The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-10 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA.

The Board of Health issued the following circular
;o the clergy on Saturday :
" General Board of Health, Gwydyr-house,
..._._..

Whitehall, August 8.
" Rev. Sir,—l am directed by the General Board of
Health to state, that at the request of the Bishop of
London they have herewith transmitted to you a copy of
the'Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention
Amendment Act;' and I am to call your attention to
the provisions in sect. 9, 10, 11, and 12, intended to pro-
vide means of relief from the evils occasioned by the
actual condition of intramural graveyards.
"I am at the same time to convey to you the assu-
rances of the General Board of Health, that consistently
with the pressing demands upon them for assistance
during the• present visitation of the epidemic disease, and
the limited means at their disposal for meeting such
demands, they will give their earnest attention to the
cases which may appear to require the application of the
provisions of the Act.
" I am also to state, with reference to the permanent
arrangements contemplated by the statute, that this
board have expressed to the Bishop of London their de-
sire to carry out, as far as may be practicable, the spirit
of the accompanying resolutions, contained in a report
of a committee of the metropolitan clergy, and adopted
at a meeting of that body, presided over by the Very
Rev. the Dean of Manchester, and afterwards submitted
to and approved by the Bishops of London and Win-
chester.

" The committee report the following as the result of
their inquiries:—
" First they beg to express their acquiescence in the
opinion now so generally and strongly entertained by
the public, that it is exceedingly desirable that inter-
ments within the metropolis, except in the cases herein-
after mentioned, section Noe. 25 and 26, should be dis-
continued, and that larger and more convenient burial-
grounds than those at present existing, should be sub-
stituted at reasonable distances from the metropolis,
provided such grounds, when established, be parochial
burial•grounds, with a reservation to all parties now
having or hereafter by law to have certain interests in
the ancient churchyards, or parochial burial-grounds,
of all the same rights, privileges, and duties now be-
longing to them.

" In submitting the above plan, the committee beg
o state that their object throughout has been not
merely to provide for the removal of the evils of the
present system, and for the preservation of existing
rights, but to suggest the extension of benefits to the
community. Their wish is that every inhabitant of Lon-
don, however poor, should have a legal right to the
following privileges on the death of a relative, namely,
an undisturbed grave in the peaceful seclusion of a
well-ordered burial-ground. The full performance of
the Church of England service. The respectful convey-
ance of the body to the place of burial, and whenever
the removal of a body from the place of death may be
desired, its care and safe custody in a house of reception
until the time of burial. They wish these privileges
not to be of an eleemosynary character, but the provision
of the Church for the population, whether rich or poor,
to be obtained by every one on application at the church
of his parish, and on the payment of the lowest charges
for which such services can be rendered.'
" The board trust that they may receive your aid in
their endeavour to carry out this important work in such
a manner as to give the most general satisfaction.
" It is probable that the board will require to be sup-
plied with information as to the extent of the parochial
burying-grounds in your parish, the numbers interred
in them, the total numbers of deaths in the parish, and
other particulars which it may be in your power to fur-
fish; but cf these matters they will giro you early
notice.—l have the honour to he, Rev. Sr, your moat
obedient servant. ‘‘ HENRY AUSTIN, Secretary."

DEATH OF WILLIAMS, THE CHARTIST CONVICT,
FROM CHOLERA.— On Saturday evening a lung inquiry
took place before Mr. Longhorn, the deputy-coroner for
Westminster, at the Westminster House of Correction,
concerning the death of Joseph Williams, aged 35, the
well known Chartist convict, who died from en attack
of Asiatic cholera. Mr. Tindall Atkinson, barrister,
and Mr. Fetch, solicitor, of Northampton-street, Hol-
born, attended on behalf of the friends of the deceased
to watch the proceedings. There were also numerous
friends of the deceased present, who appeared to take
a deep interest in the inquiry. From the evidence of
the various warders attached to the prison, it appeared
that the deceased had been lately several times under
medical treatment. On Tuesday he complained of pains
in his head, and the resident surgeon prescribed for him.
On the following moraing, between three and four
o'clock, he was suddenly attacked with violent vomiting,
purging, and cramps in his stomach. He was speedily
removed to the infirmary, and the usual remedies being
applied, he appeared to be going on favourably until Fri-
day morning, when he complained of pains in his back,
and, at his request, his bed was re-made, but whilst in
the act of being plsced in it, he fainted. Mr. Lavies,
who had just left the prison, was instantly sent for, and
on his arrival in about twenty minutes, he found the de-
ceased quite dead. Kirkham, one of the warders,
stated that on the Ist of July the deceased was reported
for repeated acts of disobedience, for which he was
ordered to be locked up for three days, with a diet of
bread and water. In answer to qu,stions by Mr.
Atkinson, the witness said, that he discovered the de-
ceased in the act of secreting some letters behind the
bedstead belonging to another prisoner in a different case.
The letters were addressed to another prisoner in the
same prison, who was also suffering imprisonment for a
similar offence. Mr. Cree, the deputy-governor, said,
one of the wardens, who had to give evidence was not
in the prison, and would not return for some time.
The Coroner said, the professional gentlemen and the
friends of the deceased required a full investigation of
all the facts concerning the deceased, and it would be
advisable to adjourn until another day, for the purpose
of affording time to procure the other evidence. The
jury then consulted, and eventually adjourned the in-
quiry until Monday next.
THE CHOLERA.—The advice given in the following
handbill has been extensively adopted, and hitherto with
good effect:—" At a time like the present, ys hen a fatal
epidemic is at our doors, it is desirable that householders
should be warned of the necessity of looking to the state
of the sinks, drains, cesspools, waterclosets, &c., and
that, as a means of prevention, those receptacles should
be cleansed by pouring down them a solution of chloride
of lime, and that this should be done simultaneously
throughout the neighbourhood, in order to produce an
effect on the public sewers. It is recommended that this
mode of purifying be adopted between the hours of nine
and ten on each Saturday morning. This plan has been
carried out at Tottenham for some weeks past, and it is
hoped with benefit, as nu case of cholera has occurred in
that parish, nor are the cases of diarrhoea more frequent
or severe than is usual at this season of the year. Chlo-
ride of lime may be had of any druggist. Two ounces
is sufficient to be stirred into a pailful of water, and costs
only one penny."
PITMEN KILLED AT PERCY MAIN.—Mr. Reed
held an inquest on the 6th instant at Percy
Main, on
bodies of Thomas Pattinson, aged 29, and
nJamate s
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their strength before being put into use."—Newcastle
Guardian.

grant of Quarter Sessions is about to be made to
Gravesend, in Kent, and also to Newport, in the Isle of
Wight. The increasing commercial importance and
population of Gravesend, render desirable the holding
of quarter sessions there, and it will accordingly be
granted upon the fulfilment of the necessary conditions
as to the proper maintenance of prisons and other ex-
penses required for the purpose of the due administration
of justice, In the case of Newport, the necessity for
borough sesions has been created by the withdrawal
of the llitnts county sessions, which used to bo adjourn( d
from Winchester to the Isle of Wight, and held at New-
port, but which are now di, continued.—Observer.
SUDDEN DEATH. AT BRlSTOL.—Yesterday morn-
ing, as an omnibus was standing at the bot king-office of
the White Lion Hotel, Bristol, the driver suddenly f t
from his box and instantly expired. lie has left a widow
and four children.

JOOkErII Any IN THE COUNTRY.—NearIy 200 un-
paid letters have this week payed through the Post-
office at Stamford, addressed to persons in the town
and neighbourhood by the notorious quaker swindler,
Joseph Ady. Some of the letters have been refused,
but the majority have been taken in and opened.—Lin-
coin Mercury.
The symbol of universal charity is the doll. It is
the personification of an idea. It is good-will, made
mod.—ElizaCooks Jourria4