The Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser

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BREAK OUT OF THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN IRELAND. The Dublin Evening Mail has the followingFor us, in Ireland, the appearance of the cattle plague in the county of Down is a more serious matter than the imminence of a European war, or the monetary panic. The banking disturbance has brought us no disaster, and it is satisfactory in the highest degree to find that, with many temptations tol ure them on, our capitalists have not been drawn into the vortex of gaming specu- lation. We are now invaded, however, by an enemy really formidable. It is no mock Fenian attack we are called upon to resist, but a pest which, if not checked, may 'produce the most lamentable conse- quences. At the latter end of March there was a fair held some few miles from Drennan, which was largely attended by English and Scotch dealers who came over to buy strippers, springers, and other kinds of cattle. Many of these men came from infected dis- tricts in Great Britain. They, being principally strangers, were unknown at the ports of arrival, and, consequently, had not their clothing exposed to the disinfecting process. It is thought that they brought the infection of cattle plague with them, and that, although they did not visit the district in which the disease, it appears, broke out seven days subsequently, they came in contact with some of its farming in- habitants who also attended the fair, and this imparted the infection to the clothing of the latter, who, in their turn, after their arrival home, infected the cattle. There has fortunately been no time lost in dealing with the Irish cases of plague. The locality in which it has broken out is the townland of Drennan, in the parish of Drumbo, in the county of Down, and the fatal attacks have occurred on three farms adjoining each other. The occupiers did not know what the malady was, and eight deaths took place before a Scotch stockowner, then in the neighbourhood, saw the cattle, and declared the nature of the disease. On Sunday the Government Inspector was telegraphed for, and on his arrival preparations were immediately made for destroying the beasts affected. On Monday morning several animals had been killed and buried as the Orders in Council direot, a cordon had been drawn round the district, and constables stationed at every necessary point. All premises, doors, gates, and sheds were disinfected; and by this time every animal in the district has been branded, to denote that it belongs to a locality inspected. A descriptive census and valuation of all the stock within the district will also be taken; and it is to be hoped that the prompt- ness and completeness of these measures may have the effect of confining the disease to the spot where it has broken out. All those processes are founded in pru- dence, and will, we trust, prevent an alarm which might produce the worst consequences. There is cause for excessive caution, not for panic. It is possible that, under the blessing °J Providence, the plague may not extend the small district where it rages; and that the authorities may be acquitted of all respon- sibility for anything that may follow we hope the Executive Government will act with vigour, will duly impress all subordinates with a sense of the duty im- posed upon them, and cast aside embarrassing formali- ties which might interfere with the effort at extirpation. The public, of all classes, in the affected locality have also their duty to perform. The fight with the disease is one in which every individual has an interest, and should bear whatever part is possible for him. At the same time we must say that we do not concur in the opinion of a morning contemporary that it would be wise to enoourage a stampede of towards the in- fected place. It would be dinicult to contrive a plan less likely than that would be to obtain useful practical information, or more likely to produce mischievous excitement, and even to spread the disease. Professor Ferguson has been charged with the superintendence of preventive measures by the Government, and we believe he is at least as campetent as any to her veterinary surgeon to perform the duty assigned to him. To interfere capriciously with his authority would be to ensure the failure of his plans.

It is understood that the retirement of the Right Hon. Dr. Luahington, judge of the Admiralty Court, will take place as soon as he has delivered judgment in the Banda and Kir wee prize case, which lmgy be now shortly expected to be given. The Black Ball packet Young England, lust arrived from Sydney, has brought home a tre- mendous specimen of the saurian tribe, which, is the opinion of Australian savans, is more closely allied to the extinct reptilia of the pre-Adamite a?a than any living animal yet discovered. It inhabited the uitsx- plored interior of Queensland, near the source of tbe Fitzroy River.

