The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-06-08 00:00:00

WAREHMIL

POLICZ.—Ou Friday last, at the Town-hall before the
Mayor (T. Budall, ) and C. Wilcox, Esq., amu
named Alfred Hodge was brought up in custody/Marred
by P.C. Jesus with sleeping in a kit on the premises
of Mr. C. Yearling. He wu eentimoed to 14 days'
imprisonment with hard labour.—On Saturday, before
the suns magistrates, about 20 persons ware Iwo-
mooed for non-payment of poor rates, and orders were
mad* in all the nom

HAMPSHIRE CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE.
A meeting of this Chamber was held on Friday in
the Audit Home, Southampton, for the purpose of die-
outing the highly important subject of the importation
of foreign cattle sad the Contagious Diatoms (Animals)
Bill, which Mr. Spooner, of Eling, had undertaken to
letrembase. Mr. Stewart IPHaughten prodded, and the
following gentlemen were present :-114. Ald. &ebbing,
Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. J. Blasidell, Mr. Godwin, Mr. W.
Weiser, Mr. Hedger, Mr. Bailey, Captain Robinson,
Mr. G. Osier, Mr. J. Elliott. Mr. Buford, Mr. Hold-
emu, Mr. Charlie Truk, Mr. Henry Downs
(Secretary), La.
Mr. W. C. SPOOM delivered an address, In which
he mit forth, Ist, that all were agreed that with reference
to the principal dimmer, rinderpeet and small pox, the
greed thing ia to keep thorn out of the sountry. 2nd.
Whilst doing this effectually, we should accomplish our
purpose with as little interference as possible with the
freedom of trade, and the supply of mired food for Ms
poopia. 3rd. Thal them purposes am be most dreamily
accomplished by limiting the Importation of made to
the metropolis, and to cartels upended ports where
suitable smommodation oan be afforded not only for
the landing, but the housing of Imported odd*, the
retaining of them in quareetioe for several days, and
tee eleughter of any that may be sold on the spot.
4th. On the indication of any Infectious diesens, the
whole of the animals will, of course, bars to be
slaughtered on the spot, the plate &defeated, and not
spin mod for a fortnight, at lead. sth. Luring the
quarantine any of the animals should be allowed to tos
sold sad slaughtered on the spot, and the remainder
after the expiration of the ;quarantine should be
enbesitted to • mooed examination, and then allowed
to travel alive on the railway to the metropolitan mar-
lasa. 641 i. No cattle or Amp should be allowed to
leave London alive, exoept calves not exceeding •
month in age. Sea, then, is a brief statement of my
own views on the important subject, sad them views
are 0•17 arrived at steer mature mosideration, guided
in no sea !masseur by my studies, and aided by such
o ties as I have Men enabled to maka. As our
ot =1..., are altogether of a practical cheraster,
w• meet reader Se phew which the subject now ma-
mug In pediameet, and moartain the probability
them Is if *Levying
_oat DON useful maeaure. The Act
of Parliament, wMsh I have now before me, is oleic&
length that Swill not attempt to read it, but sill
se ray call your atteution to its prineipd obaractaris
Oft Tllll Costagious Meese. (Animals) No. 2 8111,
jeteedreed by the Government and aniesided by Ora-
m_itt.....eosiiste of 10 parr and 128 ileum. put 1 I.
; pert 2 rabies to the load authorities, the
r—.. : and oaken ; curt 3 is devoted, with its
jg sissupes, to foreign simile, and the rules by which
/heir importation Is to be regulated; part 4 refers to
dm discovery and prevention of disease ; part 5 to the
=err ha 01161410 SWIM sad compensatice ; part 6
to orders in council and load authorities; part
7 so the acquisition of land for the parpoeas of the Art;
pert 8 to tbe exposer of load authorities ;
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tassel Mid Ideal Proo•tdioP : Mit 10 to
Them ere alto 10 'Sedates, whish refer to the details
by while the Ad Is *err W: Sines our remarks were
posed we have been favoured with a copy of the
areedmeste which Mr. C. 8. Read, the mamba, for
Nathak, latimds to propose in the hill when it next mime
hegere the essaltre, sod we gust soden that by mated
aaouguder both the bill and the previously proposed
alleratioes have bre Sore of mesh of their former
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have a period of three IWO kl provide i and oat their
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that, becalms the rinilerpost bad existed here within
three yearn it was therefore to be considered as a
annealed 'ossify, and subject to various restrict-
Bona, when we knew that it has long been free
from the disease. During a apace of twenty-four
years nob ate single diseased beast had ever been
imported into Southampton ; and would it be right,
therefore, to destroy that portion of the trade of the
port for • fancied evil, MOTO partiodary when scientific
authority was directly opposed to it.
Kr. Jour Iturorr said he thought it might facilitate
the adoption of Mr. Spooner's suggestions lithe Govern-
ment harl a clause in the Bill imposing • floe upon the
owner of soy ship bringing cattle into ibis country
which should be proved to have the rinderpost within a
given number of days atm landing. Then, too, he
thought there should be restrictions ea to the ventila-
tion of ships !slinging cattle, the ••0113 as there sae as
to those bringing human beings. lie believed the
rinderrart might entirely be traced to • want of
olesnlinees—(hear, hoar).
Mr. erussisit said the South Western Railway
Company had platted the whole of their arrangements
for the sonvey•noe of cattle entirely at the dictation of
the Privy Council, who had had perfect control over the
eonttrustion of the ships which brought the cattle to
gouthamoton, as well as of the trucks which conveyed
the cattle from Southampton to the London market. He
believed the whole of the arrangements were mos.
perfect, and ma mash attention was raid to the health o'
cattle as could possibly be to the health of the first
nobleman in the land.

