The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-10 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA.

(Trea the Bond d Health, Oct. 8.)
LONDON.
A fatal ease of cholera occurred on the Gth in
Poland-street, St. James's, 15 hours. 1)r. NGtroy,
trotn the General Board of Health, had an interview
on Friday with the guardians of Newington, with
relation to the adoption of measures for the preven-
tion of the spread of cholera. The guardians are
prepared to adopt energetic measures, and have ap-
pointed their several medical officers as sanitary
inspectors of their respective districts.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
.—Ocrozza 7.

Cholera
Diarrhcea
The total number of deaths from cholera and
diarrhcer in Newcastle during the present outbreak
has been 1,480. In the same period (viz., the first
37
days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera
there in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 238.
Newcastle.—General result of the house-to-house
visitation. '[here has not yet been time to complete
the returns of the house-to-house visitation ; but the

following statement contains an approximation to
the result up to October 6th. The cases of diarrhoea
discovered by this system, and brought under imme-
diate treatment by the visitors, amounts to 3,241;
the cases approaching to cholera, 227 ; cholera, 63;
cholera corpses, 3 ; old cases passing from diarrlicea
into approaching cholera, 13; and from approaching
cholera into cholera, 11 ; making the total number
of cases of all kinds discovered and brought under
treatment 3.13.

WALKER.
The aereritT of the outbreak of the disease at
Walker, of which a detailed avount was given yes-
terday, induced Dr. Gavin to revisit this place on'
the 6th instant, in order to ascertain by personal in-
spection the extent and efficiency with which the
preventive recommended had been carried out.
The following are stated to be among the results
of the inquiry. The total deaths in the small locality
attacked ou Monday (the 3rd) amounted on the 4th
to 9, on the sth to 4, and on the 6th at 3 o'clock,
p.m., to 2. At that time there were under treatment
6 cases of cholera, 4 of which were expected to prove
fatal, 4 cases approaching cholera, and 31 cases of
diarrhoea.

Most of the persons inhabiting Scots Town had
fled precipitately.
Panic was still general, and there was extreme
difficulty in obtaining persons who would bring the
dead or place them in their c,.;ffins. The entire popu-
lation were represented for the time to hare been in
a state of frenzy.
SOUTH SHIELDS. _ _

6th October.—lteports-have been received of the
occurrence of 9 fatal cases of cholera in South
Shields from the 26th ult. to the 6th inst., making a
total of 41 deaths at that place from cholera during
the present visitation. These deaths have taken
place in the South Shields Union, which comprises
not only the town districts of South Shields and
Westoe, but also the country districts of Hedworth,
Monkton, Jarrow, Hebbnrn, Whitburn, and Baldon.

HATFIELD.
A cue of cholera—the first in the

Hatfield, about six miles from Doncaster, on Friday night,
the victim being the Rev. John Loxley, vicar of Baraby.
in-the-Willows, Nottinghamshire, and formerly curate of
Doncaster. Mr. Loxley hail beta in rather indifferent
health, and left his home about a fortnight ago, to visit the
sea-side. He remained at Burlington until a few days ago,
when he left to return home, being then suffiring from
diarrlicea. He called at Hatfield to pay a visit to some of
his wife's relations, and, whilst there, grew much worse.
Medical aid was called in, but, it appears, too late, for he
died on Friday evening, within twenty hours of the appear-
ance of the more malignant symptoms. Mr. Loxley was
well known in the district for his piety and affability, and
his death, under such melancholy circumstances, is much

regretted by many persons in Doncaster and its neigh-
bourhood.

CUOLESA IN

Saturday an in-

quest was held at the Peanon's Anna, Tensaw.—
Kingsland-road, before 2.1 r. Baker, on the body of Mazy
Allen, aged 10 years, who it was said had died in York-
place, Kusgsland-road, from an attack of Asiatic cholera.
Mr. John Nicholls, surgeon, in giving his evidence, said,
the premises were unlit to live to ; the drains were very
bad, and the effluvium from them and the cesspools most
dreadful. The jury returned a verdict " died from Asiatic
cholera." Two other children, aged 5 and 8 years, of the
same family, have since died; and also another child, agei
7 years, belonging to a different family.

EXTRAORDINARY AND SUSPICIOUS DEATH

OF A WIFE.

On Saturday afternoon Mr. Payne held a long
inquiry at the Vestry-hall, Fair-street, Honleydown, on
the body of Ann Roberts, the wife of a greengrocer in Ber-
mondsey-street, who, it woos at first sapposed, had committed
suicide, but concerning whose death reports were subse-
quently in circulation of a more serious character.
On Friday morning the deceased was found in her bed
room hanging by a gauze veil, and in nearly a kneeling
posture. See was quite dead. Her husband gave the
alarm. He had slept on a sofa, having come home the pre-
vious night very drunk. When he called in a lodger he
said, " Good God, I shall not be long after her." lie had
only a short time before come out of gaol, where he had
been undergoing imprisonment for illusiag his wife.
Mary Duke, who occupied a room underneath, deposed to
hearing the deceased groan is the night.
The sister of the deceased thought she had not laid
violent hands upon herself, as she was always greatly
terrified at death.
Ellen Cooke, the daughter of the deceased, produced a
bundle of letters which her mother had given her. A short
time sizes her mother told Roberts that he would soon go
back again to gaol for his ill usage of her. He made use of
some very filthy expressions, and replied that the next time
he went it would not be for twelve ;months, but for two or
three years, and perhaps he might go on to a scaffold for
her, as he meant to have her life, at the same time using
most violent language. That was about three weeks ago.
The Coroner then read three letters sent by a woman
alluded to in the course of the investigation, signed lilies
Roberta," thereby assuming the name of the wife, one of
them being addressed to Roberts. In this letter she en-
treated Roberta to come to her without delay, stating that
she had got an order for the play. He was to make any
emu* to deceive his wife, and if he found any difficulty in
doing so that he must "cook" her, as they had agreed upon,
and then when she was gone they could live happily to-
gether. The two other letters to the wife were couched in
the most foul and filthy language, taunting her with
having lived with her husband whilst she was in the work-
, house, and that he had spent many pounds upon her, but
having lost his situation at Somerset-house he had returned
to her for convenience, but that she had made up her mind
( to have her life, if she should be hanged for her.
Dr. Milliee said he should have great hesitation at the
present moment in stating the cause of death. The features
were exceedingly placid, and there was no bloodshot about
the eyes, as was common where death occurred from strata.
gulation.

- The inquiry wu then adjourned for a post martens exa-
mination to be made.