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MR. VA.»
leXAKKS UV UK. HEWTER.
Mr. Pltaticiit, as it is highly probable
that our proceeilings ou tins noiu:nation
Will be published, I deem it |iru|ier to state
short!) tlie considerate).is uhich influence
my opinion, and will decide my vote.
1 record tliis as a very inqafrtant and
delicate question. It is full oi" roponsi-
Tiility; and! tee I the whole force of aii
siii.it responsibility. M lull: I have been
:ii the Senate, 1 have opposed i.o nomin
atin't of the i’re-idont except for cause;
Hint i lit 1 *: lit dftmifs tliiHiiil.t that such
cause s'k::'!(I ix l ,*i ..u, met sulhcieut; that
it should he rout mid substantial, not un
founded or fanciful.
i have never desired, and do not now
desire, to encroach, in the slightest de
gree, on tl.e constitutional powers of the
chief magistrate of the nation. 1 liave
heretofore gone far, very far, in assenting
to nominations w hich have In **ii submit- !
ted to us. I voted for the appointment |
of li.'l the gentlemen who composed the
first cobnut; I have opposed no ncrnina- 1
•ion of a foreign minister; and 1 have not!
oppose I the nominations recently before i
us, for the re-organization ot the admin- j
istratiou. 1 have always been especially |
an\ one that, in all matters relating to}
our : -o»ercotirse with other nations, ,Le j
Utei' st harmony, the greatest unity of;
purpose, should exist between the Presi
dent and the Senate. 1 know how much '
of us*, i illness such harmony and union!
are ralculated to produce.
! cm now fully aware, sir, that it is aj
serious, a very serious matter, to vote a- j
gainst'fiminister to a foreign conn, wlio (
has air* ady gout abroad, and It s been re- j
ceiled, and accredited, by the Govern
ment re> which he is sent. I am aware,
that the re jection of tins nomination, and
tin uces.-mry recall-of the minister, will
be _ .-(laJ by foreign States, at the tirst
hlu-it, is not in the highest degree Invorn
ble to ilie eh:u >cter of our goveri ment.
I kuiiiv, moreover, to vvliat injurious re
flections one may subject Inniself, espe
cially in times of party excitement, l>\ giv
iti” • negative vote on such a notiumilioii.
Bui after all, I am placed here to dis
charge a (tuft/. lam not to go through
a formality; lam to perform a substan
tial ami responsible duty. I am to ad
vise the President in matters of appoint
ment. This is my constitutional obliga
tion; and I shall perform it conscientious
ly and fearlessly. 1 am hound to say,
then, sir, that for one, 1 do not advise nor
consent to this nomination. Ido not
think it a fit and proper nomination; and
my reasons are found in the letter of in
struction written by Mr. Van Btiren, on
the 20th of July, 18129, to Mr. McLane,
then going to the court of England, as A
xne’ie.in minister. I think those iiistruc
tio - rogatory, ill a high degree, to the
chyoon-r nod honor of the country. —1
thin* ’’my show a manifest disposition,
in t’i w 'iter of them, to establish a dis
til detween his country and his par
ty; j ; ce the party above the country;
to hi : ,*. interest at a foreign court, for
that ir.rtv; rather than for the country; to
per-.i Je ihe English Ministry and the
Englis Monarch, that they liad an inter
est a :r i.ntaiiiiiig, in the United States,
the isceodancy of the party to which the
writer belonged. Thinking thus of the
purpose mid object of these instructions.
I cannot •>< of opinion that their author is
a proper r presentative of the United
States at that court. Therefore, it is that I
I propose to vote against his nomination. 1
It is the first time, I believe, in modern
diplomacy, it is certainly the tirst time in
our history, in which a minister to a for
eign court has sought to make favor for
one parly at home, against another; or
has stooped, from being the representa
tive of the whole country, to be the rep
resentative of a party. And as this is the
first instance in our history of any such
-transactions, so I intend to do all in
mv power to make it the last.—
For one, I set my mark of disapprobation
upon it; I contribute my voice and my
vot<>, to make it a negative example, to
be r banned and avoided by all future
ministers of the U. States. If, in a de
liberate and formal letter of instructions,
-admonitions and directions are given to
a m'P'ster, and repeated, once and again,
to urm these mere party considerations
on the Foreign government, to what ex
ten' is it proh&hle, the writer himself w ill
be disposed to urge them, in bis one thou
sand opportunities of informal inter
course iv 'h the agents of that govern
ment?
