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danger of contagion. Cattle bought at fairs sometimes did 
not show symptoms of the complaint till two or three weeks 
after they had caught the infection ; and the most ruinous 
losses must ensue to the graziers if a check were not put 
immediately upon importation. He therefore entreated the 
noble lord at the head of the Government to take this urgent 
matter into serious consideration. 
Sir J. Tyrell said that attention had been called to this 
subject for many years by the Royal Agricultural Society ; 
but in their report on the lungs complaint that body had 
come to the conclusion that, unfortunately, nobody knew 
anything about it. A few years ago smallpox spread ex- 
tensively among the sheep in this country, the disease having, 
no doubt, been the result of foreign importation ; but it 
afterwards suddenly disappeared in apparently the most 
miraculous manner. The right honorable gentleman (Mr. 
Lowe) said he had destroyed one calf affected with the dis- 
ease, so that his experience in the matter was plainly very 
limited. 
Lord Palmerston promised that inquiry should be made 
by the Government, with a view to the adoption of what- 
ever precautions were practicable to prevent the spread of 
disease among cattle. 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
Rubbins, v. The Great Northern Railway 
Company. 
Claim £50, for alleged injury (resulting in death) to a 
valuable horse during its transit from Newark to Tallington 
in one of the Company’s horse-boxes. Mr. Phillips appeared 
for the plaintiff; Mr. Bell, barrister, with Mr. Justins, 
appeared for the Great Northern Railway Company. 'The 
case was fully gone into at the November Court, and the 
evidence given on that occasion was, with a few additions, 
precisely the same as that given on this occasion. A verdict 
was returned in favour of the plaintiff at the November 
Court for the full amount claimed, and in December appli- 
cation was made by Mr. Bell for a new trial, which was 
granted. The following were sworn on the jury: Messrs. 
G. Baker, T. B. Monck, W. Richardson, T. K. Parker, 
and D. E. Simpson. 
