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A PARTY to VAUXHALL.
[Frem the Westminster Magazine.]
(FALLING on a friend one afternoon last
, week, I found a large party in his par
lour, whom I soon difccvered to be country
cousins come to fee their relations in town ;
or rather, to fee every thing that could be
seen in this populous ci : y, which they had
never visited before. Having been about a
week with my friend, they had, indeed, made
so good a use of their time, that they had been
almost every where but at Vauxhall. The
continual rains had hitherto prevented them
from swarming to a spot, which is by no means
fit for amufementin the opqn air, in so change
able a climate as our's is, to the no small vex
ation and disappointment of a thousand idlers
of both faxes, who can find no entertainment
in their own houses (without a crowd) or
within tbemfelves. However, these emigrants,
though obliged to think of returning home,
could not bear the thoughts of leaving Lon
don, without having seen so celebrated a place
as that above-mentioned. The evening was
remarkably cold and cloudy ; yet they not
only.inlifted upon going, but insisted upon
going in a boat ; faying, " That they had not
been upon a water-party since their arrival ;
and that itwouid be quite new to them." In
vain did my friend and his family tell them,
that the weather was too unfavourable for a
Rheme of that kind ; in vain did they advise
them to relinquish th'eir design, till they made
a fecund visit to London. They replied, "No;
they fficuld.be afbamed to ffiew their faces
amongftheir country neighbours, without ha
ving seen Vauxhall."'
Coaches were then proposed, in order to se
cure them from the weather. To this proposal
the answer was, " That a boat was the thing;
as they could not, with their heads dreded in
the falhion, lit upright in a coach." One of
the young Ladies now hepped to the window,
said, " That it was a charming evening ; and
declared ir her positive opinion, that there
would be no rain to fanify." In confrqucnce
of this peremptory declaration, my iriend's
fervanr was dispatched to flcure a boat; the
party prepared to follow him, and I prepared
to follow them ; a movement which 1 plainly
perceived, daggered the maker of the house
not a little ; and he could net help faying,
with looks of aftondhment, " That he yu^-
dered at my venturing, as there was such a pro
bability of bad weather." In reply, I told
him, " 1 hat it was the badness of the wea
ther which induced me to join the faviatic
corps, as no. great diversion could be expelled
in a fire evening." —" lam quite of your
mind, Sir, (said another of the females ;) I
always think, the more difficuky, the more
pleasure." However, I endeavoured to defend
myfelf in feme shape against the evils which
we had reason to apprehend, by throwing my
French cloak over my shoulders ; a precaution
which met with the warm-approbation of the
young Lady's father, who pronounced it to be
a prudent flop ; and was going to follow my
example, by thruftirg his arm into his furtout.
All the females then exclaimed, withone voice,
again!! the vulgarnefs of such a proceeding.
They said, " Sure you won't think of being
seen in so Shocking an undress! We had ra
ther be wet to the Rin than appear out of cha
raHer." " Truly (replied the Gentleman)
there are few of your sex who ever want to
appear otherwise." Atilt was then proposed;
but to that they made violent objections.—
"It was excessively dangerous." At lass,
therefore, they embarked without any defenfive
coverings, either for dryness or warmth ; and
in less than a quarter of an hour a very heavy
shower fell upon us. The women were tho
roughly soaked, and the decorations of their
heads, &c. &c. entirely ruined. My old Gen
tleman fcizing his furtout, which had soaked
up the water like a sponge, threw it, wet as
it was, over his cloaths, and made a motion
to land at Smith's tea house, in order to refit;
which received a general Aye. Accordingly
we landed, and ordered tea, coffee, and ne
gus, not forgetting a good fire. The pjrls
dridd their frippery, and the old man faueezed
much liquor out of his coat, putting a no
final! quantity in return into his carcase. We
them proceeded to the place 'of destination ;
and ourarrival at it seemed to have made the
country Ladies ample amends for all their
aquatic bufferings. ", What an enchanting
spot ! What delightful walks! What fiveet
feats ! How charmingly painted, and how ele
gant! What ravilhingmufic! What delicious
figging!" Such were the animated exclama
tions of my female companions ; though they
were by this time, in consequence of their patt
exposure to the weather without any coverings,
but their gauzes and their gewgaws, chilled
to such a degree, that their teeth chattered
and knocked against each other like so many
caflincts. Just as we fat down to fume ham,
chickens, cheese cakes, and a bottle of Ma
deira, two young fellows, in Hefh-coloured
fly frocks, light blue cape's, and Barre bree
ches, poked themselves at the end of our ta
ble, a if they were determined to stare our
females out of countena.ee. This proceeding
of theirs gave fill "greater offence to the father
of the croupe, than it did to them : He did
not at all like to fee his daughters treated like
women of the town, and therefore asked the
bucks, in a furious tone, " What they want
ed ?" .One of them immediately replied,.
