MR. OWEN STANLEYsaid, he would beg to ask the hon. Member for Birkenhead, Whether it is true that among a cargo of cattle from Ireland, one of the animals on landing had been pronounced 1149 by the Inspector as infected with the cattle plague?
§ MR. LAIRDsaid, in reply, that the Chairman of the Birkenhead Commissioners had informed him that last Saturday week a cargo of cattle arrived from Ireland and were sold in the Liverpool market on Monday, and some of them were taken to the Birkenhead slaughterhouse on the Tuesday and killed. It was then found that one of them was far gone in the cattle disease, and it was immediately buried. He (Mr. Laird) had promised the Vice President of the Committee of Council that he would ascertain all the facts from the officers of the market, and forward the information to the Privy Council.