Potter's Electric News

*«9t-, instant. The Rev. J. G. Hughes, of j. on» occupied the chair the Rev. J. M. Jones read, the report, and gave the amount collected by 163J Riding missionary boxes, &c. Addressee j.1 delivered by the chairman, Rev. Mr Griffiths, tat'0' ^ore,QCe> and the Rev. W. Ricards, the depu- ion from the society, and late Missionary at Berbice. consequence of the inclement state of the weather, ij attendance was not so large as usual, and the -Ilieetilig did not partake of that high spirited nature lch it has been our let to witness on previous but we have reason to believe, from the tertninatirin evinced since, that the congregation are determined, to arouse themselves and do more Coll year for tbe g00<i cause- The total amount l,Dt was upwards of £ 24, beirg a decrease from •ist year.

HAVERFORDWEST MARKET. ,1 Saturday, Octobtr 26, tSGyf .to R7cef, 5d to 7d: Mutton, 5d to 7d; Lamb, 5d to 6(1; Veal 6d fork 5rl to 6d; Butter, Is 2d to Is 4d Eggs, 12 for Is 'Oeecft5 oS" Per c&uple; Ducks, 3s .0(1 to 4s Od ditto; ;to Z, °dto 4s 6d, Turkeys, 0s "d to Cs Od each: Cheese, 3d P61' lb; Potatoes, ISlbs. for Is Od.

BIRTHS, MAREIAG-ES, & DEATHS. otices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, should be sent to llsinM:anuscript, properly authenticated. We cannot under- take to search other papers for thoseannouneements, which are frequently found o be incorrectly printed, or turr out v^euutrUe. 0 BIRTHS. s-11 the 20th inst., at Dew-street, in this town, the of Mr. B. James, of a son. ■0I1?the 19!il instant» at Notting Hill, London, the wife ""■Ons. Jacques Barrel, of a daughter. 0 DEA1HS. UtnVi16 19th instant, at Slade, Sarah, the relict of the — 0 ETarr'es) Esq., of Brimaston Hall.

■»- "i" ifHI ,MI.U ic*mtft £ WBga?TOiniM«k»u^.T>WBraegaM 1 ten?pE MUBPHY RIOTS AT BIRMINGHAM.—At the Quar- ^),Q f8'J?"8 at Birmingham this week a number of persons Core„ j ^een out on bail on the charge of being COfini in the MurPhT f'ots came np on their re- 8atisfna*"Ces" Recorder (Ivlr Adatns) expressed his ^action that the pence of the town had not again been ^adh atl<n llis judgment the majesty of the law Hp. een sufficiently vindicated by the defendants coming 0Wn° re«eive judgment. They would now go out on their ree izances to appear again in that court when ad upon. •THE MONT CENIS RAILWAY.—Some misapprehension a&\8ts» we have reason to believe, as to the condition 1 prospects of the Mont Cenis Summit Railway, and a °?er a wor^ on subject from the information of) Jt Jjeeial correspondent who has just returned from North JJIIJ' 0n rout:e passed over the Mont Cenis from e|s to Susa by tho railway. The train con- °' engine, a truck, and a passenger carriage. A 6ton sPe was not attempted, and there were several ppages at stations which might have been made shorter %idi™ !'niU,fS °e,Guliicd b7 l'le journey was, notwith- ^Iclno- hours and twenty minutes, stoppages VitK lTe' ■'■"0 ascent on the French side was rr.ade naSe an<^ steadiness at a rate of cullv ten miles ot tv~^• °ur correspondent considers the practicability ?*0nthsrout:e fufficie.n!ly established by the fact that for On tuaS^ ^'G0 eD$*nes_kave been ascending and descend- cUryea steepest gradients, and round the two chain the eac^? slc*es the mountain several times in Of It is one thing however to entrust an engine $0tye ent.irely novel character in its construction and it rs with such work, and quite another to depend on Itaffi tractive power for a large daily passenger mo. The-engios and its performances are marvellous bllOughaa the matter stands, but it would be marvellous k yoild belief that the infant Hercules should be found and it is avowedly open to improvements in details, which the directors are naturally anxious and Revise and apply before they enter on public traffic. 0eeIs.ltnP0rtant object is delaying for a time the public °Urolns of ^ne< ■As re8ar^s the state of the road, Dor gorresP°ndent, who was twice over it, never heard of CotnpiT J'16 ^'o^test injury that it had sustained since were The only operations necessary on the road ticn rf ^^pletion of some of the covering .for pjrotec- ceatre r -je STJ5wdrift, with the addition of a length of a curVe f an^ there, the insertion of a guard rail at e33ontia] °r, exu'a security, with other matters of a non- Sud of {}, c})aractcr- '-The permanent way is complete the F'6 lnos^ substantial character, and the delivery Sines « rei!cb ^on'raotors of a sufficient number of en- c°njp' Granted to perform well,' is now all that the aUwUrv <• Wa^ ere th0y enter uPon w^at gives good y to prove a prosperous career.