28 OCTOBER 1837, Page 7

The latest accounts from Catania state, that out of a

population of 60,000, no less than 40,000 persons had already been carried off by the cholera. This is the greatest degree of mortality which has yet been expe- rienced in any city in Europe. In Leghorn it was thought the illness would disappear in a few days. The cordon at the Roman-Neapolitan fron- tier has been withdrawn, and no impediment is now thrown in the way of travellers by either Government. It was expected that heavy de- mands would have been made on the savings' bank of Rome during the prevalence of cholera, but it now appears that only fifteen thousand scuds were withdrawn. On the 5th of October there was one new case in Rome and two deaths ; on the 6th there were two cases and two deaths.