Mr. Fliman said that four years ago from 50 to 100
barren cows were exported from Southampton to be fatted
and brought bask again. That was an experiment, and
was not repeated. Those interested in the trade in
Southamptoe sought only to improve what might be
termed the natural trade of the port—the importation of
fat cattle from Brittany, Normandy, France, Spain, and
Poi-mg:11, where the disease was unknown. With
to French cattle, there was no fear of their
having any from Paris or that neightourbood, beelines
the admirable regulations of the French Government
did not admit of it, • cordon being placed round Paris
preventiog the removal thence of live cattle. It was
the cattbi from Normandy, Brittany, Spain, and
Portugal slam which the orders in council of May and
Judy, 1868, allowed them to import there. They were
landed within "defined area, and under earful inspection.
There was no doubt Mr. Foster's bill woo a very.oompre.
bemire measure; it was a very suitable one, and fax
pr. terrible to any which had preceded it. It must be
remembered that any arbitrary restrictions on the trade
must naturally imply scarcity not only to the public
generally, but more particularly to the poor, who lived
, largely upon the offal of the slaughtered cattle. He had
I spoken to many of the leading veterinary gentlemen
1 belonging to the Privy Oonnoil, and they considered
that for the Southampton trade 12 hours would be
sufficient. In the present year, up to the 31s1 of May,
2718 oxen and 131 eons had been landed at South.
=pion. out of which 1309 oxen and 54 cows had been
sent to the metropolitan market, and 1409 oxen and 77
cows bad been taken in Southampton for local consump-
tion. None had been placed in quarantine. There
were at that time upwards of 100 Normandy cattle at
the docks. In reply to Mr. Warner, Mr. Pledger mid
they bad at present no privilege of importing sates
from any ether countries than Britanny, Normandy,
Spain, and Portugal. The new bill would not give
them additional privileges, but only continue the exist-
ing

