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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
GERMAN CATTLE TRADE. 
June §th. 
Mr. Norwood asked the Vice-President of the Council whether the Vete- 
rinary Department was prepared to relax in any way the restrictions on the 
circulation of cattle imported from Germany. 
Mr. W. F. Forster said the Government were not prepared to relax the 
present restrictions on the circulation of cattle imported from Germany. A 
very important deputation of butchers from the northern towns had waited 
upon him some time ago, and asked for permission to remove imported Ger- 
man cattle from the outports to inland towns — for instance, from Hull to 
Leeds or Manchester, under strict regulations for enforcing slaughter at the 
railway terminus, so as to prevent the risk of spreading disease. The 
Government would have been glad to meet the views of that deputation; 
but, as he had informed them at the time, he much feared they would have 
been obliged to issue such precise and strict regulations as would have pre- 
vented the arrangement from being of much, or perhaps any, advantage to 
the trade. It was only fair, however, to acknowledge that both the Corpo- 
rations and the railway companies had shown a great willingness to carry 
out strict regulations. Independently of that difficulty, the Government 
had within the last few days received information which convinced them that 
this was not the time to make any alterations in regard to the importation 
of German cattle. They learnt from our Minister at Munich that cattle 
plague had appeared at Bavaria, near Munich, within the last few days, and 
although it was to be hoped that it would be suppressed by prompt mea- 
sures, yet it was obvious that Germany had not yet recovered from the effects 
of the war, and that it would be inexpedient to make any relaxation in re- 
spect to German cattle. In the meantime, he was glad to believe that the 
late order in reference to Dutch imported cattle had been of very consider- 
able advantage both to the northern consumers and the farmers, who were 
much in want of store cattle ; and inquiry only increased his conviction that 
there was no danger of cattle plague from the Dutch imported cattle, and 
as little danger of pleuro-pneumonia from the home traffic. 
Veterinary Jurisprudence, 
WIGAN COUNTY COURT. 
Before Mr. J. S. T. Greene, Judge. 
Anderton v. Wright. 
Case of “ String-halt .” 
Mr. Lees appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr, Ellis for the defendant. 
In this case the plaintiff, a sm allware dealer carrying on business 
in Sclioles, sought to recover from the defendant, a grocer and horse 
dealer residing in Wallgate, Wigan, the sum of £8 4s. 10c?. for 
breach of warranty respecting a mare sold by the defendant to the 
plaintiff, on the 20th of February last, for the sum of £15. On 
behalf of the plaintiff it was alleged that the mare was sold as 
“ sound and right in every respect that she was afterwards found 
to be suffering from “ string-halt that the defendant refused to take 
