The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MIDAY APRIL, 30, 1869

LAW AD POLICE,

OVEREND AND GURNET.—In the Court of Ofiantery, on
April 29, an appeal by the official liquidator of -the Land
Credit Company of Ireland, against an order made by the
Master of the Rolls in last July, admitting a claim made
by the old firm of 0 verend Gurney and Co., to prove against
the estate for a sum of £158,000 and interest, was heard. The
claim is made upon bills accepted by Lord Fermoy, the chair-
man of the company, on their behalf, for the late David
Leopold Lewis, and by him handed over to Overend,
Gurney, and Co., to whom he was indebted for £500,000.
The questions raised were whether the bills were fraudu-
lently obtained, and whether the company was bound by
the act of Lord Fermoy. The evidence is very voluminous,
and the case only partially opened.
OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO. (LIMITED) V. GURNEY
AND Orurns.—ln the Vice-Chancellor's Court, on Thurs-
day, Sir R. Malins said that upon this demurrer,
which he overruled the day before, he had reserved the
costa. He had since considered that question, and thought
that the demurrer ought to be overruled simply.
TEE CONFEDERATE ARMY.—In the Court of Queen's
Bench, on Thursday, the case of the " United States v.
Tait" was heard. The United States sought to
recover a sum of about £4,000 from Sir Peter
Tait, the army clothier, in respect of cloth
supplied to him by the Confederate States to be made up
into uniforms for their army. The motion was, on the part
of the defendant, that the plaintiffs might be called upon
to answer interrogatories. Mr. Justice Mellor said that
as it appeared to be entirely a matter of discretion as to the
nature of the interrogatories to be allowed, the better way
would he to grant the rule, and then discuss and settle the
principle upon which the interrogatories in such a case
should be allowed, leaving it to a judge at Chambers to
settle the terms.—Rule

THE CANDIDATE FOR CAMBRIDGESHIRE.—III the Court
of Queen's Bench, on April 29, an appeal was heard from
Mr. Young, the unsuccessful candidate for Cambridgeshire
at the last election. It will he remembered that a person
at Wisbeach had had his windows broken, and obtained
da-ma,7;el 'against Mr. Young at the local county court,
on the ground that he had tacitly sanctioned the riot.
After hearing, the arguments of Mr. Young's counsel, Mr.
Justice Mellor said that it was proper that there should
be a rule nisi to remit the case to be restated, in order to
afford an opportunity for seeing if the case was as sup-
Posed.

THE GREAT CORATHILL WATCH
ROBBERY.

In the Cour o Queen's Bench, on Thursday, the case of
" The Queen v. the Lord Mayor and Corporation of
London came on. In this case a rule had been obtained
by Mr. Walker, watchmaker, &c., of Cornhill, calling
upon the Corporation of London to shew cause why a writ of
restitution should not issue, commanding them to restore to
Mr. Walker the sum of £270, the proceeds of the sale of
certain goods stolen from him between Saturday night the
4th February, and Monday morning, the 6th February
1865.

Mr. Mellish, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Archibald,
shelved cause against the rule. He said the only evi-
dence that the money and property in qUestion were the
proceeds of Mr. Walker's robbery was the statement of
one of the burglars that they were, and of another
that they were not. This was a question of fact to be
decided. The Corporation were willing that it should be
decided. Yet he did not think it was right to allow this
court to assume a jurisdiction which it clearly had not.
The old rule of law was restitution on an indictment in
the place were the party robbed brought his appeal of
robbery. The 21st Henry VIII., and the statutes of
George IV., and 24th and 23th Vic., c. 96, sec. 100,
provided that the court before whom any such felony, &c.,
should be tried should have power, on conviction, toaward
writs of restitution of the said property, and order restitu-
tion thereof in a summary manner.
The Solicitor-General, with whom was Mr. Crampton
Hutton, appeared in support of the rule. He said the
City had a right to say that this was not the right way
of getting this property out of their hands, but the ques•
tion their lordships were asked to decide was whether
they had power (and he hoped it would not be considered
an offence his saying so) to make the Corporation of
London disgorge. He contended that the sta-
tutes referred to did give their lordships juris-
diction. He contended that the statutes referring
to restitution were given at common law without
appeal of robbery, and further that the court before
whom the robbery was tried should also have power to
order a writ of restitution, which clearly it had not the
power to do before the passing of the statutes.
Mr. Mellish said that four persons had presented peti-
tions to the Corporation, giving the strongest reasons why
the property should be restored to them.
Mr. Justice Mellor said the court were of opinion
that the rule must be discharged. The statute of Henry
left untouched the process that then existed with reference
to the jurisdiction of the Queen's Bench, but gave the
right also to recover by action on the declaration, and also
power by the judge who tried the case to award writs of
restitution on application to them, the came as flie
Queen's Bench had in case of judgment on an appeal.
TliP other learned judges concurred.

