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to us as a professional body, as may also be said of our 
exemption from juries. 
I am, yours faithfully, 
G. J. Vincent. 
Redgkave ; May 18 , 1855 . 
HORSES SUEEOCATED BY EOUL AIR. 
On Wednesday morning last, two valuable horses were de- 
stroyed at the Barracks here by sulphuretted hydrogen get- 
ting admission into the stable from a common sewer, which had 
been opened during the night for the purpose of being cleaned 
out. The groom, on entering the stable in the morning, found 
both animals down and apparently lifeless. One of them, hav- 
ing broken his chain, had got into another stall, and the groom 
naturally thought that they had been fighting during the 
night, and immediately went for Mr. Small, veterinary sur- 
geon, who, on his arrival, found both the animals dead. One 
of them, a beautiful mare, lay stretched in her stall, without 
the slightest mark of injury on her body ; the other, a valu- 
able charger, had broken his fastening, and ran for refuge 
into the next stall, where he lay crouched in a corner, and 
evidently he had been dead several hours. It was quite clear 
that the death of both could not have been caused by their 
kicking each other, as the groom supposed. It was then con- 
jectured that they had been poisoned, until the silver mount- 
ing of some harness that hung in the stable was discovered 
to be tarnished. The truth became evident, that the animals 
were suffocated by foul air, which was fully confirmed by the 
post-mortem examination made by Mr. Small during the day. 
The horses were the property of Mr. Bond, Adjutant to the 
Armagh Regiment, who, we regret to say, suffers a heavy 
loss by the calamity. If the stable had been properly con- 
structed for thorough ventilation, the misfortune would not 
have occurred, and w r e think that Mr. Bond has a just claim 
upon the government for compensation for his loss. One 
of the officers of the regiment was nearly suffocated in his 
quarters on the same night, and some silver found in the 
room the next morning was quite black. If the government 
officials in the ordnance departments do not think it worth 
while to attend to these matters the police authorities should 
certainly look to it. — Ulster Gazette. 
