CHOLERA.
There. hasbeen a considerable increase a this disease in the Country during the week, mid numerous cases have been rumoured in town. A greater degree of alarm has been the consequence than has been ex- hibited since the cessation of the daily bulletins ; and some hypochon- driac individuals have even been clamouring for their renewal. We thought their value had been more correctly estimated ; and that, whether Cholera came or departed, the last thing those who feared its • approaches or desired its absence would desire, was the meagre, ma. satisfactory, and absurd record of cases, reel or fictitious, which the . Board reports used to give. That the hot weather has not operated in the way in which, from the symptoms and accompaniments of Cholera when it first broke out among us it was expected to do, is obvious. Whether the abundance of snail' fruit may have had its shim! in the aggravation and extension of the disease, is a question we cannot answer. Fruit eaten in too large quantities is a well-known milk of the milder forms of Cholera : indeed, without having recourse to the ' fruit itself as a cause, we believe that the state of the atmosphere which is most favourable to the production of fruit, is always more or hiss nnunous to health ; and that, however necessary they are to each other's support, tin productions of the vegetable and of tlus animal Idng- dom rarely thrive together. It is stronely eorroboretive of the opinion that the cause of Cholera is chiefly in the air, and that more contagion has nothing to do with its propagation, that in many of the lete in- stances ia which it has proved fatal, the parties moved in a sphere where the accession of contagion was all but impossible. How could Lord Amesbury, or Sir James Macdonald, both of whom are said to have fallen victims to Cholera, be supposed to come in contact with any one affected with the disease ? It is true that the death of such persons appdrently contradicts the rule, that none but the poor and. the dissipated fall victims to Cholera; but, accurately considered, it rather • confirms that doctrine. It matters not indeed from what cause the debility which makes men obnoxious to Cholera originates: old age, or a constitution broken down by previous illness, are quite as good preparatives as hard labour, poor food, and gin.. The prisons of the Metropolis have been the subject of no small alarm, as well to those within as to those without. From the nu- merous reports of cases of sickness in Bridewell, it has been deemed proper to set adrift the whole of the persons confined there, who were at the time of their discharge in health. Those that were complaining were sent to the hospital. There were numerous and terrible reports concerning Coldbathfields prison, and others, -where a gaol delivery would not be so practicable: The existence of the disease in any of the City prisons has been denied by Mr. Pearson, on behalf of the City Central Board. III the St. Catherine Docks warehouses, where, in the indigo stores at least, there is hardly any ventilation, and where of consequence the late heats have been severely felt, there have been a considerable number of deaths. In Southwark, where the disease, during the time of the bulletins, was more than commonly virulent, there have been a considerable number of cases. Fourteen deaths were reported yesterday as haying occurred in the previous four days; and in six of these fatal cases, the parties were in decent circumstances. Jim Aldgate, a number of .deaths have been reported ; and there was a 'amour of the disease baying committed great havoc among the Rothcr- Lithe watermen ; but of this havoc no particulars have transpired. Among the individual eases, that of Mr. J. Ilrood, surgeon, in Bridge Street, Rlackfriars, has been particularly noticed. Mr. Wood was attacked by the Cholera, on Montlay morning, whilst in the dis- charge of his duties at Guy's, and in a few hours was carried off. At eleven o'clock, he felt slight pain in the stornail ; at two, it became more violent; and at tell at night, he was R corpse. There was nothing in the appeareece of this yoang sumeon would resem to possess a predisposing inlluence : he was voeng and healthy, remarkably ab- stemious in his diet, and clean iii his person. The others that have been reported are—.a gentlemen residing in Russia Row, Street; .Mr. Crooks, solicitor, City Road; Sergeant Cameron, of the N di- atieion of Police. The last patient was only ill for about lelf an hour. The prevalence of the disease at York, has led to the pustponement of the Assizes there. In Edinburgh, though the cases have not been very numerous, the type of the disease has been very dead:y. In Glas- gow, there have bren many cases, and many deaths in proportion. Liverpool has also suffered severely. Abroad, the disease still prevails. In Paris, a great many persons have lately fallen vietims to it. The recurrence of it there is attri- 'bitted to the cheapness of the fruit. Cholera now prevails mere or less in twenty-five towns (exclusive of London) in England, and in fifteen towns and parishes in Scotland. The numbers in the report of yesterday stood thus—hew cases, 270; deaths, 94 ; recoveries, 15.5; remaining, 1,0Sfa A letter from Quebec, dated June I, mentioned that cholera had broken out there, and at Montreal, and that there had been 30 deaths. -A second letter describes the • terror among the Canadians to be great, and the ravages of the disease as most formidable. There is no sus- . . picion or allegation contagion there. A notice was on Thursday posted at Lloyd's, .dated Oporto, June 26, which states that all vessels from London will be allowed to enter after a quarantine of sixteen days. Another order was expected, allowing vessels to enter from England, except from Liverpool.
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