The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-09 00:00:00

CHOLERA MORBUS.

The following letter from a correspondent does not agree
with the official accounts :

" NEWCASTLE, Nov. 6.—1 hasten to reply to your
letter of the 4th, to state what really has occurred in this
district regarding the cholera.
" About ten days ago a man died at Newcastle, whose
symptoms very much resembled those described as belong-
ing to the foreign cholera; but as none of the medical men
had ever seen a case of A,iatic or other foreign cholera,
and no other case appearing ip that town, it was consi-
dered to have been a very aggravated case of English
cholera, and all alarm subsided. On Tuesday I went from
this place to Sunderland, where I met a Board of Health,
consisting of the leading medical men of the town and
Magistrates, deliberating upon six cases which had ap-
peared in that place—there were four in one family—
father, son, daughter, and grandson ; the father died in
about fifteen hours, the son was take❑ to the infirmary
and died in fourteen hours, the grandson died at home in
twelve hours, the daughter recovered. A nurse at the in-
firmary, who never saw the eon whilst alive, but who as-
sisted in removing him to the room appropriated for the
reception of the dead previous to interment, was seized with
the disease, and died in 12 hours. The other case was that
of a man in the centre of the town, who was attacked
nearly at the same time that th* family of four was,
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other. Another man died on the opposite side of the
river, after a few hours' illness, but, as tar as I could judge,
it was not made out to be cholera. No apparent cans
could be assigned for this disease appearing, and only one
of the medical men had see■ foreign cholera. lie declared
it to be his opinion that it was the same he had seen ex-
tensively at the Isle of France, and that he should repor
to toe Government Medical Board in London accordingly.
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at.N.E., and as it was impossible to send them to sea again,
the• Collector ordered them to a retired part of the river,
two miles above the town, to perform quarantine under
pad upon the shore. There does not appear to have
"been any sickness on ,bottrd these vessels; but the fact
that the family of four resided within half a mile of where

deuce thy were lying. is (in the ab.ence of all other ev
of ictr a tes,
thought by some that 'he disease may have been corona:-
nicated through that channel. Tie case of the nurse at
the Infirmary is the most striking."
In consequence of the itvelligence f the dreadful
disease, the cholera, having male its appearance
on:ll.er arespenuctmaelr iinliambrietatinn•4's-. at the invitation
taC:fletrSigirHaearidgialt was held at the Public Office, Bir-
mingham, on Saturday afternoon, to consider tl e steps
necessary to be taken as precautionary measures of safety.
The meeting was attended by the principal ph3sicians and
surgetitte of the town, who fully concurred in the opinion
twit no salutary pCecaution should be neglected, and no
time lost in making arrangements to prevent the spreadirg.
or lessen the virulence of the disease, should it unfortu-
nately appear here. With this view, and as nothing tends
more to the spread of disease' than sudden fear, it was
strongly recommended that timely precautiOni be taken,
by which ermSdenee would he given to the timid, and the
puklic mind enahltel to contemplate the probability of the
apppoach of disease 'Without undue terror. Cleanliness,
free ventilation, tranquillity of mind, and temperance, are
among the most probable means of escaping contagion,
and every effort should be made to promote these objects.
Several appropriate resolutions were adered.—Birming..
, ham Casette.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 7.

The meeting of the Manchester working classes, wilierr
c'boalel have taken place on Monday last, for the purpose of
forming a National Union, was postponed from that day
until Monday !week. The idea of getting up a meeting
for Monday originated from the circumstance of tho Poli-
tical Council of Manchester receiving from the S cretary
of the Union of the London We.rking Classes a letter, de-
Isiting the Manchester wink-people to get up a meeting for
the purpose of forming a National Union, and large pla-
cards were sent down from London, which wesepsted in
the streets of Manchester, calling upon the operatives of -
all trades, and in every town in the kingdom, to bold meet-
ings simultaneously on Monday similar to the one its
White Conduit-fields. The Council of the Working % !
Classes Union, on receiving this intimation, immediately
congregated for the purpose of adopting measures for the
formation Elf a meeting, hut it was found that sufficient
notice of the meeting could not he given for Monday, to
have a lui; meeting, in consequence of which they came to
a resolution of postponing the meeting until illonday
week next, and it was accordingly postponed. Tire Poli-
tical Union of the working classes' seem determined to
have a large meeting, and are exerting themselves to c .use
the whole of the factories, both of Manchester and the sur-
rounding towns, to tense working on that day, in order to
give the work-people so opportunity of attending the
meeting. It is supposed that the factories of all the sur-
rounding towns, as well as those of Manchester, will he
compelled to close on the occasion. The Magistrates have
recently had a meeting, with whom na Colonel Shaw, to
,ake means to secure the peace of the town.

COURT CIRCULAR.

A conference of the Ministers of the rive Powers was held at
half-past two o'clock Yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office,
which was attended by Print* Lieven, the Russian Ambassador,
Prince Esterhazy, the Austnati Ambassador, Prince Talleyrand,
the French Ambassador, Count Matuschevitz, and the Baron
de Wessenburs, the Russian and Austrian Ministers on special
issions, an Viscount Palmerston.
The conference tested till four o'clock.
At four o clock a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-
ottice, which was attended trythe Lord Chancellor, the Marquis
of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, Viscounts Melbourne, Palmerston.
Goderich, and Althorn, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Sir James
Graham, Lord John Russell, and the Duke of Richmond.
Monsieur Zea Bermudez, the Spanish Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
Sir Henry Halford, and the other Medical Gentlemen of
the Board of Health, had an interview yesterday with the Lord
President of the Council, and the President of the Bored of Trade.