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ferred to being a prejudice, it was a principle which per-
vaded the whole world, all could nut be eradicated without
injury to the best feelings of our nature. Let the Bill
he confined to those who were liberated from those pre-
judices. The poor would not hear it ; the Bill would be
unpopular, and justly so. and would tend to close the
houses of mercy. It was said that a neighbouring
country bad overcome those prejudices : then let the prig-
cip:e of free trade he called into action, and our schools
of utomy be supplied with subjects from abroad.
Sir R. VYVYAN observed that there was a want of a
clause in the former Bill, repealing the law which sub-
jected criminals to anatomy ; for till that law was re-
pealed, the public never would endure that other bodies
should be exposed to what was thus made an indignity.
Whatever might be in the Bill, he hoped there would be
nothing to offend the prejudices of the poor. Those who
died in the poor-house or hospital were equally entitled
to have their bodies respected as those who died elsewhere.
Mr. WARBURTON said, that his Bill would apply
equally to rich and poor : no body would be given for dis-
section without the consent of the person when alive, or
of his nearest relative after death.
Leave was then given.
CHOLERA MORBUS.

Mr. WARBURTON then moved for certain papers re-
lating to the cholera morbus. It was not necessary for him
to specify any particular papers, as he had been told that
if he m' veal for papers generally, he should have the selec-
tion of any he pleased. One of the most important papers
lie had in view, was a report to the Emperor of Russia,
by the Deputy Adjutant-General of the Emperor, tracing
the progress of the disease throughout the empire. Another
document was a complete account of all cases of cholera on
board vessels from Hamburg, or any port of Europe to
En Avid, containing a statement of the number of accidents
(as he technical term was), which would place distinctly
before the House and the country the extreme danger in
which the country was placed front the various foci of
the disease. A third account was a complete state-
ment of the mode in which the quarantine laws had
been applied to vessels coming to this country. The
Government had been aware of the danger, and he
wished to see what steps they had taken to avert it. Ile
hoped that by the papers he had moved for, the fu-
ture historian of the disease would be able to investi-
trate its character, though in his mind there was no doubt.
In his opinion, Government ought to have caused the
house in which the disease first appeared in Sunderland to
have been surrounded, and to have prevented its inmates
from having communication with the other inhabitants of
the town. That might have stayed the plague. But iu•
stead of acting with the promptitude and energy which
the occasion demanded, Ministers continued to look on
with a sort of Turkish resignation.—(Hear, hear.) Mi-
nisters must now surround the disease and exterminate it.
unless they intended our trade with the whole world to be
suspended. The expence which the measure would oc-
casion would be as nothing compared with the benefit
which would result from it. If this course should not
be adopted, the disease would inevitably spread over
the whole of England, Scotland, Ireland, and our co-
lonies.—(Hear ) The Hon. Member concluded with mov-
ing for " further papers relative to the cholera morbus."
Mr. P. THONISON said he felt assured that when full
information should he before the public, Government
would be acquitted on the charge of not having taken suf-
ficient precautions to check the progress of the disease.
It should be recollected that for six or seven days after the
disease made its appearance at Sunderland, medical men
were in doubt as to whether it was the cholera morbus.
Government were still in doubt as to whether the disease
row raging in Sunderland came from abroad. A few days
before the disease broke out in Sunderland two ships ar-
rived there front Hamburg. The question was, whether
the disease 'heal been imported in these ships. It was dif-
ficult to ascertain whether any communication had taken
place between these ships and the shore ; but there was
ore point which it was easy to come at the knowledge
wl.ether any person on board had been at-
tael,ed by the cholera. From the most minute observa-
tion which it Lad been possible to make, it appeared the'
every person who was on hoard these vessels when they
left fletnburg, was, on arriving at Sunderland, and re-
mained up to the time of the last accounts, in perfect
health. He was aware that some medical men contended
that miasma might be shut up in a cabin during a voyage,
and let out on arriving in port. Unless this were the
case, it was difficult to believe that the disease could have
