The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-17 00:00:00

Cholera: Its Symptoms and Treatment.

Cholera is so called from xaVis, the bowels, and
pew, to flow. It is also spoken of as Algide Cholera,
the last term being derived from algeo, to be cold,
to indicate the loss of heat, which is one of the
symptoms of this fatal disease. The terms malignant
and Asiatic are also applied to it. In a clever little
pamphlet, by Dr. Alfred Orlando Jones, that practi-
tioner writes :—The treatment I should recommend,
(until the patient is able to send for a medical
adviser) is as follows : —Tincture of camphor, five
drops ; trituration of opium, five to ten grains,
given alternately in half a wineglass of water, every
10, 15, or 30 minutes, according to the severity of
the symptoms. In the first stages the strongest tr.
camphor given every 10 minutes, and small doses of
opium every 15 minutes, are the best remedies ; but no
time should be lost in sending fora medical adviser in
the meantime. If there is thirst, drink cold rice
water and arrowroot or beef-tea. Let the patient
maintain a recumbent posture ; cover the body with
blankets, and put a hot bottle to the feet, and throw
tincture of camphor on the bed, and Condy's disin-
fecting fluid, or carbolic acid on the floor ; let all
nuisances about the dwelling be removed. If this.
cannot be done, let the patient, as soon as convales-
cent, be removed to a healthy and high situation, to
avoid a second attack and expedite recovery of
strength.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 181 11 19
Ditto 3 Months. 12 2 12 2
Rotterdam

Antwerp — 25 57} 25 6'.1

Brussels
Hamburg — 13 10k 13 11
Paris Short 25 25
_ _ 25 35

Ditto 3 Months. 25 50 25 571
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —120 i
Vienna — 13 30 13 60
Trieste — 13 30 13 60
Petersburgn - 27 271
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
_ „

Genoa — 27 90 28 10

Naples — 27 N 28 10

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

The market opens quiet but steady. Sales pro-
bably 12,000 bales.

CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES.—The annual return of
industrial and provident societies in England regis-
tered under the Act of 1863 contains accounts for the year
1865 relating to 417 of the 599 whose rules have been certi-
fied by Mr. Tidd Pratt. These co-operative associations,
carrying on the trade of grocers and dealers in other
provisions, shoemaking and drapery, had at the close
of 1865 148,586 members ; their share capital amounted
to £761,313, and their loan capital was £112,733.
They paid £3,063,088 for goods bought in the year
1865, and received for goods sold £3,373,837. They
state their profits realized in the year to be £279,226,
out of which they paid dividends on the shares,
and dividends on purchases made from the societies, and
provided for reserve and depreciation funds. At the close
of the year the value of their assets and property was
£1,105,685, the money in hand £136,920, the trade liabilities
£273,480. Ninety of the associations in the list are in York-
shire, and above 100 in Lancashire. Still at their head stand
the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers, an association established
more than 20 years ago, and numbering above 5,000 mem-
bers. In the year 1865 it sold grocery and provisions for
cash to the amount of £196,234. Its share capital at the
end of the year was £69,307, its loan capitalX342, the value
of its assets and property £79,778, the year's expenses
£9,722, the year's profits £25,156. It paid £2,850 for in-
terest on shares, £20,274 for dividend on purchases, £537
for educational purposes. Two or three other co-operative
societies in the north of England sold goods in the year to
the amount of more than £lOO,OOO.
DENSITY OF POPULATION.—The new volume of
the Board of Trade Statistical Tables gives the following
statement of the population of countries with more than ten
million inhabitants according to the most recent census :
—United Kingdom, 258 persons to the English square mile
upon an average ; Italy, 225 ; France, 180 ; Prussia, 179 ;
Austria, 155 ; Spain (and Balearic Islands), 84 ; Turkey,
19 ; United States, 11; Russia, 9 ; Russia in Europe, 31;
Brazil, 3. The population of the eight above-named States
of the old world exceeds 270,000,000.
HORNCASTLE HORSE FAlR.—This great Lincoln-
shire horse fair was opened on Monday with a fine show
'of handsome and well-bred cattle. There was a consider-
ablee attendance of dealers and breeders, and the presence
of foreign horse dealers brought promising
suitable for exportation for military purposes
been sold, at
competition. On Tuesday many horses hvans,
and public
'Loa active
following prices : —Horses for town carts;en_
grown young
carriers' work, 45 to 55 guineas ;
cart horses, suitable for brewo.rhs,easnviyer‘chaenatsso,neadaddriottaod,
team work, 50 to 65 guinea ,uinoas ; and stout-
-20 to 4 e
for farming work, and other military pur-
poses, active horses for artillery
poses, 35 to 45 guincabs,.
kenhorses well bred, and of high
to pair harness, and
class and fashion, 10
suitable for private Garr'ge purposes, 75 to 90 guineas ;
well-matched pairs of ditto, 200 to 250 guineas; and young
and unbroken horses of this class, 55 to 70 guineas. Hand-
some horses for saddle purposes, 60 to 85 guineas and up-
wards ; horses of high blood and pedigree for the hunting
field made from 80 up to 200 guineas, and strong steady
cobs, 25 to 35 guineas; roadsters, common hacks, and single
harness horses ranged from 20 to 30 guineas each. Several
auction sales took place. The fair will be kept open during
the rest of the week.
BRITFORD GREAT SHEEP FAlR.—This fair, one of
the most important in the west of England, was held on
Monday, at Britford, about a mile and a half from Salis-
bury. From 90,000 to 100,000 sheep were penned, being
from 5,000 to 10,000 over last year. The recent rains
caused holders to ask enormous prices, and consequently
trade was for a time dull and flagging. A good
clearance, however, was effected shortly after mid-day.
Ewes may be quoted 445. to 545. ; wethers, 40s. to 50s. ;
and lambs, 325. to 425. per head. There was only a short
supply of horses, and trade was by no means brisk.

111IRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK.

AMERICA,

ARRIVAL OF THE SCOTIA.

QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 1.7
The Royal mail steamship Scotia, from New York
on the Bth inst., arrived here at 12.25 p.m. to-day
with 149 cabin passengers and $65,000 in specie.
She landed a portion of the mails, consisting of 83
sacks, and 16 passengers, and proceeded for Liver,
pool at 12.35 p.m. All well.
She experienced easterly winds throughout her
passage. . .