The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-16 00:00:00

THE POILESTERX PETE AT TEE CRYHTAE

TEN CATTLE PLAGUE.
Mr. Gibbiaat the chairman of the markets emir
mikes, bas bossed clenches to the different molted snows
of had* requesting their stardom* at • means le be bald
et the I(amissolsoass. far the purposed spousidarieg what
Asp had best be adopted to prevent the weed of Use a-
sses ams the mak. The mosting will be boil sr
maw Musky) at these ealook. sad the Wild Boa.
the Lord Mayor will peeled*.
11D71102X.
The disease has made its sopearemes in this
meaty sad I. the wawa dahlia twee, aeriree
mast, It was iwowoh to the acesothe marsh lends ia the
neighbourhood et Nodes by some Did* basis. sad sews&
loaded slosh ranks es the empsealisa namisse lave idiom
violas to it. Ilse corporatism Pre skim ea lehardap
that all sous dock was to be takes aft the esnemen till far-
ther oases. A stadia mooting el the oadadhadels el the
Wae&_,ltundred was held at BeeslostmLutlasel was
attended. The chair was Mayer
verik=l(r. S. W. Rix). The Bev. kit Olorke
moved " that aa sesedalika of wows awl Mllliplees d es
sad ethers Jakarta be keeled ill the hawked cd Was&
ford, tor the papaw el adopting mw se shock the
Vret Me peeklert and fatal dimes imam mink
tlosieskel somplasatiag tor lames bess Mat conne."
This was essonded by Mr. J. Childs, and seswied aani
wkly. It was that resolved that all mesabom d Mil
emendatka &midi esokileste at lest at the sok of 9L is
the peas* es their eisksent. A ecomittse wee thas
forma to tarry ost thaw object& la the cameo el the
ANIMIllea s very wawa desire was expressed tisk s sunk,
sessoktior should bes
tones& and moat et Mr Matte
Aifoils Maki $5. W Wane was the
wielas saioselbe /001.
toe MAW lead. Should • meaty emoolatica be tossed.
this nmesiatisa would be amakaaked with it. Yolked',
damson • similar mostieg toe the imadred at Myth*
was bold at Salsewerth, sad on sormiation tensed.

sesam.
The plague, says the local Remold, has, we regret
te sods he appearances to award pate of Ilmez.
wad seem the introdustioa el • diens. ea • bun boo boa
treed to parohmes merle in public market sati
jaNdirithough
ft
will, of seams, teed to else& trade for • ow.
Idea will be seeemery fa talon menet Yr. deem, of
&aka, emir Deamow, we Imre, bought • mktg. waif WI
me* sad sera sites bide. it home mapieim wee smiled
that it wee toadied with the &Nem ; this rapid= wee
soon coebrated, sad there beim little doubt thst it hid
tasted others, the .hl sad five °owe were at ewe
The Moran has aloe reek its et Ifeesidati,
tad • ore his .weed eh Oats& them
ere not, safortaeately, the oily deem is which
doe el teeheting please hers been ism It wee aimed
the m at Chelmsford oa Maley that •
memorial should be prepared and seat to the Privy
Oweasil,'esither to have beepeotem met dews to the differeat
marble is the meaty, with power to &staff say *Mazda
extdbited for tale that might be ideated, or to provide sash
caw meal as might be sermeary to menet mussel...

PALAO3.

