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r are dispersed indis.;riminately among the other
patients.
" Those of the ordinary patients who have been
attacked with cholera remain in their ward:.
"None of these circumstances have caused any
alarm, as the general director of the hospital in-
formed me that of the whole number of patients,
upwards of 1,000 (exclusive of the insane), not one
had quitted from alarm. One lady, who was in the
establishment in consequence of illness, left when the
cholera patients were brought in. It has also been
found that the friends of patients in the hospital have
not come to visit them so freely as usual ; but many
still come, and the friends of those suffering with
cholera come to see them, of which I had a pleasing
example to-day. Being in the cholera ward, a young
woman came in to see a fellow-servant who had been
attacked; she took her hand, and stood close to the
bed talking to her. On being asked if she had any
fear of catching the complaint, she laughed, and
seemed to treat it as a jest.
" The medical officers of the hospital and of the
town are quite satisfied the disease does not spread by
contagion iu the hospital or elsewhere; and, in sup-
port of this conclusion, the following facts may be
mentioned :—Up to the 4th of October the official
returns give 1,846 as the total eves of cholera
that have occurred in Hamburgh ; and if the total
population be taken at 150,000,* as it is
here reported to be, the attacks of cholera
will be about 1 in 81. At the General Hospital, up to
October 4, there have been 12 cases of cholera among
the common patients and lunatics, and as the total
number of patients and attendants is 1,602, the pro-
portion of cholera cases will be 1 in 133. It is •
par-
ticularly interesting that not a single nurse or
attendant of the hospital has been attacked, nor have
any of the medical officers suffered. It is alsdproper
to state that although the locality of the hospital is
considered to be healthy, there have been some cases
of cholera among the inhabitants in its immediate
neghbourhood.

" These facts, and many others, have quite removed
the fear of contagion from- the minds of all classes.
As a proof of the great changs that has taken place
since 1831, it may be mentioned, on the authority of
the General Inspector, that when the first post smortem
examination of a cholera case was made, the surgeon
put on gloves—a thing quite unusual.
" The medical men of Hamburgh and the autho-
rities were anxious that all persons attacked should,
if possible, be attended at home ; and this has been
carried into effect to such a degree, that out of 1,84 G
cases only 263 have been taken to the three hospitals,
the only public establishments for the reception of
patients. The same evils that have been noticed in
other countries as to the great alarm excited existed
formerly here when special hospitals were established.
The passage of those attacked through the streets has
also caused ill consequences. When at the General
Hospital to-day, I was informed that a young woman
had been brought in who was suddenly seized after a
violent fright, caused by seeing the cholera cradle
pass by.
"In connexion with this subject, it may be stated
that there is no special fever hospital in Hamburgh,
nor any fever wards in the General or other hospitals.
The fever patients are dispersed indiscriminately
through the common wards, and without ill effects.
Dr. Neville, assistant physician of the General Hos-
pital, who has studied at Berlin, Heidelberg, and
Halle, states that the same plan, as to the dispersion of
the fever patients, is adopted ; arid that he has, during
the three years he studied in the above universities,
never known or heard of typhus or other fevers
spreading in consequence of the adoption of this plan."
* Colonel Hodges, the Chargé d'Affaires, thinks the
city population is altogether nearly 200,000.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TUESDAY.
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.-9 to 2 agst Dacia
(taken freely)-7 to 1 agst Laneiborough (taken)-10
to 1 agst The Cur (taker.)-10 to 1 agst Chanticleer
(taken)-15 to 1 agst Geraldine (taken)-30 to 1 agst
Cosachia (taken)-30 to 1 agst Collingwood-33 to 1
agst Mariana-33 to 1 agst Lola Montez.
DERBY.-5 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman-15 to 2 agst
Tudmor-10 to 1 agst Honeycomb (taken)-35 to 1 agst
Escalade (taken).

