The Litchfield County post., 1826-08-01

" females become tho draages of life. khavel seen thsm engaged in almost every spe- cies 0f sorsilo employment, even tO the use ofshe spade in turning Up the soil, ana to still more mascrIne occupations, such as in our country are universally thrown upon the other sex--a singular inconsistency m nation, provcrbial for gallantry 1nd po- liteness. Ei the ladies of France have their faults and foibles---if they are fond of show and are addicted to pleasure, they certainly possess many redeeming virtues; ana my respect for tlioir characters has been very much. increased since crossing the chan" nei.
 But I have not yet quite done with the Palais Royal. As our object was general information. we went the rounds of the rambling-houses, which are accessible to we'll dressed and well behaved persons, without the necessity of adventuring. At Fuscatis, in Rue Richelieu, which is the most fashionable in Paris, the yisitant must put on his shoes and a white eravat. In the anti-chambers, servants are in waiting, who take charge ofhats, cloaks, and other garments; and there is as much parade in an entree,a ,as in entering parlour filled with select party of ladies and gentlemen. No loud talking or noise of any kind is allowa- ble. A long table covered with green baize stands in eachof the suite of apart ments, on either side of which sits one of the managers, with the group of adventu- rers about him, some with smiling counte- nances, and others with anxiety or distrac- ton depicted upon the brow. I have seen persons Sc frantic with the fortunes of the wheel, and with ruin staring them in the face, as to tear the hair from their head.- The next morning perhaps they were found below one of the bridges, in the bed of the Seine. A spirit of gambling appears to] pervade all classes. The labourer who has toiled all day for franc or two will play it away or double it at night. This vice however is not attended with it's usual concomitant of intemperance. No other kind of drink is taken in the room, than al glass of lemonade or of light table beer, which is furnished gratuitously.
 The games are rouge ct notr-red and 6lack-aRd par ct impar-odd and ecea- played with cards, and with balls thrown into a wheel set in motion, took no practical lessons on the subject, and could not explainthe principles, were it worth tho trouble. With one slight exception. how- ever, the chances appear to be exactly e-l ven, and the play is doubtless managed with fairness. The gains ofthe table are calculated on chiefly from the natural ope- rati0ns of the human passions. Novices will come in, and after losing all their mon- ey, are obliged to quit or if they at first chance to win, the intoxication of good fortune leads them on, till her favors are reversed. Large banks, which are icen- sed by the government and form lucrative source of revenue, enable the managers to mako their calculations independent of ceptible of being exhausted of their funds. It is said that MT. Barring, of London, went to one of the tables with G2O,O ,OOO and did not quit till he had broken the bank. Otla- CTS have tried the experiment to their sor- row, and immense fortunes have been lost in single night.
 The effect produced on the mind by the X pictures of these tables is the same, as isi occasioned by the exhibition of gross and excessive vices of any kind-to produce disgust, instead of temptation. No person can see females, advanced in life, seated at the board with flushed countenances, and using the rateau Ia long stick with a break at one end) inpulling in and showing out their money, without recoiling from the re- pulsive spectacle. There is no amusement in the game, and it is made as much a busi- ness of life, as the transactions ofthe coun- ter. A person must possess strong pro- pensity for gambling to lead him to sit | down seriouously in such a circle; and a great majority of those, who are drawn in- to the vortex, begin at first out of mere curiosity to try their luck, without an in- tention ofpursuing the chances ofthe wheel. Happy is the novice on whom fortuue frowns in the vestibule of her temple, be- fore her fascinating but deceitfll smiles have captivated his heart; and still happi- CT is he who does not throw himself within the sphere of her influence.
 The central situation of the Palais Roy- al. and the crowds of people who daily re- sort thither on business or pleasure, have led to many improvements in the vicinity, and among the rest to a peculiar kind of avenues, called Passages, opening from one principal street to another, through, blocks ofbuildings, and all the way under cover. They are occupied sas extensive bazars, consisting of a connected series of stores of every deScrintion whnre la.l:aa