17 JUNE 1871, Page 2

The Dogs' Bill got to its second reading in the

House of Lords before any one discovered the atrocious and seemingly unbridled panic of its provisions. The Duke of Richmond, however, who, as leader of the Opposition, is a personage, did call attention yesterday week to some of the more alarmist, not to say frenzied,, provisions, and Lord Morley said he would take the Duke's "re- marks into consideration." Really, if the Bill passes, there will soon arrive a universal ory on behalf of murdered dogs, dogs. cruelly and unjustly murdered by magistrates and police officers and the only adequate remedy will be a Bill for Canine Habeas Corpus.