The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-12 00:00:00

No. 19,047.]

In the press, and shortly will be published, gratis,
A LECTURE ON THE MEDICAL LIBERTY
OF THE SUBJECT.

In the present position of the Eastern dispute it
is to the Turkish capital that we must look for the
most critical information, and, as the last reports
assumed an aspect decidedly warlike, we have been
expecting with some anxiety the intelligence of
to-day. This, however, has not proved to be of
any decisive character. The "declaration of war"
is postponed for 15 days, and there is still room to
hope that actual hostilities may be avoided by ne-
gotiation or adjustment.
In conjecturing the possible course of events at
Constantinople, we have to deal with elements un-
known to the ordinary operations of political cal-
culation. The Turkish Government is liable to be
swayed at any moment by influences the most con-
tradictory and intractable. Prudence is thwarted
by fanaticism, and fanaticism itself is exposed to
bias from the violent spirit of faction. In the
Ottoman capital, and among the principal authori-
ties of the empire, there are two parties, one dis-
posed to peace and the other to war. Such a di-
vision of opinion would probably exist in any
State under similar circumstances, but in Turkey
the case is complicated by a variety of motives, more
or less apparent. The peace partyrepresentsopinions
in accordance with the policy of Great Britain and
France. It does not advocate peace at all price,
or even at the cost of injurious concessions, but is
desirous to escape the incalculable hazards of open
war, and evinces a spirit of general conformity to
the advice of its European supporters. This is the
party which, under the leadership of Redschid
Pasha, is, or by the latest advices was, at the head
of affairs. The war party represents ostensibly all
that remains of old Turkish fanaticism—an element
naturally quickened by the outrageous provocations
of Russia, and just now materially strengthened by
the influx of Asiatic Turks into the European do-
minions of the Sultan. This section, however,
possesses another and a more particular object in
the downfall of the opposite party, and wishes not
only to encounter the Russians on the Danube,
but to succeed to power in Constantinople. We
might be tempted, perhaps, to remark on the du-
plicity of a policy which would sacrifice the inte-
rests of the State to the designs of a faction ; but
we are compelled to remember that in this respect
the Turks might find a warrant in proceedings
nearer home. At this very moment our readers
May observe the organs of a party, professedly dis-
posed rather to absolutism than liberalism, cla-
Mouring frantically for war on any terms, imputing
the least honourable motives to a desire for peace,
exerting every effort to obstruct a pacific adjust-
ment, and shrieking in ecstacies at any improve-
Ment in the prospects of bloodshed and confusion.
In addition, however, to these natural elements
Of faction in the Ottoman capital, there is another
supplied by the clandestine manoeuvres of Russia
against her European antagonists. As Redschid
Pasha and his party are notoriously in amicable
communication with the representatives of the
Western Powers, and derive, indeed, a material
portion of their strength from the support thus
obtained, their adversaries have acquired a certain
disposition towards the rival of these Powers in the
affairs of the East. Under ordinary circumstances
there would be nothing strange in such a bias.
Whenever a State is brought to such a position
that other States contend for influence over its
Government, the competing States usually find
themselves identified with the domestic factions of
the country. If one party in the Divan looked to
France or England, the other would not unna-
turally look to Russia. But, in the present case,
as Russia is the common enemy, and as the war
party must necessarily base its whole ostensible
policy upon opposition to Russia, it may seem
incomprehensible how two such elements could
combine. We are assured, nevertheless, that
negotiations have been secretly attempted for an
adjustment on conditions which might satisfy both
Russia and that section of the Turks in whose
eyes Russia is most hateful. It is said that the
Czar, for the sake of excluding France and Eng-
land from Ottoman affairs, and terminating a
situation which is not without embarrassment to
himself, may concede for the moment, of his own
free will and by private arrangement, terms accep-
table to Turkey, and that by such a result Redschid
Pasha and his western allies may be discredited,
and their opponents step into power.
Apart from this contingency, the war party
reckon with considerable sagacity on the double
advantages of their position. They conclude that
they may indulge the fanaticism of the population
without vitally endangering the safety of the State.
That hostilities with a power like Russia must
sooner or later be followed by total discomfiture
they do not deny, but they imagine that the cam-
paigning might be !protracted with greater or less
success, and that the consummation, or, in other
words, the capture of Constantinople and the ab-
sorption of the Ottoman empire in the Russian,
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violence is thus removed. That such a course would be
displeasing to the allies, on whose ultimate support
they are relying, they must be well aware ; but,
:as they know also that this support will be forth-
coming, less for the sake of Turkey than of Europe,
they may place no great value on the consideration.
We still, however, trust that Redschid Pasha and
his adherents may be able to maintain themselves
against their adversaries, and to carry out a
policy which is unquestionably the most promising,
not only for Europe, but for Turkey itself. The
`most unscrupulous declaimers against peace cannot
profess to expect that the Ottoman empire could
gain by war, while it is impossible to predict the
consequences which might ensue to Europe if the
general peace were broken, and if a system which
has now been maintained for nearly 40 years were
to be violently destroyed. The interests of public
law and of European security are so closely con-
cerned in resistance to measures like those threat-
ened by Russia, that we must accept the last resort,
if we are driven to such extremity ; but, consider-
ing that the substantial terms of an adjustment are
no longer disputed, and that Russia has alleged her
readiness to make the concessions desired, if she
can be only satisfied on points of form, we do hope
the diplomatists intrusted with the negotiation will
find an escape from the difficulty, and make some
amends for the mistake of the Conference, by
establishing a plain and pacific understanding.

