29 JULY 1871, Page 2

Great alarm is felt in London about the cholera, which

is be- lieved to be on its march from Russia through Poland, and to be entering Eastern Germany. The Lancet, however, states that the disease has been for two years in Russia, and in St. Petersburg alone between 8th August, 1870, and the present time, has killed 2,178 persons. It may cross the frontier at any time, but it is not known to have crossed it yet, and has shown a tendency to. linger within the Empire, unusual, says the Lancet, in the history of epidemics. Is India ever quite without cholera? The alarm is, however, exceedingly useful, if only because it provokes the, authorities to look to their draine.