The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-17 00:00:00

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The _golrzer Zeitung states from Vienna that
Prince Sciawarzenberg has desired the Sardinian
Government to receive an Austrian garrison into a
Piedrnontese fortress. This news is corroborated by
the Turin correspondence of the same paper. To this
must be added the news from Bologna of the extraor-
dinary movements in the Austrian garrisons on either
side of the river Po. Two regiments of the garrison
of Bologna have been ordered to advance on the road
to Rome. From Trieste large detachments of troops
have sailed for Ancona, whence it is presumed they
will also march upon ome.
The Piedmonfese Gazette of the 13th quotes letters
from Terona, announcing the arrest of several persons
of note, including the richest banker of that town.
It is believed these arrests are owing to coupons of
the Mszzini loan having been found in the possession
of the prisoners.
In its sitting on the 12th, the Senate of Turin dis-
cussed the Bill on the judicial police, and passed it
unanimously. It then continued the discussion of the
Bill relating to the conscription. The Chamber of
Deputies continued the debate on the budget.
The military commandant of Leghorn has issued
a notification, dated the Br,h, announcing the con-
demnatton of nine persons to various terms of impri-
sonment, not exeeding a year, for having, out of mere
political hatred, burnt the clothes of several persons
with sulphuric acid, while they were listening to the
music of an Austrian band on the public square.

MARY LEBONE THEATRE.
The performances here last evening were for the
benefit of that talented actress Miss Eliza Le Brun.
The fair beneficiaire appeared as Pauline Deschsppel-
lea in the Lady of Lyons, and seldom has the character
of Pauline been more exquisitely or pathetically de-
lineated. The performances concluded with the Greek
Slay., in which Miss Eliza Le Brun sustained the
character of Ilttydee very gracefully. The house was
►ell attended.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

BAKER V. GREGORY.

This was an action to recover the sums of 921. 75.,
and ill. I ls., the amount of fees paid to counsel for and
on behalf of the defendant.
Mr. M. Chambers Mr. Bramwell, end Mr. Bell ap-
peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. E. James and Mr. Haw-
kins conducted the case for the defendant.

Mr. M. CHAMBERS, in his opening address, said, the
plaintiff, Mr. Batter, was a Parliamentary agent in
London, and the defendant, Mr. Gregory, was the late
Member for Dublin. The action was brought to recover
the balance of a sum of money due to the plaintiff for
fees, which he had paid to Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and
Mr. Sergeant Murphy under the following circumstances:
—ln the year 1847 an election took place for repre-
sentatives in Parliament for the city of Dublin, and
there were three candidates on the occca3ion—via., Mr.
Grogan, Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Gregory, the present
defendant. The two former gentlemen were elected, and
a meeting of Mr. Gregory's friends was subsequently
convened, and it was resolved that a petition should be
presented against the return of Mr. Reynolds. A peti-
tion was accordingly presented to the House of Com-
mons, and Mr. JeJeson, the private agent of Mr. Gre-
gory, acted as the Dublin solicitor for the petition. Mr.
Baker, the defendent, was engaged as Parliamentary
agent, and he sent a retainer to Sergeant Wrangham on
behalf of the petitioners. Sergeant Murphy was retained
by Mr. Gregory himself. The petition went before a
committee, and the contest between the parties lasted a
considerable• period. Mr. Sergeant Murphy attended
before the committee several days, and when he discon-
tinued his attendance, his clerk sent Mr. Baker a bill
for 2171. 75., being the total of the fees dee to him.
Mr. Balser submitted the bill to Mr. Jackson, who
handed over to him 1251. in part payment
of the account. Mr. Baker made up the di,-
erence out of his own pocket, and paid the whole
amount to the Learned Sergeant. Mr. Sergeant
Wrangham did not appear before the committee, but
Mr. Baker paid to him 11/. Ils., the foes for the retainer.
The inquiry upon the petition ultimately resolved itself
into a scrutiny of the votes. The fund for meeting the
expenses of the contest was made up of subscriptions
among the electors themselves. In the course of the
inquiry Mr. Jackson was taken ill, and Mr. Gregory
wrote to Mr. Baker requesting him to prepare the neces-
sary lists for the scrutiny, and stating that he would
himself undertake all responsibility in regard to the
outlay. Every effort had been made to obtain an
amicable settlement of the present claim, but without
success, and the plaintiff was, therefore, compelled to
bring this action into court.
Mr. Jackson was then called, and in the course of
his examination said altogether about 4,000/. was col-
lected in subscriptions for carrying on the scrutiny.
Mr. Gregory personally contributed 1,0001. or 1,2001. of
this sine. The contest in committee lasted 90 or 91
days. The election took place on the sth or 6th of
August, 1847, and the Committee sat in April or May
following. It was first contemplated to retain Mr.
Austin and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham. Mr. :Sergeant
Murphy was an intimate friend of Mr. Gregory, and
had, besides, very little respect for Mr. Reynolds, and
Mr. Gregery thought that on both those grounds he
would be more anxious to support the petition.—
(Laughter.) Mr. Austin refused to take any election
petition briefs. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham declined also
to attend the Committee, on the same ground. The
counsel who appeared in support of the petition were
Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Norton, and Mr. Patrick
M. Murphy, of the Irish and English bar. The last
two gentlemen attended during the ninety days, but Mr.
Sergeant Murphy retired on the eighth or ninth day, in
coneequence of the funds not being sufficient to pay the
fees of a senior counsel.

