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of juries to give them a verdict. Even if the ver- 

 dict went against us, such a decision would, I feel 

 sure, be reversed on appeal to the House of Lords ; 

 for I defy any man, whose judgment has not been 

 mystified by studying musty law, to rise from a 

 perusal of the 9 th of Queen Anne without being 

 satisfied that betting on horse-races was not con- 

 templated by the framers of that Act. . . . For 

 all practical purposes you are as safe in coming 

 over from Ireland now as you would be if you 

 postponed their serving you with a writ until 

 Parliament meets. The suit for the money you 

 won on Cotherstone must be tried in Surrey, and 

 cannot, therefore, come on till the end of March. 

 The only thing I recommend you to do is to give 

 Sir William Follett a general retainer, so as to 

 keep him out of their hands. Thesiger, being 

 leading counsel on the Surrey Circuit, should 

 have a general retainer too. I have given re- 

 tainers to the leading counsel on all the Circuits 

 where the trials may come on. Eglinton, Bowes, 

 and Jonathan Peel have done the same. From 

 the heavy commission you executed for Bowes you 

 stand in greater hazard than anybody, unless it 

 be Eglinton, for his winnings on Blue Bonnet. 



" Peel and Charles Greville are in no sligfht 

 jeopardy from their notable trial about Canadian 

 at Guildford, where Peel proved half the informer's 

 case against himself and Charles Greville. — Yours 

 very sincerely, G. Bentinck." 