—Railway News. UO^HOVK,NT IN THE STE^M-ENGINE.—An inve \raa t importance to theemployers of steam power °f en*3- on Thuraday> iQ the presence of a company Mvai?lnee/S' 8c^nt?^c men> an(l others concerned in the M CeQ°'.Inecbanical knowledge, at the engine factory ferovpm t1- H' lborn. The object of this im» ,;°3H8e 18 ? 6avinS in the expenditure of steam," and .51ueiitly in the proportionate consumption of fuel, Ilie ^8Snlt of the trial was eminently satisfactory. the B^0s" circumstance in connection with tbat the in?entor of this new engine (Mr Sent} Jj"er Cse3ar F. Franklin, junior) is a young the tender age of thirteen. His extreme Shcq or D°^ con'trad'cte(l by anything in his appear- v which are those of a quick, well-.edu- beajl 7°utb, whose natural intelligence, raised, as it has bY general studies, above the ordinary level, has *8 onl 0 obtrusive self-consciousness about it; and it when he grows warm in conversation on his fa- Cocit e —engineering —that his extraordinary pre- SQ-J dind shows itself in the confident language %ac °f manhood. As no hint had been given to Schooi f3 Franklin was young} even for a *ial|v .°y» lb0 surprise of each in turn, on being for- T?.tro^uce<i to the inventor,' was curious to cal Vfr13 explanation was concise and clear, practi- tiem l'„aoilt excess of technicality, and modestly pa- 1 questioning; for which ordeal, indeed, he have thoroughly prepared himself. The was a small horizontal two-cylinder a njne jnojj strojje> 0f four.horse power ^ctua'lltt lbis, being fed by a two-horse boiler, forked to its full capacity an eight-horse centrifugal pump, discharging 800 gallons of of011?11*6'- the steam to one side P^8to.n a vacnum is caused, without the l0D' •as low-pressure engines ft0 CUsbi°ns> of ordinary high-pressure engines /„ left n a*ay The opposite end of the cylinder B°^8 On^e?i! an<^ Pressure the atmosphere— y^a'h, V. e s5uarJ iQcb—forces the piston back ?^ive lrespective of this pressure, the saving of (.f^onatraf^1 exac^? one-half; and, in order to it V&Q e a<: *be same time the perfect existence tie V"Qura, aHd the completeness of its effect, »• ei8hti £ Was tlie<i with one Pi8ton orily) t0 work ^orse pump. A email pair of marine en- i,^ibi*e^ "if on ^be principle of this invention, were ?.0^ever 1 nQt worked. A mere 3ight of them, i!U's diao 8uo8ested the immense value of Mr Frank- i/0<1Eht °^ety to navigation for, if it be successfully Oh ^ost ? Practice, its effect will be to dispense til v ees w^'b any need of coaling stations °n j. °yages. We understand it is in contem- w °n thfi ^ran'; licences for the patent free of charge, Paf°C*e^ on aSreement that 10 per cent, of the saving eac'1 engiao shall acorue to the iayeaior and THE CASE OF RATTENING AT SHEFFIELD.—Messrs Ward and Payne, whose wheelbands were stolen because one of their grinders was in arrears with his contributions to the trade union, write to the editor of the Sheffield Daily 1 ele graph,;—'A meet- ing of the men was held this morning, when it was at once decided that the bands must be re- placed, the secretary being empowered to purchase new ones. In the meantime work has been resumed.' THE REFORM LEAGUE AND FENIANISM.—The West Bromwich branch of the Reform League met on Friday evening and passed a special resolution con- demnatory of the sympathy with Fenianism expressed at the recent meeting of the Central Council of the League in London. The resolution was adopted! unanimously: That, while fully sensible of the wrongs under which Ireland is suffering, and willing 1 .91 by all peaceful and lawful means to assist in their removal, we desire to express our utter abhorrence of the conduct of those members of the Central Council of the Reform League who, at their meeting on the 23rd inst, spoke in the encouragement of Fenianism, and-emphatically repudiate their sentiments as not only opposed to the spirit of true reformers, but also a. disgrace to civilisation.' AN INFANT KILLED BY ITS FATHER.—In Pandon, Newcastle-on-Tyne, a coal dealer, named John Drew, quarrelled with his wife in the evening of the 15th of the present month, when a blow, intended for the mother, fell upon the head of the child, which she held in her arms at the time. The father's fist struck the infant's skull and broke it. Drew was before the magistrates on Wednesday last, charged with having assaulted his wife. The child was alive then, I and was said to be quite out of danger. It died, however, on Thursday morning, and Drew was brought before the magistrates again, this time charged with having occasioned the death of his child. The case was remanded, bail being accepted. Mrs Drew said it was not entirely her husband's fault, inasmuch as she had given him provocation, and as for striking her infant, he had not the re- motest idea of doing that. FENIANISM.