The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1866.

county to any other place within the county, ex-
cept from lands to adjoining lands in the same oc-
cupation. This in effect is a total prohibition of
the removal of live cattle under any circumstances,
where a public highway has •to be crossed, till the
Ist of March next, but from a correspondence
which has taken place between Sir Baldwin Leigh-
ton, as Chairman of Quarter Sessions, and the
Home-office, it appears that the magistrates have
misapprehended, in an important particular, the
power vested in them by the Order in Council.
Sir George Grey informs Sir Baldwin Leightonthat
cattle may be driven to railway stations for the
purpose of being conveyed out of the county,
which will, to a great extent, nullify the regulations
of the magistrates. At the adjourned Quarter
Sessions, held at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbury, on
Saturday, Sir Baldwin Leighton in the chair, a long
discussion took place on the subject of relaxing the
regulations. Mr. C. V. Childe Pemberton pointed
out their hardship and inconsistency, and proposed
that they should be relaxed, in districts free from
the plague, so as to permit the removal of cattle from
place to place any distance not exceeding a quarter
of a mile, and for breeding purposes not exceeding
a mile. Lord Hill, Lord-Lieutenant of the county,
said that as the existing regulations would only con-
tinue in force till the Ist of March, the inconvenience
would be trifling in comparison with the importance
of getting rid of the cattle plague. The Chair-
man said he was opposed to the frequent altera-
tion of regulations adopted by the court, but if
the magistrates generally were of opinion that some
modification was desirable, he would suggest that
the details be referred for consideration to a com-
mittee. Mr. Childe Pemberton withdrew his motion
in deference to the suggestion thrown out by the
chairman, and a proposition by Lord Hill against
any alteration being made in the existing regula-
tions was put and rejected by a majority of 15 to 12.
Mr. Childe Pemberton then proposed " That a com-
mittee be appointed to consider any alterations that
it may seem desirable to make in the present order
of the Court relative to the cattle plague, and report
to the Court next Saturday." This proposition,
having been seconded by Mr. Butler Lloyd, was
carried by a majority of 19 to 11, and the Court
adjourned for a week.
The county magistrates were occupied a con-
siderable time at Shrewsbury, on Saturday after-
noon, investigatiofi a charge against the London and
North-Western Railway Company for having, on
the 27th of December, conveyed certain cattle
from Newtown,, Montgomeryshire, to Yockleton,
iu the Hundred of Ford, Shropshire, in contra-
vention of an order of the magistrates, dated the
16th of December. Mr. Roberts, solicitor, of
London, represented the company. It appeared
that the cattle were consigned to Mr. Jones, of
Yockleton, to Mr. Edward Edwards, of Yockleton,
and that they were conveyed by the defendantsin the
usual way, in pursuance of the traffic management
between the London and North-Western and Cam-
brian Railway Companies, the truck and engine
used belonging to the former. Mr. Roberts, for the
defence, submitted that railways were not included
in the scope of the order under which the informa-
tion was laid ; that there was no evidence to show
that the cattle were sent to Yockleton for exhibi-
tion or sale, as mentioned in the Order ; and that,
if any offence had been committed, the consignee
was the proper party to summon and not the rail-
way company. The magistrate held that railways
are included within the scope of the Order, and that
the other points raised by Mr. Roberts were not
worth consideration. They consequently convicted
the company, and imposed a penalty of £2O and
costs. Mr. Roberts applied for a case to be sub-
mitted to the Court above, but the magistrates re-
fused the application.