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OBITUARY. 
seen the skin of the dog in question after it died, and he 
thought the value of such a one would be from 30s. to £2. 
His Honour said the evidence on both sides had been very 
conflicting; but he thought £l Is. was sufficient for the 
treatment of the dog, and that £4 4s. was the value of the 
dog itself, and he gave a verdict to that effect. — Liverpool 
Mercury. 
MISCELLANEA. 
PROCESS EOR THE DETECTION OE VERY SMALL QUAN- 
TITIES OE COPPER AND LEAD. 
By M. Lowenthal. 
The metallic solutions are evaporated to dryness; the 
residue is then dissolved on a sand bath, in 10 or 15 grammes 
of concentrated sulphuric acid. It is allowed to cool; the 
solution is poured into a graduated tube, and from five to 
eight drops of hydrochloric acid are added. If copper and 
lead are present, the liquid becomes turbid and whitish ; but 
if copper exists in any large quantity the colour of the turbid 
liquid will not be white, but of a yellowish brown. According 
to the author, we can thus discover a hundred thousandth of 
lead and a twenty-five millionth of copper. — Journal de 
Chimie Pratique. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
Wak Office ; April Ylth , 1857. 
3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards. — Yet.-Surg. R. J. G. 
Hurford, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Vet.-Surg., 
vice Shaw, who exchanges. 
9 th Light Dragoons. — Yet.-Surg. Austin Cooper Shaw, 
from the 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Vet.-Surg., vice Hurford, 
who exchanges. 
OBITUARY. 
Died suddenly, at Devonport, of apoplexy of the lungs, 
Mr. W. Huke, Y.S., Royal Artillery. He obtained his 
diploma in 1838, and practised for some years after at Dover. 
— Also, on the 23d October, 1856, Mr. George Godbold, of 
Woodbridge, after a long and painful illness of twelve months. 
Aged 42. He, too, obtained his diploma in 1838. 
