The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-10 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1848.

nication has been received by the Commission, rs u:' the
Customs department from Mr. Grevil!e, one of the clerks
of the Council, stating that he had been directed to scat. to
them, for their information and government, that it is
the express desire of their Lordships that instructions
should be given to the proper officers of the Customs :It
the various ports throughout the kingdom to detain
steamers coming from places where cholera prevail,
under quarantine for full six days from the date of their
sailing from the foreign port, when all persons in goo::
health may be permitted to land; but that in the event
of there being any person or persons on board suffering
from cholera, they should be detained on board the
steamer, and not permitted to land until six days after
they have been pronounced convalescent; and that he
was also further directed by their Lordships to state
that in the event of any death taking place on board,
the body should be comrnittt el to the deep, properly
loaded to prevent its rising, and that all the clothing of
persons who have been ill should be immersed in water.
In pursuance of this communication, the Commissioners
of Customs have caused copies of their Lordships' order
to be forwarded to the principal officers of the depart-
ment at the several ports and places throughout the
kingdom, as well as at the port of London, with in-
structions to take care that the same be duly obeyed.
SANITARY REGULATIONS FOR THE CITY OF EDIN-
BURGEL—The Lord Provost and magistrates met in the
Council Chamber on Thursday afternoon, along with
deputations from the City, the Cannongate, and the
West Kirk parochial boards, and also with Professor
Christison, Dr. Alison, and Dr. Glover, police surgeon,
and several police commissioners, for the purpose of con-
suiting privately as to what measures should be adopted
with regard to the threatened approach of Asiatic
cholera. The powers which the authorities at present
possess for enforcing cleaning, &c., and some medical
reports drawn up by direction of the Lord Provost and
Sheriff, were duly considered. The meeting was de-
cidedly of opinion that the time had arrived when active
steps should be taken to provide against the threatened
visitation, and the Lord Provost undertook to commur i-
cate to the Board of Health in London the facts con-
tained in the medical reports before referred to, and to
request the necessary powers for instituting a local sani-
tary board, and adopting all approved means to meet
the emergency. It was also resolved to call a special
meeting of the commissioners of police, to authorise
the employment of additional scavengers, and to direct
the strictest observance of the cleansing regulations
which that board is empowered to enact.—Scotsman.
WOOLWICH, OCT. 9.—A coroner's inquest was held
to-day, at the Mortar Tavern, on the bodies of the three
convicts who died of the cholera, one on Friday and two
on Saturday, having been removed from the Justitia
convict ship to the Hospital ship, also lying opposite the
Royal Arsenal, and a verdict returned in accordance
with the evidence, "That they had died of cholera."
The whole of the convics on board the Justitia, opposite
the Royal Arsenal, have been prevented coming on
shore to day to work ; but there is no restriction on
board the Warrior, the usual numbers being at work to-
day in the dock-yard. There have as yet been no cases
having the appearance of cholera on board the Warrior,
There have been no decided cases amongst the inhab
tants of the town.

THE CHOLERA.—We regret to announce, says the
Scotsman of Saturday, that Asiatic cholera has un •
doubtedly appeared in this city (Edinburgh) and neigh-
bourhood, and that several individuals have already
fallen victims to it. We understand that six or eight
persons have been seized with it in Edinburgh, and
three or four in Newhaven. We may mention that the
places in Edinburgh, in which cases are reported to have
occurred, are the West Port, the Grassmarket, the Ca-
nongate, and Low Calton. Four persons were conveyed
to the Infirmary, from the three first-mentioned local:-

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learn that, as regards two of them, the disease has ter-
minated fatally. The other two, however, are said to
be recovering. We understand that immediately on its
being ascertained that cholera had broken out here, a
communication was transmitted to the Board of Health

in London; and, in consequence, Dr. Sutherland arrived"
here last night to investigate and to make preparations
on the part of the Board.

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THE PEEMIER.—Lord John Russell and Lady
Russell arrived in this city on Thursday afternoon, by
the Scottish Central and Glasgow Railways, from Cal-
hinder, and took up their residence at Douglas's Hotel.
In consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather
the Noble Lord did not leave the hotel during the even-
ing. Yesterday the Noble Lord, who was slightly indis-
posed, did not leave the hotel, except for a few minutes.
He was wholly engrossed during the day with the pe-
rusal of dispatches : and the Lord Provost ha twQ in-
terviews with him in the course or the day. The illus-
trious party intend to leave town this morning at half-
past eight o'clock for the residence of his noble father-
in-law, Minto-house. He travels by the North British
Railway to Alnwick, and thence posts to his destination.
—.Edinburgh Witness of Saturday.
CURIOUS BEQUEST.—At the latter end of last
week a poor woman of the name of Sarah Searle died in
St. George's workhouse, Little Chelsea, and bequeathed
her body to Dr. W. Vesalius Pettigrew for dissection.
The corpse, under the warrant of the Inspector of Ana-
tomy, was removed to the School of Medicine, adjoining
St. George's Hospital, where the doctor lectures upon
anatomy. The deceased during her life-time frequently
alluded to the bequest, stating that her body would be of
more service to her fellow-creatures after death than it
had ever been before.