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

(From the Times.)

By JOHN FRASER, Hygeist,
General Agent (for Scotland) to the lirltish College of Health,
New-road, London.,

All Members of Parliament and Magistrates are earnestly re-
quested to peruse the important truths contained in this lecture.
The lecture will be obtained from all the agents for the sale of
Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicines.

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READING SAUCE, for Fish, Game, Gravies,
Hashes, Stakes, &c.—JOHN and CHARLES COCKS, the
Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING
SAUCE, beg to CAUTION the Public against the daily frauds prac-
tised by many persons, who are ottering their spurious imitations as
the genuine Reading Sauce. This sauce is patronised and recom-
mended by most lamilies in the kingdom, and for general use it
stands unrivalled. It is sold by all respectable Fish Sauce Venders.
Be particular in asking for "Cock's Reality; Sauce," which is pre-
pared oxis by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manufactory, Duke-
street, Reading. All others are counterfeits. Observe the name,
"J. and C. Cocas, Reading," on the seal and label of each bottle :
without this none are genuine.

{From the Morniveg Post.)

The intelligence brought from Constantinople by
the Tancrede, which left that capital on the 26th
September, and the telegraph of the news brought
by the Fury, whose dispatches have not yet arrived,
corroborate in a great measure what previous tele-
graphs had announced. It was on the 25th that
the Grand Council of the Empire held their meet-
ing, and passed resolutions declaring the Vienna
note inadmissible, without the modifications, and
urging the Sultan to take measures necessary for
the defenee of his independence, and to procure
the immediate evacuation of the Principalities.
There can be no doubt that the Sultan would upon
this have immediately taken the most warlike mea-
sures, but that the ambassadors of the Four Powers
interfered to request delay, in order that the result
of the meeting at Olmiitz might be known ; and it
was hoped by them that at that meeting concessions
might be made which would lead to a speedy and
final settlement of the question. That hope has
failed.

f the territory of an unoffending neighbour. - The
state of war is thus nothing new. Russia t )egan
it, Russia continued it. She must put an ei td to,
it by withdrawing her troops, and abandoniq her
pretensions.
It is for her to choose how this is to be effected.
If she will do it peaceably, so much the better If
not, then the Sultan and his allies are prepay end to
try the force of arms. Their patience is exh av Lsted.
This, perhaps, may be the very cause of a , sudden
and peaceful termination of the whole bu: ;
for it is difficult to believe that Russia will: enter
upon a deadly struggle with the Ottoman F mpire
and the mighty Powers which will give it their
firm and immense support.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE W2?EK.

( From the Registrar-General's Report.)

A thousand and one deaths were registered in lC.ic mdon
in the week that ended on Saturday. ln the ten. corre-
sponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average num-
ber was 952, which, if raised according to the Mere •ase of
population, becomes 1,047. The mortality fram all
causes, therefore, differs little from the usual am ouiit at

his season.
Scarlatina was fatal last week to 67 children, and in
some instances it appears to have been aggravated by
local causes. Diarrhoea carried off 71 persons, which is
nearly the same as in the previous week; all the cases
except 20, were among children. Cholera gives decided
indications of a disposition to increase ; in three previous
weeks the fatal cases were-16, 29, 47 ; last week they
rose to 66, of which 29 occurred to males, 37 to females.
The majority of the deaths were among persons of middle
age ; 26 occurred under 15 years of age, 36 at 15 and
under 60 years, 4at 60 years and upwards. In the cor-
responding week of 1848, soon after the epidemic of that
period made its appearance in London, the number of
deaths from cholera was 30 ; in the corresponding week
of 1849, when it was passing away, the number was 110.
The 66 cases of last week were thus divided over the me-
tropolis :—ln the West districts 9, in the North 5, in the
Central 2, in the East 8, and on the South side of the
Thames 42.
Medical informants are requested to inquire specially
in all cases whether the attack of cholera commences by
"diarrhoea," and to state the interval of time, in hours
and days, between the appearance of diarrhcea and the
supervention of spasms, or of the other characteristic
symptoms of cholera.
It is admitted that diarrhoea generally precedes cholera,
and that diarrhoea should never be neglected for a single
hour in a time of epidemic cholera. If it be established
that the latter disease is invariably, or almost invariably,
preceded by a well-defined stage of illness, which is
amenable to medical treatment, it will at once allay
alarm and be a most important addition to the resources
of the medical art. The following is a list of last week's
deaths by cholera:—
WEST DlSTRlCTS.—Population, 376,427.