Although out-door sports up to 3 ohloic yestmaY
afteress von est et the gaieties, ththis the Pathos
up maple Moithinne bad hese provided. In ed.
Mlles to the sessmajs ecesibeet bind, the bosh ed
the Lemke hi& Mks. the B and D *rics.
4 pollee, the Duke et York's Bobo& the Geribeldi
Italia ben& and the fAb hike had, sal *lle prh
this bends wen Magee& Is Merest parte el the priase,
width was raised for • time WM a eseester balithem.
Fite Anglo-Free& lidthition. tics picture pthry,Thertheh
nassitasisal dorm, sad the hippodrome weft she tbsenn
epos to the Allem se that now preened at • low he
lIIIMMENsI. NOSS 3 sad 4 deka, by whisk time the
esennittes reported that 40,08 D maple bed entered the
Pekes the weer shared up, end • Mews via
peendlieg bap& psatially to thy the mend. At
ohlook • thirds, d the greet feenteim book pima,
sad this bombe est thousands hem the pathos
to the pounds, where deeper their wet sad doggy stale
the gmet smthrly remoleed. it being Ans one bead, ad
the eh& fifths Ime= speedily become oomph& by the
hems d ilassiss whisk was kept up with mamba
split fame that lime until dark. Despite the wok end
dirt, whit dens Ississieuely be the bosh, decides% emil
white &Ms 4 the thaniiss, all esuned dislissilssi IS
fibalvNlPlf olielisvormimm. la de dabs.
Thu Palma nes lit up at dirk and themes& were at
OM time raid ia or peosimedleg about the great
treampt, liNadag be Kr. Cswenth melts& playbg apes
wire pal alts. ha somplisees with the videos of bole
eadissoe, be played "Bold Roble Hoed" MS& times
&irks the evenieg.
The total nurnbsr d liesseters preaset tdarieg the day
*la. it •PP•uni
Thisbe Ss the epee* of the Higb Level &NI relieving
dos Brightens Company al • lame parties el their Pala*,
Indio tithe was almost as entire absence of the crushing
mid straggling be get away by train at either &Moe, end
but little more nominalism wee ea remixed thee upon
ordinary sondes.

