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    "body of medical visitors , on a , ti of , whojn it produced Vigwito . neously qnusual physipa ] and mental depression , and entire Joss ofappetite . ' ., # wo [ , h . av ^ been obliged . Jp leave , in . ; <; qiKjequence of attacks ; of diarrhoea * ^ accompanied wither jjrops ; They describe . the atmosphere as ^ e ^ g ^ h ^ yy ^ ^ hi ^ k , iand misty .. giving to dist&wtpbjects the . appearance \ of . bein g ^ cen through ; muslin r and , ] they describe tjie . p 1 agueirpf /^ ifj ? ^^ ¦ which the district , is visited , . as greatJj . addiag . Jo , the j ^ uxj , ty of the air find th ^ dispprnfottpf i th ^ pepplw ,,,, ^ , tj ^ lowe ^ apt } mostaffected districts the . yisi ^ r ^ metj wi ^ h ^ cbol ^ aiqfirpflpsiii jjroups of . twos and threes , yet , in , sonie < xtt . t , \ ift fa u ^ i , u . yyh , ich death has been jnost . tyusy , the aqrvivorg remained , Ph ^ PJp ^ i ° all exhortation , in a state , of , coii 5 tanjt . Jotoxica . tioqj ^ : ef using all visitation and medicine ,,. , . , ¦ . ^ t , v . •• ¦ , ¦ ., ' ¦ i -,. »> , ii i

    A deputation .. ofthe inhabitants qf ; We ? trnuTi 8 , ter r brjdge ^ Qad and its vicinity went last week to the Lambeth . police-cpjjjrt , tp consult the , ^ pag ijstirate j ^ S ! to . the . abatement , p £ . aft aboin jnabl ^ and deadly nuisance arisinpr from the . bqiling ; , pf , p ^ u ^ fri j 4 ., {< at ^ hut they found that , t lierq r . is actually . no , means whatever of summarily dealing with , such . a ; niH ^ a , nce .,,, \ Y . e dP > v ^ t ^ -: ^ ° - lieve that " the , liberty of ; tb , e . subjec . f " , tq . carry on , wh , ateVer " trade" he may , clippse , and . ., whate , Yer , c 4 > st , ^ p the , ljyegjof his fellow subjects , is , so . , great . and ., ; sp ; respected , ; tha £ csven Tvere the , material * of ifcis fa ^ nielt ^ ng . ygQt . jfrom ., th # pearesj ; graveyard , nothing " summary" ; could , ^ e ., {| qn , o to abate ; the nuisance .., Andjby the way , the coasting , atieast , of Jjuinan remains , if not the boiling of them , has ^ ptaally'been / ipractj ^ ed within the , preijincjs of this enlightened metropolis ., Therp'is

    nothing aboininable , enough for the ,, lixw , as . it , sttui « ls to be ... ftble summarily to , suppress as a miigance ); if thft nuisance , be , comnutted under guise of a " lawful , calling " - —a , Iegitimate r" , tta ^«" in this nation of shopkeepers and t : i ; adesm , en . A ;

    At . the instance of the Inspector , of , the-GeneraJ -Board of Health , the exercise of a power , und . er ^ a J pcal aet ,: Syr closing houses vvjit for human habilation , has been / strongly . urged , and in ; several instances orders forcjosiflg hfye beengiven ., The following are examples of . the sort of ^ housps closed > pv ' ^ Housu in Pan no ?? Sthk KT .-rr Unpvep d ^ arop brick , floor , walls dirry and wet through , a low house built round on , three . sides bv lofty warehouses , rendering ventilation impossible . Incapable of teing mude dry without being . ' . entirely , rebuilt . Medical evidence of two physicians that tlie bouse > vas decidedly unwuolesomo and unlit for . human hubjtaliou , Ab the owner said that . he hud already closed the house , he was not fined the costs ,, but was informed that he would bo fined lOs . per nay if he re-opened it . . . *

    " MlTCHICSON S-DUIJ . niNGB , I . IME-STItEKT . Built lip against the bade of another house—external walls only nin « inches thick . No ventilation possible—always reeking with wet . " Lime sttikkt , Little Dublin . —Throe other houses built into a hill side ( clny ) , always wet . The walls so plastic that a walking-slick run into thorn stands out horizontally . " Mr , Lee , one of the engineering inspectors of the General I 3 onrd , has been lor . several flays engaged in the examination of the worst purls of the town , with the view of advising the local authorities on immediate- works , or means of mitigation lor rendering parts of it habitable .

