The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-13 00:00:00

(From the Journal des Debats of Sal

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D'et is at this; moment engaged in drawing up a 't.
tive to the Press, which will be very extol°
remedy a want that has long been felt in Germari'
FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, Dec. 10.-Five per Cent
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70c. 60c. 65c. ; Three per Cents., 68C sc. 10c. tloc'
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de Naples, 70‘20f. 25c. 40c. 20c. 15c. c. ; Rente d'Ea r
; Royal Spanish Loan, 75N 7614 N, ; Rente
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Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 30c.;
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Authentique.

CHOLERA AT NEWCASTLE AND N
SHIELDS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE Si

am afraid it will turn out to be tap 11,1;
we have the spasmodic cholera in Newcastk•
lowing is the official report issued this day
NEWCASTI.E.UPON.TYNE, DEC. 11.
Remained at last report ...........
New cases
Total
Recovered
Died ... .......................
• 4

Remaining this day at 10 o'clock A. .....
I have heard of another death, that of a young
this afternoon, which will of course he included is
port of to-morrow, though I doubt the propriet!
She was attacked on Tuesday last, and has siaceri4
birth to a child, but as the symptoms towards th!
her :existence resembled cholera, she will be ail 0
among the rest. It is something unusual, urelP
patient to have cholera for six days together. 041
I have just learnt from the following letter, o'i; I
been handed into the Exchange News Rooms h,er,.!:
the disease has made its appearance at North Shiel,,si,
" North Shields, Dec. 11, It
" My DEAR Slit,-You will be sorry to bear fro,
spasmodic cholera has at length made its tigeo
among us. Two cases were reported to me last of
both of which I visited : one was most decidedly a h,

cholera, a woman, who died this mornini6(te
after the first attack. The other is a man, who
what better to-day, and whose case I consider s
eq'iivocal. I remain,

"My dear Sir, yours most truly, f)W.
" EDWARD GREENII:'
" To Archibald Reid, Esq., Mayor of Newcastle.
By the report from Sunderland, dated 10th Dearit appears that there are 17 new cases, 23 Wove
deaths, and 36 remaining under treatment. sft
So far the disease appears in a mild ferns in N'l:ceife
and, as you will see by the official report, progretoo.l
slowly. God grant it may continue mild and
slowly. I am, your obedient servant, ttEi;•
PHILALEIR
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Dec. 11, 1831.

To give an idea of the ridiculous aviditY
which the insignia of the Legion of Honour arej°legi!
we cite an application really made, which without I dpi
any service rendered to the State, simply found' bos rp
upon the coincidence that the applicant "
hpr
the same year, on the same day, and at the sable:i#ll
Madame ADELAIDE." After this can any one be s#oo
at hearing that the number of memorials lin#
upwards of forty thousand.—French Paper.
itL
ARISTOCRATIC MONOPOLIES.— I.'4Eou
nopoly of " good things," by the Peerage, has %jot'
cited attention ; and particularly since their rereol
the Reform Bill. The Spectator, whose exteneiv
lysis of their votes throw so much light on the inteoed
views of that body, remarks that " the Peers 611'110
to the exclusion of the rest of the community, 1..0

places which require of their occupants smalleorP;ol
body and mind,—sinecures and places approachig, ,+necure under Government—the Army plentifoll(011
Navy rather more sparingly—the Church unife,poo
The grand interest of the Peers is to rnultiplY.s:gll;

mentS at home and abroad, and to pay them big;
keep up a large military force; to foster an esro
Church. By these things they live. Wherever Ittceoo
and labour are requisite—wherever influence is abetio
there Lords are not found. The Courts fill the
but there is little reciprocity of kindness; Ler
mike the most of law sinecures, hut the bar arri°a
sons has few Honourable or Right Honourable.
hardlyA rtillerayn,yw; where
ieeseniorityMarines,
is
,therule
where
asimofilaPrmrinu°letio°!'°tli