Pits:tetwarcit ego TEI CHoire.g.—We rend in
the Ifdis :—" • laoAse from Bar mays that the Prete
admirers, after den disearies, has net deemed it
merry to take my special retires al presser spins%
the theme, be wM Ire It to Providence. This is erectly
the reveler that was adopted is Egypt. Lit is hope
that the malts easy sot be the sr."
Caterat• Oeltes FON Tear IN INltle.Wie are
laforme rt, se the argestre r/ the weary sersair
Om, goverment her resolved to adopt immediate sr
sures, by th• forties of cholera camps, for the proms.
Mos el theter 1e dire, or ler its armor when wee
it leer its speresse reit the troops of this ► •
whether ca the Ire erre or stationed is be:ells' !sig.
wards this mil rethers al ell astride ham, we her, been
directed se glee thirster se cues In oriermier
Mos with the esewareg ethers of kers dm-
timed in their districts, and with the elder meted
other, in Mew M the to the sighbentheal •
every atilitesy ratess, el the tor femur site for the
former of thetas or into which the troops may be
rind in the went of eKibsrte dhows break* est in the
✓ise la rides irk serer, mitres' have been
erre to be earful to avoid the beaks of rivers, be
la every or, I prids. to c
an out aa opts she, with
sater their ierthigega, and within • resessethe die-
teseepr the quail; ol geed war. The suitablitly of the
she steed be- Ire by arra% dazing the !yr so
riles Se the vitelther..—.sferlves Atheasma, Jul 14.
Lie Error= Lealtioso.—At the
petty rime last week. Seymour Par. owe
of the deoricespers of the Hoof Gnomes, aerie&
Hier Illethm, the leadient of the Amber Hotel, at
thetherse. figreigentling him. Mr. Pratt eshi that es the
Mk el /My he war to the deferisnt's hones with his
family, r irked if Ise ease lave • denblo-beddad roes.
Rye mere yes; um the eimplanet said, I west
to miert Ma. Pratt pied the allitres oat of the criers.
Mrs. Pratt tot into tits hall before I did. Whoa I get
these she held use we red sot have • doer-Made teem
willed • rag reess. I said. " It does not sactlor, we sill
ham one" 71y wife was shows upstairs, are I
mid to the defendant, "My hiss& you might jest
se well hew mid so bents we had deehenged she
aaatiaga." He said, " Yoe nee sot have fie
rims you like • in far, you shall Dot have it'
The defier theisalaill out, " Mary. I will set let that
room it ell.' Ma. Pradd bad &hes pro upstairs ; she ere
down with the thanaberre. and. rag to the aerie.
said, " This is Yee y rage behaviour ; we have been re.
000111884011 here bresibises berades." Theillerdest
said, "Oh, I don sep, and • pre lot you are tor" I
then, Wry he my wife, said, "Wall, deer, we must p
and reek serer elsewhere.' The defendant aid, "Yr.
you west stay ben" I thr, speaking to my wife, mid.
" Well, he is • imeteset devil." The defendant said,
"eoiou intend that -fee seer I made so reply sod
ca. I was Jr erg at the deer sir I isle
meted tier weals. Whop /ledeat gee ride, tM ddenthat
Ire eat es to the erect atter me, sod liseeted of
bed play Med NOM tato the road. He stroke Me
boa bead. ad hit me es the temple, where I had been
sedlerieg far seedy three smooths. Hs struck me with
Me elenehed AM. I rued rotted to defiled myself, and
bopped • impel beg I bed is my bead when he amok
me. On burg semi, the diendast struck me tWiOO.
411100 ea my eheek boos, sod once on my ere with his list
be redo my sees bleed. After striking me, he then reboil
of MO by my coat sod &semi me lack to the hssee, mid
lipmerieriged to catch bold of the door to pre mint
in. the deendast 'taking me or attentstag to
rim me all the ear. Seven/ serrate ear, aid dry
eroded is taking Dian Wes the house, and the dear wee
dammed to. I never roe him, nor attempted to strike
Om After some di/Scully, I obtained armee@ elsester.
I Mr. Pratt was corroborate by his wife. He was hew-
' ever flatly oestreboted by fair of the rants of the ins,
who said that their master had struck no blows, sod be
merely sited to put Mr. Pert out. The magieser
beteg re for serres, Mr. Dee (the shire)
said they bed slaw the ore thrk anxious comideratiss,
end as there bed bees fest witnesses who bed rem
meter to the eider me gi by the eraser
itellit wife, they direr the res, owing to the asre
teary evidence, bat they could sot help thinking that the
condor el the betel-keeper MA bees very ostageons.—
Susses Airier.
8.111/103IIRT AND TIOVIL RATLWAY.—The report
to be presented to the meeting to-morrow states that the
gross rings for the half-ratz are Mk wails per win
ere z• 3221. 15s. 7d.; the emir fir the
year of 1864 were 267. Bs. 2d. par tierePsPra.M.inoter
W,41151. 7s. Bd.; the increase is thus 1.6571. 7e, 11d.
Wale for the year ear; 30th Jr, 1866, is equal to
311. 2s. 10d. per mile per week. or 65,7871. Os. 11d.;
lest year it was 281. 10s. per mile per week.
or 59,2881. 4s. 6d., skewing therefore en ream
of 21. 12.. 104. per mile psi week, or 5,498 f. 16e. bed.
After deducting working expenses, government duty, ate-
rest. sod all other cries, thre is a Mire of 10,M4.
84., and the hare en rover fray hot half.yesr
brag 3,87118,. 74., there is available for dividend 14,8936
9a. 3d. The dividend to be paid to the holders el 5 pre
esat. prefers Jars (1860 will absorb 3,7501.. mil the
sae the belies of the 6 per amt preforms, oirres mated
seder deleterious of the act of 1864, will require 4861.5..,
Irvin a brat of 10.8071. 4s. 3d.: out of whisk the
&eaters reeerend that • dividend shoed be desired ea
the ordinary shares at the ram of 4i per cont. per rem
—this will amount to 7,3281. 124 Bd., leaving •
leer to be carried forward to the credit of
the current half-year's roust of 3,2781. Ile. Pd.
The rood lino of rem between the Terry tad &gar
I arose warn opened for public traffic in May last. and the
isetiksg of the rimers portion of the railway a behm
messeded with as rapidly es cOreumitancoo will permit. ls
the ease& el Marsh as offer was made by the London ad
firth Wader Hallway Oempasy to swore this am.
Taay's lbw NI I per wak for the original sad peernes
stock, the debenture debt to be siopted at mistime rates.
Your directors, reside:Mg the ortranous borer of the
receipts on the Ilse, and the prospect of • further develop.
Mid 01 the trete foci the exigence of the narrow gongs
err is the Weld Peer, delieed this offer, radar
the belief that the shrolders word seder II err•
sante with the war el their property.
PllO7OOllll INDININDZIT LINK BETWZNI LINTZ-
root A= YANCIIXWITL—The London sod North Wasters
Oteepacy have given settee to the thiseheeter, Should,
and Liars hiss sod Herat Northers Goo-panes el the
deseetirose d ear trains between Liverpool and
Meserter, whelk for a swatter of years have ban reeving
in esencere eth super tains over the Ore Northers
route through to Lora. This will setwely sot the
Merriam/ Ethetheld sad One Norther , ea well as Ur
yells (who have largely apprechited the Orem Neethern
reale) to sensidemble ineosersieses. ad will imor s re-
armament from the led Ostober sent of the tries to
1317101D1 TN Durum —A abaci' ing suicide wall mid from Irly=syssiney of Oren sod Berwick
esensiMed aMouthy is as hotel in lower Abbey-ear. bleier The eel tbeldeld end Greet Northers
esettmereisl traveller named Falls, who was about 56 thean ise. in erg preptly to meet the dthailty, will,
year of age, was fore deed la his bed-room, ear tether we believe, ltato use the sew route ad Sado-
& den el erste of sterphie. He was is the habit, it was pert the rifts Marro for ls merger
rated. et tress morphia to make biro sleep, cad was moo- hettiesetlAserpost mithesestit They have arrell
sionslly given to istempwate habits. There was se ee4 their arise to rased suewith the esestrosties 411
41111101, however. that the eraser was eseider. The the new straight Ire between Manchester sad (Pintos. is
try, after bowleg the rine' Crib/MO% found • mete esesseles with the pore ere ration in she her et
that he the hem Wire el this breis, amol•rated by as Livsepsol. This Aar ell orgy their el the parse
emir el the err el merphis.—lhden Express. Wear Hotel rellesees Arabic

