The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-12 00:00:00

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Richmond
Hendon
Monmouth
Manchester Autumn 2l
Newmarket Ist October 25
Walsall
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Newmarket Houghton 22
Worcester

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I Shrewsbury
I Leamington Hunt l9

The Cattle Plague.

DEPUTATION TO EARL RUSSELL (THIS DAY.)
A deputation of noblemen and gentlemen, from
the Royal Agricultural Society of England, had an
interview with Earl Russell this afternoon at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury,
to present various resolutions passed at the Council
of the Society, urging the Government to adopt
measures to arrest the progress of the cattle plague.
The resolutions having been handed to Earl
Russell,

His lordship said he quite agreed with the depu-
tation. That the, cattle plague was incrcazing-was
unfortunately too true, but the steps that were being
taken he hoped would tend to arrest its progress.
His hon. friend Sir George Grey would that night
introduce a bill in the House of Commons which he
(Earl Russell) thought would embrace nearly the
whole of the .recommendations of the council. The
measure would make it compulsory that all
cattle infected with the disease should be imme-
diately slaughtered, but it did not propose,
neither did the resolutions now submitted to
him say that the sound animals should be sacri-
ficed. The bill would also prevent the removal of
cattle from the farm on which they had been in-
fected. The refuse of the animals was also to be
speedily dealt with. The bill proposed to assimi-
late the powers of county and borough magis-
trates, and to make their action uniform.
The bill would give the power to levy a county
rate, and also to lay a tax of so much for each head
of cattle. The prohibition of the transit of animals
by road or rail was also provided with certain
limits as to time, and also animals imported
by sea would only be allowed to leave the
ship for immediate slaughter. The matter
was one of great difficulty, but he hoped, with the
blessing of God, that the action of the Government
would be successful in stopping the dreadful
disease.

Foreign Mail Packet List

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 13.
Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Mar. a.
Ditto, by French packet Feb. 22.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 22.
China. Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Feb. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles
........ Feb. /3
Falkland Islands ................
Gibraltar, via Southampton ............. Feb. 13.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Feb. 19
Ditto, via Marseilles
Feb. 13
India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 13.
Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 22
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseilte 3 Feb. 13
Newfoundland
Portugal
• • ....Mar 6.
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...
United btates and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton
Ditto, via Cork

Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Feb. 0.
West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Tencrifre Feb. 11.
West Indies and Pacific, (except Bahamas, Cuba
and Mexico • • ... F.. b. 33
Cuba and Mexico Feb. 28.

Bahamas, via New Y ork. Mar_ s.
Bermuda, ditto Feb. 11

Dn. COLENSO'S SUCCESSOR.—It is said that-, the
title of the Bishop whom the Bishop of Capetown is about
to consecrate in the place of Bishop Colenso, will be not
the Bishop of Natal, but the Bishop of Pietermaritzburg.
THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION A TEN THOUSAND
POUNDER.—Retaining a reserve fund to meet outstanding
liabilities of £4,000, the Committee of the late Dublin. Ex-
hibition state their net profits to amount to £lO,OOO.
THE STEAMSHIP JEDDO.—The Peninsular 'and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company have re-
ceived the following telegram :—The company's mail
steamship Jeddo left Hongkong on the 15th January. She
duly arrived at Point de Gallo and landed there all her
passengers, mails, and cargo for Europe, and proceeded for
Bombay. On the night of the 2d inst. Ishii ran on the Choul
Kadu Shoal, about 15 miles south of Bombay. Sho had on
board two passengers only, 76 boxes of specie, and a gene-
ral cargo from China. Two of the company's steamers
were immediately sent to her assistance, and at the date of
and
specie, latest telegram (sth inst.) all mails, passengers, andspecie, and 200 packages of cargo had been landed
more
doret
Bombay ; 700 packages of merchandise still on bohai
4,
or less damaged. The company's agent telegraps, Ido
not think the ship can bo saved."
MISTAKING A GAROTTER.—,.. mistake
at
sy which is
likely to have fatal results was made
on Saturday morning. Mr. Joseph Ferguson,n
a pianist,
:h
ss ed h been en-
was going home from a party at
clock toowhich
Crystal
Adenhara
gaged, and at half-past two o'cl
followed him.
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nag.p o
bag, and Maddock thinking this ipeliaoiuns,olothes, named
pace, and so did Maddock.
thought
his r °
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sn
beings pcuarrrysuiendgbay
Mr. Ferguson quickened
also,
with andlir. beingleu:oll:
Then Mr. Ferguson,
n the course of which Maddock
Then began a struggle, H
quicker
garotter, u ran,uer
He shouted for help. and two
was stabbed in three pla
k was taken to Guy's Hospital; and on
sur-
rendered. Maddoc
policemen came up, when Mr. Ferguson willingly ofantdhewMthwa:oddcaftemke ran
np
Saturday afternoon the Greenwich police magistrate went
there and took his deposition. Mr. Ferguson was brought
, up at the police-court and remanded,