Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-28

caught the cholera. en- oi 'he e'e" "'o."'a'
ed themselves with the blood OF cholera PATIENTS
without success. The porters, the nurses OF the
hospital, and the undertakers, were equally ex-
empted from disease.
TO this. sir, beg to add the testimony Of Mr..
Searle, who went to Warsaw and sojourned IN
the hospitals there, during the epidemic-a gen
tleman who actually suffered in person from cho-
lera in India, and who wrote treatise on the
disease, before it visited this part OF Europe. HIS
words are these, dated in Warsaw:-' After all
have heard, either in India or Poland--after
all have read. seen, or thought upon the subject
II arrive at this conclusion--that the disease Is
not contiguous
Bristol R,ots.-We are happy to perceive that
TRANQUILITY has been restored at BRISTOL and that
the loss Of life has been much less extensive than
was at first reported. Tie dead, in all pro-
liability, will not exceed so persons For the
following letter we are indebted to a gentleman
connected with the London press, now at Bris-
to:-
.. Bristol Thursday evening. The city con-
tinues quiet, and order appears once more restor.
ed. Every hour prisoners are brought up,
and property brought in loads to be deposit
ed in the Exchange, but great portion Of
it appears sadly damaged. More bodies were
dug out of the ruins todav, and the firemen were
continuing their operations. The Kings procIa-
nation was posted up through the city to-day,
and at every corner people were assembled anx.
ously reading it. The special constables are
on the alert. the town is full Of military. and all
danger has disappeared, but the traces of the de.
vastation are dreadful
s.Ths day meeting was held in the CONNER
cial News-rOom. 1t was not convened By pub
lie advertisement, but was made known to the
INC mbers of the news.room. Twelve o'clock was
the hoLr appointed, and by that time the room
was filled with very respectable assemblage,
principally the merchants, of course.
81 was utterly astonishsd at the difficulty Of
procuring chairman. Full half an hour elaps-
ed before one was obtained, and the gentleman
who was appointed was scarcely well seated in
the chair, before he sprung out Of it as if stung
by an adder. and simply because it was announc-
ed that the meeting was public one, and not to
be considered simply meeting of the subscrib-
ers to the room! Mr.. Cunningham was at length
appointed charm n, and the business proceeded.
" Mr.. Moore moved two resolutions. one of
them calling for an investigation by the Home
Office, into the conduct of the magistrates; and
the other soliciting similar inquiry by Lord
Hill, into the conduct of Colonel Breton
This latter resolution vas Withdrawn, and an
amendment proposed by N. Manchee, late editor
Of the Bristol Mercury, was ultimately adopted.
The following is copy Of the resolution, or ad-
dress:-
"To the Right Hon. Lord viscount Melbourne,
his Majesty's principal Secretary Of State for the
Home Department. We, the undersigned mer.
chants. brokers. and traders, and inh abitants of
the city of Bristol, deeply lament the rotous and
disgraceful proceedings that have recently taken
place in this city. and the lad destruction Of pro.
perty resulting therefrom; that the lives and for
tunes of the citizens were fnr considerable pc.
Rod at the mercy Of desperate mob; and firm
ly convinced, if proper precautions had been
adopted. Chat these disasters would have been
averted, we earnestly request your lordship will
be pleased to cause an investigation to be insti-
tuted. as the only course that will pacify the minds
of the public, and restore confidence in future"
There is no news of the least interest in the Lon
don papers of Thursday evening. The money
market is firm; consols closed at 80 J..
We have received the following letter from
gentleman of observation and character, who has
as he states, visited all the manufacturing dis
tricts:
BIRMINGHAM. Nov. 8, 1881.
"Having, within these ten days. visited Man.
chester, Bolton, Halifax, Leeds. Sheffield, Der
by. and Birmingham, | have had opportunities of
observing the aIl-absorbing feeling on the subject
of reform. 1t is really astonishing. Among
commercial men, of whom have seen great mum.
bers in Lancashire and Yorkshire, as we'll as in
this county and Derbyshire, there is one deter
mined expression; it in 81 every mouth; it is we
,oW have the Bill" The riots in Bristol are de.
plored, but yet many persons think that the spe-
cimen shown there of what may be expected all
over the land if the lords again seject the bill,
may be of some benefit in inducing fear to ope.
rate to offer for the people. what love never will.
sef-interest is the only principle of action with
the arlstocracy; and they may read by the light
Of the Bristol fires, what their political ophthal-
mia had before obscured from their eyes. As for
the Bishops, no body that have ever seen dreams
of their political existence extending another
twelve months. have seen several addresses
to the King and Earl GREY, from Sheffield and
others places, expressing the public feeling most
explicitly on this subject. The vote of the bsh.
ops will render the year 81 celebrated in history.
Ii has removed the key stone of the corner from
the national chnrch; and the more prudent spe-
culators, it is thought, will remove to distance