The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-22 00:00:00

LONDON, SATORDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 22, 1849,

CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA

POPULATION OF LONDON.

Population.*

Distriets.

1531. I 1341.

1,655,000

1,948,000

63,00 J
306,000
356,000
331,000
410,000

301,000
376,008
374,0t,0
392,000
503,000

53,000
32,( 00
58,000
46,000
24,000
37,000

75,000
40,000
67,01'0
57,000
25,000
37,000

122,000

9,000
104,0(10
37,000
35,000

138,000
10.000
130,000
56,000
42,000

5:3,000
42,000
01,000
47,000
38,000
28,000
57,000

51.000
44,000
44,004
‘7,000
50,000
40,000
29,000
56,000

69,000
62,010
64,000
99,000
72,000
25,000

83,000
74,000
72,000
41,000
91,000
31,000

82,000
20,000
30.000
40,000
45.000
Bt,ooo
33,000
28,000
13,000
64,000
13,000

33,000
20,000
35,000
47,000
55,000
110 X 0
40,000
40,000
14,000
81,000
23,000

See Appendix to Registrar-General's b'
Rep rt for information respecting the populatii
tricts and sub-districts of London at the severs
Estimated population of London at the middl
1849-2;46,076.

ginth Annual
ion of the dis-
tl cencases.

le of the year

RETURN OF CASES, SErr. 20.
THE METROPOLIS.
SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT.
Deaths.
Attacks. Cholera. Diarrh.
WEST DISTRICTS.

Kensington ...
Chelsea... ••• ...
St. George, Hanover-square ...
Westminster ...
St. Martin-in-the-Fields' ...
St. James, Westminster ...
NORTH DISTRICTS.

••• .....

••• ......

Marylebone:
Hampstead ...
St. Pancras ...
Islington ...

••• ....

.ii. --

••• ....

••• •.•
CENTRAL DISTRICTS.

••• ....

••• .....

••• •••••

••• 4...

••• .....•

••• ''....

••• • -

••• ..• -
EAST DISTRICTS.

••• .....

••• ......

•• • ........

••• ....

••• "'.

Southampton
South Shields
Stvyning ••
Stoke Damarel
Stockport
Stockton (Yarm)
Stone ... ,
Stourbridge
Stratford. on-Avon ...
Siroud •••
Sunderland ... . .
Teesdale (Barnard Castle)
T' ••• ••• •••

- 1 0
- 2 0
- 0 1
- 0 1
- 2 0
- 2 0
- 3 0
- 7 1
- 1 0
- 0 1
- 1 0
1 0
- 3 1
- 4 1
- 1 0
- 23 4

'horne
Tynemouth
Wallington, Shropshire
Wolverhampton and Siesdon
Wycombe (High Wycombe and
Great Marlow) ... .
Edmonton

Total ... ...

SCOTLAND.

Dundee
Perth ...
Montrose ...
Hawick (Wigtown)
Hawick (from 181 h inst)
Dunformline (from Sept. 19)
Arbroath (since 15th inst.)
Arbroath by Hellensburgli
Kinghorn

3 1
9 2

- 3 0
- 9 0
- 3 0
1 0
5 0
2 0
4 0
2 0
1 0

Total

• • • •-..

Gent ral total:—
Metropolis ...
Country ...
Scotland ...

Total

30

••• ......

121 32
369 91
30 0

••• '''"

Note.—The number of attaelcs teported by the
union officers are—for the metropolis 163, and for
the country 503; but their returns do not, in general,
comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men
in private practice. The deaths are returned according
to superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found
practicable to distinguish every place separately.

LONDON.

CHOLERA. DIARRHOU.
Wed. Thur. Wed. Thur.
Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept.
19th. 20th. 19;h. 20th.
11 10 6 7
10 10 2 3
16 20 6 4
32 19 5 5
4 L 62 9 13

West Districts ...
North Districts ...
Central Districts ...
East Districts ...

South Districts ...

