The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-06 00:00:00

I'Nll-ERSITY AND CLERICAL.

Calla*WU!. JULY A—M.A.*" CONDEICIVIINTs
111.3. —1 hen was a lordliest amanthites Fa the &este
is wan to einem the ci mammy vignettes
el I) etne., "p.m when that dilute has already Mos as-
'rm.'. The stratlemat a.) distinguished were—ln Diviatty :
D. Omit. Msg., Oi Jens College; Dr. Odderdale,
Ca!'terise Halt ; Dr. Loins°, St. Jan's, the bishop elect
el Tett sad Dr. Temple. of Ilidcey. la La.: Dr.
gagbil. Christ's ; Dr. Conte, Trinity Dail ; and Dr:Gard-
an, Trinity P la Medicine Dr. Thimptes.
of
St J The fallowing recited the compositiosa which
semi 1 ett the gran eidelicil to their c . —Herbert
Jv'm It.synalds. Kiss's Cunene—English rem—Ctn.
yell te • Medal ; Chain Stuart Calverley, Chr.st's College
—Latia lies 11161441 Pf Vert—Camden Motel; Fleury Dies-
tote ILater, Trinity College—Greek Charles
Dr, eu, K ina'a College—Greak Epigrams—Sir W. Brown's
?dela. , Samuel Dinka*, Barbary, st. John's College—
Trans; vice into Greek Vase—Povou Prize.
Kl\o'+ CuaLaoa —Ottierell Comics Waterfield end
Chah. John Evaaa,heekoLave, have been ele:md Fellows
ul this society.

Sistmoss r. ADVENTCREA.
The p:aintiff in 'his ease was the drawer, and he sued the
defendant as the acceptor of six bills id exchange for the
total suns uf 3.1711. lffic, and there was also a count fur
goods sold. The defendant pleaded that he was induced to
recept the bills and to contract fur the goods by fraud.
The Attorney-General said that the plaintiff and the de-
fendant became acquainted :n the latter end uf 15.32, and
the plaintiff we., he undersue d, pi.-essed of a horse called
the Oneida Chief, the fastest trottiog horse in the known
world. The defendant was • young man of fortune, was
toad of horses and amusements, and he entered into Dego.
ti itions with the plaintiff about tee horse, and he purchased
it fur 500 guineas. This transacti in led to a further inti-
macy, and the defendant, having a fancy for jewellery, pur-
chased of the plaintiff two diamond bracelets and a diamond
ring for 1571. 10s., and not having the ready cash he induced
the plaintiff to take his acceptaace. It happened that
whilst the defendant was trotting the Oneida Chief he drive
him against a east and killed him. The plaintiff had a
horse and a mare which were very fast tenters, and the
defendant tried the mare, and drove her nine miles
out and nine miles back in an hour, and the
horse was fiund to be even faster still. This
horse and mare the defendant purchased for 1.2601.
Beyond this there were several other transactions between
the plaintiff and the defendant fur horses and for jewellery,
and the bills in question were given on account of thi se
transactions. Trey. however, were not paid when they
became due, and the resuit was that the present action was
brought to recover the amount of them, and also about
1401. tor guuds sold and for which no acceptance had been
given.
Mr. Abraham Simmons, the plaintiff, was the first wit-1
nem and he said that be became acquainted with the de-
indent at the end of December, 18e2, by meeting him ac-
cidentally at Perry's stables in Horsemonger.lane. Wit-
ness had • horse named Click up, which he on that occasion
sold to the defendant fur 601. They then went to a public-
house and had • glass of sherry, and witness in the house
sold his watch from out his pocket to the defendant for 141.
Winnes had a horse named Reliance, and as he was br.ng-
ing it up to town, be saw the defendant, who purchased it
for 2001., and he also purchased a chaise. The cefeadant
I purchased the Oneida Chief for 500 guineas, and shortly
afterwards killed it by running against a cart. Defendant
purchased three brilliant rings for 751. Oa the Ilth of Feb-
ruary he purchased two snake diamond bracelets, and two
duster diamond rings, for 1571. 10s. There were two more
rims and a gold watch. Witness had two hones which he
Wight at Tattersall's fur 1061. and 6.51. This was on the
fth of February, and in the same month he arranged to
sell them to the defendant for 1,2601. ; they were very fast
Wm. He sold defendant a bracelet for' 101., a necklace
Ile 4501., aad four diamond rings for 1401.
