The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-29 00:00:00

The Cattle Plague.

The alarming extent to which diseased meat is
now being sent to the markets of the city of Lon-
don is causing anxiety to the authorities. In ordi-
nary times, and especially of late years, a consider-
able quantity of meat unfit for human food has
found its way for sale into the markets from week
to week, and that in spite of a vigorous and syste-
matic inspection by officers appointed for the ex-
press purpose, and of prosecutions instituted by the
Corporation against persons offending, resulting
usually in conviction with fine and imprisonment.
The diseased meat of the ordinary kind, wherever
it was not seized and condemned beforehand by the
inspectors, has usually been sold at prices greatly
below the current market rate, and has therefore
fallen mostly into the hands of the poor; and now,
in addition to the ordinary intermixture of bad
meat, large quantities of the flesh of animals which
have died of the prevailing epidemic are being sent
up to the city markets. Yesterday, at a meeting of
the City Commissioners of Sewers, held at Guild-
hall, Deputy de Jersey in the chair, the subject was
brought under special consideration.
Dr. LETITE BY, the medical officer of health for the
r evaicattle
city, directed the attention of the Court to the
or rapidly pbi
bullocks
lye
e k s
affected increasing ofprwaictthicetheP
sendingling the
carcases
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ease to the markets for sale as human food. He
stated that last week there were 128 quarters of beef,
weighing nearly 8,5001 b., condemned in the city
markets, and most of it was from animals affected by
the cattle plague. The mischievous effects of this
practice, he said, were not confined to the improper
sale of such meat as human food, but extended to
the danger of propagating the disease by infecting
everything with which the meat was brought into
' contact, and as it often came from a considerable
distance the risk of contagion was proportionably
great. As many as 76 quarters of such meat were
sent from Scotland last week, and of these S car-
cases, or 32 quarters, had been traced to one person,
who consigned them to different salesmen and iu
different names. in another case, where infurnia-
esseci
at o the
Lord Mayor, the inspectors
tion was communicated by letter
ascertainedaddressed
that
per-
son had sent 8 quarters of such beef from Spalding,
in Lincolnshire; and Dr. Letheby advised that the
matter should be further investigated, with a view
to legal proceeding . lie also reported with respect
to the markets and slaughterhouses of the city that
oad condemned 9,0901 b. of meat as unfit
d. Most of it was in a diseased condi-
tion,lb. were from animals that had died of
disease.ftol ire houa fl
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and cdaenrssOf I°9l

siunet sisotint ted referredirthecett to the
enest
haerryseoplleiogcriatt
lot
proceed-
ings,
to
Court
pe passedt the
seas
it
owrnoe stcooal
and on the suggestion of Mr. Farlow, a mem-
ber of the Commission, a copy of Dr. Letheby's re-
port was ordered to be forwarded t 6 the Lords of
the Privy Council.
The office of the Association for the Preventive
and Curative Treatment or the Cattle Plague by the
homoeopathic Method (6, Adelphi-terrace, Strand),
is open daily from 10 o'clock to 4. Instructions and
information maybe obtained gratuitously by enclos-
ing to the secretary a stamped envelope, inscribed
with the address of the
person applying. The associa-
tion is now enaged in carrying on important experi-
mentsinNorfolk. A considerableoutlay must be in-
curred, for which contributions are asked, and maybe
paid -to the bankers, Messrs. Herries, Farquhar,
And Co., IG, St. James-street, W.

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noUS essrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS
have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN,
t,unurban, and Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL.
Funiculars forwarded tor three stamps, upon stating exact
requirements snd rentil. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-
street, and South Kensington, fac►ng the Museum.

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SOUTH KENSIN GTON, HYDE-PARK,
Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters-
ham Terraces, Queen'e-gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens,
Elvaston-place, Cromwell-ro Onslow and Thurloe Squares,
Boltons. &c. Me,,srs TO rLii and RO lII'S have RJESI-
DENCES to SELL and LET in these and surroundand
ing
localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street,
South Kensington, facing the Museum.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.--During the storms
of the past twenty-two months the IN ational Litebsat
1 nbtitution, by its i iceboats and other means, contributed to
the savin of 1,156 persons hom different wrecks on our
coasts. The institution also expended £37,'34 in the same
reri,,d on its lifeboat ettablishme,,ts, in addition to granting
ss rewsons.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly A 'OPEAL to
the i,ublie fur ASSISTAACL to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on the institution's 152 iifeboat
establishments.
Contributions are received by the London and country
bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the
Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, LDIRIOII.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.
(Opera Company, Limited.)
Last Week but Two of L'Africaine.
THIS EVENING will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand.
Opera, L'AFRICAINE. Miss Louisa Fyne, Madame Lem-
incns-Sherrington, and Mrs. A. Cook ; Messrs.
ratey, Alberto
Lawrence, Henry Corri, A. Cook, E. Dussek, J. G.
C.
Lyall, and Charles Adams.
Conductor, Mr. Alfrel Mellon.
Acting Manager, Mr. E. Murray. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

Commence at a quarter to 8.

rIPHEATRE 'ROY XL, DRURY-LANE.-
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING tho, performances will commence with
Shaks, ere's Tragedy of KILN G JOHN : Messrs. Phelps, James
Anderson, T. Swinbourne, Raynor. G. Belmore, E. Phelps,
C. Harcourt; Miss Atkinson, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, Mrs.
Hodson, &c.
After which, GALW AY-GO-BRAGH ; or, Love, Fun,
and Fighting : Messrs. Edmund Falconer, F. Busby, C.
Harcourt ; Misses Hazlewood, E. Falconer, L. Ode Lcolercq.
Commence at 7.

rriIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
-Sole Lessee and Mansga, Mr. Buckstone.

T HIS EVENING, THE OVEitLAND ROUTE : Messrs
Chas. 3Laliews, Buukstone, Chippendale, Compton. Rog. re,
Clark, Gordon, Braid, t, oe, fic. ; Messdames Mathews, Snow-
den, Hill. Wright, Coleman, Lovell, 4c.
To be followed by WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN ?
Mr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews Mrs. Charles Mathews,
Mrs. Fitz william. 4c
Concluding with THE BALLET. Messrs. Arthur and
Charles Lederer'. Miss 'canny 6 right, Miss C. Adams, and
the Corps de Ballet.
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