- - -
121 28 32

Total

THE CHOLERA.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Having forwarded dispatches to all the
Government offices, &c., &c., and finding what little
leisure time I have just now exhausted, I take this
mode of putting you in a position of knowing my
hitherto unfailing cure for cholera—in fact, its anti-
dote. Let me beg of you with all earnestness to
use forthwith, in every case, a full and poisonous
dose of opium : give 6,6, or 7 grains at once—let the
preparation be the Tinct. Opii. Then, as a stimulant,
give 10 minium doses of each—Chloroform and
Cajeput Oil—every two hours.
Should purging continue occasionally, give, after
each evacuation, 1 drachm doses of the Tincture of
Matico, and apply a blister to the epigastrium.
Let the diet be alternate half-hour or hour doses of
weak cold brandy and water, and very strong, highly-
seasoned beef tea, or soup—in one table spoonful
doses. _

I have never failed with this treatment in any case
of undoubted cholera, and have treated several cases
abandoned by others, and am now hourly being called
in by fresh patients.
Believe me, very faithfully yours,
ALFRED CHARLES AYRES, M.R.C.S., &c.
Ramsgate, Sion-hill Lodge, Sept. 13, 1849.

INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS.
ST. JOHN'S, WATERLOO-ROAD.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Much has been done, on the occasion of the
present visitation, to ameliorate and mitigate the
sufferings of the too-long•neglected poor. It has
stirred up our statesmen to study and amend the
sanitary state of our crowded- lanes, courts, and
to send currents of pure air and streams of fresh
water where neither had been known before for
years; and the rich man has opened his purse, to
regard the cry and distribute to the necessities of the
poor, for self-preservation's sake, knowing that the
improvement of the condition of the destitute is the
only way to arrest disease. But, Sir, many a family
has already been bereaved, and many more are likely
still to suffer bereavement until interments in our
church burial-yards is once and for ever put an end
to. lam glad to see this movement in the right
direction of the Board of Health. They have already
closed many ; but how is it that Lambeth—the ex-
tensive parish, wherein so many have been falling
victims to the prevailing epidemic—has been over-
looked ? Could I prevail on your reporter, I would
take him to the above churchyard, where he should
t.ee for himself the numbers buried therein every
afternoon, whereas it ought to have been closed a long
time since. Burials take place ; the mourners sit
upon the loose earth, uttering loud and lamentable
cries that their dear relatives are not put lower in the
earth. The undertaker tells them it is impossible,
there is no room ; the sexton utters a response—it
cannot be, and a heartrending scene takes: place before
the mourners leave. The minister, is obliged to
read hurriedly over the burial-service.
One method adopted is for the sexton, with
a long stick, to penetrate the different graves, to
ascertain whether or no the bodies are so decayed as
to admit of being destroyed with a shovel, prior to an
after interment; and there exists a bone-house at the
back of the church. How long, Sir, are these things
to continue ? Will you raise a powerful editorial
leader in your valuable paper against such demora-
lizing practices, the forerunners of such pernicious
effects ? Will you utter a voice, long, loud, and
shrill, on behalf of the parishioners of Lambeth, now
that the destroying angel has spread his wing upon
the blast, and stands between the living and the dead?
If you will, it will oblige
Your obedient servant,
ONE OF THE SPARED.
Cornwall road, Lambeth, Sept., 1849.

GRAVEYARDS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six,--4 snatch a moment from attendance on a
hundred and fifty of the parish poor, chiefly labour-
ing under choleraic diarrhoea, to give ou a couple
of facts more valuable than barren generalities, and
bearing strongly upon the question of intramural in-
terments. Near the bottom of Golden.lane, a dense
locality, tenanted by the most miserably poor and
debilitated, from starvation and gin, of our London
population, occur three graveyards—one is closed re-
cently, another is in active operation, and a third, the
gorged parish graveyard of Cripplegate, was re-
opened yesterday for the interment of a corpse. A
few idlers entered the' yard, and among them a re-
spectable married woman. It appears from her subse-
quent statement to me, that she was previously in her
usual state of good health, and that she neither ap-
proached very near to the recently broken-up filth
nor was her sudden illness ascribable to the
pressure of a crowd, nor to any mental emotion.
" All at once," said she, " I felt deadly sick,
and had not somebody caught me I should
have dropped." I saw her in this state, a mob came
running to fetch me—she was pulseless, and bedewed
with a clammy cold perspiration, her face ashy pale,
and the heart acting very feebly. Under the use of
bridy, ether, and ammonia, she recovered, but after
twelve hours still remained very debilitated and tre-
mulous. Of course I took occasion to lecture the
people on the folly of approaching graveyards, and
especially newly -opened graves, and reminded them
that the most deadly animal ana putrescent gases give
off no perceptible stench. Then I may also mention
that, last Sunday, a young girl was brought into my
surgery in a faint state from St. Luke's Church,
which is surrounded by a crowded graveyard. People
taint, lam aware, in chapels, from the crowd, the
heat, and the gas (especially in the galleries), but
none of these causes operated here. Whether St.
Luke's be crowded with the dead or no, it is seldom
crowded with the living.
Yours respectfully,
JOSEPH ASII BURY SMITH,
Parochial Surgeon, St. Luke's.
154, White cross- street, Thursday, Sept. 20.,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In The Sun of yesterday I perceive a corres-
pondent (" Pro bono publico") states that (referring
to a previous paragraph) the amount of allowance on
postage stamps is to be reduced from 7i per cent. to
4 per cent., which he considers a good reason for
increasing the attention of those officers whose duty
it may be to dole out ld. stamps. This is certainly a
great incentive to make a person attend better to the
wants of the public.
I think that your correspondent has misconstrued
the paragraph, or you have only stated one half of the
truth ; as by his letter he would lead the public to
suppose that per cent. has been the general allow-
ance, whereas such is not the case, as distributors of
stamps have only l per cent. allowed on postage labels,
and for envelopes which sell for 2/. 4s. 6d., they are
charged 2/. 3s. 6d., leaving a profit of is., which I
think is not quite 74 per cent.
I do not know what the Post office may have
allowed.—Yours obediently,
Sept. 21, 1849. A DISTRIBUTOR-

NEW YORK, SEPT. s.—Mrs. Mitchel, mother of
the Irish exile, with two of her daughters, arrived at this
port in the ship Hibernia on Thursday last, and put up
at Hartwell's, Washington House. Sho left on the fol-
lowing day for tho residfnas of W. IT, Mitchel, at
Washington,

lIER MAJESTY'S SLOOP ALBATROSS.—This sloop,
commanded by Captain Farquhar, now in the East
Indies, may be expected in England in about six
months' time. She is ordered to quit the East
Indies and to proceed to Port Adelaide, thence to
Sydney ; afterwards she will run to the Falkland
Islands, and come on to Rio and England. She is to
he paid off at Devonport.
The old schooner Pioneer, lately used by the Coast
Guard at Sheerness, has been sold out of the service,
and the Admiralty have, therefore, ordered her name
to be struck out cif the Navy List.

EMBEZZLEMENT or STORES.—In order to put a
stop to the irregularities on board of lighters attached
to the Dockyards, the Admiralty have recently issued
some stringent orders. All the bulkheads are to be
strengthened, to guard against future chances of
embezzlement.

MININ G' INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Mining Journal of this day.)
The actual transactions in the mining share market
this week have been unusually limited, notwithstand-
ing the improving position of the mines generally,
and the firmness of the metal market, with an upward
tendency. The small amount of share business
during the week may, in some measure, be attributed
to the several interruptions which business has sus-
tained generally, in consequence of the different days
appointed in London and the country for humi-
liation and prayer, on account of the prevailing
epidemic.
TLe directors of Devon Great Consols, at their
meeting on Tuesday last, declared a dividend of 5,1201.
on the two months' working, amounting to 5/. per
share, after which there will remain in hand a ba-
lance of 18,2101., consisting of cash and ore bills
not yet at maturity, including 5,0001. Exchequer-
bills forming the reserved fund. The advices from
the mines are satisfactory, and the improvement in
the standard cannot fail being very agreeable to the
proprietors.
Treviskey and Barrier are represented to have im-
proved, and shares have been done at an advance.
Tincrofts have also been done at better prices.
East Wheal Rose, we learn, is looking much better
than she has for some time past ; the bottom levels are
improving, as well as some other important points in
the mine. The next dividend may be anticipated at
301. per share, the same as the last.
South Basset continues in an improving position ;
they are now working on nine lodes—William's,
Lloyd's, and Theaker's, are the most productive ;
6,000/. of ore is represented to be laid open.
south Molton and Camborne Consols are stated to
have very much improved during the past week.
There are buyers for South Basset, East Wheal
Rose, Trelawny, West Caridon, Treviskey and Bar-
rier, North Pool, &c.
Shares in the following mines have changed hands
during the week :—Devon Great Consols, Trelawny,
Treviskey and Barrier, Tincroft, Birch Tor and
Vitifer, Mendip Hills, West Caradon, Wheal Rus-
sell, West Providence, South Wheal Josiah, South
Tamar, Tamar Consols, Keswick, &c.
Heignston Down Consols bi-monthly meeting was
held on the 17th. The statement of accounts showed
a balance of 3491. 16s. 9d. in favour of the company.
The report from the mines presented nothing im-
portant.