The Chief Justice could only express his wonder that
there could be toned two such persons ; one such a fool
and the other such a knave.
Mr. Hawkins offered to refer the matter to anybody who
was acquainted with the value of these things.
Witness—Had another bill for 8481., partly for hones
which defendant purchased of Mr. Percival, et Eaton-
square-mews, and for which witness had pissed his word.
Croce-examined.—He had the Clothes Exchange la
Houndsditch in connexion with Mr. Levy ; but he had not
kept a clotheenhop for many years past. He had
i by the name of Myers, nor had he called himself
ett. A person had wade a matth,and said the hone
banged to Crockett, when infect it was witness's horse.
It was the Oneida Chief, but it was entered as Flying
(bud, which was the mime of a vessel belonging to witness.
Tie legs of the Oneida Chief were a dark white colour. (A
laugh.) He meant by that a:dark drab colour. When the
Oneida Chief ran this match, which was run at Liverpool,
W de. were painted, but witness did not paint them. He
was pointed to match the other part of his body. (A laugh.)
lie ran and won, but the stakes were not paid, and an action
was brought. Witness did not bet.
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins—l know all about it.
Witness—Yea, you were in it. (A laugh.) Witness had
nothing to do with it. He lent the horse, and was to go
shares. They lost the verdict in the action. Witness went
into the country ; he went to Warrington, but he did not
see the horse painted.
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins—When you went down and saw
your old friend the Chief with new stockings on, did you'
not,las an hosearable man say—" What a rascally trick this
L?' (A laugh.)
Witness—l said nothing at all.
The Chief Justice—Then you were not surprised?
Witness-1 was a bit surprised. (A laugh.) He never
paid for the painting. It was not an understanding that
no American hoes* should run ; the Chief was an Ameri-
can. lie did not know that it was painted in the stable of the
inn where he stayed•
Warrington. He had kept the
Surrey Coal Hole, andat he had Dna tried at the Old Bailey
for stealing two 1,0001. notes, but the Judge was per-
fectly satisfied and stopped the case. He bad taken the
Sir John Falstaff, near Drury-lane Theatre, for his son, but
he did not know that it was next door to the
Elysium. There was an oyster shop there. He
knew Mr. Ford, of Wolverhampton, and he agreed with
him to drive a match over Newton racecourse in 1852. It
was agreed that Ford should win, and he agreed to th-
eatre witness 1001. (A laugh.) Whatever was realised
alien the 1001. they were to divide. lie had a bill from
Teed, which he endorsed to the sea of his partner, Mr.
Levi. Ford became bankrupt, bet the commissioner re-
lined N sessive the proof, and there was an appeal, and
that illeishia was confirmed. He never told the defendant
tint V meld get more than his money by trotting
mallikes. His first transaction with the defendant was in
Dui her 1852, and the last in March, 1853, and the
einemst of witness's claim was 3,300!., of which 201. was
fee each. He was willing to take back the jewellery and
to make an allowance for the hones. He had re-
ceived perhaps a thousand pounds of the defendant.
He
hands of his solicitors. Witness :never suggeeted, but the
defendant did, that they should take a -hewn, and keep
their women mgether is it. Witness led a woman—
(a laegh)—and be MI also a wife seed seine dmighters.
Witness told the detneleat that the neeklum seat 6101.
Witness bought it about tee years ago of Mr. Hewetta, in
the jewellery market, in Senededitch. Hewett& was dead,
and nobody was present what the puutum was made. lie
never said that the bracelet was peesenteil by the Queen to
• lady through Sir Robert Peel. (A laugh.) He had, be
admitted, slept with Miss Graham sae night when the de-
fendant was away.
Several witnesses were called as to the value of the jewel-
lery, or rather of that part of it which was produced in
court. The snake bracelets,fic.,weve sold at about their value,
and the diamond bracelet was worth from about 1501. to
2001.