KENSINGTON ; St. Mary, Paddington.--At 6, Alfred-
road, Westbourne, on 7th October, the daughter of a
wood sawyer, aged 4 years, " cholera (9 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at 6, Alfred-road, West-
bourne, on 7th October, the daughter of a wood sawyer,
aged 16 months, " diarrhoea, (38 hours), cholera (9
hours)."
KENSINGTON ; Kensington-town.—At 8, Norland-
square, on 3d October, a gentleman, aged 47 years
" cholera (27 hours)."
CHELSEA ' • North-east.----At Kensall-road, Kensall-
town, on 3d October, a labourer in a gas factory, aged
29 years. " neglected diarrhcea (3 days), algide cholera
(20 hours)."
In the same sub-district, Beaumont-cottage, Kensall-
road, Kensall-town, on sth October, a wood sawyer,
"neglected diarrhoea (8 days), cholera
HANOVER-SQUARE ; Hanover-square.—
A(aft2Ses:ll2.°,2uG9rEsyß" GrEs:
Park-street, on 2d October, the wife of an assist-
ant overseer, aged 57 years "cholera Asiastica (25
hours)." dr. Jay says :—" This case (which I saw
with her usual medical attendant) occurred in a well-
ventilated house in a healthy and respectable neighbour-
hood. Premonitory diarrhoea of some hours' duration
was present and neglected."
ST. GEORGE, HANOVER-SQUARE ; Belgrave.—At St.
George's Hospital, from 56, Lower Grosvenor-street,
Grosvenor-square, on_ sth October, a cook (spinster), ,
aged 52, " diarrhoea (4 days), cholera." Post mort. The
medical attendant remarks :—" Several of the post mor-
tal?, appearances did not exactly correspond to those seen
in epidemic cholera in 1849."
WESTMINSTER ; St. John.—At 14, Ponsonby-terrace,
Millbank, on 3d October, the wife of a journeyman har-
ness maker, aged 36 years, " Asiatic cholera (22 hours)."
The informant stated :—" This patient was subject to'
occasional attacks of diarrhoea, and had been twice
severely attacked during the past summer. The street
has been recently built, the houses being commodious,
well ventilated, and cleanly."
ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER ; Golden-square. At Po-
land-street, on 2d October, a butcher, aged 33 years,
"Asiatic cholera (16 hours)." Mr. Parkes, the regis-
trar, says :—" The deceased is stated to have been of
very intemperate habits, and to have recently laboured
under delirium tremens. About a fortnight since he had
a severe attack of diarrhoea, from which, however, he
had recovered. When a medical man was called in, a
few hours before his death, he was in a state of collapse.
The basement of these premises is used for slaughtering
cattle, which, at times, renders the dwelling above very
close and unwholesome, as well as offensive to the occu-
piers of the adjoining houses and to passengers."
NORTH DISTRICTS.---Population, 490,396.
Sr. MARYLEBONE ; the Ilectory.--Al 21, Bla,ndford-
street, on 2d October, a butcher, aged 30 years, "Asiatic
cholera (10 hours), no premonitory diarrhoea." Mr.
Joseph adds :—"Although the medical report is no
premonitory diarrhoea,' the informant states there had
been diarrhoea existing for several days antecedent to the
attack from the incautious use of Seidlitz aperients. In
the opinion of the surgeon, it was the most marked case
of true Asiatic cholera he had ever witnessed. A butcher,
in good circumstances, serving his customers up to 12
o'clock on Saturday night, was seized at 3 a.m. and died
at 1 p.m. on Sunday. The whole of the premises ap-
pear to be kept very clean, and no animals had been .
slaughtered there for two months, but there is a chapel
close adjoining, where formerly interments took place,
in a very confined locality, and surrounded by houses on
all sides."

