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Important Cattle Plague Decision.

At the Horncastle Petty Sessions on Saturday
last, before the Revs. Thos. Livesey and T. Pickford,
Mr. James Banks Stanhope, who did not appear,
was charged, on the information of Superintendent
Thoresby, of the Lindsey constabulary, stationed
at Horncastle, that he, on the 29th day of January
last, did unlawfully remove two cows and 16 bul-
locks from Revesby to Tattershall along a public
highway, such cattle not being fat cattle removed
for the purpose of slaughter with the licence of a
justice of the peace, nor cattle removed from one
part of a farm to another part of the same farm,
with the licence of a justice.
Mr. Robert Toynbee (of the firm of Toynbee and
Larken, of Lincoln) appeared for the prosecution ;
and Mr. Peter Williams (of the firm of Freshfield
and Newton, solicitors, London) appeared on behalf
of Mr. Stanhope. The spacious court-house was
crowded during the whole of the proceedings, which '
lasted upwards of six hours, and great excitement
as to the result was shown not only at Horncastle,
but also at Lincoln and the district around each
town.

From the evidence adduced it appeared that on
Saturday, the 27th day of January, Mr. Banks
Stanhope sat on the Horncastle bench, officiating in
his capacity as a magistrate. With him on that oc-
casion on the bench, besides others, was Mr. Moses
Ehnhirst, of West Ashby. The magistrates sat till
late on that day. Mr. Betts, a tenant of Mr. Stan-
hope's, residing about from 700 to 900 yards from
Revesby Abbey, Mr. Stanhope's residence, had some
beasts taken ill on the Saturday, and he called
upon the veterinary surgeon at Horncastle and got
some " drinks" for them, as he supposed that the
animals were suffering from eating too much chaff,
but the inspector told Mr. Betts that if the boasts
were suffering from the cattle plague he might as
well throw his medicines into the canal as administer
them, as they would do no good. On the Sunday,
Mr. Betts found his beasts no better and adminis-
tered a drink. In casually passing Mr. Bell's, Mr.
Stanhope's bailiff, he called in and found that one
of his animals was " off its peck." After this Mr.
Bell and Mr. Betts went up to the Abbey and saw
Mr. Stanhope, and they recommended that the
beasts should be sent off at once for slaughter,
" because," as Mr. Betts said, " they would get no
fatter and would not pay for keeping." Mr. Betts
suggested that they should be sent to Boston, for
London, and Mr. Bell suggested the Manchester
market. Mr. Stanhope at first declined to send
them away; but ultimately he despatched the fol-
lowing letter to Mr. Elmhirst:—
" Revesby Abbey, Sunday, Jan. 28.

"Dear Elmhirst,—Mr. Bell has become rather
frightened at the plague being in Mareham-le-
Fen (two miles from my farm), and my feeding
beasts being nearly fat, he wishes to send them at
once to Tattershall (Boston erased), to Great
Northern station, to be sent to London to-day, and
sold and killed there to-morrow morning. There
are 10 (7 erased) shorthorn steers, two cows, and
seven Scotch steers. Mr. Bell sends a note to the
llorncastle inspector to give ' a warranty of their
health,' without which it must be understood that
your order is not to be used. I also want a certifi-
cate for the removal of my animals across the road
with the inspector's permission.'—Yours sincerely,
" J. BANKS STANHOPE.
_ _

Moses Elmhirst, Esq."
Upon the receipt of this letter a licence was is-
sued for the transmission of Mr. Stanhope's cattle,
and the inspector, by the aid of two candles, exa-
mined Mr. Stanhope's beasts on Sunday night, and
certified they were healthy. A messenger had been
despatched to Mr. Wood, of the Great Northern Bos-
ton station, asking for cattle trucks to be attached
to the mail train on Sunday night. That gentle-
man at first Tefused, but consented in consequence
of an impression made on his mind that the cattle
plague was in the neighbourhood, and that it was
important to get them away. A message was also
sent to Tattershall. On the Monday the inspector
called and saw Mr. Betts' beasts, and pronounced
them to be suffering from the plague, and some were
shot the same afternoon. Some days after the
plague broke out on Mr. Stanhope's own premises.
By the 3rd clause of the Quarter Sessions order of
the 16th of January it was necessary for every ap-
plicant to give evidence that the cattle plague did
not exist within one mile of his premises before he
could remove them. The magistrates held that Mr.
Stanhope's letter did not show that it was not with-
in that distance, and fined him £2O and costs.

Sir Alfred Joseph Doughty Tichborne, a Hamp-
shire baronet, has just died at the age of 27. The manor
of Tichborne, in Hants, has been iu the Tichborne family
from 200 years before the conquest. The baronetcy was
created nearly 250 years ago. The deceased was the 11th
baronet.

We have to announce the sudden death of Mr.
Spencer Compton, registrar of the Supreme Ccurt at Bom-
bay, on the 15th ult. He was the eldest son of the late Sir
Herbert Compton, Chief Justice of that presidency.
CHARLOTTE WINS OR.—The Governor of
,the
County Gaol (Mr. Rose) has received a further
respite of this notorious culprit to May 14. Sho has been
cautioned against entertaining any hope that her life will
be spared in the event of the next decision of the Court of
Error being adverse to her. On hearing of the further
respite she expressed indignation at the "law's delay.
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