POMPOM
The Mayor of Norwich has moved the follow-
esommiestka •. " Whitehall, Lured 12.—Sir. I sai
direebed by geonitarreir George Grey to acknowledge the
ranched of yaw letter el the Bth last., urging the arloptica
el gresawaiseary measures with • view to cheek the
Waled Of Ilse &sem Worries cattle ; sod I eat to
balle==that climatical; bare been givers to the
el careens to edam the provisions or
as ceder is Coasted of She 28th JSI& MI, made ender
the authority of the Act 11 sad 12 Vinton., e5p.104.1
eblek cattle arriviag.be • dimmed state may be des
sad the other cattle le the lam ship detained. in order to
provost their spreading the isfeetion.-1 am, sir, ”ur
*beast servead, R.Warintecrrow. The Mayor of NorerW
Teo Mew* rsgablioss leave bees mode by Kr. hierelml
thvirede. eattbuirs.triallied the Great Ifeetere
leGsq v—m As suede Imam immedlobely esti% have
bees se ceded, meel be theseughly demos* with • bees
Uwe sad ...per, the seems . reseed Min rim
at owe to the mom pit. sad time oevend dt
lima TM truck fosee. Immediately the dung le
removed. moat be thoroughly estimated with Ilme.
The med. pose mast be some eat m harmed, es
they are ase4 sad as se mem. Is dors to be allowed be
meantalato Is them The pose be be thomegbiy sato:obeli
with lime is the same maser an the Wachs. Ter Mee
foreign milk through Ilarwiek sad Mamie limes Sudo
will be set apart spoutilly, and wader so olmsmelosese am
they to be mid for Mose ramie. They will all be dialia-
gaished with a dollsoleve mark as esob ride?

