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TFIE 'SUN, 7,LONDON, FRIDAY VE'VENING, APRIL 5, 1861.

LAW INTR.

.(TMs Day.)

Closing
Price.

Paid.

)Business done

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Joyce.)
SALES IN THE CORN MARKET-IMPORTANT DECISION-

6.5 70
911 92/
16 161 d
4i 5 d

REED AND ANOTHER V. BROWN.

This was an action to recover £2l 16s. 9d. loss on the
re-sale of 116 quarters of wheat.

6 7
75 80
65 70
65 70
41 5

Mr. Moss appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Tindal
Atkinson, instructed by Mr. Beard, for the defendant.

Mr. Moss stated that on the sth November last defen-
dant, who is a miller, purchased of the plaintiffs, who are
corn and seed merchants of Hythe House, near Rochester,
and have a stand in the London Corn-market, 116 quarters
of wheat at 635. and 645. per quarter. The sale note was
delivered, but defendants neglected or refused to clear the
wheat, and it was re-sold at a loss of £2l 16s. 9d.

Mr. Red was called, and after he had given his evi-
dence, Mr. Atkinson asked him to produce the bought and
sold note.

Mr. Reed said he had it not, and Mr. Moss remarked that
he would call the other partner, who would no doubt throw
some light upon the subject.

Mr. Atkinson—You may as well confess that you are in
a difficulty. You have no bought and sold note, and the
wheat was rejected within two days.
Mr. Moss—l should hardly think you would avail your-
self of the defence under the statute of frauds.

Mr. Atkinson—l have a good defence upon the merits,
but I avail myself of the legal defence.

His Honour ruled that the amount being over £2O, in the
absence of a bought and sold note or contract, plaintiff must
be nonsuited with costs.

POLICE INTEL L IGEN CE.—( This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

TURNING THE TABLES.—THE EFFECT OF BEING
GOOD-NATURED.—EIIen Henderson and Emma Gardner,
two well-dressed females, were charged with assaulting
Mr. William Edward Shuckhard, a clerk at Lloyd's, Royal
Exchange.

Mr. Shuckard said he resided at Kennington, and on the
previous night he was in Tichborne-street about 8 o'clock,
hen his hat was knocked off from behind and much in-

jured by the females. He did not wish to proceed against
them any further.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—You are very kind.
Mr. Shuckhard—Why, the fact is, I got myself into a
misfortune by interceding for them last night, for I got
locked up on the charge of being drunk.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Well, the women are discharged.
Mr. Shuckhard then stepped into the dock to answer the
charge of drunkennosa.

Cornell, 109 C, said that the defendant charged Hen-
derson and Gardner with assaulting him, and on their
beginning to cry defendant said he was a rate-payer, and
he had a right to liberate them. He made use of very bad
language, and said the police were a set of vagabonds. The
defendant then left, and afterwards returned and knocked
loudly at the station-house door, and said that if they did
not give up the women he would go to Sir R. Mayne, that
they were a set of vagabonds, and that he (Cornell) was the
son of -.

Defendant—The fact was I reflected a little, and thought
it a pity the women should be incarcerated.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—You (defendant) seem to have used very
bad language.

Sergeant Draper said he should not have taken the charge
against the women, but that a respectable witness said he
saw him assaulted. The defendant's hat was damaged,
and he had been drinking.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—Y ou (defendant) seem to have been very
good-natured. The police, however, were quite right in
not discharging the women without bail after the charge
was made against them, & r if they did so all sorts cif charges
would be made and afterwards retracted. You are dis-
charged, and I hope never to see a man of your appearance
in such a place again.

The defendant, who is a man about 50 years of age, and
of very respectable appearance, bowed and left the court.

THAMES.

TOBACCO SMUGGLING.—WiIIiam Mudge, the chief mate,
and William Vent, second mate of the ship Bingle, in the
London Dock, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with
smuggling cigars and tobacco.

Mr. A. Wright, examining officer of customs, said that
the Bingle had recently arrived in the London Dock, after a
long voyage. He asked the prisoners if they had anything
liable to duty in their berths. Mudge produced a small
quantity of tobacco and a few cigars, and said that was all
he had. 'Witness searched the vessel and discovered a false
beam in the cabin, and under it 3 lbs. of foreign manufac-
tured tobacco. Mudge said the tobacco belonged to him.
On further search he discovered 100 cigars in a locker under
the chief mate's bed place, which he also owned. In Vent's
berth he discovered 4 lbs. of foreign manufactured tobacco.
Vent denied all knowledge of the tobacco, and said it had
been placed in his berth by some other person.
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Mudge, in defence, said that he intended the tobacco and
cigars for his own consumption and not for sale.
Mr. Selfe—Very likely, but you first told the officer a
falsehood, and you appear to have concealed the tobacco in
a very mysterious manner.

Vent protested his innocence, and said he never hadpos-
session (31 the tobacco found in his berth, to which others
had access, and this, upon inquiry, turned out to be the
case, and the magistrate said he was not quite satisfied that
Vent knew anything of the tobacco, and discharged him.
He inquired the quantity of tobacco and cigars found con-
cealed under the beam and in the chief mate's locker.

Mr. Wright—There is 5 lbs. in all, and the value and
duty is D.

Mr. Selfe said the defendant Mudge held a good position
in the ship, and ought to have known better. He fined
him £9, the treble value, and in default one month's im-
prisonment. The penalty was paid.

THIS DAPS MARKETS.

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CORN EXCHANGE.

Fresh up to-clay, the arrivals of English wheat werevery
limited, and for the most part of poor quality. Goad and
fine dry samples were disposed of without difficulty at fully
Monday's currency; but for damp parcels the trade was in
a sluggish state, on former terms.

Holders of foreign wheat were firm in their demands,
and although the inquiry was chiefly for retail quantities,
the quotations were well maintained.
Floating cargoes of grain were held at full prices.
Fine barley met a fair sale at full prices; but all other
kinds were quite neglected.

Malt changed hands to a limited extent, on former terms.
All descriptions of oats moved off heavily, at lower cur-
rencies.

Beans were in steady request, at quite previous rates.
Peas attracted very few buyers, yet their value was un-

altered.

A fair business was passing in flour, and prices ruled firm.
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Whe it. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
Eng1i5h........ 848 t 231 3,100 167 j 920
Irish .. 1,282 (
F0reign........ 32,390 10,296 63,307 I 7,o42sack •
400 brie.

NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.
The supplies of meat on sale are only moderate, and the
trade generally rules firm. The value of beef is improved,
but there is no change to notice in that of mutton, veal,
and pork. Lamb has given way in price.

Per 81b. by the carcase.
sdsd
Inferior beef 3 0 3 6
Middling do. .. 3 8 3 10
Prime large do 3 10 4 0
Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4
Large pork .... 4 0 4 6
Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10

sdsd
Middling mutton 4 0 4 4
Primo do 4 6 4 8
Veal 4 6 5 4
Small pork
.amb

BOROUGH HOP. '

For good and fine hops the demand continues steady, at
quite previous currencies. Inferior parcels, however, must
be considered a slow sale, yet prices are supported.
Mid and East Kent pockets 80s to 200 s per cwt.
Ifealds 6os 168 s „
Sussex
Yearlings Bos 170 s „

CATTERICK RACES.—(This Day.)