ilifornia lonal ility trance. In the time of Shakspeare our theatres were almost wholly destitute of scenery, the names of the different places in which the action occurred beingf painted upon large scrolls, and exhibited to the audience. Vauxhall Gardens were laid out and planted as long ago as in the reign of Charles I.; and, as far as the site and arrangement of the principal walks, &c., have undergone but little alteration. _^<^C»->^W^^<^ J 2 A DESCRIPTI ON O F V A U X - H A L L GARDENS. BEING A proper companion ?ak\ guide for all who vifit that place. Illuftrated with Copper-Plates. LONDON: Printed for S. Hooper, at Caefar's He2.d, t Corner of the New Church, in the Strand, MDCCLXII. [ Price One Shilling. ] 1>A Her Royal Highness THE Princess AUGUSTA, This DefcriptionofVAux-HALL Gardens I s Moft humbly infcribed by Her Royal Highness's Mofl obedient Servant, The Author p^^Or-^q A DESCRIPTION F Vaux - Hall Gardens. THESE beautiful gardens, fo jullly celebrated for the variety of pleafures and elegant entertainment they afford, during the fpring and fummer feafons, are fi- tuated on the fouth fide of the river Thames in the parilh of Lambeth about two miles from London ; and are faid to be the firll gardens of the kind in England, As 6 DESCRIPTION O? They are Co commodiou/ly fituated near the Thames, that thofe who prefer going by wa- ter, can be brought within two hundred yards of this delightful place at a muQh eafier ex- pence than by land. The feafon for opening thefe gardens com- mences about the beginning of May, and con- tinues till Auguft. Every evening (Sunday excepted) they are opened at five o'clock for the reception of company. As you enter the great gate to which you iire ccndudled by a (hort avenue from- the road> you pay one fliiiling for admittance. The firft fcene that falutes the eye, is a noble gravel v.-alk about nine hundred feet in length, planted on each fide with a row of llatc- ly elm and other trees ; which form a fine vifta tcrm.inated by a landfcape of the country, a beautiful lawn of meadow ground, and a grand gothic obeliflc, all which (o forcibly ilrike the imagination, that a mind fcarce tindlured with any fenfibility of order ami grandeur, cannot but feel inexpreflible pleafure in V A U X . H A L L, 1-c. 7 viewing it. The gothic obelific is to appearance a ftately pyramid with a fmall afcent by a flight of ileps, and its bafe decorated with feftoons of flowers ; but it is only a number of boards fafiened together, and ereded upright, which are covered with canvas painted in fo mallerly a manner, that it deceives the moll: difcerning eye ; at the corners are painted a number of flaves chained, and over them this infcription, SPECTATOR FASTIDIOSVS S I B I M O L E S T V S. Advancing a few Heps within the gar- den, we behold to the right a quadrangle or fquare, which from the number of trees planted in it, 15 called the grove : in the middle of it, is a fuperb and magnificent cr- cheftra of gothic conftrudion curiodfly orna- mented with carvings, niches, Sec. the dome of which is furmounted with a plume of fea- thers, the crefl of the prince of Wales. The t DESCRIPTION OF whole edifice is of wood painted white and bloom colour. The ornaments are plaiftic, a compofition fomething like plaifler of Paris, but only known to the ingenious architeft who defigned and built this beautiful objed of admiration. In fine weather the mufical en- tertainments are performed here by a feletfb band of the beft vocal and inftrumental per- formers. At the upper extremity of this or- cheilra, a very fine organ is erefted, and at the foot of it are the feats and defks for the muficians, placed in a femi-circular form, leaving a vacancy at the front for the vocal performers. The concert is opened with in- ftrumental mufic at fix o'clock, which ha^ ving continued about half an hour, the com- pany are entertained with a fong : and in this manner feveral other fongs are perform- ed with fonatas or concertos between each, till the clofe of the entertainment which is gene- rally about ten o'clock. A curious piece of machinery has of late years been exhibited on the infide of one of V A U X - H A L L, S:c. 9 the hedges, fituated in a hollow on the left- hand about half way up the v/alk al- ready difcribed, by drawing up a curtain is fliewn a moft beatiful landfcape in perfpec- tivc of a fine open hilly country with a mil- ler's houfe and a water mill, all illuminated by concealed lights ; but the principal objeft that Urikes the eye is a cafcade or water fall. The exadl appearance of water is feen flowing down a declivity ; and turning the weel of the jnill, it rifes up in a foam at the bottom, and then glides away. This moving pidlure at- tended with the noife of the cafcade has a very pleafing and rujprl/Ing effect on both the eye and ear. About nine o'clock the curtain is drawn up, and at the expiration of ten or fif- teen minutes let down again, and the company return to hear the remaining part of the con- cert : the lall: fong is always a duet or trio, accompanied with a chorus. Behind the orcheflra in the center of the garden is a noble Turkifh tent, the dome of lo DESCRIPTION OF which is finely carved and fupported by eight Columns