The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-15 00:00:00

THE TO() G DISORDER.

It app. ars tr:m repons which have been received from
Tooting, that the disease which has broken out amongst
the raiip r ordldret in Mr. Drouot's establishment, so far
from d, cluing, has ag,,in assumed its original malig-
nant ehnraeter, and several new and *evere cases are
added io the

Mr. Popham, one a the medical genth-men, 13.-nt down
from St. P.,.neras to the a,t lum, in a communication re•
cived by the authorities of Sr. Pancras yestarday (Sun-
thy) ntornitt, says . _ _

I regret to say that since the decline of the high
inch prevaded on `l.'huniday and Friday, the
cholera seems to have increased here :lightly. There have
been four or five fresh cases during last night, and a
considerabie !lumber of deaths during the lust twenty-
tour h. urs.

(~igued) " NV. IlomE POPHAM, Surgeon."
A further report wa3 reefived trove Ar. Popham last
night, which stales" that several of the children at Toot-

E.g are still in a dangerous state, and I regret to say
thrwe children hay" died.

" The number of St. Pancras childre❑ remaining are
24 ; viz., 3 boys under treatment, 9 girls under treat-
ment, and 7 boys and 5 girls convalescent.

(Signed) W. H. POPHAM, Surgeon.
" Tooting, Sunday afternoon, Jan. 14."

The following is the report of Mr. Bird, the surgeon
appointed to attend the children removed from Tooting
to St. Pancras workhouse :

" St. Pancras Hospital, St. Pancras Workhouse,
Sunday Evening, Jan. 14, 1849.
" No fresh cases have occurred, and all the patients
under treatment, as well as those in the collapsed state,
are improving, and I am happy to state no death has
oceurrt d.

" Mr. Wilkinson, my colleague, Ism happy to state, is
better, and so is the nurse.
(Signed)

" HENRY BIRD, Surgeon."

HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY.

The general meeting of this society was held on Tues-
day, the 9th insta,t—the Earl of Haddington, Senior
Vice. President, in the chair, supported by the Duke of
Buceleuch, the Earl of Rosebery, the Lord Justice-
General, and a large body of proprietors and tenant-
farmers.

The first business of the meeting was the election of
new members, and 51 candidates were balloted for and
added to the rolls.

The SECRETARY then said that the President's tenure
of office was limited, by the constitution of the society,
to four years. His Grace the Duke of Montrose was
electk d in January, 1845, and it had therefore become
necessary to nominate a successor to his Grace.

On the motion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCR, the Duke
of Roxburgh was elected President.

His GRACE then moved—" That the thanks of the
society be communicated to his Grace the Duke of
Montrose for his conduct as President during the last
four years; for the zeal and interest exhibited by his
Grace in its prosperity and welfare; for his presence
at its different shows, meetings, and dinners; and for
the alacrity and ability with which the objects of the
society had been forwarded by his Grace."
The resolution was carried by acclamation.
The Marquis of Ailsa and Lord Kinnaird were elected
Vice-Presidents in the place of the Earl of Aberdeen
and the Earl of Morton, who retired in the usual rota-
tion.—Lchnburgh Advertiser.