Two APPOINTMENTS.—Dr. Andrew. Inglis has
been appointed Regius Professor of Midwifery in the
University of Aberdeen.--Mr. Francis Headlam has been
appointed stipendiary magistrate at Manchester in the
place of Mr. Fowler.
We understand that it is the intention of the
Government to refer the question of the extension to the
civil population of measures for the repression of conta-
gious diseases to a select committee of the House of
Commons.—British _Medical Journal.

TUE MURDER OF A CONSTABLE AT BRISTOL.--
The inquest on the body of Police•constable R. Hill, who
was stabbed by a young man named Pullin, was con-
eluded on Thursday. EllzAbeth Paddock said she heard
the deceased ask prisoner to go quietly with him, and the
latter replied with au oath that if he did not unhand him
he would stab him. He had a knife in his hand at the
time, and she saw him strike at deceased. The coroner
summed up, and a verdict of Wilful Murder was
returned.

- A FACT FOR THE PEACE SOCIETY.—Dr. Hub-
benet, of the University of Kiew, and who was present at the
siege of Sebastopol, publishes some details of that memor-
able defence. He says that out of 169,000 men who suc-
ceeded each other in the town and fortress down to the Ist
November, when the typhus broke out, 30,000, or less than
one-fifth, remained valid and intact ; more than 76,000
were wounded and 15,000 killed ; 46,000 fell ill, and of
these 8,500 died.

The Wesleyan Methodists commenced their
tnnual gatherings on Thursday, and as usual a large
number of members of the connection have come from all
parts of the country to attend the various services in Lon-
don. They met this morning in the large room of the
Centenary Hall, Bishopsgate-street, where an address was
delivered by the Rev. J. Romilly Hall, president of the Con-
ference. It was announced that Dr. Raleigh, minister of
Hare-court Congregational Church. Islington, will preach in
Great Queen-street Chapel to-morrow morning, and that
on Saturday morning Mr. John Napier, of Manchester, will
preside at a breakfast meeting to be held at the City Ter-
minus Hotel, Cannon-street. The annual meeting will he
_ held at Exeter Hall on Monday.

THE MErADEIt IN IRELAND. -With regard to the
murder near Athlone, a Dublin correspondent telegraphs
as follows :—" Captain Tarleton, who farms ninety acres
near Athlone, but is not a landlord, was shot dead on
Wednesday afternoon in a lane on his own farm. He had
just left his workmen in an adjoining field, and was last
seen alive by them at half-past one o'clock, but the body
was not discovered till five. The shot took effect in the
head. No one confesses to have heard the shot. Eight
persons have been arrested on suspicion, two of whom
have since been discharged. The deceased was 35 years
old, and well liked. He had received some threatening
letters, which he could not trace, since he discharged a
herdsman six months ago. He has latterly carried a re•
volver regularly on his person, and it was found in his belt
when the body was found."

VELOCIPEDES.—We have lately had an oppor-
tunity of examining velocipedes and seeing them in use.
Our attention was especially directed to the character of
the muscular exercise, and the degree in which the use of
this carriage might be open to the charge which was freely
brought against the old velocipede, of inducing hernia. So
far as our investigation went, the results were very favour-
able. It seemed to us that the muscles of the body
generally, not those of the lower limbs alone, were brought
easily into play, and the mode of locomotion promised a
very agreeable method of taking useful and healthful
exercise. The position of the body and the mode of wing
the legs do not seem likely to produce that violent action
of the abdominal muscles which was necessitated
by the old velocipede, and which was liable to cause pro-
tusion of the intestines. We should, however, add that.
the exercise, like all gymnastic feats, requires for safe'•
that it should be carefully regulated, that a high rate .uf
speed should only be gradually acquired, and that gres t
efforts should be studiously avoided. With these limits -
Cons, we cannot see any probability of danger to health
in the employment of the velocipede. No doubt it is best
fitted for the young and active, for very few learner 4
escape a considerable number of falls, which are not easily
borne by those in whom age has diminished the elasticity
of the frame. Indeed, the most ardent volocipede ridgru
(and the pursuit has become quite a passion in France) do
not recommend it with any earnestness to those who hay
.p3ssgd f9yty years.—The 421cet,

