The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-25 00:00:00

THE FIRE BRIGADE.

A long report was brought up from this commit-
tee, but nothing of public importance was contained

therein.

THE OUTBREAK OF THE CATTLE PLAGUE.

The Cattle Plague Committee reported that seve-
ral outbreaks have occurred during the past week,
and although they regretted that the necessity had
arisen for prompt action, they felt that the only way
to get rid of the disease was to re-form the whole
of the local committees, and stamp it out as soon as
it was found to exist.
Mr. DALTON, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, said a sudden outbreak had come upon them,
not merely in Islington, but in several other parts of
London, and it was necessary to take prompt action.
The only way to do so would be to reappoint the
local committees, and do their best to stamp it out
as soon as it appeared.
Mr. EvaNs drew attention to a remark that was
made in the House of Commons on the previous
evening, that the local authorities were very lax in
their duties, and wished to know if any case had
come under the notice of the Board that had not
received immediate attention. The remarks he
alluded to were as follows :—" Sir J. Hanmer asked
whether it was true that cattle from German ports
were brought into Hull and other ports on the eastern
coast, which, instead of being slaughtered, being
only in a half-fat state, were surreptitiously put
among other stock and carried about the country, to
the great danger of again bringing about the cattle
plague. Lord H. Montagu said he had not heard
that this was the case from official sources, but he
placed great reliance on what had reached him. He
believed that many of the local authorities were very
lax in carrying out the act of Parliament and the
restrictions of the Privy Council."
The CHAIRMAN said, so far from that being the
case, the board had been most prompt in its action.
Ho might mention that one case had come under
their notice about 1 o'clock, about five miles from
the board's office, and the committee were summoned,
the place declared infected, the cattle slaughtered,
and the vestry communicated with before 4 o'clock,
and he did not think any machinery could have done
it more quickly. Ile believed every case would be
dealt with promptly, there being no necessity for
more than two or three hours' delay before a legal
order was issued declaring the neighbourhood in
which the disease broke out to be an infected place,
and by that means, as far as possible, to encircle it
and stamp it out. lie presumed he should be autho-
rised to state officially to the President of the Privy
Council the course the Board had taken on the matter.

This was agreed to, and the report was then una-
nimously adopted.
The other business, which was of a routine charac-
ter, was disposed of, and the Board adjourned.

A TRIPLE JEWISH WEDDING.—Three Jewesses,
sisters, the daughters of our respected townsman, Mr. B
L. Joseph, of Pendennis House, Beaufort-road, Edgbaston,
were married on Thursday. Miss Joseph, the eldest, to
Mr. Ephraim Joseph, of Gloucester ; Miss Caroline Joseph
to Mr. Jonas Lang, of London ; and Miss. Matilda Joseph
to Mr. I. Oppenheim, of Penzance. The ceremony took
place at the residence of Mr. Joseph, in the presence of a
large assembly of relatives and friends of the family. The
Rev. Mr. Chapman, assisted by the Rev. G. J. Emmanuel,
8.A., officiated. When the rite had been gone through in
accordance with the forms of the Jewish Church, the Rev.
Mr. Emmanuel addressed a few suitable words of admoni-
tion to the three married couples. A sumptuous wedding
dinner was afterwards given at the Plough and Harrow
Hotel, where about 106 guests sat down, and the festivities
of the day were concluded by a grand ball in the evening.
—Birminyhani Gazette.

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