The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-04 00:00:00

CHOLERA MORBUS.

That our belief that many cases have, from the
commencement of this disease till this moment, been
put in the official reports which are not cases of ma-
lignant cholera, but diarrhoea and bowel complaints
merely, was well founded, we have now the with°,
rity of the Board of Health itself for declaring.
They have, within the last few days, issued a hand-
'dill, in which they state that it is the opinion of the
nedical members of the Board, that the cholera very
'requently commences with diarrhoea, and they there-
fore recommend every person who has the slig►h•est
oomplaint in his bowels to apply without delay to
the dispensary or any of the parish hospitals, where
nedical assistance may at all times be obtained. It
is perfectly clear, then, that they have classed all
iuch affections under the general bead of cholera,
and that it is to this we are to attribute the formic
table appearance which the reports frequently
dresent. We last week stated our conviction that
diarrhoea was frequently a preliminary in cases of
cholera,while we reprobated the hasty conclusion that
t was therefore to be uniformly regarded as the be-
•inning of the more serious disease. Every thing
.vhich tends to weaken the body must obviously
predispose it to the reception of any prevailing dis-
order, and hence, though we do not concur in the
sweeping inference drawn by the Board of Health,
we think their calling on the community at this
period to attend to and get slight ailments removed
.vithout loss of time is very judicious. Another re-
commendation they have made on the advice of the
Central Board of Health is, that persons should re-
frain from attending meetings or assemblies where
many people are collected together, as at the Court
of Conscience and the Quarter Sessions. This, we
confess, we consider rather calculated to do harm
than good by spreading unnecessary alarm. The
disease, we regret to state, has, during the past
week, considerably increased both in Newcastle and
the neighbourhood,
We can no longer say that the cholera is confined
to the streets in the lower part of Newcastle. it
has reached the Manor-chare, Low-bridge, Nesvgate-
street, Percy-street, Prudhoe-street, and some others.
It has extended also to the Westgate. It has fol-
lowed the course of the river, and has not only at-
tacked the vilisges of St. Anthony, St. Peter's,
Dent's Hole, Wallsend, Howdon, and NValker, but

has appeared up the water at Lemington, Ryton, &c.
At Seghill it still continues, though not so viruleut
as it was. The cases at Throphill, near Morpeth,
are represented to have been common,not malignant,
cholera, and those at Hebburn, in the same neigh-
bourhood, a description of fever. Cases still occur
in the county of Durham, at Houghton, and the dis-
ease is stated to have at length made its appearance
at South Shields. But wherever it has extended in
Newcastle or the surrounding neighbourhood, it
appears to be attended with almost precisely similar
circumstances.

The trimmer in which the disease is stated to
have been introduced into Lemington is deserving
of notice, and seern.4 to add another fact to those
already known, to shew that the complaint is com-
municable from one person to another. A woman,
whose husband died in Sandgate of cholera, went
after his death to visit his father-in-law at Leming-
ton. She was seized there with the same disorder,
and though she had medical assistance afforded to
her, and was apparently doing well, the inhabitants
would not suffer her to remain. She was brought
down in a boat to Sandgate where she died. Her
father-in-law was similarly attaked at Lemington a
few days afterwards and sunk under the disease. It
seems to have gained a footing on Gateshead Fell
a similar manner. The body of a young man who
died from cholera at Springwell, near Wrekenton,
was brought to his father's house at Gateshead
Low Fell. When the disease broke out theme, it
commenced in some cottages close to where the
corpse from Springwell had been taken. To these
facts, which favour the opinion of the disorder being
contagious, are to be added the cases which have
occurred both in Newcastle and Gateshead of dif-
ferent members of the same family, old and young,
being attacked in succession.—Tyne Mercury.

The Marquis of DOUGLAS, heir-apparent to
the Dukedom of Hamilton, will come of age n.xt month.
His Lord,hip is said to be a youth of high promise, and,
in addition to the Dukedom of Hamilton and its vast do-
mains, will succeed to the immense estates of his grand-
father, Mr. BICKFORD, late of Foothill, bat now of Lans-
downe-place, Bath. Great rejoicings are expected to take
place both in Scotland and at Ashton Hall, in Lancashire,
to commemorate the event.

The Earl and Countes of RADNOR, who
are now staying at Longford Castle, in Wiltshire, intend
to give a grand entertainment at in Berk-
shire, on the 13th instant. Preparations upon a most ex-
tensive scale have been for some time going on for these
festivities. His Lordship's guests will include most of the
resident Nobility and gentry of the country. A large
party from town, it is understood, are also going do,vn to
partake of the hospitalities, and, in the old English style,
to mix with the neighbourhood. Although the Noble
Earl is one of the privileged classes, his political principles
are highly liberal. Some time ago the Earl threw open
his extensive manors in Wiltshire, and conferred the right
of sporting over them to his tenantry.

Miss SMITHSON, the first female tragedian, as
well as the first melodramatist, of the English stage, is,
we are happy to state,engaged by Mr. DAvinax to perform
at the Coburg, at a salary of thirty pounds per week. It
is not yet determined when .he will make her appearance ;
but it is expected that either on Monday next, or on
Monday week, she will appear in a favourite character. The
endeavours of Mr. Davrnott to procure the higheq talent
for the theatre which he manages with so much ability do
him the highest credit; and we have no doubt, that the
first dramatist of the day—the lovely and talented Miss
SMITIISON-will amply reward him by her bet exertions,
which, if there be taste en the south side of the water,
cannot fail to draw overflowing houses.--Morn. Advertiser.
LINEN-DRAPERS, 11rncErts, SILKMEN,
LAC EMAERRS, AND HOSIERS' SOCIETY.--A public meet-
ing of persons connected with these trades was held yester-
day, at the Loadon Coffee-house, Ludgate•hill, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of esta-
blishing an institution to provide for the 'lee eyed members
of their trade, and for their workmen in advanced is,e and
when labouring under unavoidable misfortunes. After
some discussion a Committee Was appointed, and the
meet-
ing broke up.