The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-15 00:00:00

CATTLE DISHASES BILL.

Sir G. GREY moved the second medium of this bill.
Mr. HUNT said he had the greatest difficulty in coming
to a cooclusion as to what cowse he should adopt with
respect to this bill, in consequence of the delay which
had taken place before it Teethed the hands of hop.
somnbers. His own bill wee ready for delivery the morning
attar he had moved for leave to bring it in. The govern.
ment bill, however, only reached him at 3 o'clock yester-
day. He bad been asked by the organ of the government
in the house, before he had had an opportunity of reading
the Lill, what course be intended to adopt, end it was
suggested to him that if he did not object to the wood
reading of the government bill they would not oppose
his bill. Under the circumstances he assented to that
arrangement, but it was not, therefore, to be
suppled that, as to one point—namely, the previsions
with respect to the movement of cattle—he could agree to
the proposition of the government.
Mr. BRIGHT said that it seemed se if the house was
shout to legislate io • peed°, and the bill suffered actoord-
likely. The principles of the measure were isolation,
slaughter, and compensation. He thought if isolation
were well established, indiscriminate slaughter would not
be necessary. The permission to slaughter being *mom-
pais& by compensation it would lead to enormous mas-
Setae ; Wilde it would tend to put so end to all attempts
at a curative process. As it had been said that the
'election might be carried by dogs, and there was
regulation with regard to them in the bill, he sated whe-
ther the disease might not be propagated by the sport of
bunting, and whether it might not be stopped dunng the
salt mouth. Ho objected to the giving compensation out
of whet was in fact public taxation, for the benefit of •
particular class ; and suggested that the poor fanners who
bad last their all might well be compensated by public
subscript ion, on the plan that was adopted in the are of
the cotton operatives.
Colonel L LINDSAY supported the bill, preferring it
10 that of Mr. Hunt.
Mr. LOWE characterised Mr. Bright's speech es a spe-
amen of hie eeouharities of manufacturing grievances, and
of settine class areiest class; even eudeathuner to set
aristocratic foxhounds again: ft ordinary CUM and hs ani-
madverted strougly on Mr. Bright's objections to the
eempentation clauses of the bill, urging that the prin-
ciple of the compensation proposed was simply that of
reimbursing persons whose property had bees lost
by order of the government for the general benefit.
The reel object of the proposed compensation was to
give than who had cattle diseseed an interest in making
known its existence in their herds, and he thought
that the reimbursement ought not to be made by local
rates, bat by the general public fund. He approved of the
provisions of the bill with regard to slaughter, but he urged
that those relating to the movement of cattle should be
reconsidered, and that railway movement should be
stopped. He pointed out that the regulations of the bill
were to oompbaisted that, as it was only to last for six
week, it would, like many persons in the world, die before
it was understood, and expressed a hope that the second,
or cattle-rate, would not be pressed, the visitation being
general, aid also that power would he taken to stop the
slaughter, it by any chance a remedy for the disease should
be discovered.
Mr. J. S. MILL mid he had sot the slightest intention
of &mussing the many points in this important bill, as
there was only one which he felt himself qualified to ma
scans an opinion upon—the rest he would leave to be
dealt with by those who were better qualified, and amongst
them were the members of her Majesty's government.
Ile should have reserved hie opinion for the committee on
the bill if the right hon. gentleman behind him had not
attacked his hon. friend the member for Birmingham, and
as he (Mr. Mill) shared to a great extant in the opinions
impressed by his hon. friend, it would be unworthy not to
avow them. (Hew, hear.) The question of compensation
was ilthe only one io the bill which did not require any
special agricultural knowledge. He did not object to
Um principle of eompensatioo, but to the amount and the
extent to be provided for. It bad not been proposed
that farmers should be compensated for soy loss except for
the cattle destroyed by the orders of the goverement—
(tmai hear)—and he quite agreed that there could not be
a more just claim for compensation than that—(mar, beer)
—and there would be • strong inducement not to evade
the provisions of the act. But the more reunion there
