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London, England, 1865-10-14 00:00:00

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spe ctor for the Aldenham district, was put in in
confirmation of the statement that had been made,
and it also appeared by the certificate that while
the carcasses were lying in the fields, prior to
`Arrangements being made to bury them, three of
them were stolen.

The Lord Mayor inquired with what possible
object such a robbery could have been committed.
Mr. Morgan said the carcases had been traced
to a sausage shop in the neighbourhood of the me-
tropolis, and he was afraid there was too much
ground for believing that they had been chopped up
into sausages. He went on to say that these poor
people were actually reduced to such a condition by
the calamity that had befallen them that they were
without means to pay their expenses back to their
own homes.

The Lord Mayor repeated that he sincerely com-
miserated the parties upon their misfortunes, but he
did not see what he could do•for them. There was
a poor-box belonging to the court, and if the appli-
cants would accept of £5 each to defray their ex-
penses back to their homes, to that amount he would
readily assist them.

Mr. Morgan having consulted with the two un-
fortunate persons, after some hesitation, and evi-
dently with great unwillingness and pain, they said
they would accept his lordship's kind offer.
The Lord Mayor observed that there was a royal
commission at present sitting upon the subject of
this cattle disease, and it appeared to him that it
would be as well if the facts of these painful cases
were laid before them.

The £lO was then handed to the parties, and they
left the court.

A meeting of magistrates was held at the New
Bailey, Whalley Range, on Thursday, to hear from
Mr. J. Lawson, veterinary surgeon, a report as to
the suspected existence of the cattle plague within
the Manchester petty sessional division. Mr. H. L.
Trafford presided. The magistrates were informed
on Wednesday that a suspected case of rinderpest
had occurred at Clifton House. Mr. Lawson was
instructed to ascertain whether this rumour had any
foundation in fact. The cow belonged to Mr.
J. Fletcher. In his report, on Thursday, Mr.
Lawson stated that the case was not rinderpest, but
pleuro-pneumonia. He, however, with Mr. W.
Taylor, meat inspector, reported that five cows
were dying of the rinderpest ; that, indeed, one
animal was already dead, and the other four would
not survive this (Friday) morning. The animals
belonged to Mr. Worthington, milk vendor, Whalley
Range. The shippons, Mr. Lawson said, were in a
filthy condition. They consisted of a wooden shed,
in a portion of a field which was undrained. The
magistrates, on hearing this report, considered that
immediate steps ought to be taken to prevent the
spread of the plague, and they agreed to appoint an
inspector who should supervise the petty ses-
sional division, which extends round Manchester.
It was suggested that Mr. Lawson, with his
son, should be appointed. The meeting was
adjourned till to-day, when the appointment
will be made. A committee was named to
prepare regulations in the meantime, and Mr. Taylor
was instructed to perform the duties of inspector
until the appointment of a veterinary surgeon.
The Hereford Town Council has determined to
exclude all horned stock from the great cattle fair
in that city. In Sussex, too, it has been resolved to
put a stop to fairs and markets.

The cattle plague appeared a few days ago at
Overton, near Wrexham, and it has since attacked
several animals in the neighbourhood. One of the
inspectors reports that on Monday he visited a farm
at Bangor Iscoed, Flintshire, and there saw six
animals lying dead, and many more attacked by
the disease, It is believed that the fairs will be
stopped at Oswestry for the present.
The Liverpool County Magistrates held a meet-
ing yesterday for the purpose of considering the
best steps to be taken to arrest the further progress
of the cattle disease in the district. Resolutions
were adopted to the effect that no cattle should be
admitted to the markets for sale unless they were
intended for slaughter, and that no beast should be
permitted to leave the market after being sold with-
out undergoing a thorough examination by proper
officers. It was determined to appoint a competent
inspector, who will be assisted by a number of
police, in order to see these regulations enforced.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

NORTH BRITISH.

A special general meeting of this company was
held at Edinburgh on Thursday for the purpose of
authorising the creation of stock for the construc-
tion of the works authorised by the last session of
Parliament ; Mr. It. Hodgson, the chairman, pre-
sided.