PEDESTRIA NIS M

W. NICKAM AND CHAS. MALLEN.—TiIeSO racers.
the first of Westminster, the latter of Somers-town,
brought their question of relative rate of speed to a de-
cision yesterday, according to articles. The ground
chosen was Wandsworth common, the distance one
mile, the money staked on both aides, ten sovereigns.
At three o'clock, with commendable punctuality, the
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first half-mile Mallen (the " little one,"as
termed) held his way; Nickham, who may hereafter
appear in his proper name, the present being a sobriquet,
waiting a little, but certainly ten to fifteen yards in the
rear; at this point, however, he pulled foot, closed up
the distance between himself and his opponent in the
next 250 yards, passed him, and won by a large lot to
spare, Mallen giving up 150 yards from home, and
walking in; time, five minutes.
SULLIVAN AND PRICE ---The race of 120 yards, for 10/.
a side, which was fixed for Monday, was decided on Wan-
stead Flats. By the conditions, Price was to have two
yards at starting, but by a slovenly go off he gained but
little by the stipulated advantage, for Sullivan almost
caught him before they had run two dozen yards. Ne-
vertheless, Price led, and was never dispossessed of his
position, holding in a slight degree the foremost place to
the end, and reaching the goal a short half-yard in front.
A slight confusion here ensued; the umpire of Sullivan
was absent, while that of Price claimed the race; the re-
feree (a well-knows pedestrian);refused his decision, al-
though he declared he had no doubt on the subject.
Eventually the umpire of Sullivan declared his claim for
a dead heat, whereon the referee awarded the race to
Price. The betting at starting was even.
A LONG WALK.—Few of our readers who have seen
or cared aught about pedestrian performances can be
ignorant of the veteran Mountjoy and his performances.
We will say little of him, save that as a '`doer of dags,,
as the little boys call it, he surpasses all the fast
youngsters of these degenerate slays in distance, if not
in pace. His latest struggle against time (whom a sym-
pathy, from the years he has lived in the world, should
make him chary of beating), has been the task of walk-
ing 104 miles on the Queen's highway, viz., from White-
chapel Church to Colchester and back in twenty-four
hours. On Monday morning then, the 16th of October,
he started from Mr. C. Vanderstaen's, the Three Bells,
Whitechapel, at four in the morning, and after stopping
at the White Hart, Brentwood, the King's Head, Chelms-
ford, and arriving at the Three Cups Inn, Colchester, at
27 minutes past two o'clock, he:rested; thence starting on
tile return he arrived at the place from whence he set out,
at 37 minutes past three o'clock, yesterday (Tuesday)
afternoon, thus covering 104 miles within the 24 hours,
and leaving 23 minutes to spare, which amount he could
unquestionably have increased.

MORTALITY OF EDINBURGH AND LEITH FOR SEP-
TEMBER, 1848.—The mortality of Edinburgh during the
month of September, amounted to 372-172 being
males, 178 females, and 22 still-born. The mortality
in Edinburgh during the corresponding month of the
years 1845, 1846, and 1847, was respectively 294,
425, and 507. The mortality in Leith during the
month of September amounted to 70-33 being males,
31 females, and 9 still-born. The mortality in Leith
during September of the years 1845, 46, and 47, was
respectively 41, 101, and 93. During the past month
the mortality in Edinburgh has exhibited a slight in-
crease; yet the deaths have been only at the rate of 11}
daily, being the average daily mortality during the past
seven years. The mortality in Leith during the past
month was somewhat below that of the month of Sep-
tember in the years 1845, 46, and 47. Caledonian
Mercury.

We Understand that another meeting of the autho-
rities of the London and North-Western, Great
Western, and South-Western Railway Companies, was
held yesterday, and that nothing has yet occurred to
disturb the harmony of the parties, or alter the character
of the pending negotiations. We continue to entertain
the opinion that the negotiations tt•nd towards an amal-
gamation.

SOUTH DEVON RATLWAY.—The directors of this
company, on Tuesday, passed a resolution reducing the
salaries of all the employes on their line. The porters
and policemen will have 14s. instead of'lss, weekly, and
those of a higher grade will be reduced about twenty
per cent. Besides which, a reduction in the number of
porters, policemen, and clerks is also contemplated.--
Devonshire Chronicle.

CREIL AND ST. QUENTIN RAILWAY.—At St.
Quentin the works for the line from that city to Creil
are urged on with the greatest rapidity, and it is ex-
pected that by the end of November the section between
Compiegne and Noyon will be ready for traffic.
BURGLARS NEAR YORK —A most desperate attempt
at murder and plunder by a gang of burglars, at Mel-
bourne Hall, the seat of Mr. C. R. Robinson, on the
night of Wednesday last, has produced the greatest ex-
citement in the neighbourhood. On the previous day,
Mr. Robinson and his family left home to attend the
Union Hunt Club ball, and consequently were absent the
whole of that night. This circumstance had evidently
attracted the attention of the actors in the scene about
to be detailed, and given them the key to an opportunity
of plundering the ball. Tho servants retired to rest at
an early hour. About three o'clock in the morning the
butler was aroused, and on his opening his bedroom
door he saw several men ascending the staircase, each
holding a lighted candle. Their faces were blackened,
and they wore stockings over their boots to prevent
their making any noise. On seeing the men the butler
immediately fired a pistol at them, which appeared,
however, not to have touched them. The burglars, being
taken by surprise, fled down stairs and hastened out of
the hall. The butler followed, and succeeded in laying
hold of one of the fellows, and attempted to secure him,
when one of his companions turned back, and a bloody
conflict ensued. The villain used a knife in the most
determined manner, and made an attempt to cut the
butler's throat, which providentially failed. The knife,
however, took effect across his chest, inflicting a deep
long gash. He continued his grasp of the ruflisn, ex-
pecting the assistance of his fellow-servants. He was
finally overpowered by the wretches cutting his hands
and arms, and they all got clear off. They had gained
a❑ entrance to the hall by the cellar window. A com-
plete description of the villains has been forwarded to
all the police stations in the north of England, and their
apprehension is hourly expected. The butler is reco-
vering from his fearful injuries.

