The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-18 00:00:00

NORTHUMBERLAND.

The rinderpest has made its appearance in the centre of
Northumberland. Mr. Mather, of Old Felton, purchased
about 40 Irish beasts at Morpeth a fortnight ago. They were
driven home and put into a fold close by the homestead. In
a few days ono or two of them became ill. Mr. Atkin, tho
veterinary surgeon, of Felton, was called in, and ho said
they were suffering from a disease of which he hitherto had
no experience. The cattle were immediately ordered to be
separated from the rest of the herd, • when two of them died
and a third was killed. From a post mortem examination
all the appearance of the rinderpest were detected. The
carcases were all deeply buried, and a large quantity of
chloride of lime was strewn over the ground. None of the
other beasts have been affected, though some of Mr. Ma-
ther's beasts have the common murrain. The disease has
appeared among the cows at South Shields and Ilebburn,
on the Tyne, but not to any very alarming extent.

Chase after Fraudulent Bankrupts.

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(From the Leeds Mercury.)
It will be remembered that about three months ago two
manufacturers in Gomersal, named Blackburn, absconded
to America with goods and money to the amount of £30,000.
The creditors were naturally deeply incensed at their con-
duct, and Superintendent Hunt, of the Leeds detective
police, was sent after the men to endeavour, if possible, to
recover part of the property. On arriving at New York,
Mr. Hunt ascertained that part of the property, consisting
of forty-six bales of the cloth, was stored in one of the
Custom-house warehouses ; but as no trace could be found
of the Blackburns, it was quite evident that they had gone
accompanied by a younger brother, into the interior of the
country, with the view of avoiding the result of any mis-
sion such as that engaging the attention of the Leeds super-
intendent. About a week after Mr. Hunt's arrival, he
heard by accident that a fourth brother had come out, and
having by this time considerably changed his personal ap-
pearance, he obtained an introduction to the younger Black-
burn. Not only did the latter fail to reeogniso Mr. Hunt,
but actually told him in confidence that a Leeds detective
was coming out in search of his brothers, and that he
intended to warn them of the pursuit. As might be ex-
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rival of the expected detective. After a few days Mr.
Blackburn went to New Jersey, and sending a man to watch
his movements, Mr. Hunt remained in New York, where he
entertained strong hopes of meeting with the elder bro-
thers. A bill of lading addressed to the Messrs. Blackburn
for 20 bales of cloth had been intercepted at Liverpool, and
as its possession was necessary before the goods could be
obtained, it amounted to almost a certainty that the em-
bezzlers would call at Inman's shipping office in the Broad-
way to ask after the bill. Mr. Hunt hung about this office
for some time, and at last his patience was rewarded by
the appearance one morning of the elder Blackburn and
Mx. Walter Blackburn. Mr. Hunt was sitting in the office
at the time; but quickly adopting his plans, he bustled
up to the visitors and requested to know their busi-
ness. Mr. Blackburn stated that they had called respect-
ing a bill of lading for twenty bales of cloth which had
come by the Edinburgh. Mr. Hunt replied that all the
questions with regard to the bill would be answered at the
branch office at Exchange-place, and that as he was going
in that direction he would show them the place. The
Blackburns at once complied, evidently having no suspi-
cion of whose hands they had fallen into. On the way
Mr. Blackburn remarked that Mr. Hunt did not speak
like an American. "No," replied the wily superin-
tendent, " strangely enough, everybody can tell the Irish
tongue." He was then asked how long he had been in
the country, and evasively replied that he had not been
there six years yet. .In his turn Mr. Hunt asked the Black-
burn& what part of the country they belonged to, and
was told that they came from near Huddersfield. It is need-
less to detail the conversation that took place on arriving at
Exchange-place. Suffice it to say that by means of keeping
up a conversation with some person supposed to be in an
empty room there, he induced the Blackburns to endorse the
bill of lading which had been intercepted, and also to give
up and endorse another bill and invoice for 26 addi-
tional bales. After the bills were safely deposited in his
pocketbook he proclaimed Ihis calling, and, much
to the astonishment of Mr. Blackburn, produced a
warrant for his arrest on a charge of embezzle-
ment. Blackurn, however, ]mew that the warrant was of
little avail under the circumstances, and after blustering a
good deal, ho departed with his brother, declaring that he
would have Mr. Hunt arrested for depriving him in the
planner be had done of the bills of sale. Although that
gentleman remained some time in America this threat was
never carried into execution, and after exchanging the bills
of sale and the invoices for Customhouse permits, and
handing them over to the solicitor appointed to act in New
York for the creditors of the Blackburns, Mr. Hunt re-
turned to this country, arriving in Leeds in the beginning
of this week. The value of the property recovered is be-
tween £5,000 and £6,000.

Instructions have been received at Chatham coun-
termanding orders previously received for the em-
barcation of the detachment of Royal Artillery be-
longing to the Ist division of the depot brigade for
Malta and other places in the Mediterranean, incon-
sequence of the prevalence of cholera at those sta-
tions, the order directing the embarcation not to
take place until the month of January next.