The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-15 00:00:00

PRESTON JUBILEE GUILD, SErr.

THIc morning a Public Breakfast was given by
Mr. ASPINALL, at his house in the Fishergate.
The company was numerous and selel.
In the evening we conclude our Jubilee with a
grand Masquerade,, which is to be held in the Town
Hail and Guild Hall.
This day resembled the commencement of the
Jubilee, for carriages were arriving in town during
-the whole of the day, from different parts of the
Country, with families and parties, to view so -novel
a species of .amusement as a Masquerade in the
cottrsoy.
Soon after eight o'clock, the company began to
Assemble,: The Halls were very tastefully hung
',with, laurels and different sorts of evergreens, so as
to make them have the effea of a grove. The corn-
pany continued coming till past eleven o'clock,
when, contrary to our expeaation, although the
admission was one guinea, the -Halls were com-
pletely filled, so thiit there was hardly a possi-
bility of moving.' There were supposed to be one
thousand persons assembled, of which several hun-
ilred'supportedcharaaers. The following:charaaers
Aeserve notice :—Lord GARDNER aeted the Grand
Turk extremely well ; Lord STANLEY, as 'a Sfid-
*iriii7'd; %Val dressed most superbly ; a #ecruiting
Serjeant, with a Drummer and Fifer, and. the Auk-
rwaid Squad, caused much mirth. There must have'
been great pains taken in the seleaion, of: die Azik
Squad, as they were almost all defortnekl:sl.lr.'.
BA R N -LE r, Of 'Manchester, in the'eliaratter.4 Dotior
Pon Isaac Slasikenb.Pygitts, High German Hebrew
Doetor : this charafter was one of the principal en-
tertaibrnenrs of the evening, and was allayed by
every body to he the best supported, both as to dress;
language, &c. ; he frequently harangued sthe coin-
pany for near twenty minutes, from a bench, with_
the greatest fluency. of language, in the true Quack
11)aor style. Major BROOKS, -who is ;six feet
two inches high, in the Charaaer of a Girl in lead-
ing strings, attended by his Nurse, afforded a deal
of amusement in playing childish tricks, and run...
ning away .from his Nurse, &c. Lady
GER/Lyn appeared as a Savoyard, with a tamborine,
which,she played extremely well ; her Ladyship was
attended by two Lasses with a hirrely-gurdy; and a
triangle; I4r.jitt NINGt-TAM as Hamlet, was dressed
most elegantly; he wore a very costly lace ruff.
Mrs. JERNINGHAM was the Queen, in Hamlet, and
tore elegant figure never graced that charaaer
the was dressed in black" velvet, richly embroidered
with silver, Mr; -WATSON, the eminent cotton-
Inanufsaurer of this town, sustained the charaaer
of a Waggoner so extremely well, that although . he
Was quizzed by great numbesa,.and is extremely
well known- here, yet he was not discovered by above
three or four. There were a number of
gains, but such a set of heavy-heeled ones never at-
tempted the charaCter ; they. were only entitled to
the name from the dress., Two Burlesque Dances
took place, with the greatest contrast of cha-
raaer : One was between the Quack Doctor, Ma-
• •
Pr:BitooKs, as ..the infant, an -Old Maid, and a
1-Yomino. The other was between Lord STANLEY,
'Who is at least six. feet high, as a Spaniard, the In-
a3enA), and the Devil ; they were in a short
time joined by a Waggoner and a Searamonch : they
formed the most morlek groupe ever beheld, and
afforded great amusement -to the spedators. The
Sew was extremely well supported, both in dress
and language ; he sold speCtacles and • telescopes :
bombers tried to discover hills, but did not succeed.
We have thus endeaVonred to give a sketch of
the numerous Charaaers; It "was the Opinion -of
Many. who have been-in the habit of attending Mas_
querades in London, that this was One of the best
they ever witnessed. The Mayor. and the Mayoress