jor Oneby took
up a bottle, and with great force threw it at Mr Gower's head, but did
not hit him, the bottle only brushing some of the powder out of his
hair. Mr Gower, in return, immediately tossed a candlestick or a bottle
at Major Oneby, which missed him; upon which they both rose to fetch
their swords, which were then hung in the room, and Mr Gower drew his
sword, but the Major was prevented from drawing his by the company.
Thereupon Mr Gower threw away his sword, and the company interposing,
they sat down again for the space of an hour.

At the expiration of that time, Mr Gower said to Major Oneby--'We have
had hot words, and you were the aggressor, but I think we may pass
it over'--at the same time offering him his hand; but the Major
replied--'No, d--n you, I WILL HAVE YOUR BLOOD.'

After this, the reckoning being paid, all the company, excepting Major
Oneby, went out to go home, and he called to Mr Gower, saying--'Young
man, come back, I have something to say to you.' Whereupon Mr Gower
returned to the room, and immediately the door was closed, and the rest
of the company excluded--when a clashing of swords was heard, and Major
Oneby gave Mr Gower a mortal wound. It was found, on the breaking up of
the company, that Major Oneby had his great coat over his shoulders, and
that he had received three slight wounds in the fight. Mr Gower, being
asked on his death-bed whether he had received his wounds in a manner
among swordsmen called fair, answered--'I think I did.' Major Oneby was
tried for the offence, and found guilty of murder, 'having acted upon
malice and deliberation, and not from sudden passion.'

THE NEPHEW OF A BRITISH PEER.

In 1813, the nephew of a British peer was executed at Lisbon. He had
involved himself by gambling, and being detected in robbing the house of
an English friend, by a Portuguese servant, he shot the latter dead to
prevent discovery. This desperate act, however, did not enable him to
escape the hands of justice. After execution, his head was severed from
his body and fixed on a pole opposite the house in which the murder and
robbery were committed.

The following facts will show the intimate connection between gambling
and Robbery or Forgery.

EDWARD WORTLEY MONTAGU AND THE JEW ABRAHAM PAYBA.

Edward Wortley Montagu was the only son of the celebrated Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu, whose eccentricities he inherited without her genius.
Montagu, together with Lords Taffe and Southwel