of the ionic order ; the outward cafe Itands on twelve columns of the doric : between thefe both within and with out, hang very rich feftoons o{ flowers, which have a iine effeft. The outfide of the dome is va- rioufly embelHfhed, and furmounted by a plume of feathers. From the center within hangs a large glafs chandelier, and four lefTer ones at each corner. In it are fourteen ta- bles for the accommodation of company. In that part of the grove which fronts the orchellra a confiderable number of tables and benches are placed for the rrnnpany ; and at a fmall diftance from them ( fronting the orchellra) is a large pavillion of the compofite order, which particularly attrads the eye by its fize, beauty and ornaments. It was built for his late royal highnefs Frederic prince of Wales, who frequently vifited thefe gar- dens, and was peculiarly fond of them. The afcent is by a double flight of ftone l!eps V A U X - H A L L, &c. ii decorated with baluftrades. The front is Tup- ported by {lately pillars, and the entablature finely ornamented in the doric tafte. In the cieling are three little domes, with gilt orna- ments from which defcend three glafs chande- liers. There are put up in it four large paint- ings done by the ingenious Mr. Hayman, from the hill orical plays of fhakefpear, which are univerfally admired for the deiign, colour- ing and expreflion. The firfl, next the entrance into the gar- dens is a fine reprefentation of the florm in the play of king Lear. If ever the fpirit and fire of a painter, were communicated to his works. It is in this piece. Here is difplayed in the king and the fool, objeds of magnani- mity and terror : the fool -clinging to the gar- ments of Lear and his looks ftrongly fhewing confufed figns of fear and amaze, is truly pidlu- refque of a flrong dcfire to fave him felf from the thunder and lightening; while Lear awaits the anouncing vengeance in an attitude, juflly cxpreffive of the fpeech which the poet 12 DESCRIPTION OF puts in his mouth and which the fpirit m his countenance feems to animate. << Blow winds, and crack your cheeks ; rage, blow I *' You catarafls and hurricanoes fpout <» 'Till you have drench'd our fleeples, drown'd the cocks ! " YouSulph'rous and thought-executing fires, *' Vaunt couriers of oak-cleaving thunderbolts, «« Sirge my white head ! — And thou aU-/haking thunder, <• Strike flat the thick rotundity o'th' world, " Crack nature's mould, all germins fpill at once " That make ingrateful man ! — — ** Rumhle thy belly full, fpit fire, fpout ram \ ' ' *' Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters j *' I tax not you, ye elements, with unkindnefs, ♦< I never gave you kingdoms, callM you children, " You owe me no fubmiflion. Then let fall »t Your horrible pleafure j— here I ftand your flare,, •* A poor, infirm, weak, and <^efpis'd old man ! " The fecond is a reprefentation of the play in the tragedy of Hamlet, where the king and ijueen of Denmark with their court compofe tic audience, V A U X - H A L L. 5:c. 13 *' Hamlet. This play is the image cf a " murder done in A^'ienna. Gonzago is the *' duke's name ; his wife's Baptiila ; you «« fhall fee anon 'tis a knavifa piece of work ; " but what of that ? Your majeHy and we " that have free fouls, it touches us not." [On one fide of the painting is feen Lu- cianus pouring the poiion into Gonza- go's ear while he is a fleep in the garden.] LuciANus. Thoughts black, hands apt, drugsfit-, (and time agreeing. ^ Confederate feafon, an^i no creature Teeing, ** Thou mixture rank of midnight w«eJs coileded, " With Hecate's bane, thrice blafted, thrice infcdled j '* Thy natural magic, ?.nd dire property, «< On wholfom Lfe ufurps immediatel;, '* Hamlet. He poifons him in the garden ** for his eftate, the llory is extant and wiit- •' ten in very choice Italian ; you Ihall fee *' anon how the murderer gets the love of ** Gonzago's wife." B 14 DESCRIPTION OF But the king can hear no more ; he llartles fuddenly and in wild aftoniih- ment at a fubject which touches him to the quick All the figures are beautiful and a fuitable expreflion appears in every countenance. The next is a fcene in Henry the Fifth pre- ceding the famous battle of Angincourt, be- fore Henry's tent, with his army at a diftance; wherein mount joy the French herald attended by a trumpeter demands of Henry, whether he will compound for his ranfom to which the monarch feems to anfwer. *' B.d them atchice rr.e and then fell my bones, ** The man that once did fell the lion's /kin «< While the beaft iiv'd, was killed with hunting him. " And many of o ;r bodies /h li no dou bt, *^ Find native graves j upon the which I trufl, " Shall witn ii live in brafs of this day's work *' And thofc tkat leave their valiant bones in France, •• Dving like men^ chough buried in your dunghills, V A U X - H A L L, &c. 1 5 *' They fhall be fam'd ; for there the fun fliall greet them, " And draw their honours reeking up to heav'n, " Leaving their earthly parts to choak your clime, *♦ The fmcll whereof fhall breed a platue in France, '« Tell the ConftaMe " Vv'e are but warriors for the wo.k ng day j << Ojr gainefs and our gilt are all be-fmirch'd • * With rairy marching in the painful field, ** Ani time