200 
OBITUARY. 
another sixteen of these diseased pigs have been sold. A copy of the 
report was ordered to be forwarded to the county justices, and a strict 
inquiry was ordered to be made in the matter, with a view to have the 
guilty parties punished. 
Parliamentary Intelligence. 
DISEASED CATTLE. 
Feb. \m, 1864. 
Mr. Long asked the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department whether his attention had been drawn to the 
statements made by the Government Commissioner, Pro¬ 
fessor Gamgee, as to the losses inflicted on British farmers 
by the importation of diseased cattle and sheep; and 
whether it was his intention to propose any remedy for the 
evils complained of. 
Sir G. Grey said his honorable friend the Under Secretary 
of State would shortly give notice of the introduction of two 
Bills on the subject. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
War Office, Pall Mall. 
3rd Hussars.—Veterinary Surgeon George Fleming, from 
the Military Train, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hicks 
Withers, transferred to the 10th Hussars; Jan. 19tli. 
10th Hussars.—First-class Veterinary Surgeon Hicks 
Withers, from 3rd Hussars, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice 
William Thacker, promoted; Jan. 19th. 
Military Train.—Acting Veterinary Surgeon Michael D. 
Byrne to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice George Fleming, trans¬ 
ferred to the 3rd Hussars; March 17th. 
OBITUARY. 
Died, Dec. 27th, 1863, after a short but severe illness, 
John Smith Mayer, M.R.C.V.S., Newcastle-under-Lyne, 
aged forty-two. His diploma bears date June 16th, 1841. 
Lately, at Melton, Suffolk, Edmund B. Goodwyn, 
M.R.C.V.S. Diploma dated June 19 th, 1839. 
To these deaths we regret to have to add another, 
namelv, that of William Blunsom, of Daventry, Northamp¬ 
ton, who was accidentally killed by a fall from his gig, on 
February 22nd. Mr. Blunsom passed his examination 
May 14th, 1831. 
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