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pulmonary affection. This led to a trial for the difference 
between the original purchase and the price obtained by the 
re-sale of the animal by auction, and which amounted to 
about six pounds. 
The defence set up was, “ that the animal was sound ,” and 
“ that the return of neat stock after being purchased was not 
customary” 
IiisHonour said that a warranty had been given by defendant, 
that the unsoundness of the animal had been clearly and satis- 
factorily proved by plaintiff’s veterinary surgeon, and that 
the second plea of the defence was fallacious. A warranty 
on the sale of a beast, sheep, or other animal, though not so 
commonly given as with horses, is occasionally ; and it con- 
stitutes equal protection to purchasers from imposition and 
fraud. 
The jury found a verdict for Plaintiff. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
Mr. William Partridge has been gazetted as Veterinary 
Surgeon to the 17th Light Dragoons in the place of Mr. W. 
Gavin, deceased. 
Messrs. Christopher Sanderson, and Henry William 
Sparrow, are also gazetted as Veterinary Surgeons to the 
Royal Artillery. 
Messrs. Henry Dawson, Thornton Hart, and D. S. Hinge, 
are appointed to Depots. 
Mr. Thomas Walton Mayer having been selected by the 
government to proceed to Hungary to purchase horses for 
the army, is to have “ the local rank of Veterinary Surgeon” 
as attached to “ the Turkish Contingent.” Also, Mr. Samuel 
Thomas Goddard, vice G. H. Morton, whose appointment has 
been cancelled. 
OBITUARY. 
Died, June 23d, 1853, at Henham, Essex, in the forty- 
second year of his age, Mr. John Titchmarsh, M.R.C.V.S. 
Mr. Titchmarsh obtained his diploma at the Royal 
Veterinary College in 1833, and succeeded to his father’s 
business, which had been established many years, conducting 
it in such a manner as , to merit and obtain the respect and 
esteem of his employers. The immediate cause of his death 
was phthisis pulmonalis , brought on by exposure to the night 
air during the past inclement winter. He was not married, 
but he has left many to regret his loss, being a sincere friend, 
and very charitable to the poor in his neighbourhood. 
