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Society, that her Majesty’s Minister at Dresden reports, in a despatch 
received this day, that ‘ at this moment the only existing cattle disease 
iu Saxony is of the horns ; that of the lungs, called in Freneh “ Epizootie,” 
does not now exist.’ 
“I am, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, 
“ Shelburne. 
“ J. Hudson, Esq.” 
“Eoreign Office; March 30, 1857. 
“Sir, — I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you, to 
be laid before the President and Committee of the Royal Agricultural 
Society, copies of telegraphic despatches from her Majesty’s Consuls at 
Danzig and Stettin, stating that the murrain does not exist amongst the 
cattle in the neighbourhood of those cities. 
“ I am, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, 
“ E. Hammond. 
“ Jas. Hudson, Esq.” 
“ From Consul St. Plaw to the Earl of Clarendon, dated Danzig, 
March 29, 1857. 
“No information to give as to cattle disease has at all appeared in this 
neighbourhood, it having been confined to East Prussia and Lithuania. The 
authorities here have in no case been called upon to give any directions or 
instructions.” 
“ From, Consul Blackwell to the Earl of Clarendon, dated Stettin, 
March 29, 1857. 
“ Murrain does not prevail here. Regulations against it rescinded. 
Full account of disease given in my despatch of May 30, 1856. 
(Signed) “Blackwell.” 
“ Foreign Office ; March 30, 1857. 
“ Sir, — I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you, to 
be laid before the President and Committee of the Royal Agricultural 
Society, copies of despatches from her Majesty’s Consuls at Warsaw and 
Konigsberg, reporting on the cattle disease. 
“ I am, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, 
“E. Hammond. 
“Jas. Hudson, Esq.” 
“Warsaw; March 9, 1857. 
“My Lord, — I have the honour to report to your lordship that the 
cattle disease, which has caused such ravages in the farms of the land- 
holders in this kingdom, is still prevalent, though not, so. far as I can 
understand, so much so as it was during the autumn. Within the last 
fortnight a gentleman of my acquaintance lost nearly every beast he pos- 
sessed in the neighbourhood of Warsaw. The infection is so virulent that 
it is said a farm servant, who has been in attendance on sick cattle, may 
carry it in his clothes, and impregnate other beasts with the fatal dis- 
temper. The measures adopted to stop the spread of the disease are very 
summary, the most indiscriminate slaughter of the beasts affected being 
ordered and carried out. In Prussian Poland, where a more stringent 
execution of these measures has been enforced than has been the case in 
this country till a late date, it is said that the evil has been nearly, if not 
wholly overcome. I am not aware whether an exportation of cattle takes 
place from Dantzic for the British ports. If there should be such a trade, 
it might be advisable to subject all beasts imported either from that town or 
