The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-27 00:00:00

TIIE CIIOLEILA. IN INDIA

The Army and Navy Gazette gives sad accounts
of the progress of the cholera in India. The out-
break appears to be especially fatal, every one who
has been attacked succumbing either to the disease
itself or to the fever which followed it. Every new
scientific discovery has been tried in vain, a fact which
is less surprising when we are told that at Lucknow
the patients had to be placed in canvass tents exposed
to the-full action of the sun. The 02nd Regiment
lost forty-five men in eighteen days, and the 102nd
lost two or three men every clay. Both these regi-
giments are stationed at Lucknow, but in other parts
of the country matters are still worse. In Umritsur the
town has become a desert, there having been ninety-
six deaths on ono hot clay in August. The fortress
of GWalior has been invaded by the intangible and in-
vincible enemy, and men and women alike have been
etruck down.
_The United Service Gazette thinks

b-aiiiiaentiv serious to recall the _Marian
Minister to town, and suggests that telegraphic
messages should be sent over to apply all the medical
skill at the disposal of the Bengal Government to the
infected places, and also that commissions of inquiry
should be at once sent to ascertain whether there are any
removable causes to which the outbreak maybe traced.

FOREIGN NOTES.

TEE BELGIAN FETES.

The English volunteers left Liege on Wednesday for Spa,
and the French proceeded to Brussels. The King invited
all those who might remain in Belgium to attend the grand
ball which is to be given in Brussels at the new railway
station. The results of the shooting at the Tir are not
known yet, as the scores will not be made up until after
the termination of the long-range shooting at Spa. The
King attended the theatre at Liege on the last evening of
his stay, and many French and English volun-
teers were likewise present. The French have left a
fine medal, bearing a suitable inscription, to be shot
for by the Civic Guard at Liege. The Lord Mayor et
London, the Burgomaster of "Liege, Colonel Thomson, and
others went in the same train to Liege. They were re-
ceived at the station by the civic authorities and a pro-
cession was formed to the Public Baths. M. Servals, the
Burgomaster of Spa, expressed the delight they felt in
welcoming the first magistrate of the first city in the
world, and the British volunteers. Ho returned a suitable
answer, The Lord Mayor was requested to fire
the first shot at the long range competition. He did not
achieve any success, and handed the weapon to the Liege
burgomaster, who :made a much better figure. The Secre-
tary of the Tir Shooting, at Brussels, is reported to have
made the highest score for the first day ; but as yet nothing
definite is known. In the evening the town of Spa was
illuminated, and the trees were lit up in an effective
manner. The names of the eight countries that took part
in the affair were formed in gold-coloured oil lamps, and
over each appeared their respective flags. The fireworks
appeared to great advantage in consequence of the pictur-
esqueness of the place. There was a ball in the Redoute, and
play was suspended, in order that the amusements might
not be interfered with. The weather has been fortunate.
The English marksmen of reputation have not fired yet, so
that the general effect of the competitive trial cannot be
known. The rule that has been made respecting the
military rifle being used has prevented many volunteers
from bringing over their best weapons. The English
volunteers seem disposed to make the best of things, and
got over the difficulties that may present themselves.