The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-09 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

A Court was held yesterday upon the occasion of the
swearing in of the new Lord Mayor.
Alderman WILSON said,—This being the first Court
since her Majesty's Commissioners have met to com-
mence the inquiry into the matter of corporation reform,
I think if no allusion be made to the subject the public
may naturally consider that the allegations and asser-
tions made before the Commission may be true. Ido
not wish to produce or occasion any discussion on the
question, for I do not think that this is the time or this
the place for noticing it. (Hear, hear.) I merely ask
the public to wait as to their decision until both sides
have been heard. A time will come when the Court of
Aldermen will have their turn to be heard, and .E have
no doubt that they will be able to give a most satisfac-
tory answer. Many of the statements are so absurd
and preposterous, that very few persons can believe
them, or indeed pay any attention to them.
The LORD MAYOR took leave of the Court. He had
told his brethren at the commencement of his mayoralty
that he should look to them for their active assistance,
and he must acknowledge that he had received that as-
sistance in the most effective and gratifying manner all
through his year of office.
Alderman FAREBROTHER, as senior alderman present
and other aldermen expressed the warm feelings of the
Court amid loud applause, and the Court immediately
adjourned.

THE CHOLERA.

( From the General Board of Health.)
PORTOBELLO.

Since the last report from Duddingstone there has
been only one other, the case at Joppa. It is stated that
all the cases are now convalescent, and the promptitude
in removing the family where the cases occurred from an
over-crowded apartment was the means of arresting and
preventing the further extension of the disease. Cases
of diarrhoea continued to occur, but not, however, con-
fined to any locality—more among the better class of
people than among, the poor, and not more prevalent
than usual at this season of the year.

DUNDEE.
Nev. s.—Cholera (deaths)
Nov. 6.—Cholera (deaths)

MORPETH.
Nov. s.—Cholera (death)
FAVERSHAM.
Nov. s.—Cholera (death)
GATESHEAD.
Nov. s.—Cholera (death)
Nov. 6.—Cholera (death)
GATESHEAD (HEWORTII).
Nov. s.—Cholera (death)
METROPOLIS.

From the returns of the metropolitan commissioners
of police for the divisions C, IC, L, M, P, T, V, and the
Thames police, for the 6th and 7th instant, it appears
there were discovered 24 cases of cholera, of which 15
had terminated fatally. This is the highest number yet
returned by the police in the same period of time. Of
the deaths, seven occurred in the wealthy parish of St.
James's, Westminster. In Peacock-street, Newington,
a death occurred after eight hours' illness. With refer-
ence to a death in Long-lane, Bermondsey, the police
report that adjoining the house where it took place,
there is a slaughterhouse, and a heap of dung, offal,
and blood, in a decomposed state, the stench from which
is dreadful. In a house, in St. Ann's-place, in the same
parish, a second death has occurred during the present
week.

The mortality in the metropolis, according to the
Registrar-General, appears to continue on the increase
—the deaths for this week ending Nov. 5, being from
cholera, 102 ; diarrhoea, 38 ; compared with 62 from
cholera, and 28 diarrhoea, for the corresponding week
of 1848.

The comparative mortali
the two periods is as under
Deaths from cholera during
the period of 14 weeks,
ending sth Nov., 1853.

,y for the 14 past weeks in

Deaths from cholera in cor-
responding period of 14
weeks, 1848.

Week ending Aug. 6 ... 4
PP 13 ... 19
PP 20 ... 10
27 ... 18
PP
PP Sept,. 3 16
PP 10 ... 7
17 ... 16
21 ... 29
„ Oct. 1 ... 48
8 ... 66
PP 15 ... 45
22 ... 83
29 ... 96
„ Nov. 5 ... 102

Corresponding week,lBlB 19
~ 17

Total. !!!!! imii. 069

13
30
15
34

Total ,„, 323