The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-06 00:00:00

TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUS:

SIR,—You should make the river a leading article,
by having a Title in Capitals—" Contamination of the
Thames"—beneath which all communications may be
put.
Yesterday evening, in the neighbourhood of London-
bridge, the stench was worse than I ever perceived it
(and I have had some experience) ; under cover of
flushing sewers, doubtless, the refuse of gas and other
matter are let into the river--and that any supply of
water should be drawn from such a contaminated
source is at this time monstrous.
Yesterday two men were taken off a boat with
a severe attack of cholera.—Your constant reader,
Sept. 6, 1849. C.

ACCIDENT AT INIESSIIS. CUBITT'S SAW-MILLS. A '
inquest Was held last night, at the Westminster hospital_
before Mr. Langbang, the Deputy Coronor, on the body
of Thomas Mead, aged 52, en engineer, late in the em-
ploy of Messrs. Cubitt, who was killed under the follow-
ing frightful circumstances :—On Monday morning the
deceased was engaged at the saw-mills, Thames-bank,
and, whilst putting a strap round the driving-shaft of a
steam-engine whic was in motion, he accidently slipped
on one side, and in a moment his arm, which caught in
the machinery, was completely torn from the socket.
Besides this, the unfortunate man fell backwards, and
sustained a compound fracture of the left leg. He was
taken to the hospital almost immediately, and an ampu-
tation of the shoulder joint was performed ; but,
although he remained perfectly sensible, he never rallied,
and died the same day. Verdict, " Accidental Death."
ROBBERY OF LETTERE AT MERTHYR TYDFIL
POST- oFFICE.—The magistrates of this borough have
recently been engaged in investigating a wholesale sys-
tem of robbery which appears to have been going on for
some time past at the post-office, connected with the dis-
trict. An indiscriminate plunder of money and other
letters seems to have been practised, and some idea may
be formed of the extent the atrocious system was carried
when it is stated that nearly 1,000 letters, a great num-
ber of which had been opened and their contents—
money and other valuable property—abstracted, were
found in the possession of the party supposed to be im-
plicated in the robberies. The non-delivery of a letter
which contained some 5/. Brecon bank-notes led to an
inquiry being instituted by the authorities at the Ge-
neral Post-office, London. Mr. Ilanvey, one of the
inspectors, was sent down, and the result of the investi-
gation tax;
gatiOn was that a lad named Thomas Thom
employed to carry the letter-bag from ttloliwa
was fully
post-office at Dowlais, a neighbouringof robbery.
1:143:;.; to the
Committed for trial on several charges
uIN MORE.—In the
A CENTENARIAN AND SavOhlourrr,,i,
Southwark, in the
union workhouse of Sr.
districts in the
heart of one of the n3ostSunhealthy
me-
tropolis, where vast numbers are daily carried off by the
cholera, there is now living an old widow, named Foster,
who attained her 107th year on the Ist of January last,
born in the parish of Godalming on New
baying been
Year's-day, 1742. The ancient dame was thrice mar-
ried, and gave birth to eleven children. Her husbands
and children have all been called to their last account,
and she is the sole survivor of the family. Notwith-
standing her great age, her hearing is but slightly im-
paired, and she i egularly attends divine worship at St.
Mary's Church, in the Waterloo-road, every Sunday
morning. For the information of the curious, and in
confirmation of this statement, we may add that an
attested copy of Mrs. Foster's certificate of birth is in
the possession of Mr. Valentino Roberts, one of the
beadles of Lambeth.

UNE VESUYIENNE.—An Irishman, after expatiating
very warmly upo❑ the temper and beauty of Lola
Montes, was asked if: she didn't smoke ? "Yes, sir, she
does," he exclaimed, " and so does every volcano—per-
haps you'll show me the lovely crater that dean!
smoke ?"—Pinch.

THE CITY BOARD OF HEALTH.
Yesterday the committee assembled in Guildhal'.
Mr. Barkley in the chair. The Lord Mayor and the
City Solicitor were present.
The committee passed a resolution that Mr. Simon,
the officer of health, should daily produce tabular
statements of the cholera cases in the three City
unions.

Mr. Simort presented a report of the progress he had
made in carrytng out the arrangements to which he
had referred on Tuesday, with regard to the addi-
tional medical aid in cases of cholera and diarrl. cea,
and the place of reception for patients.
A great deal of conversation took place upon the
subject of the conduct of the City of London Union,
in refusing to prepare an hospital for the reception of
cholera patients, and upon the formidable differences
of opinion which appeared to exist between the
medical authorities in some districts.

