in the human and brute fpecies, and now we fhall endeavour more fully to explain our friend Gambadoe's ideas of horfernen and horfemanthip in general. The world has been fo long misled by the falfe notions of horsemanship adopted, and induftrioufly circulated by Newcastle, La Foffe, Pembroke and Berenger; fo infatu ated by the fantaftical tricks of Sir Sidney Meadows, and fo blinded by the airy cool nefs of a Perceval and his imitators, that it may poffibly prove a difficult task to convince any one perfon in this wrong-headed age, that the theory of the firft mentioned gentle. men, and the practice of the latter, are entirely founded in error, and calculated merely to break the necks of his majefty's most loyal and faithful fubjects. We fhall there fore endeavour to prove, in the course of thefe Magazines, and we flatter ourselves, to conviction, that the above mentioned authors are grofsly mistaken in all their opinions upon the noble art and fcience of horfemanfhip; that even their ideas of the proud animal himself, are partial and ill-founded; that the French Parrocel, and the Flemish Wouvermans drew fuch horfes as never exifted; and that when we do meet with a horfe, that in the leaft resembles their defigns, he is bad and dangerous in the ex treme. It is a melancholy truth, that our breed of horfes (as we mentioned in our laft Magazine) is terribly degenerated; but indeed the national taft is fallen off proportionably; nothing now is to be feen but bred horfes; every apprentice, every hop boy, every grocer's clerk, and every taylor's journeyman, muít beftride a bit of blood, as heautifully depicted in the plate annexed.-A bit of blood, indeed?--and well may they be termed fo, for neither flesh nor bone have they to boat of. On the road, what dangers do we incur from the weakness of our horfes? The pitifui fpider-legged things of this age fly into a ditch with you at the fight of a pocket handkerchief; whereas, mount a good dray horse, and the world will not alter your route. Meet a highler's cart, and he will ftop it, either with his own head or your leg-or fall in with a hackney coach, and he will carry you flap-dash against it?—but more upon this fubject, when we begin to treat about the most effectual means of ftopping headArong fiery feeds, which fhall be in our next. Be fire, when you are about to make a purchase at any of the menages, repofitories, rhedariums, rides, or (vulgarly fpeaking) livery ftables of this metropolis, buy a roken kneed horse, (as defcribed in this plate) whenever he falls in your way: the best bit of flesh or blood either that ever was crof fed, will certainly come down one day or another, whereas one that has fallen (and fearified himself pretty much) never will again if he can help it Spavins, fplints, corns, mallenders, falenders, &c. &c being all curable, are beneath your notice. A few of thefe little infirmities in your ftable will be always a fubject of converfation, and you may, perhaps, now and then want one-It'll likewife juftify you to your lady, in emellishing your book-cafe with Bracken, Gibson, Bartlett, and Griffith's-excellent authors in their way, and extremely useful-for you will have no occafion to be fending for an apothecary upon every trifling ailment in your family; but will know yourself how to make up a good ftout and effectual dofe of phyfic for your wife or fervants, in the goofeberry season, and at the fall of the leaf. I would recommend a long tail, if it is to be had for love or money; if that is not to be got, buy a horfe with a rat tail, if poffible, though inferior in point of convenience to the former, there is a je ne fcai quoi of comicality about it, that inclines us to merriment whenever it makes its appearance. There is to be fure one inconvenience attending long tails in fummer (when the poor animals have moft need of them) and that is, horfes full of grafs are very fubject to fcourings; in this cafe by all means ride your horfe with his tail in a bag, or elfe he may annoy you. Mind the attitude of the buman bit of blood we have given you as a model, how elegantly he fits his horfe; and above all thinke notice of his heels, just in his hor.houlders; for no doubt, by fpurring at your beaft's body, five times in fix, your labour is loft-if you are a fhort man, you spur the faddle cloth - if you are leggy, you never touch him at all-and if middling, you only wear out your own girths, without your horfe being a bit the better for it. In the course of thefe Magazines we will endeavour to carry our readers through all Geofrey Gambadoe's observations and remarks, during the whole time of his ferving as principal in his own inimitable academy for grown horfemen; for the prefent we must content ourselves by having explained to our readers a bit of blood, both of the hu man and brute fpecies. Account of a young Maid's Wedding. THE beautiful heirs, Arna buat, is a native of Northumberland, but has for fome years refided in Hampfire She is not eighteen years of age, perfectly gen teel, with an irrefiftible grace