The cholera is undoubtedly prevalent in the suburbs of Paris,
though in the early days of this week the rain and cold naturally checked its advance, and very few fatal cases were reported. In the suburb of Aubervilliers alone, there were ten deaths from cholera reported on Monday. The reports from Russia are very disastrous, and the panic of the people has shown itself, both at Astrakhan, and at Khavelinsk in the Province of Saratoff, in the fury of the mob, which has directed itself against the doctors. The hospital at Khavelinsk was sacked, and the resident physician was murdered. The Russian Minister of the Interior has given public notice that any further riots will be put down by the soldiers, and that those accused of these disturbances will be tried by court- martial. There is some excuse for panic,—for at Astrakhan, out of 433 seizures, there were as many as 256 deaths ; at Saratoff, out of 109 seizures, there were 78 deaths ; at Samara,
out of 59 seizures, there were 46 deaths ; and at Baku, out of 109 seizures, there were 81 deaths. And these figures all applied, it is said, to a single day,—July 17th. Probably a great deal of the mortality is due to the inadequacy of the medical attendance ; for while at Tiflis, which is, we suppose, fairly provided with medical men, there were 10 deaths out of 41 seizures, in the rest of the Caucasus, which is, we suppose, very inadequately provided with doctors, there were 333 seizures and 162 deaths, or about 50 per cent.
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