    A fatal cuso of cholera occurred in Sheffield on Sunday The locality of the outbreak is in Brown-street , which in situate in n low part of the town and in the vicinity of a luvpje open sewer . It was in this same locality that the epidemic appeared to rage with th ' o greatest violence iu its previous visitations . The case above referred to is that of a girl unmed Margaret Dwycr . She was seized on Saturday with violent . sickness and purging , but her parents , who are poor Irish " people , neglected lo call in medical aid . In the course of a ( u \ r hours a state of collup . so ensued , and the girl was rapidly sinking before a mudicnl man was called in . Mr . Parker , surgeon , was thon sent for , but before his arrival she had breathed her last . ' Citsos of cholera havo boon reported to the Cieneral Hoard of Health , during tho lnst fow duys , from the following parts of tho miilronoli . s ;—

    One death and four attacks havo boon reported from Lumboth . A ! n <> oho death in St .. G « orgfl-th < j-Martyr , Southwark ; and iivo fatal ensos in St . Saviour ' s , a further caso being under treatment at Iho tiuio of the last report . i ) iiivr , h < r . a of a . decidedly choleraic tendency has been recently and Ktill remains v « ry prevalent in Stepney parish . In a horrid jmrt of Bayswater , culled Elnm luno , them havo boon / ivo fatal cases . Tho houses aro wholly void of drainage , and aro , litoivilly speaking , mirrmm < l < : < l by poisonous oxhalation . s , which nr « greatly increased by tho utagnuut cosHpools tlicit abound in nil riirectioiiN .

    In St .. Paneras , riinrrhooa and low fevor nro very prevalent , especially in Agur Town . Iu ono honmi in Su ( folk-ntr « : ot , tho medical <> HU : or t ' oitud thirty-threo pooplo , of both soxo . i anil all < ig

    Conform to uiul tu » int ovory inuanuro of prevention or remedy put i « o )) eration l > y tho local aiilhorilicH ; / or nuch inouanron » io fomnled upon luiowlcdge and tixperionce , and are onforcod by th « < lirm : t . ion cif Govornincut for tho public good . If yon nustiuu ioconvonioneo , or approlnuul dangor , fr « m any public nuiminco , iininutlintuly complain , cither to your local board of

    health , " your joirn .. council , < 6 ryoxir twiard tif guafdi ^ hs , as the * c ( asg jnajrlie , either of ivhbm ' ' jfull y enipowered toerifatce a 7 reip ^ dynr ' j / ' \ - ¦'' . [[ " ' ¦ '" ' *" ¦ ' " ' ' '¦' : ' ' - '"'' T '" : '"' . ; : ' " . '' .- ~ ' .. . i , ^ I > P ^ j ; ypurs ^ fj , as far as liesm yotir power j to rdnde ^ the ' , < $$$ ( ) avitiea of ^^ parochial and ^^ biAer public officertiunnecfessary , ipasniucb as ¦^^ ay&ij ' wr ^ o'i ^ iihqpi 0 , i > j the instant riemtt ^ al oferery nuisance about it ' and ' in it . , ' ' ' '""' ' ¦• " ¦ ¦^ l : ';' /_ ' ; ' ; A ., It » 6 t ^ j ^^ l ^ n i ^ qr ^^ a tx ^ toritiea at ( ill ^ nies , but ffn-^^ i ^«( yV ^/ npw ^ to . ^ aV 0 ^ a 11 stieets 'kUejst , arid cottrts daily ( p } ean ? £ d . ; ,,. / Bwt . iV la . ^ Tdur Suty to throve no refuse into the ^ h ; ee £ s ( ,, iiojr . to . ^ ofilct ^ anj myou badlt ' premises ' . ' itiive ' no ^ unghe ^ p ^ h . o ash-heaps . '' Kleep no p igs iii close places . '' Jf ake ' < jie is ^ ver | g ^ r * an . 4 ih ' eV ^ ustniaiv * ' * aniipying . Have no slpppy holes in voiir areas or back ytirdsV but