"It may not be altogether so proper to tell
you, old Dad ; bup we will soon shew you
what we would be at"—taking hold of the
a>m of the young Lady nearest to him, who,
with no less personal strength than presence of
mind, initially disengaged herfelf; while her
Father told him, in stern looks, and a loud
Ivey, “That if he did not leave them that
moment, he would give him a very necessary
correction with his cane." Upon this the
Coxcomb replied, " That a cane was a wea
pon he had not been used to, as it was infi
nitely beneath the notice of a Gentleman; but
that with a sword, he was his man." " lou
wear a sword !'' answered my old man, fixing
his eyes upon a cut-ftell hilt, which dangled
by the fide of his swaggering adveffary.—
"Yes, Sir, (replied the young fellow) to in
timidate such old Rascals as you, who pretend
to keep fine girls to themselves.” Here my
Paterfamilias being compleatly provoked,
could refrain from blows no longer ; but laid
his flick so very smartly over the shoulders of
the terrific Gentleman, that he roared out, Mur
der! while his companion ran away. Between
every stroke his CorreNor said sneeringly to
him, " You wear a sword, do you r" When he
had fufficiently thralhed his courageous Anta
gonist, he made a lunge at the brilliant weapon
by his fde ; but, tell it not at the Til -yard !
he found it was a deception —all handle, no.
blade. The shouts of laughter which this
discovery produced from my country Ladies,
made the whole place, resound, and brought
every creature into the Gardens to enquire
into the cause of such obfireperous merriment.
A The old Castigator very readily gave the in
quisitive crew the information they desired ;
adding, with a dry archness peculiar to him
fclf, " This- Gentleman tells me he wears a
sword ; but I have been able only to get a
fight of the hilt. This was enough ; the
;whole company were convulsed with mirth;
I the Coxcomb sneaked away; and our Party
I thought it lime to prepare for their return
home, not chufing to run the rifque of any
more adventures. We got into our boat,: and
flattered ourselves, as the evening had a very
pfomifing appearance, that we should meet
with no more.watery difquietudes;.bu, For
tune had kill some perfections in reserve for
the eager votaries of pleasure. Before we
were rowed a little way from the celebrated
;place we had quitted, a huge Newfoundland
I cog, belonging to our Charon, jumped into
the boat, all over mud and water, and nearly
I over-set it. However, we were soon ouf of a
dangerous state ; but as he ran backwards and
forwards, shaking his wet hair., which resem
bled a large dirty mop, till he had covered
every, body with showers of foul water,
our women screamed with vexation. At
length we landed fafely ; and I Rail be much
mistaken, if the Ladies 'above mentioned do
not remember their Part, to Vauxhall; and
have quite enough to make their country neigh
bours laugh— (with them, and at them) as
long as they live.
Aug. zi Orders have been given to the,
officers of final! cruizers to examine all the
fifhing boats on the French coast, and to make
reprisals of all such as shall be found to have
any extra number of men or arms, or any
gunpowder or warlike fores on board, it being
known that thdfe fifhing .vessels supply the
American privateers, without the latter put
ting into port.
Yesterday came~on before the Right Hon.
the Earl of Mansfield and a Special Jury, a
cause to be tried, wherein one Hamilton was
the nominal Plaintiff, and a person of Briflol,
the Defendant. The cause of action arose
thus :—On the loth of Jan. 1772, Mr. H. by
direction of his employer, procured a policy
to be signed by thl Defendant, on the life of
the late Lord Northington for zool. for one
year, at twelve guineas per cent, premium.
In the course of the trial it appeared, that
Lord Northington, upon whose life the insu
rance was made, died the 14th of the fame
month, four days after signing the policy ;
that he had been in a very declining state from
the preceding August, and on the 20th of
October was given over as a dying man by
himfelf and his Physician ; that by the direc
tion of Lord Northington', as well as his
family, preparations had been made, some
days before his death, for his funeral, so cer
tain and inevitable was his fate, and so noto
riously known both in Hampshire and London;
yet the Broker, on presenting the policy,' had
represented, that I,ord Northington had been
a ffee.liver in his youth, was, at the age of
sixty three, fubjed to frequent attacks of vio
lent disorders, the gout, &c. but was then as
well as he had been for some time, or in his
usual way.
