the last dates are, Belgrade Sept. 4,
harbour-master, was engaged in the course of
and Semlin, Sept. 9. Redschid Pasha insisted on
Thursday and Friday in removing all the merchant
having a decision from the Servian Charge
vessels and fishing craft—both of which classes are
d'Affaires as to the position Servia is prepared to
very numerous here—from the man-of--war anchor-
take in case of war. The Servian Charge d'Affaires
age under Caroline Point, and they now lie close
replied that the Servians could not fight against the
alongside Queenstown, and in the direction of
Russians, as members of the same religion, but
of Agada and the East Ferry, clustered together
that the Servian Government would promise to ab-
in great numbers, and forming an interesting
stain from hostile movements against the Ottoman
sight. There are three vessels of war now at the
Porte'
anchorage ; but neither of them properly belong ',
to the squadron, though they have come to meet 'frontier.The Turks are actively arming on the Servian
it. On Wednesday, about four o'clock, the London,
90, Captain Eden, arrived ; on Thursday, the established on the Turkish bank of the river from
kripelieuse, screw-frigate, of 50 guns,Captain Silestria to Jestow. Gunboats, too, have been
Watson, came in ; and Friday, the Blenheim,stationed
60, on various points.
Captain Pelham, also came to anchor in the harbour. It is said that. the Sultan has called on the Ser-
vian government to pay their tribute for ten years,
The Terrible bears the flag of Sir William Carroll,
and that he has addressed letters to the Hospodars
the admiral of the port. When the squadron
of Moldavia and Wallachia, authorising both to
shall have arrived it is calculated that there will
remain in their Principalities, on condition of their
be assembled 27 line-of-battle ships and frigates.
ing the tribut©.
continuing their relations with the Porte, and pay-
It is thought that the division under the command
The Cologne G-azette has the following letter from
of Admiral Martin will first enter the harbour, to
pb be
ncileods,e lbyyfot
that under
d, however,
Admiral iif iiot actuallyCorry.
Sir a
Jamesce - Vienna, dated the 13th :—" Prince Menschikoff ar-
wastiolen y accompanied by a secretary. In the course
Graham, and the other Lords of the Admiralty, rived herel yesterday without any suite or pomp. He
who are at present on a visit of inspection in the
different ports, are not expected at Queenstown of day he paid the usual diplomatic visits, and
even found time to visit the imperial library. •
till Tuesday next.
stated that he is the bearer of •
—.--.....---.....--,n a new manifesto of the
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.—The Inverness
. Emperor Nicholas,of
which probably two editions
Courier says Mr. Gladstone is stili confined in his room will be published, one for Europe, and one for
at Dunrobin Ci..stle ; but it is expected he will be able home consumption. It is confidently announced
to reach Inverness, on his return south, ou Monday or that this document contains pacific words, deplores
Tuesday next. His son left Dunrobin on the 13th. the blindness of the Ottoman Porte, which ll'
refuses
COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. Thomas Chapman to see the abyss under its feet,and
invites all
Harvey is appointed engineer and surveyor of public Europe to pers;st in its unshaken
confidence in the
works at Honduras. Mr. Charles Girdlestone is :tp- honourable intentions of the author. At the end
pointed a member of the council of the Virgin Islands. of the manifesto it is said that the resistance of the

COMPANY. DATE. PLACE, &Z.
Caledonian
Central of Switzerland Sept. 29,
GBasle.
Winchester-st
Darenth Valley
East Grinstead
Grand Junction of France Sept. '29, Paris.
Irish South Eastern Sept. 29, Dublin.
Lancaster and Preston Junc. Sept. 19, Lancaster.
Londonderry and Coleraine Sept. 20, Coleman-st.-blds.
North Metropolitan
Rouen and Havre
Shropshire Union
Tourn., Jurb., Landen, and
Hasselt
The Railway Share Market has been fluctuating,
but the highest quotations of Saturday have not
generally been obtained. London and North
Western, Midland, Caledonian and Lancashire and
Yorkshire have been in most request. French
shares have been dull at about the previous rates The
The The Australian Bank Shares are steady.
Land Companies' shares have improved and the
Gold Mines are firm.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
( From the Official List.)
Business done
. 95i
. 250 53
5p
. 114 i
3

I per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO
•••"*- •'
soutb Sea Stock
onsols for Account
Exchequer Bills, Id.
7 3 d
£lOOO
7 3 d
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.

