The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-28 00:00:00

A SCENE AT WIESBADEN.

I Aux. 22.---Last night I witnessed a scene in the gam-
bling rooms which broke the monotonous decorum and ruf-
fled the outward serenity so generally remarked in these
gorgeous traps for travellers with money to throw away. I
was sitting at the newspaper table in the Kursaal, around
which were several English and other ladies. As is usual in
the reading- room, perfect quiet prevailed. Suddenly there
rushed forth from the elegant crowd which thronged about
a rouge et noir table in an adjoining department half-
a-dozen men (some of them livery servants), who ran as
hard as they could through the reading-room and made for
a side door leading to the garden. There was no cry of
" Stop thief," but it was evident that they were giving chase
to some one who must have immediately preceded them,
and slipped out unnoticed by the readers of the news. I fol-
lowed into the garden from curiosity, and soon heard the
exclamation, " He is caught." From behind some shrubs a
couple of stout Nassau soldiers, who must have been at hand
in ambush ready for such an occurrence, emerged with the
culprit, whom they grasped firmly by the wrists. Neither
he nor they said a word. As he approached the brilliant
gas-lights of the Kursaal I saw that he was a tall, well-
dressed young man, and that his face had turned as white
as the paper on which I am now writing. He was led round
to a little door at the back of the establishment, the key of
which was produced by an elderly porter in uniform, who
made no remark and exhibited no token of surprise, but
in the most matter-of-course way opened the door as if for
the reception of an expected guest. At this moment a
commissary of police appeared, and followed the soldiers
and their prisoner into a little office, where there was a
desk, writing materials, and two or three chairs. Without
speaking a word, or losing a moment of time, the commis-
sary and soldiers proceeded to strip the prisoner, and mi-
nntely searched every article of his clothing. What they
found I know not, for at this point the old porter came up
and told me and some others who had watched the opera-
tion through a window to go further off. I heard afterwards
that the man had staked upon the table a false rouleau, art-
fully made up and sealed, so as to resemble externally those
rolls of golden Fredericks which high players receive from
and pass to the bank without opening them. Had the fraud
not been discovered the scamp might have made off with a
sum equivalent to about £2OO. I dare say he will now be
summarily and severely punished, and in all probability
there will be no report of the trial, for the proprietors of the
gaming rooms would not have thought it possible that such
things could occur to spot and blemish the highly polished
surface of their establishment. This place is now very full.
Among the fashionable company are the King of the Bel-
gians, the King of Wurtemburg, a great many German
princes and dukes, Earls Clarendon and Winchilsea,vand
Lord Cremorne.

FROM TILE G.AZE2TB OF LAST NIGHT.

INDIA-OFFICE, AUG. 19.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and
appoint Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, G.C.8.,
sometime Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the East
Indies; and General Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., who
commanded the British Forces which advanced to Cabul
in 1842, and sometime Member of the Council of the
Governor-General of India, to be Knights of the Most
Exalted Order of the Star of India.

DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Hackett,
Esq., to be her Majesty's Advocate for her Forts and
Settlements on the Gold Coast; Alexander M'Nab, Esq.,
to be Surveyor of Public Works for the Island of Grenada;
and Charles Henry Fowler, Esq,, to be Colonial Surgeon
for the Island of St. Helena.

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED,
Thomas Geddes, draper, Liverpool.
Samuel Fleet, draper, county of Chester.

BANKRUPTS.

Joseph John Counihan and Maximilian Lindt, mer-
chants, Fenchurch-street, city, to surrender, September 4,
at twelve, and September 27, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.

ktMuel Wilkes, wine merchant, Cardiff, Sept. 10 and.
Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Joseph Whittard, draper, Bristol, Sept. 9 and Oct. 8, at
eleven, at tha Bristol District Court.

William Keightley, glass manufacturer, Birmingham,
Sept. 13 and Oct. 4, at eleven, at tho Birmingham District
Court.

...._...
Thomas Corbett, licensed victualler, Birmingham, Sept.
6 and October 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.
John Patterson, licensed victualler, Coombe Bissett,
Wiltshire, Sept 11, at half-past two, and Oct. 9, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Ludwig Woldemar Kretzschmar, jeweller, Duke-street,
Bloomsbury, Sept. 11, at eleven, and Oct. 9, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Henson Henson, builder, Watford, Sept. 5, at
half-past one, and 30, at one at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Brown Taylor, tobacconist, Norwich, Sept. 5,
at twelve, and Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Granbourn-street, Leicester-
ver,
Thomas Culleton, engra
square, Sept. 9, at eleven, and Oct. 9, at half-past one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Burgin and :William Burgin,
upholsterers
Great Winchester-street, City Sept. 6, at two, and Oct', .
5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
SCOTCH BANKRupTs.
Francis Quilter, merchant, Borrowstominess.
Adam Strang, bleacher, Barrhead,
William Fyfe, tailor, Oirvan, '