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months after the sale, indicated by its language that nothing had been 
said about the disease before the date of it. 
At a quarter to f> o’clock the jury retired, and after an hour and a 
quarter’s absence, returned a verdict for the defendant, but recom¬ 
mended that each party should pay their own costs, as they considered 
there was no imputation of fraud against either party. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
War Office, Jan. 29, 1861. 
Royal Artillery. —Acting: Veterinary Surgeon Thomas 
James Lang to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Cleveland, de¬ 
ceased. 
War Office, Feb. 15, 1861. 
Charles G. H. Reilly, Gentleman, to be Acting Veterinary 
Surgeon. 
MISCELLANEA. 
CONCOURS IN FRANCE. 
This system, heretofore much lauded by our Gallic 
neighbour, as often elsewhere, has just received a heavy blow 
and great discouragement from an Imperial decree, dated the 
15th of January last, which orders that henceforth all Pro¬ 
fessorships in French veterinary schools will no longer be 
attainable by competition of voluntary candidates, but are to 
be directly filled up by the Minister of Agriculture's special 
appointment. —Medical Times. 
ANIMALS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM. 
In the year ending 31st December, I860, there were 
imported into this country from foreign parts 77,010 oxen, 
bulls and cows, 27,559 calves, 320,219 sheep and lambs, and 
24,452 swine and hogs. 
