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Mayor, and strongly advocated the necessity of having 

 the hospitals speedily established. 



Mr. Rudkin called the attention of Mr. Wadding- 

 ton to the fact that the day before there were fourteen 

 diseased cows seized at the slaughterhouse of the 

 Cattle Market, which had been sent there from the 

 cowsheds of the metropolis. He argued that this in 

 itself was a proof that the Order in Council, as at 

 present carried out, was insufficient to prevent diseased 

 cows from being sent from the cowsheds by their 

 owners to be slaughtered for human food. 



Mr. Waddington, who listened very attentively to 

 the whole of the statements, said he would take an 

 early opportunity of communicating with Sir George 

 Grey upon the subject. In the first instance, how- 

 ever, he wished the deputation to forward to him their 

 views in writing, and these also would be transmitted 

 to the Home Secretary. 



The deputation promised to comply with the sug- 

 gestion, and thanked Mr. Waddington for the courtesy 

 with which he had received and the patience with 

 which he had listened to them. 



YORKSHIRE. The plague has extended to this dis- 

 trict. The cases reported, however, are extremely 

 few, and precautions are being taken which it is hoped 

 may stop the further progress of the disease. On 

 Tuesday a meeting of the Yorkshire Medical Veteri- 

 nary Society was held at Leeds, and the question was 

 discussed in all its bearings. It was stated that four 

 cases had occurred in Leeds, and the disease has also 

 appeared in the Skyrack division of the Riding. The 

 general result of the discussion was, that members of 