—It is amusing to bear how Fenians are! talked of in America. The New York Herald pretended to treat them seriously at one time. Now it calls them r terrible fellows in buckram poking the B itish lion in ;he sides,' A parody of the I grand army has been held n Jones's Wood. It is described as 'the last muster lnd bluster of thaferocious but funny Fenians.' The rIerald says: 'The organisation was represented by the isual set of gentlemen, gamins, poets, adventurers, fili- busters, saiuts, and sinners, who jump up like ajack-in- :he-tox whenever a policeman is beaten or a prisoner "escoed across the ocean.' But their race is run, says the Tleraid. With Archbishop Al'Cioskey and his clergy igainst them, their.raids on the hard earnings of their 3 jor and honest fellow-countrymen in New York have jeen effectually stopped. The authorities at Manchester lave taken careful precautions against. Fenian outrages luring the silting of the Special Commission. Besides ,he civil force, there will be 159 military on duty in the Sheriff's Court, and the adjoining rooms. In other owns protective measures continue to be taken. A de- achment of artillery, with two Armstrong field guns, las been sent to Bradford: Upwards of one hundred nen and four field gUlls have been located at Leeds. A letachment of the 15th Hussars and a battery of the Royal Artillery have arrived at Liverpool. The steamer Sova Scotia, which arrived from New York on Saturday, vas carefully searched before the passengers were per- mtted to land. A PIONEEK —A man has departed from among us whose name has not of late years been much heard," but who, With all bis faults, must be regarded us a great nan, singularly suited to the wants of the country for a ong time the leader of the mission, and through \"uode spirit of enterprise it mainly was that this island was fully occupied by missionaries. Henry William- late \rchdeacon of Paihai, was originally an officer in Her Majesty's service, and occupied the post of lieutenant on joard the Thames. Like his brother sailor, Nobbs, who, vith a solitary companion, sailed from South America tcross the Pacific to search for find labour among the in- habitants of Pitcairn's Isiand, he devoted his life to the sannibal barbarians of New Zealand, where he landed in he year 1823, having b:en ordained in the previous year, md having coma from Sydney in company with the venerated Samuel Marsden. Other missionaries had )een before Hemy Williams, but from his time the mis- ion assumed the aspect of a consolidated and steadily tdvancing work. His skill in navigation, his coolness, md his courage enabled him to visit in his boat all parts )f the island. Wherever a war was, there he was found n the midst of the hostile parties, allaying their resent- ments and promoting peace. The natives could not lomprehend Christianity, but they felt that there must je something noble in those influences that could impel ;bose men to undertake such journeys atul endure such hardships for their good. The name of 'missionary' became the most honoured in the land, and deputations were seat up from all parts of Paihai to beg for one of ;hese teachers. This point, however, was not reached ivithoutgreat struggles; and the little bark seemed often jn the point of foundering amid the angry clement; neither were their troubles of one kind: At one time an ittempt would be made to starve them into a consent to barter powder and guns for food; at another time the victors in some local conflict would rush upon the mission itation, and sweep off their goods a? spoil; and at another ;ime some imaginary affront would bring down a band )f naked savages upon the unsuspecting settlement. To protect themselves in some way, and to keep a body of lif-ciples around them, the missionaries used to encourage Ihe well disposed to live in the settlement, and these people assumed the appellation of 'whare kur¡¡.' (shool aouse.) These good men were most useful and faith- ful, and manfully withstood their own relatives when ihey made a descent for plunder. On one occasion the missionary