I propose, sir, to refer to some particu
lar parts of these instructions, but before
I do that allow me to state, very generally
the posture of that subject, to w hich these
particulars relate. That subject, was the
Ma»e of our trade with the British West
India Colo.ties. I do not deem it neces
sary now to go minutely into all the his
tory of that trade The occasion does
not call for it. AH know, that by the con
vention ot 1815, a reciprocity of inter
course was established between us and
Great Britain. The ships of both coun
tries were allowed to pass, to and from
each other respectively, with the same enr
foea, and subject to the same duties.—
lot 'his arrangement did not extend to
tin British West Indies. There our in
tercourse was cut olf. Various discrimin
ating and retaliatory acts were passed,
hv Honiara), and by the United States.
F.vemijally, in the summer of 1825, the
Euglisli I* irhament passed an act oil', ring
reciprocity, *o far as the mere carrying
trade win. concerned, to all nations who
nm. hl clkios) within one year, to accept
that n'T* r
Mr. A*- .a* •imiiiutratioii did not uc
e» jit that ofllrt first, l«r iu»c it never was
officially communicated to it; secondly,
I because, oulv a lew mouths before, a ne
gotiation on the very-i 4 i.a subject bad*
been suspended with an uudorsthnding
that it might lie resumed; and thirdly, be
cause, it was very desirable to arrange
the whole mutter it possible by treaty, in
j order to secure, if we could the admission
<j our products udo the Si fit is h Isles for
consumption as well as the admission of
our vessels. This object had been ear
nestly pursued ever since the peace oi
Ida. It was insisted on, as every body
ki oivs, through the whole of Mi. Mon- j
: roc’s administration, lie would not tnfaf'
' at ail, w ilhoui treating of ii»t> oi ji er. Fitrl
thought the existing slate of things.tietUT
I than any arrangement, which, while it ?td
mitted of our vessels into West Imho!
ports, stiff left our productions >t bjict to)
j such duties there, that they could not la
I carried.
Now, Sir, Mr. Adams’ ndnimisiri.tion
} was not the first to take this ground. It
I only occupied the same position which its
predecessors had taken: It saw no im
| (Kirtunt objects to be gained by changing
| the state of things, unless tha* change was
Ito admit our products into the British
W est Indies, directly from our ports, aue
j not burdened with excessive duties.
The direct trade, by die English en
actments and American enactments had
become closed No British slnp canit- 1
herefrom the British West Indies. N’o'l
American ship went from us to those pin- |
ces. A circuitous trade took place through !
tin* Islands of third powers: and that cir- j
ciiitous trade was, in many respects, not}
disadvantageous to us.
In this state of things, Sir, Mr. Mcl.anc
was sent to England; and he received his
instructions from the Secretary of tate.
In these instructions, and relation to this
subject of the colonial trade, aie found
the sentiments of which 1 complain.
What are they? Let us examine and
see.
Mr. Van Burentells Mr M’Lane ‘The
opportunities which you have derived
from participation in our public councils,
as well ns other sources of information,
w ill enable you to speak with confident*,
(as fiir as you deem it proper and useful
so to do.) of the respective parts tal&p,by, j
thos e to whom tiie administration of this
government now committed, in relation 1
to the course heretofore pursued upon the
subject of the colonial trade.”
Now, this is neither more nor less than
saying, “you will he able to tell the British
Minister, whenever you think proper,that
you, and I, and the leading persons in j
this administration, have opposed the
course heretofore pursued by the govern
ment and the country, ou the subject of
the colonial trade. |>e sure to let him
know, that, on that subject, ti e have held j
with England and not with our own gov- 1
eminent." Now, I ask you, sir, if this be
dignified diplomacy? Is this statesman- I
ship? Is it patriotism or is it mere party?
Is it a proof of high regaard to the honor
and renown of the whole country** or is it j
evidence of a disposition to make a merit j
of belonging to one of its political divis-;
ions?
The Secretary proceeds; “Their views, 5
(that is, the views of the present adminis
tration,) upon that point, have been sub- I
mitted to the people of the United States; !
and the counsels by which your conduct is
now directed, are the result oftbejudg-j
ment expressed hy tiie only earthly tribu
nal to which the late administration ivas
amenable for its acts.”
