The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-17 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

LORD BROUGHAM AND THE DENTIST.—In the Court of
Exchequer, on Tuesday, Mr. Lowe, a dentist, brought an
action against the executor of the late Lord Eroegham to
recover the sum of £157 10s. for professional services and
artificial teeth. The plaintiff is a dentist at Carlis'e and
Penrith, and attended Lord Brougham during four cr
five months in 1562. When the account was presented
his lordship objected to it, and it remained unpaid till his
death, when it was presented to his executor, who likewise
disputed it. The present Lord Brougham, as defendant, paid
£B2 into court, which it was contended was ample remunera-

tion, as the prices charged were higher than those ordinarily
charged by the plaintiff. A letter from Lord Brougham
to his brother was read declaring that he was utterly
astonished by the bill presented to him. Mr. Hepburn
and Mr. Cartwright, the eminent dentists, gave evidence
as to their charges, which were much below those of the
plaintiff. The jury, after some deliberation, gave a ver-
dict for the plaintiff, the damages being £22 10s. beyond
the amount paid into court.
A WELL-EARNED REWARD.-At Bow-street, on Tues-
day, Mr. Vaughan awarded the sum of .£5 from the
Police Reward Fund to Sergeant Mason, of the X divi-
sion, for a very daring capture of two burglars and the
recovery of the stolen property. The constable, though
unarmed, stopped a cart with four desperate burglars,
two of whom were armed with life-preservers. He
succeeded in overcoming two of them, and in
saving the property. A subscription has been raised for
the sergeant in the neighbourhood of Uxbridge, where the
capture was effected, and. the commissioners of police have
uromoted him to a first-class sergeantcy.

-A
CHARGE EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD.—AIr, William
English,
silk weaver, of Bethnal Green, has been dis-
charged by Mr. Newton, at Worship-street, the
magistrate holding that there was not sufficient corrobo-
ration of the charge brought against him. It will be
remembered that he was accused of appropriating some
bank-notes in 1851, and the evidence was naturally con-
flicting. The defendant said he had been• cruelly used,
'-nt Mr. Newton refused to listen to his explanations.
A HorEFur, PRISONER.—The oldest burglar in England
was
on Tuesday charged at the Southwark Police-court
with loitering in an area, with intent to rob. A prison
warder said that he had been sentenced to death many
years ago, and his sentence was commuted to transporta-
tion for life. Since then he has been twice transported
for life, each time of course receiving a ticket of leave,
and in September 186 G he was sentenced to eighteen
months' hard labour. Since then he has been convicted in
the country, and is now sentenced to three months' hard
labour.

THE NEW CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.-
On Tuesday Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson, the new
Chief Commissioner of Police, issued the following address
to the superintendents, inspectors, sergeants, and men
under his command :—" Colonel Henderson trusts that
he will receive the cordial support of the whole police
force in the discharge of his important duties, and he
will on his part devote his utmost energies to promote the
efficiency and welfare of the force which he has the honour
to command." The above address was read to the men
at every police-station.

TIIE PUBLIC HEALTH.. The public health
returns for this week are of a satisfactory character.
During the seven days ending on Saturday last, the rate
of mortality in London was 23 per 1,000, as against 26 in
the other large towns of the United Kingdom. The
deaths in the metropolis were 1,426, or 156 below
the average for the sixth week of the year, and
205 less than the number given in the previous
return. The mortality from scarlet fever, measles, and
whooping-cough.is on the increase. So far, during the
present year, the deaths in the streets have exceeded the
calculated number by one. The Registrar-General suggests
a fine on the drivers of the " fatal vehicles." The mean
temperature during the week was 47'5, or B'B above the
average.

CONVEYED AWAY BY A MISTAKE.—A case, which
illustrates the predominant authority of a conveyance
under the Landed Estates Court, was disposed of on Tues-
day in the Court of Chancery Appeal. A piece of waste
land in the town of Baillieborough, County Cavan, the
property of Lord Lanesborough, was by mistake
included in the map annexed to the conveyance of a lot
which was sold in the Landed Estates Court in 1865.
The error was nut discovered until 1867, when the pur-
chaser proceeded to enclose the strip. Lord Lanesborough
brought an action of trespass, bait the Court of
Common Pleas held that the conveyance was conclusive.
He then applied to Judge Lynch, in the Landed Estates
Court, for an order to compel the purchaser to reconvey
the piece in question, on the ground that the solicitor whc
had the management of the purchase ought to have seen
that the map was correctly drawn. The judge made an
order to that effect. The purchaser appealed, and the
Court of Chancery Appeal has reversed the deci-
sion, and held that the strip should be returned. This is
not the first instance in which property has been irre,
coverably conveyed away by mistake, under the indgfea.
Bible title of the Landed gstatets Court.