The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-05 00:00:00

tricts. Cholera or choleraic diarrhoea proved fatal
to 16 children and 6 adults.
The 226 deaths from diarrhoea and the 22 deaths
from cholera are slightly in excess of the deaths from
the same causes in the previous week. The cases
are sporadic. The health officers in all such cases
should still see that disinfectants are effectually em-
ployed.
In the corresponding week of last year the deaths
from diarrhoea were 128, and from cholera 198.

By Dr. Frankland's analysis of the water supplied
by the London companies it appears that both the
New River and the East London waters contained
n 100,000 tons 23 tons of extraneous matter, the
other companies still more, while the West Middle-
sex water contained 29 tons, and the Kent 40 tons
of stuff of various kinds. The previous sewage con-
tamination of all the waters at the time of analysis
had apparently beee converted into innocuous com-
pounds. By this test the East London waters were
then the best, the Chelsea and the Kent waters the
worst of the eight. The turbidity of +1 South-
wark water implies some defect in the process of
filtration.

Kensington ; Brompton-At 6, John's• terrace,
on Aug. 29, the daughter of a fishmonger, aged 9
months, choleraic diarrhoea (4 days), convulsions
(several hours). Chelsea; North-east.-At 4, Ter-
race-court, on Aug. 26, a labourer, aged 21 years,
choleraic diarrhcea (2 days), consecutive fever (3
days). St. George, Hanover-square ; Belgrave.-
At 20, Aylesford-street, on Aug. 27, the son of a
grocer's clerk, aged 4 months, choleraic diarrhcea,
convulsions. Marylebone ; Rectory.-At 11, Gray-
street, on Aug. 29, a female, aged 20 months,
choleraic diarrhcea (2 days). Marylebone ; St.
John.-At 40, North-street, on Aug. 25, the son of
a french polisher, aged 1 year, choleraic diarrhcea.
Pancras ; Somers-town.-At 45, Clarendon-square,
on Aug. 24, the son of a commercial traveller, aged
2 weeks, choleraic diarrhcea. Hackney ; West.-
On Aug. 28, the wife of a blacksmith, aged 29
years, cholera (24 hours), premonitory diarrhcea (3
days). Hackney.-At 14, London-terrace, Dal-
ston, on Aug. 27, the daughter of a compo-
sitor, aged 6 weeks, infantile cholera.
Strand ; St. Clement Danes.-At 13, Clare-
street, on Aug. 26, the daughter of a commercial
traveller, aged 8 weeks, English cholera, Clerkeu-
well. Amwell.-At 12, Yardley-street, on Aug. 27,
the wife of a coachman, aged 67 years, cholera (4
days). Shoreditch, St. Leonard.-At 52, Paul-
street, on Aug. 22, the son of a cabinet maker, aged
2 months, choleraic diarhcea (5 days). In the same
sub-district, at 19, Cotton's-garden, on Aug. 26, the
son of a tailor, aged 3 months, cholera (8 days),
convulsions (2 days). In the same sub-district, at
33, Red Lion-street, on Aug. 27, the daughter of a
check taker at a theatre, aged 8 months, choleraic
diarrhcea, exhaustion. Bethnal-green, Church.-At
1, Bath-street, on Aug. 25, a greengrocer, aged 56
years, choleraic sickness, diarrhoea. In same sub-
district, at 50, New York-street, on Aug. 27, the
daughter of a machine maker, aged 15 months,
cholera (14 days). Whitechapel, Spitalfields.-At
13, Great Pearl- street, on Aug. 25, the son of a
silk weaver, aged 4 months, choleraic diarrhoea (7
days). Poplar, Poplar.-At 3, Orchard-place, on
Aug. 26, a painter, aged 47 years, cholera, suppres-
sion of urine. In the same sub-district, at 20, Ade-
laide-place, on Aug. 29, the daughter of a grocer,
aged 7 months, choleraic diarrhcea (21 hours). Lam-
beth, Church 2d.-At 30, Glyn-street, on Aug. 21,
the daughter of a prison warder, aged one year, in-
fantile cholera, convulsions. Lambeth, Norwood.-
At 1, Camden-terrace, Gipsy-hill, on Aug. 25, the
daughter of a house agent, aged 5 years, diphtheria
(14 days), cholera in collapse (12 hours). Green-
wich, East.-At 8, Reece's-place, on Aug. 27, the
son of an engineer, aged 6 months,,,English cholera
(2 days). Greenwich, Woolwich P6ckyard. -At 8,
Sun-alley, on Aug. 25, the wife of a tailor, aged 50
years, choleraic diarrhoea.
The deaths of six persons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.894 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 30.4 in.
on Wednesday, Aug. 28, to 30-Olin. on the same
day ; increased to 30-04 in. on Thursday, Aug. 29,
ant decreased to 29-70 in. on Saturday, Aug 31.
The mean temperature of the air in the week was
61.7 deg., which is F 8 deg. above the average of
the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher.) The highest day temperature was 77.6
deg., on Saturday, Aug. 31. The lowest night
temperature was 46.3 deg., on Wednesday, Aug.
28. The entire range of temperature in the week
was, therefore, 31.3 deg. The mean of the
highest temperatures of the water of the Thames
was 65.7 deg. ; that of the lowest was 63.6 deg.
The difference between the mean-dew point tem-
perature and air temperature was 5.9 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 81,
complete saturation being represented by 100.
Ozone was observed on four days of the week.
Rain fell to the amount of 0.14 in., on Monday,
Aug. 26, and 0.06 in. on Thursday, Aug. 29. The
general direction of the wind was S.W. Accord-
ing to a return furnished by the engineer of the
Metropolitan Board of Works the average daily
quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames
at ,the : Southern Outfall Works, Crossness, was
42,859,168 gallons, or 191,729 cubic metres, equi-
valent to about as --nany tons by weight.

