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-Intributed, as far as his means would permit, to
iePeve their distresses; but finding that the disease
%vas increasing to so alarming an extent, he felt it
to be his duty to apply to the City Board of Health,
'n,l represented to some of its members the scenes
which .he had witnessed, and which are above de-
scribed. He was informed by them, that Cart-
wright-street being out of their jurisdiction,they could
not interfere, but recommended him to apply to the
Magistrates of this office.
Mr. NORTON remarked, that a short time since a
complaint had been made to him of the increase of
cholera, and on making inquiries, he ascertained that
persons who were attacked with the disease were at
once taken into the cholera hospital of the parish
and properly attended to.
It was here intimated that Cartwright-street was
riot in the parish of \Vhitechapel, but in that of
Aldgate.
The beadle of the latter parish being in attend-
ance, he said that there was no cholera hospital in
'he parish, but that two medical gentlemen were
qngaged to look to and attend persons attacked with
the disease. Cartwright-street, he said, was inha-
bited by the very lowest order of Irish, who con-
egated from all parts of the town, in consequence
of their not paying any rent, as the property was in
Cinincery, and as many as 12 or 14 were to be found
iuddled together in small rooms.
Mr. Kelly said, that during the whole of his visits
he had not met with a medical man.
The beadle remarked, that if he (Mr. Kelly) had
Applied to a gentleman whom he named, and who
had much influence in the parish, he felt satisfied
4omething would have been done.
Mr. Kelly replied, that he had applied to the gen-
tleman in question, and his answer to the applica-
tion was, that nothing could be done, as they were
only a pack of low Irish, and therefore the parish
could do nothing for them.
Mr. WALKER asked Mr. Kelly the precise object
of his application.
Mr. Kelly replied, that it was to suggest to the
Magistrates the propriety, and represent the neces-
4ity, of distributing a few pounds, to alleviate the
extreme misery and wretchedness of these poor
people, as he considered that such a course, to-
gether with the moval of the mass of filth which
was in the neighbourhood, and the white-washing.
of the houses, courts, and alleys, would tend to
check the progress of the disease.
Mr. WALKER said, that the parish of Aldgate be-
longed to the district of the Thames-police; and,
As they did not wish to interfere in the local juris-
diction, he advised Mr. Kelly to apply to the Ma-
gistrates of that office.
This Mr. Kelly promised to do, and left the office.
HATTON GARDEN.
The magistrates of this establishment are using
their utmost exertions to prevent the increase of
cholera in the districts adjacent to the office, and
yesterday several parish officers from the Lower
Liberty of Saffron-hill and St. Andrew's, Holborn,
were in attendance, and received instructions to re-
move with all possible speed the various nuisances
,n those parishes. It appears that within the last
fortnight several deaths have taken place in dig
rie;ghbourhood of Saffron-hill and Field-lane, Hol-
born, under circumstances leaving no doubt but
they were the result of cholera. It was represented
that in George-alley, Field-lane, a most abominable
nuisance existed. Dead dogs, cats, and filth of every
kind had collected through the filthy inhabitants of
theA.eace, and was moat dangerous to heAlth. It
ilsWpears that there are low lodging houses in
the neighbourhood, where ten or a dozen persons
sleep in the same room in a filthy condition.
The Magistrates strongly urged the parish officers
to do their duty, and to pnt down the nuisances, as
the safety of the public greatly depended upon their
eff Juts. They pledged themselves to do so, and
quitted the office, and special meetings will be in-
;tautly called to consider the best means of check-
lig the evil.

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ifter the President of the Russian Academy, Ouvarovite.
A BARRISTER'S PROOF OF INSANITY.-
Yesterday afternoon, during Mr. POLLOCK'S address to
the Jury, under the commission to establish the lunacy of
Nlrs. NEWTON, that Learned Barrister made use of the
following words :—" Gentlemen, as a further proof of
the imbecility of her mind, she refused to admit that
thirty pence were equivalent to two shillings and four
pence." Although this strange statement was received
with shouts of laughter by the whole Court, it was some
time before Mr. P. discovered his error, and he at length
added, " The tact is, Gentlemen, that no person is per-
ectiy sane at all times."

