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of the foe by an intelligent and, we trust, well-directed plan of 
defence. We need hardly add, that veterinary science, ever the 
handmaid of medicine, will feel it her duty to put her best foot 
foremost in the service of a cause of such vital import both to man 
and beast. Fearful and fatal epizootics have raged in our stables 
and pastures. The late pleuro-pneumonia among cattle furnishes 
a signal example. This, and like instances, will be taken into 
account. Comparative views will be instituted between the seve- 
ral epidemic affections running through the animal creation ; and 
it is hoped, and may be confidently expected, that in the end such 
investigations will lead to most important and beneficial results. 
MISCELLANEA. 
Exposing Diseased Cattle for Sale. 
At Guildhall Police Court, Mr. Showier, the Inspector of 
Smithfield Market, applied for the Magistrate’s order to destroy 
some sheep which had been seized that morning, having been 
brought up in waggons and placed in the pens, but the salesman 
would not receive them, although he had a consignment note, which 
he refused to shew to the police. Alderman Carden asked where 
the sheep were now ! Showier replied, that they were in the 
hands of the police. Russell, one of the officers of the market, 
stated that he understood these were part of a flock of six hun- 
dred from the north of Spain, which were seized as soon as landed, 
by the Government, about four months ago. Two hundred of them 
had died, and been buried; and these were some of them that had 
been sold by Government to defray expenses, at the rate, he un- 
derstood, of 3 s..6d. per head. Alderman Carden said he thought 
it was not very discreet on the part of the Government authorities 
to sell any of them, if it was merely to cover their expenses. 
George Russell, 34, said that about twenty minutes past eight 
he was in Smithfield market, and observed two carts full of sheep 
opposite the pens of Mr. John Hill. Thirty-eight were put into 
pens, and he saw that they had the “ scab” very bad, and were 
much emaciated ; in consequence of which, he called the attention 
of another officer to them, and they were removed from the market. 
Alderman Carden, “ Do you think they were infectious V ’ Russell : 
“ I certainly do.” Alderman Carden : “ To whom were they con- 
signed V' Russell : “ To Mr. Hill, who admitted that he had the 
