The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-22 00:00:00

NORTH LANCASHIRE.

A meeting of the members of the Royal North
Lancashire Agricultural Society and other persons
interested in agriculture was held at Preston on
Saturday afternoon, " in order to take into conside-
ration what precautionary measures should be
adopted in reference to the alarming progress of
the cattle murrain." The chair was occupied by the
Mayor of Preston.

Colonel WILSON PATTEN, M.P., remarked that at
two agricultural meetings in North Lancashire he
had stated that the subject of the cattle disease
should be discussed under two heads—first of all, as
to what power or means they had of avoiding the
disease altogether in that part of the country ; and,
in the next place, as to the mode of dealing with it,
if it should unhappily come among them. He was
very much afraid from what he had heard that day
that the disease had already got near them—too
near; for he had been told that one case of disease
had occurred at Hornby, about seven miles north of
Lancaster. Relative to the means to prevent the
spread of the disease, he did not think they could do
a great deal, but they should all do what they could
in the matter. Her Majesty's Government had
authorised the appointment of inspectors for each
petty sessional division, and he thought a request
should go from that meeting to the magistrates of
such divisions in North Lancashire, desiring them to
appoint inspectors without loss of time. The Go-
vernment had also authorised the payment of a
guinea per day and travelling expenses to inspec-
tors in any districts where the disease had appeared ;
but if inspectors were not appointed before the
disease actually broke out, a great deal of time might
be lost before they would be ready for duty. The
best course to adopt, would be to be ready with
inspectors previously appointed the moment
the disease appeared in any district. In the next
place, he thought that that meeting, which was an
influential one, should send a sort of recom-
mendation to the farmers of each district, call-
ing their special attention to the disease,
and suggesting that they should take some active
measures in their own localities forprotection against
disease. He did not believe they could force people
to take such steps ; but they might suggest them.
He thought that if they undertook to protect the
whole of the county they would fail. It would be
too large for them. He had read all the discussions
which had taken place in regard to the disease, and
the general feeling seemed to be that if a very large
district were taken in hand by one body they would
fail. Prior to reading those discussions he had held
an opinion just the reverse, and had thought that
the larger the district taken in hand the better it
would be. He, however, had altered his mind on
the subject. If they could establish some society,
for the whole of North Lancashire—if all the far-
mers within the division combined—the loss upon
each would be less than if the society were smaller,
but then the difficulty was in getting all to consi-
der the matter properly. Several parties did not
look upon the disease with sufficient %Jarm, while
others viewed it with too much. Combinations
established within the bounds of each union would,
he thought, be large enough.

On the motion of the hon. and gallant colonel, a
resolution recommending the organisation of a sys-
tem of mutual protection was subsequently adopted.

Similar meetings continue to be held throughout
the country, and applications are being made daily
to the magistrates to sanction the appointment of
local inspectors.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

TAT TERSALLS'—YEsTERDAL

EISOR HANDICAP.
4to 1 agst Claremont (taken)
9 to 2 agst Guide (taken)
6to 1 agst Nemo (taken and offered)
7to 1 agst Hollyfox (offered, take 8 to 1)
10 to 4 agst Ladylda (offered, take 12 to 1)
ST. LEGER.
6 to 5 agst Gladiateur (taken)
Bto 1 agst Regalia (taken)

DE MY.
109 to 6 agst Lord Lyon (taken)
25 to 1 agst Auguste (taken)
30 to 1 agst Beelzebub (taken)
33 to 1 agst Redan (taken)
50 to 1 agst Messmate (taken)
50 to 1 egst Bribery colt (taken)

Naval and Military intelligence.

His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, accompanied
by Major Elphiustone, R.A., rode down to Wool-
wich from Greenwich-park yesterday morning, and
embarked on board the Admiralty yacht Vivid,
Staff-Commander Timothy W. Sullivan. The
Prince, who is about to rejoin the Queen in Ger-
many, was received in Woolwich dockyard on his
arrival by Commodore Superintendent Dunlop,
Commander Towsey, and Dr. Doraville, Com-
mander and Staff-Surg, of the flagship Fisgard, and
embarked at 12 o'clock, the vessel taking her depar-
ture shortly afterwards for Antwerp.
Staff-Commander Henry A. Moriarty, who has
been doing duty in the Great Eastern during her
late expedition in the Atlantic, yesterday returned
to Woolwich and resumed his command of the
steam store ship Fox. The Caroline has also re-
tnrned to Woolwich, and has taken up her berth at
Mr. Henley's wharf at North Woolwich, in readi-
ness to receive a cargo of telegraphic cable. The
works are now in full operation, about 300 men,
it is stated, being employed incessantly in relays,
night and day.

The freight ship John Bull, laden with army
stores from the London. Docks, having shipped
powder off Gravesend, yesterday sailed for Mon-
treal, Toronto, and Quebec. A large quantity of
cargo intended for the John Bull, but found to be
in excess of her accommodation, still remains at
Woolwich, consisting of pug-mills, multi-boring
machinery, &c., for the Royal Engineer depart-
ments in Canada.

The Silver Craig yesterday shipped a number of
war stores from Woolwich Arsenal for transport to
Valparaiso, and the Lord Panmure yesterday com-
pleted her shipment of cargo for Portsmouth, con-
sisting of shot, shell, guns, timber, &c., among
which were the two experimental guns, converted
by Major Palliser for trial on board the gunnery
ship Excellent.

