The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-22 00:00:00

DEER AND ANOTHER V. HOORE.

This was an action which was tried before tho Chief
Baron at the last sittings after term, at Guildhall, and in
which a verdict was found for the defendant.
Mr. GREENWOOD now applied for a rule to show
cause why a new trial should not be granted, on
the ground of misdirection, and the improper exclusion
of evidence. The action was brought by the plaintiffs,
who are attornies, to recover the sum of 261. from the
defendant, being the costs incurred in a case of Moore v.
Brooking. The defendant denied that he had given any
authority to the plaintiffs to institute the proceedings,
and the plaintiffs tendered certain letters which had
passed between the defendant and his agent, and which
they contended was a sufficient authority for thi m to
proceed. On the trial the Lord Chief Baron refused to
admit these letters, and on that ground application was
made fur a new trial.
The Court took time to consider.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY•)
The Judgks in this court were Lord Chief Justice
Wilde, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Cresswell, and
Mr. Justice Williams.
No ease of sutlici, nt importance to justify a report
cameos during the morning.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUAIrIER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at !rem 7,000 to 8.000 bales, including 6.000
American; 800 Pernam and ALaranhams, 44 1, to '
200 Bahia, 44d, to 5t1.; 500 Surat, 3d. to 3irl.; and
Levant, 9,1. to 1 lid. per lb. The market closed firmly.
In Railway Shares only a limited business was dune.
The fluctuating state of the weather proves rather in-
jurious to our home trade, although understood to be
not unfavourab'e to the growing crops.
The steamer Cambria is telegraphed as having arrived,
and some 1 a- ticulars which we have in town are interest-
ing. The money market was in a comparatively
favourable position, and although the cotton failure is
still insisted upon, it appears to be admitted that there
is time to put in fresh plants.
The riots in Canada having been suppressed, there is
no question of more immediate interest in the colony
than that o. the great trunk railway. In the official re-
port it is stated:—
The mails, troops, munitions of war, commissariat
supplies, and all public stores would naturally pass by it,
racross
daystnearly,
as the safest, speediest, and cheapest means of convey-
ance. If a straight line be drawn from Cape Clear, in
Ireland., to New York, it will cut through or pass close
tl ioi n Neu w l Yk
mu r
to Halifax. The latter is, therefore, on the direct route;
anday
when
be theseathe
shortened
branchvoyage
O
by
threea i
lhde A ,
oan t.
sc
ja
steamers,is
it is not improbable that on that account,,
t.
completed, and other lines to connect on with those in
the United States, the whole or the greater portion of
the passenger traffic between the Old and New World
would pass through Halifax, and over a great section of
the proposed railway. But the great object for the
railway
its
to attain, and which, if it should be able to ac-
complish, cap ibility to pay the interest of the capital
expended would be undoubted, is to supersede the long and
dangerous passage to Quebec by the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
To make two voyages in a season, vessels are obliged to
leave England earlier, and encounter the dangers of the
ice in the Gulf much sooner than it is sate or prudent for
them to do. The loss of life end property which has oc-
curred from this cause, and returning late in the autumn,
has been enormous. It cannot be ascertained, but pro-
bably it would have more than paid for the rail-
way. An opinion may, however, be formed of it from
the rates of insurance, which in the spring and
autumn are as high as 10 per cent. A much
higher rate than to any other part of the world. The
navigation of the St. Lawrence is closed fur about six
months of every year. During the whole of this peripd
all the produce of the country is locked up, and neces-
sarily lies unproductive on the hands of the holders.
" The surplus agricultural produce of the year cannot
be got ready to be shipped iu the season it is produced.
In the winter of 1846-7, it has been stated on good
authority, that 500,000 barrels of flour were detained in
loetreal at the time when famine was raging I
in Ireland. As soon as the season opened, there was
such. a demand for shipping to carry provisions, that the
ordinary course of the timber trade N as deranged by it.
" All this would have been prevented had the railway
been then iu existence.
" For six months in the year then the St. Lawrence
would cease to he a competitor with the railway, and
large quantities of produce would be certain to be tor-
warded by it.
" For the other six months of the year it would
have also the following Strong claims to preference:—
Rapidity of transport, the saving of heavy insurance,
cheaper rate of freight from Halifax, vessels engaged.. in
the Canadian trade could make three voyages to Halifax
for two to Quebt c. The trade which is now crowded
into six months, to the great inconvenience of every one
concerned, rend:-ring large stocks necessary to be kept
on hand would be diffused equally over the whole
year. ;
It is moat probable that these advantages
will be found so great that only the bulky
and weighty articles of commerce, such as the
y
very heavy
timber, and a few other goods,
will continue to be sent round by the Gulf of St. Law-
rence. If such should prove to be the case, then the
proposed railway would have as much or perhaps more
traffic than a single track could accommodate. The
cost of transportation, it is calculated, will not
.
be too high on tbis to admit of the
above results being realised, and in that case more
ciailly if the capital can be raid at a moderate rate
of interest, it is coosiderial highly probable that it will
' even in a commercial point of view, be a profitable un-
dertaking."
The continental advices are again
iof a complex cha-
racter; and this afftcis Public Srcurities, although, con-
sidering the further great fall n the French rentes, the
steadiness of Consols is a strong proof that no
uneasiness is felt here as to our becoming
embroiled, and the abundance of money, it is concluded,
will rather be increased. the more uncertainty prevails
abroad. The arrivals of specie by private ships are
constant, and must in the aggregate make up a large
amount. Consols have been 91)1 to 21 tor Transfer and
Account. B.ink Stock has vat lee from 1931 o, 195. The
New Three-and-u• Quarter per Cents, have been 90 to
504. Exchesuer-tdils are 48s. to 475. premium.
Foreign Stocks are quite neglected. Spanish Three
, per Cents. realise
.32k I, and Portuguese Four per
Cents. have been 271. B uzilian are 77i. Mexican ex
Coupons have touched 284 and 29. Dutch Two-and-a
Halt per Cents. have b--en 47 to 47,1.
In Railway Shares there is nut much doing, and the
prices of the English lines have varied but little, though
rather in favour) buyers. The French Shares are