1 1 TOWN TALK:; BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, --+-- Our wdm wtJl wuterstand that ice do not hold OWMJWS reepcm tiilefor our able Correspondent's opiniond. ONE Derby Day is so like another, that it is very nearly impossible to say anything novel about it. I The scene by road and rail is pretty much the same every year, while on the course itself there J is the same eating, drinking, swearing, flirting, I betting, singing, dancing, giving away tracts, wearing "jolly noses, assaulting aunt Sally, and pocket-picking. Yet an event of such interest to all classes, from the peer to the postboy, demands a few words of notice. The special characteristics of this year's Derby were that the first, second, and third horses were all sons of Stockwell, and that a Welcher was assaulted. Lord Lyon won in two minutes and forty-nine seconds, being some seconds more than Kettledrum, Caractacus, Blair Athol, and Gladiateur took to complete the journey. The Bribery colt was second, and Rustic third, making three sons of Stockwell out of Paradigm, Bribery, and Village Sun, respectively. The unlucky "Welcher," to whom I have referred, was detected by the other professional betting men in the ring, was assaulted in the most savage manner, beaten, and kicked, and turned out on to the heath, bleeding from his wounds and almost stark naked. All this took place before the eyes of Sir Richard Mayne, the Chief Commissioner of Police, and hundreds of policemen, yet it was not till the poor wretch had been maltreated in the way desciibed, that two of the peelers rescued him. The day was fine, that is to say, it did not rain; until half-past one there was no sunshine, but about that time a few beams came forth to gladden the souls of the fair ladies there assembled, who, doubtless, as a contemporary has observed, mur- mured low in their own hearts, "'Tis well for me that I bethought me to put on my pink bonnet and gorgeous array, for my bronzed boots gleam in the sunshine, and my parasol has the colours of a dozen rainbows, and the men stare, and I am content." IT is understood that the present venerable and distinguished Judge of the Admiralty Court will retire from the bench as soon as. he has delivered judgment in the long pending and very important case of the Kirwee prize money. Sir Stephen Lushington has had a long and brilliant career. He was one of the leading antagonists of the slave trade, was counsel to the ill-fated consort of the" first gentleman in Europe," Queen Caroline, was the adviser of Lady Byron in her dispute with her poet jhusband, and has been concerned, in one way and another, with most of the causes celebres whiclr have for years come before a court of justice. An able contemporary points out that the retirement of.Sir Stephen Lushington furnishes the opportunity of carrying out a very consider- able judicial reform. By the present arrangement, the Judge of the Admiralty Court (who is also Dean of the Arches) has, comparatively speaking, very little to do; while the Judge Ordinary of the Divorce Court is overwhelmed with work of a very dirty kind. Between -these three courts there is a bond of union, in the fact that they are all, to some extent, regulated by the procedure and prin- ciples of the civil law. By uniting them, under some such title as the Civil Law Court, the defects of the present system would not only be got rid of, but a great- improvement would be effected. In- stead of having one judge in each court deciding important [questions of international law, and another judge in the other court deciding on equally important questions affecting the pro- perty arid happiness of individuals, we should have a strong court dealing with these questions, whose decisions would command more respect, on the principle that "two heads are better than one." If a third judge were appointed, then the circuits could be so re-arranged as to make Bir- mingham an assize town, in the same way that Manchester and Leeds have recently been bene- fited. AT a meeting of the General Medical Council a rather startling statement was read, the other day, from the Medical Directors of the Navy. From this paper I learn that during the past year twenty-five candidates presented themselves for examination for assistant-surgeoncies in the navy; twelve passed and nine were rejected. Less than half of those who passed are described as "good." The majority of those rejected were utterly ignorant of Latin, in which language they are expected to prescribe; some knew nothing whatever of anatomy and surgery; and two were so ignorant of medi- T cines and their properties that it would have been dangerous to have passed them into the j navy." They all held diplomas from authorised medical colleges, and are now at large among the civil population with their "licences to kill." This official statement proves, what I happen to know from other sources, that the present system of I medical education in this country is radically de- fective. With the exception of the examinations I at the London University, and the College of Phy- sicians, all the other examinations are more or less a farce, generally worse, when considered as a means or thoroughly testing a candidate's know- ledge of his profession. t I AM glad to see that Mr. Vivian, after the Whit- suntide holidays are over, is to