The Sun.
London, England, 1832-02-16 00:00:00

EXPOSURE TO CONTAGION.

- As in some places Coroners' inrprests have been held for
the purp•ise of deciding whether persons have died of cho-
lera morbus or not, it may relieve the minds of house-
holders in the city of London and borough of Southwark,
liable to serve on inquest juries, to know that the. Coroner
for those parts has determined not to hold any inquests fur
such a purpose. Upon the death of Sullivan, in South-
wark, la•t week, the parochial authorities applied to the
Coroner to hold an inquest, as being a case of suspected
cholera. He replied that his province was to inquire into
real or supposed cases of death by violence, and . not front
natural causes, as front choler a morbus; and
.upon pro-
ducing to him a certificate from the medical men who
attended, that it was a death front cholera, they would
e at liberty to bury. A certificate to this effect
was signed, but the medical gentlemen still pressed
for an inquest, that some difference of opinion which
existed might undergo a public discussion The
Coroner, however, refused -to yield to the applica-
tion, an i he intends to pursue the same course in all
similar cases bereaft,-r. The disease may be expected
to exhibit itself in our prisons, as they .ire filled with dis-
solute characters ; and there is an old law which compels
gaolers to give notice of every death in the prison to the
Coroner, in order that an inquest may be held. These
inquests are held within the prison, but the Jurors are
summoned from without. Where, however, deaths from
cholera morbus occur in the prisons of London and South-
wark, the Coroner, upon obtaining the certificate of the
fact from the medical attendant, will abstain from holding
an inquest, deeming it improper to subject twelve per-
sons to the possible danger from immediate contact with
an infected person and place. Inquests in cases of death
by violence, or suspected violence, will, of course, continue
to be held as before.

We can report no change in the feeling of the merchants
of London on the ill-advi,ed haste with which an official
declaration has been allowed to go forth, of the existence
of the cholera on the banks of the Thames. No man thinks
the evidence conclu•ive on which that declaration is
founded, and he sees, at the same time, in the consequence
which it must have upon foreign countries, the last blow
given to the commerce of London, already declining under
the competition with Liverpool and other northern ports
of England. If ttfe': ti,:crnmon apprehension among - mer-
chants is to be any criterion on such a ~utt3eet, the effects
must ere long be extremely serious.— Times.

The great doors leading to the Coal Exchange were
closed yesterday morning, and two city officers were in at-
tendance. Written notices were posted on the doors,
signed by Mr. C. Pearson, stating, that in consequence of
the alarming disease
.now raging, officers were appointed to
prevent coal whippers and other persons connected with
the colliers lying in the river, not having business to
transact, from going therein ; and all persons having
business were desired to go up stairs and along the pas-
sage to the market.

The state of excitement in the public mind was some-
what diminished on the publication of the official account
respecting the progress of the cholera rnorbus in the eastern
part of the town. The active preparations that have been
made in the different wards in the city to render the most
prompt assistance to those whO may be attacked, should
the disease reach the heart of the ►metropolis, has also had
the effect of quieting the minds of. the citizens. It is
stated in the city that Government was appriz,d of one
ca,e of Asiatic cholera, on Monday, the 6th instant, on
hoard the Felicity, last from Limerick. The medical man
who intimated to the Central Board the existence of the
disease in the river was informed that the vessel would be
ordered to Stangate Creek, but she wou'd not be towed
to the Creek until the Sth or 9th instant. The injurious
effect which must inevitably result from the restrictions
placed upon commerce by quarantine regulations have
already began to be felt. The steam-boat (Batavia),
which was to have started from Rotterdam this morning,
(Wednesday) has not proceeded on her voyage, as she
would have to perform a quarantine of 21 days in the
Dutch ports before she would be allowed to land her cargo
or passengers. It is not expected that any of the other
steam-boats destined to other ports will, in consequence
of their not being able to take clean hills of health with
them, leave the port of London. On 'Change this after-
noon (Wednesday) the mercantile transactions for the
export were on a very limited scale, owing to the impedi-
ments which will be thrown in the way of trade by the
existence of the cholera in the metropolis. —Morn. Herald.

As apparently nobody is to be found cou-
rageous enough to dare the frowns of the Bristol " Cor-
poration," and as, consequently, nobody is willing to bring
in the Bills for which leave has been obtained, it is now
said to lie under consideration whether, instead of being
private Bills, they may not he made " public" Bills, and
thus he brought forward in spite of the Corporation, leav-
ing that dignified and disinterested body all the Opportu-
nities of defending their " rights, privileges, and immu-
nities," as if the Bristol Police Improvement Bill, and the
D image Compensation Bill, were what is officially termed
" private" Bills. The Bills are understood to he pre-
pared.— Times. • • -
TH E LATE DUEL AT WIMBLEDON.—Mc.
MILES STArYLTON, the unfortunate gentleman who was
wounded on Monday last in a duel with Major. General
LORENZO MOORE, lies at Long's Hotel, Bond-street,
whither he was conveyed after the affair, with little hope
of recovery. The ball, which entered bit right breast,
has penetrated so deep as to render an operation for the
purpose of extracting it, highly dangerous in his present
condition. The following certificate from the medical
gentleman attending on Mr. STAFYLTON was transmitted
to Union Hall yesterday morning.
0, Berkeley-street, Feb. 13.
Mr. Stapyltott is not worse than he was yesterday, but is not
in less danger.
(Signed) ‘. G. J. GUTHRIE.
To the I),l,gistrates of Union Hall."
The present season at the King's Theatre is
distinguished by two remark tide circumstances, namely, a
new manager, who seems likely to do wonders, and a new
novel called " The Opera," the appearance of which was
a
coeval with the first night of opening the house. In the
novel,
he o
o mystery
e o rf
the s
f u
pr
fib)ilodneiabe cab
l (by onel who
speaks "out
ofs render the
transactions of the theatre almost equal in importance to
the secret treaties of Cabinets ; and not a few of the
t t
manoeuvres of prima donnas and &Diseases are exposed to
the astonished eyes of the uninitiated. The Opera-box
conversations, detailed also in the pages of this work, are
highly characteristic of certain parties.
Several large parcels of ancient coins were
lately discovered by a man employed in removing the butt
of an oak pollard at Wickhatn Skeith, near Eye, Suffolk.
One of the parcels contained 500 pieces, and the other
about 200 more. A gentleman of this town has several of
the coins : one of them hears the name and head of
CANUTE, another is supposed to be of the reign of EDRED,
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