The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-09 00:00:00

SPORTING.

THE LATE NEWMARKET MEETING, WITH
HINTS FOE LIVERPOOL, ABINGDON, AND
PONTEFRACT.
TO TSB EDITOR OP TO arum.
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patrons of the metropolis of the turf
appear quite contented with one event each day that is not
er plating • ' and the late niestaig, with its July
gam, smashed Plate, and Chesterfield Stakes must, con- '
11M6,111 tly be set down u• successful one. It WY mr-
tukay au impureness, thanks to Lord Stamford's liberality,
the event having his name for its title being quite •
" feature," as hall • wore animate of all ages put in an ap-
picimer is Sib. tape of Queen of the Vale. It had come
out during the morning, however, that she was anything
but up to the nark, sod when seen it was so evident the
two or three Jays of summer weather we had experienced
had takes effect upon her that the fielders stood
linty to their teat, and Satellite's blooming condition
tamed hies to become • pad " pot,* his owner backing
hies very freely. throws Dotheet who daily improves in
aproarease, was oho greatly admired ; but &impede was
so palpably lasedrward that lie started friendless, and if they
men him for the St. Lager great hide most be
moile.l7i:wrtgver, there is all the material to make a good
knee@ out of him, and if only from the feet of his not having
Mena knocked about too early he is worth following up for
the next twelve months. The story of the race is soon told,
Brows Duchess making each strong play that half-way up
the hill (to which point Stampedo ran very fast, where
want of condition showed its effect) everything was
of but Satellite, who waited to the d-ntance,
nmsthen shot to the front, winning very cleverly
at last. His owner had previously been very industri-
ous, securing all the twenties to one about him
for the Goodwood Stakes, so that the victory was good
mama to mike him second favourite, and such an improve-
ment has taken place in his looks since he showed at Ches-
ter that I ass inclined to suppose he might follow in the
footings of Starke, and spin drive the Americans mad by
the Britisher, in that event. The field for the
July was a poor one, comparatively speaking, and
Dictator bad little difficulty in securing the price for
FolserVe stable ; but the baker's dozen contesting the Ches.
tarlisid ham mot been equalled in any one race this year, and
had they leavened but • quarter of • mile further we
elltesld have had the best " line" for the Derby of 1851 ob-
tained at As it was Diophantes and Lord Blain-
feed's splenJY colt by Newminater out of Himalaya,
Imams, wee* net quick enough on their lep to show
to advantage ever the half a mile, in addition to which
Diophactee did not look so blooming as at Awe* and
Stockbridge, and one of the finest races no record resulted
in favour -of the " clerk " little Touch-me-Not, who was
never headed after the field had fairly settled down to work,
slthough Polyalbion at one time gut on even terms with
her, but turned jade when touched. Cynic ran very 'tout
from end to end, and finished as if he would have liked
mote ; in fact, it was evident another furlong would have
suited both him and imam so well that they might have
been first and second ; when the latter has done • little
mom work, and performed two or three times over a fair
"T. Y.C.," Dundee may have • fonnidable rival far the
position of first favourite for the Blue Baud, and It II to
bs hoped the psir will meet in the ClearereilofiNewnierket.
An Important meeting of the Jockey Club took plane
on Wednesday afternoon, and seven out of nine pea-
positiom were carried, the weights for the peat threw
earold events being raised 31h, and the minimum in all
•aasdtcap. after Sept. 1 to list 711:s, while we dull have no
more yearling rams, so that Lord Redeadde may feel satis-
"adios in having done some little good ; but that some of
his devotes. are going • little too far I cannot help think-
ing,
looking at the Farl of Glasgow's two notices of inetion—
as he wishes to "put down' all two-year-old rasa previous
to the Newmarket July Meeting, and all two-year-old han-
dicaps—quite an unnecessary proceeding, in the opinion of
• post number of individuals, and what harm there is in a
Niusery Handicap it is difficult to discover. Had he con-
fined his measure t. all two-year-old races previous to
Northamptoa, when the legitimate saasow commences, he
would have pm quite far enough, 'perhaps ; at any rate,
the lime= flememer Meeting would not be too soon far
Om to eammenee, and I cannot believe the measure will
ham many semperters in its present state.
