The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-17 00:00:00

The Cattle Plague.

The Weekly Return of the reported cases of Cattle
Plague in Great Britain, published by authority of til°
Lords of the Privy Council, for the week ending Saturdail
Nov. 10, contains the following statements :
" Five attacks of cattle plague are reported to have cle;
curred in Great Britain during the week ending Nov' Ivl
being an increase of three on the Return for the week pre-
ceding. Fresh outbreaks took place in three farms or place°
where cattle are kept—the number that appeared in the
last Return was 1. Four healthy cattle were slaughtered
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during the week from having been in contact with disease"
animals. The cases reported are for the following thre°
Petty Sessional divisions of England, viz. :—Cheshire--
Northwick, ono attack ; Yorkshire, West Riding—Tadc3st;
ter, West Ainsty, two ; Yorkshire, East Riding—S(3ll:
Holderness, two. No cases of cattle plague in sheep h°';
been returned during the week ; the total number reporte.a
as having been attacked up to the date of this Return is
6,826. The mean temperature of the week at the neY4
Observatory, Greenwich, was 48.4 deg., or 3.2 deg. ab°;7ll
the average of the same period during 50 years. gain
to the amount of 0.32 inch during the week, and the Ece3"
degree of humidity of the air was 87, complete saturatioc-
being represented by 100. The general direction of tile
wind was south-west."

The Gazette of last night contains an Order of the Trill
Council, dated Whitehall, Nov. 13, setting forth that it i 5
expedient that provisions should be made for the e%htbic;
tion of fat stock intended for immediate slaughter all
ordering as follows :
" 1. From and after the 15th of November, 1866, exhibi-
tions of fat stock intended for slaughter immediately aftera
such exhibition may be held in any county in England alla.
Wales, with the licence of the Lords of the said Council'
provided that no such license shall be granted unless their
lordships shall be satisfied that no case of cattle plagnelt,„°
occurred within ton miles of the town or place at villh"-
such exhibition is to be held, within one calendar month
prior to the date of such licence, nor unless the exhibition
is to be held at a distance exceeding 10 miles from anY
place declared to be infected according to the provisions of
the Order of the 24th day of March last, and that such
licence shall be null and void if at any time, exceeding 48
hours precious to the holding of the said exhibition, Ott.,.
plague shall break out within ten miles of the place Wheri
such exhibition is to be held. 2. Any cattle exhibited at
any exhibition held under this Order must be slaughterem
within the town or place wherein such exhibition is be ci
and within four days after the close of the exhibition
if any case of cattle plague shall occur to any of the WI:
mals within such exhibition, all the animals within elle
exhibition shall be immediately slaughtered, but till
shall be no claim for any compensation either on the le°
authority or the Government. 3. Provided that nothingd
herein contained shall affect any licence already grer„tei..
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by the Privy Council for any market for the sale of 16-
male for immediate slaughter. 4. The words herein all;
tamed shall be construed as in the said Order of the 24
day of March last, and all the provisions therein contained
relative to the offences for the contravention thereof, efl
thelpenalty for the same, and otherwise, now in force, sl3of
the provisions of the said Order in regard to the polders
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officers employed under that Order shall apply to the
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gulations contained in this Order, and the enforcing of
same, and to the officers employed under it."

LINCOLNSHIR E.
The cattle plague has again made its appearance in tb°
neighbourhool of Stamford. A beast belonging t° the
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Staplee, of Tallington, has been attacked with 1131,
local inspector pronounced unmistakable symptoms 0' .00
derpest, and it was at once destroyed. The beast WO'
of a lot bought a few days since at Newark.