The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-11-06 00:00:00

members of the Leicestershire
ture was held on Saturday at the
ter, for the purpose of consider-
what steps should be taken by
obtaining effectual legislation on
ase of live stock." The president of
G. Hazlerigge) occupied the chair,
Present Sir F. T. Fowke (Chairman
for the county), Sir A. R. Palmer,
!I(vice-chairman),Rev. J. Bird, Rev.
W. Clowes, M.P., Mr. W. N. Reeve,
or the county, and others. A letter of
.tendance was read from Mr. A. Pell,
lttWas tt: W. Ir. lieygate, M.P., the former of
Nort,gaged in the transaction of county bum-
-41,64 bi the". 4
- 11Pton, and the latter of whom was dei:
to th°.ate cetirrtil. Ths chairman observed that f
fkto:Pot anAsuggest efficacious legislation in regard
uat
.tionth disease he would be a bene-
the Pitt 8,„-.MQ7. The vice-chairman thought they
'l_4glock on the dealers, as they propagated
tll4-0,1 to great extent. A general opinion
b/htt; 'he inizseedvall ,arriong the members of the Chamber
/Alki attrit laction of the foot and mouth disease
'Alt table to the importation of foreign cattle,
f
~,gistraT,‘,:zootion ofe
Mdby Mr. r. C. H. Frewen (a Middlesex
t'ul'ed • eeend R. Pratt, it was re-
t thA f
“coi,ac the preekrful ravages made in our herds and flocks
"wth:l3ed, if:rerlt Year, so far as the foot and mouth disease
sigliallyr.,ea that the Contagious Diseases (Animals)
e akted to accomplish its objectt."
fs
at sheep W. moved a resolution, which was
Clowes, M.P. :
' , sheep, and swine from abroad be
Porte of debarcation ; also that cattle,
t.o the Continent of Europe, as well as
'or
"n.e immediate slaughter) be subjected
,nd inspection at the British ports at

tlaies
,
eace f,
.11:41-attendan
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bY titan:Platt

the
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lulleas to

laUded.
thoug)
a 1
to obt
tary
. ltine
wita tee°liciophamber
"That r 8-

-ght
that
Six
days' quarantine would
longer term, and that they would be
tam a measure for the formhoear.pseerciroed.
Of 14 days. Mr. Wilson,
a. lber, moved an amendment, which
.4„t „ -4 03' the Rev. J. Bird,—
contagious
itrLatetti7ltasaanre adequate to deal with the
tiorttive.Lphtlo4:oo'''elittTaieishiaeosats7a bpreeradenoptetdednyuntntile theslsu fguhrttehre orf jamil.
debaerc-aticti. t 14
41:iti: 0
4 larrollrn.a N:ote. being taken,
of all store a o
Of debarcation,taonkd
for
e at
714 —4Jority, the latter was carried by
Chamber, next
bdcve'd WI% i',l!°ll,, the secretary o the f by mi.. R.
Thlolution; which was seconded
Zlill,. —%4 sby-_
6 gith T..
te°;;;"--t-' 4113:re stringent regulation and inspection be made
cattle traflic ;"
-
te!lded by'lltev. taotion of Mr.
aJ. HigginBm, 3 P.,se-
si ;,That 511 fmact chairman, an . amendment was carried,—
oft ..,,edizz rtud Irish cattle be slaughtered at the port
I'' ^4 ' abd tnat all Irish store stock be subject to seven
isitl. areatiae."
ill'tetorF!rkina complained of the inability of the in:
4,706 -4 to e,
...rry out the present Act; thatouwteot
l'aterh!!l,_Blleetors on the 31st of December, 3n re
314 --‘ll Bur
and 1,021 officers of police, while
*evet,o e‘4 no special qualification for the office.
kt th:lerabers of the Chamber expressed an opinion
ease -,CII'Y Way to get rid of the foot and mouth
ilaed „_ aa to adopt the same course which was p
iealaZ the introduction of the rinderpest in this
, eY th-j:', aaraely, to stamp it out even, if necessary,e
kotio ePPao of the k t for a timei and, on.th
_ .„,.... e naar e s
°1,,101101,,iii..r.• wilst:in, seconded by the Rev. J. Bird,
t 6 r solution was unanimously adopted :-
the above ~,.81113,10e; to the above resolution being carried
qtz,,2sotti 'Ol,
eueencit., this Chamber recomo!n_iarch, 1878, no
t'en-IL 1.3111)er next to the
for
ili cataitedfroolt
the purpose of sale
IR litce yveu
raw, iinrernath)efr a farm
or
/CP t supervision of the authorities."
In e;fllatherha., in* ee
foot and mouth disease
: - 4,,'•,, , Laat Officialr i s dhe
returnt shows that in thes__
ttt a for
~,t1( tile te-wag the 23rd of October the number of.ea
4ae NI/4'4Be which occurred in the county
;1413 the past week, unfortunatelwy,assh 2ow 897.
a
15,11eitz,„41crease of the disease' i which is most rife n the.
takll.l„lt (Norton) Divis i
ion , in East Yorkshire, n.
144tttee ""C Weld range The total number of infected
2'735, agab;st 961 at the date of the last
ret,"44ltkit,lecellt returns for Cambridgeshire show a re.
~ele':(leeline in this disease. In every district
h bas ecrease and, should it continue diseasethe
' ilob„cc,, llatiesi
of Cambridge and Huntingdon will, t
—", Soon be stamped out.
.......________
01 STANLEY ON THE LATE
03' `'OI4IVIODORE GOODENOUGH.
b 4 40 a R..14-,aY, being All Saints' Day, the Very Rev.
et- custom,werithAbbey. Tphreeareeawedasina
iDean having announced on
'. preach on the life and
enough.
. the wo-
:brews, 4'.

