Last night's Gazette contains an order in Council, dated the
28th instant, on the subject of the cholera, which we subjoin, with some curtailment- Last night's Gazette contains an order in Council, dated the 28th instant, on the subject of the cholera, which we subjoin, with some curtailment-
" Whereas, ey an act passed in the last session of Parliament, intitaled, 'An act to renew and amend an act of the tenth year of her present Majesty, for the more speedy removal of certain nuisances, and the prevention of contagious and epidemic diseases,' after reciting that it is expedient that, when any part of the United Kingdom shall appear to be threatened with or affected by any formidable epidemic, endemic, or contagious disease, measures of precaution should be taken with promptitude, according to the exigency of the case, it is enacted that, in Great Britain, the Lords and others of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, may, by order or orders, to be by them from time to time made, direct that the provisions in the said act contained for the prevention of epidemic, ende- mic, and contagious diseases be put in force in Great Britain, or in parts thereof. "And whereas the United Kingdom appears to be threatened with a formidable epidemic disease, in consequence of the progressive advance of such a disease to the Western portion of the Continent of Europe, and a case has arisen for putting in force the provisions of the said act. "Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered by the Lords and others of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council that the provisions contained in the said act be put in force throughout the whole of Great Britain immediately from and after the date of this order.
"And it is further ordered, that this order shall continue in force for six calen- dar months, from and after the date hereof. C. C. Grooms."
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