The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-01 00:00:00

SWINDLING FETE A

All the mountebanks of the town are now coming forward
with their several impositions; in honour, as they say, of Lord
WELLINGTON. The immense crowd which attended at
Vauxhall inspired certain adventurers with :an idea that a
burlesque on it would be profitable at the Opera Rouse. The
Public were accordingly invited there, in form, and gravely
assured, the entertainment would surpass ev,?.ry thing that
had been seen before. In the puffs which appealed in the
Papers, it was set forth, that all the inconveniences which
had been experienced at Vauxhall, in getting refreshments,
would be avoided here, by arrangements equally novel ar►d
accommodating. By such arts as these, the 'Adventurers,
who hired the Theatre for the tight, had the satisfaction of
seeing upwards of a hundred persons fall into the snare.
At a late hour, with much difficulty a sufficient party was
mustered to open the ball, and about a dozen pair forthwith
began to dance.

Exercise gave an appetite, and in due time the company
felt a sort of disposition to eat, In the refreshment-room,
they were lucky enough to find sandwiches and negus, of
which they partook freely, and were about to resume their
spor ts, when they were called upon to pay. This applica-
tion excited. much indignation, and some opposition. Those
who had paid a guinea for admission; talked of the Antedilu-
vian times, when for a guinea they could go to a masque-
rade, in which an elegant supper and wines were included.
They had not the liberality to reflect, that as there were so
few persons assembled, those who presumed to eat or drink
must pay for their refreshments, and think themselves welt
off' to be allowed that privilege by the guinea they had
given for a ticket. Payment was generally refused, and the
parties demanding it, treated with as little respect as other
vagrants in the street. The greater part of We company
soon retired in disgust, consoled however by the reflection,
that from the thinness of the attendance, the swindlers were
taken in, as with all their extortion and fraud, the sums pro-
duced by their shameful depredations on the Public could
not be enough to pay their expences. Fur once the biters
were bit.

AU'IGRA m, 4c.

(From The Satirist of the present month.)

A GOOD EXCUSE.
A Gentleman, furious with anger awl hnng•er,
Thus address'd an itinerant Irish fishmonger :
" Yon knavish infernal impostor! pray lw %%-
Could you sell me slit:hush as I paid tor just now?
Why d--n it, you rascal! they stink lire Me devil !"
Says paddy, " your honour, that's not very civil ! •
Wliate'er be the mack'rel, 'tis sorely a shame
To blame me whew none but yourselt are to blame;
Before your owu door you allow'd me to cry 'em
Five days, Sir, before you thought proper to L tty 'cm." '

AMERICAN DIVORCES.

The summary mode of obtaining divorces in the United States
may be gathered from die following extract from a newspaper of
that country. The defendant (husband), being cited to appear for
three several weeks, and failing lo obey the '+unnwn•, Mts. Nancy-
Fanning was of course decreed by the justices to be again Miss
Nancy Coffin, and at liberty to choose -a more constant and coal-
nent swain as a partner for. lite.
To the Honourable the Justi of the SI
begun and holden at Roston-
on the second Tuesday of .
thousand eight hundred and
Humbly sheweth, Nancy It
of Nantucket, and the wits of

tices of the Snpreme Judicial Court,
II within and for the comity GlSt:ff •
iu the yea* of utif Lord, or.,e
.1 thirteen.
Nanning. of Nantucket, in the county
f Mai C. FADiiiiik ufatkl Ntiuturt.4l,