The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-26 00:00:00

TEE CHOLERA.

The Board of Health received report of only one
case of cholera yesterday, and that one did not result
fatally. It occurred in Whitechapel.
From Edinburgh we have an official statement,
signed by the surgeon of police, which states that
twelve new cases have been registered since the last
report from that city. Of these eight terminated
fatally. At Newhaven two new cases are reported,
and at Leith eight. Of these, two are returned as
dead, and two recovered. The additional localities
affected by the disease in Edinburgh are Brown street
and High-street.
CHOLERA WARDS AT THE FREE HOSPITAL.--Yes-
terday, a meeting of subscribers and committee of
management of the above hospital was held in the
board-room of the institution, Dr. Rice, chairman of
the committee board, presiding, when it was an-
nounced that the committee, to meet the exigency of
the present epidemic of Asiatic cholera, have caused
two additional wards, containing 100 beds, to be
opened for the reception of cholera patients.
SHEERNESS.—A case of Asiatic cholera has taken
place on board the Ganges, 84 guns, at Sheerness,
which has proved fatal to a fine young man, John
Budd, boatswain's mate. He was taken ill on Sunday
last, at 9 a.m.' and died in twelve hours. Budd was
employed on board the Myrmidon, tender to the
Ganges, whilst the Myrmidon was engaged in towing
the Justitia and other convict hulks from off the
wharf at Woolwich. The man returned to the Ganges
on Saturday and was taken ill and died on Sunday.