ens—.
A public meeting of the breeders d tattle was
held yesterday at terneoe at Reigate for *o purpose of
'Waver ho Gameseise wale ad ismeasse and Weal
inn the meat el the pen breaths ent awed
the cattle of these perms" who easy join a ea* of that
kiwl. The "hair was takes by Mr. Robert Clutha, mod
anicaget the ether indeed/al patiemea presume were Mr.
G. O. Mearbes, Mr. Telly Dann. Mr. Heary Wine,
Cap, Mr. Marriege, Chandler, Mr. tee., Its Abbott,
he. The Chairmen staled that in the west of cattle helm
toad dray* over the roads sod bass the police had re-
ceived ileasetleas at ones to remove every each ani-
mal, awl the wayward's' bad bees requested to
me the order carried into effect, and is ems of default
to report to the highway board. (Hear, beer.) He was
sorry to say that the dosses' bad reached Petworth, and
that it had brebsa out wept some calves which had bees
pariewl a fertaight ago, sad that eases of the selves
awed Wet they lad mixed were ales
carmenlr
Burls' t it would be a good rule te reeletet
from pwbasisg stook. Mr. Stacey also expend his belief
that the dame had Mee gees* propagated by the war
bowessf talesman la buying Mock, and theught ware-
Arista' should be plead is their ourehasag them la the
ofwhets. (Ham Mr. Wiee said a should be Wipes
of bayinge eves f rem kit aeiglibours, seeing that the disease
was se easily maid about. Oa of his fried', an the a-
d the *ease, had shot his cattle at raw Another
Maam purelmeed some calves which had ideated ethers.
which were all failing. Mr. Wise observed that is owl
ease at lestlimbead, 38 cattle out of 40 bad died from
disease. The Chairman said that some patlernms might
be startled by the prepentica that they were sot to buy
for a certain time, but unless some strong iestrietime were
impaled thew would be no thawed stemming the dans.
The records of waded cowed 125 yeas seesawed that
• disease of this sander might continue to exist fig
emend years. Mr. Abbott thought some darts ought to
be made to Leduc* the peal podia to tabs primary
littered in the matter. (Hew' heir.)) The Chairman said
that it might be desirable to ask the cowmen sad the
wealthy asighboure of the farmers to ocalsiberte to a bud.
After • long waversation the following resolution was um-
Rawly adopted : " That is the opinion of this meeting it
is highly desirable that • mutual society be at caws formed
foe the purpose of retortion in the west it the pest break-
* out erecapt the stele is this district, sad that a anew
maim for the purpose of carrying out ouch object be at
cam appointed." It wee deo valved that the weaciatioe
should moat of rated inhaletaeta of the sixteen parishes
forming the Reigate IJaioa, sad bolding lands la the adjoin
big parish, joistly with premises ia the aim. The com
matte spectated for yawing_ the rules coming of Mr.
Cluttoo, Mr. T. Dues, W. Stacey, Kr. Selsey, Mr.
Peacock, Mr. Wise, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Road, sad Mr.
Abbott. A great amber of the pollase mama at moos
entered their woes as members of the amociatisu, rod
the prowedinp then terminated with the usual vote of
thanks to the Wismar.
In consequence of the reported appearance of the pima
among the cattle in an adjacent county the whoa
committee of the Worcester corporation convesed • special
meeting, to consider what manures it would be advisable
to adopt to provost satin so affected from being brought
to Wormier market. After some diameter it was resolved
to Wes plated witless, cantina( pews spinet bringing
diseased cattle to Worcester. aud pantie( out the paha
for such we under 'Whiled 12th Via.. Cap. IW. Mr. H. B.
Perrin', veterinary surgeon, was also appointed to Week
all cattle brought to Worcester market until further nonce,
sad the police were directed to east is the Wore of any
cattle that may be preemneed by the inspector to be
' diseased. The County Agricultural Society as yet bee
made ao stir, but It is expected that a special mating will
I be called on the subject.
=LAID.