ownoN:

MR. WARREN'S NEW WORK.
THE MORAL, SOCIAL, AND PROFES-
SIONAL DUTIES OF ATTORNEYS AND
SOLICITORS. One Vol., pp. 448. By Sanwe,
Warren, F.R.S.
Another work has just appeared which cannot fai
to add very materially to its author's already distin-
guished reputation. Mr. Warren has done immea-
surably more than yeoman's service to his profession.
He has expiated by seventeen years of profound re-
search and vigilant observation the "glorious fault"
of his literary celebrity. Of this fact his masterly
contributions to legal-literature form a sufficient
testimony. In one book—we mean, of course, kis
"Popular and Practical Introduction to Law Studies"
—he produced the vade mecum of all who aspire to
be Counsels or Pleaders. In another—the present
volume, respecting their "Moral, Social, and Pro-
fessional Duties"—he has composed the vade mecum
of every aspirant to the office of Attorney or Solicitor.
Nor are these the mere elementary treatises of a
forensic Pinnock or an equity Porquet—they are the
effusions of a mind ripened by scholarship, guided
by experience, and illumined by that elevating and
reverential spirit which emanates from a just
appreciation of religion. It is this latter charac-
teristic which has invariably appeared to us as the
most conspicuous and beautiful of the many peculia•
rities of the works penned by this eminent hand.
And in this respect the little book before us is cer-
tainly not the least remarkable among his different
productions. The noble and spiritualising tendency
of its precepts imparts to every section of the volume
a dignity quite irrespective of the manly and sono-
rous vigour of the composition. It not only conveys
a kind of moral nutriment to the heart, but infuses
into the mind a healthful and wholesome philosophy.
This is why the professional works of Mr. Warren
exercise such a severe fascination over the attention
of an unprofessional reader. The glamour of his
most technical argument is the high moral end to
which it is, as it were, inevitably directed. Beyond
this, as was remarked by " Aquilius" in the current
number of Blackwood, Mr. Warren has throughout
his career given a noble portraiture of his profession
" in all its dignity :and usefulness ;" a circumstance
which, coupled with the austere purity of his
ambition, has rendered him a favourite with
very numerous and miscellaneous classes of the
population. In addition to these qualities, however,
there is one which has tended to enhance in a sur-
prising degree the popularity of our author, and to
multiply the influences of his opinion ; we mean his
earnest and thoroughly conscientious sincerity.
Whatever he thinks, he thinks profoundly. If he
expresses an emotion, it is an emotion born in the
very depths of his nature. If he betrays a sensibility,
it is a sensibility vibrating with the pulsation of
his heart of hearts. If she entertains a feel-
ing of scorn, he betrays that feeling (to employ
one of his own powerful phrases) by his abrupt and
scalding sarcasms. In an age of affectation, this
cordiality of sentiment and sincerity of opinion not
only excites observation by its prominence, but
charms the observer by its singularity. And the
attraction is the less surprising when the earnestness
of the writer is enforced by a simple elevation of
style and a masculine elegance of diction. This ear-
nestness, this style, this diction, are peculiarly the
characteristics of Mr. Warren, and in no one in-
stance have they been more strikingly developed
than in the work which is here submitted to our
consideration. Occasionally, it is true, the
language merges, if anything, too much into
what may be called the evanescent vernacular o

en age, as where the practice of cramming for exami-
nations is reprobated, or where the familiar coxcomb
is scouted as a jackanapes. In this, nevertheless, it
cannot be forgotten that Warren has many illustrious
precedents in the classic instances of Defoe, of Lillo,
and of Swift. Of the style in which the whole volume be-
fore us is penned—a style well remembered by those in
whose recollection Kate Aubrey has been embalmed—
it is only necessary to remark, that it seems to us more
refined in its eloquence, and more virile in its terse
volubility than any one of the preceding composi-
tions of Mr. Warren, not even excepting those fine
didactic passages which are scattered through the most
celebrated of his three celebrated fictions. What is the
. .

chief peculiarity of this style is the total absence of
mannerisms. It is the very last style to be travestied.
It would defy even the flexible capacities for
mimicry of Mr. IVlakepeace Thackeray. It is
one of those simple, nervous, effective, and
perfectly inartificial styles which constitute a direct