The Live July meeting, which last year clashed
with that et Ablimidow was then such • decided failure that
• rates= la the pepamme was loudly called for, as wit
as imisidisast steal amid not have had any effect on the
ettentleace of either man or bout. We have now • now
tweinsrahl rims, with 100 f. added, and owners of hanas
have heartily reeponited to the liberality displayed, dme
big het, mad at 25 soya. each, 10 forfeit ; but that
esaq will ewes Dundee cannot be expected, for Vancouver
he. hew ue the shelf ever done Ascot, and T. Parr's pair,
Imps and Parasite, cut up badly enough lad week. If there
is • two.yeer old good enough to beat Dundee just now, it
MIA be .era Duchess, whose race with Satellite at New-
modest messlitules her • genuine " flyer,* if we may believe
in llMMitife home trial, and the pair may be discovered
Mane tepthet than many imagine, for we must not forget
Mr. Merry's colt has beaten nothing superior to Walloon,
who ran a better race with him than with the Duchess at
Epsom, although the latter met him over his favourite half
a mile. Consequently the " long odds" to be obtained be-
tween the two are well worth taking, as the mare might by
chance prove the better horse. For the Trial Handicap,
one mile, I incline to Meetrose, 3 yrs, fist 10Ib (an accident
prevented his winning the Stand Plate at Carlisle for me), or
Iletty, 3 yrs, fat 121 b, the former for choice ; and in the
80f. Plate, T. Y.t'., Sheffield, 4 yrs, Tet Gib, look, rather
tempting, as he ran very fast for half • toile in the Ampurt
Stakes at Stockbridge. The Bentinck Testimonial Handicap,
about one mile and a half, is worth winning, and unless
they thick him • "good thing" for the Cup, Horace, 3
White
81b, ought to cut in, there being only
White Pose, 3yrs, 816. whom he met on 61b better
terms at Epsom, and beat two lengths, to shake off, as
Duasany was many lengths behind him for the Londes-
boron& Cup at York. Foe the Queen's Plate, two miles,
old ILaster Begot, ["ndetkaod, Sir William, Jack
gping, lien Webster, and perhaps Viatka, may me the
pingfirat Underhand and Ben Webster should fight oat the
prim at the finish, and the latter's Ascot form was quite
good enough to constitute him the winner, if it suite has
owner to try. On Tuesday, Brown Duchess has another
t, the two and three-year-old Sweepstakes, one
:Lag.where the weights are on too low • wale for the
youngsters to have a fair chance ; and the evergreen Jack
aping. 6 yrs, 9st 21b, might ben well mounted that the
Duchess, Ist 21b, Lady Chides, 4st 121 b, Doefoot,
4st 121 b, and Damascus (the Matilda colt), 4st
51h, may all be jockeyed out of it. With
the weights a stone heavier throughout, the last
mentioned would be entitled to the preference of every-
thing, but they must give away a few pounds with him,
when Brown Duchess and Lady Clifden will have the best
of it, and of the two I incline to the latter. The Money
Stakes, for 2-yr-olds, Dundee can hardly fail to
pick up, and whatever overpowers The Griffin, 4 you, Bet, for
the 1001. Plate, six furlongs, will be about winning. The Li-
verpool Cup, two miles, has been but • slow affair in the
market ; but it is • remarkable fact that the only animal
talked about for any length of time, Astern, goo very
queerly as the day draws nigh, although from his stags
companion. Master Bigot, having performed so well, be
should have been in greater demand. I suspect, however,
this is only a trick to get more money on, and
as Viatka, Moorcock, Adam Bede, Gladiolus, The
Druid, and Horace, are backed at comparatively abort
priem, they are not unlikely to accomplish their object.
The field promises to he more numerous than that we saw con-
testing the Nothumberland Plate, and it would not surprise
me to see about one-half of the thirty-one is the race at
the present time reach the starting pod; but beyond
Northern Light and one of Kr. only those men-
Cooed appear to have • chance, sad I can perceive nought
but Viatica, Horace, the Druid, and Aston to supply the
winner. Moot-cock may make me pay dearly for my temerity
in throwing him overboard still ay Wises arose strongly in
favour of the three-year olds that the trio above-named—
Viatka, Horace, and the Druid—ehall represent me in the
order named. In the Liverpool St. Leger. far three year
olds, one mile and three quarters, Northern Light hae only
to beat Sr William and Wildman—a feat he ought to
accomplish ; and the Knowsley Dinner Stakes have all the
appearance of a walk over for him. The last of the "good
things" awaiting Master Begot is the Molyneux Plate, one
mile, where his weight, including the penalty, is only dad 81b;
and se there is nothing else for him to look forward to, he
is not likely to miss such a chance.
