In a discussion, on Thursday, of the Middlesex Bench con-
cerning the disadvantages of granting "occasional licences" to people who use them only for special race-occasions, Mr. Serjeant Lox told a good story of some card-sharpers who got into the train with him, and who, after betting amongst themselves, asked him to bet, pointing out how one of them had gained money,— whereon he replied that he could hardly bet, as he was a magis- trate and the Chairman of the Sessions, and would probably have them before him in the course of the week ; whereupon the -card-sharpers begged his pardon, and decamped at the next station. Evidently, whether Serjeant Cox has or has not a gift for the dis- cerning of "spirits," he can discover card-sharpers, and frighten them too. Card-sharpers are not prone to beg pardon.
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