The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-07 00:00:00

THE CATTLE PLAGUE.

Yesterday, at a meeting of the St. PaneraaVeatry,
• report was preeeeted by the Sanitary Committee on the
steps takers +sib referesos to the cattle piagese The report,
after setting oat particulars before published, and stating
that Mr. Priestmae, of 4, Mootrame.villas, Caledonian-read,
had bees appoieted by the Privy Council sae iospeeter of
diseased meet is the parish of St. Pancras, wanton to say :
" Dr. Hillier has presented to you committee the follow-
ing report on the dowse at the preheat time is the parish,
via :—' Sept. 5, 1865.—Since the last meeting of the tom.
mittsie the disease has spread to a great extent in this
parish. Ten more imiskespers have had the disease nuke
de appearasses is their sheds, making 23 in all stare the
commeeeemeet of the epidemic. The followiog are the
name and eddreeees of the parties in whose sheds the
disease Is kerma to have made its appearance sines this day
fortnight, and the numbers sent sway by each dairy-
man :—Mrs. Blyth, North Creaoset•mews, 40 ewe ;
Mr. Camp, 21, Argylestmet, 80 cows • Kr. Fygate, 16,
Williame-mewe,4 cows Will Oselee, 15ramorood-otreet, 5
clews ; Mr. Tucker, 22, mwtreet, 7 cows ; Mr. Pollen,
1, Guildford•strvet, 36 cows; Mr. Baby, Meebeeter-meme,
14 rows ; Mr. Oresoawsy, 19, College-street, 7 row ; Mr.
Brows, 1, Kentish Towwread, 26 cows ; Mr. Jelly, High.
gate-read, doubtful number. Is all about 270 owe have
been seat away in the fortnight • very many of thew have
been seat before any meatiest slims of thetas, have sheers
themselves. It is very possible that other ciowkeepere have
suffered, thesmoch as they WO anxious to keep the matter
secret. The somber of cattle removed ea account of the
dimwits* week previous tothat affected by theabovis report
was 44, so that there is as alarmist; isoresee in the number,
which must owe its mum to something radically wrong in
some quarter oe other. The committee reoomoseaded that
in accordance with request a gentleman be involuted to re.
present the vestry in the Metropolitan Cattle Plague Com•
mittes at the Mansion.house. Mr. Watson snored the ap-
proval et the report, and proposed Mr. Gamier te represent
the vestry at the Mansion.house. After some disesteems on
the steps takes by the Sanitary Committee,_whiah bees
been before reported, the motion yea carried.' "
natures:um
The following letter has been addressed to the
Hants ledepeedent --In the Hampshire Ad-
vertiser, seder the heed Lyndhurst, September 25d, it is
stated (by ecialaformatios as doubt) as follow :—' The
cattle diseses.—Tbie disease has made its appearance moot
the cattle of the New Forest, a very bed came having ea
curred at Burley in the early pert of the week.' I hasten
to suture you and your numerous readers that this report Is
without the slightest foundation is fact.-1 am, ha, Jots
HOLLOWAY. Araislaat to the Deputy Surveyor, New Forest.
Helmsley Lodge, Burley. Ringwood, Sept. 4, 1864."
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At the latter end of last week two head of cattle
out of four bought is Loadoe by a farmer at Fermat
Heath, sear Woroester, died, after a few days' illness, and
the other two immediately &likened sad become very ill. It
was directly reported that the disease of which the animals
we the subject was the riederteet, and an alarm quickly
spread through the neighbourhood, greet indignation being
expressed that four animals purchased in a Leaden market
from a suspected locality should have been iotrodneed to
the society. lir. B. H. Parries lupe:red tboanisnals es Mon.
day oftenioos, sod reports that the dimes* affecting them
wee simply piscuo.poriemonie, sad sot rioderpoot, of which
there was sot the slightest symptom or iadisation.
rumen.
In reference to the appearance
w of the cattle disease
is Letterkeeey, the folling manmade= has hese soot
to the Castle by Profaner Ferrero* :—"Septoulber 5,
(nog • 001ULIELYONDENT.) 1866. The description at the disease, laid baton asd re.
ported to me as baits is fatal among the oink in the
BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY. neighbourhood of Letterkeen, resembles mom pienro.peen-
It takes something a great deal more stirring axe* or ordinary luag distemper, than enefignent t
etas
esta-
than an assemblage of wise men from all the ends ttlibr tre irtlorathmedeltrt el. tro;r It Is abesace of
rote
of the earth to bring the Birmingham people out of non Mail 3(40.6 ;Cies a,rielesee man that etas yet pre.
their hives of industry. Whatever their employers sesta, although sheep ere wadi eer6ere et Wellies
al sislig ei"ailgime
may know about science, the people have a very m
decidedly practical turn, and trouble their beads The cattle plague is not oonsidered to have
unusually little about the theories of " processes" ineressed in
time Chelmsford district duds; the part week ;
which'even theichildren in the workshops apply at at she in
it se
suse to t dheiade'd.. sad thleetteiMrereli.
every boor of the day. The Birmingham artisan is imams', A county mom je to be held Zee week as
one of the cleverest of handicraftsmen, but,be is net. Cheleed_____,._,oeds for the emote of taking seek Alio ea may be
advisable to provost, if poosible. the spread of
remarkable for hie speculative tendencies. So that ma to adopt mesons lodoemisy mate
it is not at all surprising to find the town very little swum spinet lens.

chair to
Professes PIITLIXISS, the president of the year, who deli-
vered the address, which was folly summarised is yester-
day's Express.
Bit. R. MURCHISON h►vlos proposed, and the Mayer of
BERNINGRAN wooded, a vote of thanks to the President
for his address, the proceedings terminated.