The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-16 00:00:00

CHOLERA AT TOULON.

(From Galignani's Messenger.)
The following letter from Toulon is dated the Bth instant :
The cholera continues to rage with a violence almost un-
precedented in our temperate climate. Though the popula-
tion has been diminished nearly one-half from the terror which
has induced the inhabitants to fly, there have been 141 deaths
in forty-eight hours, that is, one in 400 persons every day.
The town, lately so populous and animated, has become a me-
lancholy desert. All classes are panic-struck. More than two-
thirds of the shops and warehouses are shut up, the workmen
go away in crowds ; and apprehensions are entertained that we
shall be in want of bread, from the desertion of the bakers and
the men. We have been obliged to have recourse to the
military for coffins, and there are scarcely men enough left
to remove the dead. The Municipality is reduced to the
mayor, and at most six councillors, who are almost con-
stantly sitting at the Mayory, where not a single clerk is left.
The convicts are scarcely sufficient to dig the pits in the
burying-ground. At the close of the day, the streets and
squares are covered with large fires, into which are thrown
quantities of spices and aromatic herbs ; and during a part of
the night gunpowder is let off from muskets, petards, &c., in
the hope of purifying the air. The magistrates, in order to
satisfy the people, who expect great effects from the explo.
sion, have consented to have cannon fired. All this contri-
butes to render the appearance of the town so much the more
sombre. The most frightful picture of all is, that the autho-
rities have ascertained that a species of society has been
formed of upwards of two hundred wretches, who have or-
ganie€l a system for plundering the houses of such of the
inhabitants as have taken their departure. Severe measures
have been adopted, and orders have been given to inflict sum-
mary justice upon all who may be caught in the act. The
President of the Civil Tribunal went yesterday to the Court,
and there, overcome by his terrors, turned a bp.ce of pistols
against his own head. His jaw was horribly fractured, and
his brains flew up to the very ceiling. He was only lately
married to a rich heiress. The surrounding villages were
overcharged with the mass of people who have hoped to
find safety by removing, but who will, probably, ere long,
pay dear for the false confidence, because, if attacked
by the disease, they will be without medical aid and
without the protection of the magistracy. Already several of
the villages have been invaded by the disease, and no doubt
its ravages will be rapid and terrible. Persons ‘vho have
weighed the consequences of the rapidity with which the
population of Toulon has increased during the last ten years,
have anticipated that which has now come to pass. In fact,
within the confined space of the town, 40,000 persons have
been crowded one upon the other, without the conveniences or
even the necessaries of life, in houses without any court-yards
or drains, raised to an enormous height, from the impossibility
of increasing their number, so that it is inconceivable how they
have not been devoured by infectious complaints during the in-
tense heats of summer. The necessity of enlarging the town
or building suburbs, has long been felt, but the engineers have
opposed it. We trust, however, that the present melancholy
warning will open the eyes of the Government, and that it
will take measures to remedy evils so numerous and so de-
structive." •

The French papers say that M. de Talleyrand still
meditates a journey toGermany. Madame de Dino, the Prince's
niece, has already preceded him. She arrived on the 27th of
June at Strasburgh, on her way to Baden.
CORONERS INQUEST.—DETERMINED SUICIDE
OF THE PRINCIPAL COOK AT CROCKFORD'S.—Yesterday after-
noon an inquest was held at the Devonshire Arms, Queen-
street, Golden-square, on the body of Francis Reaumeau,
aged thirty-five, a native of France, and principal cook at
Crockford's Club-house, St. James's-street. Mr. Jeremiah
Pereira, surgeon, of No. 35, Piccadilly, had occasionally at-
tended the deceased professionally. For some months past he
had been in a low, dejected state of mind. Witness
saw him on Sunday last, and advised bleeding, which opera-
tion be (deceased) was subjected to on the following morning
(Monday). Medicine was also administered. About ten
o'clock on Monday night, witness was called upon to attend
the deceased at his residence, No. 5, Queen-street, and found
him lying on his bed, weltering in his blood, proceeding from
a deep and extensive wound in his throat. Life was quite ex-
tinct. A razor covered with blood was grasped in his right
hand. Charles Horace Frankerfelle, one of the cooks at
Crockford's establishment, deposed that his unfortunate friend
had been in a dejected state of mind for some time past, which
witness attributed to his having formed an attachment to a
young female, which had recently been abruptly broken off.
Verdict—" Temporary derangement." The deceased had ac-
cumulated a respectable competency.