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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEERt AR sy Ih4t).

end so appeals to a court of justice, what would be the
probable decision on such an issue ? Dr. Whateley
could only show that he derives his cure of souls, as
bishop, from a lay tribunal. Dr. Murray could show
that he has the canonical ordination and consecra-
tion required by the ancient law to entitle him to
a spiritual peerage, which Dr. Whateley has not.
Consequently, he is, in our mind, the true and
legal Archbishop of Dublin, and not Dr. Whate-
ley—and he, instead of the latter, should be
called to sit in the British House of Peers."
We shall not, of course, be supposed to acquiesce in
this Romanising conclusion. But it is evident to us
that Sir R. Peel, by the idle and most mischievous
provision which we have cited from the Emancipation
Act, and by the consequent unavoidable evasion in the
Charitable Bequests Act of the local titular recognition
of the Roman Catholic prelates, whom he recognised,
has created an embarrassment which is by no means
merely fanciful. How much better, in the first place,
never to have enacted the penal provision ! Or secondly,
to have repealed it openly—And thirdly, to have given
the Roman prelates their entire popularly acknowledged
titles, accompanied simply by a saving clause for the
concurrent legal rights of the Protestant prelates. What
would have been simpler Shan to have recognised Dr.
Murray as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin ?
which he is.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 121 per mille, which, at
the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10 1. per ounce for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 25 46 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at
short being 25 621, it follows that gold is 0.65 per cent. dearer in Lon-
don than in Paris.
By advices from Iramburgh the price of gold is 434 per mark, which,
at the English Mint price of 31. 178. 101 d. per ounce for standard
gold, gives an exchange 02'13 ; and the exchange at Ilamburgh on
London at short being 13 111, it follows that gold is 0.80 per cent.
dearer in London than in liamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London is 1101 per cent.,
and the par of exchange between England and America being 109
23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.68 per cent. in favour
of England. But the quoted exchange at Kew York being for bills at
60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the above difference.
The Queen's Speech predated no effort :upon the public securities ;
they were, however, rather flat, from an increased demand for money,
arising out of sales made to pay the necessary funds into the hands of
the Accountant-General in Chancery, to prosecute the several new
railway schemes before Parliament.
Not much business has been transacted in the foreign market, but
prices continue pretty firm. Colombian in a trifling degree has ad-
vanced—a strange position of affairs, considering the late refusal of
Lord Aberdeen to interfere further respecting the claims of the bond-
holders. Probably the circumstance of its being a low-priced security
induces some of the more adventurous speculators to purchase at the
risk of a rise following the general excitement at present existing for
tiaae bargains.
The confidence with which many persons in the City have spoken
of certain railway lines as likely to receive the sanction of the Board
of Trade has created much surprise. If the predictions of these per-
sons turn out to be correct, it will increase a suspicion already afloat,
that information as to the proceedings of the Board occasionally finds
its way prematurely into the market.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 3d day of
February, 1845, present the Queen's Most Excellent
Majesty in Council
SHERIFFS APPOINTED BY HER MAJESTY IN
COUNCIL, FOR THE YEAR 1845.

Bedfordaire—William Bartholomew Higgins, of Tur-
vey, Esq.
Berkshire—John Bligh Monck, of Coley Park, Esq.
Buckinghamshire—Edmund Francis Dayrell, of Lining-
stone Day-rell, Esq.
Carob. and Hunt.—John Bonfoy Rooper, of Abbotts

Ripton, Esq. - -
Cumborland—Timothy Featherstonhaugh, of the Col-
lege, Kirkoswold, Esq.
Cheshire—Sir William Thomas Stanley Massey Stanley,

of Hooton, Bart.
Derbyshire—Thomas Pares, of Hopwell, Esq.
Devonshire—Edw. Simcoe Drewe, of the Grange, Esq.
Dorsetshire—Edward Balston, of Corfe Hill, Esq.
Durham—John Wm. Williamson, of Whickham, Esq.
Essex—George Round, of Colchester, Esq.
Gloucestershire—Edmund Hopkinson, of Edgworth

