The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-26 00:00:00

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lowing is a cepy,ricVwas forwarded to him by com-
mand of the Lor s ofihe Admiralty :
Ir " Admiralty, Oct. 7.
' Sir,—Having laid before my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty your letter of the 4th inst., received
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this day, I am commanded to convey to you the expres-
iron of their Lordships' great satisfaction at your
pro)eedings.
' My Lords highly approve of the firmness, energy,
and good judgment with which you have carried out
their instructions, and of all the steps you have taken in
the execution of their orders ; and their lordships desire
that you will convey to the ()Seers, seamen, and marines
employed under your command, including the master,
second master, and, crew of the Breadalbane, the like
expression of their lordships' high approval of the manner
in which you speak of their having done their duty.
" I am further commanded not to conclude this dis-
patch without signifying the deep regret with which my
lords have heard of the untimely death of an officer so
much esteemed by them as Lieutenant Bellot, of the
French Navy. " I am, &c.,
H.A. B. HAMILTON.
N.
Commander Inglefield, R.N., m.
Steam-vessel Phcenix."
The officers and men were much gratified when they
heard the letter read, and previous to separating gave
three times three hearty cheers for Captain Inglefield,
and many of them audibly expressed their Wishes that
they might soon serve under him again. A finer or
more healthy looking body of men were never paid off
at this dockyard.

SHEERNESS, OCT. 25.
The Diamond, 28 guns.—Captain William Peel has
commissioned this frigate. She is now in No. 4 dock,
preparing for sea.
The Horatio, 24, screw steam•frigate, Commander
Robert Jenner.—Several fine young men and boys have
arrived as volunteers for the navy, and have this day
been sent on board this ship.

THE CH_OLEBA.

(From the General Board of Health.)

STOCKHOLM.
The last accounts from Stockholm render it probable
that the epidemic is nearly at an end in that city. The
cases are not only becoming daily fewer in number, but
milder in character—the most eertaiff sign of the decline
of the epidemic. On the 14th inst., being the 62d day
from the first outbreak of the epidemic, the returns were
—Of premonitory diarrhoea,, taken ill during the last
24 hours, 10 ; convalescent, 44 ' • passed into cholera, 1 ;
remaining under treatment, 265. Of cholera, taken ill
during th last 24 hours, 7 ; convalescent, 6 ; passed into
collapse, 1 ; remaining under treatment, 152 ; dead, 8.
From the commencement of the epidemic :
Premonitory Diarrhcea. Cholera.
Attacks ............... 5,819 Attacks
Recoveries ............ 5,096 Recoveries 1,617
Passed into cholera . 458 Deaths
DUNDEE.
Oct. 24.—Cholera, death ......................
COCKERMOUTH.
Oct. 22.—Cholera, deaths..
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD.
Oct. 24.—Cholera, death ...................... 1
NEWCASTLE.
Oct. 24.—Cholera, death ...................... 1
Oct. 24.—Diarrhoea, death 1
The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea
in Newcastle, during the present outbreak, has been
1,530. In the same period (viz., the first 53 days),
during the prevalence of epidemic cholera, in 1831-2,
the number of deaths was 294.

LUTON.
Oct. 24.—Cholera, death 1
This death occurred in a place previously reported
"as filthy, overcrowded, and unfit for human habita-
tion."

SOUTH SHIELDS.
A return from the clerk to the South Shields Union,
transmitted to the General Board of Health, states that
s►x deaths have occurred therein from cholera sinca the
IGth inst., five being in South Shields, and one in White-
haven. These, with the 51 deaths -previously reported,
make up GO deaths from cholera in the South Shields
Union during the present visitation. - - •

LIVERPOOL.
Dr. Duncan reports this day to the General Board of
Health, that since his last communication of the 18th to
the 24th there have occurred in Liverpool 10 new cases,
and nine deaths. In eight of the new cases the persons
were Germans, six of them emigrants. One was a ser-
vant in a German emigrant lodging-house, and one had
been resident nearly three weeks in Liverpool previously
to the attack. Two fatal cases occurred among the
residents of the town.