petition the Queen to issue a Royal Commission to thoroughly investi- gate the "coal question;" to ascertain as far as possible the exact quantity uncocsumed; whether there is any probability of new supplies being dis- covered whether coal is wasted, and if so, whether tnere shall be any legislation to prevent it. AN ambassador from China, with a numerous suite, is now in London. He is the first ambassador we have received from that country, and ti, e event is therefore of great importance, as showing that the policy of seclusion hitherto persevered in by the Celestials has been abandoned in favour of the more sensible practice of mutual intercourse between nations. CO-OPERATIVE societies are all the rage just now, and in London it is contemplated that every large establishment will have co-operative stores j at which they can obtain consumable goods at wholesale prices. Mr. "Tom Brown" Hughes—as he is called—made an excellent speech at Man- Chester upon this subject, which has evidently made an impression upon persons' mi ads he i ..advocates the partnership of industrious working men in every branch of trade. Talking of tMe, I in my rambles the other day, walking up Tottenham-court-road, I saw a erowd of per- sons assembled around a shop-window. This I found to be "The Hasluck Co-operative Watch Association." The value of this insti- tution, I discovered, was to supply working men with a watch at the cheapest possible price, and on the most easy terms. Whatever money instal- ments are paid in the depositor receives interest upon the same as he would do at the savings' banks, and when there is anything like I tangible security the watch can be obtained I before the money is paid. One man was looking with admiration upon his chronometer, and ad- vising his friend to do as he had done. Since I have had this," he said, I've saved 5s. a week, because I always know what time it is, and there's no half and quarter hours deducted as there used to be. These ain't like your Ifuriners;' its all English make, and goes to the minute, and they warrant it for six years." I WILL conclude this letter with a few items of i miscellaneous news. It is said that Kelly, the champion of the Thames, is about to retire at the end of the present season. Another fight for the championship of the prize ring has been arranged to come off somewhere, but the whereabouts is kept "dark." There is some talk of the Post- office buying up the metropolitan electric tele- graphs now in the hands of companies, and werking them for the benefit of the public at a cheaper rate. The tablets intended to commemo- rate Thackeray, the great novelist, and Leech, the great artist, have been completed, and will be put up in the Charter-house School, where they both received their education, and which the former has so pleasingly described in many of his works, but in none so well as in "The Newcomes." Z.

THE ALEXANDRA SALOON STEAMSHIP Alarming rumours were current in London last evening of an appalliog ace-ident which was said to have befallen this ship. She was known to have left Fresh Wharf in the morning with more than two thou- sand passengers, and when it was reported that she had sunk oif'Deptford with more than fifteen hundred people on board, the consternation which was felt may be more easily imagined than described. Hundreds of parsons, many of whom had relatives who had sailed in the ship, came to Fresh Wharf to make inquiries, and the watchman bad a busy night of it in replying to all who sought information. To all, the comfortable as- surance was returned that the ship had arrived safely, and had landed all her passengers without the slightest untoward accident to her herself or freight. It ap- peared that when passing Deptford, the swell of the ship, heavily laden as she was and travelling at great speed, had proved too much for the sea-going qualities of a barge laden with corn, which was unfortunately too close to her wake. The barge sank but the crew on board of her were rescued from the sudden danger with which they had been threatened, and landed in safety after a short immersion. Thus there is no truth in the report of a horrible catastrophe, which we fear has been so widely spread in a short time as to cause no small amount of distress and alarm to many persons. » —

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AT PUTNEY. At the Wandsworth Police-court, on Tuesday morn- ing J. Cushion, of 2, College-street, Wandsworth-lane, Putney, was charged with attempting to murder her husband, Henry Cushion, by cutting his throat with a razor. The following is a copy of the declaration made by the injured man in the presence of the Hon. E. B. Wriottesley, one of the justices of the peace for the county of burrey, and the prisoner, at the Wands- worth Police-station this morning:- I, Henry Cushion, of No. 2, College-street, Putney, declare that about eleven o'clock p.m. I went home and found the door locked, and I got in at the window and lay down on the bed and went to sleep, and when I awoke I was bound with both hands and feet and my throat cut. I saw my wife standing over me. I found a nasty cut in my throat, and mv wife said, 'Make it up, my dear, and lock me up and transport me.' I said, 'I won't, I want to get out of your sight.' The woman present is my wife. She done it. so help my God. (Signed) The