Now, Sir, in the first place, there is ve
ry little reason to suppose that the first
part of this paragraph is true, in of
J toot. 1 mean that part which intimates
' that the change of administration was
brought about by public disapprobation of
Mr. Adams’ conduct respecting the sub
ject of the colonial trade. Possibly, so
; much was then said on the subject which
Iso few mi erstood, some degree of im-
I pression may have been produced hy it.
i But be assured, Sir, another cause will be
1 found,by future historians, for tins change;
and that cause will be the popularity of a
successful soldier, united with a feeling,
made io be considerably extensive that the
preferences of the people in his behalf had
not been justly regarded, on a previous
occasion. There is, Sir, very little ground
to say, that “the only tribunal to which
th late administration was amenable,”
has pronounced any judgment against it
for its conduct on the w hole subject of the
| colonial trade.
But, however this may be, the other }
assertion in the paragraph is manifestly
I quite wide of the facts. Mr. Adams’ ad
! ministration did not bring forward this
! claim. I have stated already, that it had j
been subject, both of negociation and le- j
gislation, through the whole eight years ,
ot Air. Monroe’s administration. This j
the Secretary knew, or was bound to
know. Why then does he speak ol it as
set up by the late administration, and af
terwards abandoned by them, and not
now revived?
But the most humiliating part of the
whole follows; “To set up the acts of the
late administration, as the cause of for
feiture of privileges, which would other
wise be extended to the people ofthe U
nited States, would, under existing cir
cumstances, be unjust in itself, and could
not fail to excite their dee|K*st senstbih
*•" 4 . ,
So, then, Mr. President, we are redu
ced, are we, to the poor condition, thnt
we seen Minister of this great Itcpuhlic
instructed to argue, or to intercede with
| the British Minister, lest lie should find
us to hare forfeited our privileges; ,(■ lest
those privileges should no longer be extrn
i led to us! And we have forfeited those
privileges, bv our tiiisliebav lour hi choos
, mg ruler*, teho thought better of our own |
, clim than of the British ! Why, Sir,
tlis is patiently si limitin g io the ek.mi-l
ticriMg tone of tla British Minister, I
: bfeeve Mr. Huskisson —[Mr. Clay said,
I ‘i», Mr. Cant ing.’J—Mr. Canning, then,
i Si, who told us, that all our trade with
Jth \\ est Indies was a boon , granted to
|us bv the indulgence of England. The
Bitish Munster calls it a boon, and our
1 Mnixter admits it is nprivilege, fie hopes
i tbt his Royal Majesty will he too gra
! cius to decide that we have forfeited tlmt j
} p vilege, by our misbehaviour, in the j
I e’oi’ce of our rulers! Sir, for one, 1 re
fjift ail idea oflioldiug any right of trade,
jdr any other rights, as a privilege ora
boon, from the British Government, or a
-1 ny other government.
‘ A: the conclusion of the paragraph, i
! he Secretary says; “You call not press j
( h:s in w ill the sulject too earnestly up- i
; on the consideration ol' the British Minis- }
, .er. It Ins bearings and relations that j
I reach bey oid the immediate question uii- I
der discussion.”
j And adverting, again, to thf same sub- |
ije er, tow aids the close oi the dispatch, be j
I says: “i will add nothing as :o the mi- !
propriety o* suffering any feelings that }
find their origin in the past pretensions oi !
; this Government, to have an adverse in- j
iluenee upon the present conduct of Great!
Britain.”
“Such is the present state of our com- j
Imercial relations with the British colo- j
inies; and such the steps bj which ive hav« |
arrived at it. In reviewing the events I
which have preceded, and more or less
contributed to, a result so much to be re
gretted, tla re will lie fouud 3 grounds up
on which ue arc not assailable, Ist, in our
too long and too tenaciously resists l the !
right of Great-Britain to impose protect
ing duties in her colonies:” 2d, &c.
“The opportunities which you have de- ;
rived from a participation in our public
councils, as well ns other sources of in-!
I formation, w ill enable you to speak with i
I confidence, (so far as you may deem it !
proper and useful so to do,) of the admin- I
istration of tl is government is now coin- '
nfitted, in relation to the course hereto- j
I fore pursued upon the subject of die co- j
lloiiial trade. Their views upon that point!
have been submitted to the people of the j
United States; and the councils by w hich j
ynv.r conduct is now directed are the result ;
oi' the judgment expressed by the only I
earthly tribunal to which the late admin- !
istration was amenable for its acts. It j
should he sufficient that the claims set up
by them, and which caused the interrup
j tion of tie* trade in question, have been
explicitly abandoned hy those who first
asserted them, and are not revived by
their sue. essors. If Great Britain deems
it adverse to her interests to allow us to
I participate in the trade with her colonies,
and finds nothing in the extension of it
other ihr.n to induce hei to apply the
! same rule to us, she will, we hope, he
| sensible of tiie propriety of placing her
j refusal on those grounds. To set up the
I acts of the late administration as the
j cause of forfeiture of privileges which!
