§ COLONEL KINGSCOTEasked the Vice President of the Council, Whether the attention of the Privy Council has been called to a fresh outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the parish of Holbrook, in Suffolk; and, whether it can be traced to animals having been brought in control with London manure, which was brought on to the farm on which they were?
§ MR. MUNDELLAA Return, Sir, of an outbreak of foot and-mouth disease at Holbrook, in Suffolk, was received on the 21st instant, and the local Inspector remarked that the outbreak was attributed to a cargo of London manure recently delivered from a barge. On inquiry it was ascertained that the manure consisted of sweepings from the streets of the Metropolis. The owner of the animal states that there is no proof that the outbreak was caused by this manure, and his view is supported by the fact that there is no foot-and-mouth disease in the Metropolis.