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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1854.

TELE-

WAR.

INAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Royal Albert, 121, screw, yesteiday, at high water
hauled out of the graving dock at Sheernesst into the
basin, and is lying now under the sheers in the uockyard ;
her internal fittings are fast completing. We understand
steam will be got up without delay, to ascertain how her
engines work. The machinery in all departments is now
nearly finished; she will then proceed to Portsmouth for
volunteers, and take in her stores ; her rudder will be

shipped to-day. It was unshipped in consequence of there
not being sufficient room for her to lie in the graving dock
with it hung.
The St. Vincent, 101, and Stromboli, 6, paddle, Comman-
der Hall, arrived yesterday morning at Spithead from Sheer-
ness. The St. Vincent is reported to have several cases of
cholera on board. She will dispose of her sick, and after-
wards go into harbour to resume her duties as ordinary
guard-ship. Stromboli had been ordered into harbour to
instantly refit for further service; but a telegraphic message
sent her off instantly to the eastward, as well as the Fire
Queen, Master Commander F. W. Paul, probably to help
the Royal William to Brest.
The Algiers, 91, screw, Captain Talbot, Sheerness.—The
dockyard authorities have visited this ship, and have
ascertained that there is room enough for her to go
into the graving dock. Her machinery appears to be
defective, and will require many repairs previous to
her being considered sea-wortby. The principal defects
appears to exist in the end of the screw-shaft con.
jiecting with the screw, and air-pump valves, together
with many minor deficiencies, that require immediately
being perfected before going to sea. The few invalids she
has brought home have been forwarded to the Chatham
Hospital. One marine died on the passage. This vessel,
notwithstanding the defects in machinery, has only five
engineers—that is, including the chief, Mr. Downie, who
has 'used every exertion to make up the deficiency.of me-
chaniCe in that department. -

The Inconstant, 36, fitted as an hospital ship for Cork,
was towed out of Devonport harbour on Thursday, by the
Confiance _and _Pike, and sailed direct, in charge of Mr.
Thomas, master ofthe Impregnable, and a party of seamen
fxom the Calcutta. She had a fine breeze and fair wind,
and may be expected at Cork by this time.
The Termagant,' 24, Capt. the Hon. Keith Stewart, was
taken into the steam basin atPortsmouth yesterday to com-
plete a few, repairs and adjustments of her machinery.
The 'screw steam storeship Supply, from Sheerness, has
sailed with shot and shell for Varna.

The barque Fingal, Capt. Dankin, 141 days from Laun-
ceston, Van Diemen's Land, for London, passed off Ply-
mouth on Thursday morning. _ _

The frigate Indefatigable entered Plymouth Sound yes.
terday morning.

APPOINTMENTS.

Vice-Admiral Dnndas, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of the
British Fleet in the Black Sea, has selected Lieut. J. W.
Douglas 11`Donald, at present serving as gunnery lieute-
nant of the Britannia, 120, flagship on the Black Sea sta-
tion, to be his flag lieutenant, vice Chambers, promoted.
Lieutenant George Durbin (1846), from the Coastguard
to the Curacoa, 30, screw steam-frigate at Portsmouth.
Acting Assistant-Eugineers of the third-class John
West, Edward Connor, John Birch Laud, Daniel 31' Wil.
ham, John Henderson, and Henry Alphonso Henri have
been appointed to the fleet.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon—Thomas Roche (185 P, to the
Curacoa.

Chief, granting them 7s. per diem for each officer, irre-
spective of rank, and the sum of ss. per day for each of the
officers' wives brought over with them. On the same being
communicated to teem through the interpreter? they ex-
pressed great satisfaction. They are all on parole, and
permission will be granted for each officer to have his ser•
want'on shore with aim, he guaranteeing for the servant
keeping his parole. The parole granted them at present is
three miles around the towns there.

Perry during his late trials commands alike the respect, and
demands the thanks, of every lover of justice and hater of
tyranny. With you, lam of opinion that the scandalous
verdict just pronounced against him by his military judges
is disgraceful to all concerned in the matier ; and the start-
ling fact that there should be found 15 men, holding com-
missions in about as many different regiments in her Ma-
jesty's service, who could come to such a disreputable con-
clusion, is a melancholy proof that there are others than the
officers of the 46th Regiment who disgrace the name of gen-
tleman, however they may rank as such in the army. You,
sir; have nobly and fearlessly done your duty by directing
public attention to these infamous proceedings, and it now
only remains for Englishmen to show, by their ready and
frienfily sympathy with this victim of military oppression,
that they love and cherish the spirit of justice and honour.
That a munificent subscription may speedily bo collected
for Mr. Perry, so as to render him independent of the
cruelty of his enemies, now that he is "permitted" to
quit the society of the ruffians of the 46th Regiment, is the
hearty wish and sincere prayer of his sympathising friend,
Norfolk, Sept. 6. WEST NORFOLK.