At the fame time policies were opened by
the fame parties on the life of the late Prin
cess Dowager of Wales, and the present Duke
of Gloucester, at 2; guineas per hundred
pounds, so that there was the true spirit of
gaming. Mr. Dunning, Counsel for the De
fend ant, urged all these matters home, not
without some oblique sarcasms upon his learn
ed friend on the other fide, for not prudently
relinquishing such a business before the scru
tiny was carried too far. Here itmuft be cenfefi
ed, that Mr. Mansfield, Counsel on the other
fide,reported upon the wit of the age with un
common poignancy of Hern wit, pointed as
sharp as his own. Mr. Mansfield observed, he
had been many years fludying to profit by the
;illuftrious example of his learned friend, and
I he hoped not without some small proficiency ;
4 but that the principal point wherein he had
;been peculiarly unfortunate not to imitate his
;excellent pattern, was, that extraordinary
I modefty which always obliged his friend to
abandon a cause that any other Counsel would
have gone through with ; but he did nqt think
Ihis own modesty would induce him to abandon
;his present client, in compliment to the inno
| cent men of Bristol, which place he never
lapprehendedlapprehended to be remarkable for producing
lambs, more than the animals of an opposite
nature; a kind of people who, of the two,
were more disposed to cheat than be cheated.
He observed they took the rifque with all its
advantages and'difadvantagts; that the price
of insurance was that of an ailing man ; and
the confeientious men of Bristol had very
quietly pocketed the twenty-five guineas pre
mium on the Duke of Gloucester's life, who
was then thought very bad, though now alive ;
he therefore hoped the jury would give a ver
di& for his client.
Lord Mansfield recapitulated all these par
ticulars, reprobating, in the strongest terms,
all those gambling, Sharping wagers on insu
rances on lives, wherein the parties had no
inteleft'; mentioning, that in a former trial
of the fort, about the Duke of Chandos, one
man swore that many thousand pounds were
done on the late Princess Dowager of Wales,
" dead or not dead," for twenty-four hours
after she was dead. His Lordship observed,
that it had been thrown out, that the Plaintiff,
having a brother conneaed with the Houfhold,
had an opportunity of knowing all the cir
cumstances better than the Defendant, but it
not appearing in evidence, was not to be re
garded, and concluded, if the jury were of
opinion that the Plaintiff was upon the sharp
ing order, they would give a verdid for the
Defendant ; if otherwise, they would find for
the Plaintiff. The jury, after a few minutes
consultation, gave a vefdi& for the Plaintiff,
of 1701. damages, and upwards.
It is said the trade of the Hudson's Bay
Company will shortly be thrown open to the
public. This commerce has for many years
past afforded great profits to the Company,
and even some advatages to Great-Britain :
for the commodities we exchange with the
Indians for their fkihs and furs, are all manu
factured in Britain; and as the Indians are
not very nice in their choice, such things are
sent, of which we have the greatest plenty,
and which, in the mercantile phrase, are drugs
with us. Tbs the workmanship too happen
to be in many refpeds so deficient, that no cf
vilized people would take it off our hands, it
may be admired dffiong the Indians. On the
other hand, the skins and furs we bring from
Hudson's Bay, enter largely into our manu
factures, and afford us materials for trading
with many nations of Europe, to great ad
vantage. The circumstances tend to prove
incontestably the immense benefit that would
redound to Great-Britain by throwing open
the trade to that part of the world, since even
in its present restrained state it is so advan
tageous.
The felons and other prisoners in the goal
of Newgate last night, soon after the hour of
locking up, attempted a general escape, by
endeavouring to force through various parts
of the building, and pelting the turnkeys
with bricks, pieces of lead, iron, wood, stone,
&c. They had so far carried forward their
enterprize, that the servants of Mr. Akerman
were driven from the goal, and the watchman
placed nightly on the roof came and gave no
tice, that the prisoners were near effecting
theif purpose through that part of the prison.
