New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-14
ENGLAND.

Celebrate Wsailr Prer,afioa ef he Epidemic D'si'-
fuiioa. Tho Peooe Cgugres. Fronchmea IN Lon'
doa... Naming lie MOag0. Railroads IN India
Iqfruoi,oaai Presents 4 King Tri,d BY Jury Do
C,mpromiss 9Th me Stare Trade. Socialism t'
England F,efsriea Brenp eoriag 10 Amer'ea.
London Core, pondence Of The Tribune.
LONDON, Friday afternoon. Aug 81, ls49.
-, The public word is shut out pretty completely
by this time; Parliament sleeps well aud real
grouse shooting on the moors in England aud
Scotland is its present dream, to be succeeded to-
morrow by partridge shooting London s 10 me
tropos any longer no concoorse Of the nation, but
aprovincal place, containing none but it's own in
habtsnts The whole country has fallen down
with toe hot weather into the easy attitude Of
proviociaism aud rostcity to gain what health it
can for the next public time.
Health indeed Is the FIRST thing thought about
at present bills Of mortality are the news Of the
day; the list OF Cholera deaths is the share list
in which most ntesest is felt The Cholera has
been. during the last few days, rapidly the in
crease The last weeks number OF dead for Lon
don was ], 276 this week the figure will he high
or Ga Thursday alone il had mounted to $50 ,
this morning 1t is stated at 1872. OF course the
clamor for sanitary measures rises from day 10
day, aud more is done ia day now tow ard pur
iica,ioa than ia whole months of no disquietude
The zeal even does harm; ponds and drains are
olesnsed In this Summer weather, aud make more
stencil ia their decessc than during the entire pc
Rod of their previous existence. In many places
one smells the chloride of lime which has been
profusely bestowed upon gully holes and offensive
fbart frQn
for Euslend. | never recollect 50 droughty e
Sammer. Vegetation is parched up. as IN Aus
trala aud other warm climates, aud gardens look
sorry dusty and dying The atmosphere for the
last few DAYS can only be characterized as pesti
lcntial thick solid hes at in the day time malicious
dews, heavy as lne rain, IN the evenings II
might safely be predicted from the weather that
any epidemic that might be prevalent was enjoy
ing a deadly frolc.
The authorities have set themselves especially
to the work OF prcreation in the prevailing com
plant. Instead Of waiting for the attack 10 be
como formidable. house 10 house visiting IS es
tablished in the worst Districts medical mar
calls at every door, and inquiries about The hoalsl
OF the inmates ii diarrhes is present in the house
he prrscribcs. and checks IL at the outset BY
this means, no dosbt hundreds OF lives are saved
and experience seems TO show that were II AM
versa, the pest would have almost no ground &
walk upon for the eases In which disrrhea pre-
oed,s the symptoms are the great majority.
There is tslk OF National Fast TO pray God Al
mishty TO remove the plague. This would b,
doubtless very proper measure quite rs good 81
ANY other prayer. aud wilhal, health giving for
IL csa impsns trust in God, fAat will be one Of III,
most hvely means OF keeping even the body up
night Bat II does seem Inconsistent that ID,
prayers inside churches should have TO rise {,
the tnrone OF God, through the stenches OF on
oaurchy ards and through the foulcr odor in h1a
vens nosIrisl Of clerical eupidty, which msintsiu.
loss OF rotting bones around the houses OF pray
er Fees fees fees these are the perpetrstor,
of the greatest evil which the sanitary movement
has 70 do away with. IL ne, er seems to strike tn,
CLERGY that practical giving up ct the evils OF theu
miuds and lives, is the beginning OF prayer The,
set the example OF money-lovins 10 their hocks
nay. they would furnish the world with the best a
its reddest heat II is true, they could ne, them
selves Gosway with barialin towns, but they mis- h
and oGghtto, head the agitation Sganstit; to recon
mend their people away from the charchyards 9
suburban cemeteries to endeAyor to remove a
absurd preJadices concerning dead bodies sud d
general. 70 engage in regular course Of instruc
tion 10 ali who SIC under them. upon the mean
and duties oi preserving sound the body, as a ioau
datioa 20 soundness OF the soul
sad cases OF desIisuton show themselves occa
sionally to The Cholers-sesehers. The week hs
furnished one Of these. Poor Catherine Brooks,
shirs-maker, has 1t proposed to her by her employ
er 10 work Tor sir pence ecsS whica she declines
She has 2s. week from the parish. One moro
ing she is found dead IN her miserable apartment
sitting up. with her head resting uPea her knees
Not morse of food Is in the house. The Choer
Angel has fought il out with The Demon OF ssar
yst.on, and won her regard by shortening he
agouies A little sentimentslIty plays over be
grave, while the unchecked pessilence OF eomps.l
Won 10 busy with sister victims.