. J .VwMv fnr lli? Month. 633 



The Courts of Law 'have afforded nothing very interesting, except the 

 trial for " conspiracy" in Mr. Auldjo's affair (the gambling case) ; in which 

 a verdict was given for the defendants, without any evidence or indeed 

 explanation, on their parts, being gone into. There can be no doubt that 

 the verdict was strictly correct. There was no approach to any evidence 

 to found a verdict of " conspiracy" upon. But the following facts were 

 in evidence for the benefit of the parties prosecutor and defendants- 

 generally. It appeared that Mr. Auidjo had the honour of being admitted 

 into the Marquis of Clanricarde's carriage (the first time that he ever set 

 eyes upon his lordship in all his life) ; that he went down with his lord- 

 ship, and some other persons of " fashion," to dine at an inn at Rich" 

 mond ! and that, after dinner, he sat down, at this public inn, to cards, 

 where he paid for the honour of his new connections and introduction, by 

 losing Six Thousand Pounds* A Mr. Boland, who had originally made 

 Mr. Auldjo's acquaintance, and introduced him to the " fashionable world," 

 did not win a single sixpence of these six thousand pounds, for, rather 

 than run the chance of doing so, he left the party, after going to Rich- 

 mond and took a walk ! And Mr. Auidjo, in conclusion, thinking that it 

 was not sufficient for a man to lose his money on such an occasion, boun- 

 teously made the world a present of another commodity into the bargain ! 

 for he did not question the fairness of the transaction ; but with 

 40,000 in his possession, entreated the winners to use some considera- 

 tion, and accept Two thousand pounds instead of Six / We hope that 

 all the parties to this " fashionable" affair feel quite comfortable : that 

 they have every reason to do so upon the state of facts there cannot 

 be a doubt. 



" Equal Rights" The Examiner of last week contains the following 

 paragraph : 



" If any one should think it impossible that forty thousand persons, of forty dif- 

 ferent modes of faith Jews, Christians, Mahomedans, and Pagans, could be found 

 living together under the same government, and in the same town, each worship, 

 ping the Deity after his own manner, all tolerated nay, protected, by one presiding 

 nation, and all tolerating each other, without hatred, malice, or uncharitableness on 

 the score of their religious opinions, let the sceptic go to Astrachan there he will 

 find Russians, Greeks, Armenians, Persians, Hindoos, Calmucks, Cossacks, Mon- 

 gols, Chinese, Buchanans, Turcomans, Poles, Germans, Italians, in short, repre- 

 sentatives of every country upon earth, living in religious harmony and good fel- 

 lowship," 



If this lesson be meant for a hit at the " No Popery" people, it fails alto- 

 gether of its mark. For these Jews, Christians, Calmucks, and so forth, 

 live in the same town ; but there is no mixture of parties in the govern- 

 ment that they live under : not to advert to the fact, that that government 

 is of a character to put an end to any little dissensions, with (no matter 

 from what cause they may arise) surprising facility. The Highland Cap* 

 tain, in the last volume of " The Heart of Mid-Lothian," who proposes 

 toconvince a " sincere dissenter" by towing him for a mile or two at the 

 stern of his sailing barge, affords an example for curing " doubts'' of all 

 kinds, which could hardly be surpassed, perhaps, by the Astrachan govern- 

 ment; but it is not every country in which circumstances admit of 

 its; being put into execution. Nobody doubts, (that ever we heard of) 

 that people of various nations, and callings, and religious persuasions, can 

 live together in the same town ; though if any person had such a doubt, 

 we are not entirely certain that it would be worth while to take the 



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