The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-12 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS —( THIS DAY.)
COLONIAL.
st.GAlt.—The market for British. Plantation cor.tinues
Vthout material alteration in value, sales 770 Fuds.
'0 public sales have comprised 1,800 bags Mauritius,
bags Bengal, and 1,200 baskets of Java. The
Mauritius and Bengal sold with animation at full prices;
atit the Java which waq offered in bond was withdrawn
kti7, to 19s 6d forgood brown and grey, and subsequently
~Ced at about those rates. Privately 200 hhds Porto
Pries
have been disposed of for refining ut an average
tlioe of 35s 9d, being the full relative value. The quan-
"tY of British Plantation landed last week at the East
tog West India Docks was 2,213 hhds 288 tierces 727
barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,140
bads 146 tierces 251 barrels. The stock in the same
Planes is 22,466 hhds 3,274 tierces 5,404 barrels.
COFFEE.-580 bags and 130 casks Plantation Ceylon
4 auction sold with animation at extreme prices.
Rest
quantity landed last week at the East and
est India Docks was 477 puns. There were taken
£or; borne consumption 300 puns 26 hhds, and exported
h 3 Pons 68 hhds. The stock in the same places is 21,442
'llllB 2,077 hhds.
RICE was dull of sale on previous terms, 1,880 bags
at auction, was all withdrawn, importers being un-
Mlling to force the market.
„,°PlcEs.-480 bags black pepper met a ready sale at
4td to 21d for ord Batavia.
SALTPETRE.-15,070 bags Bengal sold readily at full
Prices, viz., at 25s 6.1 to 27s 6d for 10.1 to 5f per cent.
tefraction, of good colour and quality.
TALLow.—P.Y.O is 44s 6d to 46s per cwt on the
spot, and Town 46s 6d.
TzA..._The public sales have been brought to a close,
1,‘,11d of 19,000 packages offered 6,200 have been sold.
crices have continued about the same as last week.

HAY MiIatILETS.
SsimmELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 13s; Clover
ilttot 31 lOs to 41 13s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 8s per
0411. A. moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
thCUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 15s ;
'lover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 12s; and Straw,. 1/ 4s to
11 los per load. Supply rather limited, and trade dull.
mover
Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ 13s ;
mover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41180; and Straw, 112 s to 1/ 9s
per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at our
(Notations.

• COAL MARKET.--YasTEanaT.
L'itst Tanfield . . .......... 15s Od iddell's lss 9d
o'B Redheugh
aNtvensworth's Pelaw. 145 3d Eden Main
I°lnith's Pontop, .. l4s Od Braddyll's Hetton l7s 6d
rth Pontop ~. ...... 14s Od Hetton •.. lBs 3d
trroley 145 Od Stewart's
i, hlam ; l4s Od Caradoc
a6sfortWh all's. End, &c. Tees ........ .......... ..' l7s 9d
16s Od Hartley 145 9d
P 4411411
,-eareth 145 3d

CHANC.ERY.—(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court in the 041
Ilan, Lincoln's Inn, to-day, and heard appeals.

TULLIAMi n. TIILLIANY.
This case came before his Lordship upon appeal from
the deeision of the Vice-Chancellor of Englaand. The
shit was instituted by Lewis Vulliamy, for an account
°1 the estate of his father, Benjamin Vulliamy, the well-
known watch and clock maker of Pall-mall, who died
tOlBll. By the will of Benjamin Vulliamy, the pro-
Petty was to be divided into seven parts, between his
widow and his six children, and one of the children,
Benjamin
l Lewis Vulliamy, who still carries on the
uosiness at Pall-mall, was appointed an executor
With two other persons. All the parties except the
Plaintiff had long ago adopted the executors' ac-
counts, and accepted their shares and executed releases.
The
accounts, previous to the year 1825, were for
the most part made out by the other executors,
lit since 1825 the management of the affairs had
Principally devolved on Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy. AC-
counts which the other members of, the family bad
"opted had been sent to the plaintiff also, but he dis-
Pnted their accuracy, and filed this bill in 1844 for a
general account from the testator's death. There were
two questions now made, first, whether the plaintiff was
entitled to any further account for the period anterior
to 1825; and, secondly, whether the defendant, Benja-
t4in Lewis Vulliamy, had been in partnership with the
testator at the time of his death. The bill asserted that
there had been no partnership, and that the whole stock
In trade, as well as the profits of the business at Pall-
tall, belonged to the testator's estate. The defendant,
on the other hand, insisted on a partnership, and it was
admitted that be had had the management of the busi-
ness for some years before the testator's death, who, in
consequence of ill health had gone to reside at Kensing-
ton ; and it was proved that the family considered
the
son as in partnership with his father. But it did
not appear that there was ever any partnership articles
Vice-Chancellor
On the case coming on before his Honour the
Vice-Chancellor of England he was of opinion that he was
oeund to direct a general account from the death of the
testator, with a declaration that there was a partnership
netween Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy and the testator,
and an inquiry whether the defendant had any interest
La the stock in trade. From this decree the parties ap-
Pealed to this branch of the Court.
The arguments in the case occupied the Court the
Whole morning.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(T HIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.)
LADD2tOOKE V. SMITH. . .

