§ MR. HENEAGEI bog to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government have received any reliable information as to the re-appearance of cholera at Hamburg and other places having trade relations with British seaports; and, if so, what steps have been taken by the Foreign Office to insure special precautions being taken by the Local Authorities in this country?
§ * SIR E. GREYThe only official information we have about cholera at Hamburg is that there has been one case, which ended fatally on the 27th of May, but there is good reason to believe that the origin of this case is not known, that it was isolated, and that there has been nothing else of a suspicious character. We have also heard of the existence of cholera in Brittany, but not to any extent, which deserves the name of epidemic. Any instructions as to precautions to be taken in this country are issued by the Local Government Board.