lIIETROPOI,ITAN GOSSIP,-7 T.ursday.
. _

I believe there is no doubt that the Lords have decided
not to divide upon the second reading of the Irish Church
Bill. The truth is, the unanimity of the Liberal party—
the determination on their part that no differences of
opinion on minor points shall endanger this measure—has
taken the Conservatives by surprise. It was but a
few months ago that Mr. Bouverie declared that
the Liberal party consisted of leaders who could not lead
and followers who would not follow, and yet now Mr.
Gladstone is at the head of a majority, not only larger
than any Minister has had since the Reform Bill of 1832,
but infinitely more compact. All chance, therefore, of
serious modification of the bill in the Lower House is
hopeless, and the work of resisting it en bloc in the Upper
would now be so perilous that their lordships have
wisely resolved to let the bill pass a second reading,
and to modify it so far as they dare in
committee. How far they will dare, is at present a
question which remains to be solved. There are indica-
tions of Adullamy in the Upper House. Lord Grey,
who keeps a Cave permanently for his own special use,
Lord Grey, the hermit of the Legislature—the Troglo-
dyte of politics—is now seriously distressed at the thought
that he may have to make room for other persons ; that
there may be two or three peers who will agree with him.
Clearly there must be, in his lordship's opinion,
something very wrong when he finds himself at
the head of a party of as many as three or
four peers. There is need of great searching of
heart, of strict examination to see if he has not fallen away
from his creed, if he is not in danger of holding the same
opinions as other persons hold. And then, too, the
company in which he finds himself ! Lord Westbury,
the hero of such reputable adventures ; the Duke of
Somerset, whose zeal for the Church is so conspicuous ;
the Marquis of Clanricarde, whose admission to the first
Palmerston Cabinet added so greatly to its stability ;
these are allies of whom Lord Grey has such
reason.to be proud. Proud of them, or not, they are
evidently bent upon mischief ; evidently resolved
that as they have not been consulted in the
matter they will give.- opinions which shall be as
unpleasant as possible. Lord Westbury has already
taken up the banner which Mr. Disraeli waved for a
night or two and then cast contemptuously aside. He
has already spoken of Mr. Gladstone as making Ireland a
province of Rome ; so you may be sure that when their
lordships go into committee on the bill there will he some
lively fighting.
There will unquestiorably be another sharp fight about
the site of the new law courts. There is a very prevalent
impression that Mr. Lowe is taking the wrong course in
this matter. In the first place, his courts will, if he adopts
the Howard-street site, be buried out of view so far as the
Strand side is concerned. In the next place, the ground
is of such a character that an enormous expenditure will
have to be incurred in digging out for the foundations.
'Then, again, it is believed that a large sum will have to be
paid for ' approaches," or else the narrow streets which
now lead down to the proposed locality will be completely
impassable by reason of the large traffic that will
he brought into them. It is argued further that even if
a smaller building than that originally contemplated
is adopted, that is no reason why it should
not be erected in Carey-street, but all the more reason, as
the present vacant ground will then prove sufficient.
Moreover, it is contended that we have so few ornamental
buildings in London that it is too bad of Mr. Lowe to
deprive us of the opportunity of getting one worthy of
England's capital. Finally, it is pointed out that economy
in this matter, if carried beyond a proper financial
vigilance, is a great mistake. It may be well enough for
us to economise our income, but the money to be spent
upon the law courts will come out of capital, and there
can never be a time at which the expenditure would be
more judiciously made than at the present, whin money is
so " cheap " and labour so superfluously abundant that
we are compelled to send it to the colonies.
That Mr. Lowe hates spending money there is no
question. It is notorious, for instance, that he
would like to throw up the scheme for the Government
purchase of the telegraphs. Indeed, it is believed in
well-informed quarters that he intends to ask the House
of Commons to concede a telegraphic monopoly, in the
belief that the House will refuse to do so, and thus give
him,an opportunity of abandoning the purchase. I cannot
reconcile this with the fact that the arbitration is still
going on, and that Mr. Scudamore has made arrangements,
which seem to imply that the matter will be carried out.
Another matter of the same kind has arisen to
vex the equable Chancellor of the Exchequer. The
strongest pressure is being put upon the Government to
make them buy up the Irish railways. This is a very
big matter indeed, and both Mr. Lowe and Mr. Bright
are resolved not to have anything to do with it if they can
help it. But when pretty nearly a hundred members of
Parliament (commoners and peers) unite to memorialise
the Government on the matter, it is clear that the idea
cannot be treated with contempt, especially as that emi-
nently logical people, the Irish, have a disagreeable habit
of opposing Ministerial measures which they approve,
they cannot get that which they want.