LIEUTENANT PERRY.—Mr. J. Bedborongh, the Mayor
of Windsor, has been inundated with complimentary
letters enclosing subscriptions from all parts of the kingdom,
and even from France, towards Lieutenant Perry's Defence
and Testimonial Fund ; among some of the most recent
date are Mr. W. Digby Seymour, enclosing 201. ; .Mr.
Charles Dickens, 51. ; Earl Fortescue, 10/. ; Mr. G. 0.
Higgins (County Mayo), 51.; Mr. Brinckman, St. Leo-
nard's, Windsor, 51., eke. The subscription list already
amounts to 5001. The verdict of the court-martial in this
case being contrary to justice and common sense, it is ex-
pected' that it will be set aside by the Court of Queen's
Bench, before which tribunal it is said the matter will be
brought in the course of e. few days. Lieutencnt Greer
left Windsor yesterday for his mother's residence in Ireland,
where she resides on a little freehold farm, consisting of
about 100 acres, meadow and arable. Mr. Greer now in-
tends to "tumble sword into the ploughshare." The 46th
Regiment Arvin hourly expectation of the route to march
for the East.

THE RETURN OF THE FRENCH ARMY
FROM BOMARSUN.D.

The return of General Baragnay d'Hilliers and
his army to France is an event which, in other
times, would be startling. It now seems as if men
had surrendered all care about the movements of
their rulers, .and there is scarcely any one to ask
why the French troops have been recalled from the
Baltic, after their only triumph, the insignificant
affair of Bomarsund.

Why they have been recalled we do not pretend
to say, although we may surmise. The fact is,
however, that the French army has returned. It
is said of a French monarch under the old regime,
" The King of France, with fifty thousand men,
Marched up the hill, and then marched down again."
But we do not believe that Louis Napoleon is
just the man either to send out his troops without
an object, or recall them without reason ; and we
must seek for the explanation of the problem in
something else than the passion for marching and
countermarching which distinguished the prede-
cessor of the Emperor of the French. It is quite
plain that there remained nothing to be done in
the Baltic in which the French Emperor believes
that his troops could win glory in being engaged.
If we were in earnest in the war with Russia this
could not be the case. The truth we believe to be,
that Louis Napoleon has wiihdrawn his troops be-
cause ho would not permit them to be condemned
to the inaction to which the policy of Lord Aber-
deen is so fatally consigning the military and naval
armaments of England.

It may be said that Bomarsund being taken, the
object of the Baltic expedition is achieved. The
first and most obvious answer to this is, that which
is worth taking is worth keeping. The troops, who
in the middle of a war desert a conquest, emphati-
cally declare that their conquest is worthless. But
there is another and a better answer. The import-
ance of the possession of Aland has been as abeurdly
overrated ac.) has been the achievement of its cap-
ture as a military operation. The chief value of
that capture was that it had neither brilliancy nor
difficulty to make it splendid. It had little glory

lecauseit was easy. But the easiness of the victory

added to its real significance what it took from its
glory. The real importance of the fall of Bomar-
snud was, that it conclusively proved that the
granite fortresses of Russia were not granite at all.
At all events, they were granite which tumbled
into a confused mass of rubble masonry before the
cannonade of our ships. But the granite of Bo-
marsund is the granite of Cronstadt, and once its
material was thus tested, the capital of Russia was
at the mercy of the allies, we cannot say without
striking a blow, but literally without receiving one.
Bomarsund was battered down at long range, and
the casualties of the assailantsare all to be set down
to the accidents that attend the handling of their
own guns.

The path to St. Petersburg was open. Why is
no attempt made to enter on it ? Why aro the
French army recalled? Shame, shame to England !
Wo must seek the cause in the pusillanimity of our
councils. These brave troops were brought home
because our cowardly policy had left them nothing
to do.

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That this is the real secret of the withdrawal of
the French army a very short time, if we mistake
not, will distinctly reveal. No one will toll us that
army was sent merely to take a subordinate part
in this miserable victory of Bomarsund. It fol-
lows, then, that the purpose for which they wore
sent out is not accomplished. They return home
without doing their work—through whose fault ?
This is the question that the people of England must
ask.

The more the withdrawal of the French army is
reflected on, the more serious will it appear as an
indication of the policy that governs the conduct of
the war. It is very hard to believe that it is not
withdrawn in something very like disgust. At all
events, it is withdrawn without accomplishing the
plan of campaign to carry out which it was sent.
What was the obstacle to its being carried out ?
The obstacle was not in the Russian fortresses; they
were infinitely more yielding than was expected.
Where, then, was the obstacle ? It was in Eng-
land !—in the Cabinet of Queen Victoria !—in the
ministers who first tried to prevent a war, and,
since the nation have forced it, have done all in
their power to retard the movements and paralyse
the exertions of our nays and armies.
Lord Aberdeen it is who has driven home the
French army from the Baltic. The Emperor of
Russia could well afford to part with Bomarsund
while ho retains Lord Aberdeen. His true strength
is in Downing-street, and ho will give ten of his
best fortresses to save the First Lord of the Trea-
sury. Without the chivalry of James, the Czar
might adopt his language, anti apply it to the
ministerial existence of his hoary friend—
" My fairest earldom would I give
To hid Clan Alpine's chieftain live."

While Aberdeen is Prime Minister the capture of
Aland costs the Emperor but little concern. Better
have Bomarsund battered down and Aberdeen Pre-
mier, than have the allies beaten back and an
honest man at the head of English affairs. The re-
puke of the attack on Bomarsund would not have
driven the French army away from the Baltic.
The success of that attack has. There is a Pene-
lope that sits in the British council chamber, and
the dark intrigues of the night undo all that is
accomplished by the noon-day valour of our soldiers
and sailors.

How long this is to last we know not. Perhaps
the Emperor of Russia does. For verily it would
seem he has much more share in the direction of
our English councils than the public opinion of
England. Who would have thought, when we were
exulting over the demolition of Bomarsund, that
its only effect would be to drive back the French
troops ? When the cannon of the Invalides thun-
dered their salvos at Paris Russia perfectly under-
stood that the guns were those of a retreat.
Happy Lord Aberdeen, who can make the de-
feats of Russia the instruments of her highest suc-'
cesses. Bomarsund falls, and Lord Aberdeen
manages that its fall shall drive the French army
home. The Russian army is driven from Silistria,
and the friendly forces of Austria occupy the Prin-
cipalities. Let Sebastopol be but taken, and we
may expect that it will be the signal for the
realisation of all that Russia has ever asked.--
Morning licrald.

POPULAR FEELING IN SWEDEN--The Stockholm
journal, the Aftonbladet, publishes a letter from ITel.
sinborg, in which wt read :—ln no part of Sweden has
the news of the taking of Bomarsund been received with
more joyous satisfaction than at Helsingborg. The prin-
cipal inhabitants of the town, upon hearing of it, got up
a banquet, at which the following toasts were drunk :
"To the conquerors of Bomarsund, and may that for-
tress become a safeguard for Sweden." "To the memory
of the French and English killed before I3omarsund."
" To the memory of Charles XII., and may some of his
great feats of arms be renewed against our hereditary
enemy. In the evening there was a procession with
torches, when many patriotic songs were Bung to mili-
tary mg; .

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CHOLERA ITS ORIGIN AND PBEVEN-
TION.SINGULAR REPRESENTATION.

