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NOVEMBER 9.

TENTERDEN UNION (APPLEDORE).-Nov. 2, 1 deathMALTON UNION (RILLINGTON).-Nov. 7, 1 death.BELFAST. -On board the ship Guiding Star, Nov. 7, 13

deaths.SOHAM.-To Nov. 7, 32 deaths; to Nov. 8, 3 deaths; total,

35 deaths. One of the deaths that has occurred to-day is thatof a member of a family of 11 persons, 9 of whom have beenattacked. The district medical officer reports that one youngman, who was seen yesterday with premonitory symptoms,refused to take any medicine; to-day he is dangerously ill.ISLEHAM.-There has been an outbreak of the epidemic in

this large village. Dr. Waller Lewis, who, on hearing of theoccurrence, at once proceeded there, states that " it is in themost deplorable condition. Great numbers of the people livein large hollows in the ground, from which many years agobuilding stone was extracted. In one pit there are nearly 500people in a state of great deprivation, and dirty in the extreme.In the first house I entered, one corpse had just been placed ina coffin, another poor child was nearly ready for his last narrowresting-place, and a third had a fair charce of recovery. Sixdeaths had already occurred, and the medical officer had be-tween 30 and 40 severe cases on his hands. The number ofinhabitants is between 2000 and 3000. There is but littlemedicine and not one druggist’s shop in the village, which isfive or six miles from the nearest town. Few private housesare provided with privies, and there are but four public neces-saries, which have not been cleaned out for nearly two years." "THE METROPOLIS.-The returns from the D, K, L, M, and

V divisions of the metropolitan police show 11 cases and 4deaths. Hitherto the progress of cholera has, as in 1848, beenpeculiarly marked in the districts on the south side of theThames. The deaths from cholera generally in the metropolissince August 6 have been 559, and of these 301 have occurredin the low-lying districts south of the river. The principalparishes, or rather parts of parishes, that have as yet suffered,are St. George the Martyr, Southwark; St. Saviour’s, Ber-

mondsey ; St. Olave and St. Mary, Newington. The totaldeaths in these parishes have already amounted to 187. Itwould seem that the diseases has localized itself in a district ofabout a mile in diameter, of which the church of St. Georgethe Martyr may be considered as the centre. In the outlyingportions of these parishes the attacks have as yet been com-paratively few. The deaths in this district appear to be pro-gressing, though not rapidly on the increase, as will be seenfrom the following return of the above parishes for the pastsix weeks :- Week ending

The following particulars have been ascertained respectingthe death so long undiscovered in Gee’s-court, Marylebone.An inquest was held, and a verdict returned of "Died ofspasmodic cholera." " It appears that the deceased, an old man,had been dead nearly one month. The corpse was found in asmall back room on the first floor. Mr. Joseph, surgeon, ofGreat Marylebone-street, states that, when he entered theroom, nothing could equal its fcetor. The body having beenremoved to the workhouse, a post-mortem examination wasmade, and, from the absence of any other assignable cause ofdeath and the presence of ricewater fluid within the intestines,coupled with the fact that the deceased died on the close stool,it was considered to have been a case of cholera. It appears,further, that six persons actually ate, drank, and slept in thefront room on the same floor, within a few feet of the corpse.Diarrhoea is on the increase in some of the districts of theparish. A fatal case of fever, supervening on an attack ofcholera, occurred on the 7th inst.CHOLERA IN HORSEMONGER-LANE GAOL.-On Wednesday,

an inquest was held by Mr. Carter, on Elizabeth Brookes, aprisoner, who died of Asiatic cholera. Mr. Harris, the house-surgeon, stated that he deemed cholera an infectious, but notcontagious, epidemic with which the air was impregnated.He designated the case of Brookes a spontaneous disease, notarising from local causes.

APPOINTMENT.-T. Morrison, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng., ofthe Montrose Lunatic Asylum, has been electsd medical officerof the Nottingham County Asylum.