I would otherwise be extended to the peo- j
I pie of the United Mates, would, under!
! existing circumstances, be unjust in itself, j
and could not fail to excite their deepest ]
j sensibility. The tone of fe< ling which a !
I course so unwise and untenable is ealeu- i
lilted to produce, would doubtless lie
j greatly aggravated by the consciousness
that Great Bn’ain has, by order in couii
-1 ctl opened her colonial port to Russia &
France, notwithstanding a similar omiss
ion on their part to accept the terms ott
ered by the act of July, 1825. You can
not press this view of the subject too ear-
I nestly upon the consideration of the Brit
j ish Ministry. It has bearings and rela
! tions that reach jieyond the immediate
question under discussion.”
“I vyili add nothing as to the impropri
\ ety of suffering any feelings that find
} their origin in the past pretentions of
this Government to have an adverse in
fluence upon the present conduct of (J rent
Britain.”
Sir, I submit to you, and to the candor
of all just men, if 1 am not right in sav
ing that the pervading topic, through the
whole, is not American rights, not Amer
ican defence, but denunciation of past
pretensions of our own country, reflections
on the past administration, and exulta
tion, and aloud claim of merit, for the
administration now in power.—Sir, 1
would forgive mistakes; 1 would pardon
the want of information; I would pardon
! almost any thing, where 1 saw true pat
riotism and sound American feeling: Lm*
I cannot forgive the sacrifice of this feel
ing to mere party. 1 cannot concur in
} sending abroad a public agent who has
! not conception so large and lilieral, as to
j feel, that hi the presence ol foreign courts
amidst the monarchies of Europe he is to
stand up for lus country, and his whole
country; that no jot nor tittle of her hon
or is to come to harm in his hands; that
he is not to suffer others to Veproach eith
er his Government or his country, and
far less is he himself to reproach either:
that he is to have no objects in his eye hut
American objects, and no In art in his
bosom but ail American heart; and that
he is to forget itself, to forget party, to
forget every sinister and narrow feeling,
in Ins proud and lofty attachment to the
' Republic, whose commission he bears.
! Mr. President, 1 have discharged an
exceedingly unpleasant duty, the most
unpleasant of my public life. But I have
looked upon it as a duty, niul it was not
to lie shunned. And, Sir, however un
important may be the opinion of so hum
ble an individual as myself, I now only
wish that I might lie heard by i very inde
pendent Freeman in the United Stun s,
lytlie British Minister, and the British
King, ami by every .Minister and every
crowned he3il in Europe, while staiioingj 1
here in mv place, 1 pronoun; e my rebuke, j
a* solemnly and as decisively is I cun.
upon this instance, in which ai Amtr.-
can Minister has h«en sent abroad, as
the Representative of his party, mid not
as the Representative ol bis country*
WASHINGTON, Feb. .3.
The Senate yesterday transacted v< r
little business, the ordei havingbeen post
■ j uned at an early part of the day for the
purpose of giving way to Mr. Clay’s
speech on the taritf in reply to Mr. llaynt j
Mr C. spoke for idiot.t two hours and sup- (
ported his peculiar doctrines with great j
ability and unusual eloquence but on Ins j
! becoming exhausted by the effort, the Se- j
| n ite anjouriied before he bad finished !
I his speech. Mr. C. will continue; and j
) it is supnosed, conclude his speech to-1
; 'to*-■
In tht* House of representatives, Mr.!
Hodges,recently elected a member from !
j one of the two vacant districts in J.lassu- I
| cliusetts, apjieari and and to.* the* oarh’*
I and his seat* Mr* Yerpluuck, from the <
| Committee on the Litirarv; rejmrtr.i an s-!
lolutior, which was adopted foi the pur-'
j chase of a copy of the Ne w YorkFriceJ
I Current, from the year iff 15 to the present '
! time. After the introduction of various !
j private bills, tiie resolution ou the subject}
}oi the cession e Indian land to tiie &e
--| cond nudi omi the treasury, was taker.!
up, and Mr. i lay, of Alabama, spoke in
' opposition to the resolution, and in vin
dication of the course pursued by tiie }
j commissioners of the Chickasaw treaty.
