The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-22 00:00:00

CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA.

RETURN OF CASES, OCT. 19.
THE METROPOLIS.

Deaths.
Cholera. Diarrh,

St. James, Westminster
shorediteh ..• •••
Bothnal-green ••
St. George-in-the-East
Stepney
Poplar ••• ••• •••

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ENGLAND AND WALES.
The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and
Diarrhcca reported to the General Board of Health
October 20, 1849 :
SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT.
Deaths.
Cholera. Diarrh.

Alnwick
Aston (Deritend) ... • •
Aylsham (Cottishall and Belaugh)—
Bedminster ...
Birmingham ...
Bridgewater 6.. •••
Bristol
Buckingham ... •••
Bury (Pilkington)
Chorley (Leyland) . •••
Chorlton (Burton-upon-Newell)
Darlington ... ••• "• —**
Dartford (Bexley district) •••
Dewsbury (Batley) ... "•
Dudley
Hardingstone (Piddington) •••
Hitchin„. ••
Holbeach (Whaplode)
Hunslet (Soacroft) ••• •••
King's Norton (Edgbaston) •••
Knaresborough (Bondend) •••
Lancaster
Leeds
Liverpool
Maid*tone
Manchester
Nantwich
North Witchford (March diti:
trict), Oct. 16
Norwich
Nottingham ...
Ormskirk (Southport)
Pontefract (Egbrough)
Portsea (Southsea)
Prescot (Rainford)
Rochdale (Bridgemill)
Runcorn (erodsham district)
St. Colum (Padstow district)...
St. Germans (Anthony)
Salford (Regent-road)
Sheffield
South Shields (Westoe)
Stourbridge (Kingswinford) •
Todmorden
Tynemouth (Seghill, Earadon
district) ...
West Bromwich
Wigan
Witney (Burford)
Wolverhampton and Bilston
Wycombe (Wendover)

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SCOTLAND.

Fraserburgh ... •.• ••
GENERAL TOTAL.
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Scotland

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67

NOTE.—The deaths are returned according to the i
superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found m•
practicable to distinguish every place separately.

TOTAL CASES DURING THE WEEK ENDING
OCTOBER 20, 1849.
Cholera. Diarr.
... 565 264
... 109 -

England and Wales
Scotland... ...

Total

... 674

264

DEATH OF MR. DAVID CROAL.—It is with extreme
regret we announce the death of Mr. Croal, of the Cale-
donian Mercury, at the age of 67. He was seised on
Wednesday last with an attack of severe diarrhoea,
which terminated fatally at a late hour last night. Mr.
Croal may be said, we believe, to have been the oldest
member of the Scottish press. He was a native of
Montrose, in which town he served his apprenticeship as
a letterpress printer. He came to Edinburgh in 1804,
and was connected for several years with a newspaper
long since extinct. He then went to the Caledonian
Mercury, on which paper he held the office of reporter,
and subsequently of sub-editor, from the fear 1808 down
to his death. In his professional capacity Mr. Croal
evinced much good taste and discretion; and among the
very wide circle of acquaintances he possessed in Edin-
burgh, he was highly respected for his unobtrusive
worth, cheerFtd disposition, and warmth of heart. Among
his profenional brethren, of all grades and parties, he
was loug known and highly esteemed as a man of un-
impeachable uprightness in all his transactions, of unfail-
ing goodnature, and genuine simplicity of character ;
and we know that the announcement of the death of the
veteran will be received by our brethren in almost every
newspaper othoe in Scotland with the same pain with
which it is here made.--Scotsman.

COMMITTAL OF A WOMAN FOR POISONING HER
HUSBAND. CHELMSFORD, ►SATURDAY. Yesterday,
Ann Hayward, charged last week oa suspicion of poi-
soning her husband, a shoemaker, at Springfield, Essex,
was brought up for re-examination, and fully committed
to take her trial at the next assizes. The prisoner
sobbed aloud, and appeared to be deeply affected while
the evidence was proceeded with, which went to show
that she had administered on two separate occasions
cubebs, white precipitate powder, and calomel, in broth
and mixed up in an apple dumpling, to the prosecutor,
which caused violent vomiting, and created suspicion,
which led to her apprehension. She at first denied all
knowledge of the transaction, but afterwards admitted
that she had bought the poison at the shop of Mr. Charles
Baker, for the children's heads. She upbraided her
husband with inconstancy, and with sending her out to
obtain her living in an improper manner. Dr. Bird, Mr,
Seaton, and other medical men were examined, who bad
analysed the contents of a paper found in the prisoner's
cupboard, and vibich clearly turned out to be poison
sufficient to destroy human life. Bail was offered for
the prisoner and refused. The prosecutor is considered
out of danger.

THE ALLEGED FLOGGING OF FEMALES ON BOARD
TUE EMIGRANT SHIP.—At the meeting of the guardians
of Marylebone, on Friday, an answer from the Colonial
and Land Emigration Commissioners to the queries of
the guardians respecting the alleged flogging by order of
the; surgeon on board the Ramilies, an emigrant vessel,
was read. The answer stated that as soon as the charge
appeared in the public press, they instituted a searching
inquiry respecting its correctness. They had also re-
ceived the captain's and surgep's report, which, although
it spoke of the insubordination of the emigrants, never
alluded to the flogging. It was, therefore, their opinion
and their hope that it had not occurred. They did not
allow the matter to rest there, but requested Government
to institute the most rigid inquiry respecting it, as flog-
ging on board emigrant ships Was strictly prohibited,—
Weekly Dispatch.