Were fur granting compensation the more reasons there
would be for taking care it should not be excessive ; conse-
quently while upon the one hand the owner of diseased
settle would have an inducement to do what he was re-
quired by the act; upon the other, there would
be an inducement to him not to take so much care
as he might hive done in the management of
big cattle, knowing that be would receive compile-
nation. He thought that the proposition to pay
two-thirds of the value would be an excessive compensation,
and it would have the effect of undermining the are ne-
cessary to protect the herds of cattle. Theo came the
question at whose expense the fund for compensation ought
to be raised and there could be no doubt that, looking to
the proportion of the cattle which were perishing by ibis
disease, and the prig of meet now and what it probably
would be, the burtheo would have to be borne by the con-
sumers and not by the producers—the farmers and
landlords would suffer only to the same extent as
other consumers, that was to say, in proportion to
their consumption. Now no particular class could be
long sufferers without the whole community suffer-
big, and convequently no clam of the community
bad a right to be compensated by another clue—they
would'he compensating a body of person, se well able to
bear the ioconvenience of their loves as those who might
be taxed to pay them. What the house ought to cell upon
the stockholders to do was, to insure their stock. This
bill proposed to do the very contrary of that which it
aught to do in justice to all persons, but he would not
blame the government for introducing it for their coos,-
aeration, knowing how the house was composed. It this
bill should be pawed, those who would suffer the most
would have to pay the heaviest part of the compensation,
and the bill in that respect would be • failure. There
ought to be a rate upon cattle, but to that the right bon.
gentleman the member for Caine objected. But it seemed
to him (Kr. Mill) that that was the only part of the bill in
reference to compensation which was justifiable. But it
was nut worthy of the great landlord interest to press for
compensation. They held the highest places of honour and
wealth, and they ought to bear tee brunt of the evils now
afirctiog the country. (Cheers.) (The hon. member so ire-
quells!y dropped his voice, that be was almost inaudible in
the gallery.)
Viscount CRANBOURNE summated the'. ea the enter-
'they to which the bill was devoted was pressing, it would
be better to leave such questions as the theoretical duties
of aristocracies alone, and apply themselves to the prac-
tical question of staying the cattle plague. He urged that
compensation would not ieduee farmers to slaughter their
cattle. because that would not be at their option, but at
that of the local authorities, sod argued that io previous
eases of local suffering, parliament bad come forward
to give aid to particular interests ; but the catt'e
plague was not • local bat • general sod national question
and misfortune, the extent of which to the consumer, ae
well as to the producer, had not yet been comprehended.
Mr. AYRTON complaieed that, under the bill as it
stood, the City of London would be altogether exempt
Born taxation.
After a few words from Mr. Adana, who suggested
airerral tuodifiestions in the details of the measure ; from
Mr. R. N. Greoville, who, whilst not approving entirely
ef the hilt, regarded it as so earnest of good intentions on
the part of the government ; from Mr. Liddell and Sir
Grey, the bill was read • second time and ordered to be
committed this day.
The Cattle Plague Bill of Mr. Hunt also went through a
similar stage, and was fixed for committee is like manner.
The home adjourned at half-past 5 o'clock.

A petition halt been presented against the return
of Mr. A. W. Kieglake for B-idgewater. The petitioa
alleges bribery, corruption, sod intimidation.
THE MlN,.—The account of the sums advanced
is each year from the consolidated fund for the purchase
of bullion for coiaage (sines 1837) is just published; also
the account of sums paid ie each year to the amount of
bar Majesty's exchequer at the Bank of England in repay-
ment thereof. The amount advanced from the consoli-
dated fond during the past year was 520,0001., as compared
with 600,0001. during the preceding twelvemonth, sad the
amount paid iota the exchequer its repayment of advanose
for the same period was 460,0001., as compared with
630,000/. is the previous year. The total amount advanced
from the consolidated fund Mime the act came to force is
9,128,0291. 196. 4d., and the total amount paid Isla the
exchequer in repayment of the Meant-es fa 9.010,0004
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