, The Hot se then passed to the order of the
| day, and took up the apportionment bill.
f)n motion of Mr. Mt Kerman, areconsid
i ( ration of the vote striking out 48 and
inserting 44, was ordered. The question
! recurred on Mr. Hubbard’s amendment
;to fix the ratio at 41,1KK), but before
it was disposed of the House adjourn
jed.
The Boston Conner thus speaks
of Mr. M’Lane’s project of selling the
government stock in the Lulled States
Bank.
The nation now holds one fifth of the
stock of this bank, winch cost them seven
millions, now yielding seven per cent per
annum. This stock has advanced in
market value 30 percent, and is therefore
worth nine millions one hundred thou
sand dollars. The Secretary proposes
to sell out to the bank\ for eight millions,
making a sacrifice of eleven hundred
thousand dollars. By making tliis loss
the public debt can be paid off by tiie 4th
of Match, 1832; without making this sa
crifice, the public creditors, who are in
a suffering condition, ot course, would be
kept out of their money six months lon
gir. The excess o! the ordinary receipts
over expenditures being sufficient to meet
it tn that time if the figures of the honor
able secretary are correct. The nation
therefore is. called upon to part w ith pro
perty the fun market value of w hich is
nine millions one hundred thousand dol
lars, tor the sun. of eight millions, advan
ced lor the purpose ot anticipating the
liquidation, of the national debt the term
of six months! thus discounting fourteen
a id three fourths per cent for the use of
money s.x months, or at the rate 0f29 1-2
percent per annum; besides losing for
ihis generation at least, a very profitable
investment —producing a ruinous depres
sion in the stock—ami abandoning its
legitimate influence in an institution that
the government must control in a consid
erable degree, or abolish.
Tins project is offered with nothing
} plausible, or otherwise, by way of pretext
and evidently with nothing in view, but
; the shallow manoeuvre of seeming to pay
off' the whole national debt in the tirst
four years of Jackson’s administra
tion.
According to the Baltimore Patriot,' it
is rumored at Washington, that Mr. Rives
our minister to France, is to be noimne
; ted as minister to England in place of
i Mr. Van Buren; that Mr. Livingston is to
leave the Department of Btate, and take
the place ot Mr. liives; and Mr. Ta/.ewcll
to take the Department of State. The
New York Courier and Enquirer nomin
»*es Mr. Van Buren to the Vice Pres.den
| cy, subject however to the decision of
the Jackson Convention to be held at
Baltimore.
The Washington Globe on the author
ity of the Post Master General flatly
denies he assertion made by Mr. Miller
of this State, in his speech in secret ses
sion, that the Post office patronage was
avowedly lent to make Mr. Var Buren
President ofthe United States, at the end
ofthe present incumbents term of service
Charleston Courier.
The perserverance of the friends of a
.small ratio of representation, has at length
(says the National intelligencer,) unex
pectedly to many been crow lied with suc
ces. The ration of 48,000 which had so
long &, so firmly stood its ground against
the united and reiterated assaults oft lie
friends of other ratios, was yesterday for
ced to yield to 44,000, hy a close vote.
Should this ratio finally prevail the mini
her of Representatives will be increased
to 259.
Samvel Rockwell, Esq was on Sa
turday last, ilected President of the
branch of the Bank of Darien, e.t Mil
hdgciille. The following gentlemen
compose the Board of Directors, viz:
Messrs. Parish Carter. Jus. Bn/.cmin,
Thomas W. Baxter, W.lhuin 11. Tor
rance, John Williams, and Dr. George
A. Brown,— Jlrr.ordrr.'
[from the. . to- 1 oihjuu. oj l „ itmtr t lclT%'
LATER FROM EUROPE. J
A little before t 0 o’clock last iveuin"
our news sc'ir. “Evening Edition” Cun "p
up from the packet ship North America
1 apt. Macy, bringing us London and
Liverpool papers to December 3lst. both
inclusive.
The news is of considerable import
ance, both commercially and political
ly.
A meeting ol the creditors ol Reming
ton, Stephenson & C'-t. (Rowland Ste
phenson) took place Dec. 23d, in Bass
inghall-strei t, London. Additional debts
ivt re proved to rather above £2,000. Tha
tdtiil amount of claims as yet is £490,729.
A further dividend of two pence m the
pound was declared. 'i he amount of
previous dividends is 9s. t>d. in the pound.