METROPOLIS.
Deaths from Cholera during
the period of 12 weeks,
1853.
Week ending Aug. 6 4

Deaths from Cholera in cor-
responding period of 12
weeks, 1848.
Correspondingweek,lB4Bl9
17

13 191
20 10
27 18
Sept. 3 16
—lO 7
-- 17 16
24 29
Oct. 1 48
8 66
15 45
22 83

13
30
45
34

Total 3611 Total 196
As illustrating the comparative progress of cholera in
the metropolis in 1848 and 1853, in corresponding
periods up to the present time, the preceding table shows
that in 1848 in the eight weeks ending September the
24th the deaths numbered 74 ; while in 1853 in the cor-
responding weeks the deaths numbered 119, and that in
the four weeks ending the 22d of October the deaths in
1848 were 122, and in 1853 they were 242.
From reports transmitted yesterday to the General
Board of Health from the superintendents of the metro-
politan police, K, L, M, P, R, T, V, and Thames divi-
sions, it appears that between the 17th and 23d inst.
there have occurred in those districts 27 cases of cholera,
of which 13 have proved fatal ; of the latter three had
been previously reported as under treatment.
It was yesterday reported that no fewer than six cases
of cholera, and two of choleraic diarrhoea, had occurred
in one house, 33, Upper Chapman-street, in St. George's.
in-the-East, two of which had proved fatal. It may be
added that almost all the cases were from the inmates of
a single small room, in which as many as 12 persons
slept. It is satisfactory to know that upon the certificate
of r. Garrett, the medical officer of the district, most
of the inmates have been removed from this house.
KENSINGTON.
Dr. Milroy, in company with Mr. Frost, the medical
officer of the district, recently re-inspected the " Pot-
teries," in the Notting-bill division of Kensington parish.
Special reports were made in this notorious locality, in
1849, to the General Board of Health by Mr. Grainger
and Dr. Waller Lewis, and to the Metropolitan Com-
missioners of Sewers by Mr. Lovick. On the re-exami-
nation of it within the last few days Mr. Milroy states
that he can perceive no abatement of its horrible nuis-
ances, no signs of noticeable improvement since his for-
mer inspection of it in August, 1849, with the parochial
medical officer. It is represented as being now what it
was then, one large slough of loathsome abominations
—revolting alike to sight and smell, and most fatally
pernicious to health, as attested by the high rate of
mortality at all times among the inhabitants, and by the
large number of deaths from cholera in the epidemic of
1849.

It will be instructive to compare the mortality which
is represented to have occurred in the Potteries with
that which took place last year in the establishments
for improving the dwellings of the industrious classes.
The population of the Potteries is estimated at 1,200
souls ; the population in the various establishments of
the Metropolitan Association is 1,343. In the Potteries
there occurred in 10 months 40 deaths ; in the establish-
ments of the Metropolitan Association there occurred
in one year seven deaths; in the Potteries four-fifths of
the total deaths were under five years of age; in the
establishments of the Metropolitan Association the
deaths under ten years of age were not one-half of the
total deaths.

Loss of Two LIVES IN SPFTAEFILDS.—Yesterday,
Mr. Baker, the coroner, received information of the loss
of life by two men, named John Acock and Samuel
Walker, who were employed between 12 and 1 o'clock
in the morning of Monday last, in emptying a cesspool
at the back of an empty house in Pelham-street, Spital-
fields. It appeared that the place in question had come
under the notice of Mr. Teakel. the recently-appointed
P of nuisances for the Whitechapei Union, and
that he had issued instructions for the removal of the
nuisance. Acock had contracted for
the job, and he en-
gaged three men to assist him, one of whom was Walker.
They began their work on Saturday morning, and had
removed a great quantitykof the soil. On Monday morn-
ingthe,
they again set to xv
menced, lcalker wen t orShortly after they had downcorn-
theladder, when in his descent
he was suddenly observed to fall back. As he was seen in
danger, Acock went to his assistance, but before he
reached the bottom of the ladder he also' fell into the
foetid matter. An alarm was raised, and the unfortu-
nate men were brought up as speedily as possible.
Policemen Cartwright, A 405, and Wolsey, A 412, upon
being informed of the distressing occurrence, went to
the assistance of the men, who were then apparently
lifeless. Mr. Meares, Brick-lane, divisional surgeon of
the H Division, also arrived in a few minutes. Every
effort was resorted to for a length of time in order to
restore animation, but without success. It is supposed
that the wall, which it appeared separated this from an
adjoining cesspool, must have had a sudden fissure in it,
when au immediate escape of foul gas took place, which
came, in contact with the deceased men, who were in
consequence instantly suffocated. Acock, who has been
used to the work many years, has left a widow and six
children. Mr. Pelham, summoning officer of Spitalfields,
has taken possession of the bodies, which are placed in
shells.

TITE ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN PARR•STREET, KEN-
NINGTON.—IfitunaIt Grinnev is going oil favourably, ac.
cording to reports from Guy's Hospital. It will be re-
membered that the unfortunate woman was severely cut
about the neck and hands in struggling with her hus-
band, James Grinney, during his attempt to murder
her on Tuesday morning at their residence, No. 35,
Park-street. The wounds are not of so serious a
nature as was at first apprehended. The house-surgeon
states that she will be sufficiently recovered to attend
the examination of her husband at the Lambeth Police-
court on Monday next,