The Press.
London, England, 1854-07-29 00:00:00

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AN ACTION was tried at Durham on Monday,
brought by one farmer named Holmes against Bell,
also a farmer, to recover back a sum of money paid
in excess for certain wheat-stacks. Plaintiff, in
February, 1853, bought six stacks of wheat, which
defendant guaranteed to contain thirty bolls of corn
a piece. When thrashed out, however, last spring
the produce of every stack fell short, inasmuch that
the total yield was fifty five bolls less than the gua-
ranteed quantity. The purchase-money having
been paid at the time, plaintiff sought to recover the
excess, at 12s. Od. per boll, on account of the short
yield. Detenoant pleaded that the deficiency arose
from the delay in thrashing out the wheat. The
grain, he said, had shrunk or " pined," and mice had
eaten it in quantities. He swore that in one twelve-
month the mice would consume 33 per cent. of the
wheat in stacks built, as were those in question, upon
the ground.
The Junos asked, as matter of curiosity, whether It would not
be economical to build the stacks on props, and so save the
corn, if mice could destroy 83 per cent. in a year when built on
the ground?
The defendant said they always built them so. Such, he
added, was the destruction the mice caused that two of his
stacks, which ought each to have produced thirty bolls of wheat,
together only produced seventeen bolls.
The jury found a verdict fur the plaintiff, giving him
201. damages.
THE FRENCHMAN, MARXAYSEE, who kept a house
of ill fame in Newman-street, was again sued by one
of his unfortunateprotigivs for money alleged to be due.
The plaintiff in this case, which was tried at Maid-
A; -- Tuesday, was a girl named De
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Betting : 6to 1 on Virago, who won in a canter by stone Assizes on Tuesday, was a girl named De - -
fifteen lengths. to the St. Vincent.
Choicy, and her claim arose under precisely the
F luter YEAR of the FOURTH RENTIKCK MEMORIAL STAKES, Carpenters—Thomas Deane to the Spltettd; George Hughes
same circumstances as those of the previous to the Supply.
for two-vear•olde. 64 sobs. trial in the Court of Common Pleas. The defen• rnomoTtos.
Mr. Howard's fby Surplice—Elopement (Wells) • • • Aeeistant-Surgeon—John Jack, of the Prince Regent, to ba
Lord Eglinton's Cortebita 2 dant, however, on this occasion sought to resist the Surgeon.
Mr. J. Clark's The Hind 3 claim by producing his account-book, the result
Sicrzesrsnrs of 200 soya each, for two-year-old fillies. being that, while the Chief Baron regretted that -Y
Mr. Greville's Antoinette (Flatman) 1 such disgusting details should be investigated in a OXFORD. • '
Mr. Mare's Whistle
Betting: 10 to lon Antoinette. to await his trial for the criminal offence of which he A. Polt, M.A., Rev. O. H. Fell, M.A., Rev. M. E. Welby,
_The RACING STAKES of 30 sovs each, for three•year-ohls. confessed himself to have been guilty. The jury at M.A., and the Rev. A. A. Barker, 8.D., Probationary
Mr. Howard's Scvthisti (A. Day)
01 lows, were on Wednesday admitted Actual Fellows of M cog-
the same time found a verdict against him upon
Idr•Osbahleston's Cham n edalen College • and, at the same time, the ilev. J.
Lord Wilton's Pntnicestrofe the civil suit for the full amount (35/.) claimed by
0 . • Sedgwicic, M,A., and L. Meyrick, 8.A., Deity!, were ad•
Betting: 2 to 1 on Scythian, and 5 to 1 against the plitintm. mined Probationary Fellows.
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