The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1865.

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The Cattle Plague•

AYLESBURY.

There was a specially convened meeting of the
guardians of the Aylesbury Poor Law Union yes
terday to take into consideration a letter from the
Poor Law Board, written at the instance of the
Board of Trade, requesting the farmers to forward
correct returns of the number of cattle on theirland. •
The meeting was of considerable importance owing
to the fact that it was composed in the main of
farmers, graziers, and others directly interested in
this question, and that their voice may be construed
as being that of the whole agricultural community
of this district. Mr. Edward Stone, chairman of the
board, presided, and there were present, among
others, Mr. G. M. Allender, the eminent pig breeder;
Mr. H. Lepper, the Government inspector of the
Vale of Aylesbury district ; Mr. H. Gurney, an
extensive grazier ; the Rev. Dr. Booth, of Stone ;
Messrs. A. Tindal, J. E. Bartlett, W. Crook, E.
Terry, Bc.c. ; also Dr. Hooper. .

_ .
The CHAIRMAN said that although the Privy
Council seemed to have an idea that the farmers
entertained a good deal of objection to giving in-
formation which might be of use to the public gene-
rally, and to the Government specially, yet he did
not think there would be any particular objection
to comply with the present request, as it appeared
desirable that statistics of that sort should be ob-
tained. For his own part, he feared that the re-
turns would not be complete enough to enable the
Government to form a correct idea. At all events,
he thought it worth while to facilitate their en-
deavours, and suggested that a circular should be
drawn up by the clerk and sent to every occupier
within the union.

Mr. BULL suggested the use of placards, as being
less expensive than the postage of circulars.
The CHAIRMAN continued—He wished to observe,
on the general subject of the cattle plague, that he
was one of those who thought that the Government
did not take the steps they ought to have done on
the outbreak of the disease. Had they acted with
energy, decision, and promptitude, they might have
prevented much of the mischief which had arisen
through cattle being allowed to disseminate the dis-
ease from London to all parts of the country. He
was glad to find that they were beginning to see
their error, according to their last Order in Council.
It would, however, have been better had they taken
the whole responsibility, and made a uniform sys-
tem applicable to the whole country; for, although
an enlargement of the area of the " local authority"
would in a great measure induce uniformity in a
county, yet the fact was that no further off than
Oxfordshire at the present time a very different and
loose system was in force, and cattle could be taken
to almost any place in the county, which was suffer-
ing frightfully from the disease. The new order
would troduce uniformity in each county. It was
possible that the Government fancied that the far-
mers would withhold the desired information, and
they accordingly promised to keep it a secret.
(Laughter.) Well, nobody cared much about that,
and he would put no value on the promise ; but at
any rate he hoped the Board of Guardians would
think it worth while to render the information re-
quired.
The Rev. Dr. BOOTH agreed with the chairman
as to the reprehensible apathy and shirking of duty
—for he could not otherwise call it—displayed by
the present Government as to the cattle plague.
Instead of taking the responsibility on themselves,
though they had had applications from the Royal
Agricultural Association, and the approbation and
consent of nearly everybody, including their own
commissioners, to such a course, they had only
moved one step further, substituting a county for
the merely local division. Now, those places which
were on the confines of two counties remained in
the same position as before ; and though Bucks, at
the next Quarter Sessions, might enact stringent
regulations for the whole county, yet Oxfordshire,
or Berks, or Beds might pass those resolutions,
which he had seen, but which were worse than use-
less, for under the pretence of passing regulations
to stop the transit of cattle they had encouraged
it rather than otherwise,.than to do which it would
really have been better to pass no order at all, and
leave it to the good feelings of the farmers. It was
nothing but an invitation to evade the order. If it
was worth while to collect the proposed returns, Go-
vernment ought to be allowed no excuse for inac-
tion; but the request for information ought to be
met frankly, cordially, and fully throughout the
country. He did not think the returns would be of
any value; with that, however, the guardians had
nothing to do, their duty being merely to render the
information.
After some further discussion, it was resolved to
draw up a circular, to be signed by the chairman on
behalf of the meeting, soliciting the property owners
of the district embraced in the union to send in the
returns as desired.