in all her motions, fair to excels, her fine blue eyes beaming with intelligent fweetness, auburn in the human and brute fpecies, and now we shall endeavour more fully to explain our friend Gambadoe's ideas of horfeinen and horfemanthip in general. The world has been fo long misled by the falfe notions of horfemanfhip adopted, and induftriously circulated by Newcastle, La Foffe, Pembroke and Berenger; fo infatu ated by the fantaftical tricks of Sir Sidney Meadows, and fo blinded by the airy cool nefs of a Perceval and his imitators, that it may poffibly prove a difficult task to convince any one perfon in this wrong-headed age, that the theory of the firft mentioned gentle. men, and the practice of the latter, are entirely founded in error, and calculated merely to break the necks of his majesty's most loyal and faithful fubjects. We fhall therefore endeavour to prove, in the courfe of thefe Magazines, and we flatter ourselves, to conviction, that the above mentioned authors are grofsly mistaken in all their opinions upon the noble art and science of horsemanship; that even their ideas of the proud animal himself, are partial and ill-founded; that the French Parrocel, and the Flemish Wouverinans drew fuch horfes as never exifted; and that when we do meet with a horfe, that in the leaft resembles their defigns, he is bad and dangerous in the ex treme. It is a melancholy truth, that our breed of horfes (as we mentioned in our laft Magazine) is terribly degenerated; but indeed the national taft is fallen off proportionably; nothing now is to be feen but bred horfes; every apprentice, every hop boy, every grocer's clerk, and every taylor's journeyman, muft beftride a bit of blood, as beautifully depicted in the plate annexed.-A bit of blood, indeed?-- and well may they be termed fo, for neither flesh nor bone have they to boat of. On the road, what dangers do we incur from the weakness of our horfes? The pitifui fpider-legged things of this age fly into a ditch with you at the fight of a pocket handkerchief; whereas, mount a good drayhorfe, and the world will not alter your route. Meet a highler's cart, and he will ftop it, either with his own head or your leg-or fall in with a hackney coach, and he will carry you flap-dash against it?—but more upon this fubject, when we begin to treat about the most effectual means of ftopping headftrong fiery steeds, which fhall be in our next. Be fure, when you are about to make a purchafe at any of the menages, repofitories, rhedariums, rides, or (vulgarly speaking) livery ftables of this metropolis, buy a roken kneed horfe, (as defcribed in this plate) whenever he falls in your way: the best bit of ficfh or blood either that ever was crof fed, will certainly come down one day or another, whereas one that has fallen (and scarified himself pretty much) never will again if he can help it. Spavins, fplints, corns, mallenders, falenders, &c. &c being all curable, are beneath your notice. A few of theie little infirmities in your ftable will be always a fubject of converfation, and you may, perhaps, now and then want one-It'll likewife juftify you to your lady, in emcellifhing your book-cafe with Bracken, Gibson, Bartlett, and Griffith's-excellent authors in their way, and extremely ufeful-for you will have no occafion to be fending for an apothecary upon every trifling ailment in your family; but will know yourself how to make up a good ftout and effectual dofe of phyfic for your wife or fervants, in the goofeberry feason, and at the fall of the leaf. I would recommend a long tail, if it is to be had for love or money; if that is not to be got, buy a horfe with a rat tail, if poffible, though inferior in point of convenience to the former, there is a je ne scai quoi of comicality about it, that inclines us to merriment whenever it makes its appearance. There is to be fure one inconvenience attending long tails in fummer (when the poor animals have moft need of them) and that is, horfes full of grafs are very subject to fcourings; in this cafe by all means ride your horfe with his tail in a bag, or elfe he may annoy you. Mind the attitude of the buman bit of blood we have given you as a model, how elegantly he fits his horfe; and above all thinke notice of his heels, juft in his hor.houlders; for no doubt, by fpurring at your beaft's body, five times in fix, your labour is loft-if you are a short man, you spur the faddle cloth if you are leggy, you never touch him at all-and if middling, you only wear out your own girths, without your horfe being a bit the better for it. In the course of thefe Magazines we will endeavour to carry our readers through all Geofrey Gambadoe's obfervations and remarks, during the whole time of his ferving as principal in his own inimitable academy for grown horfemen; for the present we muft content ourselves by having explained to our readers a bit of blood, both of the human and brute fpecies. Account of a young Maid's Wedding. THE She HE beautiful heirefs, Anna Maria, is a native of Northumberland, but has for