The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-31 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA AT TOOTING.

Yesterday morning Mr. Wakley, M.P., resumed, in
the board-room of the Chelsea Workhouse, the second
adjourned inquest on Martha Pollington, Emma Ingus,
Mary Killick, and George Hartley, children who died
cholera in Mr. Drouet's establishment at Tooting;
the board-room was crowded to suffocation.

Mr. Kite way recalled, at the desire of the guardians,
to prove it would have been dangerous to remove the
deceased on the 9th iutant. He said that it would be
dangerwis to remove these affected with cholera, and
that all, with the exception of Hartley, who was at-
tacked on the I 1 th, had been seized with cholera on
the 9th.

Evidence was then given as to the treatment of the
children at Mr. Drouet's; but it, as well as the state-
ments of most of the witnesses, was .a repetition of the
testimony received on former occasions.
Thomas Mills, aged 12, one of the Kensington chil-
dren, said he had not had half enough to eat at Mr.
Drouet's, whence he ran away twice. On the first occa-
sion, when he was brought back, his head was shaved,
and he was left in the ichool-room from seven o'clock in
the morning to twelve o'clock in the day, without any
clothes but his shirt. The boy who ran away with him
was similarly treated. They were not allowed sufficient
water to drink.

Thomas Beech, aged 12, another Kensington boy, gave
similar evidence.

After some further evidence,
Mr. Warden, house surgeon at Chelsea workhouse,
opened the bodies of deceased, and found that their
deaths resulted from cholera. Last July he inspected
the Chelsea children in Mr. Drouet's. Some were af-
flicted with ophthalmia, others with scurvy, and others
with scalded heads. Otherwise, and generally speaking,
they appeared in tolerably good health.
Mr. Gaskell, surgeon and guardian, stated, that in the
first instance he recommended the non-removal of the
children from Mr. Drouet's, as the overcrowding had
been diminished, the medical staff and nurses were in-
creased, and the dietary improved. Another reason for
this advice was, that room could not be found for the
children.

Mr. Ryder, chairman of the board of zuardiaas, ox.
pressed himself fully satisfied with Mr. Gaskell's state.
meet.