House, Esq.
Herefordshire—James King King, of Staunton Park, Esq.
Hertfordshire—Sir Henry Vieux, of Theobald's Park, Esq.
Kent—Sir Moses Montefiore, of East Cliff, St. Lawrence,

Thanet, Knight.
Leicostershirt—Wm. Corbet Smith, of Bitterswell, Esq.
Lincolnshire—Thos. Coltman, of Hagnaby Priory, Esq.
Monmouthshire—Wm. Phillips, of Whitson House, Esq.
NorfolkrTheophilus Russell Buckworth, of Cochley

Cley, Esq.
Northamptonshire—The lion. Richard Watson, of Rock-
ingham Castle.
Northumberland—Ralph Carr, of Hedgley, Esq.
Nottinghamshire—William Hodgson Barrow, of South-

well, Esq.
Oxfordshire—John Sidney North, of Wroxton Abbey,

Esq.
Retlandshire--Ilenry Bennet Pierrepont, of Ryhall, Esq.
Shropshire—St. John Chiverton Charlton, of Aplcy
Castle, Esq.
Sumersetshire—John Lee Lee, of Dillington House, Esq.
Staffordshire—Charles Smith Forster, of Hamstead
Hall, Esq.
County of Southampton—Sir Richard Goden Simeon, of
Swainstone, Isle of Wight, Bart.
Sunlk—Henry Wilson, of Stowlangtoft, Esq.
Surrey—Richard Fuller, of the Rookery, Dorking, Esq.
Sussex—James Bari! Daubuz, of Offington, Esq.
Warwickshire—James Roberts West, of Alscote, Esq..
Wiltshire—Wad© Browne, of Monkton Farleigh, Esq.
Worcestershire—Thos. Simcox Lea, of Astley Hall, Esq.
Yorkshire—Sir William Bryan Cooke, of Wheatley,
Bart. WALES.
Anglesey—Robert Jones Hughes, of Plas Llangoed, Esq.
Brecknockshire—Wm. Williams, of Aberpergwm, Esq.
Carnarvonshire—Postponed.
Carmarthenshire—David Jones, of Glanbrane park,
Llanclovery, EF.q.
Cardiganshire—John Lloyd Davies, of Alltyrodyn, Esq.
Denbighshire—Charles Wynn, of Garthmeile, near
Cerrig-y-drindion, Esq.
Flintshire—Ralph Richardson, of Greenfield Hall, Esq.
G!amorgansbiro—Robert Savours. of Trecastle, Esq.
Merionethshire—Richd. Watkin Price, of Rhiwlas, Esq.
Montgomeryshire—John Winder Lyon Winder, of
Vaynor Park, Esq.
Pembrokeshire—Abel Lewis Gower, of Castlemal-
gwynne, Esq.
Radnorshire—James Davies, of Colva, Esq.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
D. Pope—first div. of 2s. in the pound, on Saturday,
Feb. 25, and any subsequent Saturday, at the office of Mr.
Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
T. Brand—first div. of 34d. in the pound, on Satur-
day, Feb. 8, and any subsequent Saturday, at the office
of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
J. Crambrook—first div. of 4s. d. in the pound, on
Saturday, Feb. 8, and auy subsequent Saturday, at the
office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 4.

(Before the Loup CurEF BARON and a Special Jury.)

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. PORTER.