    t l 5 $ t . ilieva . pared or leveled . Irisistupon your laridlp ' fd' niakipg y ptir hoiiso Vater-iigh ^ . ! i ^ ee ^ hat your ^ ifidows will Hpeh ajiid sljiit , soas < p , tid , mitair , . ' excludeihoistiire . iEvfery ' -cjutetriSc , wheQier feTeror ^ holera . ra ge ^^^ tperejtre stinking kennels and' open dHches / ^ , aniinflts ( and "' decayed ' , vegetables ' , r ^ vo'd all ^ uch places : to dwell in ; and make your children , when they j ^ o oh't > ayojd all bod-smejling plates ., , , , ... ^ . , / ; , ''' ' Lpo ^' fo the iusid « f \' of' [ your Q . yyeilmf *; ai well ;^ b Ptt ' tside , to ^ et ' rii p ^ nuisancea . ' ¦ ' Are thewaifls and ceilings dirt ^ " or inpnld y , ^' . ' A , t ; the , cPst of , a stiilling or twoth ^ y maybe niibe-^ hite ^ jV TJii ? Jins befnjlpund one 6 ( the most ^ eftectupl preve ntives of cYioler ^ , Aybia , if 1 jipssible , ^ ^ cro wd ^ g ' v ' ouk' sleeping . rooms . " If there is a chimney in a bedrooni , ' keep it open ,

    and have ho chunney-hoard , or chest of drawers , to stdp it up . It would be good to make a . hole , thr ^ e or / oui : jti ches iqttare , near tlfip ceiling into the chimney ^ ayeryea ^ y ventilator . Get pure air Vn ^ pyourTpbrps / 'ty ey ' ery ' pos ^ ble iiieans , a ' nd ' get rid of the fquTair . ( n tiie most j 4 dectuat ' manner . . If there Is'a con . staiii pttensiye ; ^ mell wi . tTjin your dwelling , Which other people , as welt ^^ asypurself tioticei f > e suW . that . thbr ' e Ts danger' hand ; and never rest till you nave ' ascertained the cause , and have ; Jjot it rep ^ pved , as far as possible . Cpmplain'to ( He ' . Intid- ' ioj ; d ; jf | jo neglepts yoii , complain to thdsp who haye toen-/ orce f ' , The Nuisances Reiiioyal Act . " ^ If you cannot get . the nuisance : rembved . jpu ought ' tp > prepare io remove' / roni the liuisajice . ^ if you ^ pf to other lbdgibgs or houses , go to those wh ^ r © , therts . Iws been-po fever , '' . / there at ' d houses , ' witli ; ho fauljt of coustruction , that are ' always disagreeable to th ' es ' enses . T ^ ej ' . are ^^ theabodespi ' s | uttish . ness-r-thefbreruniierp / disease .

    The . person is selilpm clean when a . dwelling is dirty . Porsp i )^ l cleaniine ^ s and house . cleanliness are bofh health givers , ; ind ar , e of vital ' ^ impprfance when . the elements 6 f disease find cieatii a , re around . us . J ., ' , 1 ; , ^ TIu ' advice , » ''t ] j regard to ypur « i * eHing , assumes that you iiv . e iii a pqpulo \ i . H town "; but tho principles on which the advice is founded hold good , whether you dwell hi a village , or et ' en in dlone cottage . All places , it is to be feared , have the nuisances . If there is a dungheap at your threshold , remove it to a distance . If a foiil ditch , or cesspool , stir yourself to have a change . If the pigst 3 ' is offensive , cleanse and wash it daily . Have no poultry or rabbits within doors . In a word , get dirt and damp away from your house and out of your house , and get pure air into it . Bo clean yourself , and have everything clean about you .

