The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-08 00:00:00

NORFOLK.

On Saturday the County Agricultural Associa-
tion resolved to hold no exhibition of stock during 1866, by
reason of the cattle plague. The neighbouring Suffolk and
Essex societies have no yet adopted any resolution on the
subject.

The Essex magistrateslTaee adopted the follow-
ing memorial to the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment :—"Your memorialists view with the pretest
alarm the rapid incense of the cattle plague, and beg to urge
moot nwpeotfully that with a view to assure prompt and
simultaneous action on the subject, and to arrive at that
complete isolation of cattle which is acknowledged to be
the best, if not the only hope of arresting the calamity, the
government be prayed to substitute their own immediate
action for that of the prompt local authorities, which in the
opinion of your memorialists have hardly as yet met the
grave difficulties of the case."

CAMBIUDOLSHDIII AND MU OF ILT.
At Button upwards of 30 hearts have died during
the week. Only one of a fine herd of °owe, the property of
Mr. J. Worth, is now left alive. In the March district,
Mr. Jones, of Shaw's Dike Farm, has lost five besets ; Mr.
T. Wilson, of Daddington, one ; Mr. J. Modes, of Stones
Farm, one ; Mr. W. Sheppereon, of Stafford's Farm, one ;
Mr. T. Wilson, of Fendike Farm, eight ; Mr. J. Infield, of
West Fen, one ; and Mr. Gifford Hutchinson. one. At
Cottenham, five or six beasts are dying on an average daily.
At Willingham the deaths were not so numerous last week,
bet sisal the outbreak of the disease the total loss has been
about 470 in this villages The disease has broken out at
Combertoo. At Chippeoham, Mr. Newman has lost 29
steers and heifers, three calves, and a mil& cow. The
disease has also reached the farm of Mr. Louis Kent, who
has last a valuable sow.

MR. DISRAELI, M.P., ON VHS CATTLE' PLAQUE.

On Saturday afternoon *committee of landowners
and agriculturista from Barks, Bucks, and Middlesex, as-
sembled at the Oastle Hotel, High-street, Windsor, for
the purpose of framing rules for • mutual cattle association,
the benefits of which are to extend to all places within a
tea mile radius of that town. Major-General Seymour
Equerry in Ordinary to her Majesty, was to have presided,
but did not reach Windaor till about two hours after the
meeting bad commenced, and Mr. B. B. Harvey, M.P. for
Bucks, was consequently called to the chair. Mr. F.
Buckland, the hon. secretary, read • letter from Major-
General Seymour, also one from Major-General the
Hon. A. N. Hood, approving of the resolutions passed at
the previous meeting. He then read • ecuumunication
which bad been received from Mr. Disraeli, M.P. for Bucks,
dated " Hughenden Manor, Jan. 3." In this Mr. Disraeli,
after expressing the gratification he always felt at ea
operating with his constituents in any measure for the public
welfare, observed that be had great doubts se to whether
the mutual association proposed would be able to bear the
burden of the pressure which would be put upon it if the
pestilence should fall upon the heads of its members. The
county of Buckingham ought to have established at the
outset an assurance association upon the principle of limited
liability, with • capital of 50,0001., in 5,000 shares, 11. to
be paid on each share. Every owner of stock ought to pay
• regular premium on his policy, and take shares to the
amount of 25 per cent. on the sum insured. These condi-
tions would ensure prudence. Thus the landed proprietors
might take any number of shares they liked, the 11. per
share paid being an immediate contribution to the
fund, while the policies would represent their amount
of guarantee to the community. Again, 50 shares
would represent an immediate subscription of 501., and
• guarantee of 450/. These suggestions were
based upon sound commercial principles. Premiums would
be received, a dividend shared, and shares distributed, and
the amount of premiums being considerable, there would be
a large and efficient capital for purpose.: of oompeng•tiou.
When the nature of the calamity was first known he pro-
posed to hold • county meeting, when he would have
brought forward for adoption some plan of the kind ; but,
unfortunately, the graziers and the farmers in the Vale
with whom he communicated believed for • time
that the government would interfere. The letter
concluded with some other observations upon the
subject of local mutual assurance associatious. Com-
munications from Lord Enfield, Sir H. A. Hoare, M.P.
for this borough ; Mr. Beoyon, M.P. • the High Sheriff
of Bucks ; Mr. Farrard. &c., were also read to the meeting.
It was then resolved that the association should be called
" The Windsor Mutual Cattle Insurance Association," and
that its limits should extend to any place within • ten mile
radius of Wiadsor. Mr. Simpson, the inspector, tandeled a
statement to the meeting with respect to the prevailing
amount of disease within the proposed districts of the asso-
ciation. He had made inquiries of different inspector., and
found that in the county of Bucks there were two cases at
Wraysbury, in the hundred of Stoke, while Burnham was
free. In Middlesex and Staines Moor there were two cases.
There was a case at Chobbam, in Surrey, and also at Wink-
field-pork, in the Maidenhead division of the county of
Berks. The borough of Windsor, Windsor county divi-
sion, and Maidenhead borough were free from the plague.
The rules of the new association having been confirmed, the
meeting separated.

