The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-12 00:00:00

S 1101 N 7 SEPTEMBER 12, 1849.

there could be little difficulty in finding one who
possessed so very general a qualification. If, however,
as we have before suggested, the person wishing to,
procure the poison were obliged to obtain an order from
the police, even this provision might be dispensed with;
and we certainly would rather that nothing which
could appear invidious or proscriptive should be intro
duced into any law that may hereafter be sanctioned.
Our readers will have been pleased to learn that the Pro-
vincial Medical and Surgical Association have prepared
a petition against the indiscriminate sale of poisons. A.
committee has been appointed to investigate the subject,
and of this Dr. James Tunstall has been chosen the
active member ; his colleagues, with the sanction
of the president, having conbded the momentous
question to his care. In a paper contributed to a
recent number of the journal published by
the society, Dr. Tunstall calls upon the members
for their assistance, and pledges himself to devote his
leisure towards a full elucidation of the matter, with a
view to a practical result, or the accumulation of such a
weight of evidence as shall demonstrate the necessity for
legislative interference. This is exactly what is re-
quired, and we are much pleased that th© movement has
commenced with the medical profession. We do not
doubt that the hope excited will be fully realised. The
facts and arguments will be collected and arranged, and
a memorial thus prepared, and coming from such a body,
cannot otherwise than command attention. It will be,
to the good sense and feeling of the nation, an appeal
which must reflect honour upon the gentlemen by whom
it has been originated and matured, while in no slight
degree will it increase the influence of the society by
which it is supported.

ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTH WARK,

AND THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Last evening a large and respectable meeting of
the churchwardens, overseers of the poor; and inha-
bitants of the parish was held in the,vestry-room
attached to the church, for the purpose- of consider-
ing and determining upon communications received
from the Gerferal Board of Health, one prohibiting
interments in the Cross-bones burial-ground, and the
other relative to certain statements made to them as
to the condition of the parish graveyard. There were
also two other motions upon the paper for discussion
—one attributing the prevalence of the present
epidemic in a great measure to the state of the gully-
holes throughout the parish, and the other to the
practice of interring the dead in 'the churchyard of
the parish and in the vaults under the church.

It will be seen that the latter resolution was in-
tended to be in direct opposition to the former, the
parish being divided into two parties, the one anxious
to prevent further interments in the churchyard and
vaults, and the other to continue the practice.
Mr. Thomas Bailey, the warden of the Great Ac-
count, occupied the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting having been read
and confirmed,
Mr. DIGGLEs, assistant vestry-clerk, read the corn-
municatious referred to. The first was a series of com-
munications between the Board of Health and the
parish, which issued in the immediate closing of the
Cross-bones burial-ground.
The remaining correspondence consisted of a letter
from Dr. Lever, complaining of the churchyard of
St. Saviour's parish to the Board of Health, which
the board had forwarded to the wardens.

The CHAIRMAN said that not having seen the
danger 'referred to he had not closed the burial-
ground, inasmuch as he felt that if he did so he
should be inflicting a great hardship on the poor of
the parish, to whom he had been in the habit of giving
the fees of the ground. He and his colleagues,
therefore, had determined not to close that ground
unless it was the feeling of the parishioners generally.
The report was then read. It stated that from
1826 to 1835 there had been 5,076 interments in the
parish, which had decreased in the next ten years,
from 1836 to 1845, to 2,967. From 3829 to 1838 the
burials in the public and private vaults had amounted
to 177, whilst; in the next ten years, from 1839
to 1848 they had been only ninety. During the
prevalence of cholera in l 832 there were 163 burials
in the churchyard, but in the corresponding months
of the present year only fifty-six. In the whole of
the houses surrounding the churchyard there had oc-
curred but four deaths since the Ist of July last,
whilst within the last two weeks there has been
ninety deaths in the parish. From these and other
facts the wardens were of opinion that the burial-
grounds of the parish were not in a state to require
the special interference of the Board of Health.
On the motion of Mr. SUTTON, seconded by Mr.
RIcuARDs, the report was adopted, and ordered to be
entered on the minutes.

