Gaming Houses.
TO THE MD[TOR OF THE T1IZtES. Sir,-The public arc indebted to you for the able e.epsse respect- lng the gaming gentry which lhas been published in your paper. lt is to be regretted, with tbe knowledge your correspondent pOEa sesses, he has not suggested some remedy for the evil, of which he draws so auppalling a picture. Whilst the Statute Book is already crowded witt penal lawe to punish the offence of gaming, it is of little use to talk of a'arther appeal to the ,egislature. There is one mode (hitherto untried) that I think, if adopted, would put an end to all the gaming-houses in St. James's; und that is simply " to burn them out"-not, certainly, by fire, but by shame. The practice of " burning-out" is simply to have men, conspicu- ously dressed, ivi.h lantemns and lights, stationed oppositc every gaming-house, and having placards, withl the words " Beware of badl houses,"' with strict injunctions to tender such a placard to every person about to enter into any of them. Thb would, at least, deter trom them the young or inexperienced novices, who are daily allured into such practices. It is wellmknown that it is by these, and not frota what is taken from the systematic and irreclaimable gambler, that the proprietors draw their immease profits. Deprived of these, they must, in selfAefence, give up their different establishrrments. The practice of " burning out" has been successfully adopted by the churenwardens of manyparishes who wished toget rid of the in- mates of bad houses. OamingJsouseg are, like houses of ill.fame) common nuisances, and may he indkteef as such. That they are bad houses is unfortunately too true, and the sanme law that has cmpowVerelt the churewardens to act in this summary method to. wvards the one, mght surely he resorted to against the other. if this plan does not succeed, and in myP opinion its success will solely depend on the perseverance with which it will be acted on, I would recommend *the churchwardens to get all the hurdy-gurdy mea in the metropolis to go to each gaming-house, and cause them to play, alias make es much noise ac they culd, as a means of annoyance to disturb the gentry at their atasement. I have ieard of onc Savoyard, who made a practce of going daily to King-street, St. James's, where he stationed himself, and certainly did notspare either hi%longsor his guitar. Thishad such an efFecton the players, who had the distraction of play to contend widt, that they rosein a body, and went from that house to another. The bankers were obliged to give the cunning Savovard a quietus to in. duce him to desist. Thisc quietus he daily receives, and he exacts from others large sums in the same way. These two remedies are very simple, and will, I hope, be acted on by the churchwardeus. IS they do not avail themselves of either of them, I hope the last hint will not be lost on the numerous tribe of wandering musicians, as I have no doubt that they will become pensios ers on the different gaming.establishments, and at least help to ease them of a portion of tneir ill-gotten gains. F. C. OAMZilNa_HOUSEIS'