THE BISHOP OF CARLISLE AND THE. CATTLE
PLAGUL—The Bishop of Carlisle has issued a pastoral
letter to the clergy of his diocese upon the subject of the
cattle plague. Referring to the prevalence of the disease
in the cathedral city of the diocese and its neighbourhood,
and the possibility of its spreadieg and inflicting lasting
distress, his lordship says :—" Under these circumstances
it appears to me that we shall be only doing our duty, and
acting in aooordance with the best feelings of our people, if
we invite them to join with us in publicly implode; God's
forgiveness for the many sins which his judgments are
calculated to bring to our remembrance, and his blessing
up
on the means which are so properly being adopted for
averting or staying the evil." Therefore the bishop
proposes to take part in a special service to be held in the
cathedral on Friday, the 12th inst., and hopes on that day
all throughout the diocese will be found present, with
fasting and prayer, in His sanctuary who has said, "Call
upon me in the day of trouble, I will deliver thee, and
then shalt glorify me." "It is scarcely needful to add,"
continues the letter, "that such alms as may be received
on the oacasion—and almsgiving may not rightly be omitted
on a day of humiliation—should be devoted to alleviating
the losses which the cattle plague inflicts upon our poorer
brethren."

DISEASE AMONG'T Pics.—The largest dealer and
breeder of pigs in the neighbourhood of Stockbridge, in
Hants, has mare than half of his number down with the
measles, and many other eases are reported es affected with
this complaint. The symptoms of the disease are unusual
indolence. heaviness of the eyes, and shivering, oven as they
lie on their straw. The treatment adopted is frequent doses
of sulphur.

FOUND Dean ON DARTMOOR.—The danger of
crossing Dartmoor by by-patbs in order to effect a saving of
distance has been enforced by soother death, which it may
be hoped will deter others from repeating the motile.,
which has so often been shown to be fraught with extreme
peril to life. Mr. H. A. Vallack, county coroner, has held
an inquest at the London lon, Princetown, on the body of
Richard Allen, of Sourton, who left his home to go to
Stieldepath, and attempted to cross a portion of Dartmoor
in order to save three miles. On the following afternoon
Mr. John Gard, of Youlditch, guided by the instinct of •
sheep dog, found Allen in a sitting posture, and with an
umbrella udder his feet, under the rock neer the place called
the Island of Rock, on the west of Okemsot river, whither
the unfortunate man had probably gone to shelter himself
during the boisterous night, and where he probably died
from exposureand fatigue. Police-constable Madden found
in deceased's pockets 21. 12s. 6d. Deoaared was 50 years of
age.—Western Morniny News.
THREE PIRSONS DROWNED. —A melancholy oc-
currence has taken place in the neighbourhood of Ayr, by
which three persona have lost their lives. On Thursday
Mr. Anderson, miller, Mill o'Shields, pariah of Coylton,
had been in Ayr attending the horse fair. He was ac-
companied by his wife and a servant man ; and the whole
party left for home in the afternoon in Mr. Anderson's cart.
To reach home by a near cut, Mr. Anderson thought he
would cross • ford on the water of Coil. They
stopped for • short time at the house of an
acquaintance who lives near the ford, who advised them
not to attempt crossing the water, as it was so much
swollen from the recent heavy rains, and offered to put up
the horse and cart for the night, and the party could cross
by • small wooden bridge in the vicinity. Mr. Anderson,
however, said he bad crossed the ford often before when
the water was larger, and told the servant to drive them
woes. They then left. It appears that the horse and
cart were carried down the water, and that the whole party
perished. Mr. Anderson's body was found on Friday morn-
ing more than • mile from the spot where they attempted
to cross, but the bodies of the others had not been re-
covered up to that time. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson leave so
family. They were much respected io the neighbourhood,
and the sad event has osat a melancholy gloom over the
whole count ff side.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-!NN-ROAD.—The
number of patients relieved at this hospital during the
week ending January 6 wee 3,495, of which 1,296 were
new 016011.

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