This was an information filed by her Majesty's At-
torney-General against the defendant for the recovery of
penalties which he was alleged to have incurred by
evading the payment of the Customs' duties.
The Solicitor-General, Mr. Jervis, and Mr. Wilde,
conducted the case for the Crown ' • Sir Thomas Wilde,
Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Humfrey, and Mr. Hindmarsh, ap-
peared for the defendant.
Mr. Poster, the defendant in this information, had
been associated in business with Mr. Foster, as ware-
houseman, in Cheapside. The transaction from which
the present information arose, was the landing, on the
29th of March, 1842, of two cases of goods, Nos. 56
and 57, from the Harlequin steamer, from Boulogne. The
principal ground of action, however, was the last case.
This information, in its leading features, is closely
assimilated with those of the Attorney-General v. Dean
and Candy, so frequently before the Court of Exchequer,
and with which our readers have been made so familiar.
The cases from Boulogne contained gloves, silks, satins,
and a variety of haberdashery, on which a duty of
1201. ss. 2d. was paid on the 2d of April 1842;
the goods having been cleared by Mr. Noble, the prin-
cipal clerk of the defendant, but who has since left the
country. From the size of the cases, and the calcula-
tion of their cubrkal contents .it was contended, on be-
half of the Crown, that they could hold, and had held, a
quantity of goods, the duty on which would be
3121. 4s. 10d. The difference, therefore, between these
two sums was the amount which it was argued the de-
fendant ought to have paid, and he was now sued for
his default, and the penalties thereby incurred.

FEBRUARY 5. -
(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.)
TILE ATTORNET-GENERAL V. PORTER.
This case, which occupied the Court yesterday, was concluded this
morning.
His LORDSUIP having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for
.the Crown, giving 1,1761., as the single value of the goods which had
not paid duty.
The counsel for the Crown fell into some mistake in the statement
yesterday as to the amount of the penalties, which will account for
the discrepancy between our report of yesterday and the verdict of
the jury.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 5.
(Sittings in Banco after Term.)
The Court heart motions this morning in the new trial paper.
There was nothing, hov. ever, of interest in any of them.'

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 5.
(Sittings at Nisi Trine.)
Mr. Justice Erie 211,1 a common jury were occupied the whole
morning in trying an unimportant action relating to the repairs of a
chaise.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, &e.)
The Court was occupied in hearing cases which are devoid of
interest.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)

FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING COALS.—John Manley, a respectably-
dressed young man, aged 23, described as a shoemaker, was indicted
for stealing three tons of coals, value 51. 25., the property of Messes.
Charrington and Co., coal-merchants. _ .

The circumstances of this case have recently appeared in the report
of the examination of the prisoner at the police-court. The pri-
soner's defence was ,that it was a debt and not a fraud.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty—that he never intended to
pay for the coals.
There were two other indictments charging him with fraudulently
obtaining, in each case, two tons of coals from two other coal-mer-
chants, but they were not proceeded with, and the prisoner was Ezu-
tenced to six months' hard labour in the House of Correction.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
31.4N510N-HOUSE.

Charles King, the servant of Mr. Barnard, of the
house of Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., bankers, of Nos. 49
and 50, Cornhill, wa.s brought before the Lord Mayor,
by James Bradley, one of the officers of the Mansion-
house, charged upon suspicion of having stolen
several bottles of wine and spirits, the property of
his master.