in the middle of his sermon had to throw off lis surplice and sally forth with bis congregation to rescue lis goods, which were being swept away by a tau hostile band. Many and amusing were the scenes which 3n these occasions occurred. Tohitapu, a naked savage, gpl bedaubed with red ochre, encountered Henry William in :he attack just referred to. Henry was then in the vigour )f manhood, and possessed—what in those days was of ¡he utmost importance to a missionary—great physical sower. Tolill.; object was to carry off his spoil; Henry's :0 eject him from the enclosure without hurt or any sign )f blood—the sure signal of a deadly assault. It was, therefore, a case of wrestlingand draggling, and tho etJ- lurance and power of the European prevailed. On an- )ther occasion, a native had made his way into the missionary's bedroom, and was hastening away with a blanket, when his wife, Mrs Hamlin, coming out of mother door,-espied him. She rushed after him, caught him by his long hair, shut the door—herself on one eld- the native at the other—and held him there until her insband, also powerfnl, came and ejected him by the same process. These are their athletic triumphs; instances jf the reverse, however, are not few, and we could tell of ;he missionary's teeth being knocked in with a blow of :he fist for having rashly walked across a wahi, tapu Sacred place); of another, tripped up and laid on the Sat of his back and of a third, whose goods he had pro- iuced for barter-for food only could be obtained by barter in those days—taken away by violence, and he left aloae with his energetic remonstrances. Redress was out of the question. It was rough work, and the men were equal to it. Henry Williams laughed at dan- gers and despised hardships. It was nothing to him to wander for three months at a time in his boat on expedi- tions with those wild men, till at last' Knm wha (four eyes)-tbe name given because of his spectacles—was known in every part of the island. As might ba expected from his previous life, he was not a scholar, and troubled himsell little with books. Before the advent also of the settler his light paled, [oto the controversies of those early days it is not now the fit time to enter. The same dogged independent spirit reigned conspicuously through- out; and there are few now who will not admit Vnat, if he brought dorm upon himself the ill opinion of tha colonist, it was because of the strong ruling love for the race for 'whom he had done and suffered so much. He departed this life in peace on the 16th of July, at the ripe of seventy-five years. The burial took place on Friday, July 19. So deep was thQ vespeot in which he was held by the natives that the contending 'hapus' at Waimate agreed to suspend hostilies until after the burial of the venerable missionary,—Southern Cross (Auckland.) I RELIEF OF TUUSTEES AND EXECUTORS.—-There is a provision in the New County Courts Act which will enable trustees, executors, and others intrusted with .money and securities to transfer the same, where the amount does not exceed £500, to a Post Office Savings Bank, or to deposit the securities in the name of the registrar of a County Court. For the purposes of the Act, an extension of the powers given to the Coutt of Chancery under the Act for the relief of trustees is given to the County Courts. CONDENSING POWER (Jf THE LUNGS.—The Medical Times and Gazette says Dr. Richardson, in carrying out his researches on the bichloride of methyline, has been led into a new inquiry—as to the condensing power of the pulmonary surface for gases and vapours: He believes that all gases and vapours which enter the blood by the lungs are condensed by the pul- rnonary surface into a liquid slate- previous to absorption, and this physiological result hs-finds in curious accordance with the facts brought to light by Professor Graham on the condensation of gaaes by platinum and colloidal substances. If the-condensing power of the lungs be proved it will afford an explanation of some interesting and difficult physio- logical problems. PAUPERISE.