The cholera, which, as we stated last week, had visibly
begun to decline, has undergone a more unequivocal diminution within the last six or eight days than during any former period since the commence- ment of its present irruption. We are glad to find by the bills of mor- tality that the deaths from cholera have diminished to sixty-nine in the week ; the number a fortnight ago having been nearly two hundred. In fact, the late sudden reduction of temperature, and the change in the atmosphere effected by the late heavy gales, seem to have had a bene- ficial influence on the epidemic. If this improvement should continue, the preservation of life on shore may be set against the melancholy losses at sea, and the adage still remain true—that " It is an ill wind that blows nobody good."—Medical Gazette.
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