Oh! yes, I gave it to the lady.
[Here a piece of paper was identified by this witness, and read in evidence, purporting to certify that Edward Gibbon Wakefield and Ellen Turner had been duly married according to the form required by the Scottish law. This paper, except the names and dates, was a printed register, at the top of which was a rudely executed woodcut, apparently of the royal arms.]
Did the gentleman and lady converse freely with you?
O, yes; he asked me what sort of wine they had in Linton’s house, and I said they had three kinds, with the best of Shumpine (Champagne.) He asked me which I would take, and I said Shumpine, and so and so; while they went into another room to dine, I finished the wine, and then off I came. I returned, and saw them still in the very best of comfortable spirits.
Mr. Scarlett.—We have done with you, Laing.
Mr. Brougham.—But my turn is to come with you, my gentleman. What did you get for this job besides the Shumpine? Did you get money as well as Shumpine?
Yes, sure I did, and so and so.
Well, how much?
Thirty or forty pounds or thereabouts, as may be.
Or fifty pounds, as it may be, Mr. Blacksmith?