The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-24 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

At the Aylesbury County Court, on Friday last,
an important case was heard, and the facts involved
the point whether the owners of bulls are per-
id turn them out without taking proper
care that they could not break through the fences
and herd with other graziers' stock. The plaintiff
was Mr. Senior, of Broughton-hall, sear Aylesbury,
a magistrate for the county, and a well-known gra-
zier ; the defendant being Mr. Self, the manager of
the London and County Bank at Aylesbury. The
action was brought to recover the sum of 191. 195.,
for ,!anag,-s from the neglicence of the defendant.
It was alleged that the plaintiff had at great trouble
secured a pure breed of Devons, which were depas-
turing in a field adjoining Mr. Self's grounds, in
which was a bull, which trespasse i on the plaintiff's
grounds, and associated with his stock—in conse-
quence of which the plaintiff sa:d a most valuable
heifer, the produce of the bull which had won the
prize at Norwick, and had never been beaten, and a
cow which he had bought of Lord Macclesfield, was
in calf. He (plaintiff) said it was important that
his stock should remain pure. He si id he was offered
30 guineas for the produce of the heifer which was
the cause of the action ; but, owing to Mr. Self's
bull having committed the trespass, ho sold the
he fer and calf (which ought to have been worth
401.) for 171. 10s. The witnesses stated
that Mr. Self's fences were very bad. Mr. G. L.
Brown, barrister, for the defence, contended that
the dtme bad nothing to d with the breeding of
cattle, bait was rut rely a little bit of private quarrel-
ling. It was said that there was an assumed likeness
between the calf and its suspected sire ; but there
was no daguerreotype, and of course no likeness
could be proved. He contended, therefore, that
there was no proof that the plaintiff had sustained
damage at the defendant's h ,nils. He called upon
the jury to give the plaintiff the smallest conceiv-
able coin in full satisfaction for any conceivable in-
jury he had sustained. Various witnesses, includ-
ing Mr. Gadsden, the extensive auctioneer and
valuer, and Mr. IL Phillips, the well-known dealer
of ThAtne, were called on the part of the defendant,
and they sw,,re that there was nothing extraordi-
nary in the breed of the plaintiff's stock, and that
the heif r and calf were nut wortu more than 171. or
181. Other witnesses swore (in opposition to what
had been urged on the part of the plaintiff) that the
defendant's fences were in good condition. His
Honour, Mr. C. Temple, summed up at great
length. The jury retired, and after being al-sent
about half an hour, found a verdict for the plain-
tiff—damages le. Immediately the verdict was
announced, the court, which was densely crowded
throughout the whole five hours the case lasted,
rang with a shout the like of which had never,
perhaps, been uttered there on any such occasion.
It was, however, of course, suppressed by the offi-
cars and ths‘ietige.

Countr v Ivlantets.

CHELMSFORD—Noy. 20.

Our market to-day was very dull, every sort of wheat
being is to 2s per quarter cheaper than last week's de.
cline, and even at that reduction the sales were scarce.
Fine malting barley also dull, and a reduction of is to 2s
was submitted to. Oats, beans, and peas a very dull sale
and blrely maintain their value. ,
Wheat, white, old, per s. s. r .
qr. 53 56 Oats, per qr 3O
I
new.... 44 56 Peas, Partridge AI 44
red, old 41 .9 White 38 46
new.... 44 49 Boiling 4O 47
Barley 33 40 Dun.. 40 42

. I Beane, Tick
Chevalier 35 42 Bea
40 43
Grinding 3O 33 1 Harrow ticks 41 45
halt 73 771 Mazagan 37 41
Chevalier 75 79 I Ditto, new... 37 4Q

Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c,
in the port of London, from the following 1.4
Nov. 15 to Nov. 2i, both inclusive.

~ received
site, f, om

"r 1
190, 357, 454' -
271 37 480 -
567 4 -
1481 , 30 ( 250 -

Colchester
Harwich
Leigh
Italdon

COLCHESTER— Nov. 21.

,t
rff,. 5

300
13 I 310

To-day we had a small supply of wheat, the b,st sam-
ples at nearly last week's prices ; inferior, is to 28 lower.
Finest malting barleys no cheaper. Beans and peas each
2s per qr. lower.
Prices to-clay were as follow :—Wheat, white, 52a to 58 ;
red, 46s to 525; barley, 36s to 448 ; oats, 26s to 28s ; bean',
Mazagan, 36s to 40s; middle and small, 42s to 48s; pea.
white, 408 to 46s ; grey, 40a to 445.