The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-22 00:00:00

CHOLERA AND DIARBMPA RETURNS.

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Cholera. Diarrhost.
West districts
north distaicts 1
Central districts
Bast clistricta 3
South districts 3

Total in London
General Segieter.offioe, Somerset Hasse, Oat 20.

SUPPOSED POISONING BY SHELL-FISH.—Tile Gkis-
gcw Evening Citizen of Friday says :—" A serious gloom
has this morning been cast over the inhabitants of Brox-
terrace, Paisley-road, and neighbourhood, and a painful
sensation spread through the city generally, by the ru-
moured sudden death of three persons, two ladies and a
gentleman, from eating shell-fish. Mr. Forbes, of Messrs.
Cook, Forbes, and Co., merchants, West George-street, in
his visits to Kngland, has been in the habit, for some time,
of bringing down shell-fish, as a treat to hisfriends residing
in his neighbourhood. On his return this week from Man-
chester, vi• Liverpool, be brought some Norwegian crab
shell-fish, and on Wednesday evening had a few friends
at supper, when they all partook of them. The
party cromisted of Mr. and Mrs. Forbes, Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Darling, Mr. and Mrs. Merry, and Mr.
Thomas Bain, commission merchant. On Thursday morn-
ing they were all seized with choleraic symptoms. Mr.
Bain, however, came into town, and was on 'Change in the
forenoon, and in George-square about 2 p.m., when, feel-
ing himself getting worse, he went into the George Hotel,
and had a glass of brandy. Mr. Dron recommended him
immediately to proceed to the hospital in Parliamentary-
road. He did so ; but although everything was done that
skill could suggest, he died last night eta quarter to 12.
Mrs. Darling and Mrs. Merry had the prompt services of
several able medical men, but they have both succumbed,
Mrs. Darling having expired at 11 on Thursday night, and
Mrs. Merry at 9 on Friday morning. Mr. and Mr• Forbes,
and Messrs. Darling and Merry, accordingto our latestintel-
ligenoe, having been only slightly affected, are all recover-
ing. The symptoms, the appearances, and the sudden-
ness of the three sad deaths are all believed to be
choleraic, but attributable not to the locality, but to some-
thing poisonous in the Norwegian shell-fish, of which, as
we have stated, they had all partaken." Our Glrapw
correspondent says :—" Dr. Moore, who attended Mrs.
Darling and Mrs. Merry, gives it as his opinion that those
ladies died of cholera, and Mr. Bain's case has been re-
ie at the Sanitary-office as one of choleraic diarrhum.
KGdairdner, who was called in at Ibrox-terrace, will not
take it upon him to say whether the deceased ladies died
from cholera traceable to no particular cause, or whether
the deaths have resulted from the eating of the crabs. The
latter supposition seems strongly supported by the 00D/Ci-
deuce of so many persons being seimd who bad been mem-
bers of the same supper party. Mrs. Forbes has also been
ill, but, we understand, IS recovering."
DEATH OF MR. J waif RABIN, THE HOWE TAXER.
—John S. Barey, the celebrated horse tamer, died sud-
denly at Cleveland on the 4th instant. Last December he
had a stroke of paralysis, since which time he bad been
treated by several prominent physicians. On Thursday, at
2 p.m., he left the Waddell-house for a walk, but soon re-
turned, complaining of a pain in the head. After being
seated a few minutes be exclaimed, " I am dying," and in
about an hour he expired. Mr. Barey was • native of
Franklin county, Ohio, where he was born in 1828.—New
York Paper.
THE WORKS AT HOLBORN TALLEY. —These
works are progressing in a satisfactory manner. At several
of the main points of the intended raised way equal efforts
are being made, and the preliminary business of clearing
away houses at the south-eastern and south-western ends
of the line are now carried on simultaneously, the whole of
the buildings on that portion of the roadway having been
acquired by the corporation. Messrs. Hill and Keddell,
the contractors for the raised way, have during the last
month' made great advances in their works in connexion
with the buttresses for the bridge over Farringdon-street,
and also with the subway, sewers, and vaults on the
western side, and the extensive trick erections forming
the basements of the intended superstructural approach to
the viaduct on the west side of the Farringdon-road new
present present a very substantial appearance. The whole
of these works are composed of the beet materials. Mr.
Heave is the agent for the contractor, Mr. It. Lidstonelhav-
ing the control of the work under the architect, Mr. W. Hay-
wood. During the last few days several of themembers of
the Improvement Committee have inspected the works,
and on Monday last the engineer submitted further plans to
the committee for their approval, as to new streets adja-
cent to and in connexion with the Holborn Valley im-
provement, which were agreed to, as were also further
plans for setting out surplus lands not required for the
immediate purposes of the viaduct. —City Press.
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