Mr. 'fuwArrEs, in moving the first resolution,
stated that if the allegations which had been made
against the Cross-bones ground were true, he should
be the very first to prohibit any further interments
there. The speaker went on at considerable length
to impugn the conduct of the Board of Health, and
concluded by moving the following resolution :
" That the closing of the burial-ground of this parish,
called the Crossbones Ground, would entail a serious
inconvenience and great additional expense on the
poorer inhabitants of this parish, and that inasmuch
as the report of Mr. Grainger, on which the Board of
Health made their order prohibiting further inter-
ment therein, is, it is believed, founded chiefly, if not
wholly, upon the false and exaggerated statements
contained in a letter of Mrs. Gwilt, and without any
notice or consideration of the letter of the wardens in
reply thereto, a committee be appointed to communi-
cate with the Board of Health on the subject, and re-
port thereon to a future vestry."
Mr. LINDLEY seconded the resolution.

Mr. H. B. CLARKE, the gentleman who gave notice
of the second resolution alluded to in the announce •
ment, then proceeded to observe upon the state of the
churchyard. The overcrowding of this yard began to
be a crying evil forty years ago, when the laying
down of gravestones was prohibited. Ten or twelve
years subsequently it was found necessary not only to
prohibit the erection of head and foot-stones, but to
lower the churchyard, which had grown up to a great
height. The ground was lowered accordingly three
feet, and the contents were taken to form the street
of Doddington-grove, and if any one would pick up
that road, he would find the bones of persons who had
been buried in that churchyard. -He asserted that the
state of the churchyard was 'a disgrace to civilization
and morality. He had been told for a fact that bodies
had been frightfully mangled in order to make room
for fresh graves, and it was within his own knowledge
that the piercing iron, which was sent down to try
the ground, passed through the bodies of many
corpses. He begged to move the resolution above
referred to, as an amendment on Mr. Thwaites's
motion.

Mr. SCEERAIE seconded the amendment, depreca-
ting the notion of .looking upon this as a pounds,
shillings, and pence question.
A lengthened discussion ensued, but no new
facts were elicited. Ultimately the question was
put, when the original resolution was carried al-
most unanimously, only two hands being held up
against it.
The committee were then nominated, and on the
motion of Mr. PIKE, the resolution relative to the
gully-holes was agreed to, and after votes of
thanks to the chairman and the warden the meeting
separated.

[PRICE SD.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
DONCASTER RACES.
DONCASTER, MONDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLCCE.—
In addition to those mentioned in our last communica-
itniont,he the ,following
courseo
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da 3
11,av have
:—Thearrived,
Italian or,
will
be
Snowstorm,here
French Susy, Little Queen, Mark Tapley, Susan Lovell,
Saucy Dick. Leghorn, Lady Bountiful, Vatican, Fern-
v the io
h Reelrusne,Duke, Canezou,id
fiNuehun, end Wallace.
nyki rk, hringar Lb ,
Brother to Epirote, and one or two others of Scott's,
are expected to-morrow.
The trains from Leeds, York, and Manchester, brought
a small increase of visitors this afternoon, but it was not
until thearrivalof the special train by the Great Northern
line that the slightest approximation to the bustle, which
might reasonable bare been expected on the eve of a
great meeting, was observable; nine-tenths of the metro-
politan turfites adopted this route, and it is due to the
directors of I hese officials to state, that although the line
into Doncaster has only been opened one week there
was not the slightest confusion, the hours of departure
and arrival were punctually observed, and the passengers,
one and all, expressed their unqualified satisfaction with
their trip.
There was a small muster at the rooms in the even-
ing, but business was almost at a standstill; nor did a
glance at the very meagre bill of fare lead any one to
believe that the events of the week would afford
scope for any profitable speculation. The only bets
were-6 to 4on William the Conqueror for the Cham-
pagne; 9 to 1 agat Old Dan Tucker, to a small sum, and
1,000 to 40 agst Herbert, for the St. Leger; and 60 to
40 on the Flying Dutchman for it, and eanezou for the
Cup. Offers to lay 2 to 1 on the Dutchman, or take
5 to 2.

TUESDAY'S RACES.
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, for four yrs old. Cup
Course. (5 Subs.)
Lord Stanley's Canezou walked over
Th cantering over the mare knocked doWn and trod on
a policeman, who very carelessly stood right in her track,
and was nearly on her head. She escaped without in-
jury, but the man was a good deal cut and bruised.
Selling Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 40 added; the win-
ner to be sold for 300 sovs., &c. St. Leger Course.
(5 Subs.)
Mr. Dawson's Little Queen, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Arnold) 1
Mr. Baker's Pheasant, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Charlton) 2
Mr. Walters's Little Cassino, 3 yrs, 7st slb (Osborne) 3
Mr. A. Jobnstone's Confederacy, Est 121 b (G. Oates) 4
Mr. Green's Lammermoor, 3 yrs, 6st 21b...(Basham) fell
Betting-6 to 4 agst Lammermoor, 3to 1 agst Little
Queen, and 4 to 1 agst Pheasant.
The race for the last half-mile was entirely between
Little Queen and Pheasant, the former winning by a
length; Little Cassino a bad third. The favourite bolted
and fell after running three quarters of a mile, and cut
himself severely. The boy was unhurt. Run in 3 min.
27 sec.