Miss Laura Graham said she was residing in the early
part of this year with Mr. Parkinson in Park-place, Re-
gent's-park. The first time she saw Mr. Simmons was
when she met him with the defendant, and the defendant
him up in his brougham. The plaintiff then pro-
ruck:li the bracelet, and in the seeming of that day the
went to the plaintiff 's.'house. He came out and said, " I
have got the bracelet for you," and the defendant after-
wards gave it to witness and said if she ever parted with it
he would leave her.
Case-examined—Mr. Simmons had never paid for her
lodgings, nor had he ever urged within to persuade the de-
fendant to purchase things of him. He said that "if I
minded I might get thousands out of Mr. Parkinson." She
had had six rings from the defendant, but she had pawned
them all. Mr. Simmons and his lady persuaded witness
not to give up the bracelet, but witness did give it up,
and she and the lady had words in consequence. Mr. Sim-
mons did sal before the bracelet was bought, " I will get
it for you; and he also said, " I can do more for you wtth
Mr. Perkiness than any other man." The plaintiff said
that the bracelet out him 6001., and that it had
to a foreign countess. This took piece on the fin=
she saw Sir. Simmons. The plaintiff said the tiehmatat
was spending his money very fast, and she had better take
care of herself. After she had given up the bracelet, the
plaintiff said that hanging was too good for her. It was
not Simmons that pat the bracelet upon her arm, but
Parkinson.
To the Chief Jastice-11r. Sinuous had not had the
duplicates for the artielieshe had pawned.
Witness—Am I sot entitled to the bracelet, my lord?
The Chief Justice—l cannot tell at aIL
In addition to this invent persons were called in eider to
show that the defendant had had the herein, end bad ad-
mitted his liability to pay for them.
Mr. Serjeant Bytes then addressed the jury for the defen-
dant, and in the course of his speech he stated that his
client was • young man who came of age in the latter part
of last year, and acquired upwards of 9,0001., and he had
some expectations on reaching the age of .24. The learned
counsel then commeated oa the plaintiff's case, and de-
tailed the circumstances which he was able to prove. and
he concluded by expressing his opinion that he should is
the end be able to satisfy the jury that the pleas of fraud
were made out.
Mr. John Parkinson, the defendant, said he came of age
in October last, and on that occasion he received 9,7001.
When witness purchased the horse Clickup, the plaintiff
said it was of no use having a fast hone without having a
stop-watch, so witness purchased the plaintiff's watch for
151. 1.5 e. Afterwards he left that watch and another at the
plaintiff's to be repaired, and he had never seen them since.
As to the Oneida Chief, the plaintiff said it could go five
miles in 12i minutes. The plaintiff lent the Chief to wit-
ness, but witness bargained for the hone until after
it was dead. The witness was then examined to show that
he had given the bills upon false representations. As to
the bills for 1,2601. for the two horses, the plaintiff repre-
sented that they were quite fresh from America, and un-
known in this country. That they were five or six years
old, and he said that they were very fast, and he
would not part with them at any price. The
plaintiff said witness would get his money beck
by trotting matches. Out of every 1001. plaintiff
won, he said he would give witness 204., and witness was to
be at no expense. lie talked about a match with Lord
Clifton, and said he hoped his right arm might drop off if
he deceived witness. The bill for 1061. was given in part
for a watch, which the plaintiff said was worth 501., but in
, a week witness had to send it to be repaired. As to the
I)fisill of ADMIRAL Sim C. BuLLES.—This dla bill for 800/., part of the consideration was the bracelet,
sad el,stingnished officer died at Shirley, near Southampton, which had been produced. Plaintiff said he had given
em Saturday last. at the age of SA years. For severalyears 6501. for it, and that witness should have it for 6601. Wit-
rat be 1,111 been stns ecile Being Admiral of the White nese said it was too expensive, and he bad no one to give it
intensive promotions will result from his death. He was to. Plaintiff said witness could give it to Puss (meaning
&mutt the last man living who commanded at Trafalgar. Kim Graham.) Witness unseated to buy it, and he
EA3TERN RAI LAT AT.—Traffic receipts for did not kaow that Miss Graham bad it, until three or four
the week ending July 2,1353 —L17,6511. 12s. 11d. • ditto, days afterwards. There was no necklace eonaseted
week salmi July 3, 1852, £16,3421. la. lid. Lenten la with the bassist, though Ise saw a necklace, at the
ISM £1,609 il& 3d. *Latin's. What plaintiff asked fee the MU, he