The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-17 00:00:00

CORK, DEC. 15.

Barrels. Currency.
19 White wheat 175 Od to 20s 3d 005 Od-20 stone
104 Red wheat l7s Od to 18s 6d 00s Od-20 do
b 6 Ditto lB. 6d to 19s Od
0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Od
306 Barley lls 3d to lls 10d
92 Ditto ll5 10d to 12s Od} 00s Od-16 do
0 Ditto oos Od to 005 Od
0 Bere Os Od to Os Od Os Od
156 Oats 9s 6d to 9s 10d
217 Ditto
114 Ditto los Od to 105 6d
332 Pigs 26s Od to 29s 6d 271 6d per cwt
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:-
18 barrels white wheat; 31 red ; 62 barley; 0 beret 14 oats;
pig.

.Q"uantity of Grain and Number of Pige sold last week s--
Wheat, 1,400. Barley, 2,045. Oats, 7,104. Pigs, 1,558.

PRICES OF BUTTER.
CANT. CURRINCY.
First quality
Second quality
Third quality .. 66s Third quality ..
Fourth quality
Fifth quality
Sixth quality
Return of Cattle sold for week ending Dec. 6.
Pigs, 1,639. Sheep, 207. Cows, 259.
Coax.—Floor—First 11s 60 to 12s 6d; extra 13s 6d;
seconds, 10s 0d to 11s 6d; households 8s to 10, Od; thirds, 7s toes
per cwt. Oatmeallo. 6d to 1 ls• Indian meal 6s 6d to 7s Od; wheat-
meal, Ps to 9s 64 per cwt. Indian corn 610 s Od to 6115, Od per
son. Bran 85s to 87s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 233 to 30.1; average
280; dealers 34s to 40a Od; average 00sper ton. Straw—Farmers
14A Od to 24s Od; average 18s.; dealers 30s Od to 341 Od;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 6d;
household loaf 41d to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 94 to
10d per lb. Eggs-5s 6d to 6. Od per hundred. Coals—
Newport 16, Od; Lydney 17s; Landore 00s; Calm,
13s Od per ton. Tallow 00. Od to 40s per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 61d; mutton 5d to 6}d; veal 4d to
6d; pork 4d to Od; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages od per lb.
Hops 818 s to 910 s per cwt. Bangor slates 2117 s 6d to 3/ Os per
ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 8/ Os ; Valonia 151 to 01; French
61 Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 15s per stone.
Hemp 291 to 341 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 00s; red
ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 101 Os to 111 pea
ton. Timber—Memel, 70, per ton; red pine, 31 5s •' yellow
ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Hides—
Market 2ls to 30s; salted 22. to 30s per cwt ; calf skins
3d to 31d per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to 11 d ; Minions,
004 to 00d. Guano—Peruvian, 11l 10s; Ichaboe, 8/ to 911 s
per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 16.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord
Chief Justice JERVIS and a Special Jury.)
SIMMONDS V. BOYER AND SYMONS.
Mr. Tiumfrey, Q C., and Mr. Lush were counsel
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr.
Joseph Brown for the defendants.

The plaintiff in this action is a silversmith in
Southampton-row, Bloomsbury, and the defendants
were the proprietors of the well-known Symposium.
M. Soyer, along with his then partner, Mr. Feeny,
applied in the early part of the year to know on what
terms the defendant would let plate, linen, and other
articles included in the technical term of " butlery,"
for the use of the Symposium; and after some delay
a written agreement was entered into on the sth of
May, by which the plaintiff undertook to furnish and
lend on hire for six months tables, seats, linen, and
butlery, and to provide persons to take charge of the
same, and clean and keep the various articles in
proper order, while Messrs. Soyer and Feeny were
to find proper conveniences for washing the dishes
and plate, and for keeping them safe, and to provide
accommodation for the parsons employed by the
plaintiff. Payment was to be made every week at
the rate of 20s. for every 100 persons who dined
for 2s. 61, of 30s. for every 100 who dined for
55., of 50s. for every 100 who dined for 7s. 6d., and
of 60e. for every 100 who dined for 'los. 6d., these
various amounts for dinner being exclusively of wine.
A power was contained in the agreement for either
party to determine the contract on giving a week's
notice. The plaintiff made many complaints by
letter and otherwise of the loss and ill-treatment of
his goods, and of the incivilities he experienced from
the servants about the establishment, and gave notice
several times that he would determine the contract
and remove his property. Equally numerous coun-
ter-complaints were made by M. Soyer of the insuf-
ficiency and badness of the things supplied, notwith-
standing the praises of the furniture which the
Learned Counsel for the plaintiff read from M. Soyer's
own book on the Symposium in the following terms :
—" Thus far have we, traversed the interior of the
Symposium, dwelling, perhaps, somewhat too fondly
on the architectural and pictorial beauties of the
various apartments, while, at the same time,
we
have been in some degree chary; in affording in-
formation as to the furniture and the uses for
which they are designed. The fact, however, is
that we should have considerable difficulty in
being eloquent on the subject, for the sole and most
glorious purpose to which the interior of the Sympo-
sium is turned is the consumption of eatables and
drinkables. The necessary furniture to enable people
to eat and drink comprises knives, forks, plates,
chairs, and tables, all highly useful articles, but not
very susceptible of picturesque description or elo-
quent imagery, so the reader must be content with
imagining, if he will take our word for it, that the
Symposium knives and forks are the handsomest
knives and forks procurable, that the Symposium
plates are the most splendid plates indeed, and the
Symposium chairs and tables are the very cream of
upholstery." On the Ist of July Mr. Feeny retired
from the partnership, and the present defendant, Sy-
mons, joined M. Sayer in the undertaking. The
plaintiff had then given a notice, to remove his
goods, and according to his own
evidence had a
meeting on the sth of the month with the de-
fendants, when he said he would n
continue to let the goods unless he was
guaranteed
1001. 100/. a week. Symons answered such a thing
was preposterous, when plaintiff added, he would
then remove the things. A great deal more talk took
place, and some mention was made of selling the things