The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-24 00:00:00

THE CATTLE PLAGUE.

OFFICIAL RETURNS.

These returns do not profess to give the total
number of muses which have occurred in Great Britain, but
only those which bare been ascertained from the oftUal
information received at this office from inspectors, whether
appointed by the clerk of the council or by the local 'nth°.
fifies. The divisions of Ragland are those of the mama.
Column I only records tie oases reported as having com-
menced during the weeks indicated by the headings ;
" back" oases being added to ',damn 2

1
Number Result of reported rases
attacked from the commence-
.
11: went of the &seam
_
Census Division& VI 1 sl
axla IP:
o 64 a ta
—1
Mettrruopp, police district 14 14 7677 3498 US 644
Petah Counties 13 1 6019 1681 2786 141 110
Booth Mid. Counties 61 384 16717 3983 944 1300 471.
Eastern Counties . 31 2331 MIMI /1917 4706 746 MI
South West. Counties 16 31 13341 761 198 72
West Mid. Counties 811 104761 2141 6100 1187 716
North Mid. Coun 910 873 1181 T: 4160 6961 1048 019
North Mesa Coon 1811 16041 51240 6967 817170 5938 6116
Yorkshire
Northern Counties
Monmouthsh. &W 9. 1110. 74931 147 68621 101111 188
Scotland
Totals
(Signed) ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, Stmorstary.

(Signed) ALEXA... frEld WILLILMS, Streretary.
Veterinary Department of the Privy Council,
Defoe, Prime's-vtreet, Weetrainek r,
S.W.. March 23.

Note A.—The operation of the Cattle Diseases Prevention
Act, 1856, is indicated by the return this we-k showing 7,210
cattle se killed, compared with 6,132 last week, 6,197 the pee.
stouts week, 1,711 for the week ending Feb. 21, and 900 for the
weekending Feb. 17.
14oW B —lel inspectors kayo not reported this week in time
for this return of these, Di reported cases of last week, sit :
—Far the county of Chester, 2 Kent, 1., Lao/Ater. 6 ;

coin, 1 ; Norfolk,l ; Northumberland, 1; Nottiogh., 1 ; Fag
Riding of York, 1; North Biding of York, 1 : and for Scotland,
S. Than Inspectors returned 1,468 caws last weak.— (Signed),
A. W., March A Mt

MISSBABLIS DIA= OF Alf OPILIN-ZATZIL —Dr.
Luikester held as inquiry at the Oporto Ste as, Brad-
street, St. Giles, touehiog the death of John Blast. Mr.
Riordan, of rlo. 16, Churoh-lese. Arthur-street, St. Giles,
dowsed that the deceased, who was about 36 years of age,
had lodged now-sad-wan in his house for the past two
years, and was an intelligent and highly educated man. He
had told witness that be had studied for the medial pro-
fession, bat did not obtain hie d•plorria; that he had been
assistant to Dr. Halal, divisional surgeon to the police force,
and subsequently assistant to a surgeon residing in Harley.
street Horrid be was married, bat that his wife abandoned
him, sod was living with a gentleman in the neighbourhood
of Regent's-park. He attributed h;. habits of dissipation
to the annoyance mused him by the infidelity of his wife.
He habitually drank far the last two yeas methylated
epirit,widels m • inizture of spirit of wine, 5i per cent. over
,proof, sod wood Dahpths. Thin he used to purchase
at a chemist's shop, at the rate of three quarters'
1 for three-halfpence. He was also in the habit of
eating opium, and witness hid seen him bite off • large
piece of the drug and eat it like an apple The effect of
j the spirit was to madden him, and make him exclaim, wi'h
violent gestures, " Oh, it puts the heart of • lion is me."
• For some trine pest the deceased derived his subsistosee
. from phrer!ologially examining the heeds of pearls he met
in puhliahouses. His mother, who live. at Whittles's,
Cambridgeshire, wrote for him a short time since, but the
Reload respeetina his wife prevented him returning to his
astir. pies. On Wedimedity morning last the decreased
arose from his bed is a maddened eonditios, and, es the
promise of getting him the methylated spirit, was induced
to walk is the direction of St. Oiles's workluisse. On hi
way be dropped down dead. The evidence of Mr. Beranett,
surgeon of the workboute, showed that the deceased died
of pulmonary apoplexy and effusion of serum on the brain,
caused by excessive drinking of methylated spirit, The
corolla remarked that the goversosest allowed this spirit
i to be imported free of ditty . believing so one could drink it.
• but here the revenue had- matokiely been cheated. A ver-
dict is aesordsoce with the medical evidence was returned.
CITIZAL PALACIL ONG IWILLING DAT.
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