The further arguments in this part-heard case, which
cause before his Honour on three causes, occupied the
"curt the whole day.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
MACINTOSH v. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
The arguments in this cause occupied his Honour
the whole morning.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.)
I;VBSTER V BRAY.—TIIE FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND
WEST RIDING JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
The further arguments in this cause, a hich was
Partly heard yesterday, were resumed this morning.
The suit originated in a dispute between two gentlemen,
Mr. Webster, of Manchester, and Mr. Bray, of Preston,
who had been appointed joint solicitors to the Preston,
Fleetwood, and West Riding Junction Railway Com-
pany, and the question in the cause was whether the
profits made by them in their character of solicitors,
were to be divided equally, as partners, a whether each
should be paid merely in proportion to the actual ser-
vices rendered. It appeared that the railway having
been projected about the same time, by parties resident
at Manchester, and by others resident at Preston, it was
arranged, subsequently, that the two projects should be
combined, and on the Bth of May, 1845, the plaintiff
and the defendant were jointly appointed solicitors. It
would appear that a considerably larger amount of work
had been actually done by the defendant, and that if
the division of profit were to be regulated by this cir-
cumstance' the one party would probably receive hun-
dreds whilst the other would take thousands of pounds.
The case turns very much upon the evidence of retainer,
upon the acts done under it, the correspondence between
the parties, and by professional u-age.
The arguments occupied the Court the whole morning

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittingi at Guildhall before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE
and Common Juries.)
COLLARD P. DOBREE.
This was an action brought by Messrs. Collard and
Collard, pianoforte manufacturers, of Cheapside, to re-
cover the value or possession of a pianoforte.
,It appeared that in the year 1847 a gentleman named
vv ilkin, who is now abroad, hired a pianoforte of the
Plaintiffs, for the use of a lady, named Clifford, who at
that time resided at N 0.22, Upper George-street, Portman-
-Bcluare. A short time afterwards, being pressed for money,
the lady applied to the defendant, a pawnbroker, to lend
her money on the security of the instrument, pro-
,4llcing at the same time a receipted bill of Messrs. Col-
otyd. He accordingly lent her 201. upon it, and the
Pianoforte
was removed to his premises. He kept it
beyond the ordinary period at the wish of the lady, but
as it was not redeemed he sent it to Messrs. Debenham
and Storr, where it was ultimately sold for 201. 10s.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 201. 10s.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
(From the St. Helena Gazette of Oct. 28.)
The news by the last post is satisfactory. The 1et-
,75 inform us that the Governor had reached Graff-
'leinet on the 28th ult., on his way to Cape Town,
through Kafirland.
The Boers were perfectly quiet, and Mr. Southey
*lts busily occupied in collecting the fines.
The execution of Dreyer has bad a remarkable effect
throughout the country, in striking terror into the
hearts of the ill-disposed.
The loss of the rebels in the action at Bloem Pleats
has been found greatly to exceed the original estimate;
and from the number of wounded who have come under
the GOvernor's notice, there is no doubt that the injuries
many who escaped with life were of the most serious
The fort in construction at Bloem Fontein, to be
callede " Queen's Fort," will speedily be completed, and
lotr the present garrisoned with 60 or 70 Cape Mounted
thiftes, and two companies of the 45th Regiment, toge-
'"er with some field-pieces of moderate calibre.
The Governor was expected to be at Graham's Town
on the 12th instant, thence to start for Port Elizabeth.
a are not aware how his Excellency purposes to travel
from Port Elizabeth, but we believe he may be expected
pare between the 24th and the 28th of this month.
Yesterday's Gazette contains four letters from the re-
bel Pretorious, addressed to the Boers, whom he hoped
to persuade to join him to the fullest extent in opposing
Jiritish rule; they are all dated prior to the memorable
action at Bloem Pleats.
The barque Mary, Hedger, arrived here on Ist inst.,
Zp, fire, with a cargo of coals from London for this port.
The Mary had been in a critical and dangerous state for
several days, the coals having ignited. By the prompt
assistance of the boats from the Bucephalus and Agin-
Court, and some fishing-boats, she was towed to the heed
O the Bay and scuttled, the ignited state of the coals,
ad
and the great heat in the hold, having precluded all hope
0
. f saving the vessel by any other means. The fire hav-
ing been extinguished, the vessel was hove off, conducted
o t
be anchorage, and moored by six o'clock in the even •
inag. Captain The Port Captain speaks highly of the conduct of
e
Eager of the Walter Scott the chief officers of
.t,lett l
ueephalus and Agincourt, and of the cheerful exer-
Lw__up of the men under their command, by which much
"uric was done in so short a time.

-'OYAL ARTILLERL—WOOLWICH, DEC. 11..
.Thirty-two fine young men, none of them under five
feet eight and a half inches in height, joined the head-
quarters of the regiment here on Friday last, having
Leen enlisted at Lisburn, in Ireland. The whole of the
newly-formed companies of the 11th and 12th battalions
I.tssombled on the guard mounting parade today, in
*filmy, marching order, under the command of Colonel
Grattenden, with Adjutant Radcliffe.