Alston Herald, and East Cumberland Advertiser. — 1875-12-18 (Alston, Cumbria, England)

THE DUKE OF RICHMOND ON CATTLE DISEASE REGULATIONS.  Speaking at the annual dinner of the Chichester Cattle Show on Wedaesday, the Duke of Richmond, avoiding party politics, defended at some Length the policy of the Government upon a point which has beea the subject of much controversy—the restrictions placed upon the importation of foreign cattle. With regard to the footand-mouth disease, they had always been in the habit of treating Ireland as a part of the United Kingdom as we should wig', to do, but there was this difficulty, that the compulsory slaughtering order enforced in England was not enforced in Ireland. There were great difficulties in having a compulsory slaughter order enforced in Ireland, though he did not say they were insurmountable. The Irish orders and the Irish Privy Council were entirely in the hands of the Irish Government -Then, again, there was this peculiarity, that in Ireland there was only one local authority, viz., that at Dublin, whereas in England there were about 400. In Ireland the police, and not veterinary surgeons, were the inspectors; and a policeman probably in many cases knew as much about pleuro-pneumonia as he did about the Chinese language. Yet the policeman was the person to authorise the slaughtering of an animal. People in England who cared about how their money was spent would wish to be satisfied that the animal was really affected with pleuro-pneumonia, and that it was not some miserable old cow allowed to live so long that it would be satisfactory to the owner to slaughter it and get compensation. This was a state of things which should not be allowed to continue, and he had been in communication with the Irish Government on the matter, pointing out the great anomaly which existed.  Bishop Jermyn late of Colombo, was on Tuesday unanimously elected Bishop of Brachia.  A cotton mill lxilonging to Mr. Longs haw, near Pendlebury, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. Damage £30,000.  Mr. Marshall Stephenson, of Fourstones, near Hexham, has been unanimously appointed assistant secretary to the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, at a salary of etoo a-year.  A petition, signed by upwards of 600 of the inhabitant e of Choppington, beis been forwarded to the Home Peoretiry, preying for a commutation of the sentence in tin, case of the Dinnington murderer, Chariton.  A movement is on foot for presenting a testimonial to Mr. Clare Sewell Road, M P., to express the appreciation of the subscribers of the thoroughness with which he has endeavoured to make the interests of the tenant-farmers and of agriculturiste generally felt by the Government.  At a meeting held at the Manchester Town Hall, on Monday, under the presidency of the Mayor, a Committee was elected to co-operate with the Committee already formed in London for the purpose of caising a suitable national memorial of Lord Byron.  THE TURKISH BONDNOLDRAS AND LORD DERBY —On Monday, Mr. Hamond, M.P., introduced a deputation of Turkish bondholders to the Earl of Derby and Lord Tenterden at the Foreign Office. A scheme for dealing with the Turkish debt was laid before the noble earl, who promised, on the deputation undertaking to send the scheme to him in writing, to give it his consideration. Lord Tenterdeu remarked that the Government had already given Mr. Otway their unofficial support in his negotiations with the Porte.  THE CiTTLE Titans