, 1860-10-05
Advertisements--Historieal.

seemed 30 glad that he himself wondered how
he could have been persuaded to stop away &
long. let us catch the lost luggage Of . poo
Cavalier, who has just followed his royal mastel
from his long banishment, and turn out It's con
tents for our reader in order to show that ever
ruined old courtiers carried more imPedimenti
than the famous shirt, towel, and piece Of soap
Of our renowned Napier. The 'Mercurius Pub
licus' is now our mine, in which We sink . shat
and come up with this fossil advertisement
which bears date July 5th, 1905
A Leathern POrtmantle Lost at Sittingburn
IA or Rochester, when his Majesty came thither,
wherein was O suit Of Camolet Holland, with two
little laces in . seam, eight pair Of white Gloves
and pair Of Does leather; about twenty yards
Of skie-colourd Ribbon twelvepenny broad, and
. whole piece Of black Ribbon tenpenny broad,
clOath lead-coloured cloak, with store Of lnnen
apair Of shOos, slippers, o Montero, and other
things; ell which belong to Gentleman q near
servant TO His Majesty who hath been too long
Imprisoned and Sequestered to be now robbed
when all men hope to enjoy their own. II any
can give notice, they may leave word with Mr..
Samuel Merne, His Majesties Book Binder, at
bis house in Little Britain, and they shall be
thankfully rewarded.
The King had not been { in q month ere his
habits appear through the public papers. The
Mercurius Politicus' Is now turned eourtier,
and has changed It's name to the 'Mercurius
PublcuS' Its columns indeed are entirely under
the direction Of the King, and, instead Of slash
ing articles against malignants, degenerates into
q virulent oppressOr Of the Puritans and vehi-
Gle for inquiries after his Majesty's IavOurite
dogs that have been stolen. In the number for
June 2sth, 1860, for instance we find the follow.
ing advertisement -
~ A Smooth Black Dog, less than . Grey
hound, with white under his breast. be-
longing To the Kings Majesty, was taken from
Whitehall, the eighteenth day Of this instant
June, or thereabOuts. If any one can give no.
tice to John Ella, one of his Majesties servants,
or to his Maestics Back stairs, shall be well 70.
~ardod foE ihOis IsbOus. ---.'',
It Is evident that the smooth black dog was .
very great avOrte, for the next publication Of the
journal contains another advertisement with re-
spect TO him. printed in larger italic type the dc
ton Of which, from its pleasant raillery, looks as
though Il had come from tte Kings own hand
B We must call upon you again for . Black
Dog, between Greyhound and Spaniel,
no white about him, onely streak on his Breast,
and Tayl little bobbed. Il Is his Majesties own
Dog, and doubtless was stoln, for the Dog was
not born nor bred In England, and would never
forsake his Master. WhosOever findes him may
Acquaint any at Whitehall, fr the Dog was bet.
ter known at Court than those who stole him.
Will they never leave robbing His Majesty 7
must he not keep a Dog2 This Dogs place
(thOugh better than some imagine) is the onely
place which nobody offers to beg.
We think the change in the temper Of the age
Is more clearly marked BY these dog advertise.
ments than by anything else. The Puritans did
not like sporting animals Of any kind, and We
much question whether dog would have fol.
lowed 6ith.monarchy.man Hence the total
absence Of al advertisements bearing upon the
hncy.' Now that the King bad returned, the
old English love Of feld.spOrts spread with four.
fold vigOur. We chance upon the traces, too, Ol
courtly amusement which had been handed
down from the middle ages, and was then only
lingering amongst us-hawking. Here Is an in
quiFy after lost lanner:-
Ilcuafu Etuuoys A1qulHcg VI AtaANotA, " Aol-
III cestefshire, about fortnight since lost q
LANNER from that place; she hath neither Bells
nor varvels; she is white Hawk, and her long
feathers and sarcels are both In the blood. II
any one give tidings thereof 10 Mr. Lambert at
the golden Key IN Fleet-street they shall have
forty shillings Ior their pains.-AeTeuyius Polti-
aU September Q, 1850.
We have skipped few years in order to aE
ford one or two more examples Of these pictur-
esque advertisements, 90 different from anything
10 be seen ct the present day.
r OST on the 80 Of October, 1895, an Inter
IL mix'd Barbary Tercel Gentle, engFaven IN
Varvels, Richard Wildwood, Of Ditton Park, In
the County Of Bucks, ESQ For more particu-
lar marks-if the VaFvelS be taken OG-the 4th
feather In one Of the wings Imped, and the third
pounce Of the right foot broke. II any one in
form Sir William Roberts Knight and Baronet
(neaF HaFrow-on-the Hill, In the County Of Md.
Head In PateFnoster Row, Of the Hawk, he shall
be sufficiently rewArded.-7he htslligmoeT, Nov.
0, 1866.
The next paper contains an inquiry for gOs.
hawk belonging TO Lord William Petre, and two
years later royal bird is inquired after in the
London Gazette, as folIows:-
A Sore ger Falcon Of His Majesty, lost the
n 10 Of August, who had one varvel Of his
Keeper, Roger Higs, Of Westminster, Gent.
WhosOsver hath taken her up and give notice
Sir Allen Apaley, Master Of His Maiesties Hawks
at Sir James's, shall be rewarded for his paines.
Back-Stais In WhitshAll.
The quack doctors, with an eye, We suppose,
10 the quality, were The AFst 10 avail themselves
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