In the same sub-district, at 19, York-court, on 3d
October, a boy, aged 8 years, "cholera (18 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at the workhouse, on 4th
October, a labourer, aged 47 years, "cholera (30 hours)."
MARYLEBONE ; Christ Church.—At 12, Huntworth-
mews, Dorset-square, on 27th September, a cabman,
aged 55 years, " English cholera (48 hours)."
HACKNEY ; Hackney.—At the German Hospital, Dal-
ston, on Bth October, a shepherd, aged 38 years, "cholera,Asiatic (48 hours), secondary fever (14 days)."
.De-
ceased was a native of Germany, was emigrating from
Rotterdam, and was brought from a lodging-house in
Whitechapel to the German Hospital on 21st Sept."
CENTRAL DlSTRlCTS.—Population, 393,256.
EAST LONDON ; St. Botolph. —At the workhouse,
Bishopsgate, on Ist October, daughter of a wine cooper
(deceased), aged 10} years, " choleraic diarrhoea (6 days),
consecutive typhoid fever (4 days)." Admitted three
days since from No. 4, Three-dagger•court, Fore-street,
Cripplegate. The child is reported to have been dying
at the time it was admitted.
WEST LONDON ; North.—At St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital, from 4, Burlington-road, Fulham, on sth October,
a labourer in a malt-house, aged 22 years, "cholera."
EAST DlSTRlCTS.—Population, 485,522.
SHOREDITCTI ; St. Leonard's.—At 24, Hackney-road,
on 6th October, the wife of an engineer, aged 27 years,
" cholera (20 hours)." Mr. Yarrow says :—" This is
the second death in the same room, where the mother
died on the 26th September, as reported last week. The
deceased was about four months advanced in pregnancy,
and it it supposed that fright, caused by the death of her
mother, in addition to nuisances at the rear of the house,
was among the causes that produced the fatal result.
Five persons slept in the same apartment. The room
has since been cleared out, and the family removed to
the workhouse.
SHOREDITCII ; Haggerstone West.—At 16, York-row,
York-street, Kingsland-road, on 6th October, the daugh-
ter of a paperstainer, aged 10 years, " natural death
from cholera (7 hours)." Inquest. Mr. Bowring, the
registrar, says :—" York-row consists of 18 small houses
at the back of Kingsland-road, leading out of York-
street, containing two rooms each and two small closets,
in a very damp and dirty condition, badly drained, and
no thorough ventilation. The rooms on the ground
floor are seven inches below the ground outside, and in
one which I entered a board was taken up, and under-
neath were 10 inches of water and black mud, emitting
a most offensive smell. They are nearly all alike ; and
as to whitewashing or painting the insides, that has not
been done for many years. From the house where this
death occurred three other persons were removed to the
workhouse in a state of collapse from the same epidemic,,
and died in the course of the following day. Two fami-
lies, consisting of 13 persons, inhabited this small house.
Two other cases have occurred in the same row, but they
are now progressing favourably. (Sunday, 7 p.m.)"
In the same sub-district, at Shoreditch Workhouse,
on 7th October, brought from 16, York-row, on 6th
October, the daughter of a paperstainer, aged 8 years,
" cholera (28 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at Shoreditch Workhouse,
on 7th October, brought from 16, York-row on above
day, the (laughter of a paperstainer (deceased), aged 5
years, "cholera (60 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at Shoreditch Workhouse,
on Bth October, brought from 16, York-row on the 6th
inst., the daughter of a paperstainer, aged 5 years,
"cholera (35 hours)."
ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST ; St. Paul.—At 5, Blue-

LAMBETH ; Kennington (Second Part).—At 6, Bol-
ton-street, South Kennington, on the Ist October, the
son of a carpenter, aged 2 years, " irritation from teeth-
ing (14 days), sporadic cholera (13 hours)."
WANDSWORTH; Clapham.- -At Little-acre-court, Park-
road, on the 4th October, the son of a labourer, aged 20
months, " cholera (2 days)." Mr. Frost, the registrar,
remarks :—" This child had been living in White's-
square, with his grandmother for three days. The room
they lived in was very damp and badly ventilated, the
size of it 8 feet by 12. The medical officer has condemned
it as unfit for human habitation. Until Saturday, 24th
September there were living in the same room the
grandmother, her three sons (all between 20 and 30
years of age), and the eldest son's wife; two of the
sons were removed on Thursday, 29th September,
to the union, suffering from diarrhoea ; one died on
Thursday,
6th inst., the 'other has recovered. The
grandmother
as renioved to the union on Saturday, Ist
w
inst., suffering from cholera, and died on Sunday, 2d.
I have applied to the owner of the house, who has com-
menced making the necessary improvements. The
drainage is very bad."

In consequence of the advice of the Ambassadors,
the Sultan abstained for the time from any warlike
proclamation, confining himself to dispatching in-
structions to Omer Pacha to hold himself in readi-
ness, as he might be called upon to act at any mo-
ment, but bidding him carefully abstain from
hostilities till he should receive further orders.
With these instructions there was no doubt Omer
Pacha would comply, although he writes dispatch
on dispatch to the Divan, requesting permission to'
attack the Russians, whom he represents accurately
as suffering dreadfully from disease and want of
food, and as being, moreover, far inferior in num-
bers to his own army, which is full of health and
spirits, and eager for fight. He represents great
danger in delay, as in that case the Russians would
be able to receive reinforcements, whilst the Turks,
of course, are constantly liable to the invasion of
the fever and cholera, which have decimated the
ranks of their enemies.

WAiipswoniß ; Battersea.—At the Union Work-
house,on 2d October, the widow of a labourer, aged 61
%years, " cholera Asiatica (21 hours), collapse." Brought
from White-square, Clapham.
In the same sub-district, at the Union Workhouse, on
7th October, a labourer, aged 26 years, " choleraic
diarrhcea (one week)." Brought from White-square,
Clapham. Son of the former.
WANDSWORTH ; Wandsworth.—At Garratt-lane, on
Ist October, the son of a plasterer, aged 5 years, "cho-
lera Asiatica (17 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at Waterside, on sth October,
the daughter of a labourer, aged 12 years, "cholera (28
hours):

The motives for procrastination have now, how-
ever, disappeared, and we have reason to believe
fourth or fifth of Oc-
aodnvtanhece of the whole of the
that the warlike proclamation of the Sultan would
combined squadron into the Bosphorus. It is then
illofishtheed
probable that orders, such as he will be glad to re-
ptorboebra,btlyhebedapyu
ceive, will be dispatched to Omer Pacha, and there
is no doubt that- the fleets will not remain idly at
anchor in the Bosphorus.
Active hostilities are, then, imminent, but it
must not for a moment be forgotten that war was
begun by Russia's act of piracy in crossing the
frontier of her empire in arms, and in seizing on

CeiummwELL ; Camberwell.—At 2, Arthur-terrace,
Lyndhurst road, on 2d October, the daughter of a city
missionary, aged 10 months, "cholera infantum (24
hours)." Mr. Searle says :--" The situation is open
and airy ; the house, which has been recently built, is
well drained. There appears nothing in the locality to
account for the disease."
ROTHERHITHE ; Rotherhithe.—On board the ship
Lady Douglas in the river Thames, off Rotherhithe
Church, on 3d October, a seaman, aged 21 years,
" cholera (9 hours)." Mr. Pitt says :—" Deceased was
a fine young man, sound in constitution, and very tem-
perate: The ship was coal-laden from the north to
London."
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gate-fields, on 26th Sept., a labourer, aged 44 years,'
" English cholera."
In the same sub-district, at 1, Bluegate-fields, on 7th!
October, the son of a shoemaker, aged 7 years, "Asiatic!
cholera (22 hours)." Mr. Chatwood, the registrar, writes:
-" I visited this house, which is in a close, dirty place,'
and found it in a filthy condition, and the inmates almost
destitute. The houses are very old, and thickly occupied
by the lowest orders."
Porian ; Poplar.-At 4, Margaret-street, North-
street, on 7th October, a boiler maker, aged 28 years,
"diarrhoea (6 weeks) cholera with collapse (60 hours)."
SOUTH DISTRICTS.-Population, 616,635.
ST. SAVIOUR ; St. Saviour. At 72, Ewer-street, on
3d October, the daughter of a labourer, aged 3 years,
"cholera (30 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at 5, Angel-court, on 7th
October, the wife of a carman, aged 24 years, "cholera
from exposure to cold and effluvia during convalescence
from severe_ cholera, diarrhoea (48 hours), congestive
fever (4 days), premature delivery (7 months)."
BERMONDSEY ; St. James.-At 12, Foalow-street, on
7th and Bth October, the wife and daughter of a labourer,
aged respectively 22 years and 15 months, " Asiatic
cholera (24 hours)." Mr. Martin, the registrar, says :-
" This woman had no premonitory symptoms. I saw
her five hours after the attack ; she was then in collapse,
from which she did not rally. She suckled her infant
soon after she was attacked, the child soon became sick,
and collapse rapidly followed. In the same house I at-
tended a woman this day fortnight ; she w.as collapsed
for some hours • during the day she drank 16 quarts of
cold water, and is now quite well."
In the same sub-district, at Blue-anchor-lane, on Bth
October, the wife of a chemist, aged 26 years, " Asiatic
cholera (5 days), parturition (4 days).' "This was a
most distressing case. I had attended this patient the
previous week for an affection from which she was con-
valescent. On Sunday last she had slight diarrhoea,
which yielderl to common remedies. On Monday morn-
ing, in consequence of the stench produced by the men
working in the :sewers opposite to her house, stirring up
and throwing the solid matter on the bunk, she became
sick, and soon diarrhoea again occurred ; collapse took
place in six hours ; La this state she remained during the
night. She was in the ninth month of her pregnancy ;
labour supervening, I delivered her (during the collapse) ;
she rallied the following day, and I entertained good
hopes of her recovery, when a meddlesome woman (a
midwife) was introduced by a friend, and interfered most
mischievously ; the change in the morning was too ap-
parent ; the poor woman sank."
BERMONDSEY, St. Mary Magdalen.--At 22, Abbey-
street, On the Ist October, a silk printer, aged 77 years,
" cholera (30 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at 2, Mellick-place, on 3d
October, the daujiiter of a tanner, aged 23 months,
" cholera (5 days), diarrhoea (3 months), congestion of
brain (2 days), convu:sions."
In the same sub-disMct, at 5, Mellick-place, on 2d
October, the daughter of a labourer, aged 2 years,
" cholera (24 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at 2, Great George-street, on
Ist Oct., the son of a tanner, aged 17 months, " cholera
(60 hours), congestion of brain (30 hours), convulsions."
BERMONDSEY ; Leather-market.-At 51. Richardson-
street, on 2d Oct., the wife of a leather-seller, aged 28
years, •‘ Asiatic cholera (24 hours), premonitory diarr-
hoea neglected." The medical attendant adds on his
certificate : "The houses in Richardson-street are
nearly all of them in a most unwholesome state as re-
gards drainage, 51 and 52 especially. I have been in
the habit of going to 51 for some time, and have always
observed a most offensive smell, lam told by the inha-
bitants of Richardson-street that the landlords refuse to
remedy the nuisance."
In the same sub-district, at 7, White Lion-court, on
4th Oct., a labourer, aged 35 years, "cholera spasmo-
dica."
In the same sub-district, at 126, Long-acre, on 6th
October, the widow of a leatherseller, aged 54 years,
Asiatic cholera (12 hours), no premonitory diarrhoea."
The medical attendant adds on his certificate :-" This
riatient was mother-in-law of a woman who died of cho-
lera, October 2d, at 51, Richardson-street, Long-lane,
and had been with her at 51 during a day and night ;
she went home to her own house and was soon attacked.
The husband of the woman at 51, Richardson-street, has
had a mild attack of cholera, but is now recovering.
This house and every other in Richardson-street are in
a disgraceful state as regards the drainage."
ST, GEORGE, SOUTHWARK ; Kent-road.-At 10, May-
pole-alley, on 2d October, the wife of a labourer, aged
34 years, " diarrhoea (4 days), cholera (32 hours)."
, In the same sub-district, at 20, White-street, on 4th
October, the daughter of a carpenter, aged 13 years,
"Asiatic cholera (12 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at 8, St. George's-place, on
sth October, the wife of a currier, aged 43 years,
" Asiatic cholera (71 hours)."
ST. GEORGE, SOUTHWARK ; Borough-road.---At 4,
Harrow-street, en 3d Oct., the wife of a journeyman
brushmaker, aged 30 years, "Asiatic cholera (5 days)."
In the same sub-district, at 8, Union-place, on 3rd
October, the daughter of a journeyman painter, aged 3
years, " cholera maligna (34 hours)."
ST . GEORGE, SOUTHWARK ; London-road.-At 8,
Angel-street, Webber-street, on the 4th October, the
daughter of a painter, aged 7 years and 6 months,
" Asiatic cholera (13 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at 8, Angel-place, Webber-
street, on 6th October, the daughter of a painter, aged
2; years and 3 months, " Asiatic cholera."
In the same sub-district, at 2, Elizabeth-place, West-
minster-road, on sth October, the widow of a surveyor,
aged 61 years, " diarrhoea, not treated (6 days), cholera
4siatic (48 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at 61, Tower-street, on sth
ctober, the son of a painter, aged 21 months, "diar-
rhoea (6 days), cholera (12 hours),"
ONEWINGTON ; Trinity.-At 243, Kent-street, on 4th
ctober, the son of a shoemaker, aged 2 years, "Asiatic
4holera (2 days)."
In the same sub-district, at 7, Lower Bland-street, on
ld October, the wife of a smith, aged 40 years, " Eng-
lish cholera (9 days), Inematemesis (7 days), cerebral
qffusion (36 hours)."
NEwisto-TosT ; St. Peter, Walworth.-At 13, Rich-
irond-street, on Ist October, the son of a warehouse-
man, aged 6 years, "cholera (161 hours)." Mr. Turner
says :-" I learnt from the father of this child that he
Picked up a cabbage leaf the day before, and eaten the
thole of it."
In the same sub-district, at 45, Fleming-road, on 30th
eptember, a mustard manufacturer, aged 53 years,
choleraic diarrhoea (5 days.)
. In the same sub-district, at 6, Trafalgar-street, on
Ist October, the daughter of a journeyman shoemaker,
aged 17 years, " Asiatic cholera (20 hours)."
LAMBETH ; Waterloo-road (Second Part).-At 103,
i
York-road, on 3d October, the wife of an onmonger,
aged 19 years, "Asiatic cholera (45 hours)." The
me-
dical attendant writes on the certificate
the latter part of the attack she was deli:ei :-" •
During
ed of a still-
born male infant, and died 5 hours after.
LAMBETH ; Lambeth Church (First Part).-At 8,
George's-place, on let October, a carpenter, aged 47
years, "Asiatic cholera (16 hours)."
thChurch (Second Part).-At 4,
LAMBETH; Lam-e
Pleasant-place, on 30th September, a stoker, aged 38
!ears, "congestion of the lungs after a severe attack of
holera (4 days)." Mr. Wheatley says :-" This man
4as rapidly recovering from the cholera when he was
cuddenly attacked with congestion of the lungs. Two
hildren in the same houses were also attacked, but have
both recovered. Tho house is tolerably well drained and
Very cleanly."
LAMBETH ; Kennington (First Part).-At 1, Lans-
downe-cottages, on Ist October, a gentleman, aged 55
years, " malignant cholera (23 hours)."
In the same sub-district, at Dorling-cottage, Harley-
ford-road, on 2d Obtober, the widow of a captain in the
Royal Navy, aged 69 years, " choleraic diarrhoea (30
hours)."

