It was foreseen when the public licensed gambling, houses of
Paris were suppressed (on the 31st ult.) that private, and of course more ob- jectionable establishments with the like object, would succeed to them. Two, each on a large scale, have in fact been discovered,—one in the Rue Hautville, the other in the Rue Chabannais. The first of these hells was, it appears, frequented by gamblers of the middle class; the second, the property, it is said, of an individual whom you would lament to see connected with such a speculation. The apartment was superbly fitted up,—one door, for example, consisted of a single plate of glass. Every precaution was resorted to that ingenuity could suggest to obviate detection. One of these was to limit the number assembled to nineteen, in order to evade the provisions of the law which prohibits the congregation of twenty persons without licence from the authorities. The money found on the tables (upwards of 8001. sterling) was confis- cated, as well as the expensive furniture and implements of the apart- runt. A third hell is in full operation, I am told, in the Faubourg St Honore. The Police will, no doubt, soon cut off that branch also ; but it will be extremely difficult ever totally to eradicate the evil. We may be said to have at last entered into the carnival. Paris is full and exceedingly gay.— Times Correspondent. It is reported at Paris, that since the commencement of this winter, not less than seven young ladies of noble families have eloped. One of them is stated to have gone off with her corn-cutter.
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