Mr. Akerman then armed himfelf, and col
lecting such assistance as he could procure, put
proper instruments of defence into the hands
of his followers, and, after giving them all a
Arid caution net to strike or wound a single
prisoner, unless he found himfelf necessitated
to give a signal to act offenfively, entered the
jail, and rushing across the quadrangle, under
a torrent of missiles, went into the molt noisy
and numerouily-tenanted ward; the moment
the door opened, the prisoners gave a loud
holloa, and availed them with a shower of
bricks, &c. Mr. Akerman pushed forward,
and seized Patrick Madan, who was at the
head of the riot, and who refilled with all his
itrength : a long feuffle ensued, but before it
ended, Madan, and others, who were ir.jft
forward in the proceeding, were secured and
lodged in the cells, not, however, without
some bloodshed.
A letter from Mr. Adair, received on Sun
day last, has the following expression; " For
seventeen days past the Duke of Gloucester
has been neither alive nor dead." Mr. Adair
adds, that in his opinion it was impossible his
Royal Highness could hold out much longer.
The rioters in Newgate yesterday morning
made a great diftuibance, and continued pull
ing down part of the ward they were confined
in, till the arrival of the Lord Mayor and
one of the Sheriffs (Tomas) whom they ad
dressed in a very pathetic manner. The expa
tiated, with a degree of eloquence seldom
found among such a set of desperadoes, on the
cruelty and impolicy of confining a body of
healthy young men to a goal for the space of
seven years for a misdemeanor, when they
were ready and willing to serve their country
in whatever line their superiors should think
proper. His Lordship treated them with great
humanity, and after rebuking them for their
outrageous proceedings, promised that every
thing in his power should be done to miti
gate their situation.
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor immedi
ately after, accompanied by some of the city
officers, proceeded to St. James's in order to
ilay the matter before the Secretaries of State;
he communicated his business to Sir Stanyer
Porten, who undertook to represent this alarm
ing affair to Lord Suffolk, and acquaint the
Lord Mayor with the result in a few days.
This morning upwards of twelve fail of
ships from Groningen, laden with wheat,
arrived in the River.
Wants a Housekeeper's Place,
A YOUNG WOMAN, who has lived three years
with a lady lately dead, and can have an undenia
ble character. Whoever this may suit, will please to
enquire of the printer.
EMONS, limes, and lime juice,
4-7 china oranges, lignum vitae, and Brazaleta wood,
tar, and mahogany boards, to be fold on board the flpop
Deborah, Capt, Darrell, near th: Ferry Stairs.
D:?. R Y A N^
Incomparable V^orm-deftroying
SUGAR PL UMB S,'
Necefiary to be kept in all Families.
SO exceedingly valued b, all People v:po have bad
of them in Great-Britain and Ireland, for their
transcendent Excellency in the defraying Worms of all
kinds both in the Bodies of Men, Women, and Children,
by not only breaking the Knots in the Duodenum or Gut
next the Stomach, but they pass through the smallest
Pafages of the Body, and purge away those ropy and
fimy Humours which are the taufe of those pernicious
Kermin, and the Source of many other Disorders; they
are one of the bes Purges in the whole World for gross
bodied Children that are apt to breed Worms, and have
large Bellies; their Operation is mild, faje and plea
sant; they wonderfully cleanse the Bowels of all fiff
and clammy Humours which fop up the Parts, and
prevent the Juice of Food being conveyed to the Liver
and made Blood, which is often the Case with Children,
and is attended with a hard Belly, finking B<eatb,
frequent Fevers, Rickets, and a Decay of Strength in
the lower parts : Likewise fettled Aches and Pains in
the Head, Swellings, old Sores, Scabs, Tetters, or
Breakings-out, will be perfeßl, cur'd, and the Blood
and Skin refored to its original Purity, and Smooth
ness; they purge by Urine, and bring away the Gra
vel, and effectually cure all Obffusions of the Urine,
or Ulcers in the Kidneys. They at once frike at the
true cause of the Scurvy, and entirely defroy it, and all
fcorbutick Humours and Effefis, Root and Branch, so
as never to return again ; and what makes them more
commendable is, they are full as agreeable to both Tafe
and Sight, as Loaf Sugar ; and in their Operation as
innocent as new Milk.
1 have by these Plumbs cured a great many Children
of Whooping or Chin-coughs, and Agues, which Dis
tempers are very common and troublesome to Families,
and the Want of these Plumbs are the Ruin of many
Children's Confutations.
These Plumbs enrich andfweeten the whole Mass of
Blood, carry off all gross, corrupt and putrid Humour's,
and create a frejb and bealtby Complexion in such a,
are affected by any putrid Matters.
