The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-27 00:00:00

THE MURRAIN.

Mr. STAFFORD again called the attention of the
house to the cattle disease on the continent.
Mr. LOWE said that the subject did not
come within his department, and he could give
no other answer as to the measures that had been taken
to prevent its spreading over this country. If the hon.
gentleman would give him notice of what he really
wanted he would do his beat to give him the informa-
tion.
Lord NAAS informed the house that all the

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c-ntioEntal dales had prohibited the iinp rtation
of\ catt'e from the diseased districts, and c)htentica
that the Government ought to ad pt a similar
precaution. He teminded the house that in 1745, when
they had the cattle disease in this country, it lasted
eight years. It then arose from the importation
of two diseased cattle, and they. were yesterday
Unformed that a diseased calf imported from Amsterdam
bad been destroyed on the Thames.

Mr. PACKE addressed the house on this
important subject. It affected not only the
breeders and feeders of castle, but the consumer also.
Lord PALMERSTON said that inquiry should be
made relative to the disease, and that precautionary
measures should be adopted.
An HON. MEMBER said that he understood the disease
was in this country. He bad heard of a person who bad
lost 29 head of cattle out of a herd of 60.
After some fuitber remarks from Sir J. TYBELL,
The subject dropped.
CRIMEAN MEDALS.

Colonel GILPIN asked the Under-Secretaty for
War when the medals were to be distributed to the
families of the British soldiers who died in the Crimea ?
He understood that GOO of the families of the Grenadiers
a'orie bad not had their med,ds.
Mr. FREDERICK PEEL said that the distribution
wouli shortly be completed.
CHINA—ADJOURNED DEBATE.
The adjourned debate was .resumed by
Mr. S. WARREN, who said. that the motion was
now disembarrassed from the second branch of it that
embairassed hon. members last night. He liokeduponitas
a momentous question, and tie could assure the house
that, he did not consider it a party question. The Go-
vernment having identified itself with the matter before
the house, it was right there ,shoull be no misunder-
standing on it. After referring to the paragraph in
her Majesty's gracious speech in reference to China,
which statel that the insults, &c., of the Chinese had
been met by her Msjesty's representatives with
forbearance, he asked where was the forbear-
ance alluded to, because it was impossible to
discover, it in the blue books that bad been presented to
the House. He had no fau,t to find with the British
army dr navy in Cuina—(hear, hear)—and with refer-
ence to S r J. Bowring, he said that what he had done
had been done as a flimsy pretext for carrying into effect
long cherished notions—(hear, hear)—and added
that he (ILI not consider that Sir J. Bow-
ring would have done it" without be was rerfect:y
certain that he was acting with the full knowledge of the
authorities at home, and that his conduct would be rati-
fied by the home authorities. (Hear.) He should abstain
from the legat part of the argument, that having been
exhausted by noble lords in another place. He con-
curred in the epigrammatic and terse description given
by the learned member for Sheffield some nighta
since of - the mode of conducting business in this
house, for they were told they were too soon, and
would interfere with negotiations, or were too
late in endeavouring to obtain information from
Government r. lstis e to the state of important mat-
ters connected with peace or war. He considered
they were at war under circumstances (not to use a figu-
rative expression) at which humanity shuddered. The
bon". gentleman then proceeded to consider whether or
not the Chinese had given occasion for this war, and
said that he challenged the Attorney-General to dis-
prove the lsw relating to this case, as had been laid
down in another place.
(LEFT SPELICING.)

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.