The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-24 00:00:00

The Cattle Plague.

" 3. So much of the said orders of December 16,
1865, and of February 6, 1866, as is inconsistent
with this present order is hereby revoked.
" 4. This order shall come into operation imme-
diately on the publication thereof in the London Ga-
zette, and shall continue in force until revoked by any
further order. 44 ARTHUR HELPS."

A special Court of Aldermen was held yesterday
at Guildhall for the purpose of considering what
steps shatild be taken in reference to the act to
amend the law relating to contagious or infectious
diseases in cattle and other animals, which has just
been passed by the Legislature.
The Lord Mayor presided, and there was a full
attendance of members of the court. A deputation
from the Markets Committee of the Court of Com-
mon Council, among whom were Mr. Rudkin (the
chairman), Mr. S. Gibbons, Mr. Banister, Mr.
Straker, and some other gentlemen were also present.
The To wiv CLERK (Mr. Woodthorpe), at the
request of the court, read the 4th and the Bth sec-
tion of the new act of Parliament, by the first of
which the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of London was declared to be the " local
authority" for the purpose of carrying out the whole
of the provisions, with the exception of making a
rate to cover the expenses incurred, the power to do
which was vested iu the Metropolitan Board of
Works. The other section gives power to the local
authority so constituted to delegate these powers to
a committee in the different districts, who would
have full power to act in all matters connected with
the carrying out of the act. Mr. Woodthorpe at
the same time read a letter he had received from the
Markets Committee of the Court of Common
Council, informing the court that they had received
a letter from Sir G. Grey, calling their attention to
the provisions of the new act of Parliament, and
requesting them to make the necessary arrange-
ments for providing markets and other means
for supplying the metropolis with dead raced).
The cominittvo Were anxious to confer with the
Court of Aldermen upon the subject, in order that
they might co-operate together in effecting the ob-
ject in view, and a deputation from the Markets
Committee were now in attendance for that purpose.
Alderman SIDNEY said he thought it would be as
well if their legal adviser, the Deputy Recorder—
as this was a measure that was quite new—should
give the Court some information relating to it, and
whether they had the power to do what was pro-
posed. The question was one of a very interesting
and important character, for it really involved the
point how the inhabitants of this great metropolis
were to be supplied with food during the period that
the act was in force prohibiting live cattle being
moved, except under certain restrictions. It was a
novel position for this Court to be placed in to have
anything to do with the management of the mar-
kets, which was a duty which would be much better
performed by those gentlemen who had always un-
dertaken it, and who had very great experience ; and
he considered it would be very advantageous indeed
if this Court could co-operate with the Markets
Committee in carrying out this act of Parliament, if
it could be done.

The DEPUTY RECORDER (Mr.T. Chambers, M.P.)
said it appeared to him that there could be no doubt
that this act of Parliament gave power to the local
authority, which in the case of the Corporation was
defined to be the Court of Lord Mayor and Alder-
men, to delegate their powers ~to a committee, or
to such other persons as they should think fit ; and
he apprehended, therefore, that they had full powers
to co-operate with the Markets Committee. In
other jurisdictions and in counties the magistrates in
quarter sessions made the rate that was necessary,
but as this could not be done in the City of Lon-
don, the power for that purpose was vested in the
Metropolitan Board of Works.

A motion vs as then made and agreed to that the
deputation from the Markets Committee be received.

Mr. RUDKIN, the chairman, addressing the Court,
said that the committee had met that morning to con-

sider this important subject, and they were of opi-
nion that it was most advisable that they should

attend the court and offer their co-operation. (Hear,
hear.) The court was aware that a special sub-
committee of the Market Committee had been

appointed, who had paid great attention to the sub-
ject, and they-had already formed some plans for
carrying out the proposed object, and he suggested
that this sub-committee should be specially appointed
to act with the Court of Aldermen in this important
matter.

After some little discussion a motion was put that
he whole Court of Aldermen should be formed into

a committee with the members of the special Com-
mittee of the Markets, and that such committee be
the local authority for the purposes of the act of
Parliament under discussion. This motion was
carried unanimously, and the court adjourned.

LOUIS NAPOLEON ON TILE MEXICAN QUESTION.
—The New York herald thinks the full report of
the speech of the Emperor Napoleon to the French
Legislature does not present him in the bold re-
lief on the Mexican question in which he stood
under the strong light of our first brief despatch
upon the subject. But, considering his embar-
rassing situation, he says as much, perhaps, as
could be reassonablv expected, though less than
could be desired. We could hardly expect him to
say that his fatal mistake in entering upon this
Mexican enterprise, or, rather, in resolving to per-
severe in it, after having been abandoned by Eng-
land and Spain, was in that erroneous Napoleonic
idea that with the rebellion of Jeff. Davis the great
American republic had collapsed. Mischief, too,
might have resulted in France from the confession
that, the Mexican empire having proved a failure,
he had determined to withdraw and give it up.
He had his own prestige as a sagacious ruler
and as the arbiter of Europe, and he had the
dignity and honour of France to consider, as
well as the necessity of maintaining relations of
peace with the United States. In pleading,
however, his earnest desire for peace with us,
he leads us fairly to the conclusion that, with a
little further indulgence, he will gracefully atandon
his impracticable Mexican scheme.