A gentleman connected with the fraternity of millers,
whose name, for obvious reasons, we refrain from men-
tioning, attended before Alderman Farebrother, at the
Guildhall, yesterday, with the.following communication
relative to the fatal epidemic which is at present spread-
ing its devastating influence' over every part of the me-
tropolis. He stated that in 1842 he purchased a large
quantity of old foreign flour in bond, and while tasting
it for the purpose of separating the fresher from the
staler, both fie and his men were seized with sickness
and excessive salivation, accompanied with disordered
bowels. He tried some of the same old flour in his own
family, and the consequence was that three of his chil-
dren were seized with violent purgings and sickness,
as in the case of cholera, which disease soon after
made its appearance in London. After attentively
watching its progress, be was convinced it arose from
the consumption of old bread-stuffs, and he accordingly
determined not to supply any old flour to his customers
The result proved that not one of them had the cholera,
even in its most incipient stage, although exposed to
the same disadvantages in other respects as those around
them, who were daily falling victims to this sad malady.
He wrote to Sir Robert Pcel, who was then Prime
Minister, and his letter was referred to the Board of
Health, who granted him an interview, bid as he was
not a medical man they merely listened to him, and
there the matter ended. On ono occasion he became
aware that a quantity of stale wheat was about being
shipped from London to Leeds, and he foretold that if
that corn was allowed to reach its destination the.
cholera would follow in its wake. Within 15 days after?
the cholera broke out in Leeds with great virulence. Ire -
said that in all the Russian wars against Turkey and-
Poland fle cholera had always accompanied the
armies of either country when traversing navigable
rivers ; and in the war of independence in Poland, 'when
news arrived that Warsaw was short of proilsions
and had surrendered, he prognosticated that the
cholera would visit that part, because he knew that War-
saw would have to draw upon the same old stores that
had previously given to the Russians that disease. The
visitation did come, attended with the most calamitous
results. He did not complain of five or seven years old
wheat ? He alluded to that which was received fu the
above countries in lieu of money for taxes, and which
was stored in warehouses for 15 or 20 years without see-
ing daylight. It was remarkable that cholera rarely ap-
peared during years of plenty; and in India, when failures
of the rice crops produced a scarcity of food, the old
stores were ransacked, and, as a matter of course, the
cholera commenced its ravages. In 1849, when cholera
again visited London, and the armistice between Den-
mark and Holstein removed the embargo on corn-laden
ships bound for London, he wrote to the Board of
Health, anticipating a supply of fresh corn, to say that
one of the causes of cholera was about to be removed,
and that there would be an abatement of the disease of
100 per cent. in twelve days. The subsequent returns
issued by that body showed an abatement exceeding his
calculations, fully establishing it as a fact,. that as soon
as the new wheat got into consumption the cholera de-
creased, and ultimately disappeared. He condemned
the practice of abstaining from fresh vegetables and
fruit, because it led to an increased consumption of bad
bread-stuff. He said the disease was more general near
navigable rivers or watercourses, where the import of
the stale corn takes place, and is warehoused, because
the consumption was greater in such localities, the ex-
pense of carriage preventing its being sent far inland.
The disease more frequently showed itself in large insti-
tutions, such as prisons, unions and emigrant ships,
where cheapness was the chief object in their contracts
for bread. It was only when fresh corn became so scarce
as to make a great difference in the price, and nearly the
whole traie were tempted to resort tothe old stores,
that the cholera attacked the higher circles, where there
was neither want of cleanliness nor over-crowded habita-
tions to generate or aid the disease. When the cholera
was raging at Newcastle-on-Tyne, he went down there
to prevail upon the authorities to try the experiment of
oatmeal or some other substitute for bread in the union
or prison, but without success, as the general opinion
was that cholera proceeded from want of cleanliness,
notwithstanding the disease continued unabated after the
town was cleansed and purified, and it did not diminish
until the corn market introduced a supply of fresh corn.
He was satisfied if new wheat was tried to the exclusion
of the old, in any place where the cholera existed, that the
disease would not only be stopped immediately, but that
no new case would appear atter twelve hours ; and in
cue of failure, he would willingly pay every expense
attending the experiment. He concluded by observing
that he should be happy to furnish every information
and assistance to any s9ientifie gentleman who would
take up the matter, and would show in what manner old
wheat may act, through the animalcules it contains, to
generate cholera

- Alderman Farebrother asked the gentleman what he
wished him to do on the subject ?
The Gentleman said his object in coming forward was
not for any personal gain, but to avert a great national
calamity, which he thought might be done if inspectors
were appointed for the corn markets, the same as for
the dead meat markets, with power to seize all wheat
offered for sale th it was unfit for human food.

Alderman Farebrother said it was the duty of the
Legislature to appoint inspectors if deemed requisite,
and if they declined to do so, the magistrates had no
power to interfere ; but he thought that any one
offering for sale corn that was unfit for human food
would be liable to the same penalties as the vendors of
bad meat.

The gentleman then thanked the alderman for his kind
attention, and after expressing a hope that the press
would give publicity to his statement he retired.