The following oommuincation has been received
by the Royal Dublin Society in reference to the speaks**
of kie Ruallancy the Lord-Lientesant to the Oabiset,
the subject of prohibiting the importation of *OM firdo
Ireland :
" Dublin Owirle, Aegest 14, MS..
" Sir,—l ma direeted by the Loni.Liestenest to se•
quaint you, for the information of the Royal Debbi
Society, that s esesmusioatios has less sonsiled
by his Zroellaccy from the deerstory at BMWs for
t* Homo Departmeet, stating that tho
pa=
that as orbit in cored should be boned
altogether the import** of cattle late lode* be.
been eared* somideved, but that it is loom& that the..
are iynprable objection! to *ls prepoml. as her Mairrites
soya...bantam oil** that there is so legal authority to
prohibit gesendly the *portages of eagle from Great
Britain to Ireland. His exeellency, however, ie Wormed
Mat the Oorsadmicsars of Coatems, under existing***
**es, have bole instructed striesly to enforce the pro-
rim* of as coder is Goan* which was made is July, RHO,
for pre.ratiug the imperial/Niel isfectied cattle. —I Wilk as.
your *dies* Neva* " Tgortas A. Laiscoat."

JOHN BROGDEN.

nRIGINAL GOLD GRAIN If ANITILOTORY,
N., Is, KIXISMITMITUIT. COVINZGAIDIN.

JOHN BROOM'S GOLD OHAINI3.

JOHN BROGDZNS GOLD GULRD CHAINS.

JOHN BROODZWS GOLD .

JOHNBROODENI3GOLDBROOOR CHAINS.

OPBRA sad RACE GLASS -1K by NZGRILITI
and UMBRA, 21a. and 4b., to oar" with rock
117 imam or in aluminium, I avisess and 'inwards. To be
nod only a* al& !OUT 1111WIMINOIMINO. SONlgasmell;
Naga 191. liAgelg-ATON sad US.M1104111•••

ONDOIS must have a GENTLEMAN'SL
EUPPEI sad =SIC 1100/I.—"2TANB," atter Alfred
MOW, Weft

ffite Onsveos.

amsesagssams. mita.% anrgrimiL
psars ea as the com ier=siorrtiz
1.9 da7 of babbsellos. by Two

11.111r1GUILM.
THIS ITEM, HAULM WerraWalte: lffonay,
elair, rmade:, ae. , The
800. TAM Winfield. Ma lobiee. Mr. Maim : Mims Mali-
lead. Howard, Cevendish. and Pelham.

PRINCLIWIL
Tao ammesiNIAIT4ITEINOS AND Traossarantes.
—awl' SA "PutlL llssits. D. lesdsiall. Dreaglaus.
IL Vasisalet Ilshsr, D. Marry, INK" MMus: Um .
good.aldl sad IL OUnr.--Aal MI AIME AZOLINIT.

sirriunm.
TEO VENOM, THE OONFEONRATES DATTORTEZ : OR.
TYZiNS OF N ONLEANS. MEW C. Stephan--
WORT AND BLOOM. EW Mr. Dnonand : XII Z Yersoil.—
And wawa &KUL 1 DINE Hr. J. UMW&

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LONDON. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 16.