again loner. Paris and Rouen have tallen 1/. to 21.,
Northern of France g, and Rouen ~nd liavie about

P -,• • tic,.•;'• - ‘;..,i,. •'f Loc, Pliicl-.l',
ani Stock
3 , ~., tent. Itedueed Ar.os ...... 89' :-ii4 B'%
i,,e: Cent. Consols Annuities 907,44 .. 91 91
.ti ~.,•,- 31ii per Gent. Ann‘i ...
':..,ong Alms. to ,x.pir: Jan. i 864
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
Ditto 30 year:, Jan. 5,1860
! :dit. Bond., 1,0001
CI .nsols for Account
• x.chequer Hills. 1.50. ee 2d.
1,0001. June 46 47 p
500/. June ... 44 p
Small. June —
Ditto Advertised,
PRICES OF FOILEIG.tv FUNDS.

47 p
44 p

46 p
►RICE
774

ZETE
O'CLOCK.
tirazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small —
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent —
Ditto Deferred 3% 3 %
t'l exican. per Cent. 1846, with Coupons 30% 30%
Ditto, Ex Coupons
Ditto, Account
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
.
Ditto, 4 par Cent 273A
,panish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Account . .i. .
Ditto, 3 per Cent
oividends on the above payable in London.

23%

27%

164
325,8

Dutch 21% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 47 473/4 48
Ditto. Der Cent. Certificates 74%
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN
PAID.
'AMWAY SHARES. AT OISE O'CLOCK. PRICE:.;
lii,ming, Wolvern'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... 14%... . .......... 14%
Br.stol and Exeter 9O ..............
Csledonian _ 50
Do. New 101. Pref lO ..... 11%14 xin ... 111 A xin
Chester and Holyhead 5O ...... 14% l5
o,ton. Stanifd
&sm. Anglia, 251., L &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do., 181., E. & H.... 18
Do., 3/. 10s.
Eastern Couhtie5...
Do. New Guaranteed

114
14;
11%

6 per Cent..
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Do., Class 13 (L & B.) 22% 51%
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 22% 5%
East Laracashirs
Ditto, New - ...... ...... 14
r..ast Lincolnshire
'mat Northern -
Do., 72 A Deferred
Do. Extension .. 25 ... .. 14 ..... ...
Great Western 100 ...... 78
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths ...... ...... 20

78
li%
15ayt

Ditto, New 171. ~ 15 ... .. 11
Hull and Seiby .. ...... 50 ...... 96 .
Do. % Shares (A)... 94......
London a Black wall l2l/8 414
London and N. Wb.tern 100 .128 127 127
Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 - 9%
Ditto,FlithA ..... .. 2 ... 7',4 714
t.onci. etS. W. stern 5O ...... 344
00. Si.w 50i ... ..... 421 A.. ..
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
Ilidiand .... .lOO ...- 63 671/2 .....

