The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-10 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKETS, Feb. 8.

TRA.--There has been a much better business doing
within the last week, chiefly in good to medium descrip-
tions, at previous rates. Several parcels of good com-
mon congous have been taken by the trade, from 10d.
to 104 d. per lb. •
COFFEE. —5O bags Singapore are reported, at 478 6d
to 48s, and by public sale to-day about 30 bags planta-
..

tion Ceylon Cro;ght 43s 6d to 55s ; and 500 bags native,
47s to 48s per cwt.
SUGAR.—The market has become very quiet, and the
business for the week is confined almost exclusively to
East India descriptions, of which about 6,000 bags have
been sold, including Benares, at 37s to 37s 6d, and
Dates, at. 31s 3d to 36s ; also, GO hogsheads Deme-
rara, at 31s to 33s 9d; and 1,300 bags Pernans, at 18s
for brown to 22s 6d per cwt. for white.
In molasses nothing further has transpired since our
last report, the entire stock being held now chiefly by the
trade.

Ituat.—Only a limited business has been concluded, at
scarcely such firm rates.

Of rice, the sales barely reach 1,000 bags and pockets
Bengal, at lls to 12s 3d per cwt.
_ _

DirEwoons.—Prices have an upward tendency, some
parcels of Campeachy logwood having brought 71. 5s to
71. lOs ; St. Domingo and Jamaica, 51. to Si. 2s 6d ; also
30 tons Lima wood, 151. 15s to 161., a small lot of cam-
wood, and 301. 10s ; and 110 tons fustic, chiefly Ceara,
at 51. 17s 6d to 61 ; with Savanilla, at 51. 5s per ton.
DRYSALTERIES.—ArgoIs have advanced, and 70 casks
red Oporto sold at 33s to 345, with some white Perugia
at 595. Of berries, 50 bags, chiefly fine, are re-
ported at 51. 17s 6d to 61. The transactions in
madders and roots are limited, without change,
Of sumac, steady sales of Tyrol and Palermo,
at full rates. Two hundred to 300 tons brimstone have
changed hands, at former rates. Twelve hundred bags
saltpetre have been disposed of, at 28s. to 28s. 3d, 51 to
ra
41 per cent refraction; a few tons gambie., at 245.; 750
bags sago flower, to arrive, at 225.; about 30 tons cutch,
at 245. 6d. to 255.; 40 bags Alexandria gum arable at
325. to 455.; about 60 tons nitrate of soda, at 18s.; and
20 casks tartar, at 665. to 795. per cwt.
40 at Otloss—°Zee r oil,
rates rather
easier
all sorts. 'ln fish from
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.inSaolfems
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some arrivals of Lisbon are offering,
transpired. 60 cases caster oil have brought 4/d. per lb.
Jutel9.
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TALLow—The market remains very quiet with P.Y.C.
at 455.
natb o3utd.l,tBoo3obda.l;es7,oabt
appricpeismraenntog in
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to
bags Bombay linseed, at 51s. 6d, ,with 50 tons'pe for arrival
at 51s. per quarter.

THE EIGHT OP USAGE.--IMPORTANT SAGE —IMPORTANT CASE.—In the
Liverpool Court of Passage. yesterday a case of very con-
siderable importance, and one which excited a great in-
terest in commercial eirclies, came on for trial. A custom
has obtained in Liverpool
epi tutcetudsh ittoom,
ootbet.haton all ordinary bills of
03n ir wording is, even the words
lading,‘mfroeuignbtnt isot
apmbaaietdt eplareisds
delivery" being introduced, the
abtihr
as
discount.
w irnas: makingenn;l:a
has
a tdhi
escof custom,uu
un ,
freight uanl although
hesoso wherehgahs mb eoesnat
the freight payable on
ousdpfne eli
asserting ic ivirefieaaelnllyadl eusissnsue
afe
consignees
cshasoerst been in some instances dis-
puted,paid by
being
t ninctubre the legal expense
wheretime
ago amount
dis-
pute was in
a few shillings. a. few pence, in mothersa
vessel called
the Zodiac, from Alexandria,
her bills of ladingarrived at this port, and,.
endorsed to Messrs. Wil-
liam Rathbone and Co., they obtained the portion
vruas
of the charge consigned to them, the freight upon which
was 4461. 6s. Messrs. Rathbone tendered the captain
4411. Os. lid., being the full amount of freight, less
tribunal
ai itl
a of
discount, for three months, which was refused. This
amount, however, w subsequently
received without
prejudice,
la sdl a
dbagreedielading
gtakenia on t
tthhaet thei
presentlegalitydecision
case
tentaat theestated
tah
cus-
tom. . T b
neuh andtl a b a
t
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freight was to be paid at a certain rate, but no time for
payment was specified, and on this a sum of 51. ss. was
sought to be recovered. For the plaintiff, Captain
Jarvis, of the Zodiac, it was argued that no custom
could overrule a written agreement, and that evidence
of custom was not admissible. The assessor ruled that
evidence was admissible not to contradict, but in ex-
planation of the written document, and this evidence
having established the existence of the custom, a verdict
was returned for the defendants, Messrs. Rathbone and
Co. The legal point as to whether the custom can over-
rule a written agreement, was reserved for consideration
by the assessor, who intimated that if either parties were
dissatisfied with his judgment, every facility would be
given for carrying this important question before a
higher tribunal.
SINGULAR INSTANCE OP COURAGE IN A BlRD.—About
two months ago, on descending the hill from Stockcross,
a weazel, with a mouse in its mouth, was seen crossing
the road closely pursued by a robin, which frequently
pounced on the weazel, utterring shrill notes of defiance.
The weazel turned many times, and at last, on reaching
the grass on the road side, it dropped its prey and went
back some paces to attack the robin. This was avoided
by the bird rising in flight, and immediately darting to
the side of the mouse, whose cries of distress had doubt-
less attracted its attention and excited its sympathy.
Before the observer could reach the spot, the weazel had
again seized the mouse, and retreated with it into a hole
in the adjoining bank, the mouse being either paralysed
with fear, or too severely injured to avail itself of the
chivalrous interposition of its feathered friend. The
bird regardless of the presence of the witnesses, or trust-
ing their aid, continued for some time to flit rapidly from
bough to bough on the hedge-row, making the most
plaintive ontcries.—Berkshirc Chronicle.
FRENCH MEDICAL ETIQUETTE.--A curious question
of etiquette has arisen amongst the members of the Col-
lege of Medicine. It was Baron Portal, the first phy-
sician of .Louis XVIII , who obtained a grant for the
College from the King.. The members of the Academy,
as a toket i of gratitude, resolved that the King's first
physician ilhould in future be always the Honorary Pre-
sident of th e Academy of Medicine. The Baron Portal,
in accordance with this resolution, presided once or
twice. The question was not raised during the Mo-
narchy of July, and of course it was not heard of during
the republic). Dr. Conneau, the first physician of the
Emperor, n ow becomes of right the Honorary President
of the Acwiemy,