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eyebrows become grey, and the bone of the superior arch of the 
orbit is so much more prominent, that the eyes appear to be 
hollow and sunk in the head. These alterations of the face, 
which are continually increasing, concur, with the length of the 
tushes and the largeness of the snout, to give to the head of the 
animal a hideous aspect. 
Y. 
A SiNGULAii Law, 
Respecting the Sale of Horses at Public Fairs, in the Act of 
William and Mary, which, although obsolete, yet is still in 
force. 
On Saturday, at the Lewisham Petty Sessions, Mr. Mar¬ 
shall, of Deptford, was charged by Mrs. Martyn, of Chisel- 
hurst, with having in his possession a valuable bay gelding, 
her property. It had been stolen, in May last, from the com¬ 
plainant, and no tidings were heard of it until a few days 
ago, when her coachman saw it grazing in a field of Mr. 
Marshall’s. 
It appeared from the evidence adduced, that Mr. Marshall 
had purchased it from Mr. May, a respectable horse-dealer at 
Deptford; and that he (Mr. May) had bought it at Hertford 
fair, in May last, of a person whose name he did not know, 
but whom he had been in the habit of meeting at the different 
markets. 
The magistrates said, that the horse having been proved to 
have been stolen, it must, under these circumstances, be given 
up to the owner. 
Mr. Parker, the magistrate’s clerk, read several clauses in the 
Act of William and Mary, in which it was enacted, “ That it 
should not be lawful to purchase any horse, mare, or gelding, at 
any fair or statute market, unless such animal had been publicly 
paraded up and down such market or fair for one hour at least; 
and that the purchaser should require the seller to go before the 
clerk or person appointed to take the toll, who should then enter 
the name and address of the seller in a book to be kept for that 
purpose; and if such seller were not known to such clerk, the 
purchaser must produce one credible witness to speak to his 
knowledge of the seller: and the clerk shall also make one special 
mark on such horse, so as to enable him to identify the same; 
and that the purchaser should take a certificate of the entry 
