The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-14 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE.-11ONDAY.
Since our last report the whole of the provincial
markets have ruled heavy for all kinds of Wheat, the
rice& of which have given way fully is per quarter.
Pring Corn and Flour have commanded very little at-
tention, although the supplies on offer have been small.
In the near continental ports rather more business ap-
Eears to have been transacted in Wheat and Flour on
eglish account, at full prices. The American markets
were dull at the date of our last adviees. The receipts
of English grain up to our market last week were some-
what on the increase. From abroad we received 6,600
quarters Wheat, 6,720 'lilt° of Barley, 8,635 ditto of
Uses, 1,830 ditto of Beans, 1,097 ditto of Peas, 826
ditto of Tares, 112 ditto of Linseed, 461'
ditto of Rapeseed, 40 ditto of sundry Seeds,
8,025 sacks and 780 barrels of Flour. Fresh
1113 to our market te-day, the receipts cf English
Wheat, coastwise, were on a very moderate scee, but
the principal portion of the supply came to hand from
Essex and Kent, in excellent condition. By land car-
nage and sample, the arrivals wore comparatively
limited. Although the stands were by no means largely
supplied with samples of either rel or white, the ee-
'nand fn all descriptions, owing to the immense supplies
of Flour on offer from France and Belgium, was in a
'et's, depressed stale. However, the finest qualities
were mostly disposed of at prices about equal to those
obtaine lon Monday la=t. In the middling and inferior
kinds, exceedingly little busine:s was transacted, at a
decline in the quotations of fully is per quarter, and a
clearance was not etre-_•,ted. several offers came
to hand from Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, &C.,
to ship Wheats at ruling price s The show
of Foreign Wheat was nut to say extensive,
yet it considerably exceeded tt e wants of the millers,
most of whom, though short cf stock, purchased very
cautiously. In the value cf the best parcel., we have
iso change to report, but all other qualities gave way
quite 15. per quarter, without much progress being made
!n sales. We were seasonably well supplied with all
kinds e f Barley, both English aid Foreign. Fine malt-
ing parcels supported last week's currenc:e but grind-
ktd distilling sorts gave nay Is. per quarter. The
supply cf shit ready for eelivery was larger than
L'ir some weeks past, owing to which, the
trace was Leavy in the extreme ; but we
hays
f,-•-cla' no actual- dt cline to notice in valve.
t'Fasstively speaking, the show cf Oat samples was
milt nevertheless, the Oat trade .ruled dull, at barely
°llarY prices. • Beans of all kinds ruled very dull,
w:d their prices gave way is per quarter. In Peas, nest
nothing was doing, and in some instance: the cur-
rencies had a downward tendenc,. Indian Corn and
Meal v., ore nominal. The sale for Flour was t cry heavy
at barely late rater.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
sat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier...... 56s to 585
ned• New.. • . 385 to 45s Oats— Yorkshire d
Dltto,White, New 425 50s Lincolnsh., Faeend. 143 165
Norfolk and Lin- Potato • • 17s 22s
coin, Red... • • 37s 40s Youghal and Cork,
T"itto, White 41a 44s Black . • ... 13s 15s
'„Figh, Red.... •• • . 378 415 Cork, White • • 14s 16s
kit uitto,White..•.•• 40s 4is Scotch, Feed •. .. 185 Oho
24s 25s Beans—Tick . • • 245 303
Yehot• ••••••• • • • .. 24s 25s Pigeons 2Bs 355
Orinding .. • . 29s 233 Peas—Grey ..• .••• • • • 25s 27s
Vating .• • •• • • 235 26e Maple .••.• • • • • 265 28s
265 305 White. • • ..... 265 29s
""' Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •.. • ..... 283 30s
f01k...533 56s Flour—Town-made ..• 355 405
44s 473 Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 30s 33e
tbitston and Ware 55s 56s Stocktn & Norfolk 303 sss
SEED MARKET.
The demand f both Linseed and Rale-eel has some-
what •
imroved since our last report, and prices are well
supported.Ca Canary Canary Seed has deSued ls per quarter.
saes are very dull, at drooping currenc:er.
ItT,White, per bush, los to lls Carrav ay ..... 303 343
Baal;ed and Green.... lOs 12: Coriander • ... • • •... 161 21s
• 8r0wn.... . 95 12s Elempreed, per quarter 32s 35s
Tkr,•;l„,'ite ••...• • • .. 8s 10s Linseed, Eng. 'owing.. 54s 56e
New Winter 5s Od 5e Oct Crushing ...... • . 40s 43s
Old • •
Ciou ••• • . ..... 4s 4s 6d Baltic .. • • •• .. 38e 44s
rY• Per. quarter • . 755 85s Odessa .......... 42e 463
eloy 21143. • •.. • • ... 20s 24s Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo—
rtei t,_,
(cwt.) 34s 483 English .• • • .81 5s 9155
White .• • 34s 48s Foreign, per ton 610 s 71 Jo!
Foreign Red...... 32s 44s Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 Os 41 4.
rle White .... 32s 475 Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 3UI Os 33110 s
f°
•• •• •• its 17s