Brazilian fonds, 5 per Cent
New Brazilian Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent loli
Ditto for the Account lOl
pquador 13ol+ds - i
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
Niexican :3 per Cent.
Ditto Account Sept. 30, 24 6 I
Peruvian Bonds, 46 per Ceut.
Ditto for the Account 776 8 7 8
Portuvuese Bonds 4 per Cent
Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 44?:!
Ditto Account, Sept. 30 436
1
ft!lssian Bonds, 46 per Cent .................
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent...
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent ..................... 46i 6
;:panish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 226,
Ditto Passive (Converted)
Spanish Committee Cert of Coup. not fun. 54 p
Venezuela Bonds, 3., per Cent.
Ditto for the Account ...... 37 G.
nivi.lenAs on the above payable In London.
1331gian Bonds 421 per Cent. ex. 25 fr 9B
Dutch Exchange, 26 per Cent. ........,......
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ...~,
THREE O'CLOCK.
95
95. a

Consols
Ditto October Account

THE ROYAL FLEET AT QUEENSTOWN.

NEWCASTLE.—Deaths on the 16th—Cholera, 101 ;
diarrhoea. 4. No returns from Gateshead.
Great efforts are making by the medical authorities,
and it is gratifying to find that the mortality has made
no material progress in the last twenty-four hours. A
house of refuge has been opened, and bedsteads supplied
from the barracks, by authority from the Board of Ord-
nance. Dr. Sutherland has received directions to pro-
ceed under the Provincial Interments Act of last session
to close the most over-crowded burial-grounds.
At Hexham, the epidemic has as yet made little way ;
only 6 deaths are recorded, though diarrhceal tendency
is general. The authorities are very active, and great
good effect must be attributed to their timely efforts in
the way both of medical visitation, cleansing, and
washing.
SHIELDS.—Except the fatal case on board the Expert,
of Peterhead, at the South Stanhope and Tyne drops,
on Tuesday, the medical officers have no information of
any other person being attacked with cholera on ship
board, or on the south side of the water. A female of
the name of Hall died after a few hours' illness, in Ste-
phenson-street, North Shields, on Thursday morning.
It is stated that she died of cholera, but we have no
medical authority for saying so. The board of guardians
of South Shields have organised the medical staff. The
poor law guardians at North Shields, and the public
health committee, are taking every step to purify the
town, and to prevent the extension of diarrhoea. Fifty
notices have been served by the police in South Shields
for the removal of nuisances.
DARLINGTON.—The local board of health is on the
alert, owing to the cholera having made its appearance
in Newcastle, and are taking effective measures to clear
away nuisances.
LEEDS.—The mayor of Leeds, with his wonted vigi-
lance, has issued a circular, recommending the prompt
reassembling of the district sanitary committees which
were appointed in Leeds in September last, for the pur-
pose of making a house-to-house visitation of the dif-
ferent wards of the borough, recommending and assist-
ing the inhabitants to adopt all sanitary measures, and
ordering the removal of all nuisances. The mayor urges
that the committees shall at once proceed to fulfil the
purposes of their appointment, and shall report to him
the progress they make. He wisely intimates that early
precautionary measures, taken whilst the enemy is yet
at a &stance, combine the greatest degree of efficiency
with the least degree of alarm. The Nuisance Com-
mittee of the town council have already taken vigorous
measures for tee removal of all accumulations of filth,
and that the Ward Committees also are in movement.
MANCHESTER.—The first case of Asiatic cholera in
Manchester was reported to the board of guardians on
Friday night, by Mr. Walker Golland, medical officer
to the Market-street district. The case which was, hap-
pily, not a fatal one, was that of a woman named Mary
Heald, an out-door pauper, living in a confined alley
leading out of Back Thomas-street. She was in the
cold stage of the disease, when visited by Mr. Golland,
quite pulseless, and in a state of collapse, but he suc-
ceeded in giving relief in four hours, though 24 hours
elapsed before she rallied sufficiently for the symptoms
to be considered decidedly favourable. She is now quite
recovered. There had been several bad cases of diar-
rhces among the families living in the same entry.
DUBLIN.—The extension of the cholera in the north
of England has led to the adoption of precautionary
measures at Dublin. At a meeting
an of the Privy Coun
cil, held at the Castle, on Saturday, order in Council
was passed, in anticipation of the approach of cholera,
for bringing the Nuisance Removal Act of 1848 into
operation throughout the whole of Ireland for the next
six months. No general board of health will be ap-
pointed, the Poor-law Commissioners being constituted
by the Medical Charities Act the authority who are to
take the necessary precautionary measures for the pre-
vention of the epidemic.