The Plumb is a great Dieuretick, cleaning the Reins
of Slime; it expels Wind, and is a Sovereign Medicine
in the Cbolick and griping of the Guts. It allays and
carries offfur Vapours which occafon many Disorders
in the Head. It opens ail ObfruHions in the Stomach,
Lungs, Liver, Reins and Bladder; causes a good Ap
petite and helps Digefion. It hath been found won
derfully faccefs/ul to such Persons as are going into
Chronical Dtfempers, as Afibmas, Pbtbifcks, or Sbort
?iefs °f Breath, Droffies and Yellow Jaundice. Now
I, hope all impartial Persons are fatisfed, that the Me
dicine which works upon fuel) Humours^ will almost
teach any Diflemper, if not too far gone, since Corrup
tion and Putreffaion are the Fore-runners of all Dis
eases ; therefore no better Pbyfick can be taken for all
Ages, Sexes and Conjiitutions, from Infancy to an old
Age. These Plumbs are highly serviceable to the Fe
male Sex,from the Age of 14 to 20 Years, and from
40 to 50. Each Box containing one Dozen of these
Plumbs, Price 8 Shillings, with DireHions. Sold by
Hugh Gaine, in New-York and by no other Person in
America, unless by bis Appointment.
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Notary Public.
LAMBERT MOORE,
BEING returned to town, does the business of a notary
public, as usual. From 10 to 1 o'clock, he is to
be found at the Superintendant's Office : At any other
hour, eßqu're for him at his lodgings next door to Mr.
Lewis Pintard's, in Duke-street.
To the P~U BLI C.
ANY person whe may have taken up in a mistake or
otherwise, two letters that came from London in
the Ihip Hill, Capt. Marlhall, directed for Nathan Child
(as they can be of no service to any other person, and if
loft be a very disagreeable circumftanct; to him) are re
quested to fend or leave them soon as possible, at the office
of Henry White, Esq; at Mr. Richard Saufe's, near the
Fly-Market, at the bar of the Coffee House, or with
the printer hereof.
TO BE SOLD BY
WILLIAM PRINCE,
At Flufliing Landing, on Long-Inland, near New-
York,
A large Collection of Fruit Trees,
As follows, viz.
ENGLISH Cherries of ail Sorts,
, All Sorts of Peaches,
Neflarir.es and Apricots,
All Sorts of Plumbs,
All Sorts of Apple and Pear Trees,
Quince Trees,
The fiveet and hard Shell Almond Trees,
The Fillbud and Barcelona Nut Trees,
The Illanois and Madeira Nut Trees,
The Black Walnut and Butter Nut Trees,
The American Medlar or Perfimons Tree,
Fig Trees many Sorts,
The Englilh Mulbeny and black and white Ameri
can Mulberry,
The red, white, and black Rafberries,
The red, white, and black Currants,
Goofberries many Sorts,
Grapes many Sorts,
Great Variety of Strawberry Vines,
The monthly Rose and great Variety of other Roses,
Most Kinds of American Shrubs, not here men
tioned.
Any Gentleman that has a mind to fee a Cata
logue of all the Fruit Trees and Shrubs, may have
any Number of said Catalogues by applying to Mr.
James Rivington, or to Mr. Hugh Gaine, Printers,
in New-York. Said Prince has a large Number of
the Newtown Pippin and Spitzenberg Apple Trees
fit for fending to England or ell'e where.
Any Gentleman who wants any of said Trees is
defied toleave their O.ders at Mr. Hugh Gaine's,
Printer, at New-York, or on board the Flushing
Boat, at or near the Ferry-Stairs by the Fly-Market,
Oliver Thorne, now Matter of the Boat.
Price ON E GUINEA.
To the PUBLIC,
To be fold, by the Inventor's Appointment, at the Bible
and Crown, in Hanover-Square, and no where else
in America.
The Salutary C ONSERP E,
BEING an approved and infallible Preventive
from a Certain Disease.
The Author of this Medicine is a Gentleman very
well known, both in the Navy and Army, for his fuc
cefsful Pra&ice in Physic and Surgery, he has had re
peated and inconteftible Proofs of the good Effects of his
Medicine, which he was prevailed on to give to the Pub
lic some Years ago, in Europe, at the earnest Sollicitati
on, of some of his intimate Friends.—The Applica
tion of it is simple and easy, as will appear by the printed
dire&ioas given with each Phial.