The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-28 00:00:00

WEST SURREY ELECTION.
GUILDFORD, TIIURSDAY.—The official declaration
of the poll _ at the election for this division of the
county took place at noon to-day in the Town-hall.
As was stated in yesterday's Sun, Mr. Edgell, the
Liberal candidate, withdrew from the contest at the
close of the first day's (Tue.sday) poll, leaving to his'
Protectionist opponent, Mr. Evelyn, the honour of
becoming the representative of West Surrey in Par-
liament. At 11 o'clock this morning Mr. Evelyn
left his hotel, the White Hart, in a carriage drawn by
four horses, and escorted by a large body of his
friends, on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, pro-
ceeded through the principal streets of the town.
The colours of the successful candidate—orange and
purple—were displayed from many of the houses on
the line of route.
Soon after 12 o'clock Mr. C. Abbott, the Under-
Sheriff (in the absence of Mr. IV. F. G. Farmer,
High Sheriff of the county), took his seat on the
bench in the Town-hall, Mr. Evelyn and his friends
having previously arrived. Among the gentlemen
present we observed Mr. Currie, M.P., Mr. H.
Drummond, M.P., Lord Grantley, and the Hon. G.
C. Norton, Recorder of Guildford. A large number
of elegantly dressed ladies were present in the hall,
which, on the doors being thrown open, was com-
pletely crammed.
The usual proclamation having been made,
The UNDER-SHERIFF said, that in the unavoidable
absence of the High Sheriff, it became his duty to de-
clare that, having cast up the votes given at the
election, he found the numbers to be—
For Mr. Evelyn... •.. ... 1,144
For Mr. Edgell.. .. 988
leaving a majority of 156 votes in favour of Mr.
Evelyn.—(Loud cheers.) He therefore declared
William John Evelyn, Esq., of Wootton, duly
elected a knight of the shire to serve in the present
Parliament for the western division of Surrey.
Air. EVELYN then came forward and was vocife-
rously cheered. He begged to express his deep sense
of the distinguished honour which they had' conferred
upon him in electing him as their representative.---'
(Cheers and some hisses.) When he addressed them
on the day of nomination he had been in some measure
carried away by the excitement of the occasion, and
had omitted to allude to one or two important subjects
upon which be thought it right that his opinions
should be known to the electors. He would there-
fore avail himself of the present opportunity to acquaint
them with his sentiments upon those questions.—
(Hear, hear.) Before doing so, however, he wished
to restate very briefly the views he entertained on the
subject of free-trade. He was sure that none of those
friends by whom he was surrounded thought that
dearness was a blessing—(Cries of " Hear, hear,") or
that cheapness was a curse,—(" Hear," and cheers,)
On the contrary, they maintained the contradictories
of these propositions as strongly as any one could do.
All that he and those friends with whom he had con-
ferred on the subject, meant by protection was fair
play in competition; and he now said, and had said
all along, of the present system of free trade, that it
was a system of unfair play in competition.—(Hear,
hear.) He maintained that its object was to raise
the manufacturing population at the expense of
the agricultural population.—(Cheers, and a cry of
" No, no ; no such thing !" followed by laughter and
renewed cheering.) Sir J. Graham had compared the
system of free trade to a capital. He (Mr. Evelyn)
would rather say that it was a column leaning on one
side.—(A laugh.) He would not destroy that
column, but he would set it straight—(Hear, hear)—
and would make its proportions fair and equal.—
(Cheers.) lie contended that it was not right that
agriculture should be subjected to peculiar burdens,
from which the manufacturing portion of the popu-
lation was exempted.—(Cheers.) He had on other
occasions addressed them in detail as to the particular
measures which he thought were calculated to relieve
agriculture from these burdens, so that it was
unnecessary for him to enter into the question now.