Bat a few Malaria are necessary in coolie:ion with the
Pontefract and Abingdon meetings, fur the spurt will be
below mediocrity. At Pontefract especially the prospect is
a very gloomy one, the stake. to he contended for each day
being very similar—aud Wildman for the Great West
Riding Henilicap, Doefoot for the Kuottingley Stakes.
Vergies.meiu-Nicht (in the absence of Big Ben) for the
Londeelorough Stakes, with the Weasel or Tidlywinks for
the Members' Plate, all look like winners on paper, the
same annuals being equally promising for the Pontefract
Haoduar, Castlefued Stakes. Park-hill Stakes, and Castle
Plate on the second day. At Abingdon, Big Ben has an
engagement ow Thursday, being in the Two-Year-Old
Stakes, T.Y.C., with Damascus opposed to him, and he
might feel shad of the latter while not quite himself. For
the Nursery, the top weight, Mr. Merry's cult out of
Plumy, could hest a great number, Hoods, 7st 61b, being
ebeett the only oos I can prefer to him ; and Mr. Parr could
Vln the Arriuhiie Handicap, two miles, with the heavily
weighted Mspard, were he ja form. Birmingham, how-
ever, should settle his pretensions at 181 b difference. In
the Marcham Park and Cabana Handicaps Ipswich will
lake some beating
W,• arid Spatting Life, from her exhibition
with Faireater at orosetee, ought to dispose of King of
Ink Kildoaaa, Overton, Sc., in the Abingdon Stakea
—1 asi, be., METEOR.

TEE. EXPRESS. MONDAY

lato Intekonct.
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YIEI3IO.TOLITAN COUNTY 001.3110.
Wag days appointed for the pement week.
lirmlimimmt, R Illarslass—Tessimr, July 10: Wednes-
lugalizeTVlD4 reldsl. 19. -
.—Tamdsy, July 10 Wednes.
dakalasisiomrkiem U. - •
/1991011Metterod...-Wwismiday, July 11 . Thurs.
9skholges.
Inassbeadregrove, —Marley, July 9: Tuesday, 10.
12•1111M2MM,Oideirmiwoad —T:I July 10: Tbaraday,t2.
Dow, lralreeklroad.—Wednesday. U ; Saturday, 14.
Ineascsurit., Orsai Premed Tuesday, July 10:
Tkurelme, 12 ; Irriday, 11
liwauedreet, Trinlbwilleurb—Tute4a7. JULY 10:
Tburaday, 12 . eidaY. l&
LMIMBID, Camberwell liew-med.—Tmoday, July 10:
dstamitem.—Wsdnesduy July IL
WOOLIVICIL—Thonday, Ally 12.
traitnewoltrw, &nab-street —Tkunday, July It
CWT or Loma& —llesday, July 9.
CINTRAL CUILINAL COGS.—Mosay, July 9.

COURT OF QIIKENI3 BENCH.-JtriT 7.

Sittings at PAN Re LOOdiall. —MEM the Lord
Mier Judos la Special Juries.)

This was an action by Mr. Herman 17111,0iOWN general
merchant, against John Lamy Nicholson and Frederick
Begley, wharfingers, of Beale's-wh•rf, Toole)-drest, for
the detention of 5,000 calf skins, which the plaintiff alleged
to be his property, but which the defendant@ denied ; and
it will assist to the comprehension of the came if it is at
once stated that the defendants. Nicholson and Bosley, are
merely nominally in that positron, the real defendant being
the consigner of the goods, who is a merchant at Riga.
Mr. Y. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr.
Listen appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Leah, Q.C., Ser.
pant Parry, and Mr. Honeyman for the defendant..