Mr. Bozon appeared for the prisoner.
Bradley produced a basket, in which eleven bottles,
containing wine and spirits, were deposited.
Mr. John Barnard stated that he charged the
prisoner, who was the only male servant in the house,
with having taken a basket, containing, to the best of
his belief, wine and liquors, his property, off the
premises that morning, without his authority. Upon
one of the bottles witness said he discovered the name
of a foreign house with which he dealt. In conse-
quence of information which he received relative to
the prisoner, he went t,) a house in Birchin-lane, where
he saw a basket, which he perceived was like one on
his premises. Ile then returned, and asked the pri-
soner where the basket was; to which the prisoner
replied that he knew nothing about it, declaring, at
the same time, that he had not taken any basket
whatever off the premises, either on that day or
the day before.
Henry Wild, a young man in the employment of
the agent of the Parcels' Delivery Company, at No.
14, Birchin-lane, deposed that the prisoner called that
morning, and brought the basket produced with him.
At the prisoner's request witness wrote the direction,
the prisoner stating that he could not write large
hand. It was "Mrs. Aust, 68, Guildford-street,
Russell-square."
Mrs. Ann Nicholson deposed that she was governess
to the daughter of the prosecutor. She kept the key
of the cellaret. On Sunday she gave the key of
the cellaret to the prisoner to get some wine out. He
got the wine out, and gave back the keys. The keys
of the wine-cellar usually hung in the cellaret, and
on that morning the cellaret drawer in which they
were kept was found unlocked.
Mary Key, cook to the prosecutor, deposed that
she saw the prisoner after eleven o'clock in the morn-
ing take the basket along Birchin-lane while she was
talking to a person in the street. She knew the
basket to be the one which she had observed a day or
two before lying upon a hamper on her master's
premises.
The LORD MAYOR—Prisoner, do you wish to say
anything? The prisoner—Why, Ido not exactly
wish, Sir. The basket belongs to Mr. Barnard. I
am sorry for taking it out of the house, but the bot-
tles and what's in them is all mine. I have 501. a
year independent, and I am not beholden to Mr. Bar-
nard, but he allows me liberally.
The LORD MAYOR—I wish to ask you a question
or two, but you need not answer them if you think
your case may be prejudiced thereby. The prisoner
—Oh, I'll answer any question ; I've nothing to
conceal.

The LORD MAYOR—Where did you receive these
bottles? The prisoner—Why, my Lord, you see
they belong to me, and lam not a Roman Catholic,
and not obliged to confess to you.
The LORD MAYOR—How did they happen to come
out of Mr. Barnard': house ? The prisoner—I know
I paid for them all. lam independent, my Lord.
The LORD MAroa—Pray, what wine is this (hold-
ing up a bottle) ? The prisoner—lts a sweet wine.
The LORD MAYOR—No, it happens to be a bottle
of spirits—brandy, perhaps ? The prisoner—Yes, my
Lord, it is brandy ; very good brandy.
The LORD MAYOR—Now that I smell it again it
appears to me to be whisky ? The prisoner—Yes,
my Lord, it is whisky—Scotch whisky.
The LORD MAYOR—HOW did you happen to mis-
take it for sweet wine ? The prisoner—All rknow
is that I paid for it certainly. It is all mine, but the
basket is Mr. Barnard's.

Bradley, the Mansion-house officer, deposed that,
at the desire of Mr. Barnard, he took the prisoner
into custody. Upon being taken to Birchin-lane,
the prisoner denied all knowledge of the basket, but
was identified by the young man who wrote the ad-
dress on the card which was fastened to the basket.

The prisoner —Yes, yes, I am the man, the very man.
The LORD MAYOR—It is my duty to commit you
for trial. The prisoner—l am sorry for it indeed,
my Lord; I am willing to obey you, but it is a hard
case upon me. Mr. Barnard has been a very, good
master to me—he is a very good gentleman. lam a
man of very few words, but all the bottles are mine.
The prisoner was then committed for trial. It is
believed that he obtained his situation by means of a
fictitious character.

A lad, named John Dorking, was brought before
the Lord Mayor, charged under the new Act with
having run away from a ship in which he had been
engaged.
Isaac Sandwell, the owner of a ship agency and
register-office, stated that, as agent for the East Lon-
don Union, he had bound the prisoner to the captain
of a vessel, and registered and enrolled him, under
the new Act, for four years, on the 24th of January.
After, however, having received a regular fit-out and
some money from the captain, he took to his heels,
and, by deserting, put the owners to great incon-
venience.

The defendant—My Lord, I left the ship on ac-
count of the scarcity of provisions, after being on
board two months.

The complainant asked why the prisoner had not
made the complaint before he was registered.
Mr. Roberts, one of the officers_ of the East London
Union, stated that the guardians had fitted out the
prisoner at an expense of 51., and that the prisoner,
upon returning from the vessel, acknowledged that
the only ground of complaint he had was, that he did
not like the service.

