The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE =PEEN%

Sin,—So many families will be glad to hear of
the safe arrival in Melbourne of the Underly, which left
Birkenhead 23rd December, that I shall be greatly obliged
by your allowing me to make an extract from the Immi-
gration Agent's letter, just received.
Melbourne, March 21.
I am glad to be able to inform you of the arrival of the
Underly, after a very fast passage out, and that everything
was found on arrival to be in a most satisfactory state ;
indeed, she is the best appointed and most orderly ship
which luta arrived since! have held theoffice of Iminigration
Agent. The captain, ofticen, and crew appear to have
conducted themselves very well. The surgeon-superin-
tendent has landed his charge in good health, and the
matron appears a superior woman, well fitted for her '-
Um; and has maintained excellent discipline on boanL I
must also congratulate you upon the general good beha-
viour of the girls, of whose good conduct on board ship I
have not • single complaint. lam only sorry that there
were not more of them, and, after sending the usual pro-
portion to Geelong, Portland, ho., the remainder were all
taken up in two hours, and a great number of people went
away disappointed. The ladies' committee, who have re-
organised, came to see the gills, distributed the working
characters, and gave them some good advioe. I enclose
Ton a copy of the report of the Immigration Board upon
inspection of the Underly, and we look out anxious for
your next ship, which I hope will not be long delayed.—
Yours truly, Leeds MOODY.

My next ►hip u the John Tempe ley, to leave Plymouth
for Melbourne 24th June. Applications for passages for
single women to be made to me, at 20, John•strest, Adel-
phi, London.— I em, kc., MARIA S. RYE.
Newington•house, Edinburgh, May 24.

SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF MaNDICITY.—
The anniversary meeting of the subscribers and friends of
this institution was held in the society's rooms, Red Lion-
square, on Saturday : the Marquis of Westminster pre-
sided. The report stated that in consequence of the great
distress which prevailed during the past year there had
been a greater strain on the funds of the institution than
had been the came for many years preceding. The number of
ticket-holders who applied for relief at the office during
the year ending the 31st of December, 1866, was 4,37 b.
The meals given amounted to 38,131, oonsisting of bread,
cheese, and 63. i gallons of soup. During the first quarter
of the present year the tickets presented numbered 5,098.
The apprehensions of mendicants during the year were
693, of whom 372 were committed and 321 discharged, and
of that number 481 were not previously known to the so-
ciety. In last year's report the systematic addition made
to London mendicity by the cruel practice of importing
Italian boys to go about with organs was alluded to.
Forty-five such boys were apprehended during the past
year. The report was adopted.
REAPPEARANCE OF THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN
SHROPSIIIIIII.—After an sheens of seven months, and at
a time when preparations for the resumption of the cattle
traffic throughout the country were just completed, the
rinderpest has made its reappearance in Shropshire in a
very malignant type. On } nday a cow belonging to Mr.
Ravenshaw, a fanner residing at Ash, near 14 hitehurch,
suddenly manifested the well-known symptoms of the
plague, and on the arrival of Mr. Cartwright, the govern-
ment inspector for the district, he pronounced it to be a
very bad use, and ordered the immediate slaughter of the
beast. Mr. Cartwright communicated the facie to the
local authority, and on Saturday a special meeting of the
body was held in Shrewsbury, when it was decided to direct
the immediate slaughter of the rest of Mr. Revenshaw's
stock, consisting of 2.5 head of cattle, and to declare the district
in which his farm is situated to be infected, thereby
strictly prohibiting any movement of cattle across the
border. The occurrence of this outbreak at the present
moment will inflict considerable Iser-and inconvenience
upon all connected with the cattle trade of the district, as
only so recently as Tuesday last permission to hold sales
of cattle by auction was received front the Privy Council,
and announcements of the resumption of this long sus-
pended traffic in all parts of the country are advertised in
the current issues of the local papers. These will now,
however, have to be withdrawn, the magistrates having
requested the authorities in London to cancel their license.
The last case of cattle plague in Shropshire was reported
on the 18th of October, and it occurred on a farm only
about four miles front the one on which it has now re-
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TrOVTTAL FOR DISEASES or THE CHER!, VICTORIA-
PAIL —The number of patients relieved at this institution
during last week was 1,414, of which 9.d6 were new cash.

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