The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-06 00:00:00

NORFOLK.

The magistrates in quarter sessions on Thursday
dimmed the subject el the cattle plague at greet
It was decided, on the motion of the Earl of Leicester,
seconded by the Earl of Albemsrle, that the order in council
of Dec. 16 should be put in torus in the county. Mr. E.
Howes, M.P.. stated that he had drawn up • notice with a
view to its being published as such under the order in
council. In the tirst place, the notice expressed the opinion
that it was desirable to abolish entirely the importation of
all fresh cattle of every kind into Norfolk up to the Ist of
Man* ; in the next pleas he would stop all public
markets within their jurisdiction ;ho would then pro-
vide that the removal of all neat cattle should
be prohibited (in compliance with the lest order) from
place to place, but would modify the prohibition by allow-
ing the traffic in fat and lean neat stock and dairy stock to
be carried on under a bombe granted by two magistrates on
such evidence as they might think fit to act upon in
any particular case. lie believe-1 all the magistrates were
more or less is favour of the suppression of the cattle
trade and of isolation, but he imagined that they were all
also in favour of not interfering more than was Inecessaty
' with the ordinary course of farming ; and It was on this
basis that his notice was framed. The boo. gentleman
concluded by moving that it was expedient that from and
after the date of the notice until the Ist of March next, no
cow, heifer, ball, bullock, ox, calf, sheep, lamb, goat, or
swine should be brought into any place in the county of
Norfolk from any other part of Great Britain. Lord *al-
gingham argued that more stringent resolutions were neces-
sary. He would make no exception to the general
order that cattle should not be allowed to move from place
to place. The case was different as regards sheep, because
it was extremely doubtful whether they took the plague,
although some regulations were necessary with regard to
them, as it was admitted that they could cany the decease
about. He saw no reason why fat beasts should not be
slaughtered and sent dead to market. It wasquite poatible,
notwithstanding all precautions, that the disease might be
lurking in an animal without anyone being able to detect
it, and in the way the infection might be carried from place
to plane. After furtherdisausaion, the motion madeby Mr.
Howes was put and agreed to. The Rev. E. J. Bowman
moved a proviso as follows :—" Provided always that this
order shall not extend to the case of cattle which
are or have been for 21 days before the publication of
it, on farms or occupations which lie partly within
the county and partly within an adjoining county •
but that such cattle may be moved from one place
to another within the limits of such occupation, with the
permission of two justices." Lord Bury seconded the
proviso, which was agreed to. Mr. Howes aimed :
" That no cow, heifer' bull, bullock, ox, calf, sheep, lamb,
gnat, or swine should be brought, sent, or removed to soy
market or fair, or to any place within the meaty of
Norfolk for the purpose of exhibition or side." This was
agreed to. Mr. Bowes further moved. "That no cow,
heifer, bull, bullock, ox, or calf, should, except under
provisions to be subsequently specified, be removed from
any pleas in Norfolk to any other place in the county;"
agreed to. Mr. Howes moved the following proviso:—
'• That nothing contained in the notice shall pre-
vent any owner from removing cattle from land in
his occupation situated in the same or any ad-
joining pariah:" agreed to. Mr. Howes moved ano•
other proviso, "That nothing contained in the notice shall
prevent any owner of any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, ox, or
calf from removing any such animal or animal' from any
place to any other place within the county of Norfolk, he
having first obtained the license of two justices acting for the
the hundred into which such animal or animals were intended
to be mowed, the liosose to be given on such evidence as
might be satisfactory to the justices that such animal or
animals bad been on the farm or land from which they
were iuteuded to be removed for 21 days previously, and
that no cases of cattle plague had existed on such lend, or
within half a mile thereof, within six weeks from the
granting of such license." Lord Walaingbam opposed
the proviso, as not sufficiently stringent. The noble lord
moved a negative, but his amendment was rejected by 30 to
13. Mr. H. E. Blyth moved :—" That the magistrates on
being asked fur a license should satisfy themselme that the
stock was fns from disease, that it had been on the pre-
mises of the owner for 28 days, and that no cattle plague
bad existed on their premiss*, or within one mile thereof,
for two months previously." This was carried by 40 to 6.
Other amendments moved by the Earl of Leicester and Mr.
C. B. Read, M.P., were rejected. Lord Bury moved as a
farther amendment :—" That a license should be signed
by two magistrates of the division from which the
cattle were intended to be moved, instead of by
magistrates of the division into which they ware
to be taken." Curried by 25 to 19. Mr. Howes moved that
the license should specify the plane from which the animals
were taken, and the place to which it was intended to re-
move them. Agreed to. Mr. C. B. Read moved that the
license should also specify the route which cattle were in-
tended to take. Agreed to. Mr. J. Bodeen moved that the
license should also specify the time for which it should be
granted. Agreed to. The various amendments adopted
were ordered to be incorporated in the original
proviso. Mr. Howes moved as a farther proviso,
that nothing contained in the notice should pre-
vent the owner of any cow or heifer from sending '
the same to bull, ito., on the license of one
magistrate, the distance not to exceed five miles.
agreed to. Mr. Howes moved a proviso that nothing con-
timed io the notice should prohibit the owner of any fat
cow, heifer, bull, bullock, or calf from removing the same
from any place to any other place in the county, subject to
the following conditions :—That the removal of such animal
should be licensed b' two justices in the petty sesaional
division from which it was to be removed, the license to be
granted on such evidence as should satisfy the justices that
no
case of cattle plague had occurred on the farm foe
twenty-eight days, and to state the place to which such
animal was to be removed, such animal to he slaughtered
within seven di) s after removal. The Earl of Leicester moved
es
an amendment that the signature of ore magistrate should
suffice. The proviso as thus amended was agreed to. Mr.
Howes moved a proviso that every license granted in pur-
suance of the notice should be placed for the time being in
the care of the person having charge of the animal or
animals to which it related, and that each person should
be bound to produce it to anyone demanding to inspect it,
the person applying for the license to be responsible for
the fulfilment of its conditions. Agreed to. A vote of thanks
was accorded to Mr. Howes for the trouble taken by him
in the matter.

—.—
The Essex magistrates have resolved to apply
the recent order is council to the whole county. At the
mum time the government was memorialised to substitute
their own immediate action for that of the present local
authorities. Mr. LM Cane, M.P., censured the government
tor its conduct in the matter.