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asked him if he had given any money to Mr. Beale and Mr. Portman and 
Mr. Clarke? 
The witness said that he gave them £500 to settle his accounts. 
The Attorney-General. — Do you mean to say that you gave them <£500 
in money. 
Witness. — No I gave them securities for £500, which have since been 
paid. I think, upon the whole, 1 stood to win about <£1200. I am sure I 
stood to win more than £658. I will swear that. I won money from a per- 
son of the name of Davis. I don’t know that he was a defaulter. I did not 
see him at Tattersall’s, but Dixon said that he would not be able to settle. 
Davis owed me <£4476. Adkins was also a defaulter. He owed me about 
£*500. I lost money to a Mr. Williams, and 1 think I also lost money to a 
person of the name of W ood. I never interfered with the accounts after I 
gave them into Mr. Portman’s hands. Dixon came to me on the Saturday 
previous to the settling-day to make some communications respecting Davis 
and Adkins. I did not say to him at that time that after what he had said of 
Davis and Adkins it would be impossible for me to settle my account. 1 did 
not say that I would not settle. 
The Solicitor-General. — Will you swear that you did not then say, “I 
shall not settle my account?” Witness. — To the best of iny belief I did not 
say so. 
Will you undertake to pledge your oath that you did not say so? — We 
might have had words that we did not think would come to light afterwards. 
(A laugh.) I won’t swear positively as to what transpired on that occasion. 
Lord Abinger. — Will you swear that you did not say you would not pay ? 
Witness. — I should not like to lake an oath either way, that I said I would 
or would not settle. 
The Solicitor-General — Did you not tell Dixon to go to Tattersall’s 
# on Tuesday, and say, that in consequence of Davis and Adkins not paying, 
you could not settle your account? — I did not say so. I will swear it. 1 
cannot recollect seeing Mr. Glenn at Tattersall’s. I do not remember having 
said, either to Glenn or Dixon, that I should not be able to pay or to receive 
on account of the Derby races. I might, however, have said so in hopes of 
getting some person to settle my accounts for me. I afterwards authorized 
certain gentlemen to settle my betting accounts. They came to my house a 
day or two after the settling-day at Tattersall’s. M r. Portman, M r. Beale, and 
Mr. Clarke, came to my house together. They were all winners from me to a 
large amount. I gave them a written authority to settle my Derby accounts. 
I took no part in the matter afterwards. 
Mr. Portman examined. — I have been in the habit of attending races for 
the last six or seven years. At the Derby in 1841, I made bets with Mr. 
Gurney. I won from him at the last Derby <£300. I saw' him at Tattersall’s 
the day before the settling-day. It was on a Monday. I also saw him on 
the Tuesday. When he entered the yard he had a roll of bank-notes in his 
hand. I did not see him pay any money. I saw him apply to a Mr. Cloves. 
Did not hear what Mr. Gurney said to Mr. Cloves, but heard Mr. Cloves 
answer. He said to Mr. Gurney, “I shall not pay any money until I see 
what you are about.” I heard Captain Higgins say to Mr. Gurney, “Here 
is Mr. M’Donogh ; if you will allow me, I will transfer the debt I owe you 
to him.” Mr. Gurney refused to permit the transfer. I heard Mr. Gurney 
say, “if no one party will pay me, there is no use; I cannot pay others.” I 
called the next day on Mr. Gurney, and made an application for the settle- 
ment of my account, and I received an authority from him to settle his 
account. Mr Beale and Mr. Clarke accompanied me. On receiving the 
authority, I went to the Duke of Bedford, Captain Rous, and Colonel Anson, 