THE 111ANCHES7ER TRADES UNION

INQUIRY.

MANCIIESTER, Wednesday.
The commissioners charged with the investiga-
tion into the nature and operation of trades unions
in Manchester and the surrounding district held
their first sitting this morning in the Manchester
Assize Courts. The commissioners are—Mr. P. A.
Pickering, Q.C., Mr. F. Irving Barstow, and Mr.
G. Chance ; the secretary to the commissioners is
Mr. J. Shiel.

The Chief Commissioner (Mr. Pickering), in
opening the inquiry, stated that the commissicners
had received their appointment under two Acts of
Parliament passed last session to facilitate in cer-
tain cases the proceedings of the commissioners ap-
pointed to inquire into the operation of trades
unions. These Acts gave power to the Government,
upon certain applications, to appoint examiners to
inquire into acts of intimidation and wrong alleged
to have been committed, encouraged, or connived at
by trades unions, whether of workmen or masters.
The present inquiry was intended for the benefit
of both masters and workmen, and would he con-
ducted in a fair and impartial spirit. It was not
directed against any particular trades union, the
commissioners being authorised to receive evidence
that might affect any trades union, club, or associa-
tion implicated in unlawful practices. The object
of the Legislature had not been to denounce trades
unions, for no one could deny the benefits that
arose from such clubs and associations when estab-
lished for lawful purposes, and carried on by law-
ful means. It was only when they went beyond
these limits and attempted to control freedom of
will and of labour that they were to be condemned.
If there was any one right that a man might con-
sider to be more than another his own it was the
exercise of his own personal strength and skill, and
any body of men who attempted to control
or interfere with this right was deserving of
the strongest condemnation. The workman had
as much right to have his personal skill and in-
dustry protected as the masters had to be left un-
controlled in the conduct of their business.
The conunissioners trusted that they would have
the ready co-operation of both masters and workmen,
and that their labours would tend in some degree to
put down that social tyranny which had already in-
flicted so much injury on employers and so much
misery on the workmen. They would receive evi-
dence on both sides with the greatest impartiality,
and although no one but themselves would be allowed
to examine witnesses, they would be glad to receive
any suggestions that might be made for the purpose
of aiding them in obtaining the objects sought for
by the inquiry. The commissioners bad power to
compel the attendance of witnesses and to examine
them on oath, and they had also power to give a
certficate of- indemnity to any person who might
come forward and make a full and true disclosure of
all matters in respect of which he might be exa-