The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-29 00:00:00

FROM LLOYDS.

DEA4oliiite. 28.—Wind N.E., strong.—Arrived from
Ityldip lend44o,d, the Gem, Smith, for Gibraltar ;
Retreirfchiegt.ges,,for Tenerife ; Euretta, Giluvire, for
Trintdaa ; 4.lTertroiiite Mere, for Demerara.
' 28.—E.N.E.—Arrived his Ma-
jestyq ship-Pelorus; from Chatham. Sailed his Majesty's
'ship Etna, Raven, for Sierra Leone. Arrived his Majesty's
ship Wellesley, from Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind E.S.E. to E.N.E.—
Arrived the Prince Regent transport, from London.
Sailed his Majesty's ship Beagle, on a voyage round the
world. Arrived the Jupiter, Mandeb, from Ballemore;
and Thomas, Gladart, from Quebec.
CORK, DEC. 26 --Wind N.E.—The outward bound
are under weigh, and all the transports have sailed.
GREENOCK, DEC. 26.—Arrived the Terranova, Kelso,
from the Mauritius ; Joseph Hume, Richie, and Nailer,
M'Cole, from Quebec; Royal Adelaide, Tait, and Louisa,
from St. John's, New Brunswick; and Rosalinda, from
St. Petersburgh.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Norna, Leggett,
from Charleston ; Silas Richards, Holdridge, from New
York ; and Sisters, Miller, from St. Petersburgh.
STANDOATE CREEK, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Mary
Milne, and Elden, Taddy, from St. Petersburgh ; Sylph,
Manly, from Bostock ; Levert's, Cooper, and Robert Taylor,
Fox, from Hamburg ; and Fame, Strange, from Bremen.
HASTINGS, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Maria, Hamiral,
from Batavia.

COMES, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Eagle, Hale, from Vir-
ginia; and Ellergill, Corbett, from IWramichi ; the master,
two men, boats, bulwarks, &c. washed overboard.
TORBAY, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Antelope, Emery,
from Rio Janeiro ; and Christopher, Knight, from Slira-
michi.

The Juno, Prichard, from Jamaica to London, was on
shore near Portsmouth yesterday, but expected to be got
off after being lightened.
The Victoria, Forster, from Miramichi, arrived off Bere-
haven on the 22d instant, waterlogged, with loss of masts,
and only one of the crew and a boatman left on board ;
bound to Cork. _ _

The Jane, Cooper, from Quebec, arrived at Waterford,
with loss of deck load, sails, &e.
The Pacific, Johnson, from Liverpool, arrived at Cork,
leaky cargo, shifted, and must discharge ; bound to St.
John's, New Brunswick.
The William Smith, Payne, from Penzance to Cardiff,
was driven on shore near Minehead, on the 27th instant;
abandoned.

THE CHOLERA AT GATESHEAD.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, DEC. 27.

The virulence and fury with which the cholera
proceeds at Gateshead render the cases at New-
castle and Sunderland comparatively unimportant.
Dr. Gibson says nothing has occurred like it on the
continent of Europe. This, I hope, is merely the
hasty expression, called forth by the unusual severity
of the disease in this neighbourhood, The following
is the official report issued this day

DAILY REPORT OP,CHOLERA AT GATECHEAD,
Dc c. 27.
Remained at last report 5O
New cases 59

Total

Recovered 8
Died 32

Remain 49
Attacked since Dec. 25... 99 Died... 42 Recovered... 8
JOHN DOBSON, Secretary to the Board of Health.

But, dreadful as this is, two of the surgeons,
Mr. Morris and Mr. Stubbs, had not sent in their
accounts when the report was made up, and from
them it now appears there are, in addition to the
above, twenty new cases and twelve deaths. I
have heard of more cases to-day. Speculation as to

the cause of this sudden and destructive visitation
appears to be paralysed by the panic it has produced.
The majority of the cases are women, and I am
informed that a very great proportion, both of the
males and females, have been addicted to spirit
drinking. Several it must be admitted have been
attacked who were not. The disease is in every
part of Gateshead. I confess, I cannot divest my
mind of a belief that the immediate predisposing
cause of the attack has been the tippling carried on
on Christmas Eve. There are many dirty, filthy
streets, and many poor people badly off, to assist or ag-
gravate in extending the disorder when it once ob-
tained a footing. Even in Gateshead Fell, which
forms the most airy and healthy part of the parish,
there are four or five cases at least. In Gateshead,
at first, I am afraid some were lost for want of im-
mediate medical assistance, the cholera having ap-
peared almost like a thunderbolt. This will of course
not again occur.

CHOLERA MORBUS.

TO THE EDITOR OF -THE SUN.

Sta,—l was much surprised to observe in The Sun cf
yesterday a most unauthorised liberty taken with my
name, stating that I was attending some , cases of cholera
at Throphill, and treating them as such, and that two of
the persons were in articulo mortis. Now, Sir, whether
the person from whom you got your information is medical
or not, I have no means of ascertaining. I certainly have
had four cases of cholera at Throphill, but none of them
of the malignant character of those that have appeared at
Sunderland and Newcastle, and in no respect different
from what I have have had occasion to observe during a
practice of nearly forty years. One of the cases was of
an aggravated character, a second less severe, the other
two much milder. The train of symptoms were such as
occur in the common spasmodic cholera of this country,
yielded to the usual mode of treatment, and are all now
in a state of convalescence.

Your correspondent, I am certain, could have no know-
ledge of my method of treatment, therefore his commu.
aication to you is quite incorrect, the cases having been at-
tended by no other medical man but myself and son.
After the most minute investigation, I cannot trace the
cases I have attended at Throphill to any probable source
of infection. With regard to the Hebburn case, I know
nothing of it.
I can assert with much confidence that there is not a
case of cholera in Morpeth, and that the town was never
in a more healthy state.
May I request you will have the goodness to insert this
i❑ your next San.
I air, Sir, your obedient servant,
W. HAWDON, M.R.C.S. London.
Morpeth, Dec. 27.