be-n imported in these ships. Ile stated these facts without
giving any opinion one way or the other. However, the
doubt which existed as to the origin of the disease in this
country fully justified the declaration in the King's speech,
that it was not known whether the disease was imported
from abroad, or bad sprung up in this country. To have
placed a cordon round Sunderland would have been attended
with the most injurious and vexatious consequences to the
tow., wtilt, et she enn,c time it would have proved in-
elf tonal. The system of cordons had invariably failed in
fere ign countries, with the exception of one round a palace
in the neighbourhood of St. Peteraburglt, and that was a
doubtful COP. It was impossible, in a country like this,
with the habits of the people, to surround a large town
or district with a cordon, even if there existed the means of
dein,* Po. He understood from competent authority that it
would have required from 25,000 to 30,000 men to form
a cordon round Sunderland. Such a wall of human beings
would lie likely to communicate and spread the disease.
With respect to a forced separation of the sick and healthy,
Drs. Barry and Russell, who had investigated the disease on
the continent, deprecated that system.
Sir R. VYVYAN said it was quite evident to those
wlre had ti aced the progress of the disease, that it had
Leen conveyed on ship-board from country to country.
It had been kept out of Egypt by quarantine; and in the
eastern countries where it had raged, persons attached to
European coneuletes had escaped in consequence of isolat-
ing themselves. In some places it had proved more de-
stt uctive than any plague had ever been. He feared that
it was now impossible to stop the progress of the disease
in Europe until it had worn itself out. All that could be
done was to pay attention to cleanliness. He said, that
when Ministers first heard of the disease being in Sunder-
land, they might, without eending thither an army of
nO,OOO men, have shown a desire to do all in their power
to avert the danger with which the country was threatened.
It appeared to be quite as possible to clue up the disease in
a particular place as it was to exclude it from a place.
The disease was kept out of the place near St. Petersbut gh,
in which were 8,000 or 9,000 persons, by means of a
cordon.—(Hear.) The experiment of insulation ought at
ell events to have been tried as at St. Petersburg's.
After a few words from Mr. HUNT,
Mr. 'WARBURTON denied that the system of cordons
had proved unsuccessful on the Continent. On the con-
tra' yit had succeeded in numerous instances. He did not
wish that a cordon should be pieced round Sunderland, but
only that a guard should be established round the houses
in which the disease existed. According to the returns the
number of houses in which the disease existed was under 100.
This being the case, it was in the power of Government to
stop the disease. If, however, Ministers should not act
—if they should continue to look on with Turkish resig-
nation, the disease would rapidly spread all over the country.
Ile had done his duty—let Government do theirs. It
was in the power of the Government at a entail expense,
and without hurting the feelings of the people, to stop the
plague.—(Hear, hear.) He called upon them to act. L
they did not, they would be responsible for the conse-
quences.—( Hear, bear.)
The motion was then agreed to.
Mr. GREENE moved for and obtained leave to bring in
a Bill to enable ecclesiastical and collegiate corporations to
exchange their lands on certain conditions.
The Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House adjeurned at a Quarter past Twelve o'clock.

The Dutch ultimatum in regard to the treaty
with Belgium has been received, and was submitted, we
understand, to the Conference, which met on Tuesdry.
It seems that the King of HOLLAND'S chief objections re-
late to the right of internal communication, by the roads
and canals of Holland, which is given to Belgium by the
treaty; and which, it is contended, was not called for by
the circumstances, nor could the impositio❑ of it be justi-
fied by any prinr:iple of the law of nations. Quotations
from PUFFENDOILF, GROTlUs,and other authors, are adduced
in the vitirriaturn, to prove bow incompatible such a right
is with the existence or safety of an independent nation.
Objections are also urged to other parts of the treaty, such
as the division of territory, but more particularly to the
distribution of the debt between the two countries; but
they are of a minor description, compared with the ques-
tion of the internal communication. If this is not con-
ceded or modified, it is declared to be impossible that the
ratification of the treaty by Holland can take place.—
Times.

MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHESS OF ABRANTES.
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