The CHAIRMAN said that although it was pro-
posed to create the whole of the stock required for
the various works at once, it was intended in the
meantime to construct only those works which were
of most importance, so that shareholders would not
be called on for more frequent payments than if the
stock were created at successive periods. For the
improvements at Perth station the contracts would
be carried out in the course of a few months. As to
the Forth Bridge scheme, he believed that the esti-
mates would be below those originally given in—
and there could be no doubt that the bridge would
be an advantage to the company, as connecting the
two portions of the North British system. The works
at Burntisland pier would also be of great import-
ance in facilitating their northern traffic ; and he
hoped the negotiations with the Edinburgh Town
Council for the improvement of the Waverley sta-
tion would come to a successful issue. As to the
Glasgow City Union Railway, that would be of
great importance in connecting the North
British with the Glasgow and South-Western
at that important point for interchange of
traffic. He concluded by proposing a series
of resolutions for the creation of new prefe-
rence stock, for the execution of the various works,
and for approval of certain agreements with auxi-
liary lines.

The resolutions were duly seconded, and carried
unanimously.

CAPE TOWN.

The half-yearly general meeting of this company
was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. H.
Watson in the chair.

The report, an abstract of which has appeared
in The Sun, was taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said he had to congratulate them on the im-
' proved and improving condition of their affairs.
They had been informed of the agreement with the
Wynberg Railway. Since the last meeting the direc-
tors had specially devoted their attention to the de-
velopment of the traffic and reduction of working
expenses. They had revised the tariff of rates with
the view to attract goods traffic from the common
road to the railway. They would see from the traffic
returns how far they had been successful on the
main line between Cape Town and Wellington. For
the half-year ending June 30 last the number of
passengers carried was 57,458, the number of tons
of merchandise 11,640, and the total receipts £16,141,
against 38,484 passengers, 9,788 tons of goods, and
£14,219 received in the corresponding half of 1864,
showing an increase of 18,974 passengers, 1,952 tons
of goods, and £1,922 received. When he told them
that during the same time there had been a diminu-
tion in the working expenses of 22f per cent. they
would recognise the extent of supervision in the ma-
nagement of their affairs that had been exercised in
the colony. The Wynberg Railway had been worked
satisfactorily by the company. There had been car-
ried on that line during the half-year 157,806 pas-
sengers and 471 tons of goods, but this traffic had
not yet been properly accommodated. The capital
account had been simplified and classified, but it was
subject to revision, when Mr. Hawkshaw had decided
the question submitted to him, and when the precise
amount of capital to be guaranteed by the Colonial
Government had been ascertained. The carrying
over a balance of £1,731 had been necessitated by
their agreement with the Wynberg Railway Com-
pany, as they were bound to make a reserve for de-
preciation of rolling stock in the event of the lease
being terminated at the end of five years, which
might be the case. The agricultural interests had
been depressed in consequence of long droughts,

and commercial affairs in the colony had also suf-
fered. The staple article of export was wool, to
the amount of £2,000,000 per annum, and he there-
fore hoped that the state of things in that colony
would improve, and that the traffic on the railway
would continue to increase. He regretted the death
of their late excellent colleague, Mr. Barry, and
concluded by moving that the report be received
and adopted, and that £2,796 expended on the re-
newal of sleepers be carried to the capital suspense
account.

Mr. L. BROWNE seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.

A dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum
for the past half-year, free of Income-tax, was de-
clared ; the retiring directors, Mr. Watson and Mr.
L. Browne, were re-elected, and also Mr. W. For-
ster, the retiring auditor. The proceedings then
terminated.

crop are more favourable than were those of last
year. A despatch forwarded by the Foreign-office
was received from her Majesty's Acting Consul at
New Orleans, enclosing a statement contained in the
New Orleans " Price Current" of Sept. 1, and an
approximate estimate of the supply of cotton now in
the country, made upon the authority of parties of
experience in the business, and which represents the
amount, including this season's crop, to be about
1,170,000 bales. It is not possible under existing
circumstances to form an absolutely correct estimate
There was no other business of public interest.