The LOAD MAYOR said be would deal with the
case under the Apprentices' Act, and sentence the
prisoner to a month's imprisonment and hard labour ;
and if, upon the return of the captain to England, it
might be considered advisable to allow the prisoner
to serve, a discharge should be sent for him to the
prison.
QUEEN- SQUARE.

THE CHARGE OF SHOPLIFTING AGAINST SIR JOHN
OSBORN'S DAUGHTER.—Monday, shortly after the dis-
posal of the night charges, an elderly gentlemen entered
the Court, by the private door, and addressed Mr. Bond
on the subject of the charge of shoplifting preferred
against Miss Elizabeth Osborn, the daughter of Sir
John Osborn, on Saturday last, a full report of which
appeared in our last.
The gentleman, who represented himself to be an old
friend of the lady's family, expressed himself apprehen-
sive that her friends were not acquainted with her unfor-
tunate situation.
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Mr. BOND called the clerk, and inquired whether the
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lady had had any communication with her friends ?
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prisonerL Lady
Osborn, and the d
other to a friend. They had been given

to a messenger to cony' y immediately, rad there was no
doubt that they had been received, as he had been in-
formod that a lady and gentleman, who were stated to
be Sir John and Lady Osborn, accompanied by a friend,
had come to the office in their carriage, at a very late
hour on Saturday night, and had inquired the address of
Mr. Burrell, the sitting magistrate.
The gentleman inquired whether there was any op-
portunity of alleviating the lady's condition ?
Mr. BOND observed that he was not acquainted with
the regulations of the prison. But if magistrates or go-
vernors of prisons were to endeavour to ameliorate the
condition of a respectable person they would be imme-
diately assailed on all sides, for making distinctions
between the rich and poor.

—After a slight pause, the gentleman admitted that
to a certain extent such distinctions were improper. He
deeply regretted the situation in which the lady was
placed ; it was a most painful one for her family. He
understood that she had been found with some groats,
rice, and other things upon her ?
The clerk said that such was the fact.
The gentleman said he had no doubt that she had pur-
chased those things to give to some poor family. She
was in the habit of visiting the poor and relieving them.
The gentleman, after observing that the acessed was
strange in her manners, inquired the way to Tothill-
fields prison, and, on being directed, observed that he
would go there at once. It was, he repeated, a very
ptinful and distressing affair.
The gentlemen then left the Court, and on his return,
in about three quarters of an hour, informed the magis-
trate that Lady Osborn and the professional adviser of
the family were with Miss Osborn, and that Mr. Hum-
phries had been engaged to conduct the defence.
Mr. BOND thought she was in very good hands.
The gentlemen then withdrew.
We understand that Lady Osborn, who is, as may be
conceived, in a very distressed state, was with her
daughter for some hours yesterday, at the prison.
Much excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of
the Court during the clay with respect to this case, and
it appeared to be the general impression that some at-
tempt would be made to procure the lady's liberation on
bail. Mr. Burrell came to the Court in the course of the
afternoon, and was engaged for some time in private
conversation with Mr. Bond and the clerks ; but no ap-
plication was made to him here on the subject of bail.
Whether a request of that nature has been made to him
elsewhere, it is of course impossible for us to say,
BOTV-671?EE7'.
John Neil and Richard ficddon were charged before
Mr. Jardine with an assault on James Saville, the pro-
prietor, and George Smith, the waiter, of a coffee-shop
in Mgh.stroot, St.
Mr. Saville said, that about four o'clock this morning
he was roused by a row in his shop. He saw the pri-
soners in the shop struggling with the waiter. He de-
sired them to leave, but they refused, and he helped the
waiter to turn them cut. A policeman coming up at the
momentcharg evs:hen he turned the prisoners out, he gave them
in
John Smith, waiter in Mr. Saville's shop, said that
between three and four o'clok this morning the prisoners
came in and asked for some coffee and bacon. When he
served them they refused to pay beforehand, and he
would not leave the tray with them. They tried to
snatch it from him. The master then came down
and assisted witness to turn them out.

