The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-07-02 00:00:00

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On Yosday in the House of lards an. discussion took I
Place maths w .Uon to go into Cirannettee on the poor Low
Amendment Act (1(06) Attwodment HU Eventually the
Bill puard through Committee without amendment.
After some delay In the Commons by the action of • few
Horn. Bale measlier., by H. Solwiti-lbbetain moved the
weed reeding ot the Contagious Di•earrs Olaigsalid Bill,
which had cuts down from the Ludo. The Prlncleul olo-
lett of the Bill, be said la, as for as the home trade in
cattle I. conowised, to empower lecal authorities to take
suortnary measures with respect to eattie sugaring from I
cattle al.sease, pleura-pneumonia, or footand-muuth dis-
tils*. With respect to the impoetatioo of cattle. the Bill '
simply propose that a'l foreign cattle, whether sound or I
unsound, whether coming from as infected district or •
healthy district. shall be slaughtered at the point of de- I
berketion. Hr. Forster moved a resolution, declaring that
the slaughter at ports of toadies of fat cattle from the '
Cont,nent would r..tikt the supply and lamas the cost '
of food. It should there ore not be made cornpulaith 1
under all cireurastabsa 1.7 Act of Parliament The right
hon. gentleman, discesing the Bill in detail, unwed at !
the concision that the result of its liccouritug law would
he to diminish the Continental supply of tattle by 116
Ps ant., • diminution that amounted to • supply of I
throe-quartent of a pound of meat for • million men for I
two month... As for es regardrd the regulation of the-
-
home trate, Mr. 11'.•rster denounced the b3l as • shale t '
and inasmuch as it dealt with foreign cattle It arbitranly :
leterrcred with the supply,. and became pure protection. I
Colonel Sinter:et*, who followed, wtooorted the Bill, ob-
serving that the only peotetriou hie constituency desired
was protection from dimes. Mr. LIBRUINCII generally
approved the Bill, whllat cri'lcildne several of the deo.,
Mr. W. Keen a supported the 11.11, mainly OR the ground
that it dealt with the foot-and-mouth dirs.. Mr.
Wheelhous uncoe.posiesinely oppceed it, alarming that
It. poohott4e tared is raisin. tar price of ...., • penny •
ha would ad.l a charge o £175 OfM to the met of the house-
hold hills in Leed• al-se: auother C mgervative member,
Colonel Wollow, lining in the coop cities. Mr A Prof.
sod Coiner, 14.rcoort tusk ditereot Inds of the ciente...
Mr. Musts ridiculed the theory isicaneal hi Colonel Har-
court. that cattle disease cans from Russia a/other 'wags
countries Illattle dimes, piveropussenoeis, and foot-
and-mouth dieser were, Mr. Hunts argued, separated in
the coe'eliwis of London, and in the farm buildings
throughout the &Palish counties To attempt to stamp
them out by sbuighteries cattle at the parts M arrival
was as reasonable se if, during epidemic of scarlet fever,
all the WOW. liTiVing at Doerr sad Folkestone were
eringhtered as the dera The debate wee costinoed by
Ciptain Ritrhis (who gave the Bill • modified spoon).
Mr. Homey Viers,. and by Sir IC Hicks Bosch, who. on
the part of Government. skid the Hasse to agent to the
principles of the Bill on the eactred reeding. aad to discuss
ti'L'',74.7,t07,:r41"1:1:°.c-21.,..:%.`"-...?.° the
motion
In the Howse of Lords on Tuesday, the Public Health
Awiendrotrut Act was pesed after • few rivervatioss from
Led. Kimberley and Delawars—The Truro Chapter Bill
was pasted, anti the Huns &dimmed.
H In the oes of Cotrupose os Tuesday, Secretary Cross
sid the ssual cowrie had been followed in the ma. of
llllrra Helios, at present sad.. sentence io Chester Cootie.
Tb• esoteric* had been umitted.—The adjourned debate
on the Gettig Diseases Bill wee resumed. Mr. Hatlibose
ehiasteri to the provision in the Bill martin the ens-
pelasire sisoghtor of animals at port nf debarkation The
*videos gives in the Meisel Committee was ell against
fathillsble.—ar W. Illartlelat coatisided that it
= thrboteesibrug the predisser as well setae
MSS thl. Illa gbjleil llMMllielh...Mr. . Mine

regrMe reeolgtian of Mr. Toiler t. to the Protaraof
ialate to reject the Bill altogether. —Mr. Mark
Stewart said the protectioet the (armors required was
against lb. introdsciion of &meet His domed tbat the
Bill warn one of lb* country Antolini tho tows. Although
the meteors vu not outcunUp consprebonsive, he
thought ita peering would reetilt in good to the wrisonsor.
—Kr. Howard supported lb. Bill—Mr. Pell thought
discretion ought to be left to the Privy Council. He did
not thiok the Bill ustisfactory as raw,jed tpo foot end
moth disease, but would vi,to for the second renting
feint F. Csvi-ndl.b supported lb. resolution. —Viacetint
Haudon admitted the Bill mad* great chances I. trade
but deniod it would Ocrease the price of foot He ho
low &a would iw .11 wad to go into cot:mitten
Scalia was speaking In support of the Bit, when the
delete resod--A DOW Writ use honed for Flint, and the
giving was suspended. —The Woe* was counted out at
nine o'clock. 40 members not being protent.