South Tamar bi-monthly meeting was held on the
20th. The balance in hand being 681. 18s. 9d., a call
of 93. 6d. per share was deemed necessary, to meet
the present expenditure. The manager's report is
very satisfactory, showing the operations progressively
improving, and that the whole of the machinery, pit-
work, and surface work would be completed before
the winter set in.

East Tamar two-monthly account was held on
Thursday last. The financial statement showed a
balance in favour of mine of 1,1401. 3s. 11d., the lia-
bilities being 1,3791. 7s. 1d:, and the assets 3,0251.
165. 6d. The mine is represented to be improving in
several important points.
In foreign mine shares the chief business done were
in United Mexican, Imperial Brazilian, and Copiapo,
and a few shares in Guadalcanal.

The Alten report for August has been received.
The estimated produce for the month amounts to 2171
tons. The agent's report is highly satisfactory, and
the prospects are represented more favourable than
they have been for many years.

CRICKET.
ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF STOCKTON

AND DISTRICT.

This match, which was commenced on Thursday at
Stockton-on-Tees, was resumed yesterday, and at the
close, the score stood thus—

ENGLAND.-FIRST INNINGS.

F. Pilch—b Joy
Clarke—st Morton, b Anderson ...
G. Parr—not out ...
Guy—st Morton, b Anderson ••• ...
N. Felix, Esq.—c Baldwinson, b Anderson...
A. M 3 nn, 1.:(11—b Joy ••• ... ...
Ilillyer—b Anderson ... ... ...
Martingell—c Scarth, b Anderson... ...
.lAtby—c Joy, b Rapley
G. F. Cooke. eaq.—b Rapley... ...
Ilinkly—b Rapt* y
B I, w 23, Lb ...

Total ... . .
ST C CKTON -FI RST INNINGS.
J. B du-T-1 b w, b Clarke
R. Scarth--b Hillyer
P. Stt ekdale—b Curke ••• ... ...
J. W. Coates, jun., Esq —b Hillyer ...
W. Thompson, E6q —b Hillyer
Balchsinson—not out ...
Joy—b Hillyer ... ... ... ...
Lsmbcrt—b Hillyer
H. Bercsford, Hillyer, b Hinkly
Byes ... ...

Total ...

... 26

... 59

... 9
... 0
... 0
... lb
..< 0

... 0
.. 24

... 161

... 9
... 11
... 4
... 28

... 1
... 3
... 2

... 62

MEMORANDA OF A MUSICIAN.

BY GEOItGE J. 0. ALLMANN.

" Notes, notes, forsooth, and noting !"

SIIAESPJERE.

No. XVIII.
MUSIC IN OLD TIMES.
The following singular advertisement of a concert in
the year 1697 shows how greatly the march of music
has progressed since that time, though it is universally
allowed that the advance of music in England has, till
lately, been unusually slow:—" Monday mat, the 28th
instant, will be performed, in York-buildings, a new
Concert of Musick by the Chiefest Masters in England.
when Signor Ramponi, an Italian musician, belonging to
the Prince of Vaudemont, at the request of sevarai
Persons of Quality, will for once sing in the same in
Italian and French.—Half a guinea entrance."—(From
the London Gazette, No. 3377.)