Sweepstakes of 5 sous, each, with 30 added; for two yrs
old. Redhouse in.
Mr. H. Jones's Steppingstone, Bst 41b (Holmes) I
Mr. G. Hobson's Rhedycina, Bst 51b... (Sly) 2
Mr. Snewing's St. George, Bst 71b (Whitehouse) 3
Mr. 11. Waring's Manifold, Bst 10Ib (Carlile) 4
Mr. I'edle)'s Leghorn, Bst 21b- . (Templeman) 5
Betting-7 to 4on Rhedycina. Won by half a length.
St. George a bad third. Run in 1 min. 18 sec.
The Champagne Stakes of 50 sovs. each, la ft ; for two
yrs old; th second to save his stake, and th winner
to give six dozen of champagne to the club. Redhouse
in. (17 Subs.)
Mr. Meiklam's The Italian, Bst 71b (Templeman) 1
Lord H. Lennox's William the Conqueror (Flatman) 2
Mr. Hudson's Wallace, Bst 71b (Bumby) 3
Betting.—Even on the Italian, and 6 to 3 agst Wil-
liam the Conqueror. William the Conqueror made play
at a good pace, Wallace lying with him to the distance,
where he was headed by the favourite; the latter chal-
lenged half-way up, and, after an intensely exciting
struggle, won by a head. Run in 1 min. 14 sees.
The Cleveland Handicap of 20 soya, each, with 60 added,
10 ft, and 5 only if declared; the second to save his
stake, and the winner to pay 10 soya. towards the ex-
penses. One mile. (22 Subs., 11 of whom declared.)
Mr. Lillie's The Iron Duke, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b 1
Mr. Walker's na Maid of Team Valley, 3 yrs, 6st 71b 2
11 to 10 on Iron Duke. Won easily by a length.
Run in 1 min. 47 secs.

A heavy fall of rain for several hours during the night
led to anticipations, which, we are happy to say, have so
far been agreeably disappointed; the morning was fine,
and, although the airy ever and anon assumed a threat-
ening aspect, up to the time of dispatching our parcel
there bad not been even a passing shower to mar the
little enjoyment derivable from the most indifferent day's
sport ever witnessed at Doncaster. It is almost super-
fluous to add that the company was particularly
select, and the', of the four events decided, the Cham-
pagne alone excited any interest.
PROBABLE STARTERS FOR THE ST. LEGER.
Starters.
Lord Eglinton's The Flying Dutchman Marlow.
Mr. Pedley's Old Dan Tucker
Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk
Mr. Bowes's Thringarth Butkr.
Mr. Nevil's Herbert Rogers.
Mr. Payne's Saucy Dick Flatman.
Lord Clifden's Honeycomb Robinson.
Mr. Garnbell's Volcano . . Holmes.
Lord Eglinton's Elihiron Cartwright.
I.7ritil was scratched at half-past eleven o'clock this
morning.

LATEST BETTING.
5 to 2 on Lord Eglinton's The Flying Dutchman.
8 to I agst Mr. Medley's Old Dan Tucker.
15 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk.
To make " assurance doubly sure," The Flying
Dutchman has been placed under the watchful care of
Leadbetter, the ex-Bow-street officer. lie has taken
strong exercise since he has been at Doncaster, and
every day gains fresh admirers. The noble owner and
his friends are sanguine in the extreme. The ground is
in capital order.
The proprietors of the Subscription Betting-room hare,
unsolicited, offered the sum of 1001., to be run for on the
last day of the races next year.
DONCASTER, TUESDAY EVENING.
ST. LECER.
5 to 2 or. Flying Dutchman I 15 to 1 agst Nunnykirk to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker I 25 to 1 agst Thringarth
CESAREWITCII.
20 to 1 agst St. Rosalia 33 to 1 agst Ruby
20 to 1 agst Glenalvon 33 to 1 agst Puffy
22 to 1 agst Essedarius 33 to 1 agst Glen Saddel
33 to 1 agst Tisiphone

•
CAMIIRIDGESHIRE.
100 to 6 agst Rienzi ( 25 to 1 agst Woolwich

DERBY.

