The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-21 00:00:00

THE CABINET.

We believe we can with certainty say that Earl
Russell has accepted the Premiership, and that the
noble earl's successor as Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs will be the Earl of Clarendon.

Earl Russell has offered the Foreign Department
to the noble earl, but as yet we are not in a position
to announce the positive acceptance on the part of
the Earl of Clarendon.

Foul Water rather than Cholera.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—Having read this morning an announcement
of the death of the late Mrs. Groombridge's mother
at Theydon, near Epping, I am induced to send you
the following statement, as it may in some measure
tend to lessen alarm, and relieve Weymouth from
the suspicion of having been tainted with Asiatic
cholera during the period of the late Mr. Groom-
bridge's stay there. _ _

Very early in June last the late Mr. Groombridge
consulted me,,pnd he told me he had felt unwell for
the last two years ; that he had been troubled with
indigestion and great depression of spirits, which he
said he could not at all account for, as his circum-
stances were comfortable, and that he had made
money not only by farming but also by brick-
making.
I found that he had been under medical treatment
frequently for a year or two past, but that he had
only found very temporary relief. As the medi-
cines I prescribed did not produce so much benefit
as I expected, I inquired particularly as to the lo-
cality of his residence, the drainage, and water
supply. He told me that with the exception of a
little rain water occasionally, their sole supply was
from a deep well, and that the water was very hard
and made the tea very disagreeable. I requested
him to bring me a bottle of the water on his next
visit, which he did on the 17th of June last. I
found that although the water was perfectly limpid
it had an unpleasant odour and nauseous taste,
amply accounted for by recent disclosures as to the
leakage from the cesspool into the well.

I handed the bottle of water to Mr. Goff, the
well-known operative chemist of Kingsland, who,
after examination of the contents, stated to me that
he detected sulphuretted hydrogen gas, with a con-
siderable quantity of organic matter. Mr. Groom-
bridge got me to prescribe for his wife and her
mother, both of whom had been, to use his own
expression, " out of sorts" for a long time.

•
Comment upon the foregoing statement is need-
Less.

I advised change to the sea coast ; they went to
Weymouth, came back to Theydon to drink impure
water, their constitutions enfeebled from long-con-
tinued functional disorder of the digestive organs,
and speedily succumbed to the cholera when attacked.
THOMAS FORSHALL, Consulting Surgeon.
16, Beauvoir-terrace, Kingsland-road,
October 18, 1865.

ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for the New Year appears,
as usual betimes. And again, as usual, with regard
to the approaching new year, the ono now before us, is
solemnly announced to be—The Year of Prophecy !
Zadk;al Tao Sze claims already for his Almanac for
18G6, a circulation of Fifty Thousand ! lie gives predictions
of the weather—virtually announces himself to be the
mouthpiece through which there becomes annually audible
the Voice of the Stars—and again hangs out his banner
of alarm or of consolation, accordingly as it may be looked
at by his believing purchasers, a wondrously enigmatic pic-
torial hieroglyphic ! According to Zadkiel's yearly custom,
the last page but ono of his Almanac is the most curious
reading of all—the page boldly headed by him—Fulfilled
Predictions. Among other successes in this way, he claims
for himself the prophecying last year of the Cattle Plague,
of the Emperor's journey to Algeria, of the change of the
Ministry at Madrid, of the re-appearance of Cholera on the
eastern borders of Europe, and, to crown all, of tho Fes-
tivities of the Guild of Literature and Art on Sir 13ulwer
Lytton's estate near Stevenage.
ILLNESS OF MR. SERGEANT PARRY.—We regret
to hear that Mr. Sergeant Parry is seriously ill, and has
been for same time wholly prevented from attending to
his professional duties. Ms long-continued indisposition
is occasioning great anxiety to his friends, as it had been
hoped that entire rest during the last term and home cir-
ouit would have been instrumental iu restoring him lo his
accustomed vigour and health.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

SPAIN.

MADRID, OCT. 20 (Evening).

It is asserted that General Zavala, Minister of
Marine, will shortly be replaced by General Pinzon.

FRANCE.
THE CHOLERA IN PARIS.

PARIS, OCT. 21.
The medical papers state that the epidemic re-

mains stationary.
The Emperor, wishing to satisfy himself of the
care which is taken of cholera patients in the hos-
pitals, privately visited the Hotel Dieu yesterday.
The visit lasted one hour, and on leaving the hos-
pital, his Majesty was loudly cheered.