"Dr. B., a physician at _Lime_ (Dorset), a few days since, being under pecuniary embarrassment, and his house surrounded by bailiffs, made his escape by a window, into a neighbour's house, from whence he fled to London. The furniture was seized, and the sale actually commenced, when it was stopped by a letter, stating that the Doctor, upon his arrival in London, found himself the proprietor of the £20,000 prize. We guarantee the truth of this fact."--(_Times, Dec. 27, 1797._) * * * * * "The £20,000 prize, drawn on Friday, is divided amongst a number of poor persons: a female servant in Brook St., Holborn, had a sixteenth; a woman who keeps a fruit-stall in Grays-Inn-lane another; a third is possessed by a servant of the Duke of Roxburghe's; a fourth by a Chelsea Carrier of vegetables to Covent Garden; one eighth belongs to a poor family in Rutlandshire, and the remainder is similarly divided."--(_Times, Mar. 19, 1798._) Of Horse Racing we do not hear much--the prizes were small--and gambling on the Turf was not reduced to a Science as it is now-a-days. Even when attending races, the chief losses were at the gaming tables which accompanied them. "Poor _Newmarket_ is completely done up! The Spring Meeting boasts so few bets in the calendar of gambling, that the chance will not pay post-chaise hire to the black legs. Thus falls the destructive sport of the Turf--and, as that is the case, it would do honour to his Majesty to change the _King's Plates_ into rewards for the _improvement of Agriculture_."--(_Times, April 17, 1794._) "The Duke of Queensberry was a principal loser at Epsom Races. The Noble Duke had his _vis-a-vis_, and six horses, driving about the course, with two very pretty _emigrées_ in it. The Duke was in his cabriolet. The Duke of Bedford, Lords Egremont, and Derby, were also on the course. Several carriages were broken to pieces: and one Lady had her arm broken. "There was much private business done in the _swindling way_ at the last Epsom races. One black legged fellow cleared near a thousand pounds by the old trick of an E.O. Table. Another had a _faro table_, and was on the eve of _doing business_, when he was detected with a _palmed_ card: almost the whole of what may be justly styled 'vagabond gamblers' of London were present. "Mr. Bowes, half brother to the Earl of Strathmore, was robbed of a gold watch, and a purse, containing 30 guineas, at Epsom races, on Thursday last. Many other persons shared a similar fate, both on the same evening, and Friday. Upwards of 30 carriages were robbed coming from the races."--(_Times, May 25, 1795._) * * * * *