—The monthly returns of tfre Poor Law Board are becoming rather more satisfactory. At the- end of August the number of paupers in receipt of relief in England-was 3.7 per cent more than at the corresponding period of 1868. In the southern, and much of the midland portion of the kingdom- the increase was inconsiderable; the metropolis* con- tinues to be an exception but there the increase over 1863 had declined at the end of August to 10 2 per cent. In Wales-the increase was as much as 6-2 per cent, in the north-western division (Lancashire and Cheshire) 4'6 per Gent, in Yorkshire 3'3 per cent, in the northern division 6'0 per cent. The absolute number of persons receiving relief in the metropolis at the end of the fourth week of August, 1867, is stated as 117,034 in all England and Wales, 871,5*2.' But to ascertain the entire amount of pauperism about 4 per cent should be added to these nambers., for returns not comprised in these monthly papers. '¡ LOSSES AT SEA.—A return has just been pub- lished by the statistical committee of Lloyd's, giving particulars of the wrecks and casualties which occurred in the half-year ending June 30th! 1-st, The number of casualties to ships, 5,525 to steamers. 500-total, 6)625., Number of ships missing, 64; steamers, 7—total,. 71. Total num- I- ber of ships abandoned, 228. steamers, 5-total, 233 of these 190 were totally lost. The number of collisions to ships, 80S steamers, 147-total, 955; of these 85 sunk. Sinking of vessels from other causes than collision, 281. Number of ships stranded, 1,483; steamers stranded, 126- total, 1,609. Cases of piracy, 3. Number of vessels burnt or on fire, 6;), ships; 5 steamers- total, 70. Cases of mutiny, sickness* casualties to crew, or refusing duty, 2DI. Ships water- logged, 11. Number of ships totally lost, 1,072; steamers, 37—total, 1,109: Crews saved, of ships, 503; of steamers, 17-total" £ 20 crews. Number of crews drowned,. 29. Number of lives lost as far as reported, 687. FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—There was a fearful accident to the mail from England to Paris on Sunday morning. Our correspondent sends us the following hurriedly written account About fourteen miles from Paris the train, which was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour, ran into an engine and tender which were coming from the direction of Paris. How this fatal piece of card J.SS&OSS was|permitled has yet to be-explained. The two engines met with a fearful crash, and broke into each other in such a manner as to look like a confused mass of iron. The first carriages were smashed to atoms, many passengers being killed, and others were fearfully bruised and shaken. The carriages furthest from the engh-e sustained but little damage. The accident took place about half past severe, and it was nearly ten before such of the injured persons as could bear removal reached their hotels in Paris and got me- dical aid. A great deal of suffering was caused by the impossibility of getting anything to drink, though there was a station only three hundred I yards off, but a couple of hours elapsed before even a drop of water could be obtained to moisten the lips of the wounded.—Pall Mall Gazette, I THE MURDERED SAILORS IN JAPAN.—A corres- pondent in Japan forwards the following, concerning the two unfortunate seamen of the Royal Navy, who were found murdered in the streets of Nagasaki, each by a single sword cut On the night of the 5 6th of August, two seamen of H.M.S, Icarus, on leave from their ship, lying in the harbour, were found dead in the streets of Ragasaki. The corpses lay in the gutter outaide a house of refreshment. They had been last seen alive at ten p.m. by some of their shipmates, when they were sober; and their corpses were discovered at one a.m. by the Japanese police. The murder would appear to have been effected in a systematic manner, on perfectly unre- sisting victims, who were most probably sleeping in a recumbent or semi-recumbent position, as the wound in each case was. single and in both cases similar. It was a clear incision, like a sword-cut, across the front of the neck and chest, passing obliquely down- wards from right to left, and almost severing the head from the trunk, so that death, must have been instantaneous; and, in fact, the bodies and hands bore no signs of struggling, and wese free from minor cuts and contusions.' There are only four sword cuts in modern English drill 1, diagonal, from right to left of swordsman 2, diagonal, from left to right: 3, horizontal, from right to left; 4, horizantal, from left to right. The fatal cut was No. 2 in both cases. FAILURE OF THE. WHALE FISHING.