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them, but stated that the act was done with the full consent and 
approval of the Privy Council. Mr. Jourdain contended that that 
consent, even if formally given, was insufficient; the regulations 
recently issued at the Veterinary Department of the Privy Council 
(which he then put in) only authorising removal under the circum- 
stances with the permission of Her Majesty’s Commissioners of 
Customs. The Court asked for the production of this permission, 
which the gentleman who attended on behalf of the defendants said 
was unnecessary, as his clients had obtained permission direct from the 
Privy Council. Mr. Jourdain insisted upon the production of an Order 
in Council duly gazetted, in accordance with the provisions of the 
Act, before he could admit the validity of the authority under which 
the defendants had acted. The Court held that this was essential. 
The defendants’ solicitor said that on a future occasion he should 
be prepared to prove that the authority of the Customs had been 
duly transferred to the Privy Council. Mr. Jourdain had no ob- 
jection to an adjournment for that purpose, having no wish to snap 
a conviction or to press for the infliction of an extreme penalty. 
The presiding magistrate (Mr. Ford Barclay) observed that in the 
event of the non-production of the license of the Commissioners 
of Customs, or an Order in Council revoking their powers, the 
Court would have no alternative but to convict. Defendants’ soli- 
citor then contended that his clients were not “ consignees,” as 
stated in the information upon which the summons was granted, 
and that the road along which the cattle were driven was not “a 
public highway,” as also stated. These technical objections having 
been discussed, it was eventually agreed by consent that the sum- 
mons should be withdrawn without costs upon either side, the pre- 
siding magistrate remarking that it was a very proper case to be 
brought before the Court, but he thought that, under all the cir- 
cumstances, the parties had arrived at a right conclusion. The 
prosecution, it is understood, will be immediately renewed . — North 
British Agriculturist. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
War Office. London Gazette, Sept. 10^. 
Veterinary Department. — Charles Whitney Gillard, gent., to 
be Acting Veterinary Surgeon, vice Evans, promoted. 
MISCELLANEA. 
A CABMAN’S HORSE. 
He was a low-spereted animal, one as had seen better days, as you 
might know by the way he hugged the left ’and sharp, as if it had 
bin a pole — showin’ as he’d once run in pairs, p’raps alongside 