THE ACT FOR THE PREVENTION OF CONTA-
GIOUS AND EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
The Act of Parliament under which the Order in
Council respecting the cholera was issued, passed on the
4th of September, 1848. It is entitled, "An Act to
renew and amend an Act of the 10th year of her present
Majesty, for the more speedy Removal of certain
Nuisances, and the Prevention of Contagious and Epi-
detnlc Diseases." The first part of the statute has
reference to the removal of certain nuisances, and the
second empowers the Privy Council to issue orders for
putting in force the provisions relative to contagious
and epidemic diseases. The order having issued for
Great Britain for the next six months, the General
Board of Health, by the 10th section, is empowered to
issue directions for t. he prevention, as far as possible, or
for the ventilating and disinfecting of
mitigation of the disease. The Board may provide foi
the frequent and effectual. cleansing of streets and
dpuwbellilcinwgslsfo; r the removal of nuisances, and the speedy
interment of the dead, and generally for preventing or
mitigating such epidemic, in such manner as to the
Board may seem expedient. Medicines may be dis
pensed and medical aid pr.ovided. A medical member of '
the Bo'ard of Health, during the operation of the order,
can be added. The Poor Law Board is to carry out
the regulations, and to compel the Guardians of the
Poor to do so. Houses can be inspected during the
day time, and anything injurious to health removed
Tl;e expenses are to be
paid out of the poor's rate.
There are various provisions to enforce the act, and
penalties are to be levied and recovered for obstructing
its execution. All orders and regulations are to be laid
before Parliament, and Gazetted. It is expected that
the General Board of Health will forthwith issue direc-
tions and regulations, which will appear in the London
Gazette,and wbl
.be acted upon by the Poor
Law authorities—they have application by the
order of the Privy Council for Great Britain, and may
be altered or revoked according to circumstances.

ADMIRALTY VISIT TO PEMBitoKE._Sir Jas. Graham
and the other Lords of the Admiralty intend plying an
o'ficial visit to Pembroke dockyard,, in the course of the
pr ,sent morth.
INDIA RUBBER TIIREAD.—A parce. of thread, made
of Indian rubber, and possessing remarkable elasticity
last session of Parliament,
and power of elongations, has recently been brought to
ofh theuln
ceo. are specially mentioned, and
the present tariff, corn-
tmlmanufactures
thissni
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sferwoo
fmd cualati
to'iruesic
charged with the duty of 4d. per lb. weight, and this
India rubber thread being considered to fall within the
meaning of that rate of duty, it has been decided to be
liable to 4d. per lb. on importation into this country,
and directed to be charged accordingly.