—On Thursday l morning the whaling vessels Erik, of London, and Esquimaux, of Dundee, arrived in the latter port from the whale fishing uiifortunately, they have been most unsuccessful. The Erik comes home clean, and the Esquimaux brings the produce of a single fish-some ten or twelve tons of oil. The firm to which the Erik belongs—Messrs Ajitony Gibbs and and Son, London-—have a fishing settlement at Exeter Sound, but during the last twelve months it has been most unproductive. A number of sea-horse and hears were captured, but these of course will not yield any very large sum. Three men and one woman died at the settlement. Although the whaling vessel Diana, Of Hull, was very near the settlement those resident there remained totally ignorant of her conditio^. Tnis is accounted for by the fact that the winter was an exceedingly thick one. The masters of the vessels report that the ship Tay, of Dundee, was oeset in the ice near Coutt's Inlet towards the end oJ. August, The vessel has not been seen since, and it is feared that the crew will have to endure all the horrors of a winter in these cold and inhospitable regions. Some of the other ships are expected soon, but a part of the fleet it is believed have gone to Cumberland Gulf, in order to still further prosecute the fishing. So far as is known at present only two whales have been caught by the whole fleet, and should there be no improvement at the close of the season the fishing will be the most unremunerative the Dundee companies have yet experienced, THE BEAVER AS AN ENGINEER,.—At the last meeting of the American Association for the advancement of Science, Mr L. H. Morgan, of Rochester, read an interesting paper says the AW York Tribune, on the habits of the beaver. Having made this animal the subject of study for several years, he was able to give many interesting facts regarding the extent of their operations. On the southern shore of Lake Superior, in Marquette Connty, he "found remains of long canals and dams constructed by them for the purpose of transporting their cuttings, consisting of trunks of trees two or three feet long, from the place where the trees had fallen to their lodges. Some of these canals were 300, 400, and even 500 feet long. They were generally three feet wide, with an average depth of three feet. In order to maintain a continuous depth of water, they made dams at certain distances, and followed the Chinese plan—to whom the lock was unknown—of drawing their cargo from one level to another. Mr Morgan has settled a long-disputed, point regarding species. From a- comparison of more than ore hundred skulls of American beavers, with four or five of European origin, he is enabled to state that both classes belong to the same family. A FAITHFUL DOG,-Amongst the numerous in4 stances of affection that are told of dogs, I never heard of one that touched me more than the follow- ing • About the end of the month of November, 1861, a shepherd arrived at the Kingstone Station with a handsome colly, dog, a beautiful creature, with long, glossy black hair, shaded off to a tan CFown a tail curling, over his back, long ears, and the peculiar sprightly eye, belonging to that kind of dog in particular. They are said to be of a treach- erous caste but this dear old fellow gave an example of love and devotion that is seldom met with even in dogs. His master, after looking about him for a time,, apparently waiting. for a train to proceed on his journey, suddenly seemed to remember some busi- ness that called him away, turned to the dog, and said, ¡. Lie down there, old fellow, till I come°back,' pointing under a form that was placed at the en- trance fff the station. The faithful creature did as he was-bid, stretching himself out with a resigned air, and turning upon his master a reproachful look at not being pprmitted to accompany him. Hour after hour passed, and still he looked and watched, never leaving the spot where he had been told to stay. nor turning his eyes from the door through, which he had seen his master the shepherd pass. The next day arrived and the next, still his master did not return; for a time the poor dog refused all nourishment; at length some thought, cr instinct, prompted him to run out at the sound of the coming train, and which he afterwards continued to do, as the different trains approached, only to return down- cast and disappointed, and fling himself with a great sigh under the farm, and still fixing his large loving eyes on the do-or, and steadily refusing all coaxing and endeavours to get him beyond. For not only the pollers but the regular passengers and all accuse tomed to see him there, felt such an interest in this faithful creature, that many were the persuasions made to break the