The circumstances under which the action arose were
the following :—ln the spring of last year it happened that
an advertisement in • Riga newspaper, purporting to come
from one Mr. James Victor, director of the Cell.
teal Intelligence-ofSce for England and the Continent,
and dated 3, Lisle-street, Leicesterequare, London, caught
the eye of a certain M. Adolphe Dedicke, an expert mer-
chant, resident in that town. As the advertiser elated that
the Central Intelligence Association was established for the
purpcee of supplying the commercial world with all sorts of
reliable information, and especially with respect to the
solvency and respectability of traders, M. Dedicke forth-1
with put himself in communication with M. Vida, and
requested that gentleman to introduce to him • customer 1.
the En=market who might be deposed for badness in
k rap, Etc. After a neeemary and prow delay,
thinirector wrote on the 11th of April to inform his cor-
respondent that he had discovered the very man be wanted,
for "the enclosed house" (that of Mr. aeries Duke, 15,
King-street, Holborn), " has been recommended to us for
the introduction of imports as active, honest, and
creditable." In return for this valuable informs-
Sion, M. Victor request. M. Dedicke to for-
ward him three Prussian dollars, which is done in due
course. Acting on the information thus obtained, K.
Dedicke puts himself in communication with Mr. C. Drake,
coldao/Lingolnet, Holborn—sn "active, hooest, and
" nestramt, and regulate that the gentleman should
notemeopeedent it oonneenon with " solid firm. "in
to do babies in bides, skins, he., and adding
that he likewise desired to be introduced by Mr. Darks to
some " renowned bank hove" in London, who would
ennobles to homer IL Dedicke's draft.. On the 12th of
May Mr. Dark, opens his correspondence with Riga, and in
the contest, having expressed his deep obligations to the
directory of the" Central Information Office," for the intro-
duction whiclrthey had obtained for him, he goes on to
M. Dedieke some general cautions as to bow the gen-
ie to deal with the London market, and winds up
by demanding ell necessary information as to prices, term,
he., having no doubt whatever that the "solid firms'
of whom M. Dedicke is in search, will be readily forth-
coming. On the 19th May Mr. Duke, writes:—" SynMheim,
jun., and Co. shall be our OM Mtemers ; they are fine
City merchant's ;" and their order is for 3 tons of calf skins
at 1541. per ton. K. Dedicke is then cautioned to be most
careful to address Synderbeitn, jun., and Co., City, Lon.
don, and likewise to be most particular how he executes
this his lint order. While this letter is on its way to Riga
it is teemed by one from Dedicke, in which he prays that
Mr. Barite will introduce him to nom but creditable firms,
and again presses to be made acquainted with some
moweed banker. In reply, under date et Ist of June,
Mr. Darks writes in highly complimentary terms of
the house of Synderheim, jun., and Co., and in-
forms K. Dedicke that the house of A. Macreedy
and Co., bankers, City. Losdoe, are quite prepared, on
satisfying themselves with reference to he respectability,
to afford any accommodation to M. Dedieke. Some further
correspondence then takes place, K. Dedicke giving the
tallest information, in order to satisfy A. Macreedy and Co.
of his respectability, and forwarding excellent references.
On the 17th of June the three tons of skins are shipped at
Riga per ship Lyn, Captain Storm, for London, K. Dedicke
forwarding bill of lading to Mr. Charles Darke, which he is
to hand over to Syndenbeire, jun., and Co., of 16, Broad-
street-buildings, City, London, in exchange for the accept-
ance at three months for 4371. 3a. Id. of that " solid and
creditable firm." The good ship Lyra having arrived in the
river on or about the 27th of June, the skins consigned to
Mr. Charles Darks for Synderheim and Co. are taken to the
defendant's wharf. Of course the acceptance of Synderheim
and Co. at three months is cheerfully exchanged for the
bill of lading in the hands of Mr. Duke, but having
got pommeled it, it is veerryp shortly transferred to Mr. Free.
town, the plaintiff, h endoeaenment for value received, as
alleged by the plaintiff, but without consideration, as con-
tenikd for by the defendants. On receipt of the bill of
lading the plaintiff instructed Messrs. Preterand Bomberger,
of St. Mary-hull, Custom-house agents, to clear the goods
for him and to pay the freight on them, which amounted to
10L Having done so, the parcels of skins were deposited
with the defendants, and a delivery order was handed to
the plaintiff. On the 27th of July the plaintiff having sent
the bill of lading endorsed, as already stated, to the defend.