Somo.—The first outbreak of cholera in 'the vicinity
was about 14 days ago, and with such virulence did the
epidemic rage that during that period no less than 150
deaths occurrel in the immediate neighbourhood. The
applications for relief in cases of choleraic diarrahcea at
present averaged CO per diem at the Westminster Dis-
pensary, the pecuniary resources of which were in a very
bad condition. In consequence of the excessive mor-
tality a great number of those who were able to do so
had shut up their shops and houses and quitted the
vicinity for a time. Mr. Tilley, the surgeon of the dis-
pensary, was seized with cholera on Sunday evening
shortly after having attended 6)1110 cases of cholera, and
co violent was the attack that in a few hours, notwith-
standing every effort of medical skill, his case became
hopeless. The unfortunate gentleman lingered for some
hours, and then expired. Precautions are now being
taken against the spread of the disease by various sani-
tary measures, and particularly by watering the streets
with a solution of chloride of lime.
ST. BOTOLPU, ALDGATE WITHOUT.—A Government
inspector from the Board of Health has been visiting
the worst parts of this densely populated and neglected
parish, which is immediately in the vicinity of the Lon-
don and St. Katharine Docks, the Tower of London, the
Royal Mint, the Trinity House, &c.
ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.—The mortality in the dis•
trict of St. George's in the East is much on the increase,
and yesterday a fourth death was recorded in one family
named Darlow, and the mother of the tour deceased
persons is now under the care of Mr. Ryan, the sur-
geon of Leman-street, Goodman's-fields, and no hopes
are entertained of her recove.iy, as consecutive fever
has set in. The husband is a cabinet-maker, and resides
in Ellen-street, Back Church-lane. The house is appa-
rently free from nuisances of any kind. The husband is
alen under the care of the same medical gentleman. Two
deaths have taken place on board ships in the London
Docks, but no inquests have been held on the bodies.
A quack medicine vendor, named John Stephens, of the
Ratcliffe-highway (a disciple of Dr. Coffin), is carrying on
an extensive business by the sale of narcotic poisons,
which include lobelia and other powerful herbs, which is
sold to the poorest class of persons, who can obtain a
cholera powder for twopence. The vendor las been pro-
wetted by the Apothecaries' Company for the illegal
traffic, by order of Palmerston and was fined 201. ; but
he still carries on the sale of the nostrum; and visits his
patients at their own houses. The number of cases of
cholera at the hospital in Bath-terrace, Back-road, is
much increased, but the accommodation is good.
HULL.—The records of the registrars of births and
deaths prove the health of Hull to bo at the present mo-
ment, and to have been for the last six months, better
than the rest of the years that has occurred since the in-
stitution of the registration districts. The most diligent
efforts have been made to put the town into a healthy
condition, and especially the alleys, squares, and more
confined parts of the town.
EDINBURGH.—Since our last six cases of cholera have
been reported in this city. One on Saturday from Tan-
field ; another on Sunday from the Pleasance ; two o
Monday from Brunswick-street and Forrest road, then
latter having come from Corstorphine ; andreotromwito_brymiedsagtieeigr
day, .
DORCHESTER.—Cholera in
ann
its onew of;s°tra
nant Asiatic cholera—has, beyond all possibility of
doubt, broken out in Fordington ; and, it is feared and
little doubted in consequence of the clothesr and bedding
f om the barracks
of the convicts having been taken
washed.deffoweentedto(tEhaesteloFtiolredsinagntdonhetdodibne(gaboouftup67
reeonntvailetesa)ciiii)i, twoand stimieallcot
clothesta This was
ards of 700
cottages
dried in perth
ic
streets afterwards. The women had askedwhetehepruthe
could not wash them at the barracks, and were refused,y
partly on the ground of the laundry having been turned
into a barrack for the Pensioner Guards, and partly be-
cruse women are not to be admitted into the barracks.
Last Thursday this dread disease first made its appear-
ance, and the death of a child, nearly close to where the
clothes had been washed, followed. Since then, to the
present time (Tuesday night), there have been alto-
gether nine deaths, and three or four are now lying in a
dangerous state with this horrible disease.
A. meeting was instantly convened at the Town-hall,
to take immediate steps to stop the spread of the disease,l
so far as practicable. Each evening since similar
,
meeting has taken place, house-to-house visitaticli u
other plans having
entered ist?.ry**orite hum?.
been adopted, and subscriptions

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