The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-09 00:00:00

THE PLAGUE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
1, Woburn• place, Russell-square, June 7.
SIR-A rumour having been propagated that a malignant
fever is now raging in the neighbourhood of Tottenham. court-
road, and as I am the surgeon of that division of the parish of
St. Pancras, I take this public opportunity to state that I
never knew that part of the metropolis so free from disease ;
and at the present moment there does not exist a single case
of fever in that neighbourhood. And I further beg to say,
that I have visited Messrs. Shoolbred, Cook, and Co.'s esta-
blishment, where it was said the fever originated, and, with
the exception of one case of slight inflammation of the lungs,
the establishment is quite healthy. I have further consulted
with the other medical gentlemen connected with the parish,
and whose divisions are also free from any contagious disorder.
I beg to hand a copy of a letter received this morning from
the Privy Council.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
ALEXANDER DELISSER.

(COPY.)
Council Office, Whitehall, June 7.
SIR-With reference to your letter of this day's date, I have
to acquaint you that the enquiries which have been made by
Sir W. Pym have satisfied the Privy Council, that there is no
truth whatever in the I-eport that the plague has appeared
either in Tottenham-court-road or elsewhere in the metropolis.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant.
(Signed) C. C. F. GREVILLE.
To Alexander Delisser,
Surgeon to the parish of St. Pancras.

A deputation from Birmingham, accompanied by
Messrs. Attwood and Scholefield, had an interview with the
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday respecting the
reduction of the duty on paper.
EMIGRATION. —On Thursday last the ship
Greenock, Captain Fraser, left the Loudon Dock for New
York, with 250 men, women and children on board principally
Irish labourers from London, and the remainder farming
labourers and fatnili;.,s, from the counties of Norfolk and
Suffo!k. So extensive has been the emigration from the for-
mer county, that in several villages there are few labourers
left, and in one there is not a single agricultural labourer re-
maining behind, the parish having induced the whole to emi-
grate, and assisted them with funds for that purpose.
NEWSPAPER DUTY. For relief from this tax
there had been presented up to the 6th of May only, no fewer
than 394 petitions, signed by 206,554 persons. Against an
assimilation of duty, 3 petitions, signed by 265 persons, (220
of whom are printers) have been sent from Dublin.
DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE CATHEDRAL
OF CHARTRES.— A deplorable accident has just destroyed in a
few hours one of our most beautiful monuments of gothic
architecture. The better part of the magnificent Cathedral
of Chartres has just been consumed by fire. We know not
yet the particulars of the conflagration, the consequences of
which are unfortunately irreparable. It is thought that the
imprudence of 20111 e plumbers has caused this fire. —llloniteur
of Monday.
Ott Monday last, at Lincoln, a public meeting took
place to petition Parliament on the subject of Irish Corpora-
tion Reform.
liDucATioN.-011 the 6th of May Mr. [fume
presented a petition from Thomas Wingman, praying the
House to take into consideration the propriety of a grant for the
purpose of erecting Normal Schools.
We regret to state that Mr. Stanniforth, of Nas-
sington, had a kg broken on Thursday night the 26th ult. by
Vie savage and violent conduct of one of his workmen, named
Barr, about twenty years of age. A disagreement arising re-
specting the digging of some stone,. Mr. Stanniforth repre-
hended' Barr for an unfair attempt to make wages ; upon
which the fellow used language which irritated Mr. Stanni-
forth to hit him with his walking stick ; immediately the young
ruti;:.‘n attacked the old man with a hammer, and after aiming
several ;,'lows at him, succeeded in knocking him down with
one which brs?ke the main bone of his left leg.—Boston Ga-

zetie.
SAD DOGS.-1 ti,Lnk the common dogs of Belgium
the ugliest animals of the can!r;:t species in existence. They
look like exaggerated ladies' purrs, w4l: the long, lank, sinewy
limbs and hotly bodies of the old' unshapeij moot* Irish swine.
Every dog of them bears the mark of premature cad age on
his crinkled brow and pursed mouth. They must be either
sad dogs, or bad dogs, or thoughtful dogs, for they all appear
pensive, and carry, ns it were, a weight upon their mind phy-
siognomically speaking, of course, for I cannot be otherwise
supposed able to fathom their cogitations. Ido not think,
however, that they are a persecuted race, or that their ugli-
ness entails its usual consequences on them, dwelling as they
do among the sons and daughters of beauty. Perhaps the
people encourage the breed as a sort of foil to Let off their own
personal appearance.—A Saunter in Belgium.
DIABOLICAL A TTEm PT.—One of the most fiend-
like attempts to commit murder of which this county, happily,
has produced any instance, was made on the night of Wednes-
day last, upon two unoffending people, Mr. Joseph Atkinson
and his wife, of Warble Bank. Mr. Atkinson keeps a small
public-house at the place named, which is situated about three
miles from Wigton, oh the road to Bosley Hill. It ap-
pears that about midnight on Wednesday last, some one
knocked at Atkinson's door, and requested to be admitted and
to have lodgings for the night. Before opening the door the
inmates requested to know who it was disturbed them at that
late hour of the night. The stranger answered in a familiar
manner, " Its me Joe Atchin ; let me in." Thinking it was
some person known to them, the door was opened and he was
admitted. He begged to be accommodated with a bed ; and
this was agreed to. He then called for a pint of ale, which he
promised to pay for in the morning ; and after drinking off the
ale, he was shown to his apartment. To reach this room he had
to pass through the bed room of Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson ; and
after he had gone to bed, Mr. Atkinson also retired to
rest. He had not been lone in bed, however, till he was
awakened by feeling the knife of the stranger at his throat
A frightful struggle ensued, in the course of which Mr.
Atkinson was stabbed in the breast, with a pocket-kniie,
his arms and hands were gashed in the most fright-
ful manner, and his fingers severely mangled. While
this struggle was going on, Mrs. A. awoke and began to
scream for help; and the ruffian, probably thinking he had
done sufficient to the husband, let go his hold upon his first
victim, and seized her by the head, which he got under his
arm, and then attempted to cut her throat. In the struggle,
however, he missed his aim, and she escaped with a few se-
vere wounds on the chin and face. In the mean time, a
daughter of the unfortunate couple thus assailed, who was
sleeping in an adjoining room, was awakened by the noise,
and ran out to alarm the neighbours. The villain did not ap-
pear to be conscious of the presence of a third person in the
house, for as soon as he heard her rush out and give the alarm,
he desisted from his work of blood, and immediately made
in m effectual steps will
be taken to bri4.7
escape, taking the road towards Ros!ey,_ and as yet re-
mains at :lrge, though we trust the mast
him to justice. Wi)en our account came
away, Atkinson was stilt jive,
, ether despawe obut lying in a tigsct
.dingens
state, though his life was not Itt:1
lisle Journal.

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