The Marquis Townshend's bill for extending the pro-
visions of the " Contagious Diseases Act 1866 " to London,
is causing agreat deal of discussion in " sociological circles."
As I anticipated, it is looked upon as the " thin end of the
wedge," and a memorial against the introduction of any
measure calculated, as the memorialists think, to import
the Parisian use into this country has been drawn
up by members of the Midnight Meeting Society, the
London Female Preventive and Reformatory Institution,
the lloxm s of Hope, the British Penitent Female Refuge,
and the Rescue Society, all associations in London, having
for their object the prevention of what is euphoniously
called the Social Evil. The memorialists allege that the
system of police surveillance has failed in Paris.
St. James's Hall is to witness some stirring meetings
next week. On Monday there to be " a great demon-
stration" against the Irish Churca Bill. Lord Harrowby
will preside, and the Dukes of Marlborough and Abercorn,
Sir Joseph Napier, the Hon. D. Plunket. and Mr. Cross,
M. P., are expected to be present. On the followingday the
supporters of the Permissive Bill will have their innings.
Archdeacon Sandford will take the chair, and among the
speakers will be Archbishop Manning and the following
M.P.'s :—Sir W. Lawson, Dr. Brewer, Mr. Dalway, Mr.
Whitworth, and Mr. Morgan.
Apropos to the liquor traffic there is a rather curious
story going about in upper circles. At \Vest-end dinner
parties a handsome dashing girl has been noticed by
the people who "know everybody," but wh) don't
know her. They, especially the men, are curious
to learn who she is. Her name is Miss W—, is the
reply. " Who is Miss \V--?" they ask ; and if they
get hold of the right person they will learn that she has
inherited from her father a large amount of public-house
property in the East-end of London, and, being very
wealthy, has paid a needy dowager £2,000 a year to intro-
duce her into society. Many more stories of the kind
might be told of men getting "shamefully rich"
at the West-end on the misery and the crime
of the East-end. There are two men well
known in Pall Mall for the splendour of their attire and
their equipages. These men draw their revenues from the
gin-palaces and the brothels of Shoreditch. Here is a
third case. A clerical friend of mine was called to see a
dying woman in one of the low public-houses of Hagger-
ston. After attending to her, he spoke to the woman
who kept the hone, and made some remarks upon
the sad scenes that she must witness. She replied
that all which he :; said was true enough, that
the trade caused a vast amount of misery among
the poor ; " but what are we to think of those who get rich
upon it ? This very house, and a number more in the
neighbourhood, belong to a gentleman 'living in E—
square," naming one of the largest and most fashionable
squares in Belgravia:'

The Times has a curious piece of antiquarian lore in one
of its leaders to-day. It says that the " Checkers," which
are the frequent sign on a country inn, " represent the
arms of the ancient family of Fitzwarren, the head of
which house, in the daysof the Henries, was invested with
the power of licensing ' the establisments of vintners and
publicans." "The Henries" is rather a vague term, consider-
ing that it applies to 450 years. But let this pass, for there
is another point onwhich an explanation is desirable. The
same sign is to be seen outside the taverns in ancient
Pompeii. Were there Fitzwarrens, • and "Henries " 1800
years ago, and did they live under the shadow of Vesuvius?
The difficulty with respect to the Roman Catholic
cathedral which is to be erected in. honour of Cardinal
Wiseman has beerro.veicome. The contract for the pur-
chase of the site had to be completed before May Ist, and
it was signed by Archbishop Manning this week. It was
doubted at first if the Board of Works had power to sell
land for the erection of a building which would not con-
tribute to the
.poor rates, so counsel's opinion was taken,
and it was favourable to the sale. _ _ _

The marriage banns of the Rev. Benjamin Speke,
whose disappearance caused so much commotion a year
ago, were read for " the first time of asking " last Sunday
at the little church of Corsham-Side, near Chippenham.
Mr. Speke is about to marry Miss Fuller, of that neigh-
bourhood, a lady who is well known for her works of
charity.

