§ MR. PAGETasked the Vice President of the Council, If his attention has been called to a paragraph in the "Times" of the 21st instant, with reference to gross cruelty said to have been practised on Foreign cattle landed at Birkenhead; and, if he will desire full inquiry to be made into the matter, and cause directions to be issued to the Veterinary Inspectors of the Privy Council to prosecute the offenders in all such cases?
§ MR. MUNDELLAThe attention of the Privy Council was called to the paragraph in The Times respecting the cruel treatment of foreign cattle, and the Veterinary Department immediately telegraphed to the Inspector of the Privy Council at Birkenhead for information. The Inspector reported on the facts; but as there had been a successful prosecution of the offender, the Privy Council considered it unnecessary to take any further steps. Whenever such a case is reported by the Inspectors of the Privy Council, a communication is made to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who are willing to perform the valuable service of instituting a prosecution where there appears to be good grounds.