15 to 1 agst Italian-1.-46 to 1 agst Windhound (t)
18 to 1 apt bro to Epirote 40 t9i. agst Sweetheart (t)
t

PUGILISM.
JAMBS HERBERT AND ADAMS FOR 251. ABIDE.—.
The "passage of arms" between this twain of little
ones, the weight being limited to ist 10Ib., came off yes-
terday at Woking Common. The men in miniature
aro both well known. Adams, whose heiget and reach
are much greater than his opponent, oa this occasion
touching the scale at 7st 51b., while the bull-necked
corpus of his adversary, though some inches less in the
perpendicular, brought down 7st. 91b. and a few ounces.
The lists were pitched at the oft-foughten field near to
the railway station, though hidden by intervening
ground. At a few minutes before twelve the knights
had mado their toilet, by making themselves what our
steel-jacketed ancestors called " unready," and stood pre
pared for the combat a routrance. Like many other
tourneys, it was all one way. In the third round Adams,
who was certainly 4, too fine," hurt his left hand, inde-
pendently of which he soon after exhibited weakness.
Nevertheless, if weak he was not soft, for he struggled
on, occasionally showing a good " idea," although hia
physical capabilities were insufficient for carrying it out.
Herbert, therefore, who was and would be busy,worked
away, and at the close of one hour Jemmy Massey, who
with Jemmy Welsh, seconded Adams, very properly
threw up the sponge in token of defeat.
A second affair followed, between two heavy ones.
The first was Brown, a well-known sparrer at Jemmy
Shaw's re-unions, the antagonist a countryman, who, for
the nonce, took the name of " Barney, although he
proved the fight no " barney" by his mode of finishing
it. The countryman, who was rather fleshy, looked over
list., his opponent some lOst. or thereabout. The ball
was opened by Brown, who led off with his loft, pinking
" Mister Barney" in all parts of his florid frontispiece,
which he took in most excellent part. This act of the
play drawing to a close, Mr. Barney changed the scene,
by assuming the offensive, most offensively; he rushed
on Mr. Brown, delivering ambi-dexterously, till that
gentleman was done on both sides, and at last came
with what Thomas Hood has termed his " third side"
to the ground, in a state of puzzlement, from which he
only awoke to find he had lost the stakes contended
for, in seventy-five minutes from the time he clenched
his first, in the full assurance that ho was clever enough
to win them.

the
MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL. usual Yesterday --
weekly meeting of the Board of Governors of abovethosac o
hospital was held in the Board-room, for t
of general business. After the usual bufs•tstraandisens-
sion then arose as to the propriety of Irbneyscinding the
governors'
standing rule for admission, of
letters, and to admit, during
et:leypatientsprevalence of the present
all cases of cholera and
prevailing fatal epidemic, tr
diarrbuoi, which was ordered..lt appears that the number
andof in out-patients is daily on the increase, there
Lavin; been upwards of 300 cases of diarrhoea, and
upwards of 60 cases of cholera.
1)1:ATI! or Ma. MUSTERS.—This gentleman ex-
pired on Saturday last, at one of his country residences,
Annesley-park, aged 72. lie was the fortunate rival of
Lord Byron, and was married to Miss Chaworth, the
noble poet's " Mary," in 1806, when his Lordship was
but a minor. lie is succeeded in his immense posses-
sions by his grandson John, a boy 13 years of age.
The doctrine that the necessity of labour is a
blessing, and not a curse, cannot be insisted upon too
strongry. It is to this very necessity that mankind owes
not only its first redemption from the savage state, but
every step of its advance in a Livilization, from which,
we trust, a great deal more may be expected still.—Eliza
Cook's Journal.

THE HEALTH OF LONDON
DURING THE WEEK.
(From the Registrar-General's Return.)
bills of mortality were commenced in the
_ign of Queen Elizabeth, and ever since the year
1603 have been published by authority in London. In
this respect the English metropolis stands alone ; no
weekly tables of the causes of the death of every in-
habitant are published in the :capital of any other
European state. Various motives for the measure
have been assigned but the fact of continuous publi-
cation from a period anteridr to the appearance of
newspapers and gazettes is remarkable and charac-
teristic. It may ,be fairly referred to the natural
inclination of the English people when they are in
trouble to know the truth, and to see in figures the
precise extent of their losses, although at times the
sight might, well make the courage of the bravest
quail. On the continent " precautions have been
used " in publishing the mortality from cholera in
1849, and the deaths from all causes have not yet
been made known." The parish clerks of London in
the 17th century, when the plague was at its height, -
counted the deaths and recorded their supposed
causes; and the citizen, when the death-cart tra•
versed the streets, anxiously studied the bill, sur-
rounded by its gloomy symbolical border, announcing
8,297 deaths in a week out of a population of 600,000.
In the hands of Price, Heberden, ►l'illis, Bateman,
and other statists, these records have disclosed the
laws of mortality, and the causes of the insalubrity
of the present cities.

