PENRITH HERALD and EAST CUMBERLAND and WESTMORLAND NEWS. NO. 438-Sixth Week in Quarter Registered for Transmission Abroad. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1874. PRICE 1D. CATTLE DISEASES - Two fresh outbreaks of pleuro-pneumonia in Cumberland; and 2 animals have been slaughtered. Scab is upon six farms in Cumberland, where 120 sheep are affected. In Westmorland scab is upon two farms, where 20 sheep are affected. MEETING OF CREDITORS. - On Thursday a meeting of the creditors of MR. JOHN IRVING, of Carlisle, was held in the office of his solicitor, MR. BENDLE. The statement submitted by the debtor showed that his liabilities are £42,000 odd. The assets are estimated at £2,700 odd, along with £10,000 shares in PETER DIXON AND SONS (LIMITED), reduced to £9,2?0 by payments to the debtor on account. The meeting resolved to realize the assets and let the question of the disposal of the shares stand over.