A Committee of twelve noblemen and gentlemen, in whose practical
experience and high sense of honour in sporting affairs the world will place implicit confidence, have been appointed to investigate the charge advanced against a noble lord.—Post.
The following paragraph from the Chronicle relates to the same affair as the foregoing statement of the Post- " At a party at whist at a most fashionable club some time ago, it was disco- vered, or supposed to be discovered, by one of the gentlemen who had been a considerable loser, that the aces and some other of the higher cards were marked in the two packs of cards -then in use at the table. The only ex- pression which fell from the discoverer at the time was, "This is too bad ; these cards are marked.' Fresh cards were called for, and the marked cards given to the waiter to be sealed up, as it should seem, for subsequent investiga- tion. It is not for us to explain oy what extraordinary infatuation the parties separated without demanding an investigation on the spot ; :but be that as it may, none appears to have been called for or instituted. One of the individuals, a noble lord, went subsequently abroad. In his absence the transaction was much talked of, and of course, became the subject of ninny surmises and reports. Anonymous letters, referring, it is said to former transactions, con- taining injurious suspicions, and making free with the name of one individual, were; quoted. His friends are said to have insisted on his return, to call the parties to account who had been busy with his reputation ; and some article published in a weekly journal, directly imputing the most fraudulent practices to him, made it absolutely necessary that sonic steps should be taken to clear up the matter."
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