The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-08 00:00:00

THE SIIN LO/SDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1864.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Feb. 6.
The Queen and Prince Helena walked and drove
yesterday.

Professor Hofman has had the honour of de-
livering two lectures on chemistry before her
Majesty and the royal family.
FEB. 7.

The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and
Prince Leopold attended Divine service at Osborne
this morning.

The Rev. G. Prothero officiated.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended
by Major Teesdale, C. 8., the equerry, was out rabbit
shooting in the Great Park on Saturday. Her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales took her usual
airing.
In the evening their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales gave a dinner party at Frog-
more House. His Serene Highness Prince Edward
of Saxe-Weimar, Sir Charleb Phipps, Lieutenant-
General Knollys, Major Teesdale, and several
officers of the Guards were among the guests, for
whose amusement a party of amateur Ethiopian
serenaders, composed of men belonging to the
Guards, had the honour of performing in the course
of the evening.

Yesterday afternoon the Prince of Wales, accom-
panied by Sir Charles Phipps, Lieutenant-General
Knollys, Major Teesdale, and the lady in waiting
on the Princess, visited the Chapel Royal of St.
George, and attended Divine service, which com■
menced at half-past four.

It is expected that the Prince and Princess of
Wales will
,leave Frogmore in the course of the
week for the seaside, in order that the Princess may
enjoy the benefit of the air on the coast. The
favoured locality will probably be St. Leonards•on-
Sea, where their Royal Highnesses will most likely
remain for about a fortnight. The young Prince
continues in good health.
On the last day of pheasant shooting the Prince
of Wales shot a large number of game in the royal
preserves in the Windsor Great Park, which were
afterwards, through Major-General Seymour, the
deputy-ranger of Windsor Great Park, sent to the
mayor and magistrates, and several other influential
inhabitants of the borough. These annual presents
to the inhabitants of the royal borough were esta-
blished several years ago by the late Prince Consort,
and it is very gratifying to see that so highly
appreciated a compliment is continued by his son.
On Thursday the Prince of Wales hunted with
Mr. Garth's foxhounds in the neighbourhood of the
Virginia Water, where two foxes were killed. His
Royal Highness being well up at the death carried
away the brush.

MARKETS—This Day

MARK-LANE.'
The country markets held on Saturday were very firm
for wheat, and prices advanced in some instances is per
quarter. Malting barley ruled firm, and the value of oats
had an upward tendency, Other articles were in fair ave••
rage request, at full quotations.
Oa the continent, the amount of business doing in cereals
for export is by no means extensive. At New York, how-
ever, shipping houses continue to operate freely in wheat
and flour, at further enhanced rates.

The arrivals of English grainup to our market, last
week, were very moderate. The imports from abroad were
confined to 3,487 quarters of wheat-8,048 barley-9,859
oats-562 beans-800 peas-300 tares-4,004 linseed-2,060
oilseeds-60 sundry seeds--and 3,035 sack of flour.
Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home.
grown wheat were very moderate. The condition of the
produce was tolerably good. The trade, however, both for
red and white qualities, was in a sluggish state; neverthe-
less factors were firm, and they demanded in some instances
rather more money than on Monday last, but millers re-
stricted their purchases to immediate wants, and no quotable
change took place in the currency.
The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was but
moderate. The amount of business transacted was by no
means extensive, yet prices ruled firm.

Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request at full quo-

tations.

The market was moderately supplied with English and
foreign barley. Good and fine malting qualities sold steadily
at full prices; otherwise, the barley trade was quiet on
former terms.

In malt a fair average business was transacted, at late

rates.

The supply of oats on sale was very moderate. For all
qualities the trade ruled firm, and prices were in some in
stances 6d per quarter higher than on Monday last.
With beans the market was well supplied. Nearly all
qualities were in a fair average request, at last Monday's
currency.

Peas, the supply of which was moderate, moved off
steadily, at late rates.

The flour trade was rather quiet, yet previous quotations
were supported. The supply of barrels on offer was small.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL DlEA.su.tus.
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr —s to —a
Ditto, old 3BB 40s
Ditto, white, 1863 ..... .
Ditto, old 378 46s
.Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 3Bs 40s
Ditto, 1863
Talavera,
Rye— .... . ........................... 32s 33s
Barley—Grindin.
._ _

- —..
Malting...g 2Bs 39s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB 66s
Brown
Oats —Yorkshire and Lincollish', 18s 22s
60s 568
Kingstown and Ware
Feeding
Chevalier 66s 68s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, blank l6s 238
Cork, white l7s 24s
Scotch, Feeding 2os 23s
Beans—Tick
Pigeons,
Peas—Grey ••
Maple
White
Boilers .. . 358 37s
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk
Stockton and N0rf01k........... 278 20s
American, per barrel

ward tendency, Liuseed and
but canary seed is a slow si
business is doing, at full curt

