The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-14 00:00:00

BISHOPWEARMOUTII, Nor. 11.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

need not inform you of the alarm that
has taken place throughout the country on ac
count of the alleged Asiatic cholera having made
•
its appearance in Sunderland ; I say alleged,
notwithstanding what the Board of Health mat'
siy to the contrary ; for I think, in common
with many others in the town, that they (the
Board) have been very premature in their con-
clusions as to the disease being the same as that
on the continent, because, on inquiry, I find
most of the cases to be no more than what we
are annually visited with, and also from the
printed report of the visitors that the town is
considerably more healthy than could be expected
at this season.

I also find that in most of the reported cases
of cholera which have proved fatal, the indivi-
duals had been unwell of bowel complaints, at-
tended with sickness, &c., for a long time pre-
vious to their deaths, and that some had never
applied for any advice, expecting it would work
off, and that they still continued to folow their
various callings ; and likewise that none of them
were known to be in any situation where they
could receive any contagion.
I here beg leave to subjoin an account of the
death of the man named Ellimore, who is stated
to have died of Asiatic cholera. I bad it from
a most authentic source. In the first place, he
was a drunken, profligate character, and an old
man ;in business a pilot. On Friday last he
went out to sea (it is said he had not broken his
fast on that day), and he came in with a vessel
on Saturday (still he had had nothing to eat).
He received his share of the pilotage, and in-
stead of putting it to a good use, went and got
beastly drunk, reeled home about midnight, end
laid himself down on the floor, before the fire, he
not having either bed or bedding. He had not been
there long, before he complained of being unwell.
His daughter, who, with her husband, resided in
the same room, and equally as destitute (except
laying upon a bedstead, without either bedding
or mattrass) did not think any thing the matter
more than usual. He, however, continued to
get worse, being troubled with severe pains,
cramps,&c. Medical aid was at length procured,
but he died on the Sunday,—and this is one of
the cases of Asiatic cholera, for which the town
is to be placed under quarantine regulations.

You will see from this, one of the worst of
tie cholera cases, that the disease of which the
• unfortunate man died was intoxication and want
of food—causes which would occasion illness
and death at any period of the year, and that it
was not from contagion.
I here annex an extract from the report of the
Sunderland Select Vestry of this day, who de-
clare it as their " opinion, founded on the forty-
eight gentlemen who have twice visited every
house in the parish within the last three days,
that the town of Sunderland is nor,' in a more
healthy state than has been usual in the autumnal
season ; and that the information which appears
to have been given to his Majesty's Mon Hon.
Privy Council, that the Indian cholera exists in
this town, is not justified by the general health of
the inhabitants."
N.B.—The table will be found under the
Sunderland head.

NOVEMBER 12.

You will observe there is no increase in the
bill of mortality ending the 9th of November,
1831, over the mouth in the preceding year,
and also the deaths are out of a population of
between 40,000 and 50,000.

Now, Sir, if you think the publication of
any part of this in yoir widely-circulated journal
will tend to allay any of that alarm which per-
vades all classes, you will oblige

A CONSTANT READER.

CITY BOARD OF HEALTH.

On Saturday evening the City Board of Health assem-
bled at Guildhall, and received reports from the wards
similar to those of the preceding day. It was stated that
the parochial •authorities were actively engaged in follow-
ing the directions of the Committee, and that the re-
spectable population of the wards were most zealously oc-
cupied in lending aid.
It was not considered necessary to issue any further
directions.

Several letters have been received, casting a doubt upon
the nature of the disease, and stating that it is a chol.-ra
well known to this country, and frequently prevalent in
those parts of the country where mines abound. The
Committee are determined to persevere in the course they
have adopted.

The medical men in stveral of the wards have offered
their gratuitous servicei in the event of the arrival of the
cholera.

The City Board of Health are in communication with
all the county d7stricts, to prevent the influx of the pau-
per population into London—an event apprehended, in
consequence of the reports that the comforts of the poor
are to be attended to.

CHOLERA. PHOBIA

(From the Durham Advertiser.)

SIR,-UnwOling, in the present excited state of public
feeling, that contradiction should rest upon rumour merely.
I made it my business, this day, to visit Sunderland, and
am warranted in assuring your readers, and the public ge-
nerally, that this malady, termed " cholera," prevailing in
that quarter, is the offspring, mainly, of disordered passions,
in other words—fear and apprehension.
It is most deeply to be deplored that a Government mea-
sure should have been made of this silly affair; and, above
all, that the " Bo ird" in London should have issued such
a document (in circulation everyvrhere)regarding " cholera,"
it must be confessed, so pre-eminently calculated—might I
so express it--to realize public dread and expectation.
I write from hence to save post, and hope you may be
able to find space for insertion.---Most truly, yours,
Sunderland, Nov. 9. WM. HORSLEY, 111. D.

At two o'clock this day, a general meeting of
the inhabitants of the parish of St. James's, Westminster,
took place at C::ORE'S Circus, in Windmill-street, for the
purpose of forming a " Political Loyalty Protection," in
that pariah. Long before one o'clock, the boxes, pit, and
galery we,e thronged to suffocation, as was also the stage,
which was appropriated to the accommodation of the
speakers. Sir FRANCIS 13caoFrr took the chair, but ow.
ing to the lateness of the hour we were not able to give the
proceedings.

ymeeting of the Worcestershire Medical and
numerously-attended
ei:ae:iblegldainvet:ls: Hoard-room of the Infr•
Coaea•r in the chair; when a series of reso-
lmeSu sc:,D'rsi di
toeSiacuhr(t)ad7cyrriaeYyCt drawn tip by Doctors HASTINGS an
STREXTEts', to be presented to the i♦isyor, Magistrate', at d
Board of Health, for preventing or mitigating the ravage
of Cholera, shou!d it unhappily reach this city, were dis-
cussed and agreed to. The chief recommendations in the
resolutions are, that all the drains in the city and suburhe
should he thoroughly cleaned, nuisances of every kind re.
moved, and great attention paid to the cleanliness enl
comforts ,f the poor.— IVercrater Heraid, Saturday. ,