The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-01 00:00:00

MEDICAL REPORT FOR OCTOBER.

The prevalent disease of the last month has
been fever, showing itself in an unusual number
of forms. The intermitting' and remitting type
of fever has been in several parts of the town,
and more especially in Westminster. That this
has had for its more immediate or exciting cause.
malaria, or air tainted by exhalations from the
earth, there can be no question. But when we
take into our consideration the simultaneous oc-
currence of fever in several of its other forms, a
reasonable presumption exists that, but for some
peculiar state of atmosphere, favouring the diffu-
sion of such miasmata, ague would not have been
so general. The extreme moisture of the air
during the last month is, no doubt, the principal
of these accessory causes, to which the uniform
mildness of its temperature (averaging about 60
degrees of Fahrenheit, during the day) must also
be added. In the treatment of this particular
kind of fever, the sulphate of quinine has proved
• very serviceable, and its claims to the title of a
most efficient febrifuge are certainly established
beyond the
.possibility of doubt or cavil. The
Reporter is informed that in several parts of the
country, especially in and around Cambridge, the
ague has been very general this autumn.—
Monthly Magazine.

A few mornings since, as two of the Bandon
jingles were proceeding towaids Cork, a person,
who stated himself to be attached to the General
Post Office, accompanied by two Police-men,
stopped the vehicles, and took several letters and
notes from the drivers, and, having obtained the
names of the owners of the jingles, he walked
off.—Cork Southern Reporter.
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A few clays ago, a rather unusual sight pre-
sented itself at Kirby Stephen, in Westmoreland.
The landlady of a public-house was seen running
after a man in the street ; the people flocked to
them ; and the person pursued not choosing to
be impeded in his progress
Make
way ! make way
its a race for a shilling.' So, indeed, it was ;
the man had drunk two quarts of beer, and not
finding it convenient to pay for it, he thought it
best to bolt ; so. that they were literally running,
the one to receive, and the other to avoid paying
a shilling.
DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANCE.--About
eight o'clock on Tuesday morning, the body of
a beautiful and well-dressed young female, ap-
parently about 17 years of age, was discovered
and taken out of the New Riyer, in Colebrook-
row, Islington. The deceased was observed by
two females, sitting on the rails which enclose
the river from Colebrook-row ; and it is conjec-
tured that she must have thrown herself into the
water soon after. The body was removed to
the vault under the church, where it now lies to
be owned, and to await the Coroner's Inquest.
The deceased appears to be about five feet six
inches in height, well. proportioned, extremely
fine open and interesting countenance, with all
the colour and bloom of youth and health still
fresh on .her cheeks ; light long auburn hair ;
had on a lilac pattern coloured cotton baown,
white chip bonnet, trimmed with black silk, in
the crown of which.was a plain net cap, trimmed
with pink riband ; light drab coloured whittle,
wicker basket were two odd leather and one silk
her linen. In the small
maarsiMaolln green bordered merino
and a half silk dark biown cross-barred
neckkerchief, and also a piece of blue and a piece
of red riband. This is the 'second young female
lbs'hloaael:l:l7glot:eosr,
found drowned in the same spot within the last
five days.