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No. 113. THURSDAY, DEcember 29, 1709.*

-Ecce iterum Crispinus!

Juv. 1 Sat. iv. 13.

Once more Crispinus comes upon the stage.

HAY-MARKET, DEC. 23.

WHEREAS the gentleman that behaved himself in a very disobedient and obstinate manner at his late trial in Sheer-lane on the 20th instant, and was carried off dead upon the taking away of his snuff-box, remains still unburied; the company of upholders, not knowing otherwise how they should be paid, have taken his goods in execution, to defray the charge of his funeral. His said effects are to be exposed to sale by auction, at their office in the Haymarket, on the 4th of January next, and are as follow:

A very rich tweezer-case, containing twelve instruments for the use of each hour in the day.

Four pounds of scented snuff, with three gilt snuffboxes; one of them with an invisible hinge, and a looking-glass in the lid.

Two more of ivory, with the portraitures on their lids of two ladies of the town; the originals to be seen every night in the side-boxes of the play-house.

A sword with a steel diamond hilt, never drawn but once at May-fair.

Six clean packs of cards, a quart of orange-flowerwater, a pair of French scissars, a tooth-pick-case, and an eye-brow brush.

A large glass-case, containing the linen and clothes of the deceased; among which are, two embroidered

* HUGHES S.-On the authority of the Rev. John Duncombe, M. A. this paper, containing the inventory of a beau, is ascribed to John Hughes. See Hughes's Correspondence,' vol. iii. p. 7, note.

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suits, a pocket perspective, a dozen pair of red-heeled shoes, three pair of red silk stockings, and an amberheaded cane.

The strong box of the deceased, wherein were found, five billet-doux, a Bath shilling, a crooked six-pence, a silk garter, a lock of hair, and three broken fans.

A press for books; containing on the upper shelf, Three bottles of diet-drink.

Two boxes of pills.

A syringe, and other mathematical instruments. On the second shelf are several miscellaneous

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And an almanack for the year seventeen hundred. On the third shelf,

A bundle of letters unopened, indorsed, in the hand of the deceased, Letters from the old Gen

tleman.'

Lessons for the flute.

Toland's Christianity not mysterious':' and a paper filled with patterns of several fashionable stuffs. On the lowest shelf.

One shoe.

A pair of snuffers.

A French grammar.

A mourning hatband; and half a bottle of usquebaugh.

There will be added to these goods, to make a complete auction, a collection of gold snuff-boxes and clouded canes, which are to continue in fashion for three months after the sale.

f See Tatler, No. 108. note on Toland.

The whole are to be set up and prized by Charles Bubbleboy, who is to open the auction with a speech*.

I find I am so very unhappy, that, while I am busy in correcting the folly and vice of one sex, several exorbitances break out in the other. I have not thoroughly examined their new-fashioned petticoats, but shall set aside one day in the next week for that purpose. The following petition on this subject was presented to me this morning:

'The humble petition of William Jingle, Coachmaker and Chairmaker, of the liberty of Westminster; • TO ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, Esquire, Censor of GreatBritain;

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'SHOWETH,

THAT upon the late invention of Mrs. Catharine Cross-stich, mantua-maker, the petticoats of ladies were too wide for entering into any coach or chair which was in use before the said invention.

That, for the service of the said ladies, your petitioner has built a round chair, in the form of a lantern, six yards and a half in circumference, with a stool in the centre of it; the said vehicle being so contrived, as to receive the passenger by opening in two in the middle, and closing mathematically when she is seated.

That your petitioner has also invented a coach for the reception of one lady only, who is to be let in at the top.

• That the said coach has been tried by a lady's woman in one of these full petticoats, who was let

k Charles Bubbleboy, it is said on good authority, meant Charles Mather, a noted toyman in Fleet-street at the date of this paper, who afterwards retired from business, and died at Teddington in Middlesex.

down from a balcony, and drawn up again by pullies, to the great satisfaction of her lady, and all who beheld her.

• Your petitioner, therefore, most humbly prays, that, for the encouragement of ingenuity and useful inventions, he may be heard before you pass sentence upon the petticoats aforesaid.

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I have likewise received a female petition, signed by several thousands, praying that I would not any longer defer giving judgment in the case of the petticoat, many of them having put off the making new clothes, until such time as they know what verdict will pass upon it. I do, therefore, hereby certify to all whom it may concern, that I do design to set apart Tuesday next for the final determination of that matter, having already ordered a jury of matrons to be impanelled, for the clearing up of any difficult points that may arise in the trial.

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Being informed that several dead men in and about this city do keep out of the way and abscond, for fear of being buried; and being willing to respite their interment, in consideration of their families, and in hopes of their amendment, I shall allow them certain privileged places, where they may appear to one another, without causing any lett or molestation to the living, or receiving any, in their own persons, from the company of upholders. Between the hours of seven and nine in the morning, they may appear in safety at Saint James's coffee-house, or at White's, if they do not keep their beds, which is more proper for men in their condition. From nine to eleven, I allow them to walk from Story's to Rosamond's pond' in the Park, or in any other public walks which

1 Story's Gate, at one end of the Birdcage-walk, still retains its name; but Rosamond's-pond, at the other end, has been filled up about 47 years.

are not frequented by the living at that time. Between eleven and three, they are to vanish, and keep out of sight until three in the afternoon, at which time they may go to the Change until five; and then, if they please, divert themselves at the Hay-market, or Drurylane, until the play begins. It is farther granted in favour of these persons, that they may be received at any table, where there are more present that seven in number: provided that they do not take upon them to talk, judge, commend, or find fault with, any speech, action, or behaviour of the living. In which case, it shall be lawful to seize their persons at any place or hour whatsoever, and to convey their bodies to the next undertaker's; any thing in this advertisement to the contrary notwithstanding.

NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

This day, being the 29th of this instant, December, next door to the Grecian's Head Coffee-house, over against Cecil-street, in the Strand, will be published, for the first time, a Picture finely drawn, by an extraordinary master, which has many curious and wonderfully pleasing and surprising motions in it, all natural. It is after the manner of the foreign moving picture, formerly shown in Fleet-street, but with greater variety, and far exceeding that. There needs no more to set it forth; for the picture will speak itself.

N. B. There is, perhaps, a copy of this picture, and a picture or two more of the same kind, among the rarities to be seen at Don Saltero's coffee-house, at Chelsea.

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