The plaintiff was next examined.
`Mr. E. JANES, for the defence, contended that the
plaintiff had no legal claim whatever upon Mr. Gregory
for the two sums in question. Mr. Baker had clearly
advanced the fees on the security of the fund collected
in Dublin, and it was an afterthought on his
part to seek to fix Mr. Gregory with the debt.
Air. Gregory had contributed 1,2001. himself to
the fund, and the plaintiff's own expenses, which
amounted to 300/., had been discharged out of it as
well as all the other expenses which had been incurred.
In consequence of the great cost of the proceedings in
Parliament, the fund became exhausted, and when the
plaintiff found there was no hope of additional subscrip-
tions, he determined to claim the balance owing to him
from Mr. Gregory. The Learned Counsel submitted
that,-under these circumstances, the plaintiff was not en-
titled to a verdict. having
summed up the evidence
IL9rcl CAMPBELL
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full
amount.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CLX IL
WESTBURY STEEPLECHASE.

'TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Srß.,—With the solitary exception of Westbury (Bree-
wood counting as nothing), the Wolverhampton Annual
Steeplechases, &c., of last week closed the field sports
of the Tarf season. The authorities at the latter place,
the some good luck, attracted this year capital fidds to
post for each of the stakes, but in cons:;qacnce of
the irregular proceedings of several of the owners of the
competing animals for the principal Stceplechase hav-
ing made u -
P their to run their. nags to suit their
own purposes
this instance was anything
but winning_4-47104 in
1:for instance, having taken only
one turn of the
was Course,place .and yet, by an oversight
of the judge,
was any thing but a a third), the race altogether
siesta
affair. Vain-
hope never rn-ide
~
that
evidently
effort to gain the
laurels of victory L not being his owner's
game on this occasion, the
woi.ley to a considerable
so unlucky
My selection,
amount being on Hardwick the
had she not bcen
Lucy Neal,
clos© of the race, in as to fall a
burster at the cle
have " done the deed," or, at the le
.7 opinion would
'" The public -, been in close
proximity to the winnL-• will do well to k
keep
her in view throughout the season, as with a light weight,
that must now of necessity be, placed upon her back, thet
'
cnancts hie considerable that she ca rte cif one at least
of the principal steeplechases before the Ides of March,
The Young-tin, as usual, blundering ebout, wasnowhere.
leter Simple, I fancy, was not meant; and as to the rest
they were of but little accrunt in or out of the race, as
was evidenctd by M'lon obtaininiz: the second position
to the Cardinal's son.
The present week sports only one steeplechase of any
note, and on that I now intend to give the public the
benefit of such information as I possess concerning it. It

