The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-19 00:00:00

GAMBLING IN. HIGH LIFE.

We have received the following statement
St. .lameles.square, Dec. 15, 189,6.
Lord Clanricarde thinks it due to himself, in conse-
quence of the paragraphs which have appeared in several
of the public Journals' and of the unfounded rumours
which, he understands, have been spread to the prejudice
of his honour, to circulate amongst his friends the follow-

ing statement and correspondence, without comment :
Lord Clanricarde, received; while at 'Paris, the two let-
ters alluded to in his letter to Mr. Prendergast, hereafter
mentioned. Upon his arrival in London, he learned that,
insinuations hail appeared in some of the public prints,
bearing reference to Mr. Auldjo, which affected his honour,
His first impulse was to meet Mr. Auldjo, in the pre»
sence of that gentleman's friends, to state all the circuin
stances, within his knowledge, connected, with the subject
of these paragraphs, and to call upon Mr. Auldjo to admit,.
or deny them. With this .view Lord Clauricarde called
upon, Mr. Howard (Mr. Auldjo's Solicitor), and that gen+
tleman appointed two o'clock the next day for Lord Clan+
ricarde to meet Mr. Auldjo at his (the Solicitor'4) house.
The next day, Oct. 30, Lord Claiwicarde and Lord

Howth, accompanied only by Mr..Prendergast, repaired tO
Mr. Howard's house, at the hour appointed : when Lord
Clanricarde saw Mr. M'CliHivray, who informed him,
"that Mr. Ellice had left town the day before, and that
in his alaience, Mr. Amidio must decline stating ,any=thing,
or taking • any step, as he was - entirely guide •by • MO.
Ellice's-advice." • •

Mr. Ellice shortly after transmitted to Mr. Prendergast,
a htntemen t, purporting to be made by Mr. Auldjo, with
permission to show it to any of the parties named in it.
Lord Chtnriearde has no authority to c ommunicate this
statement.• He could find in it nothing to affect his own
honour, or that of Lord llowt h ; • except by a very forced
inference; and by an'obscure reference to other transactions
with persons unnamed; in which it was ;said " the sanzi
parties" as Mr. Auldjo had been informed, were,engaged4
and in which one of those unnamed • pelitons' was said -to
have lost f.?.5,000/.

In consequence of this communication, Lord Clartriearde
addressed a letter to Mr. Prendergast, of which the follow-
ing extracts will give the substance, with a view that he
should transmit it . to Mr. Ellice, with Nvhom alone, after
what had passed, Lord Clanriearde suppns,l that he bad
to communicate :

EXTRACTS, &. &e.

Nov. 2.

" In returning Mr. A uldjo's statement, I feel myself
called upon, to declare; that 1 object t u much of it with re-
ference both to fact and to Colouring, * # 0
The origin of the party to, Richmond, as far as I was
concerned in it, was a propos'al that I should try a horae
I had recently purchased from Mr. liy driving it
thither in my carriage ; and dining there, us I had occa-
sionally done before in the summer for amusement. A
day was fixed for the purpose: Lord Howth, Mr. O'Neill,
Mr. Boland, and myself, were to be of the party. I knew
of no other.

Before the day arrived, however, I had a note from Mr.
O'Neill, to say that he had invited a friend to join te,, if I
had no objection, and could give him a seat in the carriage.
On the day appointed I drove, accompanied by Lord
Howth, to Mr. O'Neill's, to take up that gentleman and
his friend. Mr. O'Neill, however, introduced me to Mr.
Walrond and Mr. Auldjo, whose names and persons
wefts before entirely unknown to me, as two of his friends
whom he had invited to join the party, and requested I
would admit them into the carriage; which, of course,; I
did not, refuse On arriving at Richmond, I putted the
party to call upon a friend, with wham remained till the
dinner hour, when I returned to the inn. The dinner was

not long; the quantity of wine drank was, inconsidei.able,
and chiefly French. I can safely assert, that nobody was
affected by it, and that Mr. Aiddja was perfectly sober and
calm. There was nothing, that I observed, eitlier in his
conversation, his Manner, or appearance, or in uny thing I
had heard of him, that led me to suppose that he was
younger than Lord 'lowa* or myself. Some discussion
took place at dinner respecting the game of ecarte, in con-
sequence of which, several games were played, immediately
after dinner, .by . myself and some of the party. This led:
.to the proposal of a round game, for the anuttement of all.:
Macao was that suggested. It was, to the beat of trly,
recollection and belief, disthictly,,by the -desire.of 11r.
Auhijo,
thar 100 was adopted, as the game best known to,
and
preferred by him. The game. was unlimited. Lid)
person was at liberty to play for high stakes or noti as lie
thought
.1
y
lit, Mr. Auldjo appeared to me to, play
as steadily and cautiously, though very high, as any
person could play.
Mr, Auldjo Lord Lowth and myself. did not
play 8°
high as; Mr. Auldjo did, and Lord llowth advised
highest,: when he played, continue play-
. not to play so high. He was at- first
a considerable winner. Ile then declined his cards for
riv2el::,eals• till the stake high as I 460/. which
was the was asagt'tin and lost.
From this tine,L
inn. Lord ftuhe, severalseertt tidmeetsermwihneeldi
at
to put an end to the play,' 'amount
of the stakes. (`This lsand exclaimed against the
loser, proposed.
was no time, after. mrauritted by Mr. Auldjo.) There
had begun to lose, when
he might not have declineduldli°
In the result, I was a winner Pf"int if he had thought fit.
° 500, odd from Mr, Auldjo,
a loSer of 89me lamb 1-
e( 4 to Mr. Walrond• at 1 a winner
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