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

TILE 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 WAUDS AT THE FREE HOSPlTAL.—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.—It 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.

Naw CoLLIa. FOR SHIRTS.--A. simple addition to
the 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 dwvised being by a sort of pocket, the adapta-
tion is termed " the Twice," and is registered under that
name.

THE CHARTIST PRISONERS.—On Monday afternoon
the Chartist prisoners, Ritchie, Lacey, Fav, Cuffey, 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'a 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. I)owling'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 he was engaged by Mr.
Hughes, the 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.

Are ENGLISII 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 suddenly hailed from her Majesty's sloop Alert,
and ordered to heave to ; but before the captain could
even give any orders to that effect, a 32-pound shot from
the sloop struck her stern.po t entered the cabin, and
wounded the captain with
im-
mediately followed by This was
thse' splinters.A
a couple of volleys of grape.
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 mean
time the captaino
f the Maid of Islay had brought
his vessel to an anchor, but the shot causing her to
leak considerably, te crew abandoned her. The Alert
sent a full complement of hands on board, and by dint
of hard labour at the
ir pumps, kept her afloat till they
as
got her into Sierra eone• The owner of the vessel,
o
who was fortunately board at the time, fiading he
could obtain no redressnfrom the Government authorities
at Sierra Leone, returned home to seek it at head-
quarters. The captain and crew also came home at the
same time. Thus, all
steamer having left
evidence on the part of the
Sierra Leone, the commander of the
Alert sought to have her condemned; but notwithstand-
ing the absence of all witnesses, so clear was
the case against her Majesty's
yi'sship, that the judge de-.
cided that " the steamer was not engaged in the slave
trade, nor otherwise aiding or abetting that traffic, and
decreed her, with her cargo, &c., to be restored to the
owners, and condemnedthe seisers in the costs." The
peaceful mission of the Maid of Islay is thus rendered
nugatory, while her owner and crew have been subjected
from
to serious injurythe too ready use
the guns of
her Majesty's ship
Aier
COURT- INIARTIAL. -Liverpoo Albion._
_ OCT. 24 .—A ge-
neral court-martial, of which Colonel S. B. Ellis, of the
Royal Marines, is president, assembled at this garrison,
for the trial of Private William M'Fadyen, No. 2,275 of
the r2rl regiment (Duke of Albany's own Highlanders),
on three charges :-Ist, for habitual drunkenness, being
four times drunk within twelve calendar months; 2d, for I
having, at Sheerness, ou 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
commanding officer, by refusing to take the punish-
moot which he had awarded 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, Serjeant Peter Ritchie,
Sergeant John M'Donald, Sergeant Patrick Henry, and
Lieutenant and Adjutant M'lienzie, were severally ex-
amined at length. Neither of the witnesses could prove
tie third charge. The prisoner, in his defence, calla!
Corporal David Miller, and Private Thomas Little, and
Private James Giub, 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 he spoke to Sergeant
Ritchie, and he did nut make use of any 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 gorse Guards.
Ax lassie GENERAL.--" The gineral was a fine big
man, wid as much daylight between his legs as there's
under the bridge o' Poul-na Phuca. There was only the
three min in our reg'inent that had horses, an' he was
one o' thim ; the Engler was another, an' he had a
donkey ; an' the man wid the flag was the third,
an' he had a bully iv a mule. The gineral's
horse wasn't his own at all, but an old mare
belongin' to one Tim Molloy—au' divil a good Tim could
ever get of her wanst she had a gineral's legs across her;
though she was quiet enough in the plough before she
turned rebel. But up he comes at any rate, on his white
5( a he,, ' I know yez are all good
charger—' Boys,'
hurry d an' said
min,' sea he. Boys,' sea
he,' there's a corps of soldiers cousin over to Glinlough,
an' I want yea to give them a lickin,' says he. Some
of us thought it was a dead soldier they wor berrin, on
account of his talkin' iv a corps, until an ould school-
master in the army explained the maynin' iv it. So
we all thru up our hats, au' shouted harra for the
gineral,' an' off we cut as fast as we could. Bedad,
it wasn't long till we heard the drum batin'. and
seen the soldiers stannin' as quiet an' regular as
the wooden min the gorsoons play wid, an' the bagnets
up in the air as sharp an' bright as needles. Not to
tell you any lie, sir, I was glad to take a sup o' sperits,
for the sight knocked some o' the pluck out o' me. Fire
and charge, boys,' i;ez the gineral. Thim that had guns
away, nod thim that had none roared out as loud
• as they could, an' ran at the soldiers. But it was no
use; an' whin they hadn't the good manners to lave that,
we thought thire was no sense in stoppin' to be kilt—
so the most iv us turned an' ran away. I'll go bail there
wasn't a soldier among 'em 'ud catch me, wanst I came
in on my wind."—lrish Paper.