The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-02 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE

Nearly the whole of the markets held in the provinces
on Saturday were very dull for wheat, atdrooping curren-
cies. All descriptions of corn were extrenely inactive, and
rather lower to purchase. In flour very little was doing.
Large quantities of wheat continue to 3hange hands in
the continental markets. Prices, howev4r, have shown a
drooping tendency. Barley and other articles have ruled
somewhat firm in value. In the United states an increased
amount of business has been passing generally on English
account.

The arrivals of home-grown produce it the port of Lon-
don last week were very limited. From abroad the imports
were liberal, viz., 20,381 qrs of wheat, 4,660 barley, 42,157
oats, 40 beans, 125 peas, 3,475 linseed, 3,010 rapeseed, 1,510
maize, 396 sundry seeds, 10,497 sacks and 5,577 barrels of
flour.

A very moderate supply of home. grown wheat was re-
ceived fresh up to-day, coastwise and by land carriage.
Owing to the favourable state of the weather for the crops,
and the liberal importations of foreign wheat and flour, the
demand fur English wheat ruled heavy, and all kinds sold
at is to 2s per quarter beneath last Monday's currency.
The general quality of the samples was very middling.
We are tolerably well supplied with foreign wheat. The
demand was trifling in the extreme, and to have forced
sales lower rates must have been submitted to. Floating
cargoes of grain were very dull, and lower to purchase.
The few samples of barley on the stand were taken off
slowly, at about previous rates.

Malt changed hands to a limited extent at late currencies.
There was a large quantity of inferior foreign oats on
sale ; they were rather cheaper, but good sound parcels
were steady.
Both beans and peas, though in short supply, were dull,
at barely late rates.

The flour trade was heavy, and country marks were
fully is per 280 lbs. lower in price.

CURRENCY PER IMPERTAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex aid Kent, red, new 475 to 555
Ditto, old
Ditto, white, new
_ . 50s 60s

Ditto: old ' 65s 625
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 4Bs 57s
Ditto, new 47s 55s
Eye—Old s —s
New
Barley—Grinding .. , 275 290
Malting —B —8
Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk 528 68s
Brown
Kingston and Ware s2s 70s
Chevalier
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2oe 24s
Potato 268 308
Youghal and Cork, black .. 20s 25s
Cork, white 2os 28s
Scotch, Feeding 2ls 28s
Beans —Tick
Pigeons 458 495
Peas—Grey
Maple
White 36s 38s
Boilers
Flour—Town-made
Suffolk 3Bl 408
Stockton and Norfolk

but all other seeds are a
somewhat freely, at very full
furnip,White,p.bus.2os to 24s
Swede —s —s
Mustard, Brown —s —s
White, new -- s —s
Tares,Winter, new.. 7sod 8s

Old , ..._
—s ^ —s
Canary, per quarter 52s 58s
Rye grass, new. 26s 28s
Clover, Red Eng., et. 42s 48s
White
Foreign Red 42s 4Ss

White @Ss 72s
Trefoil, new

prices.

Carraway
Coriander lss 168
Herapseed, per qr 40s 448
Linseed,Eng.sowing 66s 68s
Crushing.
Baltic —B —s
Odessa 49s Gd 518
Linssed Cake, p. ton—
English .... £9 5s £9 15s
Foreign, p ton £9 Os £lO lOs
Rape Cakes,p.ton £5 Os £5 10s
Rapeseed, p. qr. 60s 66.4

LAW INTELLIGENOE.--(THIS _DAY.)

ROLLS COURT.
(Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir Joky. Romilly.)
JUDGMENT-SEACOMBE V. )IW:4/ARDS.

