The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-03 00:00:00

GLOUCESTER.

The last order in council transfers the appellation
of " load authority " from the magistrates in petty sessions
to those in quarter sessions The magistrates of Gloucester-
shire discansed their plan of action in quarter sessions yes-
terday. Mr. Curtis Heyward was the chairman. In the
canna of the proceedings, Lord Ellenborough, speaking of
the Deed for government to take the matter into its own
hands, sea—Here we are called upon to Mane an order
which is to have the effect of law of the most stringent
character. And we are called upon to do this in an assembly
of one hundred persons at two days notion. 1 think we
are running into great danger. It is not the way in which
any house of parliament would proceed. The govern-
ment, with all the appliances they have, and the infor-
mation they can *Ma* and the legal smistancs
they ma command, could act in this matter a great deal
better than we can, and by one stroke could destroy all the
anomalies that exist. If we follow these directions, other
counties will act differently to us in many points. And in
what position shall we be if we do all that is asked? Why,
every borough in the county may be a focus for the plague
—a mine ready to explode ; and all the railways may be
the trains leading to that miss. It is contrary to reason to
ask us to do this. Bat as magistrates we have got to do it.
and we must do it in some way or another. . If we had
the power of fixing every animal where it*, and separating
it from every other, in three weeks the plague would be
extinguished. Eventually it was agreed to close all fairs
and markets ; to allow the removal of fat and store stock
only under very close restrictions ; to admit no cattle into
the county ; and (on the motion of Sir George Jenkinson)
to petition government to make a general regulation.

WORCISTEJIBBILL
At the quarter sessions for the county of Wor-
aster, on Monday, the Earl of Hadley in the chair, Mr. R. E.
Amphlett, Q.C. brought under the attention of the court,
at oonsidernble length, the views which he had arrived at
with maid to the cattle plague, and the manure which
ought to be taken by the magistrates under the Order of
Council of the 16th December, which took the power from
the petty sessional division, and threw it on the county
generally. He proposed that the countr, by published de-
claration, should prohibit, from the 3rd wt. till the Ist day
of March, the removal of ow cattle as well as sheep and
swine to any market or fair within the county, for the pur-
pose of exhibition or sale ; as also that no cattle should be
brought into the county from any place whatever beyond
it ; and that a license of two justices should be required
before any cattle were removed from one place to another
within the county ; but that • person occupying two
different farms within five miles should be allowed to
remove his cattle from one to the other without • license.
Mr. Amphlett moved the adoption of a resolution to this
effect. Lord Lyttelton hoped that the authorities in the
boroughs within the county would co-operate with the
magistrates of the city in this matter. His lordship
seconded the resolution.—Mr. Cartier invited Lord Lyttelton
to concur with the lords-lieutenant of Staffordshire
and Warwickshire, in orJer that they might do their
beat to induce the authorities of Wolverhampton and
Birmingham, from the markets of which towns a great deal
of the disease had come. to coincide with the counties in the
measures they were determined to take. Mr. Cartier
suggested that the sessions should be kept open for some
time, in order that prompt action whenever required
might be taken. In the course et the discussion, which
lasted several hours, it was thought that the signature of
one magistrate to the license would be sufficient, and this
was agreed to. The Rev. W. S. Vale wished to be informed
if the butchers could go to a farmhouse, end after purchas-
ing cattle could under • license drive them home for
slaughter. An answer to this was given in the affirmative,
but the Earl of Dudley dissented, considering that the
circulation cf cattle, whether fat or lean, should not
be allowed. The disease required the strongest remedy.
Mr. Watkins suggested that cattle should not be allowed
to travel during the night time, and this was adopted.—
Lord Lyttelton promised to communicate with the lords-
lieutenants of the adjoining counties, and said that Lord
Lichfield had been most anxious to persuade the municipal
authorities of Wolverhampton to close their markets ; but
he was unable to state with what result. Neither could
he inform the court what influence Lord Leigh had upon
the authorities of Birmingham.—Mr. Amphlett replied
upon the several arguments adduced.