fome years refided in Hampshire is not eighteen years of age, perfectly gen teel, with an irrefiflible grace in all her motions, fair to excels, her fine blue eyes beaming with intelligent sweetness, auburn hair of the lovelieft glofs, hanging enchantingly in ringlets, over a neck equal in beauty to the Venus of Medicis; whatever has been faid of the cheek's vying with the new blown rofe, or excelling the eaftern blush of the morn, in Anna it is all realized. Charles, her enamoured fwain, the heir of an ample fortune, came of age the laft month the accomplished youth had for fome time been preparing a manfion for the miftrefs of his heart, which being completed in a ftyle truly elegant, and all other preparations for the wedding finished, he obtained her confent to fix the long wifhedfor day of happiness and joy fupreme. Thurfday was the chofen morning. Anna's drefs on the occafion was a white fattin levee and coat, with a zone of the fame, faftened by a gold buckle, the gold watch Charles prefented her with, and from which depended a more valuable prefent, his picture. A deep crown'd hat, ornamented with a white fattin ribbon and gold taffels, concealed her beauteous forehead: two ena melled bracelets, that contained the picture of her deceafed father, decorated the moft lovely hands that nature ever formed; her fhining locks, dreffed in the uttermoft profufion of elegant tafte, confpired to complete a perfon replete with every natural and acquired charm. The rev. the dean of - > with all the politeness fo inherent in his great character, waited on the charining Anna to breakfast; at eight o'clock the company went to church in their carriages, arriving at the middle door, they proceeded up the aifle in the following or er. First master John, a young gentleman ten years of age, brother to Anna Maria, led Mifs Arabella, nearly of his own age, and fifter to Charles, both dreffed in hymencal white, each carrying in their hands the choiceft flowers Flora difpenfes in the month of February. Next appeared Charles, handing the mother of his Anna; Sir William, his friend, was father, and conducted the blooming virgin after her mother up the aifle; bride-maids, with their bofoms adorned with myrtle and the fnowdrop, all arrayed in muflin, with zones of fattin, fattened by gold buckles, clofed the proceffion to the altar, where the rev. the dean of folemnifed the nuptials. After this they all returned to their coaches, where Charles, more enraptured than ever, handed his own Anna into his coach, respectful'y, with looks of joyful love, thanking her for the thorifing him to hand her to it by the name of Mrs. P. His politeneis the angelically returned with a fmile, and the driver was ordered to proceed for Bath, where his uncle and god-father, ford Bl at prefent refides; they ftayed only five days, when they returned to W; their arrival was announced by the ufual compliment on fuch occafions, the ringing of bells. As the lovely bride has made her appearance at church, all her acquaintance have been bufy in preparing dreffes to pay the fashionable ceremonial, wedding vifits. Laft Thursday Charles, in honour of his bride, gave a moft magnificent entertainment at P- hall; in the evening the company affembled in the great room next to the gar den, where, from behind a venerable row of elms, they heard a most admirable concert, which was a prelude to a ball in the ftately gallery, or ball-room, fuperbly fitted up for the occafion. Sir William opened the ball with Mrs. P——, who wore an elegant fancy drefs of white fattin, covered with gauze, spotted with gold, a new set of jewels, a Paris cap, with French plumes edged with foil, fent from Verfailles; the danced with iniinitable grace. The houfe was exceedingly crouded, particularly the ball-room, fo great was the curiofity of peo ple to fee the lady, that it is at prefent the ge neral subject of difcourfe. The evening, or rather the morning, was concluded with the utmoft brilliance, every whisper being in admiration of the all-accomplished bride, who was withed happiness from every mouth, and every tongue feemed an echo to her praife. Dear Mrs. P, give me leave to join the general throng, and wish you joy on this joyful occafion, and may every happiness, you both fo highly deferve, thine on your youthful moments, increaling with your days till time is with both no more. Your complete happiness who can doubt, your hearts have been long united. Tis not the coarfer tie of human laws, Unnatural oft, and foreign to the mind, That binds their peace. but harmony itielf, Attuning all their paffions into love; Where friendfnip full-exerts her softeft power, Perfect eftcem, enlivened by defire With boun fleis confidence: for nought but love Can ahfwer love, and render blifs fecure. The Wreck. A Tale. concern, as he had, for many years, prov- jamaica Jamaica (in which island he had confiderable bring the latter over to his own way of thinkconnections) on business of the utmost im- ing concerning them.. Henry was determinportance. ed, at all events, he