The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

METROPOLIS.

From returns made this day to the General Board of
Health of cholera cases in the parish of St. George (East),
Middiesex, it appears that from the 17th to the 22d inst.
there have been nine cases of cholera, of which one has
thus far resulted fatally within 24 hours of the attack.
The description of locality and house is, in every in-
stance, without exception, in which the' cases are re-
ported to have occurred, extremely bad. In one case
" the room of the family" is stated to be "dirty and full
of poisonous air." In another the return is, that the
rooms are "overcrowded and dirty, with filthy children
in rags, with dirty skins." Again, "dirty in the ex-
treme, eight persons sleeping in the same room." Ano-
ther, "very overcrowded." Six cases occurred in one
house, 33, Upper Chapman street, also described as
"overcrowded." Another house is stated to have
" very bad drainage, bad smell pervading the whole of
the house, no sewer or means to carry off the water
sewer close by, but no communication."
Returns made by the superintendents of the F,
AT, and N divisions of police to the commissioners, and
transmitted by them to the General Board of Health,
state that between the 15th and 21st inst. there have
occurred eight new cases of cholera in those districts,
and two deaths, in addition to three cases previously re-
ported, one of whom has died, and the other two have
recovered.

On Saturday, the 22d, Dr. Milroy had an interview
with the board of guardians of St. Martin-in-the-Fields,
to confer with them upon the measures required to be
taken for the protection of the public health by the rules
and regul ,tions issued by the General Board of Health,
under the recent order of her Majesty's Privy Council.
The board have had several times under their consi-
deration the scheme of erecting model dwellings for the
poor, in pursuance of the power possessed by local
governing bodies under Lord Shaftesbury's Act of 1851,
entitled, "The Labouring Classes Lodging-houses Act."
The nature and provisions of this act do not appear to
be at all known by the local authorities in the metropolis,.
The act is entirely distinct from the Common Lodging-
houses Act, as its name imports, its title being, " The
Labouring Classes Lodging-houses Act ;" nor should any
one be misled by the retention of the term "lodging-
houses." The object of the framers of this act was not
merely to enable parochial authorities to construct a better
order of common lodging-houses than those at present
existing for single persons and for nightly accommoda-
tion, but to construct healthy dwellings for the perma-
nent residence of poor families on the model of the
Metropolitan-buildings, St. Pancras, and the houses for
families in Streatham-street, Bloomsbury. By the
Common Lodging-houses Act, 1851, powers are conferred
for the due regulation of common lodginghouses and by
the " Labouring Classes Lodginghouses Act, 1851,"
powers are conferred for the due erection of other and
better habitations for the families of the poor. One of
the immediate objects of this act was to make provision
for the reception of families in the enforcement of the
law for the discontinuance of cellared dwellings. By the
combined effect of these measures local authorities may
secure the beneficial execution of the law for enforcing
the discontinuance of ill-conditioned cellar dwellings
without obliging their tenants to resort to hovels which
are unfit for human habitation. Every fresh inspection
of the state of the dwellings of the poorer classes in the
metropolis is a fresh illustration of the necessity of the
powers conferred by this act, and of the responsibility
incurred by neglecting to use them.

NEW TURKISH LOAN.-It appears by the advices
from Constantinople that Turkey contemplates the pos-
sibility of raising a loan of 2,500,0001. in London at 10
per cent., and that she considers the repayment of the
last loan to have taken place on terms to warrant such
an application. This, however, is a great delusion.
The conditions of that loan were of a nature to induce
persons to buy the stock at upwards of 11 per cent.
premium, and when the Sultan, after using the money
for many months, repudiated the acts of his Ministers,
and refused to fulfil those conditions, the holders were
arbitrarily compelled to accept 3 per cent. as a compen-
sation. It is true that, after the protracted anxieties to
which they were exposed, they were glad to get even an
inadequate compromise, but it was a severe reproach to
the Turkish Government that such should have been
the case. The public will also bear in mind that it was
the present Minister by whom the former loan was con-
tracted, and whose acts, having been disowned once,
may be expected to meet with a similar fate at any

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future time.
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH ACROSS THE FORTH. We
(Scotsman) understand that the Edinburgh, Perth, and
Dundee Railway Company have just entered into an
arrangement with the Electric Telegraph Company, b
which the telegraph now laid down
carried I n te r
acrossm s o
from Edinburgh to Dundee and Perth on part of tlie liny
ie
will be completed
c
contract a submarine
fthteheF orth, as well as across
osleed witititielbye.
the Tay ; and as the work will b
or two, it is expected that Edei commenced in a day
telegraphic communication nburgh will be in direct
with Perth
about six weeks.and Dundee in
TIIE WRECK OF THE ANNIE JANE.—A memorial set-
horrible eading facts connected with the late
shipwreck,
agent 0 and the conduct of the emigration
, owners, and ca tam towards the unfortunate
Passengers, has been sent off to Lord Palmerston on be-
half of
the survivors, as well as the friends of those lo
The object of the memorial is to urge upon his lordship,st
as Home Secretary, to institute an official inquiry into
the matter, so that all the facts of the case may be
elicited and the guilty parties punished.—North. British.
Daii,y Mail.
CARDINAL WISEMAN.-It is understood that his Emi-
nence, after having been present last week at the grand
religious spectacle at Amiens, continued his journey to
Paris, from whence it was expected that he would pro-
ceed to Rome upon important business. The decrees of
the Synod of Roman Catholic prelates, which was held
at Oscot in the course of last summer, though not yet
made public, have been sent back, it is rumoured, from
the Holy See altered in many important details ; among
other points, condemning the exclusive use of Gothic,
ecclesiastical vestments, and recommending the adoption
of a more strict conformity to those which are in use at
Rome. It is believed that this decision is likely to prove
rather unpalatable to a considerable portion of the Roman
Catholic prelates and clergy. It is supposed that it is
on business connected with this subject that the Cardinal
has gone to Rome to confer with his Holiness.
A NEW CANDIDATE FOR SALISBURY.—Captain Juliu e
Roberts, of the Royal Marine Artillery, well known in:
the scientific world, has started for Salisbury in oppo.
sition to General Buckley. Captain Roberts comes for-
ward on independent principles.