The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-14 00:00:00

,ES AND STOCKS.

raid.l Closing I Business
Price. dune.

at ,isruatohlian Exeter 100 85 U 7 ,
st Caledonian lOO 116 118
et Cambrian.
i;ork and Bandon...— —
20 Cornwall all 4 6
st Dublin & Belfast June. 100 65 68
st Dun„Perth,& A b.Junc. 100 70 72
100 &London, Scrip Certi. all
Do. 100 d
st Glaskow &S. Western 100 1 6 ;18
at Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 100 254 26 265 6
st Do. E. Augl. st. N 0.2 100 5 6
st Great North of Scotland 100
at ',Teat Northern lOO 1 3 111 1114 13
A stock lOO 123 124 1235 2)
Do. B stock lOO
,o. 18. at 25 pu 10
tit S, and W. of Ireland 10a 90 92
a. “. Westein -Origina. 1, ' 98 .50 4-i 1981 94
4 0.. S. Vat. Rail gua 100
st Do. South Wales -0
at Do. W. Mid.—Orton lOO 30 3i
at Do. Newport
It 'lO. Het eford -
at Lancashire. Yorkshire 100 1231 121
st L.jndon and Blackwall 100
st Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 100 70 8t
it Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 151 16; 154 A
at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 10 10
at Lon. & North Westeri. 100 1151 /151 114 16 15)
at Lon. & South IVesterb 100 80 Be
A Ran., stmt., & Lincoln 100 45 46 46 51
it Metropolitan......
10 Do. New
10 Do. Extension...— lO 10 11
Metropolitan District all 83 85 84 4 3
t I.M. do. do. 10 --
10 Do. and St. John's W'el 6
st Alidiand
9 Do. £9 Share 7 11 2 p
at Do, Ilirmin.. & Derby 100 90 )2
25 Ohl Kent
st North British
at Do. Ed., Ptli., & Dun. 100 4 18
st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 103 IL4
25 Do. G.N•E purchase 16.13.4
st Do. Leeds
st Do. York lOO 97 9.)
at Do. Carlisle lOO
25 Do. Stock. & Darling all 34 35
25 Do. do. 1860-61 lB 9 10 p
st North London
10 Do. do. 1864 5 .
10 Do. do. 1866
at North Staffordshire
at N. &S. W. Junction
at Scottish Central
st Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100
at DO. Scot, Mid. stook lOO
st Shropshire Union
st South Devon lOO 42 44
st South Eastern
20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 9
st Taff Vale lOO 150 253
10 Do. C
st Vale of Neath
at Waterford & Kilkenny 100
10 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 2
at West Cornwall lOO
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
100 Atlantic & St. Lawrence all 66 58
sty flom„Baroda., &Cen.ln. 100 102 103
gu. 5 per cent
20 Do. F shares lO Id Sp
104 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 4 44
10 Do. Preference all 75 86
too Buff„Brant,&Goderich
6 p.c. 1872-3-1 lOO
at Calcutta &S. E., lim lOO
st ;ave Town & Dock, gu. 100 60 55
00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi all 101 103
at toast. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 iOt 103
it East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 105 106 108 If 65
20 Do. J Extension
st ;irandTrunkof Canada 100 18 20
100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds
1 charge 6 p.c all 85 88
100 'Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 57 69
100 Do. do deferred all 50 54
100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 50 54 51
100 Do. do. deferred .... all
100 Do. 3d Pref. 5t00k.... all 37 10
100 Da. do. deferred .... all
100 Do. 4th Pref. stock .. all 23 25
100 Do. do. deterred .... all
at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e. 100 106 107 1( 61
20 o. Gua. 5 per cent.. 18 4 1 V
20 Do. New gua. sp. c.. 6 6 11'
at South of India ......
gua. 5 per oent
at D. 41 per cent lou 91 93
st Do
204 '3 rest Wes. of Canada all 121 124
201 Do. New
.00 Do. 6p. o. Bds. pay. 1873 all F 8 92
100 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 81 84
10 1 udian Branch, limited 2 11 14'i
st Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 112 103
at Do. 41 do lOO 92 94
it Do. 44 do lOO 85 90
20 Do. Fifth Extension 5
.at 51elb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100
50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay all
et N.ll.l.C'cla,6pclstpl.bs 100 82 €5
st Scinde .. , 100 99 101 100
st Do. Delhi
20 Do: do ic.l 4 5 15 lis
at Do. Puniaub u.n 100 98 99
at Do.lndue St.Flot 64 100

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

COURT OP COMMON PLEAS.