If women may not teach in public, there is no reason
why they should not read. Many of them are well quali-
fied to do this. At the present time two ladies, the
Misses Lisle, are attaining considerable reputation in Lon-
don by their readings of poetry. Among other pieces are
the sleep-walking scene from " Macbeth," Mr. Morris's
poem, " Atlanta's Race," Poe's "Neils," and "The Maid of
Bregenz." I believe these ladies are willing to make
engagements to give readings in the provinces.
An amusing letter which I have just received from India

describes the visit of the Ameer of Afighanistan to Lahore
My correspondent describes the Ameer as a tall, large
man, of much lighter complexion than that of the native
Indians, with a hooked nose, and a somewhat Jewish, not
to say evil, expression. He despises the gay clothing
in which the rajahs and great men of India
delight, and appears in a long brown coat,
and a tall sheep-skin helmet-shaped hat. He
said, " I am not a woman. I do not want fine
clothes." His idea of women is not favourable. Noticing
all the ladies assembled to see him as he entered Lahore,
he said, "We like our wives as well as you do; but if
they were to come out as your ladies do, we should cut
their heads off." This, however, was not nearly so
severe as the remarks which he made on his first
crossing our frontier at Peshawur. Observing the
ladies there, ho said, " I suppose you do as
we do, keep your pretty women indoors." The
procession into the capital of the Punjab was very pic-
turesque. At the bridge of boats the Ameer alighted
and took his place in the carriage of the Lieutenant-
Governor, who had gone to meet him. These two digni-
taries, together with the two officers who had accompanied
the Ameer since he entered British India, drove in a car-
riage and four. They were preceded by the band of the
7th Hussars, on white horses, and who were greatly ad-
mired for the skill with which they held their instruments
in one hand, and held the music and guided their steeds
with the other. In the second carriage and four was the
Ameer's son, a child of seven years old, and in the third
were divers great British functionaries. They were fol-
lowed by aprocession on horseback, and between every two
Englishmen rode a grand native in the most picturesque
costume. The durbar in the Montgomery Hall has already
been described in the Indian and English papers, and my
correspondent speaks of it in very high terms. About 350
persons had to he presented to the Ameer by the Secre-
tary to the Government, and while the latter got hoarse, the
former looked decidedly bored, until the pipers belonging
to a Highland regiment marched past. At sight of these
the Affghan's eyes lighted up, he became greatly interested,
and the chief piper had to explain the construction of his
instrument. The ceremony concluded by the Secretary
sprinkling the company with attar of roses, a native
custom on state occasions. After the ceremony he com-
plimented those who had conducted it, but spoke
contemptuously of the Indians, saying, " They are
a poor set ; they look as if the sun had burnt
all the energy out of them." 'Then came the ball
and the illuminations, which the Ameer took very quietly,
as though determined to be surprised at nothing ; yet I
doubt if he had ever read Horace. He was then escorted
to the railway, en route to Umritsur. At the station he
was unable to maintain his nil admirari rule. It was the
first railway he had seen, and he was greatly delighted.
After he bad departed he was pretty well criticised. The
general impression was that he was a savage, an
intelligent one, no doubt, but still a savage. Very
shrewd and observant he certainly is, and everybody
believes that he had some great object in visiting India ;
but he took very gond care nut to betray it. Of course it
is important to both parties that there should be friend.
ship between him and, us; but the impression seems
to be that he would not give us his without ample con-
sideration.

The Water Colour Society has a capital exhibition this
year. It surpasses that at the rival Institute, just as the
Institute's winter exhibition surpassed the Society's.
The place of honour is given to Dirket Poster, who has a
large and admirable picture of "A Meet." Holman
Hunt, who was recently elected an associate, has two
small, but remarkable, pictures, " Moonlight at
Salerno" and " Interior of the Cathedral at Salerno."
Branwhite has six pictures ; several of them snow
pieces, one particularly good, and a really nobal
sunset scene on a mountain river. There is
but one other landscape which will compare with
this—" The Shades of Evening," by Alfred Newton.
Carl Haag has one very fine picture of a Samaritan
High Priest reading the Pentateuch. Burne Jones is
unusually strong, and has actually learnt that curves are
more beautiful than angles in the human body. There is
scarcely one of his figures requiring surgical aid for a dis-
location.

