The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA.

Two cases of cholera have occurred on board the hos-
pital-ship Dreadnought, moored off Greenwic. - One
severe case occurred at Woolwich ; but the person ttacked
recovered. These three cases are reported in e daily
papers, but it is not said whether the cholera Asiatic
or not. One singular case of Asiatic cholera ha occurred
at Manchester. A woman was taken ill at four o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, and died at half-past nine the following
morning. The peculiarities are, that there waslno diarrhoea,
and noting but dry retching of a very violent character.
The woman lived in a low and dirty part of the town. The
Manchester Town Council is active in repairing bad drains.
It has abated the nuisance arising from chemical works in
Redbank, Besvrick,lJnion-bridge, and other thickly-peopled
ueighbourhoods.
At Newcastle the deaths from cholera for the last six
days have averaged 95 daily, but it is thought to be on the
the decrease. The total of deaths in the town up to the
present date has been 1,062. During the same number of
days in 1831-32 the deaths were only 161. The general
state of Newcastle has been very dirty, but a place called
Sandgate has been the worst in the town ; the inhabitants
being crowded together without regard either to decency
or cleanliness. The London Board of Health peremptorily
advised the immediate removal of the population, about
four thousand in all. Some have been removed, and
are now lodged healthily in tents, lent by the Board of
Ordnance : some have dispersed themselves over the better
part of the town; while the cholera has fiercely broken
out among the people still living in the place. Two of
the most over-crowded churchyards in the town were
closed on Saturday, and three others are to be closed. The
upper and middle classes seem to suffer from the disease
as much as the lower classes. The accounts of the mor-
tality in Gateshead are incomplete, but the virulence of
the epidemic seems to be declining : on Saturday last the
deaths were 30, but on Wednesday they were only 12.
The fatal results for the last fifteen days, compared with
the mortality in 1831-32, are 259 to 129.
At Hexham, during the last five days, deaths from
cholera have occurred, making 11 cases since the first
appearance of the disease. Three fatal cases have occurred
in Durham. In South Shields several deaths from
cholera have occurred. In four of the cases the persons
attacked lived in unwholesome houses. The sanatory
measures are actively carried on. " The lower parts of
the town are being swept with some thousands of tons of
salt water daily, and ancient nuisances and stenches
which have held their ground for the past quarter of a
century, have been swept into the sea. The seamen on
hoard the shipping in the
.Tyne are in a pretty healthy
condition." There is a considerable amount of diarrhea
in North Shields, but, as yet, no cholera. North Shields
is within 20 minutes' run of Newcastle, by rail, and an
immense number of persons pass between the towns during
the course of each day. In Edinburgh, on Friday week,
a case occurred " presenting all the appearance of Asiatic
cholera." In Belfast, one case of Asiatic cholera. The
patient, a little girl of fifteen, is goinc, on favourably. The
Asiatic' cholera has appeared in Hull, and "four or five"
deaths are announced. In Ilawmarsh, Yorkshire, one
fatal case of cholera has appeared.
Mr. Edward W. Lane, " the well-known. Orientalist,"
has put forth a specific against cholera. It consists in a
"tablespoonful of powdered mustard in a tumbler of cold
water," as an emetic, and a wine-glassful of brandy with
ten grains cif cayenne pepper as a restorative. " Rest,
perspiration, and sleep" are thus to be produced. This
remedy is said to hay ebeen usedin Cairo with success in 1848.

ARRIVAL OF THE ALBATROSS FROG

AUSTRAII..4.

Tim ALBA.TRoss, Captain Geves, left Melbourne on the
17th of June, just seven days after the Marco Polo, and
arrived here yesterday, thus making the voyage in 101
days. She brought 05 passengers, but no specie, and we
have not received any newspapers by her.