THE SUN,

is the Westbury Free Handicap Steeplechase of 10 sova.
each, h ft, with 50 added; it closed with 20 nominations,
of whom one more than a moiety have cried "content"
with the handicapper's handiwork. Thurgarton heads
the list with eleven and a half stone on his back; Baptist
also figures at the same weight; of course Thurgarton
will have the best of the journey so far as the other
is concerned, but I cannot altogether fancy, from his
past performances, that he is capable of giving away the
weight successfully to several .of his opponents in the
field, which he has to do; he will, however, be close up,
probably third or fourth. The sporting owner of the
General I believe has made up his mind to land the stake
for himself on this occasion if possible. I consider his
chance is first-rate, and had his nag been weighted
a few pounds less,. the race would have been as near a
certainty
as. certainties can be in steeplechasing. The
Forest Lad is reported of very favourably; he is said to
be doing good rough work, and, bar accidents, will be
near the mark, as his weight (10st 121 b) is not too
heavy for such company as he will travel in. His past
performances have not been altogether the most brilliant
on record, but yet in some first-class company he has
once or twice disported himself respectably. Hinton,
upon the strength of his running so close a second to
Proceed a short time since, at lOst 31b, is a very awkward
looking customer, and no doubt will prove a very dan-
gerous opponent to everything in the race; whether he
is quite good enough to accomplish the task of winning
or not, I cannot at the present moment, on
the strength only of the above-named spurt, and
a very diminutive amount of private informa-
tion, determine, notwithstanding I have every reason
to believe, from what has come to my ears in the
last three or four hours from irregular sources, that he
is good enough to be ono of the placed. Fifteen-pounds-
no-object, together with Everton, Flirt, and Kate
Kearney, all at ten stone, form a quartette decidedly
inferior to those I have already commented on, possess-
ing, in my humble judgment, no chance whatever of
winning—Kate probably the best of the lot. Roebuck
(late Bobby), left in at the steeplechasing feather of nine
stone, is as likely to pass the judge first :as the an-
nounzement of the settlement of any portion of the
Spanish debt is to take place. Last of all—though by
no means considered as the least in many persons'
imaginations—Mr. Vever's Venice, ten stone, was in
great demand at the list houses at short odds until
this morning ; he is reported to be as good
as Veng,ance, and, eccording to the accounts
floating abut the metropolis,is destined to do
wonders, but when or where I calculate will defy any
body to say. Looking over the list, then, I fancy that
Tom Oliver on Thurgarton, Land on the General, the
Forest Lad, Hinton, and Venice, will form the moiety
of the acceptances that the race will lie among; and
that the first that will go to the wall will be " Beautiful
Venice," followed next by Thurgarton, and Forest Lad,
THE GENERAL, and HINTON being left to fill the first
and second places.
The latest betting corncerning this Steeplechase (up
to one o'clock) is as follows:-7 to 2 agst the General,
4,5, and 6to 1 having been taken freely last night and
this morning, in all probability including the stable
money; 9 to 2 agst Thurgarton, 5 to 1 taken; 5 to 1
agst Hinton, taken; 6 to 1 each agst Forest Lad and
Venice; 10 to 1 agst Baptist.
In answer to numerous correspondents, I have to in-
form them that the Derby article will appear next week,
being the earliest period that I shall find myself in pos-
session of the necessary materials for its manufacture.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

Dec. 17, 1851.

THE IRON TRADE.

This great staple trade of our district has retained
an unchanged aspect of dulness and depression. If
any alteration can be noticed, it has been a further
tendency to decline rather than to improvement; and
the trifling transactions of the last fortnight appear, in
several instances, to have been concluded upon some-
what lower terms. It would be difficult, however, to
define any actual limit of variation in the prices of iron
either at the present moment or during the last six
months; but while the first makes are commanding
something near the nominal figures, it is not going too
far to say that others are now to be had at 15s. per ton
lower. Among the purchasers of pigs iron a strong dis-
inclination is shown to forestall the requirements of the
approaching quarter; while holders of materials are
everywhere endeavouring to press forward their sales.
From the Scotch market accounts are gloomy, re-
porting 3d. per ton decline. The unusually short
supply of water in the various canals is also inflicting a
serious injury, increasing the expense of transit both
upon iron itself and the materials for its manufacture.
Notwithstanding these adverse symptoms, it is gene-
rally expected that there will be no declaration of re-
duction at the approaching quarterly meeting, but that
existing prices will be maintained at Christmas ; and
some go so far as to entertain a hope of acquiring a
more satisfactory position early in the spring. Among
other reasons for such an opinion, it is stated that the
first-rate works are tolerably well supplied with
orders, and maintain their quotations with firmness;
that no accumulation of stocks, either in wrought or
un wrought iron, has taken place during the last
twelve months of depression; that the principal evil
felt is rather the impossibility of obtaining remunera-
tion than an absolute scarcity of demand ; and that
while it is impossible that the home consumption
Should suffer further, the commencement of the
spring trade will bring an additional accession to the
continually increasing amount of export demand
sufficient to warrant higher pretensions. It is also
naturally expected that the iron trade will participate
in the beneficial effects resulting from an abundant
and growing supply of the precious metals, which
will not only insure low rates of discount at home,
but will have a tendency to enhance the value of
articlts of commeice, both here and among all our
foreign connexions. Of the correctness of such views
those who are interested must, however, form their
own judgment.—Birmingham Gazette.