He wanted a reduction of taxation—(Hear, hear)—
and an equalization of those burdens which pressed
upon agricultural industry.—(Loud Cheers.) He
wished to acquaint them with his opinions on the
subject of the Church.—(Hear, hear.) He was
deeply attached to the Church of England—(Hear,
hear)—and he believed the destruction of that Church
would be fraught with ruin to the country.—(A
voice—" Ruin to the aristocracy, you mean."—
Laughter and cheers.) He was confirmed in this
opinion when he reflected upon the labours of the
working clergy, who were so self-denying in their
lives, and who behaved with the utmost kindness to
the poor.—(llear, hear.) But what he wished parti-
cularly to say on this occasion was, that he liked the
Church to assert her own independence; and he was
glad that on the question of education she had made
a stand against State interference.—(Hear, hear.)
He thought that the Church should not lean on the
Government for assistance, but should trust to, the
^ (sty internal rognil es 'he
—a course which, ?as opinion, oriqu T)
crease her influence with the people.w lle R Ould now
make a few observations with regard to reductions
in the public expenditure. He was warmly in fa-
vour of a reduction of the national expenditure ;
and he wished to observe, that he did not state
positively the other day that no reduction ought
to be made in the army and navy, but that he
thought such reduction was a fair subject for the
consideration of the Government. He said, at
the same time, that in his opinion they ought to
maintain the army and navy in a state of efficiency,
for that not to do so would be the worst possible
economy, and would probably eventually entail upon
the country much additional expense. He wished,
however, distinctly to state that he was in favour of
all practicable reductions, and he thought that upon
this question the views of his friend Mr. Drummond
were entitled to high consideration.—(Hear, hear.)
There was one other subject on which he wished to
say a few words—the subject of the colonies. He
knew that what he was about to say was opposed to
the liberal principle of centralisation, but he was in
favour of giving an increased degree of self-govern-
ment to the colonies.—(Hear, hear.) He thought all
parties seemed to be agreed on this point—that the
colonies should be left to manage their own affairs a
little more freely than had hitherto been the case ;
and the people of this country would then have some
security that they would not be called upon to pay
2,000,000/. for a Kafir war.—(Hear.) He hoped
they would not consider that, because he was a Con-
servative, he was in favour of maintaining abuses.—
(Hear.) If he were in favour of maintaining abuses
he should not be a Conservative, because the only way
to preserve our institutions was to improve them.
They must remember that the people of England were
not a mere collection of men and women, but that they
belonged to a society, and their institutions were the
framework of that society. Without these institu-
tions, society would be resolved into its first elements
and by the destruction of such institutions the people
would be the greatest losers. He might observe, re-
verting to the subject of the Church, that he was not
one of those who thought that the Church was in
danger ; for his confidence in the progress of en-
lightenment and good sense among the people in-
duced him to believe that they would daily become
more sensible of the value of the Church.—(Hear,
and cheers.) It was in ages of darkness that the
Church was really in danger, and he did not think
any such danger existed now. The election which
had just terminated had been conducted under very
peculiar circumstances, and he thought he might
congratulate his supporters upon having achieved a
glorious triumph --(Loud cheers.) Great and
powerful influences had been exerted against them
—(Hear, hear)—but even when his (Mr. Evelyn's)
prospects of success had seemed doubtful be had de-
clined all aid from extraneous sources.—(Loud cheers.)
His reliance had been 'laced, on the generous
and disinterested support of- such friends -as he then
saw around him, and upon the good faith, honesty,
intelligence, and independence la. the electors of
West Surrey.—(Hear, and cbeera.) He- had la-
boured under the disadvantage of being opposed to a
gentleman of the highest station and obaracter, and
who was far better known to the electors than him.
