American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-06-17
LONDON GAMING HOUSES.
FROM LATE LONDON PApF


a very awkward explanation has taken places
which, at the present moment, divides The attention
OF the gay and fashionable at the West end oil the
town. with the affair Of Madle. alercandotti. A
young gentleman was the other evening the loser,
In one hour, OF $1,000. II will send you check
to morrow morning. SAID he; but in the interim,
you must allow me to put those dice in my peck y
, The tone and manner intimidaled his adversary.
The unsuccessful .samester went immediately to the
residence OF noble lord. The dice were broken,
and found not loaded; but, on nicer inspection,
they were found not to be square that is, longer
one way than the other, and so contrved as always
ito throw up SKIES. DON'T pay' eSclaimed tine
Inobe lord. "Don't pay" re echoed another noble
man. This advice has been followed. But The
Consequences resulting are fatal to all other money
transactions In this house. country banker, and
ia young merchant of great emnence, also refuse to
pay the sums they have lately lat this subscrp.
ton table. The dice, we understand, are exposed
TO the public at shop in Bond-street The house
where this occurrence took place. is not far reno
we'd from PiccadilIy, * may be recognized from its
commanding view of the Green Park TWAS for
merly known as WIS subscription house, and
came oto the hands Of its present possessor in the
Iyear 1920 1t was taken BY trio spoi tEg charac-
ters, who agreed toreain the original Subscribers
and who received the privilege of introducing .heir
own friends Rouge 1t sSoir was excluded but a
frtnch hazard table was Sc! up, around which was
nightly collected the greater part OF young wen OF
fashion about town. and immense sums Of money
lost TO the table The regular advantage to the
bank at this game is equal a small! per centage,
but the winnings OF the house regularly amounted
to considerable dividend Of the stakes. Astonish-
ment was frequently expressed at the runs OF luck,
as they were called, Of the bank but, such Is the
nlatuaon OF play, that the lrequenters still con-
nued 10 lose night alter night deluded by the ele-
gance Of the accommodation, the apparent respec-
Ifql1il nTt insi pF
subscription house. A few MOBILES Of tie and some
characters on he turf, who supposed to be sharp
on all points, well as host OF Idle young men,
have in turn been sufferers. To give an instance:
one nigh last season certain noble lord lost 50oCl;
gentleman well known OF Tattersail's $4,000; and
a Commoner who has lately created sensation by
an excursion with lovely brunette, COOL This
was nights profit. The concern went on with
equal prosperity for seasons, realizing it is said,
over 250,0O0t. which the three partners DIVIDED.
! One OF the partners retired at the commencement
OF this season; and we understand that law procee-
| dngs commenced against the others loi the
recovery OF large sums since the discovery Ut the
dice with unequal sides. The principal, it, said,
has left town Tor the Continent, to avoid the
quences Of an investigation. One OF them, Mr. A.
was few years since waiter and marker OF bill
i marketable at the Smyrna Coffee House, in St.
IJames's -street; another, Mr.. Z. was formerly a
! fishmonger 10 a small way, and acquired money by
successful betting the turf. The principal and
master hand OF this concern. Mr. 5 T., was at one
time partner in mercantile house in the city which
became bankrupt. He arrested, and lived in
The Jules Of the Kings Bench Tor some time, in
great distress. He conlryed to open, FIVE years
i since, with the assistance OF friend, i50atgp ct
.AoiT house, on small scale, in Pall.mal, whence
The removed to large concern in the same street,
fnearer to St Jamess Here his success was pre-
Icedent, and in very short time his profits auiuun-
4. nnnf Nr..L -.
management Of the Subscription house in Pcca-
sldilly, where profits realized to very LARGE
Iextent and which might have gone on but Tor the
discovery of the unequal dice, which has broken up
Ibis trade.
4 Frog sHdrket-DruSSetS.- In lane, hard by
1.-The green and fruit stalls, we fell in with the Frog
market, which was novelty TO US. The animals ate
brought alive in pals and and sold by tale.
The frog women arranged on forms, like the
loyster women in the Edlnburg fish market, and like
them, they prepare the article for the purchaser ON
1.-The spot as the oyster woman dexterously opens
the shells with her gully, the frog woman shows no
Hess adroitness, although more barbarty, in the ex-
ercise OF her scissors with these she clips off the
hind limbs (belng the only part used) laying them
lat the same time with great rapidly, and sticking
them on wooden skewers. Many hundreds OF the
4 bodies OF the frogs, thus cruelty nangled, were
.crawing in the kennel, lying III heaps, till they
Ishould be carried off in the dust CART
4 e Our worthy CaledonIans do not inform US whe-
Ether they vsntured to taste pastey made with these
hind quarters, after the scene they Witnessed. For
lour parts, having been accustomed to witness
nearly much cruelty practised by the females who
sell and skin liue eeis in Lopdon We were easily
prevailed on to partake Of frog pas;ey 10 Paris,
and in common with several of our count,ymen who
tasted it at the table, pronounf ed it 10 be,
decidedly, the best Of the French dishes. Ftogs,
however, are expensive and rarity even in Paris
land are only seen at the tables Of The opulent''
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