CIIOLEIZA REGULITIONS.—The following are the regulations suggested by the Privy

Council, in case of the disease arriving in the country ; they appear in the Gazette of last night :-

1. It is recommended that in every town and village, commencing with those on the coast, there should be established a local Board of Health, to consist of the chief and other magistrates, the clergyman of the parish, two or more physicians or medical practitioners, and three or more of the principal inhabitants ; and one of the medical members should be appointed to correspond with the Board of Health in London.

2. Every large town should be divided into districts, having a Dis- trict Committee of two or three members, one of whom should be of the medical profession, to watch over its health, and to give the earliest in- formation to the Board of Health in the town, whose instructions they will carry into effect. • 3. As the most effectual means of preventing the spreading of any pestilence has always been found to be the immediate separation of the sick from the healthy, it is of the utmost importance that the very Erst cases of Cholera which may appear should be made known as early as possible: concealment of the sick would not only endanger the safety of the public, but (as success in the treatment of the Cholera has been found mainly to depend on medical assistance having been given in the earliest stage of the disease) would likewise deprive the patient of his best chance of recovery.

4. To carry into effect the separation of the sick from the healthy, it would be very expedient that one or more houses should be kept in view in each town or its neighbourhood, as places to which every case of the disease, as soon as detected, might be removed, provided the family of the affected person consent to such removal ; and in case of refusal, a conspicuous mark ("Sick") should be placed in front of the house, to warn persons that it is in quarantine ; and even when persons with the disease shall have been removed, and the house shall have been purified, the i'word Caution should be substituted, as denoting suspicion of the disease; and the inhabitants of such house should riot he at liberty to move out or communicate with other persons, until, by the authority of the Local Board, the mark shall have been removed.

[We would like to put one question touching these regulations, none of which seem to have any sanction of law, and many of them, as ap- pears to us at a first glance, as little sanction of reason—How many of them are copied from the old rules against the plague P] 5. Wherever it may be allowed to remove the sick from their own habitations to the previously selected and detached buildings, the houses from which they have been so removed, as well as the houses in mhich the sick have chosen to remain, should be thoroughly .purified in the following manner :—

Decayed articles, such as rags, cordage, papers' old clothes, hangings, should be burnt ; filth of every description removed ; clothing and furni- ture should be submitted to copious effusions of water, and boiled in a strong hey; drains and privies thoroughly cleansed by streams of water and chloride of lime ; ablution of wood-work shonld be performed by a strong ley of soap and water ; the walls of the house, from the cellar to the garret, should be hot lime-washed, all loose and decayed pieces of plastering should be remoeed.

Free,and continued admission of fresh air to all parts of the house and fuediture should be enjoined for at least a week.

It is impossible to impress too strongly- the necessity of extreme cleanliness and free ventilation ; they are points of the very greatest im- portance, whether in the houses of the sick, or generally as a measure of precaution.

6. It is recommended that those who may fall victims to this for- midable disease, should be buried in a detached ground in the vicinity of the house that may have been selected for the reception of cholera patients. By this regulation it is intended to confine as much as pos- sible every source of infection to one spot : on the same principle, all persons who may be employed in the removal of the sick from their own houses, as well as all those who may attend upon cholera patients in the capacity of nurses, should live apart from the rest of the com- munity.

It should here be observed, that the fewer the number of persons em-

played inthese duties the better, as their the chance of spreading the infection by their means will be diminished.

.7. Wherever •objections arise to the removal of the. sick from the healthy, or other causes exist to render such a step not advisable, the same prospect of success in extinguisaing the seeds of the pestilence cannot be expected.

Much, however, may be done, even in these difficult circumstances,. by following the same principles of prudence, and by avoiding all unneces- sary communication with the public mit of doors. All .trtieles of food, or other necessaries required by the family, should he placed in front of the house, and received by one of the inhabitants of the house, after the person delivering them shall have retired.

8. Until the time during which the contagion of cholera lies dormant in the human frame has been more accurately aseertained, it will be ne- cessary, for the sake of perfect security, that convalescents from the dis- ease, and those who have had any communication with them, shouktbe kept under observation for a period of not less than twenty days.

The occupiers of each house where the disease may occur, or be sup- posed to have occurred, are enjoined to report the fact immediately to the local Board of Health in the town where they reside, in order that the-professional member of such Board may immediately visit, report, and, if permitted to do so, cause the patient to be removed to the place allotted for the sick.

In every town the name and residence of each of the Members of the District Committee should be fixed on the doors of the church, or other conspicuous place.

All intercourse with any infected town and the neighbouring country must be prevented by the last means within the power of the Magis- trates, who will have to malw regulations for the supply of provisions ; but such regulations are in Indy cur cat moo oases ; and the diffi- culty of carrying such a plan into elrect on any extended stale will un.. doubtedly be great, hitt, as a precaution of ereint importance, it is most essential that it should be an object of ceesideration, in order to guard against the spreading of infection.

Other measures, of a more coercive nature, may be rendered expe client for the common safety, if, unfortunately, so than a disease should ever show itself in this country in the terrific way in which it has ap- peared in various parts of Europe; and it may become necessary to &au- troops, or a strong body of Police, around infected places, so as utterly to exclude the inhabitants from all intercourse with the country; and we feel sure what is demanded for the common safety of the State, Will always be acquiesced in with a willing submission to the necessity width imposes it.

The Board particularly invites attention to a fact confirmed by all the communicationsreceived from abroad, viz. that the pour, ill-fed, and un- healthy part of the population, and especially those who h:tve been ad- dicted to drinking spirituous liquors, arid indulgence in irregular habits5 have been the greatest sufferers fraun this disease; and that the infectibn has been most virulent, and has spread more rapidly and extensively, in the districts of towns where the streets are narrow and the population crowded, and where little or no attention has been paid to cleanliness and ventilation. They are aware of the difficulty of removing the evils referred to, but they trust that attention thus awakened will insure the most active endeavours of all Magistrates, resident Clergymen, and per- sons of influence or authority, to promote their mitigation ; and as the amount of danger, and the necessity of precaution, may become more apparent, they will look with increased confidence to the individual ex- ertions of those who may be enabled to employ them beneficially in fur- therance of the suggestions above stated.