    Having looked to your dwelling within and without , consider what is best for your welfare as to food and clothing . "Whenever cholera is present in a locality , there is ' a general tendency to irritation of bowels , and warm clothing and wholesome food are more than ever necessary . These , happily , are within tho reach of the great body of the people . The extreme poor must bo righteously cared fur in theso respects out of the abundance of the more fortunate ; but all have in their power to avoid what is hurtful . Avoid cold ; but make yourself strong by exercise in the open air , if your employment is within doors . The same dtitv of exercise applies to all your family , male and female . If there is any food or drink injurious at ordinary times , it is doubly injurious when there is pestilence in tho atmosphere . Bo very careful not to drink impure water ; and take heed that wells are not polluted , and that water-butts and cisterns aro kept clennscd . Spend less money on beer and other drinks , and spend more on Uannel and coals .

    If an attack , oven the slightest , should coroo on in 3 our household , you must immediately apply for medical assistance . Arrangements will be marie in every locality t « rondor such assistance promptly and effectually ; there is no disease which can bo moro readily met than cholera in its first or premonitory stago . In cases of diarrhoea , or looseness of bowels , tho following medicine is recommended by tho Board of Health , but avoid , if you can , exercising your own judgment in giving medicino at all : — " Twenty grains of opiato confection , mixed with two tablespoonfuls of peppermint-water , and repeated ovory three or four hours , or oltonor if tho attack is severo . Half tho quantity to persons under fifteen ; smaller doses to children . "

    If the disoaso assume a violent form before holp can bo obtained , put the sufferer into a warm bed , apply bottles of hot water , or heuted ttannel , to tho Htomneh and foot , and along tho spino . A dessort spoonful of brandy m » y bo given from time to time iu hot water . ] Constant friction with flannel dipped in hot vinegar is recommended , as well as tho application of a vinegar and mustard poultice over tho belly . A prudent per-» o ; i will havo tho necessary articleH at hand ; but promptitude in getting assistance is tho fust duty . By nightor by day Hend for tho doctor ; and such i » tho zeal of the medical profession Ihut tho humblest person will not send in vain .

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    INDIA—TIIE CA PE—AUSTllAI , lACHINA . Thichk . havo beon no outbreaks iu Burmah , but a terrible famine i « ^ reading over tho length ami breadth of tho land . Tho rico crop him failed throughout tho Pogue provinces , mid in now selling at three Hours per rupee , or t )\ b » . weight for two Hhillhu < N . Talcing into consideration the wage . s in that country and in England , theno prices are o <| uivolf ! iit to the loaf at homo being nohl for five shillings . At Kangotm Homo iship-loads of ri < : o have arrived from Calcutta , mid aro Moiling at a modoralo price , ao that the ncurcity i » not ho much felt thero tut up the country . All up tho Irruwtuldy tho cultivators aro living upon wild roots , leaves , uiul other

    miserable substitutes for good food , and the cholera is decimating the population to a fearful extent . The troops , as yet , continue free irom the scourge . -Other rbaladies are , however , ' rife . The 1 st Bengal Fusiliers ( Europeans ) , at Rangoon ; have 200 out of 700 men in hospital . Altogether , the European regiments which landed in Burmah little more trrarif a-yeiir ago"have lost upwards of 1500 men , partly by the -enemy , but chiefly from sickness . General Godwin has returned to Calcutta , and proceeds at once to take charge of his divisional command at Umballah , in the north-west provinces . 'Frtmvthe Cape theiutelligenee lately received is very gratifying . Trade was Tapidlyretovering , and promises to be everimore active than before the late CafTre war commenced . All was tranquil ore the fro utter . There was every prospect of the hiiHer"al resources of the colony becoming tit no very distant ' period , one ; of its chief elements of prosperity .

