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it was reported to him there were fifteen cows which 

 had been ordered by the Government officer to be 

 destroyed at the Bricklayers' Arms Station, and then 

 to be buried. The animals were accordingly destroyed 

 by the men in the employ of Mr. George Nicholls, 

 the proprietor of the yard in question ; and from Mr. 

 Nicholls he had learned that, instead of the carcases 

 of the animals being buried, they were carted through 

 the parish of St. George's to Mitcham, where they 

 were boiled down, and brought back through the 

 parish of St. Mary, Newington, in the shape of cats'- 

 meat. He (Mr. Ebsworth) felt it his duty to come 

 before the magistrate with this complaint, especially 

 when the cattle plague was so prevalent. He had a 

 right to inquire upon what grounds the carcases had 

 not been disposed of on the spot where they had been 

 slaughtered, instead of being carted through the 

 parish he represented, in a way calculated to spread 

 the infection. He could not but regard this as a 

 most iniquitous proceeding, and he attended with a 

 view to prevent a repetition of the practice. Mr. 

 Frederick T. Stanley presented himself, and said that 

 he was a member of the Koyal College of Veterinary 

 Surgeons. He had been appointed an inspector of 

 cattle under the orders issued by the Privy Council. 

 Within the district there were no means of burying 

 the carcases of the diseased and condemned animals, 

 and in the instance referred to they could not have 

 been buried in the cowshed. It was impossible to 

 bury the carcases in the London districts, and hence 

 they were sent to the knacker's yard, where it was 

 supposed they would be disposed of. Mr. Ebsworth : 