Policeman, F 23- said that he took the prisoners in
custody, having seen them break one of prosecutor's
windows.

The prisoners said that they had not committed any
assault on the prosecutor. They refused to pay for the
coffee before they had taken it, and the waiter imme-
diately attacked them.
The policeman said that the prisoners were drunk at
the time, and Mr. JARDINE fined the prisoners 10s.
each, and in default of payment, sentenced them to 14
days' imprisonment.

TRIAL FOR CHEATING AT
CARDS.
(From Galignani's Messenger of Friday.)
The Correctional Tribunal was occupied yesterday
with the trial of certain persons accused of cheating at
cards. They were Walker, aged 21; Lambert, 40; Pey-
ronnet, 32; Frazer, 25; Oglebey, 25; Drummond Baring,
age not stated; and Emma Caye, his mistress. Of these
all were present at the time except Baring. The female
prisoner, a very well-looking girl of 22, kept her veil
down as much as possible, and only raised it in reply to
the interrogatories of the president. Walker declared
that he had been an officer in Spain; that at present be
lived on his property. He was, besides, he said, cousin
of Admiral Walker. Lambert stated that he belonged
to a respectable family, which allowed him enough to
live on. Peyronnet, who sometimes had assumed the
title of viscount, and had sported a card with a coronet
on it, denied that he had done so, declaring that he be-
longed to a family high enough to do without such
paltry pretensions. Frazer said that he had held a
commission in the English army, and that in conse-
quence his friends called him Captain Frazer. He had no
other claim to the title. Oglebey, on being questioned
about certain marked cards found at his lodgings, de-
clared that they were not marked, but were common
English cards, which he had brought over to France.
Emma Caye declared that she had no ostensible means of
living, and that she supported herself on her savings, and
when asked from what source these savings proceeded
she was silent. Lambert's counsel entered a protest
against the written informations laid before the Court,
in which it was asserted that an extensive association
existed to defraud young men of fortune, at play. No
traces of any such body could be discovered, he said, and
if it did exist, his client knew nothing whatever of it.
The first witness, Count de Salm, aged 25, deposed that
a friend of his, Count de Thunn, had one day informed
him that he had been dinins, the evening before at the
Café Anglais, when a gentleman strolled in, and after
asking hide a question relative to some dish which he
had before him, commenced a conversation, which even-
tually led to an agreement to go to the Italian Theatre
together. A meeting was fixed for the next day at
Ilenette's shooting gallery, in the Champs Elysees.
They were there practising with a pistol, when Lambert
and Peyronnet entered, and saluting Walker, whom they
seemed to know, joined in the amusement. Some small
bets were made, and at last a dinner at the Rocher de
Cancale was lust by witness and his friend. Some dis-
pute arose during the dinner between two of
the prisoners, Peyronnet and 'Walker, relative
to the battle of Waterloo, but the matter was
made up by the icterference of the rest of
the party. After dinner cards were proposed, and whist
was named as the game. As witness and his friend
played it but indifferently, blind hookey was named as
being a game easily understood by every one. Cards
were then brought in in their covers, and witness, on
their being opened, was struck with their soiled ap-
pearance, as if they had been already used. He made no
observation, however, thinking that all was fair and
honourable. His friend lost continually, but he, at first,
won 1.500 f. Peyronnet, however, having commenced
playing against him, he (witness) also lost. Buth to-
gether lost B,loof. Witness, when the play had con-
cluded, was obliged to declare that not having any money
worth naming about him, he must defer paying the debt
until the next day. The prisoners were exceedingly
anxious to get a cheque on his banker, but this he posi-
tively refused. He called next day to pay the money.
but found that they had all gone to St. Germain to pass
the day. He dined in the evening at the Hotel des
Princes, where, happening to narrate what had occurred,
M. Privet, the proprietor, told him that Walker was a
common cheat and blackleg, and that his losing
was a certainty. He recommended witness
strongly at the same time not to pay a farthing
of the money. It not being altogether certain
that Walker was the man whom M. Privet meant,
it was agreed that he should come up two days after
wards, when Walker was at breakfast with witness,
and see if it was the same person. He came up
accordingly, and finding it to be the man, abused him
most heartily. Witness went afterwards to the police,
and received such intelligence of the three prisoners as
fully confirmed M. Privat's statement. Privet, being
called, confirmed the testimony of the last witness, and
added that, after having reproached Walker with his in-
famous conduct, the latter said, " Come before the Com-
missary of Police." Witness replied that he desired
nothing better, but that he would not be seen walking
the street with him ; they proceeded along near each
other, but at the first turn Walker contrived to slip away.
Witness next informed the Court that a person of his
acquaintance, M. Milleret, had been one day drawn into
the society of Oglebey and Frazer, and had lost 14,000 f.
Emma Caye was, as far as he had heard, one of the
