The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-15 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE PnEss.—A decision given by the Master of the
Rolls affords another illustration of the scrupulous care
taken by the Court of Chancery to protect pending suits
from the possibility of prejudice through comments in
the press. In the case of Daw v. Eley, the defendant'w
solicitor had communicated a series of letters to a
newspaper, calculated, as the plaintiff alleged, to prejudice
ais case, and an application was made to commit the
attorney for writing the letters, and the editor for insert-
ing them. Lord Romilly gave the former the alternative
of publishing an apology and paying the costs, or of sub-
,litting to a committal. The duties of the editor were,
however, of a delicate nature, and no order would be
made.

A LARGE CLAIM.—When Mr. Cannan, the official
iquidator of the Agra and Masterman's Bank, had corn•
pleted his labours, he claimed £38,000 as being clue to him
for the duties which he had performed. This was after-
wards reduced to £25,000 ; but the committee of share-
holders, deeming the sum to be still too high, offered
£7,000. The offer was not accepted, and a suit in equity
was brought to determine the amount of remuneration to
which the official liquidator was entitled. Vice-Chancellor
Giffard has fixed the sum at £9,000.

Mn. BRADLAUGH.—The action brought by Mr. Brad-
laugh in the Court of Queen's Bench against the publishes
of the Razor• has resulted in a verdict of one farthing
damages.

THE OFFERTORY.—Judgment was given on Monday in
the Consistory Court in the important case in which the
right to the offertory alms of " Belgrave Chapel" was con-
cerned. Sir Travers Twis3 considered that the plaintiffs
—the incumbent and churchwardens of St. Paul's, Knights-
bridge, to whose district it is alleged Belgrave Chapel
belongs—had failed to make out a case, and could not
claim the money.

DEATH OF AN OLD ST. VINCENT VETERAN.
One of the last of Nelson's brave companions at the battl?
of St. Vincent has just died at Fremington, near Barn-
staple, at the great age of 97. Thomas Pile was one of
the crew who boarded the San Josef, and assisted tilt
immortal hero into the chains of that vessel, Nelson ex-
claiming, " Give me your hand, Pile ; I'm a good soldier,
but a poor sailor." It may be mentioned that, although
a sailor from his boyhood, he never indulged in a pipe of
tobacco. _

PROFESSIONS IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. —ln the
Spectator we find the following analysis of the professions of
the members selected to the new House of Commons :
Deputy-lieutenants or magistrates—England and Wales,
251 ; Scotland, 30 ; Ire'and, 50. Officers in the army,
now or formerly--England and Wales, G 5 ; Scotland, 10;
Ireland, 23. Officers in the navy, now or formerly—
England and Wales, 5 ; Scotland, 2 ; Ireland, 2. Called
to the bar—England and Wales, 81; Scotland, 9 ;
Ireland, 12. Merchants, manufacturers, or tradesmen—
England and Wales, 98 ; Scotland, 15 ; Ireland, 11.
Yeomanry, Militia, or Volunteers—England and Wales,
95 ; Scotland, 12 ; Ireland, 18. Architects, medical men,
&c.—England and Wales, 19 ; Scotland, 4 ; Ireland, 3.
Bankers—England and Wales, 15 ; Scotland, 2.
EXTRAORDINARY VERIFICATION OF A DREAM.—
The Australian papers, recording the drowning of William
Firth in the River Murray, and his body being found high
and dry in the bush, where it had been carried by a flood.
mention the following curious circumstance. Some time
after Piall had been drowned, a boundary rider on the
station, named Greenwood, dreamt that he was fishing
in the Murray, and that the deceased alipeared to him
on the bank of the river, and asked him what he was doing
there. Greenwood, in his dream, replied, " Oh, lam
fishing for your body, as I hear you are drowned."
" You needn't look there," said the shade of the drowned
man, " my body is lying on yon log," at the same time
pointing towards the place where the body has now
been recovered. Greenwood told his dream to several
persons some time before the body was found ; the story
was laughed at, but nevertheless a search was made round
the spot indicated by Greenwood, and the body has been
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