Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-08-02

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Sir,-With deepest feelings of regret, have
the painful duty 10 perform of transmitting
| You one Ofihe most melancholy and distress.
ing accounts of Cholera, which occurred on
hoard the British barque Brutus, bound for
Queber, froM Liverpool, with three hundred
| aud thirty passengers. The FIRST case nre-
sented itself on the 22d of May, (beinr the
9th day after we left the ri7er,) 10 a strong.
healthy man, IS years of age; the symntoms
were well marked, the spasms nar,icularIv
severe; under the usual means of treatment
he recovered. The next case was an old ,vo.
man Of sixty, who died in ten hours after the
commencement of the attack. The disease
continued gradually to increase notwithstapd.
ing every means having heen employed 10 ar
rest its pr0gress) until the night of Saturday.
J the Cd of June, when we were a good deal
tossed about by a heavy sea, and dark hazy
weather; it spread TO such an alarming ex-
tent that, on Sunday, most of the ships crew
being attacked. and having lost some of them
! the week before, we were obliged to bear nm
again for LIVERPOOL. 1t is impossible to de-
scribe thescene Of misery on the third fourth.
and fifth people dying in every direction-
the greater number of them destitute Of the
common articles of bed covering. On the
! sixth the weather became more favorable the
disease less severe, and the number of new
| cases diminished, which has since been ON the.
decline.
Iannex the number Of cases, deaths. recov-
cries, and the number laboriug under the dis.
ease at present on board. Nav | therefore
request YOU will have some arrangement
made rs soon as possible to- remove the sick
where, they can have the necessary attend
ance, as their situation here is truly SO deplo-
Fable, that there is little chance of recovery.
and the remainder of the passengers in immi-
nent danger Of being attacked with the dis
ease.
have the honor to be, sir, your obedient
humble servant, w. w. YHOMPsON,
14, l M. II. G.. S. in London.
Here follows the list Of deaths, Sc. from
May May IS to June ls-tgwit' III cases and 81
Re form in the British Parliament.-The re-
form bill has been SO long under discussion,
that many Of our readers we presume must
have forgotten what are IFS provisions. The
following, unless some changes have been
made, in its progress through the two Hous-
es, which we do not recolleet to have seen
mentioned, are its principal features.
Fifty-six BorOughs enumerated in Sched-
u'e A. heretofore returning two members
each, are entirely deprived after the end of
the present Parliament Of the right Of sepa-
rate representation, Thirty Boroughs, com
posing Schedule B. heretofore returning two
members each, will after the present Pafla
ment, return but one. Four Boroughs are
reduced to,two, by the union of two in one:
These Acknowledgement make reduction of
l46 members. ..- @..
In place ofthese acknowledgements, 20 new
Boroughs are formed, composing schedule c.
including MANCHESTER, Birmingham. Leeds,
Sheffield, and other large towns, with some
districts of the City of London, which are
entitled to return two members each. Nine
teen other Boroughs are formed, enumerated |
IN schedule d. composed ola smaller class of
towns, entitiedto return one member each
Five other Boroughs are formed, consisting
OF certain towns, with the places adjoining,
included within Il specified boundary, each en-
Titled to return one member. .-
The county Of York is entitled to return J
knights instead Of two Knights to be cleo
ted ny each Of the three rulings. The coun-
~ Of Lincoln is divided into two districts,
each to return two Knights twenty-five
other counties, enumerated IN schedule F.
are to be each divided into two divisions, by
an act To be passed by the present Paria- {
meni, and each division will be entitled to
return two Knights, in place of two Knights
heretofore returned by EACH county. Seven
other counties enumerated 10 the bill are en-
titled to return thee Knights each instead Of
two. The counties in Wales are authorized
to return two Knights instead of one. The
Isle of Wight is for The piisposes of the act
made county, separate froin southampton
shire. and entitled to return aKnight Of the 4
Shire, j.
In, addition to these changes, it is proposed
TO add to bills for the reform of the represent
tation Of Scotland and Ireland, FIVE members
Tor the former, and eight for the latter. Be
sides these changes, many of the Boroughs
are enlarged, by annexing to them certain
adJo'ning territory, and giving to the in abi-
tants the right of voting in the election. %
These changes cut off the rights of election
OF l46 burgesses, which deducted from the
568 members of which the House is now COM
posed, would reduce the number to 424. In
place OF the members of which the House is
mus deprived, the following are added:
From es new boroughs each, A members.
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81 Counties, 50 knights.
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Additional from Scotl'd s. Irel'd IS members.
The act goes on to describe the qualfca
uons OF electors for Knights of the shire. and
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