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London, England, 1831-07-25 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.-RECEIVED THIS DAY.

PETERBBUROH, JULY B.—ln order to remove
the apprehensions that may have been conceived,
of the suppression of the fair at Nischney Novo-
,orod for this year, the Minister of the Interior,
Count Zakrewsky, has announced that the fair will
I,e held as usual, and that the Emperor has been
!Leased to send his aid de camp, General Golenist-
:heff, Nischney Novogorod, to take all necessary
measures that the business of the fair may not be
impeded,' as well as to satisfy the merchants, to
prevent their being subjected to any vexatious pro-
ceedings, and to afford the most prompt assistance,
in case the cholcra should manifest itself during
the fair.

A supplement to the Peterzburgh Gazette
contains a proclamation, issued by the Governor-
General of the capital, in which be observes that
when the cholera broke out in Moscow in Septem-
ber last, His Majesty went to that city, to encour-
age the inhabitants to take the necessary measures
:o arrest the progress of the disorder; and, with
the aid of the Divine protection, these measures
had been successful. Now that the disorder has
reached St. Petersburgh, His Majesty ordered the
r me measures to be adopted which had proved se
t:sefll in Moscow. He visited the city in person,
to contribute by his presence to the attainment of
this desirable object, and expecting that the efforts
of the Government would be seconded by the in-
i,abitants, as they bad been at Moscow. But the
expectations of the benevolent monarch have
been disappointed, to the great sorrow of His'
Majesty, and of all well disposed persons.
Son.e designing individuals persuaded the com-
:::on people, that the police and the physi-
cians had adopted useless and vexatious mea-
sarei, Credulous and inconsiderate persons
believed these fables, and neglecting their own
affairs, began to collect in groups in the streets, to'
talk about the pretended oppression of the people.
In their infatuation they resolved to set the patients
at liberty, who, as they perceived, were arbitrarily
confined in the he ,pitals, broke into two temporary
lazarettos, dispersed the patients, and committed
such excesses that some lives were lost.
The Emperor being informed of these distress-
ing occurrences, ordered the Governor to recom-
mend to the inhabitants of this capital, the example
of those of Moscow, who, confiding in the salu-
tary measures of the Government, had, very faith-
fully attending to the instructions given them, ful-
filled the benevolent intentions of his Majesty, and
protected themselves from the threatening danger.
The same measures are adopted here as at Mos-
cow ; nobody is brought by compulsion to the hos-
pitals ; but every one who has the means, is at li-
he:ty to have medical advice at his own house.
His Majesty hopes that his paternal voice will
penetrate the hearts of his faithful subjects. If,
contrary to all expectation, these exhortations
Should prove unavailing, the most efficacious mea-
eures will be employed to prevent unlawful assem-
blages ; and the authors of such disorders, as well
as the propagators of foolish and lying reports, will
be given up to the authorities, and punished with
all the rigour of the laws.
On the 6th some private persons, chiefly of the
lower class, thought fit to stop in the streets to
search, and even to ill treat several persons, who
were using smelling bottles filled with vinegar or

Cblor powder, under the pretext of thus having
in the bottle or paper poison, with which they
poisoned provisions. On a strict examination, all
these suspicions were found to be wholly without
foundation. None of the persons arrested thought
of poisoning any thing, or had any poison about
them—all of them were stopped, and ill treated
without any reason whatever. But the only pro-
tection against Cholera, is to carry about the per-
son vinegar and chlor, and to smell these sub-
stances.

Whoever ventures to stop, search, or arrest any
person, shall be punished, as the preserva-
tion of order and tranquillity is the business of
the competent authorities. The governor announces
that cholera patients may, at their own wish, be
attended at their own houses; if any one de-
sires to have a patient adtaitted into the nearest
hospital fitted up for the purpose, application is to
be made for the purpose. The police will no more
bring the patients to the hospitals to receive them
there, but will merely receive from the house-
owners the reports of the persons attacked in those
houses, sent to the hospitals, and dead.
It is necessary to remind the inhabitants, that
the sick, in private houses, if not separated from
the healthy, may be very dangerous on account of
the contagious nature of the disorder; and that if
a t!ead body is kept longer than a day in a house,
all the inmates are liable to infection.

