vidence of the other witness, Ford, confirmed all the material
facts of the former, and the gentleman himself, the intended victim,
substantiated the evidence of Wright--as to putting him in possession of
their nefarious designs.

When the gentleman found that he had been cheated of the L125, he went
to Walker to demand back his money. Walker, in the utmost confusion,
went into the room, and returned with a proposal to allow L100. This
he declined to take, and immediately laid the information before Mr
Sergeant Runnington.

The learned Sergeant forcibly recapitulated the evidence, and declared
that in the whole course of his professional duties he had never heard
such a disclosure of profligacy and villainy, combined with every
species of wickedness. In a strain of pointed animadversion he declared
it to be an imperative duty,--however much his private feelings might
be wounded in seeing a reputable tradesman of the town convicted of such
nefarious pursuits,--to order warrants to be issued against all parties
concerned as rogues and vagrants.

At the next hearing of the case the court was crowded to excess; and the
mass of evidence deposed before the magistrates threw such a light on
the system of gambling, that they summarily put a stop to the Cobourg
and Loo tables at the various public establishments.

At the first examination, the 'gentleman' before mentioned, a Mr
Mackenzie, said he had played _Rouge et Noir_ at Walker's, and had lost
L125. He saw O'Mara there, but he appeared as a player, not a banker;
the only reason for considering him as one of the proprietors of the
table, arose from the information of the witnesses Wright and Ford.

On this evidence, Mr Sergeant Runnington called on O'Mara and Walker for
their defence, observing that, according to the statements before him,
there appeared sufficient ground for considering O'Mara as a rogue and
vagabond; and for subjecting Mr Walker to penalties for keeping a
house or room wherein he permitted unlawful games to be played. O'Mara
affirmed that the whole testimony of Wright and Ford with respect to
him was false; that he had been nine years a resident housekeeper in
Brighton, and was known by, and had rendered essential services to, many
respectable individuals who lived in the town, and to many noble
persons who were occasional visitors. He seemed deeply penetrated by the
intimation that he could be whipped, or otherwise treated as a vagabond;
and said, th