EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
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In addition to the preceding, the following circular letter, 
addressed to the justices acting at-(to be sent in 
the meantime to all Petty Sessions in the counties of Wilts, 
Hants, Dorset, Somerset, and Berks), has been issued from 
the Treasury:— 
“Whitehall; Sept. 11. 
“ Gentlemen,—With reference to the disease now prevail¬ 
ing among sheep in certain districts in England, I am di¬ 
rected by Secretary Sir George Grey to call your immediate 
attention to the provisions of the Act Uth and J2th Vic¬ 
toria, cap. 107, sec. 1, and to the fact that the Statute in 
question is still in full operation, having been continued by 
subsequent x\cts, and ultimately by the 21st and 22nd Vic¬ 
toria, cap. 22, until the 3rd of August, 1863, and the end of 
the then next Session; and I am to add that, in the opinion 
of Sir George Grey, it would be highly expedient for two of 
the justices of the county to appoint, without delay, a person 
well acquainted with the subject to attend at the markets 
and fairs about to be held for the sale of sheep or lambs 
within your county, for the purpose of executing the powers 
conferred upon a person so appointed by the 1st section of 
the Act above mentioned. 
66 I am, Gentlemen, 
“Your obedient Servant, 
“H. Waddington.” 
Also the following circular letter, addressed to the Mayor 
of-(to be sent at the present time to boroughs in the 
counties of Wilts, Hants, Dorset, Somerset, and Berks), 
has been issued from the Treasury:— 
“Whitehall; Sept. 11. 
“ Sir,—With reference to the disease now prevailing among 
sheep in certain districts in England, I am directed by Secre¬ 
tary Sir George Grey to call your immediate attention to 
the provisions of the Act 11th and 12th Victoria, cap. 107, 
sec. 1, and to the fact that the statute in question is still in 
full operation, having been continued by subsequent Acts, 
and ultimately by the 21st and 22nd Victoria, cap. 22, until 
the 3rd August. 1863, and the end of the then next Session, 
and I am to add that, in the opinion of Sir George Grey, it 
would be extremely expedient for you to appoint, without 
delay, a person well acquainted with the subject to attend at 
the markets and fairs about to be held for the sale of sheep 
or lambs within your borough, for the purpose of executing 
