, 1866-08-20

Correspondence Of the New Ior1 Tribunal
LoxpoH, AuSus1 q, 1866.
With the war virtually concluded, and
Europe, settling down into sultEy peace, or
a. any OF the recent bellsgerent powers
thinks 1t Is his interest to do 50, with the Par
unmeutary session at its last gasp, and: the
unpopular Tory Ministry yearnin:; fur the
bcatilu3c Of "stagnant calm" which they
hope to tiud In the recess; with our town Re-
with the Atlantic telegraph In good working
order {at a pound word, and no messages
sent short Of twenty; with these and other
late topics Of interest, already rcccding into
the background Of the public mind, We have
yet another, o Thish has ALREADY sssumea a.
Others just mentioned scatter like SO many
ba1n-door chickens At the approach Of a raw
enous kite or vulturc, or like the ominous
{owl which ns, he5aldsd ths approach Of
iurcd up before Don Clcophas Lcandro
Perez Zambnllo by the Devil on two sticks.
Death Is here, surely, in one OF Its te1riblest
shapea-that Of cholera. Wo are all talking
of j, Just new, In London; its Rrosesss In
witness the report OF the Registrar General,
published on the last dny Of the preceding
month, The total number Of deaths In the
week ending July g this day Tcek) was
Goo, an excess OF ,2sS over the estimated
T
entirely BY the cholera and dlaTrhaa: There
were 904 deaths By cholera, $40 By dIaErhuea.
In the last tlyc weeks the numbers Of the VIC
| tlus Of either disease hare been respectively
ef eaele5a q Il e s4s s sns e.. 9oa; Of dr. Y.
mort mortalits M has more mon thsn doubled in the The List I
seven days, md there are indications rather
Of It's increase than Its abatement; conse-
9uently We must infer that the next account
: viii present. rs with the grim total Of no less
visti@s 70 tue Il p1svaln ,Ss psl
whit al awful version Of the old prob:
leu Of the nails in the horseshoe,
exhibiting tho accumulation Of Inter
: est. shall We work out In popu'
lation OF oEer ooo @o Of hu%1n 9n,,, betaEs. res
sEsTmine hiys u ! fondonl It 6 appalling
IL tStnkins @ Of Fl il, Ind Ind Of little eIsc Il he pres
: ent time. 0fcourbe, the poor ncighlorhood'
have suffered most: the crowded, fetid
$ Georges ID the East, White Chapel ami
: Poplar, all on the north side Of the river, AMI
: ut the cast end Of the metropolis. Thef
= restilencc has Its natural home, the pcorl
!. are horribly seasoned for it Ia advance b,
! Joining districts comprising, the Regiatra.
- General tells us, onc-aeyenth Of the inhab
r tants and one-fourtcenth Of the nFca OF tn
II mctropolis-cxlsts what may be called th
B. mnfitime clement Of the London population
o. There, In regions known only to Its res
H. dents, 10 the police, or to adventurous lit.
:; 1ary men, like Charles Dickens or Jamt
s. Greenwood, in leprous slums and streets d
d most as narrow as those Of ofCoustantinople,
n nndrainea, unlighted alle5s and couEts, whe1
- ouops water Is Kept under the ragged bed
=, Wbcrc the pump and the pool arc
70 rhastly partnesship-where only the RI
sd shop aourishes, and Sin, disease :. as
qapg ee &C. So.4a fs al essb,5.sea 6S &c lis qpa s
nt aua1ters and Is slaying mercfless1y. mczs
ly lessiy.- And not in these districts alone; I
~ ready the comfortable and wen-conditleu
a. clasees Of the Tower Hamlcts have felt
70 power; and his drdnt eost41eTs have appear
dy says The Registrar, ''are FILLING I'll every hos
,as you sec them OF al ages, Children and adnl
fb- lying about their beds like people under I
Il Influence Of a deadly poison. aone acnle
n. suffering, nearly all conscious Of their -
b., Hers Il the doctor Is s. dawn sSi In BY tha husba
- to see tho Wife now attacked there the HI
M Or band lies In spasu1s here is an old wou,
ny seated dcad, with eyes vide open there l
ma q fine fou1-yeas old child, his curly be
'es, pulse is strong, and he takes what she gi'
vi. him. The accounts In the papcrs arc hca
be rendInE. Today's have report Of q pt
ins fellow. whose death BY eholera, Of the
nor as eun-stroke or q fash Of lightning.
~ staggered In the street, uttered
W sharp, short CIT, and fell senseless.
vas dead when brought to the hospit
ier and on post mortem examination tho
the tcsttnes were found to contatn the pccul
!, TO 16hity substance Indicative Of choacr
ble. which the liyid appearance Of the body :
the drued. Another case Of similar nat
: or occurred few days ago In the severely
~ fectcd district Of Poplar. It's subject. nj
~ ed for q day from bis ordinary, avocati
LIZ ~ wns discovered on the breaking open OF
~. 'uo door b. the police, kneeliug By his bed 8
eag ;s Is Il be had been p1aying-desd, hy choie
sta. il that Me pessAenes IT 1905 + d mora mo
tho .aaat fppe tkan that Of 1919, when the mon
fur of August and September witnessed ~
: il ful mortality, the rate Of deaths sudde
fith risinc from $50 In London alone to o.
IN and September only sharing diminution
sos Co.'s. though in October tho numbers =
de. f1om thousands 10 hundreds. But what n
a1t Of multiplying horrors! The hospitals
uds doing tremendous business. esPsc...tt5 PPscsnt
~ stitutIon likc the Hotel nieu OF tat1s' Q
: ~ moi supported BY Government fnnas-n
=, rubuc md private charity ts1ing itsel!
!" ihe utmost. Tbs god Bishop Of London