The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-29 00:00:00

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DAl77olll).—Cholera is prevaleat in Water-lane, in tbf.
=t . canting off Its victims in • very few hours. In one
re, • whole family, consisting of • man, his wife and
heir children, fell o iCtillll to the fatal malady in four dap.
lint-voc.—The returns for the ancient city are scarcely so
favourable as for the last two or three days, being es follows:
Diarrhu.s, 18; approaching to cholera, 13; cholera, 8;
deatLs, 5. There are no returns yet issued for the out
perish of Bt. Phillip and Jacob ; and it is difficult to state
west is its cis* condition, bat there have been some,
deaths there. The epidemic would seem to be fast disap-
pearing morn Bedminster, the returns from which parish are
of a cheering chsracter Disretau, 23 ; cramp 4 ; cholera,
1; deaths. U. The medical aloe, of the committee of health
is:presets his opinion that the district is in a much more satis-
factory state than at any time since the establishment of the
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MIIMITIL—The retorts from the Merthyr district,
although still presenting evidences or a decline cf the ep'..
demic, ars not quite so favourable as as Saturday and Sun-
day. Oa the latter day then were only 14 mew seizures,
while yesterday the numbers were as 61kws :—Merthyr,
14; Dowille, 11: total, 25. The deaths on Sunday amounted
ts only 6, bat yesterday to 8, being as follows:—Merchyr,
6; Penydarran, 1; Doubts, 1.
MAntunam.—The elselera doss not appear to abate in
Marehester, bat in some of the out-townships it has not
hem to prevalent.
ltrarnzw.—Cholera has 'gain appeared amonr us, and
has asettead within the last few days a more vintlent Lad
fatal character.
EbtrilitllGH.—Considtrahle uneasiness is felt here in re-
gard to the inereating prevalence of that most fatal of all
dimmer, cholera, which is known to hayo reappeared in
various parts of the city.

SPEEDY RITCRY OF MI I SENT LETTERS.—By
Mat regulation any letter haring the writer's tame and
residence engraved on the eel, or written on the outside,
which e..nnot find the party to whom the same is ividrrawd,
will be returned to the writer through the post-dike Im-
mediately, and not through the Dead Letter.‘ffice, by which
regulation considerable anxiety and lose of time will be pre •
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THE fIEACIEFLL CIILItCII OP POYNINGS MU ninth
damaged during the late thunder-storm. The electric fluid
settee to ham 'sieved the south window of the chancel, al-
luvia' the apex of the arch, and in its downward mane
separtitially miring the minims of the tracery. end then
wreschirg oat a portion of the flint-work at the ham.
Curiouel enough, three other windows are injured in pre•
eimly the same manner. The panel work of a pew lining
the wall immediately; under one of them windows is
completely shivered. The tower sustained the greaten in-
jury. to the western side, immediately over the ridge of
thetraneept, there is • breach four feet square superficially,
and ten inches deep; and in the corresponding position
bole the injured part is not lees than eight feet in length
ar.d eighteen inches in width. The flint work is shaken
and (I.arranged to the depth of eighteen inches; and, to
SW the words of a bricklayer employed in repaving the
demure, " It looks as if torn oat by • pick-axe." Several
Mh.r s of the tower arm damaged, but not to the same
extent. 'foe porch was also struck; and it exhibits proof
of • nmerser escape from eleatraction. It would appear,
from the ',oddest of the parts affected, that the lightning
came from the south-west, and being attracted by the whg
dows, proteided from one side of the church to the other,
realm, i.e egress through the windows on the op to side.
The pews and floor were completely covered with mortar,
Shakes olf from the militia end walls. Thu neat pareousge.
bum saitained great damage, and four of the rector's Ail-
drea had a PIMP 1111/1 providential mospe, a portion of 'he
Peat lavas/ been Wm elf Immediately over the room when
they were weeping.—DrigAtoot Omar*.
Mativlattaf AND CONTINENTAL STEAM-PACKET
Cow .—An extraordinary general meeting of this tota-
lity was held yesterday, at London-bridge station, for the
rawl:of essalirsio• the resolution of the meeting of the
st., whisk authorised! 'he dissolution of the company,
lad el kb this meeting (consisting of Captain Botha* who
was Ice the aka* and a very scanty number of proprietors),
agreed to without oppeeition.—The Mainers (in reply to
la inquiry hem a shareholder as to whether them were any
ample. rand.), mid that there would remain a balsam
which. after the few oetstan.'ir g debts were paid, would be
disile,! ,monger the sharehollers in regular proportionsupos
their es-eutiug • deed to release the trustees from all reepon-
eihilits H. unwed the sneetiort that no time would be lost
In wing, up the affairs of the company.—A Shareholder,
in erni^e • vote of thanks to the chairman, significantly
hoped tl t if he eve again feted as chairmen, it woal4 be in
a arse presperous .untiortakfog—• murk, and the only
sae, which elicited a cheer. The motion having been agreed
* the meeting broke up.
Mr. 'Mikity, Jun. (by adjourn-
meet at the Yorkshire Grey, Humbled, toschinft the
death cl Maria Stone, the wife el • wheelwright, re-
'dint -11 Church-lane, who died Sow Asiatic cholera.
It was proved, on the first meetMg of the jury,
dtte e Accessed was attaked with cholera, aftAr
%dare I.sr sister, who died from the prevailing epidemic.
A Inotlo r and sister of the deceased were else at.
lethal with cholera, after they had left their dead
elbteei huse, and died soon afterwards. Two nieces of the
&Maud weft also attacked about the mass time, and they
died wit. in a few hours of each other. Two other relearns
Ware attacked with cholera, and were not expected to
The deceased was the last who died, anal it was •
linear tact, that these were the only cases of cholera, with
the uterine of the Rev. Mr. haggises, a Wesleyan minis
ter, who died from cholera In Jack Illtraw's Castle Tavern,
that had occurred in Hampstead. The jury recorded
Verdict of death from Asiatic cholera.