The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-22 00:00:00

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England and Wales ...
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NOTE.—The deaths are returned according to
.the
superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found im,
practicable to distinguish every place separately.

TOTAL CASES WIRING THE WEEK ENDING
OCTOBER 20, 1849.
Cholera. Diarr.
... 565 264
—lt 109

England and Wales ..
Scotland.— —.—

Total ...

... 674

264

DEATH OF MR. DAVID CROAL.—It is with extreme
regret we announce the death of Mr. Croal, of the Cale-
donian Mercury, at the age of 67. He was seized on
Wednesday last with an attack of severe diarrheen,
which terminated fatally at a late hour last night. Mr.
Croal may be said, we believe, to have been the oldest
member of the Scottish press. He was a native of
Montrose, in which town he served his apprenticeship as
a letterpress printer. Ho came to Edinburgh in 1804,
and was connected for several years with a newspaper
long since extinct. He then went to the Caledonian
Mercury, on which paper he held the office of reporter,
and subsequently of sub-editor, from the year 1808 down
to his death. In his professional capacity Mr. Croal
evinced much good taste and discretion; and among the
very wide circle of acquaintances he possessed in Edin-
burgh, he was highly respected for his unobtrusive
worth, cheerFul disposition, and warmth of heart. Among
his professional brethren, of all grades and parties, he
was long known and highly esteemed as a man of un-
impeachable uprightness in all his transactions, of unfail-
ing goodnature, and genuine simplicity of character ;
and we know that the announcement of the death of the
veteran will be received by our brethren in almost every
newspaper office in Scotland with the same pain with
which it is here made.—Scotsman.

COMMITTAL OF A WOMAN FOR POISONING HER
HUSBAND. CHELMSFORD, SATURDAY. -- Yesterday,
Ann Hayward, charged last week on suspicion of poi-
soning her husband, a shoemaker, at Springfield, Essex,
was b, ought up for re-examination, and fully committed
to take her trial at the next assizes. The prisoner
sobbed aloud, and appeared to be deeply affected while
the evidence was proceeded with, which went to show
that she had administered on two separate occasions
cubebs, white precipitate powder, and calomel, in broth
and mixed up in an apple dumpling, to the prosecutor,
which caused violent vomiting, and created suspicion,
which It dto her apprehension. She at first denied all
knowledge of the transaction, but afterwards admitted
that she had bought the poison at the shop of Mr. Charles
Baker, for the children's heads. She upbraided her
husband with inconstancy, and with sending her out to
obtain her living in an improper manner. Dr. Bird, Mr,
Seaton, and other medical men were examined, who had
analysed the contents of a paper found in the prisoner's
cupboard, and which clearly turned out to be poison
sufficient to destroy human life. Bail was offered for
the prisoner and refused. The prosecutor is considered
out of danger.
THE ALLEGED FLOGGING OF FEMALES ON BOARD
THE EMIGRANT SHIP.—At the meeting of the guardians
of Marylebone, on Friday, an answer from the Colonial
and Land Emigration Commissioners to the queries of
the guardians respecting the alleged flogging by order of
thel surgeon on board the Ramifies, an emigrant vessel,
was read. The answer stated that as soon as the charge
appeared in the public
press, they instituted a seat ching
inquiry respecting its correctness. They had also re-
ceived the captain's and surgeon's report, which, although
it spoke of the insubordination of the emigrants, never
alluded to the flogging. It was, therefore, their opinion
and their hope that it had not occurred. They did not
allow the matter to rest there, but requested Government
to institute the most rigid inquiry respecting it, as flog-
ging on board emigrant ships was strictly prohibited.—
Weekly Dispatch.