The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-28 00:00:00

The defendant, in allusion to some statements that had
appeared in other papers, proceeded as follows :

..‘‘ In the first place , the statement is wrong. as to the number of
persons present on the interesting occasion in question, inasmuch
as the name of a most impartial gentleman, whb totiit no part in
the innocent amusements of the evening, is altogether omitted.
In the next place, the statement is essentially wrong as to the pro-
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portions in which the money was won—..for although Mr. W--
was-certainly the largest winner, he still left a sufficient sum for a
very handsome dividend among the other successful players. Then
with regard to the amount of the tavern bill--this May, perhaps,
within a fraction, be correct; hurt timely it is ridiculous to infer,
because the charge for eating and drinking amounted only to 30s.
a head, that some one of the party, from inclination or from the
kind solicitations of his friends, might not have been induced to
take more than his fair Share of the wines which'were drank, and

therefore might have been excited in a greater degree, or rendered
less competent to exercise a cool and dispassionate judgment than
his noble and honewrable companions. The season for being

more particular, however, has not yetarrived; that opportunity-,
we trust, will be afforded us in due time, as one of the parties has
proceedings against us.
done us the favour of commencing legal

When that period shall arrive, our own vindication, as well as
justice to all parties, requires that we should not be influenced by
false delicacy ; we shall in fact elicit 'the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth ;' and this done, a respectable jury, as
well as the country at large, will be able to judge how far we have'
been to blame in exposing to general observation, by way of caution,
been invited, we will admit
the fact of a young inexperienced gentleman, a boy in appearance,
although just legally of age, having
for the first tune, to a friendly convivial meeting at Richmond,
and returning from thence, six hours afterwards, minus 6,0001. !
Just I,ooot. per hour for the honour of being associated with
Noble Lords and M. P,'s, every erre of whom were participaton
in the spoil.
" As to the imputation of want of candour and manliness on
the part of Mr. A—, that is:a matter in which he is personally
concerned, and, of course, will be treated in such a manner as his
own feelings as a gentleman and a man of 'honour may suggest;
but we think it a little too much to assert, that, because he may
have lost 25,000/. in the purchase or sale of stock—an occurrence,
if true, which, from the rise or fall of the funds, might have
happened to the least speculative moan in the world--he was im-
bued with a spirit of gambling ; and that he was perfectly au
fait with that most ruinous of all games on the cards, unliMited
100, at which he lost his money, and was a fair match for the
expert individuals to whom he was opposed, upon whose practices,
at this moment, we are pnwilling to be more explicit.
" We cannot close.this article without stating, from all we have
heard of Mr. A—, not only that he is a young gentleman of
highly respectable connections, but that his habits awl principles
are in every respect foreign to those of a' bon vivant or a gamester.
ShoUld any doubts exist as to this correction of the Morning
Post, the curious may be, perhaps, gratified by the sight of our
pleas, which are in the hands of Charles Pearson, gent., solicitor
to Augustus John O'Neil, M.P., for Hull.
" Since writing the above, we have been informed that there
is a statement in circulation at the west-end of the town, drawn
up by one of the' gentlemen concerned. We have endeavoured to
obtain it, but without success. The names of all the parties are
now so generally known, that we think it unnecessary any longer
to wrap them in mystery ; we shall; therefore, in compliance with
the request of several of our country correspondents, state them
seriatim. They are as follows ;--The most noble the Marquis of
Clanricarde, the most noble the Earl of 41owth, John \Valrond,
Esq., the Member for Sudbury, and collengue of John Wilks, jun.
Esq. Then, by his own confession, Augustus John O'Neil, Esq.,
Member for Hull, and John Matthew Rolland, Esq., an Irish bar-
rister, who did not play, we understand, but kept alive the con-
viviality of the party by proposing toasts, and ' pushing about the
bottle.' The name of the unfortunate pigeon, whose feathers
were so singularly plucked, is Auldjo; he is the son of a mer-
chant, who, during his life, was well known in the mercantile
circles, and who left a large property to his heir, honourably ac-
quired by mercantile industry. Mr. Auldjo, we have been in-
formed, has acted, in the course which he has taken, by the ad-
vice of his nearest connections, who are merchants of the highest
rank awl character in the city."
Mr. Justico ItoutorD—Does the affidavits state that
the defendant imputes fraud to the prosecutor ?
Mr, BROUGHAM—Yes, my Lord ; the libel then pro-
ceeds thus :

