The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-17 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA.

Woo'mica, OCT. 16.—There have been four new
cases since twelve o'clock yesterday, making in all
thirty-five cases of attack. There has been one death
to-day, and the names of those who died of cholera
having been returned, it appears that eight have died
•of the disease. The following are their names, and
-the date of the days on which they died :—Oct. 3d,
Owen Vones ; 7th, John Rutherford and James
Jones ; Bth, James Efrgwood; 10th, John Debank ;
13th, George Mitchell; 14th, William Eastman;
16, Edward Devine. The number of recoveries are
returned five, same as yesterday. No cases, or the
least appearance of cholera, have been returned by
the medical practitioners in the town and parish of
Woolwich up to twelve o'clock to-day, so that the
disease is still exclusively confined to the Justitia
convict hulk.

BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 16.—We regret to state that
a decided case of Asiatic cholera is said to have oc-
curred in this town yesterday. Mr. John Cheetham,
a clerk in the bank of Messrs. Attwoods and Spooner,
was seised with unequivocal symptoms on Saturday
evening, and expired last night. Mr. Cheetham was
attended by Dr. Wright, Mr. Chavasse, and Mr.
Blake, and no doubt is entertained of the disease
being that of Asiatic cholera. The deceased was a
healthy person, of regular habits, and resided in
•eorge-street, Eclgbaston, which is considered to be
a very healthy part of the town.
The cholera, we are well pleased to state, does not
make much progress in this country. It has arrived
late in the yew, and we hope to prove that its fearful
energies have been expended in less fortunate climes.
It appeared as if the close, damp, oppressive weather
which hung over us many days at the commence-
ment of this month was the cholera blight; for since
the air has become more brisk and open the disease
seems to have been checked. We are desirous of
preventing our readers from experiencing any unne-
cessary alarm on bhis subject, therefore we have
forborne to occupy our columns with the numerous
F peculations, nostrums, and rumours thereupon
which are going the round of the papers. We
believe that very few more instances of the disease
will be heard of. Even where it has presented
the most fatal aspects, the deaths, though exhibit-
ing a large proportion to the cases, have shown
but a small one in relation to the population. In
Edinburgh, for instance, where of 30 attacked 25
died, those who fell victims are described as " all
persons already broken down by hunger and dissi-
pation, the very class who form the ready victims
of disease." In Hull a few persons continue occa-
sionlly to drop off, principally in the vessels trading
to Hamburgh, where they appear to obtain the
seeds of the cholera epidemic, which on the voyage
or soon after their arrival break out fatally. On board
of the steamer Rob Roy, which arrived at Hull yester-
day, the stewardess died on the passage. In London
comparatively few cases have occurred. No case has yet
been reported in Glasgow or Liverpool, and we have
every hope that the disease will die out with the
present cold weather, and that the towns on the
western coast will escape the infliction.—Liverpool
Albion.

We are happy to state that there has been
a marked decrease in the number of cholera
cases towards the end of last week. Four cases
-which occurred on Wednesday were reported on
Thursday, the localities in which they occurred being
Canongate, West Port, and Newhaven ; three of
these proved fatal within ten hours. On Thursday
there wero only two cases ascertained, both of which
restAted fatally; one was a man residing in the West
Port, the other man a patient in the Royal Infirmary.
On Friday we understand that three cases occurred,
all of which terminated in death • two of the
victims resided its the Canongate, the other one in
the Gra:market. On Saturday there was only one cue,
that of a woman living in the last named locality, and who
Is now convalescent. Yesterday a man residing in
Gladstorte's-close, Canongate, died of cholera, and in
the evening a woman from the same close, who had
caught the epidemic, was carried to the Infirmary.
The great mortality among the cases reported cannot
but be remarked, but when the condition of the loca-
lities is considered, as well as the circumstance that
several mild cases may have occurred which have
been treated privately, and have not terminated
fatally, it will occasion less surprise. In Leith cholera
is said to have brokea out on the 9th inst., and we are
sorry to hear that eight or ten fatal cases have oc-
curred there, chiefly about the foot of the Kirkgate.
In the meantime the authorities of the city are active,
and a meeting of the Local Board of Health took
place on Friday in the Council Chamber, but the re-
sult of their deliberations was not made public.—
adedonian Mercury of yesterday.

The CrtoLaaA.-2:-There are still some cases of
cholera occurring here, but their number seems to be
gradually OR the decrease. On Wednesday there were
four cases; but stnce that time there have beeen only
two. It is calculated that about thirty-six cases, in all,
have occurred in Edinburgh; and of these, about
thirty have terminated fatally. In Leith, we are
sorry to say, that the epidemic appears to be spreading.
It first brol:e out there on the 9th in.tant; and it is re-
p.-mted that, altogether, about a dozen cases have oc-
,urred, and of such a bad typo, that most of the indi-
viduals seized have died after a few hours' illness. In
the neighbouring village of Newhaven the disease is also
progressing. It is stated that sixteen cases, and eleven
deaths, occurred up till yesterday atternoon.—Scotsmun.