party; she was known to be Baring's mistress. Baring's
reputation was even lower than that of the prisoner's.
He had been arrested as a black-leg in several coun •
tries—viz., in Belgium, in Germany, at Frankfort,
everywhere, in fact, where he went. A quantity
of cards having been seized at the prisoners
lodgings, the Court had ordered them to be submitted
to the inspection of Philippe, the famous conjuror of
the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle. This witness declared
that the cards given to him to examine were cut in
such a way as that the person using them, and
knowing the secret, could cut a high or low card
at pleasure. Blind hookey, when played in France,
which is of rare occurrence, is thus managed:—One of
the players is banker; he makes as many packets of cards
as there are players; each person takes a packet, one
being left to the banker; each person puts down a sum of
money on his cards, and all play against the banker,
when the under card of each packet is displayed ; the
lowest card loses. The banker does not choose his
packet, which is assigned him by one of the players.
The mode of cheating by means of prepared cards,
amongst confederates, at this game would tie, to cut a
low card for one of the packets, and assign that one to
the banker. It was thus that M. de Salm lost on every
occasion when M. Peyronnet left him a packet. Philippe,
the conjuror above named, in his demonstrations of the
manner in which the cards were used, was most unfor-
tunate, for when, after having shuffled the cards he de-
clared that he would cut low cards, he turned up in five
packets four court cards ; and when he wanted to cut
high cards, out of six packets he cut four low ones.
This caused great laughter ; and the matter was not
mended, when, taking off his paletot, he renewed his
attempt, and again obtained a result precisely the op-
posite to what he had announced. One of the counsel
for the prisoners then demanded that the card-manu-
facturer should be called in, to declare if the cards
just exhibited were not ordinary ones. The Court de-
clared that it should first hear other witnesses, and then
decide on the point. The Avocet du Roi stated that at
Peyronnet's lodgings figures and calculations had been
found, according to which, if a pack of cards was ar-
ranged, and divided without shuffling, the banker must
always win. Peyronnet, on being interrogated, said that
such a combination did undoubtedly exist, but he
affirmed that he had never made use of it. Count de Thunn
was next examined. He confirmed the statement made
by Count de Salin, relative to Walker's having contrived
to enter into conversation with him at the Cafe Anglais,
and the subsequent meetings. His account of the dinner,
and play afterwards, was identified with that stated above,
as well as of the scene at Privet's, when Walker was
accessed of being a black-leg. Philippe, the conjuror, was
recalled, to examine some cards seized at Oglebey's. He
declared that, with the exception of these cards, he
could tell the colour of every card in the pack from
their external appearance. He proceeded to show this,
and went through the experiment with great success.
He declared that he was able to distinguish the black
cards frem the red by a particular shade on the back.
Oglebey stated that the cards were incomplete, being
formed• of odd cards of different packs. Philippe
declared that the cards were unequal to the touch, so
that a person in cutting could tell whether he was cutting
a high or a low card. Captain Lemarieur, of the Aus-
trian service, deposed that he had spent an evening at
Peyronnet's, and lost 150 f. at whist; but that he could
not assert that there was anything unfair in the play.
M. C. Ledru stated that M. Milleret sent for him one
morning, and, having informed him that he had lost
13,000 f. at cards the preceding evening, requested him
to go and pay it. Witness inquired into the circum-
stances, and learned that he had casually made the
acquaintance of a Mr. Oglebey, who had invited him to
pass the evening at Captain Frazer's, Rue Monthabor.
After supper cards were introduced, and blind hookey
was decided on as the game. Witness thought the whole
proceeding very suspicious, and, after some inquiries,
waited on Captain Fraser, and demanded a -.receipt
in full] for the money, as it was evident that, morally
speaking, not a farthiug was due. This Frazer refused;
and witness declared that, in consequence, he should
have recourse to legal measures. Witness, accordingly,
sent a huissier to Frazer, with a formal notice that M.
Milleret refused to pay the money, having been cheated
the evening before. Emma Caye was present, and was
employed to attract Milleret's notice by a thousand acts
of coquetry. M. Milleret confirmed this statement, as
far as related to the cards, but declared that he did not
recognise Emma Caye, and certainly it was not she who
had asked him to play, but Baring. Witness refused to
give bills for the amount of his loss, and then the parties
present insulted and threatened him. Emma Caye, how-
ever, on being interrogated, allowed that she was present
on the occasion, and bad even danced with Milleret. All
the gentlemen, she said, had drunk champagne freely,
and smoked cigarettes. Some other witnesses were exa-
mined, but their testimony added nothing to the above
facts. Some of them gave a favourable character to
Peyronnet. The Court postponed the further proceed-
ings for a week, and ordered a card manufacturer in the
meantime to examine and report on the cards which had
been seized at the prisoner's lodgings.