Military and Naval Intelligence.MILITARY.-89th: Staff-surg. of the Second Class Frederick

Roberts to be surgeon, vice Michael M’Dermot, M.D., whoretires upon half pay. - 36th: Assist. -surg. Toben is underorders to join the service companies at Trinidad.—2nd WestIndia Regiment: Assist. -surg. Frazer has orders to proceed tohead quarters, and join.-Staff Assist.-surgs. Wallis, Polson,and Ross, doing duty at Chatham garrison, are ordered. toembark for the West Indies. -Hospital Staff: Assist. StaffSurg. Robert M’Wharrie, M.D., to be staff surgeon of thesecond class, vice Roberts, appointed to the 89th foot.-Assist.Staff Surg. Thomas Dehane Lightbody, M.D., to be staff sur-geon of the second class, vice Blakeney, appointed to theHibernian School.- Staff Surg. Edward Hugh Blakeney.en-tered the service Oct. 17th, 1834, as staff assistant-surgeon,vice Duncan M’Grigor, appointed to the 32nd regt. He joinedat Chatham, where he served until March 13th, 1835, whenhe was appointed to the 67th regt., vice Cumming, promotedin the 74th regt. He served with the dep6t uni-il Sept. 1837,when he embarked for the West Indies. He served with theregiment at Demerara in 1837, until its removal in Januaryfollowing to Berbice, whence it returned in June, 1838, toDemerara, and remained there until its removal in June, 1839,to Barbadoes. It sailed for North America April 21st, 1840,and disembarked at Chambly May 21st, in the same year. Itserved in Canada until Nov. 3rd, 1842, and landed at Ply-mouth Dec. 15th, 1842. Assist.-surg. Blakeney was presentwith the service companies from Sept. 1837, to Dec. 15th,1842; and served at home with the regiment until Oct. 13th,1843, when he was appointed to the Royal Canadian rifleregiment, vice Alexander M’Grigor, promoted in the 7lstHighlanders. Mr. Blakeney was promoted Dec. 19th, 1845,to second class staff surgeon, vice D. C. Pitcairn, superseded,and was stationed at Nova Scotia, whence he returned toCanada, in May, 1846. Having returned home in 1846, he wasemployed at Chatham, from Oct. 1847 to Jan. 1851, when heproceeded to Malta, where he was stationed on Oct. 1st, 1853.NAVAL.-Surg. Joseph Coldwell to be surgeon-superintendent.

of the Lea Park convict ship; Assist. -surg. Daniel J. Dingan,from the Desperate, 8, screw steam-ship, to the Royal George,120, screw steam-ship, Sheerness; Assist.-surgs. William T.Wilson (1846) to the Royal George, Julian W. Slight (1846) tothe Princess Royal, and Simon Willis (1853) to the Desperate,vice Dingan ; Acting Assist. -surg. John Crogan to the London; ;Surgs., Philip Jones to the Royal George, and AlexanderCrauford to the Przncess Royal.

Medical News.

RoYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-The following gentle-men having undergone the necessary examinations for thediploma were admitted members of the College at the meetingof the Court of Examiners on the 4th inst. :-

CALDWELL, JOHN, Kew-green.CURRIE, JAMES ALLAN, Hon. East India Company’s

Service, Bengal.DAWSON, JOHN RICHARD, Royal Hospital, Chelsea.ELLIS, JAMES ASKQUITH, Nant-y-Glo, Monmouthshire.WATERHOUSE, JOHN HODGSON, Sheffield. ,

WICKHAM, CHARLES THOMAS, Winchester.WILLIAMS, JOHN IGNATIUS PURCELL, Denbigh, North

Wales.

At the same meeting of the Court Mr. WILLIAM THOMASWILSON passed his examination for naval surgeon; this gentle-man had previously been admitted a member of the College, hisdiploma bearing date July 4th, 1845.THE FELLOWSHIP.-The following members of the College

having undergone the necessary examinations for this distinc-tion, on the 1st and 3rd inst., were, at the meeting of theCouncil, on the 10th inst., admitted Fellows of the RoyalCollege of Surgeons:—Peter Yeames Gowlland, Finsbury-square,diploma of membership dated January 28, 1848; WilliamMartyn, Brompton-row, May 6, 1839 ; Henry Thompson, Wim-pole-street, Cavendish-square, October 4, 1850.MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE.-The builder’s con-

tract for this national imdertaking was signed on Monday bythe treasurer, John Propert, Esq., on behalf of the Council,and the works are now rapidly progressing.