Contradiction to the assertion enshrined by Tully in
his De Oratore—where, speaking figuratively of the
garb, the aspect, and the gesticulation of the rheto-
rician, he !says, " Nihil est facilius, quam atuietum
irnitari alicujus, aut statum, aut motum." If there is

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any singularity whatever in Mr. Warren's style, it is
one beyond the limits of personal imitation; and one,
too, of such punctilious correctness as to sot repre-
hension at defiance. We allude to a casual peculi-
arity, which, in the absence of a better phrase, we
may term grammatical pedantry. Ex. gr.: when
our author, at page 388, mentions " an attorney and
two other gentlemen, none of whom was related," &c.,
we feel at once that the employment of the adjective
with a singular meaning is in no way either a viola-
tion of the rules of syntax or contrary to the regula-
tions of etymology, because, according to its derivation,
the word in question signifies, originally, not one. At the
same time, the adjective having been long since used
almost exclusively, in a plural sense—as where Milton
sings—

1 ...
" In at this gate none pass"—
the
employment of the word otherwise is,
in more senses than one, to say the least of
it singular. We have made OA apparently
trivial exception the more willingly, since it
testifies that whoever would quarrel with the
1 style of Mr. 'Warren must, as it were, perforce, de-
generate into hypercriticism. Somewhere about four
months ego we announced in our columns the com-
pletion of a series of four lectures on the Moral,
I Social, and Professional Duties of Attorneys and
Solicitors, by Samuel Warren, F.R.S., these lectures
having been delivered in the hall of the Law Insti-
tution, Chancery-lane, in the course of the Trinity
Term just then expiring. The substance of these
lectures, developed and extended, mellowed by a
generous supervision, and accompanied by a profu-
sion of illustrative or explanatory notes, has appeared
to us at last in the shape of a goodly and substantial
volume of 448 closely printed foolscap octavo pages. If
for nothing else, the work would be remarkable for in-
asmuch as it is unique; no book of a similar character
having to our recollection or knowledge ever before
prin-
cipal passed a i tmh e
ilst Rubicon oanffoofr thea b 0
tpbr i n
clientst printing-office. g- office.
and
to
lattsprrniine-8
an opportunity of properly estimating their rela-
tive positions, to disclose to every incipient
lawyer, as vividly as possible, his various duties
and responsibilities, and to do all this in such a
manner as to absorb the attention of the reader
whether lay or professional. To attempt such an
undertaking is worthy of praise ; to succeed in its
accomplishment, as Mr. Warren has succeeded in it,
is beyond all commendation. The result is worthy
of the author's standing at the bar ; it is more than
this, it is compatible with the very rare opportunities
he has enjoyed, and is a brilliant evidence of the ex-
perience which he has derived from the employment
of those opportunities. We know of no volume—
from quarto to duodecimo—so admirably suited to
instil right principles into the mind of the articled
clerk when its plasticity is being exercised in the
abstruse and intricate study of the laws of England.
A more beautiful or more useful present could not
be offered to a clerk serving his articles than a copy
of this noble-spirited effusion, and the present would
come with peculiar grace from the hands of those,
whether parents or masters, to whose care the
interests of such students are in a par-
ticular manner confided. Mr. Warren has
striven generously to elevate in the imaginations
of his auditors—and his auditors are now something
beyond the comparative few who listened to the arti-
culation of his lips from the tribune of the Law In-
stitution—that branch of the legal profession which
is erroneously depreciated as inferior. The delicacy
of sentiment, the adroitness of expression, the digni-
fied and gentlemanly candour with which all this is
spoken, are admirable. By personal example as well as
by eloquent precepts the author is striving, in truth,
to promote a real brotherhood in the profession. The
first lecture in particular is pervaded by an enlarged
spirit of fraternity, pointing out the extraordinary
liabilities of the profession, its powers for good and
evil, its fearful responsibilities, its being in fact a
solemn compact with the community, its more promi-
nent requisites, its moral duties, the integrity re-
quired in its conduct, and, above all, the high intellec-
tual and religious standard which is essential to
the first exponents of the law—attorneys and
solicitors. As an epitome of all the ablest definitions
il)t of law,
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the compatibility of the seemingly incongruous
labyrinths of our Code, where it isobserved ,, The delicate mechanism by (p. 130)—
which the social move-
ments are regulated is so exquisitelytempered
and
and adjusted, with a view to the harmonious action of
the whole, that one may say—
"' Unteep one t -
s rmg—and hark !
What discord follows !'"
Frequently the lecturer gives
of us the very pith of
wisdom, the very marrow
condenses a thought into an experience, when he
apophthegm. While he
is in this axiomatic mood we hearken to such sen-
tences as the following
(page 114) :—" He
is likeliest to be scrupulously faithful with the
tolibslnnl, amplified
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