not one noble member. The Exchange knows no
the Peerage,—not because Lords despise small gai°'',
because merchants' gains must be worked for. l'nei
things of the Constitution are mostly in the JO;
Tories, but the WM ,14 are not wholly without their °tl
-
Their merit in supporting Reform is the greater, that
are called on to make substantial sacrifices for its fr,
The following summary, imperfect as it must be i,
omission, gives us an idea of the number of militarit l'
anti clerical appointments held by Peers or their coon
tions. Army-44 General Officers of various rati
Colonels, 45 Lieutenant-Colonels, 29 Majors, 51, of,
tains, 29 Lieutenants, 11 Ensigns and Cornets, tots':
Navy-32 Admirals of various ranks, 111 CaptAirib,
Commanders, 16 Lieutenants, total 174. Churcholci'
Archbishops, 10 Bishops, 269 connections of Peers
ing Church Preferment, total 232—grand total 749' i
~. WA ,i'
NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE R,AL" 0 (
--On Friday last, a numerous meeting of the diree,,W46:
this railway was held in Newcastle, and was atteiweitioo
HENRY HOWARD, Esq., of Corby Castle, a dert„o- ri'
from the Board of Directors at Carlisle, when that 0,04
ant part of the line at Cowran Hills, near BrauarterlAfti,
brought under the consideration of the meeting. ties'
the opinions of several eminent scientific and Pet!crieero
gentlemen, as well as the report of their own engitood
ts
It
i stone,
" oppositee'P
' esittesthehde'ai
otgsbt
fhrrhiaoe: oeviwr, reelldeaDaildt
the directors finally determined that a tunnel (bell 100
the least expensive measure) of about 750 yarus oe if
should he made for a double line of road in prefereri tit
an open cut. Proposals were tendered for executi,trer
great work by contractors from Birmingham, N0e..,,11 ie
ton, Sheffield, and distant parts of Scotland, a' 'egg"
from Newcastle, and the neighbourhood, When i"d tbl
ROBERT Witsosr and Co., of Newcastle, were declare),
successful candidates. These spirited contractors toll
been for some time in full operation with other igir It°
and extensive works in various parts of the line.. trict
completes the great contracts between the coal (I'll iiiii
and Carlisle, by which this city will be speedily °l'd
on very advantageous terms with fuel, and the CO,° se
ea
will be brouelat into the receipt of a considerable re
—Carlisle Journal.
, fl)'
FRIGIITFUL COACH ACCIDENT.--15 I,ta
serious coach accident occurred on Tuesday at notiniesOf
place called Stannicliffe-bridge, which lies in a dageirk,
and precipitate hollow through which glides the river IV
dividing the townships of Middleton and Hopwootit catch
carriages (for there were two of them) were, a pot'i; 00
belonging to Mr. HAYWARD, of Bridge-street, whitc' oil'
conveying two ladies of the name of Elora, from the sch,
road to Rochdale, and the Duke of Leeds stage-4.'10J
from the Royal Hotel, Manchester, with the coachoo,oo
four outside passengers, there being none insiile.looo
post coach was descending the declivity on the Mielu.,eto
side of the bride, and was about half way down, ; jo
the Duke of Leeds came to the top of the hill, g°inneo.
the same direction, the horses at about a gentle boost
The coach advanced upon the chaise, and the coarb''hop
Jens Horxre sort, repeatedly called out to the pot" le
who was then rather on the wrong side endeavouringtha
get over some newly spread gravel at the foot ornsee
ascent on the Hopwood side. There was still ',if rb•
enough to pass, and HoextesoN, driving close to the C';00
usollfk,nont
eiiorelt forward,
,olaiiijo,re,
euikdsass,
trhitihwooi
hne:bit
ei:nffrd:d
teatwhoranhendtt
edDohei
eniugszkaaoohie a:::
:taohabmiegoaneib
ets;:cor,icorli sbeh.i
ing it, horses and all, across the road, Pete.;
toted onffiei
mdagrre,mj tewe erordikl.ffo
wed the former through a hedge and down a eteeP the
clivity of twelve or fourteen yards in depth, leaving ji,
chaise With its fair inmates resting most precariou'd
partly on the foot-path partly on some stout thorns, pi
in a slight degree on a slender rail of fir. FortuOlitr?
the hoists alighted unhurt on a narrow shelf of soft ru;
and, as if cautious of their peril, they stood witPc'ee
ni
moving a limb until they were extricated. The 'og
had only four outside passengers. On the carriages ce111,),-
in contact it flew over in an opposite direction, the c°°-j;
man and passengers were all precipitated into the 1.°301d
had these been a few yards nearer to Middleton they "11 of
inevitably hive been thrown over the bridge, a brighter
sixteen or eighteen yards. None of them were, howeir:
iejured, and as soon ae they had recovered from theirs' t,
prise they went to the assist ince of the ladies and the P %,
boy. The former, though distressingly alarmed, were eto
trie tted without the slightest injury ; the latter went °el
with his horses, but escaped with a slight contusion let
one knee, and a few scratches of the face.—Mancheit
Guardian.

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