The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-02 00:00:00

TIM CATTLE PLAGUE.

A special Court of Common Council will be held
on Tuesday next, when the following motion, agreed to by
the Markets Committee st a meeting held on Friday, will
be considered :—" That in eyeedriaaaos of the we toterest
the oorporation have at stake is the importation of cattle
at the Metropolitan Cattle Market. end the prevestion of
the spread of the diatom throughout the econtry, this com-
mittee is a *atop that the emporatioa should soutribute
the sum el 1,0001. towards a fund tor oomponeatim the
owners of such rotas as may fall with the disease within
the soetropolitais distrait, sad for the establishrmat
sanitariums, for the separation and care of the cattle
affected." The committee will briag up a goad report
upon the subject.

WT.
bierrurrorrs.—A meeting of agriculturists nosed
others intensted was held at the lititeo Hotel. is this tas
comity tows ad Yea‘n Thursday attersoos isagi, to adept
mamma to prevent then Avarua of the tattle dlesaise. Kr.
P. S. Pasant, vies chairman of the Maidstone Femme'
Club, presided. dissolutions wars pseud, thanking the
mayor of the town and the magistretes of the district for
the promptness with which they had waisted impostors
under the moist orders of the Privy Council ; expannag
the opinion of the meeting that it was highly important
that all cattle brought into the town, by railway. or other-
wine, should be subject to inspection ; and oleo lis(
the mayor to bring hie Watteau and authority to bear on
the South Eastern Railway Company to cleanse and disin-
fect the trucks in which cattle were conveyed, and the
places where they were unloaded. With regard to the
prima* of inenranoe, the meeting seemed to feel that, in
the 'beano, of data in which to forma scheme of that
kind. it would be bettor for farmers to imam their stook in
old-establiatied offices, which were now offering to
gnerastee to insurers spinet loss by the disease, at in-
creased rates of premium. Bat the chairman recommended
the formation of an association for mutual protection, earth
membera ring a certain sum per bead for the cattle he
as an entrance fee to defray espouses for the
=tics of information, he.; and agreeing to be
bound by the rule of the society, which should provide
against the sending of any infected stock away from the
farm, the placing of them under proper inspection and
treatment, ; two oommittee-men to bupppointsd for
each parish, to keep a close watch on the stock of the
neighbourhood, and receive information as to any outbreak
of the disease. Mr. C. Wykshana Martin, M.P., strongly
urged the imputes.. of prompt and Gasmen° action in'
this matter ; and in stating his opinion that the disease
was not only contagious but epidemic, ho referred to the
feet that oaly oa that =ruin he had received information
of the lose of 13 bouts by one of his tenants in the fele of
Wight, which from its isolated position, and the stringent
precautionary measures adopted by its inhabitants at the
outset, might, of all other places, have been considered
secure from the disease. Ultimately a committee was
formed to draw up the rules of the proposed aesociation,
and submit them to the harmers and other stockholders in
the district, soliciting their co-eperatioo. Several meetings
have been held in other parte of the couty, lately, at all of
which, with one exception, mutual iasutaaee associatic-
have been fOCOMIii.

IfUTIFOLL
The association formed foe oompeosating formers
in this county purposes to make good losses to the extent
of threrfourths of their amount. All insurers are
to be liable to calls until January 1, 1866, and sn insurer
after that time, and after fifteen days' notice, can either
reduce Lis insolence or withdraw altogether. It has also
bean decided that fifteen days shall be the time for as
Unarm to have his stook is his pomemion before he is able
to effect as issuance, fresh stock to be kept separate until
insnnil On the 25th ult., the Rev. J. R. I. Schreiber
purchased three Dutch beasts at Mr. Elextoe's sale, at
Harwich : one has since died of the plague, sad another is
showing symptoms of the disease. The animal whisk died
appeared perfectly maid when purchased, and had passed
the examination of two inspectors at Harwich.