SMITHFIELD.
imports of foreign Et ick int) London last
ji," were confine It, 1,066 heal. At the eon e3pond-
areriod in 1849 they amouutel t 1,035, ald at the
ice.teterity of the
time in 1848 t ) 1,235 held. Had it not been f
eather e importations would have
-11 a considerabl excess over those of the two pre-
ceiing years.
p, IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN TIIE PAST WEEK.
oote :°lll Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
•••
n.erdain
... 141 275 ... •••• 77
stnd
..... 94 ..•
gen..... 29 34
IN Lisp— ... 535 1

corTotal ..... 173 ..4 938 ... 83 ..
Pondin
vv,klulBo.. 188 ... 817 ••• 50•••
at° a week in
fB4B-•p. . 86 .. 1,123 .. ••• 27 •••
smareel ...
...
the anY supplies have reached the outports; and
fin-,ieceipts from Ire!and direct by sea have te-n can-
t') 61 Pigs. Although the number of foreign
kin 7 011 sale in t .-day's market was very limit !d, all
4 ruled heavy in the extreme at drooping prices.
fr°: the time
of year, the arrivals of home-fed beasts
what°at
this morning were very moderate, but of some-
Iva"' ImP
proved quality. Notwithstanding' the weather
of toyte4rYt ravouranle for slaughtering, and the tgnclance
the Be Ail' and country buyers was rather numerous',
011'
it et t ak, owing ti the immense supplies of meat
frecL aer Newoate and Leadenhall Markets, was Jar
has
eqiin
ve. However, a good clearance of the beasts
Suffoitr:e,ted at la .t Monday's prices. From Norfolk,
1,100 'Lt4sex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about
grazir, dots and Short-horns ; from the northern
patcg district,, 1,000 Short-horns ; and from other
the °t England, 950 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &e.
11eys1t8hP1Y of Sheep was beneath au average one,
hinst • ele", the Mutton t-a-le ruled heavy, and, in
this eirutances, prices were 2d per Blbs lower tuan on
the beaY 'e.nnigtr. The highest general tip figure for
few d't Downs did not exceed 4s 2d per 81bs. Very
Inn "'yes were on offer. Prime small Veal sold at
bile rates of currency. In other kinds, ve..7 little
via:ness was tansacted. Piga—the supply Dot which
qnntaariltioutillptinet a very inactive demand at last week's

Per Sibs. to sink the offal.
s. d. to e. d.
,tenor 8 s. d. to s. €l,
...,,,m4easts..... It 0 3 4 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 6
1.1.44. finality-vroolledditto3 8 310
?lira; large,, OXea•• 310 4 0 Southdown \Venter 4 0 4 2
Likr .cota ...... 4 0 4 2 Ditto seta the 70.0.10 0 0 o
34 3 8
Pri,„_ ruse Calves 3 4 3 6 Lug BucV Mall ditto .. 3 8 310 Smalel Yorkers .5..... 310 4 2
0 ig 16 0 21 0
Stegerung all
•• 18 0 25 0 Quart-'r i -
Bheep ...2 10 3 0 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I
Pigs.
'sixes.. I
8.2b277t I C 62 I 217
ORE LON SUPPLY-.
153
'least& s'
isheep. i Calves. I rigs.
190 8 _7- 1, Et OROITGEL AND SP=TALFZELDS.
..)0.
ta:oor the tune of year, large quanta:es of fireign i .'5 have arrived at the wat,r-fide during the poet
4W7'.6;k,c vz., 1,935 - tons, cirri% e I as Lllows:—Dutiltir,
48. A 343 85; ItOtterdate, 243; Ghent, 90; I).ePlw,
,
and R7Titc9err, 1121; .Pont L'Abi.e 75; Nieu MU, 1;
tat ,e °"7, 805 toes. The total quantity of foreign Pu-
t() , i, weiggeu by the City nu t0r,,,, irotu the Ist Augu,t
eeille sth January, was 33,942 ton,. CoastwiNt. die re-
-4,_Pl,
3,3 or
2,9 potatoe., bisee our lat.t report, have bees eon.-
a•3l to 00 tons, but auout 1, t ins resche us
-4
*IICI efOtisge. ' The generalooo
quality a have
the samd
ples

Reatta.
3333 i

1846.

