The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-22 00:00:00

THE VERDICT.

GLASGOW, SATURDAY, 3 P.M —Lord Deas concluded
hi© ohargo to Oho jury at a quarter part two o'clock. lhe
jury then retired, and after an absence of twenty minutes
returned the verdict of guilty. His lordship, with the usual
formalities, then pronounced sentence of death.

FUR7HER SPREAD OF THE SMALLPDX

IN SHEEP.

(From the .Devizes Gazette,)
The continued spread of this unfortunate and virulent
malady, in a way which bids defiance not only to the lao'S
of contagion, but every theory which the most scientific
among our veterinary professors have laid down, is a rust'
ter which demands the immediate attention of all flock'
masters; and for their own preservation we hope that, be-
fore another week has passed, there will not be an owner
of sheep in the county of Wilts who will not have enrolled
his name as a member of the association which has Just
been organised by the leading flockmasters in the county
" for preventing the spread of small-pox in sheep and
affording compensation to those who may
sustain losses
from that special disease."

On Saturday evening, rumours were rife concerning a
number of separate outbreaks, and on Monday morning we
heard that Professor Gamgee (who is still exerting himself
in t,is neighbourhood) was on his way into Berkshire. He
was, however, soon stopped on his road to inspect the flock
of Mr. I. Dark, at Avebury, where two cases of c influent
small-pox in the early stage had exhibited themselves. One
of the affected sheep had, it appeared, been seen ailing se
far back as Tuesday the 9th inst., but had not been seps"
rated until the day previous to Mr. Gamgee's visit. There
is therefore great reason to fear that the disease will spread
among Mr Dark's flock (which consists of between 300 and
400), although every care is no ,v being taken to carry oat
the system of separation which has proved so beneficial in
the case of Mr. Giddings' fleck at Horton.
From Avebury, Professor Gamgee went on to lqr.
Church's at Aldbourne, where several more lambs and one
ewe have been seized. Mr. Church is very active in P,r/:
venting the further spread of the disease, but owes 1-,",
continued misfortunes .o one of those "mild" cases which
are so much to be dreaded—we mean one of those cases
which an animal passes through every stage of the disease
unobserved, and so infects a considerable number of
lanimals without being detected.
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llt will be remembered, from what has previously aPPear",,,
in our paper, that Mr. Church had sold 100 lambs at 115.'",,;
fair; out disease in his flock was not recognised until
fortnight after this, though it appears that the shepherd
had observed a lamb ailing on its return from the fair. VI,
100 lambs of Mr. Church's had been purchased by Mr. flu
ber , of Langley Farm, Berks ; and Mr. Hulbert, unfbrfila
nately, not knowing the symptoms of small-pox, seffereo
several animals to die unheeded amongst his flock of betwee4
three and fur hundred lambs. The destruction whit
ensued may therefore be well imagined. Professor Gautgee
on his vi..it to Langley Farm on Tuesday, saw twelve case*
and many more were separated immediately afterwards.
Of Mr. Louseley's conduct we cannot speak too high'''.
He has afforded every information to Professor Gan3o7
and thus all the sheep which Mr. Louseley purchased e_
Marlborough Fair on the 22nd of August have bee
traced. It appears that he purchased 250 lambs of DV*
Neste, of Allcannings ; ,
100 of Mr. Wilks, of Baydef
99 of Mr. Cundell, of Manton ; 80 of Mr. T. P. BrewV
of Burderop , 70 of Mr. Looker, of Folly Farm, Mir,
borough; and 37 of Mr. Brown, of Uffoott. Of these
bited the disease within two days after their arrival
Neate's 250 were returned on the following;
150 were taken to West Hagbourn (P.. 0
Allcannings ;
Louseley's farm); 99 were placed at Mr. Hutchins 's he
Harwell ; and 137 at Mr. Bettridge's at Streatley.
stock which had been mixed with Mr. Neate's infec-ee
day, and e%131:0
lambs were, therefore, it will be seen, separated into tbrer
lots, and have since been carefully watched and kept en
of all other animals. By these means a great dee,.':t_
anxiety, if not of loss, has been saved to the Berkshire
ou'eg
It is due, too, to Professor Gamgee to say that it is e-1 a
to his aotivity and energy that a great deal has b-6430
brought to light which would probably never have ;tele
known until immense mischief had been caused' and
through his instrumentality that the public bac',. AO
made aware of the existence of the disease at Stantont;odies
it was a bald determination on his part to have tile ii,p(A
of twq animals which had been buried with the en'tioogitt
Upon tLem on Mr. Simpkins' farm exhumed, that br flock
the fact unnsis akeably out, and led to the return ef.ssizep-
of lambs (although free from disease), which Sr'
kins had sold at Wilton fair on Friday lost.

THE COTTON FAMINE AND THE SHIPPING I_,-
1%,(01
° ,
—The chairman of the Mersey Dock Board, at the o
meeting on Thursday, stated that the surplus inen,7ooo•
the estate for the year ending June 24, amounted to o
The imports from the United States showed a decre''' red.
no less than 1,850,000 bales of cotton alone, as c°l:°,l3:lotli
with the previous year, and the estate had eve re'
lost about £loo,ooo in dues which they would 1.04`"a o(
into Yar Goa
dived from ships and from cotton itself, to say n°ll°3
the export dues on the same cotton when spun o°l
cloth. The surplus income had chiefly arisen from
the
trade.