has worn "S into flovenry. ** But my poor foldiers tell me^ yet ere night <* They'll be in frefher robes, for they will pluck *< The gay new coats o'er the French foldiers heads, ** And turn them out of fervice. If they do *' (And if God pieafe, they /Ta'l) my ranfom then *< Will fcon be levied. Herald f^ve thy labour, *< Ccme thou no more for ranfcm. " They fha 1 have none I fwear but thcfe my joints. [pointing his finger to his bread, as in the pidurej The French trumpeter hearing Henry^s refufal prepars to return, but at the fame time cafts a look of contempt at the fovercign that juftly i6 DESCIPTION OF befpeaks the vanity and pride of his country, and is finely exprefiive of that ill-grounded ceftainty on v.hich the French officers l?jd their cxpcdlations of demolifhing the Englifh army. On the contrary Henry feizes the . .bridle of his white horfe in order to mount iiim for the battle. The noble and generous beaft difcovcrs an admirable fpirit peculiar to Jiis nature ; his fine appearance drawn by the inafierly hand of the painter ftrikes the atten- tion of the fpetlator ; but to convey to the reader an idea of the animated fpirit with which rliis noble creature is reprefented, I ihall quote the follov/ing lines. ground, t' How frm tiie manag'd war-horffe keeps his Nor breaks his order tho' the trumpets found ! With fearlcfs eye the glitt'ring heft furveys. And glazes dirc(f\ly at the helmet's blaze : The maf.er's word, the law of war he knows, And when to (lop andwiien to charge the foes." Kothing can be imagined more beautiful than.- V A U X - H A L L, 6cc. ij tTie youthful countenance of Henry whofe complacency is blended with an air of dignity fuitable to a fovereign. But the fineil human figure, is the brave old llandard bearer ; who limits the diilance of the 'French herald's ap- proach and al the delivery of his prefumtuoiis meiTage, eyes him with fuch a look of difdaln as is characierillic of that heroic valour for which thole times were famous ; his angry countenance difcovers how iirongly he feels the infult offered to his fovereign Vvhich is heightened by a noble expreffion of indignation and contempt. The laft, is a fcene in the temped where Mirando ftartles at the fight of Ferdinand : fhe is fiting under a tree reading, but at his appearance, Ferdinand drops the book in an agreeable furprize, and is kneeling to the beautiful obj^dl of his no lefs aflonillimient. Profpcro with great expreffion in his counten- ance of llernefs and- affecled anger is rep-c- B 3 i8 DESCRIPTION OF iented in hh magic robes ; and with his want! pointing to Ferdinand ieems to fay "Pros. The Duke of Milan " And his Daughter could controul thee if ** now 'twere fit to do't. (afidc.) At '* hrll fight they have changed eyes. " Mir. Why fpeaks my father fo ungently -? *' this is the third man that e'er I faw : *• the firil that e'er I fjgh'd for. ** Fer. O ! if a virgin '* And your affection not gone forth, Fil make '* you Queen of Naples." The exprefhon of joy and amazement in the face of Miranda covered by a cirm.fon biufn is truly admirable : the fweetnefs of her looks, her virgin modefty, the beauty and bloom becoming, her age and fex, all join to to fill the beholder's mind with a tlioufand foft aud pleafmg ideas. — Above is Ariel play- ing in the tree, and at a dillance is the de- formed, and furly Caliban gazing at the lovers V A U X - H A L L. &:c. 19 with a look of envy and ill-nature that is finely exprefieJ. All thcfe pieces do great honour to Mr. Hayman, the expreflions are remarkably ani- mated ; a pecular beauty is exprelTed in the faces ; grace in the attitudes, and elegance in the drapery : while the defign and manner of the figures and the beauty and jullnefs of the perfpeclive, entitle them to be clafTed among the moil celebrated performances. Behind this pavillion is a very handfome fquare drawing r^om ; built likewife for his royal highnefs Federick late prince of Wales. The {pace between this pavillion and the orcheftra may be termed the grand rendezvous of the company who conflantly af- femble in this part, if the weather be fine to hear the vocal performers and as foon as the fong is ended ftray about the gardens. TJie groups of figures varying in age, drefs, atti- tudes, &:c. moving about on this occaficn can- not fail giving great vivacity to the number- 20 DESCRIPTIONOF Ms beauties of the place and a particular plea- fure to every conlemplative ipedlator. The grove is beautifully illuminated in the evening with about fifteen hundred glafs lamps, which glitter among the trees and appears exceeding light and brilliant, in the front of the orcheftra they are contrived to.form three triumpjiar arches, and are all lighted as it v.cre in a moment to the no fmall furprize of the fpedlator. In cold or rainy weather, on account of lliel- tering the company, the mufical performance is in a great room or rotunda where an elegant orcheftra is erefted. This rotunda, which is feventy feet in diameter, is on the left fide of the entrance into the gardens nearly oppofite to the orcheftra. • Along the front next the grov.e is a pizza formed by a range of pillars under which is the entrance from the grove. Within this room on the hti hand is the 'orcheftra, which is inclofed with a baluftrade, and in the cieling is painted V A U X - H A L L, Sec, zi venus and the little loves : the front of this- cieliitg is fupported by four columns of the ionic order, embellilhcd with foii- fige from the bafe a confiderable way up- wards, and the remaining part of the Ihaft to the capital, is finely wreathed with a go- thic baluftrade where boys are reprefcnted af- cending it. On the fides of the orchcHra, are painted Corinthian pillars, and between them in niches are reprefcnted four deities ; at the extremity, is the organ, and before it are placed the defks for the mufical performers. In the center hangs a magnificent chandelier, eleven feet in diameter, containing feventy- two lamps in three rows, which when lighted add greatly to the beauty and fplendour of the place. In the middle of this chandelier is repre- fcnted. in plaifier of Paris, the rape of femele by Jupiter, and round the bottom of it ia a number of fmall looking glafi"es curioufly (kt : round the rotundo is a convenient feat, A- 22 D E S C RIPTI ON OF bove are fix teen white bulls of eminent per- fons, ancient and modem, flanding on carved brakets each between two white vlics : a little higher are fixteen oval looking glafes, or- namented with peniTie candle.lics, or a two- armed fconce; if the fp^ftator brands in the cen- tre which is under the ^reat chandelier, he may- fee himfelf reflej^ied in all thtfe glafles. Above are fourteen fafh windows with elegant frames finely carved, and crowned vvith a plume of feathers. The top is a dome, flated on the outfide, and painted wiihin in the refemblance ofalhell. 1 he rooof is fo contrived that founds never vibrate under it ; and thus the muHc is heard to the greatefl advantage. Formerly the orcheftra was in a fpace which is now fecn at the upper end ; but fmce it was removed ; a (latue of Apollo in plaifter of Paris has been fixed there on a pedeftal of wood. For a few feafons after this Rotundo was creded, it was diflinquifhed by the fafhionable appella- tion of the umbrella. V A U X - H A L L, &c. 23 This rotundo has lately been inlarged by an additional faloon, which is fo jointed to the building that the whole makes but one ediHce : a part of the rotundo oppofite the orcheflra is laid open for receiving this faloon, and its entrance here is formed and de- corated with columns, like thofe at the front of the orcheflra already defcribed. In the roof which is arched and eliptic are two little cupolas in a peculiar tafte and in the fummii of each is a /ky-light divided iniD ten compartments, the frames are in the gothic ftyle ; each cupola is a- dorned v>idi paintings, Apollo, Pan, and the Mufes are in one ; and neptune with the fea nymphs in the other ; both have rich entabla- tures and fcmet]:ing like a fwelling fc;fa. Above each cupola is an arch divided into compart- ments ; from the center of each, v.hich is a rich gothic frame, defcends a large chandelier in the form of a baficet of flowers. Adjoining to the walls are ten three quarter columns for the fupport of the roof; the architrave confiiU 24 DESCRIPTION OF of a bauilradc, the frize is enriched with fpor- tivc boys and the ent;dblature fupported by termini. Between thefe columns are four elegant frames and pannels, with two lefTer ones at the upper end, originally defigned for portraits of the royal family, but the death of the late Prince of Wales (who was the patron of thefe gardens) is fuppofed to have prevented their being executed and for fome time they remained unfilled. At length in the year 1760. the ingenious Mr. Hayman was em- ployed to celebrate with his mafterly pencil, fome of the moft glorious tranfadions of the prefent war, and in the year 1761. the firftpifture was exhibited to view. It reprefents the furrender of Montreal in Canada, to the vidlorious arms of Great Britain, commanded by general Amherft. This officer is rcpre- fented in his mauch to Montreal, as fur- rounded by a confiderable number ofmiferable French, who throw themfelves at his feet, im- ploring compafTion., protedion and relief; V A U X - H A L L, c*cc. 2; they bad abandoned their dwellings, through fear of thofc outrages which the vanquifi.ed are generally expofcd to from the conquerors, and a dreadful apprchenfion that the favages who had been autliorized by the French thtm- felves, as well as inlligated by their own cruel cufloms, fhould fcalp all that fell into their power : but general Amherftwho agreeable to his inftruciions and his own humane difpofition, grants the whole of their fuit, commands them to be replaced in their pofTelTionE, orders bread to be deftributed amongft them and by a feries of ether benefits convinces them that clemency is the genius of tlie Britifh nation.' The marks of dircrefs, grief and fupplicaiion are finely exprelled in the countenances of the Indians. General Amherft is ftanding at the front of his tent, holding his inflruftions in one hand, and with the other pointing to a basket of loaves which are at his fide, the French colours are laid at his feet, and the Englilh ones are flying on the C 26 B E S C R I P T I O N OF carriage of a cannon. No portrait of the ge- neral being to be met with, the figure at pre- sent mufl be confidereJ as a mere expleti\'e. On a commemorating ftone at one corner of the piece is this infcription. POWER EXERTED, C O N CLU E S T OBTAINED, MERCY SHEWN! . MDCCLX. In ^76?, another hiftorical painting was fi- nifhed by the fame artift in tlie adjoining pan- nel, reprefenting Britannia, holding in her hand a medallion of his prefent Majefty, and fitting on the right-handof Neptune in his cha- riot drawn by fea-horfes, who by their attitudes, and fhe i^-irlt rhcy difcovcr, fccm to partake in the triumph, which is fuppofed to be oc- cafioned by the defeat of the French fleet (re- prefented on the back ground) by Sir Edward Hawke, November ic, 1759. The horfes are guided by Neptune, as reprcfented by the V A U X - H A L L. Sec. 27 XfOtts. The car is preceeded by tritons blowing their ftiell, and furrounded by ne- reids or fea -nymphs who attend the triumph, and are gently impelled along by the agita- tion of the waves ; they hold in their hands medaHions as large as life of thofe heroic na- val ciiicers, viz. Hovve, Keppel, Saunders, Anfon, Hawke, Fococke, and Bofcawen, o- ver which lail medallion the ncreid v/eeps for his deceafe. When this painting was finifhed, admiral Anfon was not dead. The fea-fight reprefents the engagement between the Royal George commanded by admiral Hawke in perfon, and the Soleil Royal commanded by admiral de Conlians. The entrance into this faloon from the gardens is through a gothic portal, which is the belt entrance wlien the candles are light for viewing the wlioie to advantage, the prof- pect being extenfive and uninterrupted, a- boundiag with variety on every fide, and a gay and brilliant company adding a peculiar luHre to the grandeur of the place. 2S D E S C R I P T I O N O F wweet Tpot ! where fculptu re, painting join, Vvith mufic to improve the bowl : Where art and nature both coiiibine 'i'o raiie the mind and charm the foul. Kaving dcfcri bed thofe principal objects in tlie grove which firft attravTls the Granger's attention, we will now take a tour round it, and furvey every thing that merits obferva- tion. The firft walk, as far as the great room is paved with Flanders bricks or Dutch clin- kers, brought purpofely from Holland, to prevent in wet weather the fand or gravel flicking to the feet of the company. In all other places the grove is bounded by gra- vel v/alks, and a confiderable number of pa- villions or alcoves, ornamented with paint- ings from the deiigns of Mr. Hayman and Pvlr. Hogarth, on fubjcds admirably adapted to the place ; and each pavillion has a table in it that will hold {ix or eight perfons. To givo V A U X - H A L L. Sec. 29 a defeription of thefe pavillions, and a lift of tlie paintings in them, we mud begin for the fake of order, with our entraiice into the garden. The firft is ou the left hand, under a gothic piazza and colonade formed by a range of pillars which ftretch along the front of the great room. This colonade is extremely convenient in rainy weather, v/here the company may walk without being ex- pofed to the wet, and enjoy the exhaling -fragrance of a Ihower after fultry weather. The paintings in thefe pavillions are, 1. Two Mahometans gazing in wonder and aftonilliment at the many beauties of the place. 2. A Ihepherd playing on his pipe and decoy- ing a fhepherdefs into a wood. 3. New-river-head at Iflington, with a fa- mily going a walking ; a cow milking, and the horns archly fixed over the huf- band's head. C3 30 DESCRIPTION OF 4. The game of quadrille, and the tca-equi- page. c;. Mafic and fmging. -.6. Children building houfes with cards. 7. A fcene in the mock-doclor. 8. An archer, and a landfcape. . c). The country dancers round the maypole, s:io. Thread my needle. .-11. Flying the kite. *2. A ftory in Pamela, who reveals to the lioufe-keeper her vviihes of returning home, while Mr. B. behind a curtain over-hears her fentiments : the bundle under the table to v/hich Hie points con- tains the cloaths of Mr. B's mother, which he prefented to her in order to ac- complish his lafcivious defigns. I ' . A fcene in the devil to pay : the cha- raflers Jobfon, Nell, and the conjurer. , /J.. Children playing at Ihuttlecock. 15. hunting the vvhiftle. 16. Another ftory in Pamela J to underftand which we muft obferve that Mr. B. zvnd V A U X - H A L L, &€. 31 Pamela had made up their differences, he had carried her down to his country feat, and they had mutually appointed a day for their marriage ; but lady Davers, his filler, hearing of it, came down to prevent it ; and one evening while Mr. B. was gone out with fome of his friend?, lady Davers took the opportunity of ufmg Pamela extremely ill, who not lik- ' ing fuch treatment, jumped out of the parlour window, and is reprefented in the painting as flying to the coach which is waiting without the court-yard, while lady Davers fends two of her footmen to Hop her ; but Mt. B's. gentleman luckily interferes, and threatens to drive them if they ftir an inch further. 17. A fcene in the merry wives of Windfor, where Sir John Falllaff is put into tlie buck-bafket. 18. A fea engagement between the Spaniards and African moors, 32 DESCRIPTION OF Here the paintings end ; but the paviilions continue in a fweep which leads to a beau- tiful piazza and a colonnade five hundred feet in length in the form of femi-circle of go- thic architecture, embellifbed with rays. The entablature confills of a carved frize with bat- tlements or embrazures over the cornice. In this femi-circle of pavillions are three large ones, called temples ; one in the middle, and the others at each end, adorned with a dome, a pediment, and a beautiful turret at the top ; but the two latter are now con- verted into portals, one as an entrance into the great room, and the other as a parage to view the cafcade, which are dirc£lly oppo- fite to each other : however the middle tem- ple is fcill a place for the reception of com- pany, and is decorated with a piece of paint- ing in the Chinefc tafte, reprefenting Vulcan catching Mars and Venus in a net. This temple is adorned in front with wreathed columns and other gothic ornaments, and V A U X -HAL L, &c. 33 formerly there were fixed at the top a fun, liars, pinnacles, &:c. On each fide of this temple the adjoining pavillion is decorated with a painting ; that on the right reprefcnts the entrance into Vaux-hall, with a gentle- man and lady coming to it ; and that on the left friendihip on the grafs drinking. Having traverfed this femi- circle, we come to a fvveep of pavillions that leads us into the great walk; the laft of thefe is or- namented with a painting reprefenting black- eyed Sufan returning to fhore, having been taking leave of her fweet William, who is on board one of the fleet in the Downs. It is proper to obferve that the boxes in front are decorated with plaiftic, wrought in the form of contra circles, and a ftar. Returning to the grove, where we fliall f.nd the remainder of the boxes and paint- ings better than thofe heretofore feen, ar.d beginning at the eafi end which is behind the orchellre, and oppofite the femi-circle above- i-f. DESCRIPTION OF mentioned, the pavillions are decorated v.itli the following pieces, 1. Difficult to pleafe. 2. Sliding on the ice. 3. Players on bagpipes and hautboys. j\. A bonfire at Charing-crof?, and other re- joycings j the Salifbury ftage overtim- ed, Sec. 5. The play of blindman's-bu.ff. 6. I'he play of leap-frog. 7. The Wapping landlady, and the tars wha are juft ccme afnore. 8. The play of finttles, and the hufjand up- braided by the wife, who breaks his iliin with one of the pins. Proceeding forward we fee another range of pavillions in a different flyle, adorned with paintings forming another fide of the quad- rangle which in particular claims the obfer- vance of the fpedtator by a grand portico in the center and a marble Hatae underneath : V A U X - H A L L, Sec. 35 but we Hiall begin where we left off and de- fcribe thefe in their place. In the firfl pavil- lion is, 1. The taking of Porto bello in 1740. by by the late admirable Verucn. 2. Madamcifcile Catherina, the fa.riOus dwarf. 3. Ladies angling. 4. Bird-nelling. 5. The play at lob chery. 6. Falftaft's cowardice detected. 7. The bad family ; with the pajfon coming in to make peace ; the hulband has the tongs ready lifted up to Ilrike his wife, who is at his feet kneeling and fuppli- cating mercy, and their three children are crying. 8. The good family ; the hufband is read- ing ; the wife with an infant in her arms, and the ether children are liflen- ing ; the refl are fpinning, and the maid is wafhing the diihes. :^6 DESCRIPTION OF e. The taking of the St. Jofcph a Spanlfl-! rcgiftcr-ihip in 1742, by captain Tucker in the Fov.ey man of war. Next is a piazza of five arches, which open into a femi-circle of pavillicns, with a temple and dome at each end, and the fpace in front decorated with trees. In the middle of the piazza, which preferves the line and bouncriry of the grove, is a grand portico of the doric order, and under the arch on a pedcilal is a beautiful marble ftatute of the famous Mr. Handel in charadler of Orpheus, playing on his lyre, done by the celebrated Mr. Roubiliac. The genius fhewn in this piece of fculpture gave occafion to the follow- ing lines, Drav/n by the fame of thefe embow'r'd retreats See Orpheus rifmg from th' elyfian feats 1 Loft to th' admiring world three thoufand years, Beneath great Handel's form he re-appears. V A U X - H A L L. &c. yj In the pediir-cnt above is repreiented St. Cecilia, the gcddefs of mufic, playing on the vioiincillo, v. hich is fupportcd by a cupid, while another holds before her a piece of mu- fic. The figures in this pediment arc lead, and the drapery cloth. The remainder of the paintings in this range are, 1 . Bird-catching, by a decoy with a whifil* and net. 2. The play of fee-faw. 3 . The fairies dancing on the green, by moon- light. 4. The milk-maid's garland with its ufual attendants. 5. The kifs ftolen. Here ends the boundary of the grove on this fide ; but turning on the left we to come a walk that runs along the bottom of the gardens : en each /ide of this walk are pavillions, and D 38 DESCRIPTION OF thofe on the left hand are decorated with the following paintings, 1. A northern chief witli his princefs and her favorite fwan, placed in a fledge and drawn on the ice by a horfe. 2. The play of hot cockles. 3. An old gypfy telling fortunes by the cofFee- cups. 4. The cutting of flov/er, a Chriftmas gam- bol [which is by placing a little ball at the top of a cone of flower into which all are to cut with a knife, and whoever caufes the ball to fall from the fummit mull take it out with their teeth ; which is repre feted in the painting.] 5. The play of cricket. On the oppofite fide is a row of pavillicns with a gothic railing in the front of them ; and at the extremity of this walk is another en- trance into the gardens from the road. At the V A U X . H A L L, Sec. 39 other end of the walk adjoining to the Prince's pavillion, is a fmall femi-circie ofpavillions defended in front by a gothic railing and or- namented in the center and at each end with gothic temples ; in both the latter are fine glafs chandeliers and lamps, the former is orna- mented in front with a portico, and the top with a gothic tower, and a handfome tur- ret. In all thefe pavillions tlie mufic is very diftinclly heard, and from molt of them are profpe6ls of the noble viflas and other agree- able objects. A perfon of a lively imagination, and pof- fefied of an acute apprehenfion, to difcover whatever is beautiful and grand, will enjoy a particular pleafure, that is eafier conceived than defcribed in beholding the variety of objedls^ v.ith which the crrove abounds as he walks o round it. 40 D E S C I P T I O N O F hi this blefs'd grove, how oft have we Obff-rv'd the ciiffeient objeils play ? A ftatue, tent, alcove or tree, Now feem to join, now fteal away. One Step, and we the pidure change. For other objects claim our view : "VVond'ring, from fcene to fcene we range. Ever diiightful ! ever new ! Having finifhed our defcription of the grove, and every part of its ornaments, we will now take a farveyofthe other parts of the garden. From the upper end of the walk lad defcribed where we concluded the lift of the paintings, we may fee a long narrow villa, that runs to the top of the garden ; this is called the druid's or lover's walk and on both fides of it are rows of lofty trees, which meeting at the top and interchanging their boughs, form a delightful \-erdant ca- V A U X - H A L L, c^c. 41 nopy. Among thefe trees build a number of fine finging birds, fuch as nightingales, blackbirds, thruihes, &c. whofe fweet harmo- ny add a peculiar pleafure to this rural fcene. This walk is very agreeable to all whofe minds are adapted to contemplati- on, it feems devoted to Solitude and the vo- taries that court her (hrine ; and it muft be confeiled that there is certainly fomething in the amiable fimplicity of unadorned nature, that fp reads over the mind a more noble fort of tranquility, and a greater fenfation of pleafure, than can be raifed from the nicer fcenes of art : Here Simple nature's hand, with noble grace, DifFufcs artlefs beauties o'er the place. This walk in the evening is dark which renders it more agreeable to thofe minds, who love to enjoy the full fcope of imagina- tion, to liflen to the diilant mufic in the or- D3 42 DESCRIPTION OF cheflra, and view the lamps glittering thro* fhe trees. Ho A r,veetly we the time beguile, When treading flow th' embower'd walk, We muie, as in feme verdant ifle. Where druids dream, and echoes talk ! Then hear the diilant founds invite, Soften'd, and dying on the breeze : Or from the lamps fee magic light, Dart light a glory through the trees, Or diilant bells in tuneful peal ; Or plaintive nightingales we hear : Next, rival flutes melodious ileal; Next, the full concert charms our ear. Returning to the grove and placing ourfeves near the ftatue of Handel, we may by looking \jp the garden behold a noble villa, which ii called the grand foutji walk of the fame fize. V A U X - H A L L. Sec. 43 as that feen at our firft entrance, and running parallel with it. This vifta is formed by lofty trees on each fide ; but a peculiar air of gran- deur is added to it by three fplendid triumphal arches ; the profpcft is terminated by a large and fine painting of the ruins of Palmyra, which has deceived many Grangers and in- duced them at firft fight to imagine they really faw a pile of ruins at fome diftance ; the triumphal arches conduce greatly towards this deception, as they confine the profpedl to the painting only,, and feem like an entrance to a nearer view of thofe decayed flrudlures of ancient grandeur. The arches are made of wood, covered with canvas on which the co- lumns are painted, and above is a double pediment enriched with figures, Sec. On each fide of the grand arch is a fmall one heigh- tened by a baluftrade and other ornaments. Near the center of the garden, is a crofs gravel walk, formed by ftately trees on each fide. On the right hand it is terminated by the 44. DESCRIPTION OF trees, which fhacle the lover's walk, and at the extremity on the left, is a beautiful land- fcape painting of ruins and running water, which with great julHce to the artift is rec- koned a mailer piece. From our fituation to view this painting is ano- ther gravel walk that leads up the garden, formed on the right fide by a wildernefs, and on the left by rural downs, as they are termed, in the form of along fquare, fenced by a net ; with fei'eral little eminences in it after the manjaer of a Ro- man camp. There are