SIR WILLIAM COLEPEPPER.

It is told of Sir William Colepepper that, after he had been
ruined himself at the gaming table, his whole delight was to sit
there and see others ruined. Hardened wretch--'Who though he
plays no more, overlooks the cards'--with this diabolical
disposition!

THE BITER BITTEN.

A certain duchess, of a ci-devant lord-lieutenant, who expected
to make a pigeon of Marshal Blucher, was fleeced of L200,000; to
pay which her lord was obliged to sell a great part of his
property, and reside on the continent.

HUNTED DOWN.

A stout-hearted and gallant military baronet lost an immense sum
at a celebrated gaming house; but was so fortunate as to recover
it, with L1200 more. This last sum HE PRESENTED TO THE WAITERS.
He was pursued by two of the 'play-wrights' to a northern
watering-place, where he was so plucked that all his possessions
were brought to the hammer. A competency was, however, saved
from the magnificent wreck.

COMING OF AGE.

When Sir C-- T--, a weak young man, with a large fortune, came of
age, the Greeks, thinking him an excellent quarry, went to York
Races, made him drunk and plundered him of a large sum. The next