The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-02 00:00:00

FEVER IN THE WORKHOUSES OF NATO.-11l BA

linrobe the workhouse is in the most awfully deplorable
state, pestilence having attacked paupers, officers, and
all. In fact, this building is one horrible charnel-house,
the unfortunate paupers being nearly all the victims of a
fearful fever—the dying and the dead, we might say,
huddled together. The master has become the victim
of this dread disease ; the clerk has been added to the
victims ; the matron, too, is dead ; and the respected,
and esteemed physician has fallen bfore the ravages of
pestilence, in his constant attendance on the diseased
inmates; the Roman Catholic Chaplain is also danger-
ously ill of the same epidemic. We have heard, also.
of the inmates of the Westport workhouse, and several
of the officers, being attacked by fever, but, fortunately,
without any fatal results. Ballina and Swinford, too,
have not escaped the dreadful contagion.—Mayo Con-
stitution,

The Lord Mayor has appointed Monday, the 12th
instant, for the further discussion of Mr. Bennoch's mo-
tion, respecting national education, in the Court of Com •
mon Council. The subject, which was partly discussed
at the last Court, and of which, when it shall have been
finally disposed of, we shall give a report, embraces in
effect the Ministerial measure. It is opposed principally
upon the ground of the alleged injury it is calculated to
inflict upon the independent spirit of the people.
DETECTION OF FEIGNED DISEASES BY ETHER
VAPOUR.-M. Baudens has employed ether vapour in
two cases in which the individuals were suspected of
feigning disease for the purpose of avoiding the con-
scription. In the first there was apparent defcrmity of
the spine and projection of the back. The young re-
cruit, who was suspected to be an impostor, had been
subjected to various experiments, but without success.
lie was finally made to inhale ether vapour ; in a few
minutes there was complete relaxation of the limbs, and
the supposed deformity entirely disappeared. Thus con-
victed, the man no longer denied that he had feignedln the
the
deformity for the purpose of avoidingservice.
second case the person was believed to been feign
inhaled,aic h y.l ot shi
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of the hip joint. When the ether had
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marked as before the experiment ; thus proving that the
disease was real.
SALMON FisittriGs.—The salmon fishings on the
Conon may, of late, be considered the most productive
in the north. Since the commencement of the season,
the average number taken is from ten to fourteen per
day. On Saturday last as many as twenty-one beauti- 1
ful fish were caught at the cruives, and on Tuesday the
number was thirty-six. Ten were taken a few days ago
at the Newhall stake-net. We learn that the Ness,
13eau1y, and Chanonry Point fishings are far behind.—
Ross-shire Advertiser.
FALMOUTH. :lIARBOUR.—The Trinity Board has
just laid in Falmouth harbour a buoy on a flat rock,
under water, called the Miss Lugos, about thirty-five
yards from St. Mawes Castle Point, and in a line with
the westermost part of St. Mawes town from the Black
Rock Beacon. The spot buoyed has been attended
' with greater danger to boats than to vessels of any larger
size, although, in the charts, two fathoms are given as
the quantity of water thereon.— West Briton.
lIERRINGS.—A number of herrings of a very
superior quality, were taken at Shieldaig last week,
and appearances indicate that there are more ou the
oast.