m
Mr. Helmer°, the insseapector for the Stratford
district, last week discovered the disease amoeg several
head of cattle at the forest at Wthatead, sod ordered the
animals to be slaughtered and buried, while others in which
signs of disease were net so strongly developed were ordered
to be impounded for future inspection. We bear the cattle
slaughtered and buried were bought at Bamford market oe
the preeious Wederaday, sod were a portion of a tonics
herd. It is satisfactory to be enabled to state that the
principal coarkespen le Stratford district have hitherto
tamped the ravages which the plague has made in the im-
mediate thighboashood--CAelsuford Chronicle.
The Hertford Mercury says :—" We have heard of
no capes of disease appearing isthe immediate neighbour-
hood of Bishop's Stratford, bat i n Essex, at Cobden, Great
and Little Bradfield, Fischiegfield, Wethersfield, Shaliced,
Widdington, Over, sad several other places, it has broke*
out, sad appears to be spreadieg. Oee gentleman, Mr.
Taylor, of Hraeleigh Hall, has lost 35 animals, worth
about 7000
The following rules and regulations have been
adopted in order to prevent the further exteasion of plague
in this county :—Teat this thiociatmie shall be open to all
tumors and keepers of cattle, dealete excepted, residing is
the county. That no cattle dialer be admitted a member
of this society. That every person. on beaming a memb r
of this satheiatios, shall, on entenng. pay • pens, is the
pound co the aggregate value of the beasts, and pledge to
pay oontributioas to any further amount, not ex:mediae 2s.
to the potted is any the year. That whomever members
become further liable it shall be competent, on such a their
lotion being amid by thresrloarthe of a meeting convened
for that purport', to make another call not exceeding Is. in
the pound. That a member hiving a beast taken ill with
the plague shall immediately give sake to the members of
the committee resident in that parish and send to the in-
spector of the district, who will carry net the order in
coaxal. That is case of the loss of any boast from the
disease, his certificate shall be inspected, and the owner
shall receive two-thirds of the declared value of each beast,
half to be paid by the secretary, sad the remaining portion
is three months, sod is no case shall a member enter a
beset of more than 201. value.
marrow.
Two cases of the cattle disease have occurred here,
and there are rumours of others. Last week Kr. Hunt, secre-
tary*, the Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Society. who
has a farm adjoining theirars,booght two Hamburg bullocks
at the local ealathmartht. They appeared quite healthy
but as getting them to his farm he
thought it would be the
safer coarse to keep them separated from his other stock for
a short time. This was fortunate, for the out day both
animals bonnie ill. On the followiee day a veterinary
surgeon was seat for, and be pronounced the animals
to be ill of the sew cattle disease. Next day another
veterinary surgeon examined them, thd be was of the
same oputioa. This moraisg both animals were shot.
Afterwards their bodies were minutely examined by two
veterinary surgeoee, who were quite oonvinasd that the
animals wen in an edvathed state of the diatom. Both
animals were subesqueotly buried in • pit with their hides
on, and covered with lime. These two are the first unmi
i.
tellable cease of disease observed in this part of the country.
EARTLIPOOL.
The cattle disease has unfortunately appeared
here. There has been considerable mortality oa two farina.
and the sleeted animals are at present ia wive stages of
the disease. On Mr. Carter's farm at the outskirts of Hartle-
pool moss animals have died from the dissent All of
these were foreign cattle, sad it is positively stated have
beset imported from Rotterdam. There are three others of
the same lot ill, but they are reported to be rooming round.
Two of Mr. Carter's tallith cows have also been attacked.
Some animals of the ram* kied have also died epos the lead
of Mr. E. Spasm, al West Hartlepool. lthetinea bay* begs
held is all the market towns of
coiftnort within the past
ten days, and mutual protectios s have been formed
among the farmers.
Ditolllll/11117.

The cattle plague has broken out this week at a
place called Bemnon Spoke. On Wedoesday the veteeisary
inspector for the west breech of the Exe was requested by
the Exeter District Cattle Insureens Annotation to acted
• fat heifer belonging to a Mr. Salter, former. The hoot
was found to be suffering from the cattle plague, and was
shot and buried without delay.
MLR OT ZLT.
This disease is makin shocking ravages in the
neighbourhood of Menl. Os s
ome form thirteen calves have
died. Several cows bees died lately, tad use was shot op
Tharedey by order of the inspector. There are thawed'
of fat rattle grazing es the mink leads of Mend, sad tbe
excitement of the fanners may be imagned.- Yesterday
owning weed veterinary se sons were called together to
advise sane step to aback the
suer OIONSTIAD.
Up to the time at which we (Survey Standard)
write se fresh octaves!' hos been Ward ad in But Grinned,
she dimes apparently notion; itself to the herd of C. M.
141011FOOS, EMI., Out of 22 may 4 escaped infectioe. sad
they were taw ; of the 18 remaining. 11
we Wane will be lost, but 7 ere fast progressing towents
reeengy tinder the Antal Inibiassai Yr. Tully, the
impeder far this district.