THE LIBRARY OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.--On
Monday the sale of the library of the late Duke of Sussex was
continued at Messrs. Evans's rooms, in Pall-mall. The'
number of lots disposed of during the four days have been
969, realising a sum of from 400/. to 500/. Among the lots
disposed of, those which fetched the highest prices are the
books containing notes of the late illustrious Duke. Tues-
day, lot 526, Europe, or a General Survey of the Present
Situation of the Principal Powers, with Conjectures on their
future Prospects, by a Citizen of the United States,
with Manuscript Notes by the Duke of Sussex, pub-
lished in 1822, was bought by Mr. Boone for 2/. ss.
Lot 768. Histoire Secrette de la Duchess d'Hanover,
Epouse de George 1., London, 1732. A Hoin6-truth, or
Memoirs of the Court of H (anover). with the names filled up
ix MS., by the Duke of Sussex, sold for 2/. 65., to Mr. Mur-
ray. Lot 829, Various Tracts relating to Gustavus Adol_
phus, King of Sweden, in 5 vols., sold for 9/. 17s. 6d. This
very curious collection was made by Sir Robert Gordon, of
Gordonstoun, and was bought at his sale by the Messrs.
Longman for 18/. 10s. The most attractive portion of the
sale yesterday was the disposal of various editions of Prois-
sard's Chronicles. The first lot, 923, Froissard Croniques,
4 vols. in three, very scarce edition, printed by Verard, at
Paris, in 1518, sold for 5!. 128. 6d. Lot 924, Froissard Cro-
niques, par Sauvage, 4 vols. in two, fine copy, Sir M. Sykes', printed at Lyons, 1559, sold for 5/. Lot 926, Froissard'_;
Chronicles, translated by Lord Berners, 2 vols., imperfect,
printed by Myddloton and Pynson, in 1525, sold for 9Z. 10s.,
o DL Pickering.