In regard to the keeping of cows throughout the Metropolis, a necessity exists from which, under present circumstances, we cannot escape, because, in hot weather, neither milk nor cream can be brought from a distance in a perfectly sweet and fresh state, and at no time of year can good cream be obtained from milk (as I am informed) after a journey. At the same time, cow houses badly kept in a town are liable to become a nuisance, 1st by effluvia from the building itself; 2nd, by accumulations of dung, and annoyances during their removal, of which we have had several examples in this parish; 3rd, by injury to the health of the cows, which will consequently yield a supply of unhealthy milk, or may become the means of diseased meat being sold at the inferior butchers’ stalls. Under such circumstances, it seems not unreasonable that the vestry should seek by conceding the necessity for their permanence and granting a license, to place them more completely under the control of their officers. * * * * * _Letter from W. Tite_, _Esq._, _to the Vestry Clerk_. My dear Sir, * * * * * Mr. Woolrych asks me whether the vestry can suggest a clause to meet the case of combined drainage when it has appeared to become public drainage by the ill advised arrangements of the late Commissioners? This was the point on which I saw him some months since, and if the vestry wish it, I will try what is to be done; you had better perhaps give me a call any morning you please. Yours truly, WILLIAM TITE. * * * * * _From the Vestry Clerk to W. Tite_, _Esq. M.P._ PIPE SEWERS. January 14th, 1860. Sir,—Not being a lawyer I speak with great diffidence on the subject of your note of the 7th, but it appears to me that if an alteration were made in the interpretation clause of the Local Management Act, as to the meaning of the word “drain,” it would accomplish what we wish.