His Honour the Master of the Rolls said—The question
in this case is, whether the word " on" or the conjunction
" and" is to be construed " or." If " or," the plaintiff takes;
if " and," the plaintiff does, not take under the will. The
devise is contained in the will of the late John Martin,
which directed—" that on the death of one of my brothers,
the survivor or his children shall be entitled to his share ;
and on the death of one or both of my brothers, his
or their share shall fall to my sister and her
children." His Honour's opinion, founded on the
case of Gray and Pearce, 6, house of Lords' cases, and
others, was that, according to the true construc-
tion of the testator's will, the reading must be taken as
"and," and that the plaintiff is not entitled to recover
under this bill. It was very desirable to have the point
settled, as Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart had been of a
contrary opinion. His Honour dismissed the bill without
costs, and with costs to the trustees of the two parties in
the suit.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
CHOAT V. DOW-PLEA OF INPANCY,--IMPORTINT

DECISION.

Plaintiff is a tailor, and claimed a sum of money for a
waistcoat and pair of trousers supplied to defendant.
Defendant's brother-in-law did not dispite the debt, but
said that notice had been given of a plea of infancy. He
produced the copy of the registration of birth.
His Honour—That won't do. How long have you
known defendant ?

Witness—Ever since he was one month 011. He was
born on 14th September, 1842.

His Honour—Has he a father living ?
Witness—No.
His Honour—He is earning his own bread, I suppose
Witness —Yes.

His Honour—Then these are necessaries.

Plaintiff—l may say that I have seen defendant, and he
has told me that the person who appeared to-day has had
the money, and it is against defendant's wish infancy has
been pleaded.

Witness—There are eleven joins in the waistcoat.
His Honour—l don't care if there are 25, They are
quite good enough for an infant. When infants come
into the City for necessaries they must pay. Verdict for
plaintiff with costs.
FEC

ULIAR CASE OF MASTER AND SERVANT.-ADTERT3-

ING FOR A PARTNER.-MILNER V. TURNER.

This was an action to recover £4 125., two week's wages
alleged to be due under very singular circumstances :
Mr. Abbot, for the plaintiff, said that some time since
defendant, who is a tailor, advertised for a manager or
partner who could introduce a sum of money into the con-
cern. Plaintiff answered the advertisement, and an ar-
rangement was made that he should receive £2 per
week. It was soon discovered that plaintiff was in diffi-
culties, and ho made a composition with his creditors
to pay 15s. in the £1 by instalments of three, six, and
nine months. Plaintiff was asked to be security for the
last instalment, and, after some consideration agreed, upon
his salary being raised to £2 Os. per week. The three
months' instalment was duly paid, and soon afterwards
plaintiff received notice to quit. He, however, considered

that he was defendant's servant until the last instalment
was paid.
Mr. Banks, a respectable accountant in the City, was
called for plaintiff, but said that plaintiff was only a weekly
servant, subject to a weekly notice. His wages were not
raised upon becoming liable, but because he complained

that £2 was insufficient. He was liable for £l3B 10s. 9d.,
having signed a promissory note for that amount. He had
not the means to go into partnership, and the creditors
could release him.

His Honour—Plaintiff's witness puts him out of Court.
Mr. Buchanan—l apply for costs, it being an important
case.

His Honour—You have not given notice.
Nonsuit. No costs.

POLICE INTELLIGEIVCE-(THIS DAY

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

PICKING POCKETS.—Two boys, named Charles Warn.
ham and Thomas Brown, were charged as follows :
William Gordon, 336 A, said that on Saturday afternoon,
ra.e.mt _afrAiat, h. raw the prisoners go up to the
pockets of several persons, and among them a lady looking
in a shop window. The boy not in custody took from her
pocket a purse and passed it to Brown, upon which he
(Gordon) went up to them, when they all ran off. He
secured the two prisoners, the other escaping. The purse
produced was like the one he saw taken by the boy not in
custody.
SERIOUS ASSAULT ON A BOlL—John Manning, a rough
surly boy, was charged with assaulting a boy named Mark
Barnett, by cutting him in the eye with a sword.
It appears the prisoner was fighting with several other
boys with sticks and swords in Grafton-street, Soho, at-
tacking every boy indiscriminately, when the lad Barnett,
who was passing quietly up the street with another boy,
received a severe blow in his eye with a sword, cutting his
eye very severely, the wound not being free from danger.
The prisoner denied giving the blow, but witnesses were
called who left little doubt of the fact, and a constable
proved seeing the prisoner throw the sword away.
Remanded.