self (Mr. Evelyn) ; but all difficulties had been over-
come, and the electors of this county bad shown their
determination not to strengthen the hands of the pre-
sent Government. lie (Mr. Evelyn) thought they
had acted rightly. Much as he detested the principles
of the Radicals, he honoured their good intentions.—
(Hear.) He thought the mistake they made was
that they sought to destroy instead of to develope.—
(Hear, and cheers.) But, with regard to the
Whigs, although there might be excellent men among
them, he would ask whether any person present be-
lieved that the Whig oligarchy, as a body, cared for
the people ?—(Cries of " No,' and cheers.) He must
remind them that he had not been supported in this
contest by Conservatives alone, but by that numerous
and increasing body of the Liberal party who were
dissatisfied with the present Government, and who
wished agriculture to retain its just position in the
social scale.— (Hear, hear.) He would go into Par-
liament unattached to any party, but he wished the
electors to know that he was net a supporter of the
present Government, and that he had no confidence in
that Government, either with regard to their home or
foreign policy.—(Hear.) He believed that if an
enlightened Conservative Ministry were formed upon
the principle of financial amendment, practical im-
provement, and justice to agriculture, the country
would rally round such a Government.—(Cheers.)
The Hon. Gentleman concluded by again thanking
his friends for the energetic and successful exertions
they had made on his behalf, and resumed his seat
amid loud applause.
Mr. H. DRUMMOND, M.P. having been called for
from the body of the hall, said he would not occupy
their attention for more than a few moments in asking
them to express their thanks to the High Sheriff, for
the manner in which he bad conducted the proceedings
of the election.—(Cries of "Goon.") They had sent
hint (Mr. Drummond) to Parliament to vindicate the
rights of British against foreign labour.--(A

—"And you have done it, too."—Laughter and
cheers.) Yes ; and he would do it, whenever he
could have a good, fair, stand up fight, face to face,
with the advocates of foreigners—(Cheers)—but he
did not think it would be right or wise to say more
upon that subject on the present occasion. He would
only say that the High Sheriff had conducted himself
with so much urbanity and kindness during the
election, that he was entitled to their most cordial
acknowledgments; and he begged to move a vote
of thanks to that official.
The motion having been seconded by EVELYN, was
carried by acclamatiep, amid loud cheering.
Mr. It. GOLDITAWK wished to observe that the
electors of the borough of Guildford had it in their
power to promote the interests of the agriculturists
by returning Members for the borough who would
support those interests. If the electors of Guildford
did not send Members to Parliament who would sup-
, port the agriculturists, they could not expect the
agriculturists to support them. The agriculturists
were independent of them, but the people of Guild-
ford were not independent of the agriculturists. if
the farmer's waggon did not come into the town, the
townspeople would soon find out that free-trade was
even worse than they now supposed it to be. He
knew that the borough had returned one free-trade
Member ; but he presumed that the other (Mr. Currie),
from the support he had given to Mr. Evelyn, was a
staunch Protectionist.—(Cheers.) He called upon the
meeting to give three cheers fur Colonel 11. Sumner
and Mr. Thurlow, who had actively promoted Mr.
Evelyn's election.
The cheers having been given, a portly gentleman
in the body of the hall, whose indignation seemed to
have been excited by the remarks of the last speaker,
endeavoured to make some observations, but his voice
was drowned by the shouts of those by whom he was
surrounded, and, finding it impossible to obtain a
hearing, he at length relapsed into silence.
Colonel. SUMNER and Mr. THURLOW having
acknowledged the compliment which had been paid
them,
Mr. CURRIE, M.P., said he believed there was no
man in the hall who was a better Conservative than
himself, or who from birth, habit, feeling, and con-
viction was more attached to the interest of the
farmers.—(Cheers.)
The assembly then separated, and Mr. Evelyn
again proceeded round the town in procession with
his supporters.

POISONING AT CHELTENHAM.
CHELTENHAM, THURSDAY.—The protracted in-
quiry into the cause of the death of Samuel and
Elizabeth Gregory has been closed this evening, and
a verdict of " Wilful Murder" has been returned
against Emanuel Barnett, the person who furnished
the materials for making the poisoned dumplings,
though the mystery of the case has by no means been
cleared up.
The jury re• assembled yesterday evening after our
parcel was dispatched, and proceeded with the exami-
nation of other witnesses. The last witness examined,
it will be remembered, was a young girl named
Stuart, who denied that she had been present at the
funeral of the deceased on Thursday last, or that she
had made use of certain expressions imputed to her
by a Mrs. Stephenton as to her admitted knowledge
of the parties who had procured and administered the
arsenic.
The next witness called was the mother of the
witness Stuart, an elderly woman, named Martha
Sage, who deposed that she knew nothing whatever
of the cause of death of the deceased. She also swore
positively that she had never mentioned the subject
of arsenic to her daughter, Harriet Stuart, and that
she had never used any threat towards her in
connexion with the death of the deceased, or as to the
purchase of arsenic, as sworn by Mrs. Stephenton.
George Barnett, the son of the two prisoners Ema-
nuel Barnett and his wife, was also examined at great
length by the coroner and jury, but no new fact was
established by his evidence; indeed, he appeared to
know very little of his father's movements, and less of
the transactions of the day on which the deceased
came by their death.
The CORONER, at this stage, repeated his conviction
that it was unnecessary to protract the investigation,
and addressed the jury on the nature of the evidence
before them, and its effect as implicating the prisoner
Emanuel Barnett. He did not think that any of the
facto brought in evidence at all attached blame to
Mrs. Barnett; or, at any rate, there was
,not suffi-
cient against her to justify her. detention in custody.
The coroner then referred to the evidence as against
her husband, Emanuel Barnett, which he considered
was quite sufficient to prove that the poisoned flour
had come from his hands, and that that was the mov-
ing cause of the death of? the unfortunate couple. The
prisoner, Emanuel Barnett, having given no satisfac-
tory account of the manner in which he had become
possessed of the arsenic, where he had bought the
flour, how he had come by it, or whether ho had
doubt, return. such a veßliciaV•iVoufk ita wonld.v.v.
his trial. The coroner then cautioned the prisoner
that he was not bound to make any statement, and at
the same time told him that any statement which he
might make at all criminating himself would be taken
down to be made use of against him hereafter.
The prisoner, Emanuel 13arnett, then said he was
quite ignorant of the manner in which the arsenic got
into the flour. lie had not placed it there himself.
He had never bought or used arsenic in his life ;
indeed he did not know what arsenic was, never
having used any in his life. He added, that the last
flour which he had purchased he had got at the shop
of Mr. Hollis, in Chelterham.
The jury then consulted together privately for
half an hour, after which, the parties being again
called into the room, they returned their verdict—
" Wilful murder against Emanuel Barnett," who was
accordingly committed to take his trial at the next
assizes for Gloucestershire. The prisoner's wife was
set at liberty.
To day the second inquest, on the body of Samuel
Gregory was resumed, before the same coroner (Mr.
Mayer) and another jlry. The evidence given in
this case was very simlar to that produced on the
first inquest, and it is tierefore unnecessary to repeat
it. In this case also a verdict of " Wilful murder"
was returned against Emanuel Barnett.
The prisoner Barnett and his wife have also been
examined before the iota bench of magistrates, but
the proceedings before them have been merely of a
formal character, the object being to keep the pri-
soners in custody untilthe coroner's jury had returned
heir verdict.

MOURNING.—In consequence of the greatly in
creased demand for black apparel, the prices have
generally risen in a file ratio, and the additional outlay
necessary has fallen heavily upon the middle classes.
It must be borne in nind that such an effect is no more
than what was to be expected, where the requirement
is sudden, great, and trgent, and where the small retail
dealer from a want of ioresight is driven to purchase in
a dear market. Tiers are houses, however, whose
whole stock consisting cf this description of goods, find
an ample return in the increased demand, and thus in
periods like the present prove a positive boon to the
public. The Messrs. Jey, of Regent•street, we are told,
are eminent in this resect, and clearly servo to demon-
strate the fact, that in highly fashionable localities,
we may rely upon the advantages of quality, of style,
and of price, which tleir large purchases, by reason
of their great command of capital and The markets,
ensure.
DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM CLEAR.—We regret
to announce the unexpected death of this highly intelli-
gent and respected gentleman, which took place almost
suddenly, or after a fey hours' illness, on Monday morn-
ing, in this city, and shortly after his return from at-
tending the meeting of the British Association in Bir-
mingham. Mr. Clear held a prominent position among
the merchants of Cork, was connected with its various
public boards, and was a steady supporter and distin-
guished member of its literary and scientific bodies.
He was likewise a steady supporter, of the public chari-
ties of the city, and at all times freely associated with
schemes of local or gneral utility. Mr. Clear was a
member of the Unitariin congregation, and was highly
respected by his felloweAtizens for his worth and inte-
grit y.—Cork Examiner,
POOR-LAW RELIEF—On Sunday next, the 30th
instant, an Aot relating to the charges for the relief of the
poor in unions will expre, and by an Act of the late ses-
sion it is continued for another year, with various amend-
ments for the relief of the poor. By the 16th section it
is provided that where any pauper shall have in his pos-
session, or belonging to him, any money or valuable
security for money, tie guardians of tho union or parish
within which such patper is chargeable may take and
appropriate so much )f such money, or the produce of
such security, or recover the same as a debt before any
local court, as will reimburse the said guardians for the
amount expended by them, whether on behalf of such
pauper during the period of twelve months prior to such
taking and approFittion, or prior to such proceeding for
the recovery thereof; and in the event of the death of
any pauper having in his possession or belonging to him
any money or property, the guardians of the union or
parish wherein such pauper shall die may reimburse
themselves the expenses incurred by them in and about
the maintenance of such pauper at any time during the
twelve months previous to his decease.
LONDON Ilosmsr..—The election for assistant
surgeon took place at this institution on Wednesday,
when Mr. Wordsworth was declared elected to the office.
The result of :he poll was as follows:—Votes—Mr.
Gowlland, 147, Mr. Wordsworth, 125. Majority of
votes for lkir. Gowlland, 22. Proxies—Mr.Wordsworth,
90; Mr. Gowllaad, 44. Majority of proxies, 45. Final
majority for Mr. Wordsworth, 23.
A JONAH'S THOUGHT.—The boat of a whaler was
once knocked several feet in the air, by a blow from the
tail of a fish to which -it was fast. Upon coming down
the steersman fell :ate the whale's mouth, and the teeth
of the animal closed upon his leg. After, being in this
terrible position for some time, he was released, picked
up by another brat, and carried on board, where, while
preparations were making to amputate his crushed limb,
he was asked what he "thought of while in the whale's
mouth?" With the utmost simplicity he replied, " Why,
I thought she world yield about 60 burrelor —North
British Mail.

THE FUNGUS THEORY OF CHOLERA!
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—l trust that you will permit me to make a
few remarks on the letter from Dr. Budd, of the
Bristol Infirmary, which I read in your paper of this
day, and which alludes to the publication in the
Medical Gazette of last week and the 114orning
Chronicle of last Friday of an alleged discovery of
the cause of cholera made by Messrs. Brittan and
Swayne, both of the Medical School at Bristol ; to
confirm which discovery Dr. Budd comes forward
with his letter, giving it the sanction of his name and
own observations.
Nothing tends more to spread error, and make it
palatable, than an off-hand declaration of discoveries
said to be based upon scientific experiments, and an-
nounced under respectable authority. This is espe-
cially the case, in our days, in the department of
microscopic investigations, and I need not remind you
of Mr. Cross's siliceous insect, of-Mr. Smee's potato
smut, and, as relating to purer science, to the ozone
theory of cholera.
The present discovery, it seems, consists in having
detected, by means of the microscope, the presence of
certain organisms, as Dr. Budd calls them, or live
fungi, in that peculiar species of evacuation in cholera
which has been denominated, from its resemblance,
" the rice-water evacuation."