accordance

SATURDAY, NOV. 6, 1875.

IRoyal Navy. Mare he was still the same, always
modest and unmanning. In every emergency, in pain,
or in danger, his first thought was for others. The
Pacific was the scene of his earliest andleteet experience,
and in the Mediterranean, the Baltie, and China, where
he served, he wee always doing his best to improve him-
self and those wider him. His services to the 'French
pesautry in the neighbourhood of :Sedan during tie war
of 1870 were referred to by the Dean, and extracts
from the letters of his fellow-labourers on that occa-
sion read. His work at Sedan done, he entered upon
his last expedition—scientific, philanthropic, and
moral—to explore the Pacific Islands, to cultivate kindly
relations with the inhabitants, and to suppress the
horrid trade of kidnapping men. He visited Fiji, and
was indefatigable in promoting happy relations with
the natives. In April of this year he made a short
cruise in the Pearl through the New Hebrides. Bishop
Patteson met his death at an island near to that where
Commodore G-oodenough was attacked. The natives
were known to be treacherous at some of the islands,
and extra precautions were taken. The story of the
attack on the Commodore was not repeated, because
the congregation were already acquainted, (said the
Dean,) with the facts. The Commodore was wounded
in the left side with a poisoned arrow. When carried
to his boat he was most anxious to leave no one behind,
and tried to reach one of the wounded to suck the
poison from his wound. The village was burnt after-
wards, but the Commodore took care to frighten the
natives away first. The incidents attending the death
of the lamented officer, in the exact terms already
published, were then read by the Dean, who added
that, when the Commodore felt that he was dying, he
had himself carried upon the quarter-deck of his ship,
and the men assembled to say good-bye. This was on
Thursday, August 19th. All the men said to him
" God bless you," and he said, "May God Almighty
bless you with His exceeding great love, and give you
happiness such as He has given me. Good-bye ! good-
bye, all of you." One of his last utterances was, "I
have no breath left to praise God for all His mercies."
He died quietly at 5.30, on Friday, August 20. After
a few more quotations from the letters of friends, the
Dean thus concluded :—Englishmen, young English-
men, soldiers, and sailors, yet not soldiers or sailors,
nor young men only, take courage from his example.
If ever you are tempted to think goodness an idle
dream, or the love of the Almighty a fable; if ever
you are tempted to think lightly of sin, or to waste
your time and health in frivolous idleness, or in foolish
vices, or to despair of leading an upright, pure, and
Christian life, remember Commodore Goodenough;
and remember how his life was absorbed in duty. Duty
was transfigured into happiness, and death was swal-
lowed up in victory.
A funeral anthem was played as the congregation
separated.

