The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-15 00:00:00

(:t-ired, cortJmisr, e,mounted to 2,900 tons, chiefly from
:Sao-Joni; Yolk0)11.e, arid liAs.ex, :cti.el in good condAion:
By Isnd earrie;g;?., ruarly 4,000 tons came to hand from
viii quartcis. Oil the v.-hole, the demand for selected
ciTtlitics is IN kady, at furl votatiors; but other kinds
command very little attention. Th imports, sites Mon-
day last, have amennttd to 390 tons from Rouen, 4 bags
from Amsterdam, and 4 ditto from notterdana.- Present
rates as under:—

Per Ton.
Vorksh. Regents. 80s to 85s'
Ditto Shaws sto --- s
Lincoln. Regents 703 to 80. s
'Scotch Regents 70s to 7.55'
Ditto Cups
Ditto Blues
Ditto Dahlias
Coalition —s to 8
eweastle & Ilsr-

Per Ton.

Wishsach &Cam-
bridge
Kent Regents 6ss to SOs
Es7rf.x ligents 6ss to SOs
'Essex Shaws 60s to 703
Kent Shaws 6:s to 70s
Kent &Essx. Mid. —s to —s
French ..... 60s to 70s

German ditto ... —s to s

wick Rk,ents.. 70s to 80.-,lDuteh Whites —s to —s
Keatk.k Red Kid. —.s to —s:Chzcs

x“xi,
Although there is less activity in the thmand for all
:\car HUN, too chow of which is somewhat limited, last
week's prices are well supported in every instance.
Yearlings are held at full quotations, but old qualities
command vi-ry little attention. New Sussex rotkets,
51 10i to 6183; New Kent, 618 s to 8/; Golding, Mid
and East li,rnt, 91 to 121; Yearlings, 41 15s to 5185;
Old Olds, 1/ lOs to 31. 153 per cwt.
vroom.
Owirg to the near approach of the holidays the de-
mand for all kinds of Wool, if we except Down parcels
of English, which are scarce, is somewhat inactive, and
the late improvement in the quotations is with difficulty
supported. Last week's impits c.cre 82 bales from
Boston, 26 ditto fcom Leghorn, 3,983 from Islay, 1,350
from .eilgos, 13:,,y, 5 from Hamburgb, 52 from Trieste,
650 from Teganreg, 4 f..om Bombay, 60 from Alexandria,
and 89 bags fioin Seville.

Since cur last report about 7,000 quarters of East
Julia Linseed have changed hands, at 44s to 4-13 61 per
quarter. Ex-ship sales of Alexandrian have been made,
at 419 for export. Black Ss a qualities have realised
43s 61, and Archangel 41s 63 to 423. For forward de-
livery Black Sea i 3 quoted at 433, Calcutta 43a 61, and
Alexandrian 42s per quarter. C:',kes steady, and quite
as dear; but all other articles are
Turnip,White, per bush. Cs to ICr Carraway ••• • • • 31s 33s
Fed and Green...• Ss its Coriander .• .. ••..• • • • 9.i 11 s
Mustard, Brown.. •• • • 7s F-s ilcmpsced, per quarter 32s Its
White, new Gs Cd 7s Od Linseed, Ellg.SoWillg • • 603 65s
fares,Winter ..33 6,1 4s 0d Crushing •••• • • • • 46s 52.?
Old •••• • • • .. —Os Od Os Od Baltic ••••.. • • .. 39i 46,
Canary, per quarter . • Its 40s Odessa ••.•• • • • • . 448 506
Rye grass.. -... • • 24s 30s Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo—
li.eAEn. (cwt.) 30s 40s English .. .81 lOs 101 Os
White •• • • ...... 34s 415 Foreign, per ton 6/ 5s 71 Sc
Foreign Red.. • ... 32s 40s Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ Os 4110 s
White.... 34s 42s Rapeseed,New,prLst 211 Os 2 3/0s
Trefoil .. • • • .... 183 223
Duty was paid on the following quantities of foreign
Clover Seed up
-to the 6th inst.:-
1851. 1850.
London
Liverpool
Hull
TALLOW.
Notwithstanding that the deliveries last week were
upwr:rl3 of 3,000 casks, our market still continues in a
very depressed state, and prices have further receded 3d
per cat. To•dsy, new P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at
333 93, and old 36s 3d per cwt. Town Tallow 36s 6d to
37s per cwt net cash; rough fst 2s 13 per 81bs.

ito.:k this clay ...... 11,358
6s
Frico of Y. C. .• o 4 9C
t 7s 01
Delivery last weok 2070
Ditto from June 1.... 5 i,2sB
Arrivals last week •• 2,472
Ditto from June 1 ... 57,541

1848. 1849.

36,175 44,7f:5
44s Cd 38s 6d
to 43s 6d to39s Od

1850.

ISM.

56,152 66,451
37s 0,1 to 36s 9d
37s fid to 03 Od
2,254 3,156
51,738 57,455
1,785 290
82,20 89,372