Supposing the microscope not to have deceived
these, observers, nor the rest of the scientific gentle-
men to whom the said objects are stated to have been
submitted, we shall ,then have a fact asserted which
may be admitted for the present to be a true fact.
But how, I ask, does that fact explain the .cause of
cholera? All that
can fairly be said is, that to many
anomalous symptoms which distinguished cholera we
must now add the presence of certain microscopic
bodies in the excretions, just as in many fevers and
abdominal complaints, among other symptoms, we
find the presence of ascarides, or threadworm in the
excretions.
To ascribe rightly to the presence of these fungi in
the human body the cause of cholera, it would be
requisite to show that the same bodies have been
detected immediately after death in the stomach and
intestines of patients siiCcumbing before the appear-
ance of any rice-water evacuation, as is the case in all
instances of collapse recorded in all parts of Europe,
in India and in America ; and is so strongly dwelt
upon as the only real characteristic of the complaint
by Dr. Shapter, in his recent history of the cholera
in Exeter. Surely, if it is true, as Dr. Budd states
in his third conclusion, that these live fungi have
particular relish for the intestines of men ; that
they can only " develope there ;" and are "in-
finitely multiplied by self-propagation" in them ;
giving rise, by their mode of action on the intestines,
to rice-water evacuations,—it will not be difficult to
detect the offenders in flagrante delicto, when the
victim, whose body they have infected, dies before
" their mode of action " gives rise to rice-water
evacuations. I ask,—has that been done ?
Is Dr. Budd aware of the numerous pathological
investigations made by Pyragoff, off St. Petersburgh,
who has caused a series of coloured drawings to be
made of the many and various appearances after death
in cholera patients, of which mention was made in
your journal of the Bth of August last? There the
minutest texture of the mucous membrane of the
intestines was examined, even microscopically, imme-
diately after death from collapse, in truly malignant
cholera cases ; but no such fungi or living organisms
were detected. Yet it is there, and not in the mor-
bid excreta, that the habitat of this supposed cause of
cholera ought to be established by Dr. Budd and
Messrs. Britten and •Swayne. As those observers
have subsequently detected the same offending orga-
nisms or fungi in the air and water of infected places
and cholera districts, it will not be difficult matter
for them to follow them up in their new abode—the
mucous folds of the intestines. Until then I cannot
admit that the presence of any fungi found in the
morbid secretions from a choleraic patient can be an
ante rather than a post factum phenomenon.
But, granting for a moment that the presence of
these newly-detected bodies, sporules, cells, fungi, or
organisms, or by whatever other name the micro-
scopic physiologists of the day may choose to deno-
minate them, occasions rice-water evacuations, which,
in their estimation (how wrongfully I need not tell
medical readers), mean malignant cholera, how does
that explain the cause of the disease? It explains
the cause of one of its symptoms without accounting
for the many and more important ones. But the
disease which produces that one symptom, Dr. Budd
says, is the said fungus. Then the. fungus is the
cholera, and what is its cause ? 411 other words,
what causes the fungus to have a being ? Whence
comes it ? How is it engendered ? Why absent
from England for a number of years, and then appear
again ? Why a single individual in a healthy and
wealthy family, eating of the best food and drinking
filtered water in common, living in a salubrious and
the same locality, breathing the same air, and never
having seen either a sick-nurse or a rice-water ex-
Je attacked by the fungi and die, and
Budd heard of such cases in numbers 'crusty
present epidemic ? Again, wherefore among a body
of soldiers, like the Blues, as I am informed by their
able physician, halt a dozen of them shall be attacked
by cholera (by fungi), and not another man in the
regiment afterwards, though they all ate and drank
and breathed at the time, and continue to do so, in
messes or companies, often out of the same dish, out
of the same pail of water, and in precisely the same
atmosphere ?
I do not dispute the possibility of some particular
objects having been discovered by the microscope, as
stated by the gentlemen so often named, under the
circumstances they allude to. What I find inadmis-
sible are the conclusions come to most abruptly by
Dr. Budd in his letter ; for they do not tally with the
generality of facts and observations of which the
profession is in possession on the question of cholera.