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October, the wife of a leather-dresser,
,aged 24 years,
"diarrhoea (5 days), cholera (9 hours)." "The diarrhcea
was unattended. Deceased was in greatpoverty, which
she very cautiously concealed, so that her starvation
state gave the cholera every advantage."
GREENWICH; St. Paul, Deptford.--,-At 7, Oreek-street,
on 30th September, the wife of a slater, aged 35 years,
"Asiatic cholera (36 hours).
GREENWICH ; West.--In the Dreadnought Ildipital
ship, on 30th September, a seaman, aged 32, "Asiatic
cholera ; died 10 hours after admission."
At 15, Ogilvy-street, in subdistrict of Woolwich Dock-
yard, on 4th October, the daughter of a bombardier in
the Royal Artillery, aged 3 years, died of "scarlatina (2
days)." The medical attendant of the deceased states that
"the roomin which the child died was occupied by four per-
sons, the father, mother, and two children; that the bed-
room is 9 feet long, 7 ft wide; on one side the wall is in height
6 feet, on the other 8 feet and 3 inches ; hence the
amount of air afforded is much too small for the preser-
vation of health and life ; and as it stated that the back
bedrooms to the houses in this street, which is occupied
almost exclusively by the families of the military, are
nearly all of similar dimensions, the extension of scarla-
tina or the outbreak of the cholera here may issue in a
frightful mortality."
At 2, Prospect-place, Charlton, on 6th October, the
daughter of an engineer, aged 9 years, died of " scarla-
tina (4 days), Idiarrlicea (1 day). Mr. Timpson, the
medical attendant, remarks that three children have had
scarlatina within the last fortnight, and were attended
in a back parlour, and were all without medical atten-
dance, further than what was obtained by sending to the
chemist's. The two youngest, who were first attacked,
are out of danger, but ill ; the other to whom this paper
refers, was last attacked, and diarrhoea was increased
by a purgative powder, and the child has sunk. I
arrived after she died." Air. Burnett, the registrar,
adds—'lMany complaints have been made of the want
of drainage in this locality ; indeed the whole of Lower
Charlton is without drainage, and Upper Charlton has
very little."
At 23, Hackney-road, on the Ist October, the wife of
a bricklayer, aged 55 years, died of " diarrho3a (8 days)."
Mr. Yarrow mentions that " the disease is supposed to
have arisen from the bad smells, caused by imperfect
drainage and other nuisances in the rear of the house,
which have since been attended to by the parochial
authorities."
In St. Leonard, Shoreditch, at 70, Willow-walk, on
2d October, a packer, aged 54 years, "diarrhoea (3
days)." "The house is situated in a densely populated
and ill-drained narrow street ; it contains six rooms, all
occupied by separate families, amounting to 27 persons
(12 adults and 15 children). The rooms are all small,
which renders it impossible to preserve health."
In sub-district ofiSt. Saviour, at 4, Thornton's-build-
ings on 4th October, the daughter of a blacksmith, aged
6 months, "diarrhcea (10 days.)" The medical atten-
dant states that the purging was brought on and kept
up by impure air from the drains ; that the stench is al-
most past bearing ; that vermin come into the room ;
and the place is quite black for want of whitewashing ;
altogether an unhealthy and confined place."
Mr. Child, registrar of Norwood sub-district, makes
the following note :—Complaints are constantly being
made respecting the cesspools overflowing at Emma
Cottages, Elder-road, Gipsey-hill. There are from two
to three feet of water and other filth and drainage from
the cesspools lying under the houses, which oozes
through the brickwork across the road into the adjoin-
ing property, to the great injury and annoyance of the
inhabitants residing there. The cottages are very small,
and a great many people are living in them ; also the
drainage in George-street, Gipsey-hill (which I men-
tioned in my return of last quarter), still remains in the
same state.
The following deaths were registered in the week tha
ended Saturday, October Ist :-
1 At 9, Coburg-street, on 26th September, the daughter
of a watch-jeweller, aged 3 years, " scarlatina maligna
(7 days)." Mr. Burrows, the registrar, says, " The
house in which this death occurred is in a filthy condi-
tion, and the smell from the drains is at times intolerable.
I attended this case myself, together with five others in
the same family, all of which recovered. The number
of inmates is, I believe, either 22 or 23."
In St. John sub-district of St. George-in-the-East, at
1, Salter's-alley, on the 22d of September, the son of
a coal porter, aged one year, "diarrhcea (1 day), collapse
(9 hours)." The medical attendant observes that :
"This child was very unhealthy; its mother says it was
accustomed to diarrhcea all its lifetime. The deceased
had slept for three nights in the same room with the
corpse of his brother, who died of English cholera on the
previous Monday. It was for some time during the
day in a back room, which is very frequently infested
with a very bad smell from a cesspool which is under the
cupboard."

