The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-13 00:00:00

SEEDS.

Linseed and rapeseed are steady, at full quotations; but
for other seeds the trade is in a slyzgish state, at barely

stationary prices. Calves have changed hands to a mode-
rate extent, on former terms.

Turnip. White,p.bus.lls to 14s I Carraway ........ . 22s to 25s
Swede —s —s 1 Coriander l4s 18s
Mustard, Brown .. 8s 13s ! Iletupseed, per qr 458 46s
White,.-
6s6d Bsod % Linseed,Eng.sowing as itis
Tares, Winter ;scd Os ! Crushing;
Old per quarter 3'B 4.s Baltic ... s4s 58s
Canary, per quarter 488 608 Odessa
Rye grass, new . 508 768 Linseed Ca.ke, p.. ton —8 —8
Clover, Red Eng., ct. —s —s English . ... £lloB£l2 Os
White
Foreign Red.... 44s 50s ! Rape Cakeu,p ton .£6 Os 6 158
White. 688 84s ! Rapeseed. new, pqr 64s 66s
Trefoil, new 2OB 248 I

TALLOW.
A further decline has taken place in the value of tallow,
and the market is very dull. To-day P.Y.C. is quoted at
49s per cwt on the spot. Rough fat is 2s 61d per Sibs.

1858. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862.
Stock this day.... 27,020 21,,671 41.787 74.527 52.076
Price of Y.C. ..
I 54s 0d to 5380 d to 58s6d t0,5986(1t0 49s Od to
—s Od -s Od 58s 9d ' 59s 9d —s Od
Delivery last week 2,411 2,3 6 2,8'4 1,619 2,167
Ditto from June 1 73,190 70.835 53,912 56,033 86,529
Arrivals last week 1,100 1-9 690 ,l‘i 931
Ditto from June 1 87.090 87.987 83,618
,1101,366 81,814
Price of Town.,.. 55s 9d 558 Od 60s 3d ; 61s 9d , 508 9d
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
STAMFORD RAILWAY COMPANY V. BALLS.
This was an appeal from a decision of Vice-Chancellor
Sir John Stuart.

Mr. Malins, Q.C., resumed and concluded his argument
for the appellants ; Mr. Hay followed on the same side.
Mr. Wood was heard for the respondent. At the conclu-
sion of the arguments,
The Lord Chancellor reversed the decree of the Vice-
Chancellor, and declared that there was no foreclosure of
the wife's interest under her father's will, and that the ap-
pellants were only entitled under her husband's assignation
of his policy and his wife's surety to them for payment of
any money that might be due by him to them to such divi-
dends and such interest from time to time as might become
due to her on her Bank Stock, under her deed of assign-
ment to the appellants. No costs of this suit against the
wife's interest follow the appeal except the deposit.

ROLLS COURT.
(Before the Master of the Rolls.)
BOLT V. ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

His Honour the Master of the Rolls said—The plaintiff
claims from the Government the difference between the
amount actually expended and the contract price in com-
pleting ten gun-vessels for the use of the navy. The
amount due in respect of them was under four contracts
entered into by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
and Mr. Myres, shipbuilder, Blackwall. Mr. Myres be-
came bankrupt, and the plaintiff undertook to complete the
vessels, and the question raised under the contract was—
did he undertake to complete them under the original con-
tract, or was he to be indemnified for any loss that naight
arise in executing that contract, or was there a new
contract entered into by him and Mr. Lee, the assignee
under the bankruptcy, with the Admiralty for completing
these vessels.

His llonour, after taking a retrospective view of the
facts and circumstances of the case, came to the conclusion
that there was no contract entered into by the plaintiff or
the assignee with the Commissioners of the Admiralty by
which the Admiralty became bound to indemnify them for
any loss which might arise in completing the vessels. If
the materials had fallen in price, the Admiralty could have
had no claim of abatement in the contract price, and because
the materials had risen in price in. consequence of the
Russian war, the plaintiff had no claim for any loss sus-
tained by him on that account. His Honour dismissed the
plaintiff's bill without costs.

SHERIFFS' COURT.

A BRITISH ADMIRAL IN COURT-CURIOUS AND IM-

PORTANT QUESTION-PURTON V. £4IIIITR.

This was an action to recover some rent-charges, plaintiff,
a British Admiral, being an extensive landholder in Shore-
ham, and defendant had been his tenant. The case had been
adjourned for plaintiff to amend his particulars, and Mr.
Green, for the Admiral, today read, " Money paid to the
Vicar of Shoreham at your request." The case was this—
Plaintiff had let to defendant two farms in Shoreham, and
defendant had paid for two years rent •charges in the shape
of tithes to the vicar's agent. Now, when defendant left
the farms, it was alleged he had not paid the tithes in ques-
tion, and it was further stated that, the vicar having put
in a distress, plaintiff was compelled to pay to get rid of it.
Mr. Green urged that, as plaintiff had paid the tithes
under compulsion, he had a good cause of action against
defendant.

Mr. Buchanan insisted that plaintiff had no cause of
action against the defendant. If plaintiff chose to pay the
tithes he might do so, but the Act was plain that the only
remedy was by distress upon the land ; and, even in that
case, it was only the vicar who could distrain, the landlord
having no power over a debt not due to him.
Mr, Green contended that, if defendant took the farms
under an agreement to pay the tithes, then plaintiff would
have a good cause of action.

Defendant was sworn, and admitted that he had paid the

tithes to the vicar's agent on previous occasions, but he had
not paid those the subject of the present action. He never
agreed to pay tithes. There was no written agreement ; it
was a verbal one.
Plaintiff-. He did agree.

The Court was of opinion that the plaintiff could not
recover. If one man, having a great respect for another,
were to meet that other's landlord and pay his rent, surely
Mr. Green would not lay it down that he had a cause of
action for doing that which he was neither asked nor autho-
rised to do. The Act in this matter set out that the vicar
should distrain, but said nothing about a landlord having
a cause of action against his tenant.
Mr. Green urged the Court not to give a hasty judgment
in this matter. It was of the greatest importance to every
landholder throughout the kingdom. He (Mr. Green)
would satisfy the Court, upon an adjournment, that the
plaintiff had a right of action.

Mr. Buchanan—Remember that the facts are admitted.
We did not pay the tithes—you did; and we contend that
you have no right of action.
The Court adjourned the case upon payment of Mr.
Buchanan's costs, expressing an opinion that the plaintiff
could not recover.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

BASE INGRATITUDE.—John Callaghan, a boy, was
charged with stealing four bars of solder, the property of his
employer, Mr. Groombridge, Grosvenor •square, painter.
A son of the prosecutor said that on Saturday afternoon,
in consequenoe of 4 bars of solder being missed from a cup-
board in his father's office, and being found in a shed, he
placed himself so that he might see if any one took it
away. After being secreted for some time, the prisoner,
who was his father's errand boy, entered the shed, took up
the solder, and placed it in his blouse. He then followed
the prisoner and gave him into custody.
A constable said at first the boy said he was employed by
a person to carry it, but afterwards said he took it from his
employers.

Mr. Groombridge, sen., said on Tuesday last he attended
at Guildhall to give the b y a character, he being then
charged, with some others, in stealing some bacon. At that
time ho believed the prisoner to be honest, and only a few
minutes before ho stole the solder his (Mr. Groombridge's)
daughter had been teaching him to write.
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the boy for two months, with
hard labour.