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to A. B., whether A. B. does not discharge himself of all respon¬ 
sibility to his employer, by returning him the horse, or by leaving 
it at some place to be taken care of for him, giving him notice at 
the same time of having done so ? 
Secondly, Whether, in the case of an unwilling purchaser, 
A. B.'s employer can sue him for the purchase-money, orw'hether 
his remedy is against the purchaser only ? 
We have taken some pains to ascertain what is the law of this 
case, for it is of some importance; and we are enabled to give the 
following, on very great authority : *— 
If an auctioneer sells without disclosing his principal, he is 
personally liable for the non-performance of the contract. 
If an agent employs an auctioneer to sell the goods of his 
principal, but the sale is so conducted that to the purchaser the 
agent appears as the principal, the real principal being unknown, 
the agent incurs a like personal responsibility for the non-per¬ 
formance of the contract. 
These instances are exceptions to the general rule, according 
to which the contract binds the principal only, and not the agent. 
But if, as here, the real principal is known to the purchaser at 
the time of the purchase, and takes upon himself to warrant the 
article that is sold, the agents cannot be personally liable, unless 
it can be proved that fraud has been practised by them. Y. 
Account of the Annual open Dinner of Veterinary 
Practitioners. 
On the 12th ultimo the open annual dinner of the Veterinary 
Club w as held ; and although the numbers of the resident mem¬ 
bers were somewdiat diminished by indisposition, and the loss of 
relatives, a fair proportion of them was present, and they were 
joined by several zealous brethren from the country. The meet¬ 
ing was an exceedingly pleasant one, and afforded, in a variety of 
points, a specimen of the advantages to be derived from these 
periodical assemblies of the practitioners of an infant art. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
The resident Editor hopes, that his continued indisposition, and now the 
temporary loss of the use of both hands, will be considered an apology for 
any trifling inaccuracies in the present number, and also for apparent neglect 
of two or three correspondents, both public ami private. 
