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-
mitted to 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, near Aylesbury,
a magistrate for the county, and a well-known gra-
zier ; the defendant being Mr. Self, the manager of
the Londoa and County Bank at Aylesbury. The
action was brought to recover the sum of 191. 195.,
for damages from the negligence of the defendant.
It was alleged that the plaintifi 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 trespasso I on the plaintiff's
grounds, and associated with his stock—in cense-
qu ,nce of which the plaintiff said 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 said he was offered
30 guineas for the produce of the heifer which was
the cause of the action ; but, owing to Mr. Self's
hull having committed the trespass, he sold the
he for 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 case had nothing to de with the breeding of
cattle, but was merely 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 Ands. 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 witnesse,
includ-
ing Mr. Gadsden, the extensive auctioneer and
valuer, and Mr. H. Phillips, the well-known dealer
of Thame, were called on the part of the defendant,
and they swore that there was nothing extraordi-
nary in the breed of the plaintiff's stork, and that
the heit r and calf were not worth 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. goo I condition. His
Honour, Mr. C. Temple, summed up at great
length. The jury retired, and after being absent
about half an hour, found a verdict for the plain-
tiff—damages is. 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 coursg, suppresed by the offi-
cers and the judge.

MT •

Country Markets.
CHELMSFORD—Nov. 20.

Oar 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, beaus, and peas a very dull sale
and barely maintain their value.

Wheat,white,old,per s. e. 8. S.
qr. 53 56 \ Oats, per qr. 2t 30
new.... 44 56 Peas, Partridge 41 44
red, old 41 49 White 38 46
now 41 49 Boiling 4O 47
Barley 33 40 Dun 40 42
Chevalier 35 42 Beans, Tick 40 43
Grinding 3O 33 J Harrow ticks 41 45
Malt 73 77 i Ma.zagan 37 41
Chevalier 75 79 Ditto, nuw...37 40

Official Statement of the Qua]
in the port of London, froi
Nov. 15 to Nov. 2.1, both it

,ntities of Corn, &c., received
in the following ports, f ons
uclusive.