1,594 2,504
50,655; 52,701
5,268 2,584
85;49S 76,023
453 01 42s Od

Price of Town •••• .. I 493 6d

39s 6d I 393 Gd

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

LONGRIDGE V. JOLINSON.
This was an action to recover 1,2571. upon a bill of
exchange.
Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr. Lush appeared for
the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General and Mr. Wince
for the defendant.
Sir F. TLIEBIGEII said, the action was brought by
Messrs. Longridgo and Co., as the indersees of a bill of
exchange, of which the defendant was the acceptor. The
plaintiffs were engineers and ironfounders, having ex-
tensive works in Northumberland, and also a place of
busicess in London, and in the month of January in the
present year a porton of the name of Hartshorn gave
them an order in London for 200 tons cf bar iron, at the
rate of 61. 10s. per ton. Tho iron was to be manufac-
tured at the works in Northumberland and shipped
to London. Hartshorn agreed to pay cash on
delivery, and was allowed two per cont. dis-
count. The iron was shipped by three separate
shipments, and the whole amounted to 1,3174 Applica-
tion was then made for that sum according to agree-
ment, but Hartshorn delayed the settlement of the ac-
count, and at last the plaintiffs offered to accommodate
him by accepting a short bill, provided he gave them
some security for its payment. Hartshorn ultimately
handed to the plaintiffs his bill for 1,3171., and on being
requested to gave security he took a great number of
bills out of his pocket, and among others the one in
question for the sum of 1,2571., which the plaintiffs ac-
cepted, and Hartshorn handed over to them. Upon the
short bill becoming due it was dishonoured. Some com-
munication then passed between the plaintiffs and John-
son, the defendant, who was the acceptor of the bill,
and he admitted that the acceptance was Lis ; and
said he belived that Hartshorn was not only an
honest man, but eble if ho had a little time
to meet his liabilities. Hartshorn, however, did not
multil his engagement to pay, and on Johnson's bill
becoming due, it was presented at his residence and also
at the London and WestmicsVr Bank in St. James's-
square, and at both places payment was refused. The
defence now set up by Mr. Johnson was that ho re-
ceived no consideration for the hill, and that he was not

liable in point of law fcr the bill, as the words " payable
at the London and Westminster Bank, St. James's-
:genre," had been added to it without his permission
atter it had pl,ssed cut of his hands. An important
question would arise upon this latter plea, which would
no doubt have to be decided by the Court above, viz,
whether that was a material alteration of the bill. Lord
Tenterden had decided that it was, and that it rendered
a bill invalid, but. with every respect foathe learning and
judgment of that legal dignity, he considered that his deci-
sion was not correct in point of law. The question was,
however, of very great importarce to the commercial corn-
munity, and as the point had not come before the Court
in recent times, his Lordship would probably consent to
its being reserved for further argument.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the defence, said the
defendant considered he was neither legally nor morally
responsible for the payment of the money, he having
received no consideration for the bill, and he felt bound
under those circumstances of resisting the action by any
defence which the law allowed. The defendant was
desirous of purchasing a large quantity of iron, and en •
derstandiug that Hartshorn had some to dispose of, he
gave to Arnold, a person who acted as his broker, several
bills, the bill for 1,2571. being one of them, which he was
to band over to Hartshorn on receiving the delivery
warrants for the iron. These bills were made payable
generally, and not at any particulriaplace. Mr. Arnold
had requested the defendaut to make them payable at
the defendant's bankers, in St. James's-square, but he
had positively refused to do so, and Arnold had added
the words " payable at the London and Westminster
Bank, St. James's-square," without bis knowledge or
consent. Up to the present time the defendant had not
received any iron, and he had, therefore, taken a legal
objection us to the addition of these words, which, he
contended, rendered the bill null and void.
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Arnold were put into the
box, and gave evidence in corroboration of the above
statement.
Sir F. Tseemea, in reply, contended, that as the
alteration had been made by Mr. Arnold, as the de-
defendant's broker, it did not invalidate the bill.
Lord CANPEELL, in summing up, said, the only ques-
tion for the deuision of the jury was, whether
the alteration in tho bill was made by Arnold on the
authority of Johnson. If they were of that opinion, the
plaintiffs would, on the authority of a very learned
judge, be entitled to a verdict; but if they thought
Johnson ad given Arnold no authority to insert the
words, then they would give their verdict for tho de-
fendant.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, inti-
mating that they were of opinion that Johnson,had given
authority to Arnold to make the alteration.

Y•)

CRIMINAL
OLD CT.
COURT.—(THIS DA
OUR •
The December Sessions of the Central Criminal
Court were opened this morning.
The calendar contains the names of 65 prisoners.
The grand jury having been sworn,
The RECORDER delivered his charge. lie was happy
to inform them that the number of prisoners was un-
usually small. At the same time, however, he regretted
to say, there were amongst the.offences some of a grave
and serious nature. In ono case, a person named
Bare, was' charged with the wilful murder; of his own
wife, under creumstanccs of great atrocity, but
it was unnecessary for him to dwell at any
length upon this case, because if the evidence should
turn out to he any thing like what was to be found in
the depositions, it would involve no legal difficulty
whatever, and in all probability an examination of a
small portion of the evidence would be sufficient to in-
duce the jury to return a true bill. The only other
case which he felt it necessary to advert to was one of a
very painful nature indeed. It was the one in which a
husband and wife,:named Murphy, were charged with
the manslaughter of their own child. The death was
caused by the parents withholding from the child the
necessary food for its sustenance. It was not only a
moral and religious obligation which devolved upon all
parents to provide their offspring with necessary food,
but it was also their legal and bounden duty to do so,
and in the event of death ensuing from a
wilful neglect of that sort the parents were
guilty of the crime of murder, while should it appear
that there was no poLitive or criminal intent in the with-
holding of the food, the parents were liable to be indicted
for manslaughter. The leiter alternative seemedto apply
to the state of the case in this instance, but, doubtless,
the jury would think it a little strange that the husband
End wife were indicted together. In the smaller crimes,
such as larceny, the wife in a great measure was con-
sidered by the law to be somewhat under the control of
the husband while acting in his presence, and she was,
therefore, not held Dello for her conduct; but in cases
like murder or manslaughter, the rule of law was very
different, and if, therefore, the jury should find that both
the husband and the wife had been instrumental
in producing death, then both cf them would be
to be put on their trial. It would seem,
however, that the immediate cause of death was
the want of food, and if it should transpire
upon inquiry, that the husband had neglected to furnish