Oue of their immediate advantages, however, is the
evidence which they furnish that the most fatal and
threatening plagues go through, with some perturba-
tions, certain prescribed orbits ; and, after raging for a
given number of weeks, disappear. Plague,in-
fluenza, and cholera have been vanquished before;
and to despair now would be as unreasonable as it
was in the beginning of the year to deny that the
cholera epidemic was impending. Those officers who
are struggling with the triumphant enemy under
every disadvantage will yet be victors ; for, if they
have art, they have also nature on their side.
The mortality in the week ending Saturday, Sep-
tember Bth, declined in the west and east districts of
London, and increased slightly in the north and
; central districts, the deaths registered (1,741) on the
north side of the Thames being 19 less than in the
previous week. It was otherwise on the south side of
the river, where the deaths in the week were 1,4421
The total deaths registered in Londoit;were 3,183: of
males, 1,460 ; females, 1,723. Theaeaths of females
exceeded the deaths of males by 263; tip 'reverse of the
usual proportions. The deaths kohl cholera were
2,4926 ; the numbers decreased in the districts of
Bethnal-green, Whitechapel, Stepney,
Westminster; increased in Bermondsey, St. George,
Southwark, Newington, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Cam-
berwell, and Rotherhithe. The epidemic, which had
been partially subdued, broke out again with terrible
violence in Lambeth, where 279 persons died of
cholera in the week.

Mr. Dawes, one of the registrars of Lambeth, who
has made careful inquiries on the subject, says, "At
least half the cases I have registered were allowed
to proceed. unchecked until the most alarming and
dangerous symptoms had manifested themselves;
but lately more circumspection seems to have been
used. Nevertheless, the cases are still numerous in
which persons seem (from the painless nature of the
attack) to be unconscious how highly necessary it is
that immediate attention should be paid to it." People
are so much accustomed to associate danger exclu- .
sively with pain that the most fatal symptom, unac-
companied by pain, is neglected. They must, how-
ever, be taught to look upon painless diarrh®a with
the anxiety that people in the plague looked upon the
swellings called "tokens"—which were also painless
—but with less fear ; for the premonitory symptom
now seems to be sent, not so much to announce death
as to give timely warning, and to call attention to that
stage of the malady in which medicine can heal.
As medical skill is of most avail at the beginning
and end of a fever, as the effect of the engines is most
conspicuous at the outbreak and end of a conflagra-
tion, and as most energy is demanded when the wreck
nears the shore, so it is in an epidemic, which, if it
has not been checked at first, may yet be cut short,
and combated with effect, as it declines. None of the
measures of relief in any district should therefore be
discontinued, but be prosecuted with redoubled vigour,
until it has been completely subdued; and the districts
which have not yet suffered greatly should imme-
diately complete their preparations, for the time is
short, and the evils of delay irreparable.
The deaths from cholera in the last twelve weeks
respectively have been-49, 124, 152, 339, 678, 783,
926, 823, 1,229, 1,272, 1,663, and 2,026.

THE BERMONDSEY MURDER.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The po'ice are still actively employed in tracing
out further evidence respecting the murder of O'Con-
nor, and the disposal of the property in his possession
when he was murdered. It has been ascertained that
when he left his lodgings on the morning of the 9th
of August, he had a nearly new suit of clothes on, a
valuable watch and chain, and a considerable sum in
his possession. Although every search has been made
fur the murdered man's clothing by the police in the
house, 3, Minver-place, and in the prisoner's boxes,
no portion of them could be discovered. It was
clear that they had not been burnt, as no ashes of
them or of cloth were seen among the dirt; con-
sequently the police have made active inquiries among
the clothes-dealers, and yesterday they ascertained that
a man, fully answering the description of Man-
ning, offered several articles of clothing of a superior
description for sale to several dealers in Petticoat-
lane on the Monday after the murder. The police
are now making very active inquiries about the
clothes, and from information received last night
there is every reason to believe that they will be
found, and that the purchaser will come forward and
identify Manning as the party who sold them. It
was stated yesterday morning that Mr. Hammond,
one of the stock-brokers'clerks who purchased O'Con.
nor's stock, was suffering severely from cholera, and
that all hopes of recovery were given over. Bassett,
his fellow clerk, who died on Saturday, has left a
wife and a large family entirely penniless, and she
attributes his death to the excitement attending his
witnessing the disinterment of the murdered man and
his subsequent attendance at the police-court to give
evidence against Manning. He -was perfectly well
on Friday, and died on Saturday morning, the day
after the last examination.

