The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-30 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA AT GATESHEAD AND

NEWCASTLE.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESTONDIINT.)
NEWCASTLEXPOIi-TYNE, Disc. IS.
Though the cholera is still vely virulent, and pre-
vails to a great extent in Gateshead. The report
issued to-day, as compared with yesterday, is deci-
dedly favourably: it is as follows :
DAILY REPORT OF CHOLERA AT GATESHEAD,
10 A.M. Dac. 2S.
Remained at last report 49
Nem cases 44

Total g3

Recovered l2
Died l3

ltemain ...... ... ..... ........... CAS

Yesterday's report shewed that there were thirty-
two deaths—to-day's shows that there are thirteen,
and in this thirteen the twelve I mentioned in my
last letter, as derived from the Surgeons, Morris
and Stubbs, after the regular report was issued, ale
included; so that from yesterday afternoon till this
morning, at eight or nine o'clock, only one death
appears to have occurred. Forty-four new cases is
undoubtedly rather startling. I know that several
of these are mild cases : indeed some of them, as
well as some of the old, are nothing more than
diarrhoea cases. At Gateshead Fell, however, which
forms a part of the parish of Gateshead, and consi-
dered a very healthy situation, there have been ten
cases and five deaths. In the parish of Whickham,
which adjoins Gateshead, there are nine cases. I
am convinced that my conjecture as to many of the
persons attacked having been addicted to spirit
drinking, is well founded. There are, I believe, few
places of the same extent where more liquor is con-
sumed. The observation I made before as to the
great majority of the sufferers being women, may
still be repeated. Some of the people are so infa-
tuated as to imagine they will find security in drink-
ing ardent spirits, and when you would suppose
people would be carefully avoiding the habitations of
the cholera sick, their friends and neighbours are
thronging into their rooms after fortifying them-
selves with rum and gin ! The consequence is that
they but too often add to, instead of lessening, the
number of patients.
Happily the medical gentlemen seem now to be quite
on the alert, so that I hope no more lives will be lost
for want of timely assistance. There is no doubt
that the chance of recovery is mightily increased by
the disease being properly treated in its commence-
ment.

The parish of Gateshead, including Gateshead
Fell, comprises about 15,600 inhabitants; at least
12,000 of these are poor people, and a large propor-
don of them are very ill off. This want of sufficient
wholesome food and clothing, notwithstanding the
efforts which have been made to supply them, the
filth which exists to a great extent in Gateshead,
and the spirit drinking, are sufficient predisposing
causes to give a ready reception to a disease already
in the immediate neighbourhood.
The Board of Health of this town informs us to-
day that there are in Newcastle 39 new cases, nine
recoveries, six deaths, and 67 cases remaining under
treatment. It is admitted, however, that eight of
the new cases are in the township of Byker, and I
um satisfied that a considerable proportion of the
whole are diarrhea cases and ordinary bowel corn-
plaints.
P.S. I am sorry to say that I hear there are three
cases of cholera and two deaths at Haddington,
which is only seventeen miles from Edinburgh.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 29.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Slit,-Since the publication of the correspondence be-
tween William Hulton, Esq., of Hulton Park, and
Lord Althorp, I have been anxiously looking at your Pape:
for some explanation to part of the worthy Magistrate's
letter of the 14th instant, in which he says, " First, as to
the loss of lives, two people were killed in St. Peter's-
field, one a woman, who having personated the Goddess
of Reason, was trampled to death in the crowd ; the
other, a special constable, who was cut down unintention-
ally by a private of a dragoon regiment." He seems to
consider this a very trivial affair, but it may be some in.
formation to the readers of your Paper, if they could be
told how this poor woman was trampled to death, whethet
by the horses of the dragoons, or by the people assembled,
and how it was the unfortunate constable was uninten-
tionally cut down.
I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
JUSTICE.

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