Distemper Plagues Cattle. Six-Week Slaughter Suspension
On November 16 in Offend the horned cattle distemper persists in the area. Authorities have ordered a six week halt on slaughter of the sick cattle as a trial measure to curb the outbreak.
19 Nov 1771
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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 19, 1771
Page
1
On November 16 in Offend the horned cattle distemper persists in the area. Authorities have ordered a six week halt on slaughter of the sick cattle as a trial measure to curb the outbreak.
A Gloucestershire gentleman near the Banks of the Severn reaped 700 Winchester barley from 12 acres this year. The crop is described as remarkably clean with scarcely any weed and the grain deemed first quality after threshing. Feed was imported from Hampshire.
Shipping news lists arrivals from Malaga Alicante Newfoundland and other ports with vessels such as Speedwell Ceres Argo Fortitude's Success Swan and many more. It records departures for Cadiz Lipari Jersey Bristol and Oporto and notes ships and captains along with destinations and ports like Scarborough Scarborough and Jersey.
A dated Cadiz despatch reports the Vera Cruz arriving from the Falklands with claims that English ships sought to seize the island or Port Egmont. An Irish sailor in Spanish service alleges delays and secrecy, while the letter urges publication in papers to warn the public and inform ministers. Additional details await the next post from Captain Poore Williams aboard Astive bound for Barbadoes.
A London dated letter from Ferrol Spain reports a severe squall on the 6th wrecking the foremast of a vessel and crew saved with help from Spaniards who lent a ship to remove gear. News from Kingston Jamaica cites the murder of Captain Scott and his crew aboard the Charming Sully, with a mulatto suspect. Reports from The Hague and Paris mention plague measures in Moscow, tensions between Russia and Vienna, and Parisian political shifts. Also noted are bread-price reductions in Guildhall, court actions, and local obituaries and promotions in British regiments.
In a formal address to the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders at Stowmarket, Rowland Holt accepts nomination to represent Surf folk in Parliament. He pledges constant attendance and faithful service, asking for votes and continued support to merit future favour.
William Cowling of the Black Bull Inn Ware refutes James Smith of the Angel at Bark Way Hertfordshire for reporting a distemper in his stables. He states in office that in years of business he has never had such an infection and calls the report false. The notice is dated October 10, 1971.
A October 28 1797 meeting of South Holland landowners declares that lands will gain no benefit from the Northiever undertakers plan to tax them for the river Nene project and vows vigorous opposition prior to Parliament. A further meeting is set for November 25 at Holbeach with delegates urged to attend. A separate notice from George Alexander Stevens denies authorship of a book of songs falsely attributed to him, stating the songs are taken from mutilated copies and announcing a forthcoming volume printed at Oxford with additional material.
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