    Important intelligence has been received this week from Aiifctralm . The arrivals of goods had been enormous , overstocking 1 - the markets to aft extent which had sent down pTices from'thirty to fifty per cent ., and- even at this decline it Hvris found impossible ! to effect sales .- The shopkeepers who had purchased for arrival were repudiating their contracts , and a state ol' much confusion in consequence pievailed . It appears , however , t 3 iat the weather had for the six previous weeks been most unfavourable , and the roads to the'diggirtg * were in an impassable state . When they could be traversed with safety * a reaction in the market was anticipated , aiid'many of the merchants were , therefore , not desirous of ' pressing goods for sale at the current rates . The lutes ' t returns fronvthe- mines were favourable > and show an

    ' increase in the yield of gold , but the season had not fairly « btnmen <* ed . * Gold was in SDrne demand for shipment to England , at 77 s . 6 d . per oz ., and the exchange was at 2 per cent . prem . ' The' newsfrom China , brought by the Overland Mail , agrees with all that has recently arrived from the same quarter . ' Success is still with the insurgents . " The Government of Pekin is in the greatest distress for money . " "A scarcity of grain was beginning to be felt in Pekin , owiug to the districts by which the capital was principally supplied being now in possession of the rebels . " " The Imperialists have made another unsuccessful attempt to recapur © Amoy ; and i ' roin the accounts received of the spiritless behaviour of < he Tartar troops , it is now evident that ' all is up' with the Manchoo dynasfr . " -

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    THE GREAT WORKSHOP OF DUBLIN . BV AN ENGLISH WORKING MAN . "When the worinng man is on his travels , tlio first thing he usuall y does , on his arrival in any new place , Is to go about peering into the shop windows—that is , if he be tailor , shoemaker , hatter , cutler , or of any other trade , the articles of whose manufacture are commonly , in this way , exposed to the gaze of the public . In these cases the stranger is necessarily curious to inspect everything belonging to his own class of workmanship , —those vests and trousers , their style of cut and quality of stitching ; those boots , shoes , and home comforting slippers ; the finish and form of those gldssy head-coverings ; those knives , forks , scissors , &c , for various purposes and of various sizes ; while even tho baker of the bread which we are to have on our breakfast , dinner , or supper table , -will be inquisitive as to the proper artistic handling of those loaves , which aro displayed in the window of the baker ' s shop , and of that nice delicacy of tinge which they have received in the oven , and which the eye of the experienced workman iu dougli can alone adequately appreciate . Well ! I am here among the tl wild Irish , " as heretofore has been the accustomed phrase , but now tho peaceful and industrially ambitious , —and all is splendour , and bustle , and glorification in this , tho

    metropolitan city of Ireland ; every house , as it would seem , fully inhabited , throughout the noblest streets , and shops glittering in fresli luxury wheresoever I go ; but there is one , the Great Shop of all , which has lately become tho prime object of attraction ; and to tin ' s , oven now , on the first day of my arrival , I make my eager way , wanting to see for myself what it has of either the novel or excellent , in my own particular calling , which may interest me , from which I may loaru sometbing of substantial value , or acquire , perhaps , but a mere hint to some new perfection .

    Of this special matter , however , I am not going to say anything specially at present , but , as a bond Jidc working man , to put down a i ' ow general impressions of my first visit to the Great Shop of Dublin , n scene which I have passed through with much tuuhsfaction , and a knowledge of which I would thus coniinunicnto to others , aa au inducement to such of my own elana , who can in any way afford tlio mennfl , to do ko at onco , ere yet tho chanco of seeing this Industrial Exhibition of Dublin bo wholly passed " . away , and Ireland ' remain still a blank in their mindn .

    In the mnt plaot % then , I would fitato that tho locale of tliis Groat Shop has boon excollently chosen ; for although Dublin hn . s her Plmmix-parlc , and thliB might Imvo had her Exhibition emparlcoil , na wan tho chho with London , in 1851 , Htill tborohnfl been no imitation bore , in tbiw particular , and vory windy ho , na every one , nativo or 8 trnn />; er , I think uuiat nllow . Tho Dublin terminus « f tho Kingstown railway , that chief convoying routo of the British traveller , ia in a fltroet of considerable amplitude , though called u " " WcKtlaud-row , which loada intoMorrion-Htrcot , and Memon-Htmsfc to Morriou-Hquare , where tho onco allpotent Daniel O'Connell had bin metropolitan mansion . Confronting thoeantorn » ido of thin square ifl tho buildng of tlio Jixliibitioii , being erected on tlio lawu of tho

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 1, 1853, page 943, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2006/page/7/