1847.

Stock this day .... •.
Price of Y. C. ....

25,376
43s Od

_ to 43s 3d
Delivery last week •• i 1,761
Ditto from June 1.... 64,967
Arrivals last week • 101
Ditto from June 1 ... 74,539

Price of Town •• •• ..I 45s Od

18,597 27,350
515 9d 45s 3d
to Os Od to 45s 6d
2,440 4,294
59,831 66,256
50 5,395
67,838 50,514
543 6d 49s 6d

1850.

38,003 44,452
41s 6d to 39s Od
Os Od to39s 6d
2,568 2,518
65,405 61,236
5,181 574
9!,877 80,215
45s Od 41s 03

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

ATTORNEY-GENERAL, v. THE CORPORATION OF LON-

DON-JUDGMENT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave his final judgment to-
day in this case. Our readers will, doubtless, recollect
that the case came before his Lordship shortly before
the Christmas recess, upon an appeal from the decision
of the Master cf the Rolls, by which he disallowed the
exceptions taken by the corporation of London to the
Master's report, and directed them to make further dis-
covery and allow an inspection of their charter
and all pipers connected with their claim to
the shore and bed cf the River Thames. The
information was filed in Februrry, 1844, against
the corporation of Londor, and against &Thin of their
lessees of p trtions of the shore and bed of the Thames,
namely—William Cubitt, Sir Courtenay Boyle, Sir
Thomas Turton, W. G. Prescott, J, P. Rosh, J. Cor-
nelius Parke, and J. 0. Hanson, who have erected em-
bankments and whatfr to the destruction of the
navigation and the flow of the river. The informa-
tion stated that by the royal prerogative the ground
and soil of the coasts and shores cf the seas, creeks,
and navigable rivers in the kingdom, and about
it, belonged of right to the Crown ; that the
river is the King's highway for all subjects ; that by
prescriution or some grant the corporation had exer-
cised the office cf balliff or conservator, whose duty it
se as t? see to the navigation, and prevent obstructions
or nuisances in the river, and t.) regulate the fishing
thereof; that tie corporation thereby acquired no right,
or e.tite, or interest in the ground and soil of the bed
or shores of the river between high and low water-
mark; flat the corporation hal, notwithstanding, of
,ate claimed, in addition to the exercise of the right of
bailiff or conservator, to be seised or entiVert to the free-
hold of the ground, bed, and soil of the river, and of the
shores between high and low water-mark, witnin the
limits of the conservancy of tee Thames, and assum,d
the exercise of acts of ownership over it,
and had made grants of it to persons
having land or wharfs on the banks a ljecert
thereon, to embank it, and build on such soil and bed of
the river, bets can high and low water-mark, at diffe-
rent places on the riser, namely, at the Isle of Doge, at
Durrand'e Wharf, Rotherhithe, and at the Batterset
Marsh; that ensbankmeots and buildings were, in conse-
quence of these leases, built or building, which would
he a common nuisance, and prevent the tree flow of the
river. The information charged the corporation with
having received a considerable sum of money in the way
of fines and rents from such lessees, and with having re-
fused to give the Crown any account thereof, and that the
lessees now set up a preteoded claim of right to execute
such embankments by virtue of said indentures. It fur-
ther charge I that no charter or letters patent by any of her
Majesty's predesossors, kings or queens, had contained
any grant of the soil, or bed, or shot 03 of the Thames, and
charged the` the corporation ought to discover and set
forth under and by what charter or letters patent they
claimed such freehold in the soil or bed of the river.
The Attorney-General denied any immemorial right in
this respect, as alleged by the corporation, or that the
corporation possessed the freehold under a charter of
Henry IV.. in the 231 year of his reign, which had no
force to pass such freehold; that such charter had been
also revoked or annulled; and the information also
charged that no sufficient acts of ownership by the cor-
poration could be shown to evidence an immemorial
usage of the right claimed by the corporation; and that
the corporation had no right t o exact or accept money
' as fines or rents . f 'r permission thus t ) build.
It charged, moreover, that the defendants had
in their custody, possession, or power, books,
accounts, deeds, instruments, charters, letters
patent, leases, maps, plans, and papers, n-
inth:lg to the matters aforesaid, by which the truth of
the several matters above-mentioned would, if produced,
appear. The information then prayed that the rights of
the Crown and these of the corporation might be ascer-