The paddlewheel steamer Dee, 230-horse power,
Master Commander G. Raymond, has arrived in
Chatham harbour from the westward with stores
for the service of the dockyard.
The Urgent, screw troopship, Capt. Samuel Hen-
derson, under orders to sail from Portsmouth for
Halifax, will, for some time after arrival at the
latter port, be employed in the relief of;troops be-
tween the West India Islands and the coast of
Africa. She will probably not sail from Portsmouth
before the 24th inst.

The Octavia, 34, screw wooden frigate, Captain
C. F. Hillyar, went into Portsmouth Harbour yes-
terday, from Spithead, to make good defects prior
to sailing for the East Indies, where Capt. Hillyar
hoists a Commodore's broad pennant as second in
command.

The mechanics employed on the ironclad frigate
Bellerophon, 16, 1,000-horse power (nominal), fit-
ting in dry dock at Chatham, have recommenced
working additional hours, in order to hasten forward
the completion of that vessel, which, according to
existing orders, is to be ready for undocking by the
16th of September, when she will immediately make
her first official trial of her machinery. There is com-
paratively little remaining to be effected in the way
of plating the Bellerophon with her six-inch and
other armour plates, nearly the whole of which have
been fixed, and the principal efforts of the me-
chanics are now directed to the completion of the
ponderous reconnoitring tower now being erected
amidships, immediately abaft the mainmast, the
eight-inch plates, with which it will be covered,
being now in the factory undergoing the bending
process, to fit them for the exterior of the tower.
The machinery, invented by Mr. E. J. Reed, for
training the 300-pounder Armstrong guns intended
to be mounted in the Bellerophon's gun battery, as
well as one of the 300-pounders, remain on the
main deck in order to enable the Lords of the Ad-
miralty to witness the working of the invention,
with a view to its general adoption for training each
of the large guns which that frigate will carry.
The screw steamship Blenheim, GO, Capt. Thos.
H. Mason, which has been doing duty for some time
in the service at Pembroke, arrived yesterday (Mon-
day) morning, under jury gear, at Plymouth, in
tow of the paddle-wheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6,
Capt. Elphinstone D'O. D'A. Aplin. The officers
and crew of the Blenheim will be transferred to the
screw steamship Revenge, which, after being tho-
roughly repaired, was removed on Friday, the 4th
inst., from No. 1 dock in Keyham steam yard into
the south basin, where she is receiving her iron
masts and gear, and may be ready in October.
Until recently the Revenge bore the flag of Admiral
Yelverton in the Mediterranean.

The new iron screw steamship Agincourt, 26,
from Birkenhead, arrived in Plymouth Sound on
Saturday. She carries 6,621 tons, and has engines
of 1,350-horse power. Her chief engineer, Mr.
James Paterson, is borne on the books of the guard-
ship of steam reserve Indus, Capt. William Edmon-
stone, C. 8., in Hamoaze.

The Himalaya, screw troopship, Captain T. B.
Lethbridge, will sail from Portsmouth on the 28th
inst. for Quebec, with the following troops, calling
in at a western port on her way down channel to
fill up numbers :---30th Regiment, 4 officers, 129
men, 2 soldiers' wives, 6 soldiers' children ; 4th
battalion 60th Regiment, 2 officers and 64 men, 1
officer's wife and female servant ; Ist Battalion
Rifle Brigade, 1 officer, 211 men, 3 soldiers' wives,
and 3 children ; 4th battalion Rifle Brigade, 3 offi-
cers, 30 men, 1 officer's wife and child and servant,
1 soldier's wife and child.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Commander W. H. Jones Byrom,
to the Vigilant, vice Hobson, invalided ; Lieut.
George Stratton, to tha Dauntless ; James Harry,
master to the Fisgard, for Spiteful ; James Her-
wood, chief engineer, to the Asia, for service in the
Caesar, vice Marshall ; Peter Hutchison, engineer,
to the Frederick William, for tenders ; Charles
Platt, engineer, to the Himalaya, vice Hutchison ;
and John Dyson, first-class assist.-engineer, to the
Frederick William, for tenders.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.
Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.. Aug. 18.
Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12,
Brazil and Cape Verde,. by British pan., et Sept. 4.
Ditto, by French packet Aug. 22.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and ,t Helena— Aug. 21.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou hampton Aug. 18.
Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 26
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via 50uthampt0n.......... Aug 18.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.— Aug. is.
Ditto, via 31areilles .......
India (Bombay), via Southampton.
.....Aug. 19.
7:2 11 ..AASSAuppg: 2423150:1•
Mauritius, via Southampton
Sept.ia
ia
4.
PortugaliwDDni °iiituttttntoood,: Newfoundland
liavarar Bst
:ell: ihee ship .to Lisbon.. n"
y
United states and British North America, ty Bri-
tish packet
Aug. 21.
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton
•

Ditto, via Cork
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry...lug. 'ZS
West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and T,neriife lO.
West Indies and Pacific (exceptßalia Las, Cuba,

.
Aug. 28
-
and Mexico
Sept. 13
Bahamas, via. New fork.

Bermuda. ditto Aug. 30.
Cuba and Mexico

DORSETSI,IIE FOLK LORE.--. 1 saw in a cottage
the other day a..very small toy-loaf hanging over the
chimney-piece ; and, on good inquiry, I was told that it
had been baked on Good Friday, and if it were carefully
preserved, would prevent the good wife's bread from being
"reamy," i.e., stringy during the whole year.—Xote,3
Queries.