Can the presence of any fungi entering the human
body explain the fate of 500 men daily sickening and
dying of the cholera within the hour at Ganjam ; or
the destruction of 10,000 men at Jessore ; or the
seizure and falling down of sentinels at their posts,
and of their successor, and of a third and a fourth
substitute—all perishing before the two hours' duty
had been performed ? Whence came the fungi that
destroyed in the only case of cholera which has
occurred at Birmingham, and the four cases at
Cheltenham, and then stopped, without affecting any
other member of those two large populations ; or,
lastly, as the number of deaths from cholera is now
diminishing rapidly, are we to suppose, either that
the supply of fungi to be swallowed with food, water,
and air is dimnishing fast ; or that, if we continue to
take in some hundreds of them, they are now become
harmless in their nature, and will not produce cholera?
In conclusion, does not Dr. Budd perceive that he
no more explains the cause of cholera, by giving
existence to an actual entozotic being, than those
writers explain it who talk of a zymotic, atmospheric,
or a telluric poison, his own being a fungoid poison ?
What causes this latter poison ? for that will be the
real cause of the disease.
Dr. Budd declares that he has examined the air and
the water of non-infected places, but never could dis-
cover objects of ,the same kind (meaning the fungi)
which he invariably found in the air and in every
species of drinking-water obtained from cholera dis-
tricts. But the water of those districts, and that air,
were not infected with cholera in January last. There
could not have been in either, therefore, any fungi in
existence at that time. What caused them to be pre-
sent at a particular time since ? In a word, what
brought the cholera in those districts in March and
six following.months? And so we go on reasoning
always in a circle on this question, which, after all,
is a question referable to every other malady besides
cholera.
I humbly submit, that the acceptation by the
medical world, or the public generally of the doc-
trines contained in the six conclusions adopted hastily,
and without sufficient facts to sustain them, by the
writer of the letter on which I have commented, is
calculated to= operate much mischief in many ways,
but especially by leading practitioners from the right
investigation of the disease, which, in its most formi-
dable type, presents symptoms requiring a very dif-
ferent practice indeed from that which would be
necessary did the disorder consist only in the irrita-
tion of the mucous membrane of the alimentary canal
produced by the presence of almost invisible parasitic
bodies. •
This it is that has induced me to trouble you with
he present letter.—l remain, yours respectfully,
A. B. GRANVILLE, M.D.
109, Piccadilly, Sept. 26.

A SANITARY DICTATOR.—F. M. the Duke of
Wellington has long possessed a tolerably decent repu-
tation as a defender of his country. F. M., however,
understands the business of national defence even better
than people generally suppose. For several .months the
British forces, under the generalship of the Noble Duke,
have sustained, comparatively to the rest of the popula- ,
tion, without loss, the attacks of the common enemy—
the prevailing epidemic. The Times has informed U 3
how, on the approach of the invader, F. M. promptly
issued orders to the commanding officers of the House-
hold Troops, and the various garrisons, to set their bar-
racks, outhouses, stables, and quarters in general, in
order. The consequence is, that the army was never in
better condition. It is much to Be wished that F. M., in
addition to his various other offices, was made President
of Sewers, Inspector of Nuisances, Dictator to Parishes,
and Commander-in-Chief—with full military authority—
of the Board of Health. St. Saviour's, and similar dis-
tricts, would speedily become salubrious under martial
law, dispensed by the Duke: and vestrymen and guar-
dians be forced to do their duty against a foe that is as
little to bo trifled with as F. M.—Punch.
There is no diminution in the list of our visitors.
Hotel and lodging house keepers have been busy beyond
all precedent at this period of the year. The Chain
Pier is daily resorted to by hundreds. We are happy
to find that the band of the 7th Dragoon Guards con•
thanes to enliven the towli =Woolly with music —+r
lb Vim Gazetic.

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