The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-16 00:00:00

SIIEHIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DA-4f)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.)
BRIERLEI V. LEES AND ANOTHER.
This was an action to recover the sum of 5671. 55. 2d.,
for m.•ney pltd on account of the defendants.
The defendant, allowed judgment to go by default.
the piaintitrs attorney said the plaintiff had become
security for the defendants for the amount in questions
and N hich he had been called upon to pay. As the
defendants had not pleaded, it would be only necessary
to prove the amount, which he would do by admissions•
Mr. 'Thomas Bianston, attorney, was called,
and
pr,ved the admissions of the debt, and for 18/. 18s. tot
interest thereon.
A verdict, was given for the plaintiff for the fall
amount

NIXON V. GREGORY.
This was an action brought against Mr. Boned
Gregory to recover the sum of 161. ss. 10d., for profer
sional services rendered by plaintiff as an attorney.
the
question case was of no general interest, and turned on to.
question whether defendant had or had not retained the
plaintiff in the bankruptcy of a person named Carroll,
re
the proprietor of the Satirist newspaper. It Appel'
by the evidence that some business was done before thet,
choice of assignees, and the defendant interested btosti.
in that matter, and was afterwards chosen ono of Su'
assignees, when another attorney was appointed. ,
id
For the defence it was contended that defendad
not retain the plaintiff, but the evidence having gone to
u
prove that at one of the examinations, at all events, "'
had instruct( d plaintiff's clerk to suggest questlonlo
the Learned Sheriff left it to the jury to say if all, 0
any, and what part had been done at the request of de'
fendant.

The jury gave a verdict for the full amount.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE and County Usgis.

trates.)
John:Harvey, an elderly man, stated to be a banker
and colonel of milks. in Guernsey, was indicted for
stealing a small Bible and prayer-book, in a morocco
case, from Kentish-town Chapel.
The circumstances of the case, as they came out in
evidence, have been repeatedly given in Me Seri.
Mr. CLAaxsoN, for the defence, stated that the
prisoner was a gentleman of the highest respectabilitit
and in circumstances far above the temptation W
commit the paltry and sacrilegeous theft imputed r°
him in the indictment. On the 12th of February b°
was passing by the Kentish-town Chapel, on his erel
to Highgate, to dine with Mr. Tatham, one of the
first solicitors in the profession, who was in court to
speak to his character, and, having time to spare,
went into the; chapel as described. Now, it would be
proved that, a few months ago, his wife died i°,
childbirth, leaving him with eight children, sod
several witnesses would show that he had
fered severely front the shock, and had bulge
been subject to remarkable absence of mind. In that
state of mind his attention was attracted to a tionumeol
erected to the memory of a lady who, like his own lost
wife, had died in child-birth, and finding the verse'
,
2d Kings, chap. ix. verse g referred to, but not inscribeaf
he selected the Bible from a number of books in the ad•
joining pew, under the eyes of the verger, and copied
the words—" This is a day of truble; for the chi
dren are come into life, and there is no strengtb
to bring them forth." In the state of feeling er
cited by these suggestions, he might not have been
conscious where he put the case of books. It was not
clear from the statement of Kentish, that the prisoner
had ever taken them out of the church. At all event.
they were not worth more than two or three shillinger
and it was not all likely that a gentleman of his che'
ratter and his position in life, had under the circurn-
stance any idea of stealing them. The Learned Gen'
tleman appealed to the jury at great length, and called
Mr. Tatham, of Highgate, solicitor ; Mr. Philiper
shipowner and stock-broker, and other gentlemen, who
gave the prisoner a very high character. He had 0
bank at Guernsey, where his family resided at prate.
and he had only just come over for a short Tait to
England.
General William Francis Patrick Napier, Well
Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey, had known the pri-
soner well, and believed him to be a gentleman wholly
incapable of the offence imputed to him, or any mean
action. When witness went over to that government he
found Mr. Harvey Lieutenant-Colonel of the iss
ment, but subsequently he (General Napier) gave hit*
the commission of colonel. He was a gentleman of it
reproachable integrity.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in summing up, observed to
the jury on the extreme probability that, in the die'
tressed and excited state of the prisoner's mind, 00
contemplating the monument, he put the book into
pocket unconsciously.
Toe jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of
Not Guilty.
The ASSISTANT JUDGE said that he thought the in'
dietment had been completely answered.
Several gentlemen went immediately and cordielli
shook hands with the prisoner in the dock.

GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.)
Daniel and James Connell were charged with assault'
ing Daniel and Peter Lyons.
It appeared that the whole four persons had been st
dance in Gray's Inn-lane, and had afterwards adjourned
to the lodgings of Daniel Connell, in Holborn-buildingh
where a quarrel arose. Peter Lyons was knocked down
with a poker, Mrs. Daniel Connell caught him by th•
hair and kept him down, while her husband and his
brother, the one with the poker and the other with the
fire-shovel, kept " massacreeing" him. The other wit-
ness received a fair proportion of the same punishment.
After a searching examination by Mr. Alderman
Gibbs, it further appeared that one of the prisoners had
stabbed Peter Lyons in the arm.
Alderman GIBBS characterised the affair as an Irish
row, but told the witnesses that they might indict the
prisoners at the sessions. The sentence was received
with as much surprise by the prisoners as by the person*
in Court.

