out to one of the Servants on horse-back, who foon brought them to me, and on promising to ufe my intereft, to get them off any corporal punishments, and giving them refreshment, which they had travelled from Harwich without, they owned themselves deferters, from one of the Ships, appointed to convoy his R. H. to Stade. I was unwilling to lose two good men in a time of scarcity, and defirous that the fervants fhould have the reward for apprehending them; and therefore took the liberty, to place them behind the chariot. This addition to my retinue, of two footmen in blue, trimmed with fore-caftle lace, rather leffened, than encreafed, the attention fhewn me in the preceding part of my journey, and before I had been five minutes in London Streets, my cavalcade was encreased, by three or four hundred running footmen! This circumftance, on account of the Equipage and Servants, was very painful to me; for at that time, I was as weak as my neighbours; and could not bear to have any feeming indignity offered to the Carriage itself, for (to give myself my due) I had at all the journey in it, with

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a decency and awe about me, almost equal to that I should have felt; had the real owner been in it. In this painful fituation I defi. red the Coachman to drive me to the door of the nearest Magiftrate; and he having formerly dealt with the Lord Mayor, and knowing no other, I was foon ftopt at the MansionHouse; gained admittance in an instant, and in two minutes, his Lordship sent to defire me to walk up stairs: I did fo, and on hearing a band of mufick at fome diftance, I concluded it was a conftant entertainment; or occafionally ftruck up, on the admittance of a ftranger; but this matter was explained, by my being fuddenly conducted round the corner of a screen, where I found myself.at the back of his Lordfhip's chair, who was at dinner, accompanied by about fifty Ladies and Gentlemen! confufion feized my head and limbs, and his Lordship's hand, on one of my buttons! for by this time he had learnt, that instead of some great Perfonage, whom he had hoped (from the report of the Equipage) was come to dine with him; my business was only to beg his Lordship, to commit my two

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footmen to the round-houfe. I would fain have retired, but I could not! his Lordship was in as great a dilemma for want of speech, for unfortunately, he had his mouth quite full of Pafty when I approached him, and he could not utter a word distinctly, till he had fired feveral volleys of his Ammunition in my face; at which time, I was released by the lofs of a button, and I retired with the utmost hafte, not without fome fear of being fent to the Round-Houfe myself, for having difturbed

great a magiftrate, in the act of Twallowing his firft mouthful at an Eafter-Monday dinner! a circumftance I found out, by recollecting that Eafter Monday! were the only two words, his Lordship forced out intelligibly, through the two ingredients that compose a Venifon Party.

Of Mr. George S-1-n.

THE

HE ready wit which this gentleman poffeffes, has very undefervedly hurt his character, with those who do not know him

but those who do, like his company full as well, as either Lord March, or Lord Carlisle, and we recommend it to him not to be so partial to those two Noblemen. When the D-s of Nd was first placed near the perfon of the Q-n; Mr. Sn highly approved of the appointment; because he obferved, that no perfon in the kingdom was better qualified to teach her M-y the Vulgar Tongue. The Sailors had a current faying among them fome years fince

"From Hervey Byng and Lee,
"Good Lord deliver me.

Lee, faid they only put his name in, for the Rhyme fake; and we are convinced Mr. S-n faid this only for the wit-fake.

Of Lady Cte F—h.

PERHAPS there could not have been found in the Kingdom, a more proper Perfon than this Lady, for that very important trust now reposed in her; we have reason to

think,

think, that the rifing Generation will owe much of their happiness, to the good fenfe, addrefs, and communicative talents, which fo peculiarly adorn, this accomplished and fenfible woman; fhe has found out the art of inftructing her R-1 P --Is at thofe very times, when they think they are released from Study; their diverfions being fuch, which delight, at the fame time, that they inform.-The P-e of W—s, acquired a confiderable knowledge of Geography; while he thought he was only. playing at turning over Pictures, &c. this is the ART, of concealing ART!

Of L-d P-w-s.

HIS Lordship not only fuffers the disagreeable inquietudes of being often ill, but he thinks it neceffary to be always taking Phyfic when he is fo; and for that reason, travels like a Sea Surgeon, with a medicine chest; we think to be ill, and to take physic too; is rather too much.