We regret to learn that the Duchess of Manchester
is severely indisposed at Kimbolton Castle, Hunting-
donshire.

TRADE WITH MADAGASCAR.—By a letter from
the Mauritius, dated May 29th, we learn that her Ma-
jesty's steam-vessel Geyser, which accompanied Admiral
Dacres to Madagascar, has returned to Port Louis with
the information, that after much temporising the local
authorities were consenting to reopen the trade with the
colony, but under considerable restriction. Admiral
Dacres preferred following the Geyser to Port Louis, for
the refreshment of his ship, with the intention, it is said,
of returning to Tamatave to receive the Queen's expected
confirmation of the final conditions. By whatever re-
strictions limited, however, the reopening of the inter-
course cannot fail to afford a very seasonable relief to
the colony at this time.
MEETING OF SUNDAY. SCHOOL TEACIIERS.—Last
❑ight a meeting of the members of the above body was
held at Finsbury Chapel. Mr. Samuel Morley, who
presided, addressed the assemblage, a large majority of
which consisted of female teachers, expressing his dis-
approbation of any interference on the part of the Go-
vernment with the education of the people. He advo-
cated the voluntary principle, which he contended would
produce happier results than those arrived at from State
Intervention. He likewise deprecated any endowment
of the Roman Catholic clergy, which rumour reported
the present Ministry intended to propose. The Rev.
George Smith, of Poplar, moved a resolution to the
efleet, that in the judgment of the meeting it was indis-
pensable to social and national welfare that the children
of the labouring classes should receive a religious and
secular education, based on the Holy Scriptures, with
out reference to denominational creeds or formularies.
Other resolutions of a similar nature were carried, and
the meeting dispersed.
EXPLOSION ON BOA RD A SHIP.—On Saturday,
the brig Sceptre, Turnbull, of Sunderland, was lying in
Monkwearmouth dock laden with coals—the hatches
battened down, and all ready for sea. Ono of the
boys went on board at night, and lighted a lucifer-
match in the half deck, when a violent explosion took
place, caused by the gas which had escaped from the
coals. The deck was blown up on each side of the hatch-
way—the long-boat was lifted from its seat, and the boy
was much burnt about the head and hands.—Gatesheud
Observer.

THE OLDEST LETTER PRESS PRINTER IN ENG-
LAND.—Died, on Thursday night, aged 99, Mr. Thomas
Lambert, printer and bookseller, Colliergate, in this
city, the oldest letter-pre,,s printer in England. He was
a native of Malton.— York Herald.

ALARMING FIRE AT WAREFIELD.—The inhabitants
of this town were roused from their slumbers between
one and two o'clock on Friday, by the ringing of the
fire-bell. The scene of devastation was the shop of Mr.
Leary, a ready-made clothes warehouse, in Kirlegate.
flow the fire originated is at present a mystery. The
shop had been closed by Mr. Leary at the usual time,
and he had turned off the gas not only at the pendant,
bnt also at the main. Ile had retired to rest, but thought
there was a smell of burning, and came down stairs, but
did not discover the cause of the smell, and retired to
bed again. The house then began to fill with smoke,
and on going into the shop, some clothes near to the
fire-place were blazing, and, he says, that had he pc,_
sessed the presence of mind to have thrown water on
them, he thinks it might have been immediately extin-
guished. He was, however, so much excited that he
opened the door to give the alarm, and the work of de-
vastation went on with increasing fury until the engines
of the Leeds and Yorkshire Fire Insurance Company
arrived, which soon extinguished the fire; but we are
sorry to add that the entire stock, said to be worth
nearly 6001., was consumed or made worthless.--Leeds
Mercury.
blATLocK.—The lead mines in the neighbourhood
of Matlock have been for many years doing very little,
owing to the progress of the mines being stopped by
water, and many of the veins which have been very pro-
ductive have been obliged to be abandoned for want of
some power being used to drain them. There appears
now some chance that this desirable object will be
obtained, as we understand a powerful company is con-
templated to relieve several mining districts, and also
make some valuable trials, which the miners have not
been able to do themselves. It is expected that this
company will be speedily formed in a considerable
number of shares, of small amount. Our whole mining
districts have been, comparatively speaking, doing
nothing; and should this plan be carried out, a complete
renewal of the vein,, at a greater depth, is confidently
expected, and which can now be done by the great im
provement in the steam-engine, and the greater facility
of getting them supplied with coal by means of the rail-
ways, which our forefathers could not do.—Derby Re..
porter.

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