One of Mr. WATSON TAYLOR'S attorneys,
a gentleman whose practice had been worth from 4,0001.
to 5,000/. a-year, unfortunately became security for him
to the amount of 75,000/. Immediately upon Mr. WAT-
SON TAY Lea's leaving the country, he was called upon for
the amount ; unable to pay it, executions were put into
his house—ruin stared him in the face—his brain became
disordered, and he is now, we are informed, in St. Luke's,
leaving a wife and nine or ten amiable children " to the
mercy of a rude world." Such is the sad consequences of
Mr. WATSON TAYLOR'S failure.—Devizes Gazette.

TAX ON STEAM.-The public are perhap s
not aware that under the title of an Act to Repeal the
Duties on Stage Carriages, and grant others in lieu thereof,
it is proposed to introduce a tax on this powerful agent,
by subjecting all carriages:impelled by it to heavy duties.
A similar tax was successfully resisted in the case of
steam-boats, and there appears little doubt but that if the
tax is once introduced upon any machinery, or article
whatever, where the steam-engine is the sole motive
power, we shall hare a❑ Officer of Excise or Stamp' in
every one of our manufactories, as well as our steam-boats.

THE DALYSTOWN ESTATE.-CURIOUS
DISCOVIRY.—This estate, which is sold to pay off in-
cumbrances, was the property of the late Right lion.
DENIS BOWES DALY, and is situated near Loughrea. A
curious discovery took place after Mr. DALY'S death. The
body of his wife, who died thirty years before, was found
i❑ a high state of preservation, in a small closet to which
none but Mr. DALY had access, and which, when at
Daly.town, be was iu the frequent habit of visiting. At
the time of the lady's decease, a funeral took place, and
her interment, as was supposed, in a cenotaph erected on
the grounds. The tecret, however, never transpired until
after Mi. DALY'S death. Such was his attachment to
this lady, that it is said he wore, to the day of his death,
the ashes of her heart enclosed in a locket.—_Dublin,,
Paper.

A CORPSE MUTILATED BY a RAT.--An

inquest was yesterday held at St. Bartholomew's
on the body of Tmost,ts POUND, a bricklayer, aged 40,
who died in consequence of a fracture of his head, which he
received by falling from a scaffold, in Pool-terrace, City-
road. A Juror inquired how it was that the whole face
of the corpse was so frightfully mutilated, when the injury
the deceased received was as the back of the head ? Mr.
11• KINNIE said, that a rat had got into the shell, and
closed the disgusting appearance of the face, by mutilating
ind devouring the flesh, which in some places was bared
ro the bone ? He added that these disgusting vermin fre-
qu,ntly feasted on the dead bodies in dissecting-rooms
which he had witnessed. Verdict—Accidental Death.
DEATH OF A ROYAL TIGRESS.--A fine
tigress, six years of age, belonging to ATKINSON'S COl.
1,T!1011. exhibiting at Leamington, had suffered for a long
time from inflammation of the lungs, and was at the point
of death. At the suggestion of a medical gentleman named
COTTLE, the ends of two strong cords were formed into
❑oases, which, while the animal was lying down, were di-
rected to be passed over the fore feet, above the upper or
fifth claw, by means of a rod from the outside of the cage.
It was intended by the assistance of three meu holding the
extremity of each cord, to draw the legs of the animal be-
tween the grating and floor of the cage--a space wide
enough to admit the legs through as far as the shoulders.
The first step of fixing the cords was soon done; but in
attempting to draw her legs through, the natural ferocity
of the beast bade defiance to the enthralment of bodily
suffering, and, bounding about the den in spite of the
force used, she seized one of the ropes, which yielded to
the tremendous power of her jaws; the other leg was,
however, drawn through to the neck, and the loose one
ag tin secured, when a vein was speedily opened in one
of the shoulders; but the complaint was too far advanced
for the life of this beautiful and valuable animal to be saved
by the remedy...Leamington Spa Courier.