case created considerable interest, the court and yard leading to it being crowded with persons from the neighbourhood. Albert Charles Tuck, a young man living at Point Pleasant, Wandsworth, said he was returning from Putney about 12 o'clock last night when he was told that a man had gone along with hia throat cut. Witness walked on, and saw a man and woman lying in the middle of the road. The prisoner was the female, and she was on the top of the man, who was bleeding from the throat. The prisoner was crying. Witness asked what was the matter, and the man said his throat was out, and that his wife had done it, and that the, woman was his wife. The prisoner made no answer. Witness picked him up, and brought him to the station as well as he could. Mr. Ingham: Is the man able to attend ? Inspector Usher: No, sir; he is in the infirmary at the Wandsworth Workhouse, and not expected to live. The inspector was then sworn, and stated as followsBetween twelve and one o'clook this morn- ing I was sent for to the station. On arriving there I found the injured man in the reserve-room with his throat out. Dr. Winslow, the police divisional surgeon, who had been previously sent for, was attending him. The Hon. Mr. Wriottesley, soon afterwards attended, and took the injured man's de- olaration. The magistrate was sent for by the advice of t,he surgeon. The man was not sworn, but he made the statement, and it was afterwards read over to him. The prisoner cried and sobbed bitterly. I charged her with attempting to murder her husband by cutting his throat with a razor. After a pause she said, "Yes." She gave me the latch-key of the street door, and said I should find the razor on the top of two boxes in the bedrocan. She asked me to fetch a dress and several other articles, which I did. I went to the place and found the razor as described. It was covered with blood. Mr. Ingham: Was it wet ? Inspector Usher: No, the blood was dry, as I found the razor two hours after the occurrence. I found the bed covered with blQod. I also found a rope tied across the bed two er three times. This is the rope (pro- ducing it). It is steeped in blood. I traced blood on the handles of the locks of the doors, and also on the way from Putney to Wandsworth. Mr. Ingham (to the prisoner): Have you any ques- tions to put to the officer ? Prisoner (who was crying): No, sir. Mr. Ingham then ordered the prisoner to be put back, for him to go to the infirmary to take her hus- band's deposition.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE INFORMER WARNER. Capture of the Assassin. A desperate attempt to assassinate Warner, the in- former who gave evidence against the Fenians at the Cork bpecial Commission, was made early on Monday morniog at Houth, by a returned Confederate soldier. Warner is in a most dangerous state. It appears that the would-be assassin struck Warner with a dagger in the neck, inflicting a deep wound. A scuffle ensued, in which the assailant was deprived of hia coat and succeeded in getting off. The coat contained; a six- barrel revolver, each chamber of which was loaded with two balls. Soon afterwards the police succeeded in arresting a man named O'Connor, who was in America for seven years. He gave hia name as Lurney, but was identified as James O'Connor, who had attacked Warner. He has been fully committed for trial. The prisoner answers in every particular the description given in the police notice of Kearney, who is charged with the musrder of Constable O'Neill, sand the police believe he is :;he same pessoE.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. CAPTURE OF A BRITISH SCHOONER BY THE FENIANS. NEW YORK, MAY 5. The schoane Friend, with a party of Fenians, left Eastport, ostensibly for Portland, on Tuesday night, On the following morning she raised the flag of the Irish Republic, and captured and took possession of the British schooner Wentworth. The crew of the Friend afterwards scuttled that vessel, and transferred themselves to the W-entworth. The Federal steamer Winooski was sent in pursuit, and overhauled the Wentworth, but, deceived by her name and appeat. ance, allowed her to proceed. After an unavailing search for the Friend the Winooski returned to East- port yesterday. The Fenian Senate is now in session at New York. The funds of both factions are reported to be nearly exhausted. For the present all receipts are entirely suspended. The Fenian prisoners at Cornwall Canada, have been committed for trial at the fall assizes. Colonel Wheeler, arrested as a Fenian, has testified against the prisoners. A serious riot has occurred at Memphis, originating in the attempt of a party of negro soldiers to prevent the police from making an arrest. Fighting ensued between the police, aided by the citizens, and the negroes, and continued during Wednesday and Thurs- day. One policeman and 15 negroes were killed, and a large number wounded. Several school-houses and 30 or 40 negro dwellings were burnt. Both branches of the Tennessee Legislature have passed a bill disfranchising all engaged in the late re- bellion. A convention is in session at Knoxville, to ooB' sider the project of making East Tennessee a separate State. Mrs. Davis had an interview with her husband at Fortress Monroe. She was accompanied by her daughter, and they still remain at the fortress. The total national debt of the United States waS officially announced to be, on May 1st, 2,827,000,000 dols. There were 76 millions in gold and 65 millions in currency in the Treasury. The cholera in the New York quarantine has assumed a very mild form. There were 103 oases on board the hospital vessels on Thursday, and there had been UO deaths for two days. The cabin passengers in the England and Virginia have been permitted to proceed on their journeys. Two cases of, and one death frovat cholera occurred within the city limits, but it is not expected that the disease will spread. John Ross, a broker of New York, having forged cheques to the amount of 350,000 dols., absconded oC Thursday with the money. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MAY 15. The note by which Prussia summons Hanover to explain her warlike preparations threatens that king' dom with military occupation, and demands that the Hanoverian Government shall observe the strictest neutrality. In ministerial circles the expediency is being can" vassed of immediately proclaiming the constitution ol Germany of 1849 as voted by the German parliament. It is asserted that Prussia has verbally replied in a confidential manner to the Austrian note of the 2tb April, declaring her readiness to enter into negotia- tions with Austria, with a view to the cession of itol- stein to Prussia on the basis of the Gastein convec- tion. The King of Prussia's reply to the autograph letter of the Czar has been forwarded to St. Petersburg' The correspondence which has taken place between the two sovereigns is believed te have been connected with a creation of a Duchy of Warsaw; and it declared that the Czar has not interfered in favour ol peace VIENNA, MAT, 15. Complete bodies of Austrian troops have been sent forward from Vienna to the north since the 11th inst., and the strategic concentration of troops upon the Prussian frontier has thereby commenced. The arm? and corps staffs are formed. -The arrival of MarshaJ Benedek in this city is confirmed. An Imperial deoree has been issued to-day, securing perfect immunity ffona capture at sea to merchant vessels belonging to nations with which Austria may be at war, provided sucfe nations will adopt a reciprocal course. This arrange* ment, however, will not extend to vessels carrying contraband of war, or which may have attempted to force an effective blockade. Rumours are current that efforts are being made to bring about a compromise between Austria sud Prussia, and that it has been resolved not to ooH" mence hostilities until these efforts shall have provèd unsuccessful. These rumours, however, are inj pC way authenticated. II VENETIA. MILAN, MAY 15. Intelligence received here from Venetia announo00 that many Austrian artillerymen have been sent into that province since the 10th inst. Regiments of Croats continue to arrive 60,000 axe expected altogether, and will be echelonned from Friouli to Padua. The garrison of Venice is to be raised to 24,000 wen. Gunboats have been stationed and many torpedoes sunk before the mouth of the channels of the Lido, the forts on which have been mined. GERMANY AND ITALY. PARIS, MAY 17. The Constitutionnel of to-day publishes an article pointing out the serious nature of the differences W tween Austria, Prussia, and Italy, and says The neutral Powers eould neither induce either of the different parties to concede the demands of the other, nor usefully recommend to them the main- tenance of the status quo- They might, however, find some middle course which would admit of a settlement of conflicting pretensions, It is by compromises that conflicts between State and S tate are beet settled without leaving that hostile feeling which would soon lead to fresh conflicts." MOVEMENTS OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS IS HOLSTEIN. r_, ALTONA, MAY 17. Austrian heavy war trains in Holstein hft*e been ordered to move in a southern direction. THE PROPOSED EUROPEAN CONGRESS. BERLIN, MAY 17. It is believed in diplomatic quarters that France has not yet made any official proposal for the assembly of a congress. Overtures to that effect are, howevers considered probable. Prussia is not adverse to the assembly of a congreest with the reservation that preliminary negotiations should take place upon the programme to be adoptea- Hanover has, it is stated, undertaken to maintaill an absolute neutrality for the present. BRUSSELS, MAT 17. The Ind&pendance Beige of to-day publishes a teie- gram from London, dated the 16th instant, announc- ing that the French ambassador at the Court of st. James proposed to the English Government on the 9th of May that the programme of the projected congress should be limited to three points—namely, Venetia; Schleswig-Holstein, and also German Federal Reform* in as far as the latter question affects the European equilibrium. At the conference of the delegates of the Middle States which took place at Bamberg on Monday last:, the most peaceful sentiments were expressed, and a positive understanding was arrived at to mediate be- tween the two great German Powers. THE ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS. FLORENCE, MAY 17. A circular of the Minister of War relative to the organisation of the volunteers has been published to- day. The twenty battalions specified by the Royal decree will form ten regiments. ♦-