After the publication of the measures taken to
preserve public tranquillity, it is to be presumed
that nobody will expose himself to the suspicion
of instigating or taking part in ill-intentioned as-
semblages. If any such should collect, all well
disposed persons should avoid joining them, that
in the execution of the measures taken by the go.l
vernment the innocent may not suffer with the
guilty.
If the patrols see between ten o'clock at night
and five in the morning as many as five persons
standing together, all of them are to be imme-
diately arrested as disturbers of the public tran-
quillity.
JULY 9.—The Governor announces that on the
7th his Majesty had visited several quarters of the
city, and observed with pleasure that there were
no unlawful assemblages as in the preceding days.
He witnesses in the inhabitants the criminality of
stopping individuals, under the frivolous pretext of
their carrying poison about them ; were such the
fact, it is for the Government to investigate and
punish it. The insults offered to medical men on
the pretext that they kill the patients sent to the
hospitals, are mere proofs of great folly, ignorance,
and ingratitude. His Majesty has commanded the
Governor to announce to the inhabitants, that
such tumults will not be tolerated under any
pretext ; that whoever refuges to obey the police,
or other constituted authorities, or to insult the
physicians, or any other persons, shall be pu-
nished with the utmost rigour of the laws.
Cholera.—The number of persons attacked with
the cholera at St. Petersburgh since the first ma-
nifestation of the disorder to the 7th, in the even-
ing, was 1230—the deaths 558. The number of
persons recovered is very small, there being on the
Bth in the morning 665 sick remaining.—St. Pe-
tersburg Papers, July 9.
CHOLERA AND RIOTS AT PETERSBURGH..--
PETERSBURG H, JULY 6.—The cholera morbus is
attended with unprecedented virulence and fatality.
Between the 30th June and the 6th of July there
have been 596 cases, only five cures, but 279
deaths l There are 315 cases pending, of which
but a small proportion are expected to recover.
The alarm and consternation prevailing cannot
be described. In consequence of this dreadful
mortality, the lower orders of the people
have taken it into their heads that the
sufferers have been poisoned, or buried alive,
as none of those carried to the hospitals had re-
turned. Riots have broken out in different parts,
which have only been suppressed by the appearance
of the Emperor, who was obliged to leave his se-
clusion at Peterhof, and frequently exhibit himself
in the streets. Dr. Seyman, a German physician
to one of the hospitals, has been murdered by
the populace, and his body dragged about the
streets. Several other individuals lost their lives.
The mob took possession of the principal Hospitals,
broke the windows, and threw the furniture into the
streets. They have also totally destroyed two of the
temporary Hospitals which had been erected. The
military at last were obliged to interfere. At this
period, the disease is rapidly increasing in all parts
of the city to a most frightful extent. The Eng-
lish families residing at Petersburgh are leaving the
place as fast as possible, and abandoning their pro-
perty. According to other letters from St. Peters-
burgh, the cholera was making frightful ravages
in that city, which had been evacuated by the
greater part of the British merchants and principal
inhabitants. On the sth July the number of cases
had been 485, out of wbich number there had been
229 deaths. Almost the whole of those attacked were
persons of the lowest class, who paid no atten-
tion to themselves, as the disease preys upon filth.
A serious riot had taken place at St. Peters-
burg ; the population had been considerably
alarmed at the rapid and frequent burials, and an
idle and mischievous report having been circulated
and believed, that the foreign surgeons were killing
the patients and interring them while yet alive, the
mob tore down the principal hospital, destroyed the
medicines, killed Mr. Seaman, a respectable surgeon
and with a degree of ferocity suitable to their brutal
ignorance, dragged his murdered body through
the public streets, and after assassinating eight
individuals, retired breathing vengeance against
the persons whose object was to save the lives of
those attacked with the disease. During these
excesses, the Emperor found it necessary to allay
the storm, to return from Peterhoff to St. Peters-
burgh, where he expostulated with the mob, im-
ploring them to desist from their excesses, and
devoutly imploring Providence to abate the cala-
mity. The private letters say, to prevent further
excesses, the Emperor will find it necessary to
make his appearance daily in his capital.
Beaux, July 15.—After four months inter-
ruption, the Russian mail from Wilna has again
arrived at Tilsit, by way of Georgenburg, where it
seems that the whole road is covered by the Rus-
sian troops, which are said to be continually in-
creasing in numbers in Lithuania.
Posen', July 11.—We learn that a division of
the army under General Tolstoi, after it had
passed the Niemen, occupied Augustowa. With
the addition of the reserves, the corps in Lithua-
nia and Samogitia, are said to annest to 90,000
men. - -

POSZIT, JuLT 12. Besides the womb al.

ready communicated, we learn that General Tolstoi
has entirely broken up the corps of Generals
Gielgud and Chlapowski, and taken from them 17
cannon.
HAMBURG, JULY 18.--.ACCOttling to private
accounts General Gielgud laid down his arms at
Tilsit on the 11 th .
ARCHANGEL, J LY 1.--The disorder is abating,
and we hope soon to be wholly delivered from it.
From the 31st May to 30th June, 1365 persons
were attacked, of whom 241 has recovered, 914
died, and 210 remain sick. —Haniburgh Papers,
July 19.
lICHAYCIS ON LONDON.
ilamburgh, July 19.-13 81 ; two months, 13 7i.
Petersburgh. July 8 —lO 21.32.
Christiana, July 9.—Three mouths, 8 61.
Berlin, July 16.—Three mon:hg, 6 211.
Bremen, July 13.—Two months, 601 601