After sitting fourteen hours, the jury adjourned at mid.
night to this day, when Mr. Wakley will sum up.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant-George E. K. Gore (1843), to the
Fisgard, 42, as flag lieutenant to 'Commodore Su-
perintendent Henry Eden, vice Fowler, who was
flag lieutenant to Commodore Superintendent Sir
Gordon Bremer.
Lieut. Henry Hire, to command the Active, reve-
nue cruiser.
Assistant- Engineers-James M'Clymont and
Charles J. Serjeant, to the Centaurtearn-frigate, at
Portsmouth, ' ' *. -
PRIZE-MONEY rOR THRWATERWITCH.-.-Another of
the unjust distrifintions of prize-money in which the
. lieutenant and-reteeraut-oMeers, &c., are robbed- for
the commander and commodore, is announced by Mr.
Woodhead to be made on and after the 14th of
February next, fo Commander Birch, and the officers
and crew, late of the Waterwitch, on the coast of
Africa, for the capture of the slaver Beulah, on the
12th of June, 1847. Commodore Sir C. Hotham
gets 1451. ls. sd. ; Commander Birch, 7081. 16s. 6d. ;
the lieutenants, &c., only 941. 10s. 23.; fourth class,
471. ss. ld. ; fifth, 421. 10s. 7d.; sixth, 281. 75.;
seventh, 231. 12s. 6d. ; eighth, 181. 18s. ; ninth,
141. 3s. 6d. ; tenth, 91. 95., eleventh, 71. ls. 9d. ;
twelfth, 4/. 14s. 6d. ; thirteenth, 3/. 10s. 10.
PRIZE MONEY FOR THE CLEOPATRA.-Halford
and Co. have given notice to the officers and crew late
of the Cleopatra, Captain Wyvil, that an account of
tonnage bounties and proceeds, received for the under
mentioned captures, will be forthwith deposited in the
registry of the High Court of Admiralty :-Ken-
tacky, captured May 18, 1846; Constante, captured
July 12, 1846; Improviso, captured Nov. 12, 1846.
The Contest, 12, Commander M‘Murdo, had sent
in her fifteenth prize to St. Helena by the 24th ult.
She was a very fine schooner, but was an empty one.
A QUICK SAILER.-The Espiegle, 12 gun sloop,
Commander Campbell, now at Sheerness, to be paid
off, made her passage from Ascension to Plymouth
Sound in twenty-six days, and from the Cape forty-
five days, including two days' stoppages. The Es-
piegle brought home passengers Mr. A. I. Little, late
surgeon of the Inflexible, and Mr. J. Holden, late
clerk of the Medea, invalids; Mr. White, midship-
man, late Childers, and Mr. Vincent, midshipman,
late of the Mariner, seventeen invalid seamen and
marines, seven soldiers, two women, and eight chil-
dren. It may be remembered this vessel, built by the
School of Naval Architecture, made the quickest pas-
sage ever known to Teneriffe, on her way to China,
on which station she has been employed. Three
years and ten months have elapsed since she left Eng-
land, and four years and five months since she has
been in commission. The only changes which have
taken place among her officers since she left England
have been through deaths and promotions, a circum-
stance unparalleled, considering the length of time
she has been away. The only men-of-war she has
had an opportunity of trying with, since the experi-
mental trials, have been the Daedalus, Ringdove, Chil-
ders, Columbine, and Wolverine. With the three first
many trials took place, and on all points she beat them
very much indeed. With the two latter a single trial
with each took place, when she proved herself again
successful. In addition to which she has beaten all
the opium clippers in China with whom she tried, in
fact, she has never been passed by any vessel under
any circumstance, during her absence. These facts
are undeniable, and speak well for those who con-
structed her. She has made a daily average of 154
miles from the Cape, and 171 from Ascension.
PLYMOUTH, JAN 29.-Le Pylade, French Govern-
ment brig, 20, Captain Pirouneau, which arrived here
damaged from Martinique, on the 15th of January,
having been repaired, sailed this morning for her port
of destination, Brest.
Wind, northerly, dry.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

A letter from the Southampton, 50, Captain Corry,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Reynolds, C. 8.,
dated Simon's Bay, Dec. 1, says :—" We had a very
fine passage all the way out, and not a long one either,
considering we remained four days at Madeira. We
are all very comfortable on board, and like the cap-
tain and admiral much. It has been blowing ever
since we came in. They say it always does five days
out of the seven."

The Nimrod, 20, Commander Belgrave left the
Cape December 6, for the Mauritius, to provision,
store, and relieve the Brilliant, 22, Captain R. B.
Watson, C.lthe latter ship going to the Mozam-
bique to rel ve the Eurydice, 26, Captain T. V.
Anson, that corvette returning to the Cape round the
north end of Madagascar, calling at the Mauritius.
The Nimrod will return to England immediately on
the arrival of the Orestes ou the station.

Lovm AND SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, between
one and two o'clock, Mr. Thomas Brown, a master baker,
residing in Hungerford-street, St. George's-in-the-East,
committed suicide in the London Docks. The deceased
was respectably connected, and was possessed of some
little property. For some time past he had become much
attached to a female named Harris, but she did not re-
turn his affections, and refused to become his wife. On
Monday night he went to Harris's lodgings in New
Gravel-lane, Shadwell, and threatened todestroy hims, 1f
it she did not consent to become his wife. She again
declined, and he immediately ran down stairs into the
street, followed by two females, who heard bis threats.
Before he reached the swivel-bridge the two females suc-
ceeded in catching hold of his coat, and endeavoured to
make him return, but he eluded their grasp, and ran on
to the swivel bridge, and before any person could prevent
him, he precipitated himself over the railings into the
tobacco basin of the London Docks. An alarm was in-
stantly raised, and after the elapse of twenty minutes be
was recovered, but life was founodnlyto23 yebarrs iteof asextie.nct.
The unfertunate young mn was