The publishers complain that this is
.one of the very
worst seasons ever known. Consequently they are holding
over their books, and very few new works are announced.
Everyone, of course, will read " George Eliot's " poem in
the new number of Blackwood. The June number of the
Churchman's Shilling Magazine will have an article by Mrs.
Broderip, the daughter of Thomas Hood, and another by
Miss Plues, the botanist. The Victoria Magazine, just out,
has one by Mr. Spender on the Temperance question.
Messrs. Hurst and Blackett are bringing out a novel by
Lady di Beauclerk, sister of the Duke of St. Albans. It
is called " True Love."

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

THE LAW AND ITS EXECUTION.

The law is now repeatedly defeated by its own
strictne7s. The rule that everything must be abso-
lutely proved against a defendant has made nugatory
two most important statutes within the last few
months. The Middlesex magistrates have allowed
the night-houses in the Haymarket to run their
course of iniquity unreproved ; the Court of Common
Pleas has virtually made useless the law prohibiting
the sale of liquors on Sunday during certain hours.
The magistrates arc required to have proof furnished
t.hem that the man who has been served with drink
c• a traveller. The difficulty of getting negative
evidence is proverbial, and so nearly all prosecu-
tions now-a-days against erring licensed victuallers
fall to the ground. Mr. Ingham, the sti-
pendiary magistrate of Hammersmith Police-
court, has told the police that he is comparatively
powerless to convict, and that if the law is to be
carried out there must be fresh legislation. .There
can be no injustice in setting aside the decision of
the Court of Common Pleas. A publican is sum-
moned for serving during prohibited hours. He
pleads that the person so served was a traveller.
lle
can have no difficulty in proving it. The law as it
now stands is its own overthrow.

TIIE TRADES UNIONS DILL.
The Trades Unions Dill of Messrs. Hughes and
Munclella seems to find general favour amongst the
trades unionists. Another meeting of delegates, in
which the ironmoulders, engineers, carpenters,
plasterers, masons, coach-wheelwrights, twine-
spinners, miners, ropemakers, coopers, ironfounders,
compositors, and smiths were represented, has just
been held, and the bill was unanimously approved.

THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS COMPANY.
We have already announced that the select com-
mittee of the House of Commons has refused to
allow the Great Central Gas Company to make up
for its deficiencies, caused by the defalcations of
Ifiggs, by acquiring more capital. The committee
have now made a special report to the House. What
they say will hardly be satisfactory to the share-
holders. The committee state that they are satisfied
on the evidence of the promoters that for many
years there has been no sufficient audit or supervi-
sion of the accounts of the company, and that
defalcations have occurred extending over a period
of six or seven years, and exceeding in amount
£71,000..
FOREIGN CATTLE.
•
Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., has issued to the members
of the Chambers of Agriculture a letter, in which he
expresses his regret at the failure of the agricultu-
rists to get a provision inserted in the Government
Cattle Bill for keeping out diseased beasts.
"I believe (he says) that the alterations we propose
making in the bill regarding our own stock will meet
with little opposition from the Government, but I
am grieved to add that I find a most determined
resistance will be made to those amendments which aim at
providing separate markets for foreign stock. We stated
our requirements on this head in reasonable and moderate
terms, and have made every concession save those that we
regard as essential for the exclusion of foreign diseases.
Without these separate markets at all the ports where
cattle from Central and Eastern Europe are landed, the
other provisions of the bill will be almost valueless. I
therefore deem it my duty to respectfully call upon every
subscriber to our local Chambers to urge upon all members
of Parliament within his district the necessity of support-
ing these amendments, which, if carriedt will increase
ttasrof
ye
s
rather than decrease the supply of foreign meat, and
which, I believe, offer the most permaonck of h
permanent means,ti short
actual prohibition, of keepingthe stock
free from imported diseases."
Is it protection against disease, or against competi-
tion, that Mr. Read and his friends are really trying
to obtain ? Are they not very zealous in the former
because they know that what they propose will
include the latter?