DESTRUCTION OF A FAMILY.—At Penkridge, on
Thursday, the coroner held an inquest at the Boar
Tavern, where evidence to the following effect was
given family, consisting of an aged man, named
Cresswell, with his wife and two sons—the eldest an
idiot, and the youngest about nineteen—resided in a cot-
tage near the turnpike-road. On Tusday morning last
a bricklayer, who bad been engaged the preceding day
setting a stove in the kitchen, went to the cottage to re-
move his tools. Upon going there, he was rather asto-
nished at not finding any member of the family up. He,
however, waited at the door for nearly an hour, when he
commenced knocking, but not receiving an answer, he
got a ladder and made to the bedroom window, and on
looking through, he saw the inmates lying in bed. He
called to them, but no one answered him ; he therefore
breed an entrance, when he found the mother lying 011
,he bed quite dead, and her husband was at her side
perfectly insensible. In another bed he found the idiot
boy I) ing quite unconscious, and in an adjoining bedroom
be found the youngest son dead and cold. Medical
aid was instantly sent for, but the husband, who waS
80 years o. age, died during the evening without being
able to relate anything respecting this very mysterious
affair. The idiot has recovered, but no account can
be obtnned from him as to the probable cause of the
deaths. The coroner said it would be impossible at
present to close the inquest. He should like a post-mor-
tem examination of the bodies to be made, and the con-
tents of the stomachs analysed. Mr. Lester, a surgeon,
having been appointed to make an analysis, the inquiry
was adjourned.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE RlTlM—About
four o'clock on Friday morning, whilst the storm of
wind was raging wildly, a light brig, the name of which
is at present unknown, ran foul of a sailing barge which
was lying off Erith, and damaged her so seriously that
she immediately began to settle. The only persons on
board the barge were the captain, his wife, and an infant
child, who were sleeping below at the time of the col'
lision, but, roused by the shock, hastily started to the
deck, which was then on a level with the water, and sunk
immediately after. The poor woman and her child were
carried rapidly down the river, whilst the captain, wife
was no swimmer, clung to the rigging, and saw his wife
and child floating away in the water. The moonlight
enabled him to see them for a considerable distance, the
violence of the element sustaining them, and the poor We'
man holding the infant above her head with all a mother);
energy, in the fruitless hope of saving it. The captain,
when rescued from his perilous position, stated that the
brig which did the damage kept on its course, without
either heaving to or lowering a boat to render assist-
ance. lutorn, ation of the facts was immediately een"
veyed to Inspector Joshua Judge, of the river police:
who at once communicated with the authorities at Great
Scotland-yard, when instructions were given to use all
due diligence in discovering the name of the brig, the
owners, and master, and also the bodies of the sufferers.
The people on board the brig, according to the state-
ment of the captain of the barge, must have been tho'
roughly aware of what had occurred, as the light WI
strong enough to enable him to see his wife and chile
floating away for a considerable distance.
[ADYZRTISEMENT.]—An Effectual Cure of a Severe
Cough and Asthma, by Holloway's Pills.—Mr. John
Davies, of Lion-street, Milford, was afflicted for more
than seven years with a most inveterate asthmatics'
cough, which several eminent surgeons, under whose car°
he had been at various times, could not eradicate; he
then resolved upon trying Holloway's Pills, and forte'
nately he did, for this superior Medicine has effected
perfect cure, the cough has ceased, the asthma is re'
moved, and his respiration is as free as that of the
healthiest person. Old c,,ughs, recent colds, wheezing°
on the chest, and shortness of the breath, may also he,
cured by Holloway's Pills. Sold by all Druggists, WI
at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Siren,'
London.

MR. HARTLEY COLERIDGE.—We regret to 115"
to notice the death of Mr. Hartley Coleridge. He W 0
one ..f the mo.t original and pleasing of living write
Though he sadly r%a,,ted end inisu,ed his powers, her
has left enough to determine what his position end%
better auspices might have been. His " Biographl'
Borealis" (a collection of brief biographies of men boro
in the north ot England) is a charming book. His 13°..
tice of Massiuger and FO2 d (written for Mr. Moxoe
editions) are lull of masterly thought, and knowledge of
the manners as well as literature of the Elizab,tbSu
age. His poems are not unworthy of Coleridge's son.
We are glad to know that he had been some time en'
gaged in the composition of a series of prose essays f°t
Mr. M, ion, and that these will shortly be published.'
Exantiner.

BIRTHS.
On the 15th inst., at 47, el
Russell-square, the lady of Sa
Morten Peto, Esq., M.P., of a son.
On the 12th of November, 1848, at Hoshearpore, N. Wlct.
Province, the lady of Captain W. Ellison Warden, 23d A"
N. 1., of a (laughter.
On the 10th inst., at Eastbourne, Sussex, Mrs. John Nate*
of a son.
On the 11th inst., at Westbourne-villas, Harrow-NO
Mrs. R. Apsley Ranger, of a son.
On the 11th inst., Airs. Burton Ravenscroft, of Serie-street'
Lincoln's Inn, of a daughter.
On the 11th inst., at Euston-square, the wife of W. Rog,
Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 9th inst.. at Cheltenham,
the Rev. Outfield d
Jyas., Yorkshire, to .11117
roper, M A., incumbent of Farnley
eldest daughter of the late Rev. J. C. Green, of North Grit
stone, in the same county.
On the tOth inst., at can
by Church, Edwin Ley. E501...d,0f
Bosahan, Cornwall, 11 ;1
to only daughter of Grt"/
thaw, Esq., of :-ct:wby. Lincolnshire.

DIED. Air
On the 9th of December, 1848, at Clifton. near Bristol, Sit
B. StonhousP. Bart., late of the Hon. East India C°//1-
•
parry's Bengal Civil Service.
On the 3d inst.. at Saleby Vicarage, Lincolnshire, age-d
f
Elizabeth, relict of th 3 late Arthur Mackie, Earl ALP"
••
Lewisham, Kt nt
On the Bth inA., at No. 22, Strand, Mr. J. Allen, aged 68
„-.
On the 9th inst., at Cheltenham, Harriet, the wife of ‘)"11;
tain Co te, N., daughter of the Right Hon. Lady Pgiat"
Saunders, and nice ut tha Earl of Aldborough.
On the Itlth inst., at Tu- nham-green, Major Ja""
Church. Esq., formerly of Wells-house, Act( n.w.
On the 01 h inst., at Hyde, Isle of Wight, Captain o•
'.q:zalgc te, R. N. o• h
On the 12th inst., at Hackney, aged 85, Argles
Esq., forerly aidstone.
On them 12th o
if nst M., Christopher Richardson, Esq., of Den'
mark hill, aged 39.

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