tained and eeclared; that William Cubist and the other
lessees be restrained by perpetual injunction, in respect
to works in progress, from carrying them on; that the
embankments formed should be restored to their former
and ancient condition, and that an account should be
taken by this Court of the fines, rents, expenses, and
profits arising from granting such licenses to embank,
received by the mayor and corporation, and the amount
be decreed to be paid to her Majesty, after de-
ducting all -just allowances, and tSe right t o
the freehold to decreed and caablishel in and
to her Majesty. The corporation demurred in
Fart, and answered to the residue. The de-
murrer denied that the Crown had stated a case that
entitled it to relief in a court of equity, or to any dis-
covery. It was overruled by the Master of the Rolls,
and his Lordship's decision has confirmed by the House
of Lords. The answer which was then argued before
the same Judge, stated that the title of the corporation
was not founded on a pat t cular charter, but on a right
to the enjoyment of the bed and shore of the river from
time immonserial—a right virtually recognised by Acts
of Parliament of Henry IV., Henry. VII., Henry VIII.,
and Elizabeth. With regard to the ereet'ons complained
of, the: corporation rested its defence on the opinions
of harbour-masters, water-bailiffs, and Captain Bullock,
bydrographer to the Admiralty, under whose in-
spection and approval they had been constructed,
alleging that they improved, or would improve,
tae navigation of the river; and denying that the
corporation alleged or pretended they had a right to
erect or create, or give licence to erect or create a com-
mon nuisance on the Thames, to the injury of the sub-
jects using it as a highway. A reference was made to
the Master on the sufficiency of this answer, and he re-
ported that the corporation were bound, in his opinion,
to set forth their alleged title, and to allow the Solicitor
for the Crown to inspect their charters, and such deeds,
documents, and papers,'as he required. Exceptions to
the report were argued before the Master of the Rolls,
and his Lordship decided against tithe corporation, and
held, that having regard to the fiduciary relation in
which the corporation stood to the Crown as conserva-
tors of the Thames, and to the prima facie right of the
Crown to the bed and soil of all navigable rivers, the
corporation was bound to answer fully, and to
produce the deeds and documents demanded.
Against this decision, the corporation of London pre-
sented their appeal to this branch of the court, and that
appeal was argued at considerable length. At the con-
clusion of tie arguments the Lord Chancellor gave
judgment, wereeiug with the Master of the Rolls in or-
dering the Corporation to answer fully, and dismissing
the twee). With respect, however, to the question of
costs, his Lordship took time to consider his judgment
in that respect, as it had been argued for the corpora-
don, that the order of the Master of the Rolle giving
cost; to the Attorney-General was wrong, inasmuch as
in a court cf equity, the Crown never gave or received
costs, and in support of thst proposition several cases
were cited. The Lord Chancellor this morning gave
judgment on the question of costs. He thought the
rule laid down in some of the cases that La I been
a Iverted to might be a sound one in a case where the
Crown persist esl in a claim which it failed to sustain,
but such was not the present case. Hero the pla'rotiff
Ras in possession cf the order of the Master, and thede-
cree cf the Master cf the Rolls, and that decree had
been affirmed by himself; he therefore thought that the
Crown was entitled to the costs of the appeal.
Appeal dismissed with costs.
EX-PARTE THE EARL OF MANSFIELD IN RE THE UNI-
VERSAL SALVAGE COMPANY.—JUDGMENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR alio gave jurigtke it t:-day in
this case, t' e arguments in which were concluded on
Saturday. Our rea tars will recollect that the ease carne
before his Loresnio upon an appeal motion to discharge
an order t f Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, making the
Ea"l of Mansfield liable as Is coutribut tr to the losses
incurred iu the attempt to, e,tolish a salvage company,
although Master Farrar had expressed an opinion on tl.e

authority of decided cases Olaf, Lord Mansfield was exe
The Lord CLa'ltellor concurred with the judgment Of
t%e Court I e'ow, and dif,mised the 'appeal Inot.on,
but, upon the application ( f Counse% allowed the Noble
Earl to go in tv,ciu b, fire the Master upon a Low stae
of f.tctF., anti paying Cie costs of such a proect:ding.
His I,,,rdship then proceeded to hear appeal p titione.