"Mrs. G. is said to understand Faro better than any other Lady of the town, particularly in the art of _doubling_ the corner of a card, so as to win triple stakes if it is successful. She has _doubled_ the Faro Bank holders out of so much money, that they shrink at the sight of her presence. There is so much running upon _tick_ with the Faro Tables, that, like the Country Banks, they are breaking every day. They will soon want some other assistance than Cards, and Wax Lights, to keep up some of the Establishments at the West end of the town. "The Faro Bank holders now lose money almost every evening. The _punters_ are now becoming the _rooks_, and the _bankers_ the _pigeons_. The Ladies understand the game so well, and play so _keen_, that it requires the eyes of _Argus_ to detect all their _tricks_. As little _Quick_ says in the play, a greenhorn has only to put down his money, and he is sure to find some one _to take it up for him_."--(_Times, May 1, 1793._) * * * * * "A _Banking_ Lady, in St. James Square, is about to commence a prosecution, because it is said, that there was much _filching_ at her Faro table. The house was quite in an uproar on Tuesday night, in consequence of a paragraph that appeared in a Morning Paper of the preceding day. The Lady _vows_ she will call in the aid of an _Attorney_ to _support her reputation_: and observes, that the _credit_ of her house will suffer if such reports are permitted to go unpunished. The _Faro Ladies_ are, in the sporting phrase, almost _done up_. Jewels, trinkets, watches, laces, &c., are often at the pawnbrokers, and scarce anything is left to raise money upon, except their _pads_. If justice is to be _hoodwinked_, and _gambling_, and _sharking_, permitted, why not make it an article of revenue, as in foreign countries, and lay a heavy tax on it. A tax on excessive gaming would, in the course of a year, produce as much as would fit out a 50 gun ship."--(_Times, May 2, 1793._) * * * * * "The war has lessened the receipt of the Faro Tables, insomuch, that they can barely allow _lemonade_. "The _Faro Tables_ now really come within the true meaning of _plundering_ shops. They are attended by a gang of sharpers, who talk of knocking down the _Croupiers_ if any offence is taken at the most barefaced frauds. Surely the Police may now make forcible entry into the Houses, fashionable, or unfashionable, which hold out a bait for the purpose of robbery."--(_Times, May 3, 1793._) * * * * *