In St. Katharine's Docks, Aldgate, on the 23d of
September, a Custom-house officer, aged 45 years, died
suddenly from " apoplexy." Inquest. This man (says
Mr. Harris, the registrar), whose name was Wonderful
Chertsey, is said to have been born after his mother
was 60 years of age. The name given to him at baptiim
ho derived from this circumstance."
Last week the births of 727 boys and 648 girls, in all
1,375 children, were registered in London. In the eight
corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average ,
number was 1,276.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.514 in.
The mean temperature was 48.6 deg., which is 4 below
the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean
difference between the dew-point temperature and air
temperature was 3.6 deg.

MORTALITY IN TUE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 8.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 1 6
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 1
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 136
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c.
Bo' ,d Muscles

Diseases of the Joints,
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations
Premature Birth and Debility
Atrophy
Old Age
5udden.......................................................
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ....... .
Causes not specified

16
46
33
2
9

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DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
1,001
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week in the
1851. of 1852. Week.
West Districts ...... 376,427
North Districts 491,396 ...... 183 ..... 224 Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts
...... 36 3015
i -

1)4 1,001
505
49G

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

727
648

1,374

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

Abou Maidstone the hop picking is nearly completed.
Throughout the district there is a general complaint
that the yield is exceedingly small ; those grounds that
were expected to produce from 12 cwt. to 15 or 16 cwt.
per acre, returning about 5 cwt. only. There is no
doubt that the duty is still estimated at much too high
a figure. In Mereworth the wet weather has hindered
the hop picking, but it is expected, with few excep-
tions, it will be brought to a close about the end of
this week. The crop, as has been before stated, falls
short of expectation. Mereworth may this year boast
of good quality, which command very high prices in the
market. One grower realised 271. 17s. per hundred
weight on Friday. At Brenchley some planters are fast
drawing to a close in picking. We never experienced
such a good year in regard to quantity and prices
as
the present. We stand far above the average of the
county in respect to crop ; 121. seems to be the average
of our sales of last week. Picking is now generally
completed in the Canterbury district, but at present very
few have been brought into the market, as the growers
reckon as certain a much higher price than
muchthant ahes
1S
tmer-
chants at present are disposed to give. A
to 201. is talked of for best samples, an cl fro from
growthsl4/.
to
171. has been realised. Some extraordinary
have been produced in the neighbourhood of
asßoughton,regards
latter
Chilham, Petham, and Goc ee
rn,
intt to the extent of from
rr
quality and quantity ; the
10 to 12 cwt. per acre,
while the sample produced must
command the best price in the market. The immediate
as not been thus favoured, and
vicinity of Canterbury
h
the " settlement day ' between employer and employed_
has proved one of much difficulty. South Eastern
Gazette.
Oct. 11.—There are yet a good many
hopsDp to be pulled, and the untoward state of the weather
in some degree, their quality.
every day diminishes,
The complaints of short weight are found to have been
fully justifided, and our Yalding and West Farleigh cor-
responent, a gentleman of great experience, places the
crop at a trifle over half of last year's crop. Our Cran-
brook correspondent states that some of the growers in
his district have realised 141. 10s. per cwt. Our Mere-
worth correspondent also boasts of the hops grown in
his parish. The duty now is seldom set at more than
130,0001.
WORCESTER, Oct. B.—This is the first real hop mar-
ket for the season, and 1,500 pockets were picked, but
the prices asked puzzled the trade, who were afraid to
purchase. New hops, in good condition, were offered
at 121. to 131. per cwt., and the average run was 10/, to
ill, for New Worcester. Old hops also gold readily at
advanced rates.