272 ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
“Lubeck; Feb. 20, 1857. 
“ Sir, — I have to report that in consequence of the murrain described in 
my despatch of May 30, 1856, having again broken out in Mecklenburgh, 
the Lubeek Government, by a senatorial decree published this day have re- 
newed the decree of May 14, 1856, prohibiting the entry of horned cattle 
into the Lubeek territory from the Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and 
Mecklenburg- Strelitz, unless they are certified by the competent authorities 
to be entirely free from the disease. 
“ I have, &c., 
(Signed) “ J. A. Blackwell. 
“ Colonel Hodges.” 
“Foreign Office, March 10, 1857. 
“ Sir, — I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you, to 
be laid before the President and Trustees of the Agricultural Society, a 
copy of a despatch from her Majesty’s Minister at Berlin, relative to the 
disease in cattle. 
“ I am, sir, your most obedient servant, 
Shelburne. 
“ J. Hudson, Esq., Agricultural Society.” 
“Berlin; March 6, 1857. 
“My Lord, — Having observed that mention has been made in the 
House of Commons of the rapid spreading of the cattle disease, I have the 
honour to report to your lordship that according to the latest accounts re- 
ceived here, it does not appear to have crossed the Russian frontier; but 
alarm has been caused by its ravages in the neighbourhood of Tauroggen. 
Precautionary measures have been taken by the Prussian authorities to en- 
deavour to arrest its advance into this kingdom. 
“ I have, &c., 
(Signed) “Bloomfield. 
“ The Earl of Clarendon.” 
“Foreign Office; March 23, 1857. 
“ Sir, — I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you, for 
the information of the President and Trustees of the Royal Agricultural 
Society, an extract of a despatch from her Majesty’s Minister at Brussels, 
relative to epidemic diseases among horned cattle in Belgium. 
“ I am, sir, your most obedient humble servant, 
“ Shelburne. 
“ The Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society.” 
[Extract from Lord Howard de Walden’s Despatch, No. 44.] 
“On receipt of your lordship’s despatch, No. 33, of the 14th inst., re- 
specting epidemic disease among horned cattle, I immediately made inqui- 
ries as to the existence in Belgium of the disease referred to. I am as- 
sured by one of the principal veterinary authorities in thh country that at 
this moment the only complaint which is at all prevalent is an affection of 
the hoof, which is easily cured by cleanliness and the use of astringents ; 
that the disease called peripneumonia, which at times has caused such 
ravages amongst the cattle in Belgium, though occasionally appearing, has 
not at present anything of the character of an epidemic.” 
“Brussels; March 27, 1857. 
“My Lord, — With reference to my despatch. No. 44, of the 20th inst., 
in which I transmitted to your lordship a copy of the Arrete of May 22, 
1854, 1 have now the honour to add one of the first copies of a work which 