(Nisi Prius Sittings at Guildhall, bofore Lord Chief Justice
Bovill and a Special Jury.)
RICKSMAN V. WAGNER.

Mr. Prentice, Q.C., and Mr. M'Leod were counsel for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Philbrick for
the defendant.

From the opening statement of counsel it appeared that
the plaintiff, Mr. Lewis Rickman, is a hop factor,
and that the defendants (better known as the
Messrs. Humphreys) are the proprietors of Ilaye's.
wharf, Tooley-street, Borough. The action was brought
to recover £330 for damage through the alleged miscon-
duct of the defendants, who placed differeut pleas on the
record. In 1862 the plaintiff, who carries on business,
purchased 1,000 bales of American hops, which were en-
trusted to the care of the defendants, and by them placed
in the upper part of the premises, so as to secure them from
damp, and for the warehousing tho plaintiff had double the
ordinary amount In 1865 he sold 250 of the bales, and it
wasthen diseovered that they had been removed to the lower
part of the premises, and were placed over a cellar, subject
to currents of air, damp, and the- attacks of rats and mice.
He remonstrated with the defendants, who removed the
hops into another part of the premises, but which still
was not suited for such a delicate article as hops. The
plaintiff afterwards sold 360 bales to a gentleman named
Richardson, but when the latter examined them they were
in such a damaged condition that he would not take them.
Up to that time the defendants had received between
£7OO and £BOO for warehousing the hops. The plaintiff
offered to refer the subject of damage to competent persons
in the trade, but the defendants would not consent‘and the
present action was brought merely to indemnify the plain-
tiff for his loss. The defendants amongst their other
pleas, said that some of the bales were sea-damaged, but
that was only true in regard to a small portion of them,
which had been so slightly injured that they had been sold
at the time.

Mr. Coleridge said that the defendants did not under-
stand the offer made in the light of a reference.
The Lord Chief Justice said ho was satisfied that the
Messrs. Humphreys would not allowjtheir names to be
talked of in connection with any dishonest transaction,
and he suggested that the matter should be referred, as
the subject was one which a jury were not competent to
decide.

-Ultimately a verdict was,taken for the plaintiff, subject
to the reference.

SHERIFF'S COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)
lINSTAMPED RECEIPTS GIVEN BY TEE NEWGATE-MARKET
SALESMEN.—ANDRALE V. COLES.
This was an action to recover a sum of money for moat
sold to defendant, plaintiff being a salesman of Newgate-
market, and defendant a butcher, of the Borough.
Plaintiff's brother was called, and he proved the sale of
the meat, denying that he bad been paid for it.
Mr. Edwards, who represented the defendant, said be
had a receipt for the money, and defendant swore that he
had paid the money.
Mr. Edwards produced a receipt, and wished his Honour
to look at it.
His Honour—ls it stamped ?
Mr. Edwards —lt is not, nor is it actually accepted, but
it is in the handwrtting of the plaintiff's witness.
His Honour—lt is not stamped ; I cannot look at it.
Defendant—l can swear I paid the money, and the wit-
ness for the plaintiff received it.
to the best of my be-
liePf,ltahinattilff'dsiwd
receiveintentess—
I a
then s money.wear,
His Honour said that the receipt was not stamped, and
he could not look at it. If butchers would take those re-
ceipts they must also put up with the result. He should
find for the plaintiff, as there was no evidence that the
money had been paid.
Mr. Edwards applied that the judgment should be allowed
to stand over until a month, as he should prefer an indict-
ment at the sessions against plaintiff's witness.
His Honour consented to this course, and found a ver-
dict for the plaintiff, allowing the order to stand over for
a month.