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The Cattle Epidemic. 
Independently of upwards of thirty valuable cows belonging 
to the crown, and to H. R. H. Prince Albert, which have recently 
died from the prevailing disease, a number of Scotch beasts in 
Windsor Great Park have also been attacked, and no less than 
seventeen have died. Although there are cattle from various parts 
of the kingdom all grazing together in the Great Park at Wind- 
sor/ the only description of beasts which have been attacked are 
those which were bred in Scotland. — Daily News. 
*** Inquiries on our part confirm, in the main, the truth of this 
statement. It appears, in the whole, that the Crown, whose pro- 
perty the cattle ranging the Great Park at Windsor are, have been 
attacked with the disease, of which some have died; and that they 
have since sold off the remainder of their stock to get rid, if 
possible, of the destructive murrain. Another proof the disease 
is not contagious. — Ed. Yet. 
It appears that a fatal distemper has for some time prevailed 
among the cattle in several villages in the immediate neighbour- 
hood of Gainsborough. We are given to understand that one 
gentleman, at Bole, has lost the whole of his stock, and that seve- 
ral others had suffered injury, but not to the same extent. At Lea, 
the ravages of the disease have been equally severe. One of the 
farmers has lost, at different times, nineteen head; others have had 
their losses, but not to the same amount. Some of the farmers 
feeling the alarm, and fearing future disasters, have, it is said, 
nearly resolved on disposing of all their cattle. — Nottinghamshire 
Journal. 
An epidemic disease among the cattle has lately made its 
appearance in the Bas-Rhin. In the commune of Croix four 
horses have died of it. A. M. Yallaumier, after having made the 
autopsy of one horse, had the imprudence to lance a blister which 
he had on his upper lip with an instrument that he had used in the 
above operation upon the horse. The consequence was, an inflam- 
mation, of which he died on the following day in frightful agonies. — 
Morning Chronicle. 
Cruelty to Calves. 
Marlborough-street. — Henry Holt, calf-dealer, Colebrook, was 
summoned by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 
for cruelly and wantonly torturing several calves. The summons 
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