night!

'He then subsisted for some little time on the bounty of his
undoers, who intended to make him one of them; but, not having
sufficient address for the profession, he was dismissed and "left
in the lurch;" and most of his friends discarding him, he
embarked with his last guinea for England. Here he has
encountered many difficulties, often been in gaol for debt, and
passed through various scenes of life, as valet, footman, thief-
taker, and at length, a penny-barber! He has a wife and large
family and lives in a very penurious manner, often lamenting his
early folly.'[11]

[11] 'The Western County Magazine, 1791. By a Society of
Gentlemen.' This well-conducted old magazine was printed and
published at Salisbury, and was decidedly a credit to the town
and county.

PENSIONED OFF BY A GAMING HOUSE.

A visitor at Frascati's gaming house in Paris tells us:--

'I saw the Chevalier de la C--(a descendant of the once
celebrated romance-writer) when he was nearly ninety. The mode
of life of this old man was singular. He had lost a princely
property at the play-table, and by a piece of good fortune of
rare occurrence to gamesters, and unparalleled generosity, the
proprietors of the salon allowed him a pension to support him in
his miserable senility, just sufficient to supply him with a
wretched lodging--bread, and a change of raiment once in every