SPORTING IN
BETTING AT LEAMING

TELLIGENCE.
TON.—TUESDAY ETIININO.
ITEEPLECHASE.
11 to 1 apt Edwd. the First
12 to 1 agst Proceed—t
14 to 1 agst StandardGnets
15 to 1 agst The Chandler
n, Sir Arthur, and Repealer,

LEAMINGTON 1
8 to 1 agst St. Leger
8 to 1 agstßritish Yeoman
10 to 1 agst The Curate
10 to 1 agst Jerry
Alexander, Wolverhamptl
are scratched.

CPCZBTE

It CUP.
20 to 1 agst Cracow 30 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild
25 to 1 agst Blaze—taken ' 40 to 1 agst Heiman Pistol
25 to 1 agst Swallow—t fr —taken
25 to 1 agst War Eagle 40 to 1 agst Lightning-4
1,000 to 15 agst Patriot—t fr
DERBY.

9 to 1 agst Surplice I 14 to 1 agst Springy Jack--•",
13 to 1 agst Glendower I tto a large sum and aft offs
LEAMINGTON AND WARWICK. RACES.
WEDNEBDIY.

The Debdale Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. TIN
miles. (7 Subs.)
Lord Strathmore's Red Lancer, l2st ... (Owner) I
Mr. Littledale's Donna Anna, list 71b ••• •.•
Sir H. Bruce's Botanist, 12st ... ... ... ..._ 3

The following also started:—Mr. H. Clarke's The
Fairy, 12st—Mr. Robertson's Confidence, 11st 7lb—lam•
C. Montgomery's Whistle Binkie, 12at.

2 to 1 agst Red Lancer, and 5 to 2 agst Donna Ann*.
Won in a canter. •

The Two Yrs Old Stakes of 10 sm. each, and 25 added.
T.Y.C. (6 Subs.)
Mr. B. Greei3's Lammermoor, fist 71b (Wintringham) 1
Mr. Gaman s Selina, Bst 41b ...
Mr. Critchley s Sir Henry llardinge, Bst 71b •.• 3
Mr. Austin's bf by St. Francis, out of Celia, 3st 41b 4
5 to 4 agst Lammermoor, and 6 to 5 agst Sir Henry
Hardinge. Won by half a neck; Sir Henry a bad thir
The Castle Stakes of 25 8079. each, 10 ft. One mile.
(3 Subs.)
Mr. J. Little's The Great Western, Bst 71b, walked °ref
The Great Warwickshire Stakes of 1001., added to •
Handicap of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if de
dared. Two miles. (40 Subs., 29 of whomdeelarad.)
Mr. E. J. Irwin na Ballinafad, 4 yrs, 6st 91b ••• 1
Mr. T. Parr's Fernhill, 3 yrs, eat 21b...
Lord Strathmore's Tit-bit, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b
The following also ran:—Lord Warwick na Lyne, 4
yrs, Est 51b—Mr. J. Day's Milliner, aged, Est 21b—Lord
Chesterfield's Sampson, 3 yrs, sst 21b—and Mr. liar-
grease's Sunnyside, 3 yrs, 4.1 t 71b.

Betting —5 to 4 agst Btillinafad-3 to 1 apt Milliner
—and 7to 1 agst any other. Won very easily.
Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added. One Milo.

(13 Subs.)
Mr. Palmer's Ferryhill, 3 yrs ... (Tasker)
Mr. Parr's Marrietta, 5 yrs ...
The following also ran :—Dipthong, 4 yrs—Bleching•
ton, 3 yrs—Edwin (h b), 6 yrs—Counterfeit, aged—P
Hooton, aged—b fby Jerry, out of Barbarrina, 3 yrs--
St. Albans, aged—Bruce, 4 yrs—Mr. Caudle, 3 yrs--•
John Harris, 6 yrs, and the Diamond, 4 yrs.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Hooton-3 to 1 agst
to 1 agst Bruce—and 7 to 1 each agst John Harris and
Ferryhill. Won by a head. Caudle a bad third.
The Beaten Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added'

Two miles.
Mr. J. Day's Columbus, Sst 51b... ...(Wakefield) 1
Mr. Eskrett's Hooton, Sst 21b 3
Mr. Parr's Mr. Caudle, 6st ... 3
Betting-6 to 4 each eget Hooton and Mr. Caudle'
Won cleverly.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
OUSTER CUP.

40 to 1 agst Lady Hilda (t) I 50 to 1 apt Patriot (takes
40 to 1 agst Ballinafad (t) I freely).

DERBY.
14 to 1 agst Springy Jack 140 to 1 net Backbiter

THE LAST MOMENTS OP & REPIIIILICIAL—SIIO4
is the unanimity amongst all bodies for the new torus
of Government in France, that the Beuf Gras, preTi'
ous to his last sigh at the abattoir, was heard most dig*
tinctly to murmur the Republican tune of " Mourir rot,
la Petrie." lie departed into beef in the most perfect
peace.—Punch.
PARISH OF ST. PANCRAs.—Yesterday a specie'
meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras took place at. the
newly erected vestry rooms, King's-road, Camden-town.
for the purpose of considering the following important
resolution, of which notice had been given:—.. That
whereas the directors of the poor have from time to time
employed and paid a member of their own body, to his
profit and advantage, in violation of the Act of Parlia-
ment, the 59th of George 111., made and provided for the
good government of this parish, that their attention ss
hereby especially called to the same, with a view to its
discontinuance." After a long discussion, the question
being put, a division was demanded, and the numbers
were—for the motion, '2O; against it, 26. It must be„
remarked, however, that the majority were nearly ell
directors of the poor. The vestry shortly after 0•1/44
rated.