11
96
1414
44

Do., do., 401. Shares,— 25 ..... 131A'34ils
N0rf01k...............100
North British ....... ... 25 .... •
Ditto, Halves ..
Ditto, Thirds ...... 81,"
Scottish Central
Shrewsbury and Bins— 11
Ditto ditto. Class B. 7
_ _

13%
35
13 t,
53,8
3%
24

Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
S trewsbury tic Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
S •uth taster.
Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30
Do., Scrip No 4
Smth Wales 3B ...... ...... •••.......
Wear Valley 6 per Cent
Guaranteed ... ..
Do. do. do. ...25
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick....,
Jo Newcastle Eiden. 20 ...... 131/234 % l3si,
DJ. tx.N.t—Preterence 8 ... 4 41,11143 .
York and North Midland 50 ..... 291/2 29 ..... ...... 2914
Ditto, Preference
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

20 LA
20

6%
17

Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
Vierzon)
.. 12
Great Indian Peninsular 5 Lis
Do. Do. ... . .... 10s.
Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... ..
Northern of France
Paris and Rouen ... 2O ..... 18 18V2
Paris and Strasbourg ... 10
Rouen and Havre ...... 20
Tours and Nantes .. 11 ..... . 3 ... 3

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of London.... ..... 10 105,4

10%

trinro 320ition

EPSOM RACES.

(THIS DAY.)—BY EXPRESS.
The Craven Stakes.

Swordplayer ... 0
Black Eagle ... 0
Telegraph .. ... 3
Lepidus
Swordplayer and Black Eagle ran a dead heat, and
then divided the stakes.
The Woodcnte Stakes.
Mr. Gratwieke's b f Countess
Major Martyu's The Swede
Lord Chesterfield's Lampoon filly

... 1111. ... 2
bee ... 1111. 3

The Manor Stakes.

Antagonist ...
Miss Bunney ...
The Miner ... ...
Cockermouth ...

... 0 0 1 1
... 0 1 0 2
... 1 3 0 dr.
... 0 2 0 dr'

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAY 23.—Wind this day at noon, S, light
breezt• and dull cloudy weather, with rain.
RAMSGATE, MAY 21.—A large ship was seen on the
12th instant, with loss of fore topmast, by the Gilbert
Munroe, Maclean, arrived off this port. Off port-21st,
Gilbert Munroe, Maclean, St. Lucia, experienced a very
heavy gale on the 1 1 th, from the south.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 21.—Wind S.--Arrd. Alert, Crans-
town, New Orleans; Tucker, Chapman, New Orleans ;
Marchioness of Qiieensburry,M•Cullum, Savannah. 20th.
Janina, Johns, Calcutta; Libra, Muir, Porto Rico ; Free-
man, Bailey, Jamaica; Victoria, Le Gresley, Laguna ;
Bombay, New Orleans; Lord Sandon, Walsh, New Or.
leans ; Nathaniel, Thompson, New Orleans ; Cove-
nanter, Patterson, Apalachicola; Jane Hammond.
Vaughan, Savannah ; Lydia Soule, Savannah ; Tuaca-
riosa, Farley, Philadelphia; Columbia, Farbr, New
York. 21st. Bellaris, Rees, Calcutta; Limena, Porto
Rico ; Irlam' Hobson, Hayti ; Friendship, Clel-
land, Cuba ; Ellen, Pentecost, New Orleans; John
Fielding, Strange, Apalachicola. Std. Governor Varty,
Calcutta ; Tusket, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Off port,
Mary, Africa; Mary Ray, Demerara; St. Vincent,
Shepherd, St. Vincent.
CORK, MAY 19.—The Alexandrine Victoria, has
been in collision with the Brig Mountain Maid. The
latter had her figure-head, cut-water, &c., carried away.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
HAY PILAZIKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 41 ; Clover
ditto, 31 5s to 51 Os ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 10s per
load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 41 Os ;
Clover ditto, 31 5s to 41 16s ; and Straw, 1/ 6s to
1/ lOs per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish
demand.

W HITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 41 03 ;
Clover ditto, 31 5s to 5/ Os; and Straw, 1/63 to 1/ 10*
per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices.