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This no one can be surprised at, as the verdict would seem 
to be directly opposed to the summing up by the judge, and 
to have caused much surprise in the amount awarded to 
the plaintiff. 
The Edinburgh Daily Revieio in alluding to the matter 
says: A jury trial of some public interest in connection 
with the Edinburgh Veterinary College was concluded 
yesterday (December 30th, 1868), before the Lord Justice 
General. A veterinary surgeon, Mr. McBride, w^as ap¬ 
pointed one of the lecturers. It would seem that Mr. 
McBride did not possess in a very high degree the power of 
controlling the students, and there was much confusion in 
the class and considerable injury to the property in the 
class-room. The result w^as that the c]ass-room was closed 
and an inquiry made into the case, when a letter was for¬ 
warded by the defenders to the Secretary of the Highland 
and Agricultural Society, which had appointed Mr. M‘Bride, 
expressing their opinion of the matter. It is on this letter 
that the issue was sent to the jury, who found by a majority 
in favour of the pursuer, giving damages to the extent of 
jgSOO. As this decision was directly opposed to the ruling 
of the presiding judge, a new trial will in all probability be 
moved for."’^ 
Reviews. 
Quid sit pulchrurn, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—H or. 
Rejwrt of the Delegates appointed by the Board of Agrieul- 
ture of the Provinee of Ontario to inquire into the Causes, 
Nature, and Extent of the Texan Cattle Disease, 
All that is to be learned respecting the cattle disease in the 
United States of America is most probably contained in the 
report of the gentlemen whose names are appended to the 
published statement of the results of a long and extended 
inquiry in those parts of the country where the disease was 
most prevalent. The committee consisted of a physician, 
