, 1866-05-17
THE CHOLERA ABROAD.
Mo eaupe for Immediate aI1rH-Th
pIseaae In .Holaunu-LaIaats1sh
ntout the Plague.

Mo cause for Immediate Al1FH-Eho
Dsseane In -HolsunI-La1aafs1ti1c
atout the Plague.
lFrnn, the London Times, May ~
The return Of the Registrar General to-day
contains the details Of IN apparently undou6t-
ed case Of Asiati: Cholera. Tho disease IN Its
epidemic character may at any moment be
among Us. But the truth Is that It's course
since its appearance In Europe last midsum-
me1 has been marked by none of the ususl
any or the conclusions which would have been
justified: q lew years since. Happily, the
change seems to be all LII our favor. The
Cholera Of 1855 wac not like the Cholera OF
1873 or 1852. It Was less OF an exotic pesti-
lence and more Of m ordinary epidemic Il
did not arrive from the same regions or travel
BY the came track although on the other
hand, it mas fingered strangely and tenaciously
In many pisces throughout the winter season,
and has diIusrd Itself irregu1ar1y over ~fds
truck Of country. 49,.
How the disease, alter devastating the cities
the basin Of the Mediterranean, how; 1t
| threaded the Straits OF Gibsaltar, ascendal
the Atlantic coasts of Spain md Franco, aud
fell upon Pnrts and Madrid We need not re.
| peat. AL this viii be In the recollection of
the public, IS also that the plague actually
appeared for q few days on tic Southern
| shore Of this country. But, since that time,
! though little has been said Of the epidemic,
| It has still been occasionally active. It i'd
! vnnced into the Southern provinces Of Russia
from the Black Sea; it broke out with some
| violence Oh the slope Of the Pyrenecs; It
! hung about the northwestern departments of
| France lit was fatal enough on the Italian
| border 10 interrupt railway works on Mont
GEMS 1t passed into the Duchy of Lu1em-
bourg, aud thence to Holland. At this mo-
Issued from the Privy Council office last week
calling the attention of the auth critics Of our
seapofts to the exigencjes Of the con1uncture-
The warning was given none too soon, for q
sailor has actually brought the disease with
him from Rotterdam, and died oftfue Assatlc
cholera at Bristol ..
Now, # this plague had beeu travelling IN
It's ancient course, II 1t had crossed the cont.
nent from the southeast Of Europe, and had
struck Us On our eastern coasts IN It's track
from Rotterdam, We might naturally take
reached US indeed. But glance at the iacta
will show that no such Argument IL possible
The cholera has not been approaching" Us
st all. It is no nearer at Rotterdam than L
| has been nll through the winter at Brest. II
has showed no tendency to advance IN onl
direction, or indeed in my one direction more
than another. It hns gone eastward, west
ward. or southWard, Unfortunately. In
stead Of moving steadily onwards in ono f1ed
course, 1t has been "going abouth llko scariei
fever Or smallpox in our country villages noi
| uU$ s4Als <AtA4 HAAA LAW tts-+s
but acting rather like the epidenlcs or ordl
nary seasons. It was only by brief occasiona
notices THAT We heard Of It's presence, as we
might have beard of any other malady uors
prevalent than usunl. Nowhere, since its de
Cline in Paris, have Its ravages been described
us those Of genuine plague.
In the meantime, the international Confer
cnce Is sitting In tho East and conducting Y
inquiries into the origin and character Of TIL:
hitherto mysterious disease. A better season
Tor the Investigation could not have been cho
sen. The experience Of the last twelve
!. months has shown Us the cholera In IN entire
" new aspect Its symptoms are still the
game, but It's origin Is different; Its course
changed, and its destructireuess up to th1E
time has been less. Upon the whole, it seem!
to have been at once both mitigated and nat
urallxed, while We ourselves have been hap
plly EXEMPT even from its modified visitn
lions. Twice Inst autumn It effected q 1odg
ment In this country, but not q settlement
and The injunction OF the Pzivy Council vii
aid, We trust, In securing Us the same lmmu
pity still. Under the conditions Of our inter
) course with the rest Of The world we must ID
cyitabIy be exposed to Infection, as generally
. understood; but actual experience hos nov
taught US that the liability may be confined
within very narrow limits. Humanity, n
less than prudence, demands that We ahouls
! | give instant attention to any sufferers VII!
may reach our shores !; and this auccor, Will
, eli the Incidental precautions, we may Doy
, | organize without my OF the alarm Whlc
would have been natural a few years ago.