The cholera does not spread in France as yet, though
a few cases have occurred at Arles. In Marseilles and Toulon the number of deaths is still very heavy, though this week has proved perhaps a trifle less fatal than the last. The total number of deaths from cholera, from the first outbreak up to Wednesday morning, is estimated as having been 575. To allay the panic, and set an example of duty, some of the French Ministers—M. Waldeck-Rousseau, M. Herisson, and M. Raynal went down to Marseilles on Monday, and have since visited Toulon. They have inspected the arrangements made for dealing with the epidemic, and have given counsel and encouragement to the people on the spot. This was really needful, when, accord- ing to the statement, no fewer than 70.000 people hal fled from Marseilles in panic, and in one single day—last Saturday—no less than 7,000 registered their luggage at the station. Let us hope that the manliness of the Ministerial example may stay that coarse plague of cowardice which has been developed by the plague of cholera. Two cases of cholera have occurred on a ship which left Marseilles for Liverpool, and is now detained in the Mersey ; but in Liverpool we hope there will be no panic.
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