NEW COLLAR FOR SHIRTS.—A simple addition to
ho ordinary shirt collar has lately been made by Messrs.
Capper and Waters, shirt warehousemen, of Regent-
street, which has for its object the entire concealment of
the strings which are wont to give a negligent appear-
ance to the neck. The contrivance most effectually
meets this objection, and the smallest cravat may now be
worn without the exposure of knots or loops. From
the means devised being by _.a sort of pocket, the adapta-
tion is termed " the Tasca," and is registered under that
name.
THE CHARTIST PRISONERS.—On Monday afternoon
the Chartist prisoners, Ritchie, Lacey, Fav, Carey, and
Dowling, who were convicted at the last Old Bailey
Sessions under the Crown and Government Security
Act, and sentenced to transportation for life, were re-
moved for classification to Millbank Penitentiary, in
which place they will remain until their final departure
for Van Diemen's Land. Considerable sympathy is felt
for the prisoner Dowling, whose amiable manners and
abilities have gained him many friends amongst the
authorities of the prison. Dowling's father is a highly
respectable solicitor in Dublin, and the unfortunate
young man himself has displayed very considerable
talent as an artist. In 1845 be was engaged by Mr.
Hughes, tho engineer, in surveying on the Dublin and
Waterford Railway, and he remained in that gentleman's
employ until the recent panic in the railway world,
when he took apartments in Nassau-street, intending to
follow his original profession of an artist.
AN ENGLISH STEAMER MISTAKEN FOR A SLAYER.
—The steamer Maid of Islay sailed from Liverpool in
the month of December last, on a trading voyage to
Africa (where she had been on a former occasion), and
continued actively engaged on the coast until the 12th
of May, occasionally exchanging civilities with the
men-of-war, and, when able, furnishing them with fresh
provisions. It appears, however, that on the night of
the 12th of May, while on her return to Sierra Leone,
she was suAlenly hailed from her Majesty's sloop
and ordered to heave to ; but beforeth_ecaptaiu could
even give any orders to that e
with effect, a 32 pound shot
and
from
the sloop struck her stern-post,
entered thecabin,
wounded the captain •. the splinters. This was im-
mediately followed by a couple of volleys of grape. A
boat from the Alert then pulled alongside, and the offi-
cer in charge said she had been mistaken for a Spanish
steamer, known to he on the coast slaving. In the moan
time the captain of the 'Maid of Islay had brought
his vessel to an anchor, but the shot causing her to
leak considerably, the crew abandoned her. The Alert
sent a full complement of hands on board, and by dint
of hard labour at the pumps, kept her afloat till they
got her into Sierra Leone. The owner of the vessel,
e
who was fortunately board at the time, finding he
could obtain no redress on board
the Government authorities
n
at Sierra Leone, returned home to seek it at head-
quarters. The captain ed
and crew also came home at the
same time. Thus, all evidence on the part of the
steamer having left Sierra Leone, the commander of the
Alert sought to have her condemned; but notwithstand-
ing the absence of all
s3l?Pc.sng witnesses, so clear was
the case against her Majesty'si ship, that the judge de-
cided that "the steamer was not engaged in the slave
Ueda, nor otherwise aidingls or abetting that traffic, and
decreed her, with her car
owners, and condemned thge;c to be restored to the
le
iter"s in the costs." The
peaceful mission of the Maid of Islay
is thus rendered
nugatory, while her owner and crew have been subjected
te
to serious injury from the
Loivready use of the guns of
her Majesty's ship Alert.—
COURT,MARTIAL.--CllATuetrP°°loAcrie 2.4 A ge-
neral court-martial, of which Colonel S. B. Ellis, of the
Royal Marines, is president, assembled at this arrison,
for the trial of Private William g
M ' Fadyen, N 0.275
the 72d regiment (Duke of Alba's own High 2,
lander of
any s),
on three charges i—lst, for habitual drunkenness, being
four times drunk within twelve calendar months; 2d, for
having, at Sheerness, on the 4th instant, made use of in-
solent and insubordinate language towards Sergeant
Peter Ritchie, 72d Highlanders, when in the execution
of his duty; and 3d, for having, at Sheerness, on the
sth instant, disobeyed the lawful command of his
cominanding Lilies'', by
refusing to take the r.._:_e
merit which he hue awardea him. The prisoner
pleaded not guilty to the charges on their being read
by Captain J. S. Wood. The Brigade-Major, who acted
as the Deputy. Judge Advocate, 6 CTjeant Peter Ritchie,
Sergeant John M'Donald, Sergeant Patrick Henry, and
Lieutenant and Adjutant M'Kenzie, were severally ex-
amined at length. Neither of the witnesses could prove
the third charge. The Flamer, in his defence, cello i
Corporal David Miller, and Private Thomas Little, and
Private James Gieb, and these
_three soldiers positively
declared that the prisoner was sober on the evening of
the 4th of October, when he was taken to the guard-
room as drunk; and the two privates also declared that
they were with the prisoner when ho spoke to Sergeant
of any
Ritchie, and he did not make use i
bad language
to him. The court was then cleared, and after a short
time the court broke up,
acquitting the prisoner, who
must remain confined until the decision of the court is
confirmed by the horse Guards.
AN IRISH GENERAL._eIIe gineral was a fine big
man, wid as much daylight between his legs as there's
pold4),L'huca. There was only the
under the bridge o'
,ment That had horses,
three min in our regan' he was
the fugler was another, an, he had a
one o' thim ;
donkey ; an' tho man wii the flag was the third,
an' he had a bully i, a _ mule. The gineral's
horse wasn't his own te all, but an old mare
belongin' to One Tim Alolloy--an divil a good Tim could
over get of her wanst she hidhangtnheral
',.' legs across her;
though she was quiet enou, i
tt e plough before she
turned reb(l. But up he colic
nae‘any rate, on his white
charger—' Boys,' st z he, 1 k, .V, , Yid., are all good
min,' sez he. We hurried an sal!" Yl3.' ' Boys, sez
he, ' there's a corps of soldPrs c?ln.ln' over to Glinlough,
an' I want ycz to give OA" l!ektn, says he. Some
s
of us thought it was a deal soldier they wor berrin, on
account of his talkiti' iv a corpe, until an ould school-
expitined the ma an
iv it. So
master in the army
we all thru up our hats, an' shouted ' harm for the
gineral,' an' off we cut at fast as we could. Bedad,
it wasn't lung till we hard the drum batin', and
seen the solsisrs stanne as quiet an' regular as
the wooden min the gorsOns play wid, an' the bagnets
up in the air as sharp le: bright as needles. Not to
tell you any lie, sir, 1
waglad to take a sup o' sperits,
for the sight kneeked som ' the pluck out o' had` one
and charge, boys,,
sez the :ineral. Thum that guns
blazin' away, and thim Or
; had none roared out as loud
as they could, an' ran at he soldiers. But it was no
use; an' whin they hadn't he good manners to lave that,
we thought there was no
fuse in stoPPin' to be kilt—
so the most iv us turned si ran away. I'll go bail there
wasn't a soldier among ~, 'ud catch me, wanst I came
in on my wind."—lrish PPer•