The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-03 00:00:00

WINDSOR.

On Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, a
numerously attended meeting of agriculturists
and landowners was held, under the presidency of
Major-Gen. F. H. G. Seymour, at the Castle Hotel,
Windsor, for purpose of considering of a mutual as-
sociation for the insurance of cattle, the recent out-
break of the murrain inthe Royal borough giving an'
important tone to the meeting. Among those pre-
sent were Mr. Hall Say, the Rev. Seymour Neville,
Messrs. Meeking, Nash, Cantrell, Trumper, Nixey,
Evans, Pullen, Buckland (sen.), Buckland (jun.),
Long, Meson, Chamberlain, Cannon, &c.
Mr. C. MEEKING said that the practical sagacity
of the Marquis of Chandos, who was connected
with the society, the rules of which had been read,
was a sufficient guarantee as to their soundness.
The proposed society would give its members a
right to receive compensation. None of them liked
to accept it as a charity ; if they got compensation
it would be as a right. The value of the horned cattle

in the country amounted to about £200,000,000,
and that was being diminished at the rate of £6,256
per week by their losses-through the plague. Part
of that loss had been sustained in their own imme-
diate neighbourhood. As a landowner, he was
ready to give his £lOO to the funds of the society
at once. He had never shrank from increasing his
stock, and now he had rather more than before. It
was their duty to keep up their stock. After some
very pertinent remarks, he moved a resolution to
the effect that, " Her Majesty's Government con-
sidering it unnecessary to form a national associa-
tion for insurance against losses through the cattle
plague, it is desirable that a mutual association be
formed in the district."

The Rev. SEYMOUR NEVILLE, minor canon of
St. George's Chapel, seconded the resolution, which
was carried nem. con. Major-General SEYMOUR
proposed that the association should extend over
au area, the limits of which should be those of
the South Bucks, East Berks, Wraysbury, Egham,
and Windsor Forest Agricultural Societies, and
all parishes within a ten miles radius of Windsor ;
also, that the committee should make any alteration
in the district ,that might seem advisable.
This was seconded by Mr. CArrritlLL, and carried
unanimously.
A committee, with Major-General the Hon. A.
N. Hood as chairman, and consisting of Major-
General Seymour, the Mayor of Windsor, the mem-
bers for the borough and county, Mr. Hall Say,
&c., was then chosen.

Mr. CANNON stated that in the Maidenhead
division of the county of Berks, and since he was
made inspector on the 16th of August, no less than
283 beasts had perished from the plague. The
value of the cattle so lost he considered amounted to
about £2,623 10s., the cases of disease principally
occurring in the districts of Bray, Cookham, and
Winkfield. Out of the 283 cattle only nine were
insured in the Reading Association.
It was next moved by Mr. EVANS, seconded by
Mr. J. NASH, and carried, that a " subscription list
be forthwith opened in addition to the ' Insurers'
Fund, which would be provided for the rules."
The CHAIRMAN (after the appointment of a
banker, &c., for the society, with Mr. Frank Buck-
land as hon. secretary, pro tern.), with reference to
the selection of a veterinary surgeon, advocated the
use of homoeopathy in the treatment of sick cattle.
tie stated that he had great faith in the system,and
urged its trial by the members.
Mr. IRONS corroborated the General's statement,
and said that three out of five cattle which he had
treated homoeopathically had recovered from the
disease.

After some other business a vote of thanks to
Major-General Seymour for his services as chairman
was moved by Mr. BIJCICLAND, sen., seconded by
Mr. TRUMPER, and carried unanimously.
The meeting then adjourned.
Mr. L. SIMPSON, the inspector, reports another
case of
the plague in Windsor. A cow belonging
toMr. Turner was attacked on Christmas-day, and
died on Saturday morning.

WORCESTERSHIRE.
There is happily no extension of the plague in
this county, which
may be attributed, in a great
measure, to the strict precautions adopted by the
authorities. As already stated, notices have been
issued by the magistrates in the different petty ses-
sional divisions of the county promulgating regula-
tions for preventing the spread of the disease ; but
at the County Quarter Sessions, to be held to-day,
arrangements will be made for obtaining uniformity
in these regulations throughout the county. Mr.
Crafer, a farmer and cattle dealer, residing near
Redditch, has been fined £2O and costs for neglect-
ing to give notice to the district inspector of the out-
break of the cattle plague among his pigs.