chain of his memory and entice him from the spot. This continued for many months, till, one day in May, he appeared more than usually excited, and in making a sudden rush to meet a train, he lost his balance and fell over the platform he was run over and immediately killed, thus putting an end (almost to the joy of those who had daily noticed him) to the painful watchings and anxious expectations that must have made the life of this true hearted dog a daily misery and disappointment, and one that death only could relieve, for his master never appeared again, nor was it ever known what became of him, whether the shepherd left his poot dog purposely, or whether he was killed, or unable to return. It is to be hoped that the first of these suppositions is not true, for it would be difficult in- leed to believe that any one could wilfully deceive ind treat with ingratitude such a true and constant friend:-CorTespcmdcnt of the Chester Times. SUPPOSED REAPPEARANCE OF THE RINDERPEST.—- On Saturday a hurriedly convened but numerously lttended meeting was held at the Shire Hall, Nor- wich, Mr T. Beevor presiding, in consequence of the local inspector for the Eynsford hundred of Norfolk having reported what it is feared will prove a fresh outbreak of the rinderpest in that part of the county. I he local inspector's report was read as follows:- II was sent for to Colonel Custance's farm at Weston, m Wednesday, Oct. 23rd. I went to a meadow where there were twelve bullocks and one buli. I saw a bull which appeared to have symptoms of ;attle plague there was a discharge from the nose md eyes, and it was purging and off its feed. I had t isolated and saw it again next day, when the L, y symptoms showed themselves worse. I saw it again yesterday (Friday), and it was decidedly worse. the steward also showed me another of the same lot; t was discharging from the nose and purging, and it ;taggered a great deal. I sent for my brother and Mr Wells. The second beast died yesterday or last light the first beast attacked was shot by me this Saturday) morning. I helped to make a post mortem examination of the beast which died, and the symp- :oms developed were, in my opinion, those of the :altle plague. I have consulted my brother, who is )f the same opinion.' It appeared from the state- ment drawn up by Mr Smith, veterinary surgeon, Norwich, that Mr Hayes, an Irish dealer, brought :rom Wexford, in Ireland, 120 oxen, via, Liverpool ind Peterborough to Norwich. They did not leave ;he trucks until they arrived at Norwich. On the LIth of October they, were landed at Liverpool; on he 12th they were in Norwich market, and 90 were sold to parties in Norfolk, some to Colonel Custauce, imotig others. The beasts attacked last week, as ilrer.dy stated, formed part of the lot pu-chased by? Col. Castance. J he 29 beasts which were brought ':Iy." Mr Hayes to Y orwich and not sold were removed oy him to St Ives. Of the 120 beasts brought froax Ireland 119 were thus accounted for, and Mr Hayes says that the odd beast was left behind by mistake at Edgehill, Liverpool, and that it was afterwards sent by train to St Ives by his order. The 120 beasts were inspected at Wexford and again at Liverpool on. the 10th of October, and were reported healthy. Some conversation took place, the speakers being Mr E. Howes, M.P., the Earl of Kimberley, Lord Bury, and other gentlemen. Mr Wells, the veterinary sur- geon mentioned in the local inspector's report, stated that he had been to Weston, and he thought the local inspector had acted quite correctly. The cases in question were, in fact, two of the most suspicious cases he had ever seen, at the same time there wag an absence of one or two of the usual symptoms. H3 had preserved some of the remains, in order that they might be further examined if the Privy Council de- cided on sending any gentleman down specially. If the cases in question were really cases of cattle plague, the matter would not rest where it now stood; at the same time cases of gastric fever sometimes dis- played symptoms resembling those of the cattle plague. He had also seen bullocks exhibit peculiar symptoms after they had been put on mangolds, and had eaten them ravenously. On the motion of Mt. E. Howes, M.P., the meeting requested the chairman to ask the Privy Council to send an inspector down to further inquire into the matter. The locality in question will also be declared provisionally an in- fected place under the Contagious Diseases Animus 1 Act, 1867.