Mr. WIRE, said, he regretted that unavoidable
absence from town prevented his regular attendance
at the meetings of the committee. He had read the
correspondence between the committee, the City Union,
and the General Board of Health, and he felt that
the committee would not discharge their duty to the
Corporation if they permitted such a state of circum-
stances to continue. He proposed that they should
at once seek an interview with the General Board of
Health, and learn what it was their determination
to do ; and, unless prompt and vigorous exertions
were at once put in motion by that body to execute
and enforce the observance of the provisions of the
law, he hoped the committee would put in force the
same admirable arrangements which in 1832 were
attended with such beneficial resulte. While the
Corporation relied upon its own powers and resources,
and acted in unison with the ward and parochial
authorities, everything went on well. Now that they
were acting in submission to central authority their
efforts appeared to be paralysed.
The CITY SOLICITOR said the authority conferred
upon the committee of the Common Council extended
only to affording supplementary aid to the boards of
guardians, who, under the superintending authority
and control of the General Board of Health, were
bound to provide hospitals, places of refuge, and a
medical staff, to meet every exigency, and he felt he
could not recommend to the committee to share with
these bodies the responsibility which the law had
cast upon them without the special sanction of the
Common Council.
Mr. liTian—Thea I move, " That immediate ap-
plication be made to the Lord Mayor to convene a
meeting of the Common Council to sanction the
adoption of the same proceedings as those adopted in
1832, to be carried out with additional vigour in
proportion to the increased emergency." He was far
from being an alarmist, but he thought that instead
of creating an unreasonable `panic it would diminish
the apprehensions of the public within the city if
they knew that preparations for meeting the calamity
were actively made.

At this moment the LORD MAYOR entered the
committee room, and having heard of Mr. Wire's
proposal signified his willingness to grant the Court
on a very early day, if such were the wish of the
committee. Ile was confident the Corporation would
not allow any consideration of expense to stand in the
way of the discharge of the duty which Mr. Wit.*
seemed to think rested upon them to enlarge the
powers of the committee to make the more extensive
arrangements which the officer of health had recom-
mended.

The committee then adopted the suggestion of Mr.
Wire, and his Lordship appointed Friday next as the
day of meeting on the subject. They also agreed to
a proposition to the effect that Mr. Barkley (the
chairman of the committee), Mr. Barnard, and Mr.
Wire do wait as a deputation upon the Genera'.
Board of Health, and that the Lord Mayor and Mr.
Simon, the medical officer of the City, and the City
Solicitor be requested to accompany the deputation
on the subject of the City arrangements to- morrow,
(this day).
The City architect informed the committee that he
would be able to have a tent or marquee hospital ready
on the site of the late Fleet Prison by Saturday next,
for the reception of cholera patients.
Adjourned.

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MELANCHOLY DEATH.—On Tuesday an inquiry
was held before Mr. Langham, at the Plough, Carey•
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on view of Mr. George Tytler,
aged 62, an artist of some repute, and the author of the
Pictorial Alphabet, as used by the Royal Family. It ap-
peared from the evidence of Mr. D. G. Laing, of Villiers-
street, Strand, and others, that the deceased had tra-
velled a good deal, and was well known to the literati in
London and abroad. He had held the appointment of
draughtsman to the late Duke of Gloucester. From his
childhood he had exhibited much eccentricity of manner,
that
and he always abhorred the icidea of
hhaed met with
been
em
in-
dolent, and was very 1
any person
entering
his
his apartments, and it was only D
room was ever cleansed. Some
ever oraveti
a pecuniary misfortune, and sr? ri.r3 csei nhee stratagem e
in his appearance. For
the last two years he b sovenly
had •occupied a small back room,
at No. 32,
Ciement'a-latle, for which ho paid 4s. per
Week. lle was in very indigent circumstances, and
about twelve months ago an app made
eal Was
to the profession and persons whom he had
known in his prosperity, by which means an
annuity of 201. per annum was raised for his sup-
port for the remainder of his life, which ho received from
Mr. Laing in instalments weekly. He was last seem
alive on Thursday last, and he then appeared in his
usual health. On Monday evening last a most dreadful
stench was experienced in the house by the lodgers, who
found it to proceed from the deceased's room. The
door was subsequently broken open, and the effluvium
that escaped from the room was so great that the police-
constables and Mr. Lover, the surgeon, were compelled
to return down stairs, and were afterwards attacked with
violent sickness. Mr. Lovet obtained a quantity of
chloride of lime and returned again to the room. After
using the lime very freely he was enabled to enter the
room, and found the deceased lying by the side of the
bed, as if he had fallen from it by accident. The body
was must shockingly decomposed, and the deceased ap •
peered to have been dead some days. The room, which
had never been cleansed since he had lived there, pre-
sented a most disgusting and filthy sight. It resembled
a dung-heap more than the habitation of a human being.
Mr. Walker, surgeon, attributed death to apoplexy, and
the jury returned a verdict to that effect.
s.,„wicu IsLartps.—ln the Polynesian, of May
26, it is stet, d that a new volcanic eruption upon the
summit of Mauna Loa was witnessed on the 151 h of
May.. A bright pillar shot up several hundred feet,
glowing with light from the fires beneath. Old Killanea
was also in vehement action, its rapid and terrific explo-
sions being heard at a diatemoe of ten or fifteen