" -It is but justice to add, that from all we have been able to.
collect,. the two Noble Lords whose names are mentioned never
saw Mr. Auldjo before the day on which the dinner took place ;
they will therefore, we hope, .he able to explain away, in a satis-
factory manner, their connexion (if they had any) with the other
parties in the business. We may be permitted to add, that a bill
of. indictment, against some of the individuals said to be
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cated, has been prepared by an eminent Counsel; and, from what
we have heard, was ready for presentation, if not actually pre-
ferred, before the Grand Jury, yesterday, at Westminster. It
dots not include the names of the Noble Lords ; a circumstance
strongly confirmatory of our belief, that they will he in a condi-
tion
to exculpate themselves from the imputations Which at pre-
sent overhang the transaction.
We stop the press to announce, that the bill alluded to
above has been, actually presented to the Grand Jury, who have
found a true bill against Augustus O'Neill, John Walrond; and
John Mathew Rolland, Ibr a conspiracy in winning money at
cards—an. offence under the statute of Anne. Mr. Auldjo
tinctly denies that be ever had any money in the funds, or ever
speculated in them in any way ; neither had he ever gambled in
any way whatever, until induced to do so by the party at Rich-
' monel. It appears that the cards used o►► this occasion were sent
for by an extra waiter, without the knowledge or sanction of Mr.
Topham, landlord of the Talbot Inn, where the affair took
place."

Captain O'Neil, continued the Learned Counsel, denies
the most direct terms the conduct thus imputed.to him.
he states in his affidavits his first acquaintance with Mt
Auldjo to have commenced in the following manner. An
old friend of his (Captain. O'Neil), a Captain in the army,
asked to be allowed to introduce to him Mr. Auldjo, who
he represented to be a respectable young man, the son of
a merehan tin the city, the partner of his father. Ceptain
O'Neil at first rather declined, but Mr. Auldjo was after-
wards introduced, and they met two or three times : softie
time after they met by accident at Lord's Cricket-ground,
and Mr. Auldjo began to admire Captain 'O'Neil's horse,
from that he began to speak of driving, and as Captain
O'Neil was engaged on a driving party to Richmond with
his friend, the Marquis of Clanricarde, on the follovaing
Monday, lie thought it would be a good opportunity of
showing. that 'attention to Mr. Auldjo, which lie was
anaioue to: show to , him, from his having been in-
troduced by
.ft friend : accordingly he -told him, if he felt
disposed to go, he would introdurce him to a friend, who
would no doubt have a seat in his carriage for him. Mr.
Auldjo was introduced, and invited to accompany them
to Richmond on the following Monday,: With regard
,to Mr. Walrond, Captain O'Neil states, that lie was
introduced to him three or four year); ago, and that
he had not' met him till the period of the General
Election, when having been both returned to serve in the
present Parliament, a conversation took place concern-
ing their return. For, three or four days they dined to-
gether; and on the 7th of August, the day in question,
he (Captain O'Neil) met Mr. Walrond, who asked him to
go s.nd dine with him. Captain O'Neil excused himself,
as he was engaged for the day with his friend; Lord Clan-
ricarde, but he said to Mr. Wairond, that if he felt dis.
posed to go; he was sure Lord Clanricarde would be glad
to see him as a friend of his. Mr. Wairond assented,. and
they aceordinglyjoined the Marquis of Clamicarde's party.—•.
They dined at Richmond,
and after dinner some conver-
sation took place
between Lord Clanricarde and the depo•:.
Dent respecting the French game of ecarte. One of the
waiters was directed to get a pack of cards, and he accor-
dinglytwo new packs, and Captain
O'Neillev Lent
ord PiredLCliihraBtried earde'haVing played a game or
two, it was proposed that they should play some round
game, such as commerce or 100, where all could join,—
After playing some -time, and losing 81. or 91., Mr, Rolland
declined playing any mare, allying, he considered the
stakes as getting too high for any amuaement. The de.
not excited by wine, or
playing, and quitted the company ; that no one was pressed
to play, and that . that any one might have declined
ponent further sttmed:„.Auiti
Jo
was
at all ignorant of the gun" which had been introduced,
as,be said he had played them at Cambridge. There was
nlso the affidavit of the,waiter, and the master •of the
• house, who stated that there were only eight bottles of
, light wine ordered, that there were six persons, and after
sitting sevell"houra, two bottles were returned unopened
to the bar, 48 also the other pack of cards: that
none of the party were in the least intoxicated. There
[ 'vas also the affidavit of the person from whom the cards
were bought, who stated thew
to have been of the usual