faid, to marry no woman living but mifs Bonnell. Having finished the preparations for his departure from England, he recommended his daughter ftrongly to the care of an old neighbour, with whom he had long lived in the habits of friendship, and of whom he entertained the highest opinion: he was doubly induced to place his daughter with Mr. Dickfon, as he was united to a very amiable wife, totally different from her for whofe death he was in mourning, and moft respectable in the domeftic line: there was alfo an additional inducement, the converfation of a very deferving young lady, his friend's daughter, with whom he fondly fuppofed that his daughter would be fituated in the happieft manner; there was alfo a young man in the house his friend's fon, to whom he had no objection as a husband for his daughter, as he was not, though poffeffed of a very handfome floating income, in a fituation to give his daughter a fortune equal to that which his opulent neighbour might reasonably expect with the woman to whom he maried his fon. Parents are very apt to form designs for their children, to the execution of which they can by no means give their affiftance. Mr. Bonnell flattered himself with his parental profpects; but Mr. Dickson, though very ready to receive his daugh.er under his hotpitable roof, during his abfence from his own country, had other views for his fon; views however, which were, in the eyes of that fon not at all pleafing. In fhort, Henry Dickfon, inftead of feeling himlelf willing. to marry the lady whom his father earneft. ly pointed out to him, fell fo defperately in love with mifs Bonnell, that he could not think of being joined with any other female in the bands of matrimony. His paffion for mifs Bonnell was, indeed, violent, but it was not, certainly, under the guidance of difcretion. The lady whom his father had pitched upon for him was infinitely fuperior to her in perfon and accomplishments, and would alfo put him into the poffeffion of a very genteel fortune. If mifs Bonnell, indeed, had been every way as deferving as mifs Fenton, with a fortune equal to hers, Mr. Dick on would have made capital objections to her as a daughter-in-law, as he was of a very extravagant, luxurious difpofition, and had not the most distant idea of œconomy, a domestic virtue to which he had paid a proper regard, and from the practice of which he had raised himself to the confequence which he fupported in the commercial world. Many were the converfations between Mr. Dickton and his fon with regard to the above mentioned females, but fruitlefs were all the attempts which the former made to While they were one day engaged in a clofe converfation of this kind, Mr. Dickfon received a letter from Mr. Bonnell, requefting him to fend his daughter over to him by the first ship he could procure her a paffage to Jamaica; as he had an opportunity of feeing her fettled there greatly to his fatisfaction. Mifs Bonnell, at the fame time, received a letter from her father to the fame effect. The intelligence which thefe letters contained threw Henry Dickfon into violent agitations, and gave him exquifite uneafinefs. Of this intelligence his father availed himfelf in order to renew his proposals with refpect to mifs Fenton, and to prefs compliance with his defires; with the defires of his mother; with the defires of his lifter; with the defires of his best friends: but he reasoned, he perfuaded in vain. When Mifs Bonnell had taken leave of the Dickfon family in order to fet off for Portfmouth, fhe left Henry in a state of mind not to be defcribed. Fond of her to distraction, he could not bring himself to bear the feparation from her with any compofure. To fuch a height did his difquietude on her account rife, that he plainly told his father, on his again preffing him to marry mifs Fenton, he would follow mifs Bonnell to Jamaica, and never return without her. Provoked by fo unexpected a declaration, a declaration fo highly difagreeable to him, his father fternly replied, "If you do follow her, you never fhall return to this houfe:" and left him to ruminate upon his decifive anfwer. Stimulated at once by his ruling paffion, and irritated by his father's inflexibility, Henry did actus take measures to follow mifs Bonnell in her voyage, and having made proper applications, foon found himfelf on board a veffel deftined to the very port to which the mistress of his foul was bound. In high fpirits he faw himself under fail, and gave himfelf to the delufions of love; while he was wafted by profperous gales, flufhed by hope, and flattered by expectation: but before he loft fight of his native land, a ftorm arofe, which raged with fo much violence, that the boldeft mariners were apprehenfive of the total deftruction of their fhip, fo powerfully was it agitated by the tremendous tempeft, and fo unable to ride through it with fafety. After the fevereft conflicts which a vessel could endure in fo perilous a fituation, a wreck was pronounced inevitable; and a wreck was foon her fate. Happy did those think |