Jr there be one office more unthankful than
another it is that of calling the attention of a
friend who has enjoyed a long course of uninter-
rupted success to the gathering signs of a break in
the current of his prosperity. It the event shows
that you were right you have only established your
title to the invidious reputation of a prophet of
evil, one who instinctively apprehends the misfor-
tuna; of others as a vulture sniffs his prey ; while
if you prove wrong, your invention, perhaps your
wish, is credited with all the mischief you feared.
With such experience to warn us, we would only
touch very gently certain indications in our situa-
tion as a people to which no one can pretend to be
wholly blind. We have, indeed, been singularly
favoured among the nations of the earth. Our
prosperity has been so great, and lasted so long,
that our minds have adapted themselves to it as
to something having the permanence of an institu-
tion. And this feeling is not entirely without its
justification. Formerly we lived under laws which
operated, if not as secondary causes, at least
as aggravations of public distress, and by
removing these we have secured the constant
and regular action of certain ceases of wel-
fare, while we have diminished, in the same
measure, other causes of depression. A bad har-
vest must always involve a loss of national wealth,
but its occurrence is not now connected with su-
peradded artificial evils in famine prices and
chronic obstruction and derangement of the course
of trade. But it will be readily acknowledged I
that over and above the increase of prosperity '
which can be traced to the improvement of our
laws, and the emancipation of commerce and
industrial enterprise, we have been remarkably
favoured, for a long time, with exemption from
visitations of evil, to which, in common with other
nations, we were always exposed. The thought-
less express this by observing that we have had
a long run of uncommonly good luck, while the
serious refer it to the undeserved favour of Pro-
vidence. Who shall say that we have now
reached a turning point in the fortune of the
nation 1 Certainly we have not the presumption
to do so. And yet there is enough in what is
taking place under our eyes, and on all sides
of us, to give cause for reflection, and to
remind us that we have no charter of immunity
from vicissitudes, but that our affairs are under
the common law of human mutability. We are
threatened, and more than threatened, in two
great sources of the food of the public—in our
meat and in our bread. The drought of last sum-
mer, so destructive to the crops, which should have
supplied fodder for our live stook through the win-
ter, was a warning of impending scarcity, and it has
been followed by the outbreak of a fatal disorder
among our cattle. The murrain, as it is called,
extends throughout the length and breadth of the
land, ravaging herds, and making it the interest of
the stock master to diminish his stake in a class of
property of the utmost importance to the nation.
Whether the theory of the foreign origin of the
plague, which was launched in the early meetings
held on the subject, when individual reputations
were to ho advanced and new veterinary institu-
tions to be advertised, will stand the test of
examination, is doubtful. The point is one on which
the public are content to learn from day to
day from those who are qualified to instruct
them. It is evident, however, that those
observers whose practical experience is most ex-
tensive believe that the disease can be accounted
for without reference to importations from abroad ;
and it is at least a probable opinion that it was
engendered by the fermentation of filth under
the action of the heat of June. But how-
ever originating, there can be no doubt that
at the present time it is infections, that it is
extending, and that it is impoverishing the country
and making meat scarce on many a table. And
while we are all regretting this calamity, our agri-
culturists are anxiously watching day after day for
the signs of fair weather, in which to gather in
their wheat. These most unseasonable rains, pro-
longed day after day, and renewed after the briefest
interruptions, are placing the wheat crops in a
very critical position. At present the harm actu-
ally done is limited, and a few weeks of sunshine
may give us a fair harvest ; but every day's con-
tinuance of rain will henceforward entail a national
lose. Merchants are anxious to learn whether a
deficiency in the harvest will cause an export of
gold, or whether an abundant yield will
make money cheaper ; while manufacturers
know that trade, and with it the employment of
capital and labour, must be restricted, if the differ-
ence between the value of • bad and good harvest
is snbtracted from the wealth of the nation.
While these are the nearest sources of public soli-
citude, the reports that reach us from foreign
countries suggest danger from the approach of
cholera. We beard of it at first from the Levant,
where it is still raging, and even, it is said, inane*.
ing in intensity, and then at Ancona. It ha since
appeared in other towns in Italy, and is now at
Marseilles and Barcelona. The facts should in-
spire caution, without exciting undo* alarm.
Within these ten years the cholera b on several

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There is enough in the known .sauliMy flortaillaffi
of the Levant, Italy, and Bpsina *Nit ear
pre-eminenoe in misfortune. We are pro-
vided against the advent of cholera than we have
been for many years. The most numerous abuses
of oar population are better fed, and the intelli-
gent* which enables them to follow the precau-
tions of medical mimes is more widely diffused
than it ever was before. Further, our
large towns are under better hygienic supervision
than they have bean at any former period, the
Medical Officers of Health forming • body of able
and vigilant men, whose proper business it is to
organize the general defence against the foe. It
is true that all this does not imply such prepara-
tion as we may confidently rest in ; there is still
almost everything to do ; but it is • great thing
to have the organisation ready for doing it. We
shall all of ns be wanted as soldiers in this war.
Every one who °beer-yes and promotes moderation
in work, temperance in diet, and personal and
local deanliness, maintaining and difinsing • cheer-
ful activity of mind and body, will be a volunteer
serving against the invader. When we have thus
done all that is suggested by prudence, we may
with • free conscienoe humbly ask the blessing of
Heaven on our endeavours, happy if they succeed,
but still happier if, while thus engaged, and before
we have sustained irreparable loss, the clouds are
milled away and our prospects restored to all their
former brightness.