Turnip,White,p.bus 118 to 14s
Swede —s —s
Mustard, Brown lO3 13s
White,
Tares, Spring....4s Od 4s 6d
Old per quarter - -s —s
Canary, per quarter 52s 6:8
Rye grass, new 22s 24s
Clover, Red Eng., et —a —s
White —s —s
Foreign Red 44s 50s
White sos 61s
Trefoil, new 22s 27s

rapeseed are tolerably fire,',
de. In cakes a fair average

-encies.

Carraway
Coriander ..... l2s 16s
Hempseed, per qr 40s 42s-
Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 74,s
Crushing 66s 70k

Baltic — —s —a
Odessa —s —a
Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s
English £9lox£lo 5s
Foreign £9los £lO 15s
Rape Cakes,p tonXs Os £6 Os
Rapeseed, new,pr qr 62s 05s

TALLOW.

The tallow trade continues dull, and prices have a droop-
ing tendency. The quotations for P.Y.C. on the spot is
41s per cwt. Town tallow is selling at 41s 6d, net cash.
Rough fat, 2s I,ld per Blbs.

Particulars. 1850. 1861 1862. 1 1863. 1864.
Il
Stock this day.... 34,832 72.005 46.540 48,619 64,410
Price of Y.C. 5 68s6a •:o' 60s Od to 17s0d to'44s9d to 4sOd to
—s Od —s Od —s Od I—s d 00s Od
Delivery last week 2,400 914 2,387 2,225 1,774
Ditto from June 1 63,164 1,964 93,874 60,837 53,446
Arrivals last week 905 415 419 77 560
Ditto from June 1 85,900 100,877 83,653 71,147 80,009
Price of Town.... 61s 9d 60s 3d 48s 3d 46s 6d 43s Od

LAW INT.ELLIGENCE—(This Day,)

COURT OF ERROR.
THE ALEXANDRA CASE.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SILLEM AND OTHERS.

Their lordships having intimated their intention of giving
judgment on the objection taken by Sir H. Cairns as to the
power of the court to hear this case in error from the Ex-
chequer—the court was densely crowded in every part.
On their lordships taking their seats,

Mr. Justice Mellor proceeded to give his decision in this
important case. After stating at some length his reasons
his lordship was of opinion that the court had no jurisdic-
tion to proceed in the matter.
Mr, Justice Blackburn was of the same opinion.

Mr. Justice Willes differed from the decision of the two
learned Judges who had just pronounced their opinion. It
was his opinion that the court had full power to deal with
questions submitted to it.
Mr. Justice Crompton said he was of opinion that the
26th section of the Queen's Remembrancer's Act, to make
rules and orders for assimilating the procedure lin revenue
cases to the procedure in common law cases did not give
power to the Court of Exchequer to grant appeals in cases
on the revenue side of the court, and therefore he thought
the court had no jurisdiction in the matter now before it.
If the Act conferred the right of appeal it would most un-
questionably have stated it in express terms.
Mr. Justice Williams thought the court had jurisdiction
in the matter, and therefore it was open to officers of the
crown to take the steps they were now engaged in.
Chief Justice Erie said the 26th section of the Act gave
very large powers for making orders, and that being so he
thought the Court of Error had power to deal with the
question now submitted to them.
Chief Justice Cockburn said, after he had given
the best and most careful consideration to this im-
portant case, he was of opinion that the Coin
had no jurisdiction. The Legislature never could
have intended to hand over to the Court of Exchequer the
power of deciding whether they should grant appeals. It
was not conceivable that Parliament should have delegated
its functions to that Court, and as far as he was concerned
there appeared to him no difficulty in the construction of the
26th section, and that further proceedings in the
matter by that Court would in effect be making
Parliament say that which it had not said, and do
that which it had not done. He regretted the opportunity
had now been lost of settling the law upon the point
in that court, but whatever had been the decision of their
lordships, he entertained no doubt that the matter would
have been carried to the House of Lords as the highest
court of appelate jurisdiction ; and as it would now most
certainly be taken there, it would be heard fully and de-
cided on its merits.
The motion for appeal was then dismissed.

The three Judges, it will be seen, who were in favour of
the appli cation made on the part of the Crown, were those
occupying seats on the bench in the Court of Common
Pleas whilst the four of a contrary opinion,; that the court
had no jurisdiction were the judges in the Court of Queen's
Bench.