The day the dogs died in London

London Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-40

  Mcmullan, M B ^a  

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EID: 11544271342     PISSN: 03058034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/ldn.1998.23.1.32     Document Type: Article

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1. Penny Satirist Vol. 3 No. 142, 4 January 1840.
2. 2 & 3 Vict. c.XCIV. The penalty was a fine of not more than 40 shillings for the first offence and £5 for subsequent offences.
3. C.60 S.2. This Act was often called The Dogs Act.
4. The current prohibition is in the Cruelty to Animals Act 1911 S.9. The maximum penalty continued to be £2 for the first offence and £5 for subsequent offences. It was later increased.
5. Parliamentary Papers, 1837-38(578) XV, Select Committee on Metropolis Police Offices, q.1632.
6. House of Lords Debates (HL Debs) 1 August 1839, col. 1055.
7. PP1837-38, XV, S.C. Metropolis Police Offices q.1686.
8. Leisure Hour Vol. IX, (1860), 533, 535. London Dogs, Anon.
9. The Menageries, Vol. I, Ch. III, 46. Author unknown. Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, (1831) in The Library of Entertaining Knowledge.
10. The Menageries, Vol. I, Ch. III, 46. Author unknown. Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, (1831) in The Library of Entertaining Knowledge.
11. PP1832 (667), V, Select Committee on Bill for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
12. PP1837-38, XV, Select Committee on Metropolis Police Offices.
13. PP1832(667), V S.C. Cruelly to Animals, q.91, 171, 229.
14. PP1837-38, XV, S.C. on Metropolis Police Offices, q.1680.
15. ibid., q.1693.
16. PP1832(667), V, S.C. on Cruelty to Animals. q.90 ff, q.231 ff.
17. See note 8.
18. Founded 1824. Since 1840 the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. I must express my gratitude to the Archivist and staff at the Royal Society's headquarters for their kindness and invaluable assistance. They are not in any way responsible for any opinions or conclusions expressed here.
19. In 1822, 1835 and 1837. Further Acts additional to the 1839 Act followed in 1849, 1854 (passim), 1876 (vivisection) and 1911.
20. Edinburgh Review, (1809). Sydney Smith, proceedings of the Society for the Suppression of Vice.
21. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Annual Report (1838), 67.
22. Brougham, Henry Peter, (1778-1868), Baron, reforming Lord Chancellor, founded London University, co-founder of Edinburgh Review, ceaselessly active as a proponent of reform.
23. HL Debs. 1 Aug 1839, col. 1430.
24. HL Debs. 10 July 1854, col. 1430.
25. Owen, Sir Richard FRS (1804-1892) Internationally eminent physiologist and anatomist.
26. HL Debs. 10 July 1854, col. 1431.
27. idem.
28. PP1837-38, XV, S.C. Metropolis Police Offices, q.1611.
29. It was not until 1885 that Pasteur introduced his vaccine.
30. PP1837-38, XV, S.C. Metropolis Police Offices q.1636.
31. HL Debs. 1 Aug 1839, col. 1056.
32. 1776-1847, practised in London and lectured at University College. Wrote authoritative treatises on animals including The Dog (1845).
33. PP1837-38, XV, S.C. on Metropolis Police Offices, q.1702.
34. ibid. q.1710 ff.
35. The Dog Cart Nuisance, London Illustrated News, July 1854, 111.
36. HL Debs. 4 and 10th July, 1854.
37. House of Commons Debates (HC Debs) 22 June 1854, col. 639.
38. (1790-1871), Tory MP 1809, second Baron 1818, governor-general of India 1841, created earl 1844, first Lord of Admiralty 1846.
39. HL Debs. 1 Aug 1839, col. 1055.
40. (1812-1861) Archibald William thirteenth earl; lord-lieutenant of Ireland 1852.
41. HL Debs. 10 July 1854, col. 1429.
42. ibid. col. 1435. The quotation is from King Henry IV, Part I, I, ii.
43. The Dog, (1845), 2.
44. Eg: Anthony Powell The Military Philosophers, Part V.
45. Bill Smith, Joe Smith and His Waxworks, (1896).
46. ibid. 31.
47. In Rewards and Fairies, (1910).
48. See note 8.
49. HL Debs. 10 July 1854, col. 1430.
50. ibid. col. 1432.