ants, and demanded the skins they refused to give them
up, stating that they had received orders from Mr. Sutton,
of Minting-lane, agent to the consignor, to that effect, and
if further information were required on the subject, the
plaintiff was referred to the solicitors of Mr. Sutton. To
account for the stoppage of the goods, it is necessary
to state that between the period of their shipment and the
transfer of the bill of lading to the plaintiff, grave suspi-
cions had begun to moss 11L Dedicke a mind. 77mese seem
to have been excited by his Pot receiving • single reply to
his many communications addressed to the renowned
bankers, "A. Macreedy and Co., City, London." Of this
he complained to Mr. Charles Darks, general merchant, 15,
King-street, Holborn, and at length ho went so far as to
demand, by letter of the 17th of July, the exact street and
number el the street where Macreedy and Co. carried on
business. His suspicions being thus around, K. Dsdicke
forwarded to Mr. Settee instructions to stop the delivery of
the goods, unless the most satisfactory intelligence should
he forthessM, g with respect to Synderheim mid On.. and the
who tred been instrumental to the introduction.
revtartbsises M. Dedicke appears to have been able
to negotiate the acceptance of that "solid and
creditable " firm in Russia—though when the three
mouths were up it is scarcely necessary to state
the bill was not honoured. At the IMO time, it is
perhaps equally unnocemary to add that when inquiries
nuns to be made as to Mr. James Victor sod the Central
Information Ofilce. 3, Lisle-street, Leicesetro;rviare ; Mr.
Medan Dark*, 15, King-Wreet, Holborn, gmerchant ;
sad /sat, though not least, as to Synderbeim,i jun., end Co.,
16, ))road-street-buildings, the results were nd. Although
=and pressing calls were made at their respective
s it was impossible to gain the slightest informs.
Jim respecting any of those gentlemen. Under such cir-
cumstances, it Is not surprising that IL Dedieke should not
oely have stooped the delivery of the goods to Synderhein
sad Co.'s oedema, but likewise that ho neglected to com-
ply with an order from Mr. Charles Darks., forwarded pre-
ferrito the arrival of Synderheim's goods in England.
te* of aides on account of " William Oredeneyand
C 0.." Oty, London. The cm for the plaintiff, as opened,
occupied bd • short time, Mr. Chambers simply proving
the fade right of the plaintiff as endorsee for value of
erheim and Co. to the goods, and that without calling
s plaintiff in person. The learned counsel, however, re-
served to himself the right of adducing further evidence,
according to the nature of the defence. The defence was
that the transaction from beginning to end was a swindle;
at least between Synderheim and Co. and Freetown, if not
betweee them and Darks, whose ident.ty, sot unfittingly,
wee veiled in the thickset obscurity, and Victor, the demist
connexion would he shown to exist. Who were these pee-
pie, and where were they? Why bad they not been called
to substantiate the bons fides of the plaintiff's claim! Above
all, why had not the plaintiff himself been placed
in the witness-box In the first place, then, to
show the connexion between Freetown and Synderheim it was
observable that whilst in the interrogatories addressed to
I him by the defendants in this action Freetown described
I himself as a general merchant, of 83. Herbertdeset, Hex.
ton, in the endorsement on the bill of lading he was
described as of 16, Broad-streetbuddinge, the very plane
where Synderheim was said to be carrying on business.
Synderheim, that " fine City merchant," was alleged to
have occupied the back attics of the house, his landlord
being the plaintiff Freetown, and there was at least one
wham who could prove that a person calling himself
Darks used to go backwards and forwards to No. 16. Free-
town himself held the first floor, and carried on business
there as "Simon and C 0.," • daughter of his having
married a person of the name of Wolfe Simon, a cap manu-
facturer, of London-wall. Freetown said he had
mod Synderheim 501. on account on the 23rd of
July, and the balance of the 4371. on the 29th,
but where had he got the money to do so ? Failing to pass
his examination as a bankrupt 'he bad been compelled, in
June 1858, to pinkie the Insolvent Court at Canterbury.
Up to that he had always passed by the name of Freistadt,
but afterwards he traded as Freetown, and as Simon. Was
it likely that Freetown would purchase • bill d lading from
Synderheim, if, as he alleged, be had only known him for
three or four months previously, and had had but very
slight transactions with him ? Where were Freetown's
hooks where was his correspondence with Synderheim
Was it passible that • geseral merchant like Freetown
could carry on his business without some record of his vari-
ous traniactinas?

Before the evidence for the defence had been concluded
the jury intimated that it was quite needier to pursue the
inquiry further, as they had entirely made up their minds
as to what to be their med. However, spinet
such a oonel d the are Mr. Chambers loudly pro-