The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-20 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

A CITY CASE.—In the Court of Common ille°,tlce,
Friday, a case was heard before the Lord Chief Jug .
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between the Lord Mayor and Corporation to
the one hand, and Mr. Cowdery, a 11,0-
on the other. The action was brought on 21001
for £l,OOO, given by Mr. Cowdery on his actrB
as broker to secure his obedience to the City regtuif`":ols
These, it was alleged, he had infringed, and a s'orcriy-tai",
a technical breach was agreed to, which involved tetO,
tion of impropriety. The verdict was accordinglY ell- SP
for £l,OOO, with nominal damages for is. The case's
great excitement among the City brokers. tel3l
4 1,
A BENEFIT SOCIETY CASE.—At Westminster, "-it,
Hibbert, the secretary of a branch of the Nationn'- fof
ciation of Operative Plasterers, was sumnioite-00f
neglecting to pay £lO on the death of a member. 'A -140
named White, paid up his arrears on th'e,..„016
of last November, and died four days rar iteto-
when his parents claimed the money, and were re: ecn.
The defendant and Mr. Williams, secretary of filfe
tive department of the association at Bir),013113 de°
both explained that the claim was bad, :ns 01;
the rules six weeks must elapse after the Auld
ment of arrears before the friends of a menibet„ear
participate in the benefits of the society. If the
had lived the required six weeks, the claim could Inll'itegol
been disputed. Mr. Selfe held that there was 'in°4o,ll‘l,
claim, but a strong moral one. The society's credi yen
be promoted by liberality, and the claim ought to 1:01''
at with a regard to honesty and fair dealinPeop
Williams refused to accept the magistrate's sugg'l".,lool
allow the dispute to be settled by a disinterest(' °Tr the
but said he would endeavour to get a few pow1"°-

complainant.
CITY OF LONDON ELECTION.—OR FrilL4ac.
official communication was received by the rettl4.o-130°,
efi
officer, from the City Conservative Associati4o3oGoul
ect that, so far as they were concerned, ne IP:t
be taken in the election on Monday, and no 011°8
raised.
PRESCRIBING IN CHEAP PERIODICALS. beies
gerous practice prevails of publishing in some of °e,,,cieot"4:
papers various receipts for the cure of minor
The writer is often deficient in all real knowledge °,,jl
tine, and is assisted by the errors of the printer. ":"
lowingon
prescription for instance :—" Syr. of Pe0,1.,e
eta"
ounce and a half ; syr. of squills, half-an-ounce ; to°
of digitalis, thirty drops ; teaspoonful to be en
child frequently." We can quite imagine a fractietl°age
being dosed into the effectual quietness of death bl
a mixture.— The Lancet. „
AN AMERICAN DAIRY.—The second larg;
in America is located about four miles-from 01%telicle-
There are 800 cows in the stable. They are all i'vd 00'
by Swiss cow-milkers. The chief food uses IS greun 1.13n0e
mixed with malt and oil-meal, cooked by /3te,811:: is 4'd
average amount of material consumed per' tiv% bushel
bushels of malt, 6,000 pounds of cut hay, diew-sstoorfle
corn-meal, 15 sacks of bran and oil-meal. of 10,13coi;
pasturage embraces an area of over 1,000 aczcELe i$
The average daily yield of milk at the present t.`""
gallons, with 80 gallons of cream.
REPORTED CURE OF CATARACT WIT-110--
TION.—Dr. Tavignor has communicated to that'e'Ai; corfe
of Medicine a method by which cataract no, to ;,,
without an operation. It consists in aPI/1/I.,efi`riitet.j,;:d
diseased eye a phosphuretted collyrium, which°',vottkuh.B
gradually restring the transparency of the ig
hie!) vet
lens, from the o
circumference to the centre, sti of
last to yield. The formula is as follows solve
almonds, 30 gms. ; phosphorus, 10 centigrs. ; e. 711 yes
bath at 80 deg. Centigrade, 'in a closed and
Three or four times a day 4 gins, of this solo 2.017
instilled between the eyelids of the diseased, .°1.1".
'Alin"' o.do io for etyma