1...., _
, rOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
f witEetollovelu letter, sent to The Timea for publicatiun
'.
. ' tiltereat ralny of our readers :
S;r --O
.., lb, ~.. a Tuesday last you quoted an authority to.
: t-I'le,' %feet that the loss by foct and mouth disease in
~,,
_Year 1872 was estimated at 2600,000, and.yollaursalo
7a;euilleed a ytter from the editor of an agricultural
~11a which the damage thi.s. year is set at not less
44 44,000,000 sterling I believe that the prevent-
on tag i u n now rioting through the country has
.' eted and is inflicting upon us a money
^ Jear 7
erY far beyond those estimates.
' Th • loss this
e,,,, us, inlB7l i
, no fewer than 519,523 cattle, or 10 per
entire head of cattle in Great Britain, were
th
ifpr.ed to e Veterinary Department as
attacked.
1e41,' the report of the Department states that the num-
ii, 80 officially notified must have been muc.h. below
Zieeiterutil- In that year, some
.localities did report
for instance, Somersetshm, in which 12 per
of the \viable head of cattle were reported as
the e 072,
12 months by foot and mouth disease.
' CaPtain T. Johnes Smith reported that
pc
11°2118 Proportion of one-third of the total
1
therted stook of Cheshire were smitten with the
disease;o taculeY loss being valued at 9 to 10 per cent.f th
I,e of the whole head of cattle in the country..
ra..
hi hat would be found to be the actual loss if co hete !Iliormation were obtained from all counties, d
statements
ftel),,°lleo reports were supplemented by true
from ethe re-
taarkatrinaers, can be udged of, not only
bzt t 3' careful inquiry of Captain :Johrpes Smith,
tuwe",e'm the few independent investigations whicohf
Agti ,ueell Made. The Herefordshire Chamberthrough
~,,,,_cllalttire instituted a systematic inquiry
tra.:: iYwardees of the Highway Boards, and ascertained
sheen 11 tb,e Year 1872, more than 35,000 cattle, 108,000 t
taolieeil' ahll', 93°00 Pigs in Herefordshire had been a -
Lis ..i.
an 0...", id mouth disease. Allowing a fair value
I)er hp.71"44, 'which died, and £3 per heath or cows,ea _
for
e"' or calves and other cattle, and 103. per head
total 1, LP Slid lambs and pigs, which recovered,
one
Ycliseatra.,:ihWeareS RishOWII to exceed £156,000 In t
no reason for supposing that the tive ite that time was more prevalent and t
Britain
41tog,t,4_e.refordshire than throughout Great
reuns
Wel.,indeed, in the previous year, when
4tlkb:rillabed th the Veterinary Department the
below tt.°l cues reported in Herefordshire was slightly. for th us rate per cent. (in proportion to total stock
of ibi;6/nr,..‘elliainder of Great Britain. The moneylcos!
Eteret4ru, for the cattle, sheep, and pig stock f
otttie-2Bulre was at the rate of 213,000,000 upon theo
~..Th4 The°ll, and 13i'g stock of Great Britain.
4 ha
kulilarr 8!I ill Leiceatershire for the same year was
of ~ 7 vestigated by the Leicestershire Chameryber flekle,lielliture, and the proportion came out v
thex4rjotUrna44e soahnatea.in, alledo.wing for the incomplete nature of
ertettrillation with respect to districts will reveal an
an_
r. 1872, I 4
rnischief comparable to that in Cheshire
'•-'4kalle".4r . ingturY. made by the South
in Wiltshire
."11141 °L Agriculture showed that, 13 parish
es
"4
in
tonic, haftesbury, 10,000 cattle, or nearly .
of the whole one-
head of cattle those parishes,
the ri4 —44 by footan -d•mouth disease in 187 ed
ata °IleY
ain_ anesy
.1, loss waa estimated at 210,000, cer I
I.ll.lkipt? Poderate valuation per beast. This plague
Years —"ect those 13 parishes three to four times in six
eJt is 6
;.-44t tlie-1:11Y °Pinion, not beyond the mark to assume
oesout
N the ,„elterifice of meat and in milk by this one aI:sAY
toktr year, when it has spread further into
waa localiti has es and h missed fewer farms that it
linki_°.inverkakri4oh_ . t,o do before, must be, fpr Great
--Qa st 4.foland, very much more than four mil-
lel °vet g ' Perhaps that sum multiplied several
Irtl tvicl
before the Select Committee of thee.
Lrodtt ".'o‘donatnons in 1873, I calculated our annual
e£l6? °f beef, veal mutton, and lamb as worth
thNetatiort—':anYtiO• Ideietlet a controllable foreign
or, what amounts to
1:11411:410;3,,tbiog, preavaeint the destroy,
of meat to the
ilk —6l.7ltainly several, and probably many millions
Co t tulthe—ceoverY tliro or three years, whose fault is it
4011 t to ,rehlodtty becomes so dear ?—I have the
' ee '
Your obedient servant,
Celltral eh JOHN ALGERNON CLARKE.
--arober of Agriculture, the Salisbury Hotel,
Fleet-street, E. 0., Oct 29.
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