A supplement to the London Gazette contains an
Order in Council passed yesterday, and containing
the following provisions :

" 1. The orders of the Lords of the Council, dated
November 23, 1865, December 16, 1865, and Feb-
ruary 6, 1866, are hereby continued ; and where
any local authority, under any powers given by any
of the said orders of the Lords of the Council, has
published notices or made orders within the district,
all such notices or orders which may be in force
when this order comes into operation are hereby
continued until the same shall be altered or revoked
by any further order or by any local authority, sub-
ject nevertheless to the provisions contained in 'The
Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, 1865,' or in any
act which may be hereafter passed.
" 2. The powers given by the said orders, and by
this present order, to the local authority, shall be
exercised, from and after the time when this order
comes into operation, by the local authority consti-
tuted under and for the purposes of 4 The Cattle
Prevention Act, 1866, ' and not otherwise ; save that,
in any place in which there shall not be any local
authority duly constituted under and for the pur-
poses of the said last-mentioned act, until after the
time when this order comes into operation, the local
authority, for the purpose of exercising the powers
aforesaid, shall in the meantime, and until the con-
stitution
of a local authority under the said act, con-
tinue to be such as is defined by the said orders of
December 16, 1865, and February 6, 1866, respec-
tively.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Friday.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac-
companied by their Royal Highnesses princess
Louise and Princess Beatrice, and walked thiB
morning with Princess Louise.
Lord and Lady Napier arrived at the Castle
yesterday, and had the honour of an interview
with her Majesty.
The Hon. Emily Cathcart and the Hon. Fl°-
rence Seymour have arrived at the Castle 88
Maids of Honour in Waiting.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales.
BELVOIR, Friday.
The hunting expedition of yesterday in the
Vale of Belvoir, which was attended by their,
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess 0'
Wales, was one of the most brilliant ever
known in this country of brilliant " meets" and
"runs." Probably never before in the history ,
hunting in Leicestershire has there been such a
meet ; from all parts of the country adjacent eques'
trians, carriage company, and pedestrians came to-
wards that well-known trysting place, Piper's Hole'
Melton, Leicester, Nottingham, Grantham, and still
more distant places contributed theirquota of sports-
men, the great majority of whom wore scarlet. It
is computed that there were not fewer than 3,000 or
4,000 persons at the meet, at least half of whore
were mounted. Their royal highnesses arrived at
the place of meeting on the Cotswold hills shortly
after 12 o'clock, the prince riding his beautiful
chestnut, so celebrated in the West Norfolk country,
whilst the princess occupied a seat in the Duke of
Rutland's carriage, drawn by four bays. The,
princess was accompanied by the Marchioness of
Bristol, the Countess of Bradford, and Lady Adeliza
Norman ; and in the other carriages were the
Duchess of Beaufort, the Marchioness of Ely, the
Countess Howe, the Countess of Macclesfield,
Lady Adeliza Manners, and other noble ladies at
present guests at the castle ; whilst with the prince
came the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Beaufort,
the Duke of Sutherland, the Duke of St. Albans,
the Earl of Wilton, Earl Spencer, the Earl of
Bradford, the Marquis of Bristol, Lord Hamilton,
Lord John Manners, Lord Grey de Wilton, Colonel
Kingscote, Major Teesdale, &c. Their royal high'
nesses' appearance was the signal for such an out-
burst of cheering as made the welkin ring again'
The prince and princess gracefully responded to the
enthusiasm, and, after an inspection of the Belvoir
pack of hounds, the duke gave the order for Hose
Gorse, a distance of five or six miles, to which all
trotted off. The hounds being put in this cover, in
a very few minutes the " Tally ho ! gone away I"
was sounded to a fine dog-fox. After a splendid
run of 50 minutes' duration the hounds came 11P
with the sly old fox in an orchard, and his career
was soon ended, though some meddling people tried
to rescue him from the dogs. At Harley Gorse there
was another find. The fox went away at a rare
pace over a big country with some rare leaps. The
pace and the country soon made the field seleet;
but those who were able to keep places had one 0'
the best runs of the season. Reynard led a prettf
chase before he forfeited his brush, which he did at
length after a run of one hour and 25 minutes.