A London date of the 20th Biys, “The
cholera is stisi ragtag with frightful vio
- at Smyrna. In 11 days nearly
9,ooodeaths took place; and rits ravages
wire c»t: tiding ly late aceobnts, to the
; neighbor.ng villages.”—[l’m haps there is
oueO too many. —lLds J. e .] .*
I'rcsie:! , iftc. 31.—The Reform Bill
has become quite a dead Utter. Few
, think it worth while to bestow a thought
upon the subject, much less discuss its
merits, but the little that does transpire is,
however, of the most siitistactory kind.
We have it from the organs of Govern
} ment, that nil idea of breaking in upon
the ranks ofthe Lords’ majority, hy ne
gotiation or otherwise, has been totally a
bandoned.
Progress of the Cholera.- The dis
ease is ou the decline at Sunderland, and
will probably wholly disappear in a few
weeks. From the 21st to the 27th Dec.
the number of new c;i-u*s was Iff; number
of deaths in the same period fi; remained
i only seven—not a patient in the hospital
| at the date ofthe latest advices.—Total
’ number of deaths, from the commence*
ment, 190.
A ewccs'ic. —At Newcastle, the mala
! dy wears a more threatening aspect.
J tally tlrpvis issued by the Board of
Health , .V; «■ castle-upon Tyne.
eiv chs< *. decay Died Re .ain.
Dec. 21. 30 12 1 44
22 11 7 0 42
23 13 14 2 39
24 12 10 7 34
25 21 5 9 40
20 10 8 0 42
27 20 9 10 43
Total cases, 240-r-Recov. 101—Died, 93
JOHN BROWN,’Sec.
A orth Shields. —There appears to have
been altogether thirteen cases at . North
{Shields; eleven since the 10th ph* of
! which mite died, and one recovered. One
| case, ive are informed, litis occurred
} which calls for particular attention, and
j seems to establish the fact that the disease
}is communicated hy rags, iSrc. An old
man who was in the habit of going iffiout
the country with matches to sell, And to
collect rags, returned with a bundle of
: rags from Bundeiland. His wife obrerv-
I ed a disagreeable smell to arise from them
; when they were opened out, and was soon
alter attacked with the Cholera and died;
| the old man himself caught the complaint
i but recovered. A woman who was in
I the habit of nursing sick people, attended
the old man in his illness, and observed
the offensive smell ot the rags. She was
so far from being afraid of Cholera, that
she wished to obtain the situation of
nurse at the Cholera Hospital, yet she be
j came ill ol the disease, and is dead.
Clothes, therefore, which Have been about
i the f holerasick, should he carefully pu
} r.tied or destroyed.
Cates head. —With regret we state that
| 'he Cholera has made its appearance with
| unusual virulence a Gateshead, where
tlier ■ arc some disgustingly filthy streets.
—The following is the first report lssuid
by the Gateshead Board of Health.* ’
Cases .1 ( hekra in Gateshead, from
10 V. M. < ii the 25th to 10 A Al. on the
I 27th December.
| Numb. Attacked. Recov. Died. Remain,
39. 0. 9. 30.
Thestr.h ug peculiarly is, that the dis*.
ease should at once have reached such an
extent. Till Sunday, Dec. 25th, no one
heard ot its existence m Gateshead; then
only four eases were spoken of; yet the
| first report issued, shows there have been
| thirty eases ,iml nine deaths.
rapid spread OF TIIE CIIOL- •
ERA.
Ncureastle upon-Tyne, Dec. 27.—The
virulence and fury with which the Chole
ra prc.ci eds at Gateshead, reader the ca
se* at Newcastle and Sunderland com
paratively unimportant. Dr. Gibson says
nothing has occurred like it on the contin
nent ot Europe. Tlnsl hope is merely the
hasty expression called forth hy the unu
sual severity of the disease in the neigh
borhood. The following is the official re
port issued this day:
DAILY REPORT CHOLERA AT G U'ESHF.AP,
DEC. 27.
Remained at last report, \ 410
New Cases, i 59
To'nl, 89
Recovered, 8
Died, 32
Remain, 49
Attacked sinci Dec. 29—90. Died 42.
Recovered, 13.
JOHN DOBSON, See. to the Board
of Health.
Rut (In adfii! ns. this is, two of the sitr
j cions, Mr. ft!, r h and Mr. Stubbs, had
■•a si'id in their nc'omits when the report
I(v as made up from utetn t now appear*
i there - r e in addition to the above twenty
