The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-01 00:00:00

The Liverpool Volunteer Artillery.
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great impression upon him on that occasion, and he
was happy to say that that impression was not now
lessened. lie was very much pleased with what he
had seen that evening. The weather had been very
unpropitious for such an inspection, but he was ex-
ceedingly pleased with the way in which they had
turned out. Their appearance on parade was ex-
tremely smart and soldierlike, their accoutrements
were well put on, and altogether they were a body
of men which the country might feel proud of. He
was very much pleased to see their four guns and
horses in the field ; he believed they were not pre-
sent on the last occasion. He was gratified to see
how well they were moved. Field artillery in the
hands of Volunteers had very great difficulties to
contend with ; having to manage untrained horses
was a matter of great difficulty for even well-trained
drivers. He bad been very well satisfied with what
he saw. Their marching past he could not say too
much in favour of ; he was very much pleased with
it. Their movements generally, and their manual
and platoon drill were also well done, and he had
no doubt they would have been still better had it
not been for the weather. He had no fault to find
with them. lie was glad also that he had not the
fault to find that he sometimes had with Volunteers
—of speaking in the ranks ; on the whole, he
thought there was very little of that. He was gra-
tified to see that they had kept their distances fairly,
an important point in all infantry movements, be-
cause, although they might not see an j difficulty
when alone, yet, when several brigades and corps
were together, the want of keeping their distance
threw out those in the rear. He had not yet seen
them go through their heavy gun drill; but he
trusted, when he had the opportunity that evening,
that it would be equally well done. This was the
most important part of their duties ; for in case of
actual service the great duty of the Volunteer Ar-
tillery of England would be to man the coast de-
fences. He was also glad to see that they had in
their shed two guns set on dwarf traversing plat-
forms. They had a great advantage over other
corps in [possessing them, because these were the
guns with which our forts were principally armed.
He only wished to impress upon them theimport-
ance of every man in the corps being thoroughly
accustomed to the heavy gun drill, sp that they
would be able to work together without making
noise and confusion. 'They should be able to work
together like a machine. He was very much grati-
fied with them. He had inspected a very large por-
tion of the Volunteer Artillery in the north of Eng-
land, and he had always been able to hold up the
Volunteer Artillery of Liverpool as au example to
other corps ; and he must say that the corps he had
inspected that evening was second to none. They
had, however, rivals worthy of them ; and it was a
good thing for them that they were able to mea-
sure themselves with other corps equally efficient—
an advantage which the corps in smaller towns and
country districts did not possess. He was pleased
to see so good a parade-430 out of muster-roll
of 550, a very good muster. He hoped they would
go on in the same spirit. The Volunteer Artillery
of England was a force of which the nation might
well be proud. No other country possessed such
a force. lie only wished it was possible that the
Duke of Cambridge and the Prince of Wales
could have the opportunity of seeing the
artillery corps of Liverpool, and if he met their
Royal Highnesses at the York review he would
express his hope that they would take the opportu-
nity of doing so. He had nothing further to say
except that he should make a favourable report to
the War-office,

The Cholera.

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Yesterday, at the meeting of the directors and
guardians of the poor, held at the Vestry Hall, Cam-
den-town, Mr. Churchwarden Eckett in the chair,
from the statement made by Dr. Hillier, the medi-
cal officer of health, and others, it appeared there
had been nine fatal cases of cholera in the parish
during the last week, seven of which were of the
true Asiatic type, and had terminated fatally within
24 hours. It was felt that, seeing how cholera was
ravaging the east-end districts, it was high time
they should make every preparation to meet the
epidemic.

The sudden outbreak of cholera in Whitechapel is
bringing the resources of the London Hospital to
the severest test. The officers of the establishment
are painfully conscious of the degree to which their
ordinary means are• inadequate to meet the visita-
tion, and especially do they feel the want of more
ample supplies in money and brandy. Another
shortcoming is the attendance; for while there should
be an immediate increase to the number of nurses,
two of these important helpmates have already been
carried off by the disease.

A poor woman named Ellen Pridham was yester-
day charged with being drunk and disorderly in the
infirmary of the Poplar Union Workhouse, where
she had been in attendance on cholera patients.
Mr. Paget sentenced her to 21 days' imprisonment
and hard labour. About 2 hours afterwards Roche,
the gaoler of the court, announced that the prisoner
was attacked with cholera in the cell in which she
was confined, and was in a very frightful con-
dition. Mr. Paget said that a medical man had
better be sent for directly to see the sick woman and
prescribe for her. It was stated that all the medical
men were too busy in consequence of the prevailing
epidemic. Mr. Paget, after consulting with Mr. Pym,
the chief clerk, decided that the invalid should be
sent back to Poplar workhouse, and a cab having
been hired she was lifted into it in a state of severe
suffering and driven away. The housekeeper of the
court immediately prepared a solution of chloride of
lime and disinfected the cell in which the woman had
been incarcerated. He also threw a large quantity
over the floor of the court.

The total admissions of cholera patients up to
yesterday at the Liverpool workhouse were 91, the
deaths 58. Four more deaths were reported yester-
day from the town. At their meeting yesterday the
select vestry respectfully declined the proffered ser-
vices of the sisters of charity in cholera cases. At
the workhouse five more deaths have occurred since
yesterday.
A death is said to have occurred in Dublin on
Friday from Asiatic cholera of the most decided
type. A girl, aged 15, returning from England,
landed on Thursday at the North-wall from the
Liverpool steamer, being unwell at the time, as it
was supposed from sickness. Her illness soon became
so severe that the services of a medical man were
called into requisition. The Count de Kavanagh was
brought into attendance, but notwithstanding the
most unremitting attention the girld died on Friday
afternoon at one o'clock. The police communicated
the facts to Dr. Mapother, the city officer of health,
and to Dr. Kirwin, city coroner, both of whom ex-
amined the remains, and came to the conclusion
that the cause of death was too plainly evident.
Dr. Kirwin ordered the immediate interment
of the body. However the contagion was
not thus got rid of, as it unfortunately proved ;
for on Monday morning a child residing
in the same house was taken ill with the same dis-
ease. Dr. Mapother was in immediate attendance,
and, owing to the energetic means adopted by him,
by night she was considered out of danger.
The wife of a ship carpenter died of cholera at
Montrose on Saturday last, after an illness of 22
hours. Deceased arrived from London, where she
had been on a visit, on the previous evening.