The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.

In a close and unwholesome court, New-court, Blue-
gate-fields, two deaths have occurred, one in No. 14 and
the other in No. 19. Such was the filthy condition of this
court, and so imminent appeared the danger to the in-
habitants in general, that the medical officer recom-
mended their removal, if practicable, until the place
could be thoroughly cleansed. The board of guardians
are stated to have assembled with great promptitude to
consider how far this recommendation could be carried
into effect. By the removal of some of the married
women and some children from the workhouse to Plashet-
school, a ward was forthwith prepared on the women's
side of the workhouse, and another has been appropriated
on the men's side for the reception of the families from
the court until the houses have been purified. Some
individuals have availed themselves of this temporary
place of refuge, and active measures of cleansing are
stated to have commenced in the court, particularly in
the houses in which the fatal cases occurred. The autho-
rities have also taken a house in Bath-terrace, for the
reception of such cholera cases as can neither be sent to
the general hospitals, nor be properly treated in the
houses of the poor.
From returns transmitted the General Board of Health
by the Metropolitan Commissioners of Police, and pre-
pared by the Superintendents of the H, K, L, M, N, P,
T, V, and Thames divisions of police, it appears that
there had occurred, between the 15th and 18th instant,
twenty-two cases of cholera, of which twelve have proved
fatal.

LORD BYRON'S OPINION OF THE TURKS.—In all
money transactions with the Moslems, I ever found the
strictest honour, the highest disinterestedness. In trans-
acting business with them, there are none of those dirty
peculations under the name of interest, difference of
exchange, commission, &c., &c., uniformly found on
applying to a Greek consul to cash bills, even on the first
houses in Pera. In the capital and at court, the citi-
zens and courtiers are formed in the same school with
those of Christianity ; but there does not exist a more
honourable, friendly, and high-spirited character than
the true Turkish provincial Aga, or Moslem country.
gentleman. The lower orders are in as tolerable disci-
pline as the rabble in countries with greater pretensions
to civilisation. A Moslem in walking the streets of our
county towns, would be more incommoded in England
than a Frank in a similar situation in Turkey.
The Ottomans, with all their defects, are not a
people to be despised. Equal at least to the Spaniards,
they are superior to the Portuguese. If it be difficult
to say what they are, we can at least say what they are
not ; they are not treacherous, they are not cowardly,
they do not burn heretics, they are not assassins, nor
has an enemy advanced to their capital. They are
faithful to their Sultan until he becomes unfit to govern,
and devout to their God without an Inquisition. Were
they driven from St. Sophia to-morrow, and the French
or Russians enthroned in their stead, it would become a
question whether Europe would gain by the exchange.
England would certainly be the loser. With regard to
that ignorance of which they are so generally, and some-
times justly accused, it may be doubted, always except-
ing France and England, in what useful points of know-
ledge they are excelled by other nations. Is it in com-
mon arts of life ? In their manufactures ? Is a Turkisk
sabre inferior to a Toledo ? or is a Turk worse clothed
and lodged, or fed and taught, than a Spaniard ? Are
their pashas worse educated than a grandee ? or an
Effendi than a Knight of St. Jago I think not.—
Byron's Memoirs.
SUDDEN DEATH IN A COFFEE-HOUSE.—Last evening
Mr. H. Baker, coroner, held an inquest at the London
Hospital, on view of? the body of Thomas Chap-
man,dead at a
aged 45 years, who was found
coffee-house under the following circumstances : It_
appeared that the deceased was a carpenter, and had
come from Lowestoft on a visit to his friends in Lon-
don. He arrived very late on Saturday night with his
son, and engaged a lodging at the Mazeppa Coffee-house,
47, High-street, Whitechapel, where they retired to rest
about one o'clock on Sunday morning. The boy got out
of bed about 11 o'clock, but could not make the deceased
hear, and when the waiter was called deceased was found
to be quite insensible. Mr. Comley, surgeon of High-
street,
was called, who pronounced the deceased to be
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had been sick after he drank some coffee. Mr. Comely
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SOUTH EASTERN AND CONTINENTAL STEAM
PACKET COMPANY.

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders
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on the expediency of a dissolution of this company, if
shareholders, or such competent and requisite num-
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ber and proportion of them as required by the deed of
settlement of the company, should so resolve.
JAMES MACGREGOR, Esq., the chairman of the di-
rectors, on taking the chair, said, the business which
the directors had to submit to this meeting was very
short in its description. It amounted simply to
the proposal of a resolution that a dissolution of
the company, such dissolution having been recom-
mended by the directors, was expedient. It appeared
that the capital of the company could not be divided
amongst the proprietors except at the dissolution of,
the company. The present meeting, and a subsequent
extraordinary general meeting, would be required to
bring about the result. If the proprietors pleased to
accept this resolution it would be the duty of the direc-
tors to summon another extraordinary general meeting,
to be held on the 3d of November, and if the proceed-
ings of this meeting were then confirmed the assets
would be divided on the 4th of November. At the last
half-yearly meeting it was stated that the assets of the
company amounted to somewhat above 121. a share. He
now moved that a dissolution of the company is expe-
dient.

The motion having been seconded.
Mr. HAMILTON rose, and was about to read a speech
from a printed paper, when
The CHAIRMAN said the hon. proprietor was out of
order.

Mr. HAMILTON said, then he would use the speech as
notes, and he proceeded to read the speech, which con-
sisted principally of complaints about the description of
engines in the boats, and personal attacks on the chair-
man and directors.
The CHAIRMAN vindicated the engine-makers from the
attacks made on them and the directors from any im-
proper conduct in reference thereto. The engines, he
said, had done their work as well and at as little ex-
pense, according to the mileage, as the engines of any
other company. He did not think the hon. proprietor
had much reason to complain, seeing that ever since the
company had been established theyhad divided about 6
per cent., and were now going to divide all their capital
with an addition of 20 per cent.
The resolution was then put and carried nem, dis.,
and the meeting thereupon separated.