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Mt. WAILES mid he vu quite sure agriculturists
would have credit for not wishing to place any restrio.
Lions upon the importation of cattle into this oountry
for the purpose of increasing the prise of food, par-
ticularly the food of the lower dames. (Hear, bear.)
They were cooly anxious that if there vu to he fres
Importation of cattle into this country, the buds of
this country should be, in some measure, protested.
(Hear, bear). He thought the Government Bill was
certainly very far superior to that which vu brought
forward by Lord Robert Montagu, but he thought it
was very unfair to provide that if any oompansation
had to be paid in emisequence of the cattle plague, it
should be met by a local rat*, instead of taming out of
the Consolidated fund. He thought no cattle ought to
be allowed to leave Loudon alive, whether diseued or
Dot; but the port of Southampton, he thought was
entitled to mime privileges, because it was in some
mason prevented by the Order In Council from
receiving tattle from other sountries than Spain,
Portugal, and parts of France, which had never been
Infected while that regulation viii.. force ; he thought
there should be as little quarantine se pre dble. but if
ever Southampton were permitted to import cattle from
all other countries, then he thought it should be placed
under the same restrictions as the other ports.
Mr. Thum thought if the farmer was to he protected
against the pique there mast be a upstate market for
foreign cattle at the plass of Lading, and that they
should be slaughtered there. He ..,uut not quite agree
with Mr. Warner that no cattle sent to London should
be allowed to leave the metropolis dire, for be knew
some friends of his in Norfolk who had lost as much
se CI or PS • head by sending tattle to London. and
then not being allowed to take them to Brighton, and
ether plum
Frnazima expressed simiL: opinion to Mr.
Trask,

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Mr . BAD/CIRD, veterinary surgeon, said be had given
evident. before • sommittee of the House of Commons
on the subject, and be really did not think that •
IllePtrote Durkin for slaughter would be the means of
preventing the spread of the disease, for the offal would
be removed into the sountry, and there would be the
constant coolest of persons going from one market to
another. He thought cattle taken to London ought not
to be removed again alive, and celled attention to the
fact that during tbe ratrictions which ware enforced
in consequence of the cattle plague, there wu not one
case in • thousand al the destreetive foot and mouth
disease in this country compared with what they had
had before. He had given the question of quarantine
the closest consideration. They had the best authority
for saying that that the rymptents of the cattle plague
never laid dormant above 12 or 14 days, and it would
be • *trims scat sad inoonveniense to the owners of
cattle if they were eomulled to leave rattle in akarge
of the dock authorities for double the time that there
was any morality for. He thought 12 hours for cattle
for immediate alangliter, and 14 days for store cattle
would be ample to meet all purposes for which the
quarantine was required.
Mr. Brocaria then submitted • aeries of resolutions
embodying the views espreened in his paper, and agree-
ing that the compensation for lose by the cattle plague
should some out of the Consolidated fund, and that the
qurantine should be 24 hours instead of 38 in rupest
to rattle tor immediate slaughter.
With this lather coaosesioa, Mr. wAlina, who
thought twelve boars would be salami, agreed to
'mond the resointiona
Mr. BLUIDILI. meld not agree to the eumption el
young calves from the prohibitios with respeet to the
removal of live tattle from London. Although the
rinderpeet was not mewls the erantry. pleuropnerunonis
was still here. sad what more likely to spread it than
{elves Ming allowed to go from London into the

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Mt.1377881NG looked epos Um twitter es I great food
question, and so kr ea any amours Inlet to Merman the
prim of the people's feed, so far mould the oonntri be
ladiaposed to greet those pogrom whieb really wore noose.
eery to protest the agnealtarel interest; hat withruuzd
to She importation of /AMU from noa•infoMed
than esemed to he no reason whatever why ther7s—h,;oll
Is mob stringent restristions upon the imperbetion of
the rattle at any port in England.
flomo eonverestion followed, sad Mr. Spooner's resole.
Haw VI amended. having been adopted, Mut proesedind-
Mrsainated with tee usual oompliment to the eitsizawinz

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