ter of Dr Law, Bishop of Carlisle. The worthy bishop stood
godfather to one of Rumbold's children; the other godfather was the
Nabob of Arcot, and the child was christened "Mahomet." So, at least,
Walpole informs Mann.'(47)

(47) Timbs, Club Life in London.

PLAY IN 1820.

According to the Morning Post of May 15, 1820, at one of the gaming
houses at the West End, in one night, property to the amount of L50,000
is said to have changed hands.

ACCOUNT OF A GAME AT HAZARD.

The following account of a game at Hazard was given by a young man, who,
in the year 1820, was decoyed into one of the gambling houses in the
city, kept by one John Morley, who was convicted by the Lord Mayor, in
the penalty of L200, 'for keeping Hazard;' but who, it is stated, left
this country for Ireland the moment proceedings were instituted.

'The house in question was to all appearance devoted to the game of
billiards, and most of those who frequented it engaged merely in that
game. Through the agency of professed gamesters, who shared in the
profits of the concern, those who appeared to be proper objects of
plunder were soon introduced to the Hazard table, which was kept in a
retired and private part of the house.

'The evidence of the young man was to the following effect:--He had been
in Morley's house; the game of Hazard was played in the front room on
the second floor; a door led into it from the landing-place, and another
from the public billiard-room, which was the back room on the same
floor; both these doors were during the time of play kept barred and
locked, and never opened except to the voice of some person known to
the master of the house. During the play the door was seldom or never
opened, but before the play commenced there was an understanding given
that proceedings were about to begin.

'In the centre of the room was a large circular table, over which a
lamp was suspended, and round the table the players sat, in number,
generally, from six to ten.

'The play commenced by one of the players taking the dice-box with
two dice in it; two other dice were covered on the table, and might be
substituted for those in the box, upon application to Morley, who acted
as "groom porter." The person who held the box was called the caster,
and he called a main, that is, he mentioned aloud any number on the
dice from five to nine; and throwing the dice on the table, counted the
number on the two dice as his chance, the number which h