lIARLOW HORSE, CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PIG FAIR,
SEPT. 10.—This fair, which is next in importance, and
immediately succe(ds that of Barnet, commenced yester-
day. The fresh arrivals of store beasts from Norfolk,
Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, &c., together with the unsold
stock from Barnet, caused this fair to be well supplied.
For store beasts the trade was exceedingly flat until
twelve o'clock, when an influx of buyers arriving by the
Eastern Counties Railway, business was more lively,
some of the choicest beasts being selected, but sales could
only be effected by the sellers submitting to a reduction
of from los to 11. per head from the prices obtained at
Barnet fair, when a great clearance was made. Tho
horse fair was most abundantly supplied, the very prime
cart-horses fully supporting their prices, making from
50 even up to 75 guineas; middling size, 40 to 50 guineas
each; carriage horses an hunters sold at high prices,
70 to 100 guineas each being given in many instances
for young and sound animals; for old and inferior horses
there were but few buyers, at very low prices. To the
credit of the great breeders of cart colts from Norfolk
and Suffolk, the droves they exhibited at this fair were
of a splendid description, two years old making from 25
to 35 guineas each; three years old, 40 to 50 guineas
each—Messrs. Hoy, from Kent, Hills, from Sussex, and
Kettle, from Surrey, being very extensive buyers; poneys
under 13 hands high sold freely at from 101. to 151. each.
Sheep went off slowly, although offered at very reduced
prices—four and six-tooth wethers, to go on turnips,
made from 28s. to 34a.; hoggets, 245. to 275. each; ewes,
225. to 265. each; lambs, 12s. to 18s. each. Pigs plenti-
ful, from the bacon hog to the little suckler, large hogs
making from 4s. to 4s. 4d. per stone of 81b.; quarter old
stores, 16s. to 225.; little suckers, Bs. to 12s. each, very
few being loft unsold.

THE SLEEPERS OF GWYDTE HOUSE.--The differ-
once between precept and practice was perhaps never
better exemplified than in the last report from the
General Board of Health. The Board complains bitterly
of the conduct of certain local authorities, who, when re-
quested to take measures of precaution against a
, threa-
tenedn, outbreak of eholers, resolved that thereh
was
conduct,hoot
need of doing anything at present;" a
we admit, deserves to be most complained of ;
the complaint proceeds oddly enough from a Board that
is guilty of the selfsame dereliction of duty. When an
Act of Parliament creates a Board for the purpose of
large towns, by sanitary regulations, from the protecting
inroads of disease—when large towns ask the said Board
t 0
000 mo
to their relief according to the Act—and when
such applications for relief are not only unattended to,
but are allowed to remain unnoticed on the table of the
Board—when all these things happen, we think we may
well say, with our able contemporary the Economist, that
the Board of Health "seems to exhibit quite as much
zeal to increase its authority and make itself implicitly
obeyed, as ti ensure measures of precaution to check the
cholera." Zeal, indeed! \Vhy, the cholera might have
made twenty visits—and pretty long ones, t‘,o-to this
borough, since application was made by our Town
Council for relief from Gwydyr House; and still the
sleepers there are not-to be waken( d. If such conduct,
however, be persevered in, it will be well if they be not
ealltd upon, some day or other, by more towns than
one, to

" Shake oil' this downy sleep, Death's counterfeit,
And look on Death itself!"

'Gateshead Observir:

NEW SCHOOLS FOR THE POOR.—ST. MARTIN-IN.•
THE•FlELDS.—Yesterday the interesting ceremony of
laying the foundation-stone of new schools, for the
education of the children of the poor of the parish of St.
Martin in-the-Fields, took place ut.). a plot of ground
granted by the Mercers' Company for that purpose, in
Castle-street, Long-acre. The Echo°ls are to be built in
the Elizabethan style of architecture, and will accom-
modate 300 children.
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The brother of the Hon. T. B. Macaulay has been
appointed to tho rectory ofAldiugham, in Low Farness,
Lancashire, The living is worth 1,000/. per annum.