The truth of the report has been vehemently denied; but the
circumstances are suspicious. The bill was dropped; Dundas, its
introducer, was Rigby's intimate associate. Rigby's nephew and
heir soon after married Rumbold's daughter. Sir Thomas himself
had married a daughter of Dr Law, Bishop of Carlisle. The worthy
bishop stood godfather to one of Rumbold's children; the other
godfather was the Nabob of Arcot, and the child was christened
"Mahomet." So, at least, Walpole informs Mann.'[47]
[47] Timbs, Club Life in London.
PLAY IN 1820.
According to the Morning Post of May 15, 1820, at one of the
gaming houses at the West End, in one night, property to the
amount of L50,000 is said to have changed hands.
ACCOUNT OF A GAME AT HAZARD.
The following account of a game at Hazard was given by a young
man, who, in the year 1820, was decoyed into one of the gambling
houses in the city, kept by one John Morley, who was convicted by
the Lord Mayor, in the penalty of L200, 'for keeping Hazard;' but
who, it is stated, left this country for Ireland the moment
proceedings were instituted.
'The house in question was to all appearance devoted to the
game of billiards, and most of those who frequented it engaged
merely in that game.
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