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MISCELLANEA. 
Chubb were two year olds, and they may have escaped the contagion 
which was fatal to their elder brethren. But I see a formidable diffi¬ 
culty here for the plaintiff’s case. I have now told you the main 
points on the one side and the other. If, after what l have stated to 
you, you think it desirable, I will read to you the evidence on the one side 
and the other in support of the views that I have taken of the case, so 
that you may consider the case more fully. It is a matter entirely for 
you, thank God, and not for me, to determine the case, and having the 
difficulties laid before you, you will now please to consider them. 
The jury deliberated for fiveminutes,and found a verdict for theplaintiff. 
Mr. Kingdon .—I ask your Lordship to stay execution. 
His Lordsh ip. — Why? 
Mr. Kingdon —We shall certainly move the Court above upon the case. 
His Lordship .—But why should I stay execution ? 
Mr. Kingdon .—We wish the case to be reconsidered, because the 
defendant’s character is challenged by the verdict. 
The Foreman of the jury said that they did not impute any wrong 
motive whatever to the defendant. 
Mr. Kingdon pressed his application. 
His Lordship refused it, observing that he should have certainly told 
the Court above that it was entirely a question for the jury. 
The Court rose at half-past six o’clock. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
War Office, Pall Mall, Aug. 8, 1862. 
18th Hussars—Veterinary Surgeon John Mills, from the 
Royal Artillery, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Austin Cooper 
Shaw, who resigns. 
Daniel Maclean, gent., to be Acting Veterinary Surgeon. 
MISCELLANEA. 
MUTILATION OP DOGS. 
Every one who went to see the Dog Show at Islington 
must have been struck with the number of mutilated dogs 
which were exhibited, the mutilation chiefly consisting in the 
cropping of the ears. Sir Edwin Landseer, one of the judges, 
tried to establish the principle that all mutilated dogs should 
be excluded from the competition; and as he could not well 
press this without previous notice to exhibitors, he has sug¬ 
gested that at no future show shall dogs with cropped ears, or 
otherwise mutilated, be admitted. 
EBBATUM IN NO. 416 . 
At p. 511, for R. S. Reynolds, Princes Risborough, Bucks, read 
Mansfield, Notts. 