likewife feveral bufhes, from under which a few years ago fubterrane- ous mufical founds were heard, called by fome the fairy mufic ; hence they acquired the ap- pellation of mufical bufhes, which no doubt put many people in mind of the vocal forelr, or that imaginary being called the genius of the wood ; but the natural damp of the earth, being found prejudicial to the inftruments this romantic entertainment has ceafed. The downs are covered with turf, and pleafingly inter- y A U X - H A L L, ^c-c. 45 fperfed with cyprefs, hr, yew, cedar and tulip trees. On one of the eminences, is a ftatue of our great poet Milton, nearly furrounded with buihes and feated on a rock, in an attitude liftening to foft mufic as defcribed by himfelf in his 11 Penfercfo. '—Hail thou goddefs, fage and holy. Kail divinefl Melancholy * Me goddefs bring To arched walks of twilight groves. And fliadcws brown that fylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak. Where the rude axe with heaved (Iroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt. Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt, TL{ere in clofe covert ■ Hide me. And let fome flrange myllerious dream Wave at his v.ings in eery flream Of lively portraiture difplayed. Softly on my eye-lids laid. 4f> DESCRIPTION OF And as I wake, fvvcet mufic breathe Above, about, or underneath. Sent by feme fpirit to mortals good Orth' unfcen genius of the wood—-* — May at lail my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage. The hairy gown and moffy cell. Where I may fit and nightly fpell Of every ftar that heaven doth fnew And every herb that fips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To fomething like prophetic ftrain. Thefe pleafures Melancholy give, And I with thee will chufe to live. A.t the upper end of thefe downs, is a gra- vel walk formed on each fide by lofty trees which runs acrofs the gardens and terminates them this way. In this walk is a beautiful profpefl of a fine meadow, in which the obeiifK flands : Tliis profpeft is made by the trees being V A U X ^ H A L L, kz. 4f oppofite the grand walk (which runs from the entrance into the gardens) and a ha ha is formed in the ditch to prevent the company going into the field. At each end of this walk is a beautiful painting, one is a building with a fcaffold and a ladder before it, which has often deceived the eye very agreeably ; the other is a view in a chinefc ^rarden. The principal part of all thefe charming walks form the boundaries of wildernefTes com- pofed of trees which fhoot to a great height, and are all inclofed with a beautiful efpalier fome- what in the Chinefe tafte. It v/ould be endlefs to attempt a defcrip- tion of every objefl in thefe celebrated gar- dens. In a word they are jufily efteemed for many beautiful and extraordinary produdions of both art and nature ; and it might be faid that they feem a ftrong reprefentaticn of the famed elizium, on which the ancient poets have lavifhed fo many encomium.s. 4? DESCRIPTION OF Enchanting fccne ! liere Eden'5 bloom revives. And teeming nature in thy vallev thrives. The gloomy thickets, and the op'ning glade, The arch magnif.c, and the clear cafcade, Whofe chryftal fheets in dazzling eddies play, Pierc'd with th' effulgence of an inward ray ; Feail: the fond fight with beauty unconfin'd. And open endlefs pleafures to the mind ! How gay the garden, how ferene each bov/*r. Where tranquil thought enjoys the blifsful hour i Lo ! nature, here, and art, for ever vie ; As art the mind, fo nature charms the eye ! In a dark night the illuminations are very beautiful, and cannot fail to furprife and de- light every fufceptible fpedator. But in a moon light night there is fomething more pe- culiarly pleafmg which fo ftrongly afFefts the imagination, that it almoft inftills an idea of inchantment^ Conception however in this V A U X - H A L L, c^c. ^ cafe is far better than any attempt to dccrl-;^- tion, for the latter might fall ftiort of trurh^ and yet appear to the ilranger like ridiculoii exaggeration. When the mufic h finiiTied, sreat numbers of the company retire to the pavillions to fup- per, and fome are attended with French horh and other muilc. A curicus and contempla- tive rpe;ftator may at this time enjov a 'par- ticular pleafare in walking round the grovf, and furveying the brilliant guefis ; the mul- titude of groups varying in figure, age, drcA. attitude and the vifibie diA^arity of their hu- mours might form an excellent fchool cf paint- ing : And fo many of our lovely country vvo^ men vifit thefe bliuful bovvers that were Zeu- >:is a'^ain to attempt the picture of Venus, it i from hence and not from Greece that he would borrow his image of pcrfecl beaut;, . Nothing is wanting that can contribute to- v/ards tiie convenience of this entertainment, every thine is fcrvcd in the beil manner^ and with the greateft readinefs. E. 50 DESCRIPTION OF Here it may not be amifs to fubjoin an ac- count of the proviricns as they are fold in tlie gardens, /. ^. Burgundy a bottle •■ 6 o Champagne * 8- o Fontiniac = ■ 6 o Claret ■ 5 o Old hock with or without fugar 5 o Two pound of ice • o 6 B^henilh and fugar 2 6 Mountain 2 6 Red port « ■ 2 o Sherry ■ ■ • 2 o Cyder • ■ ' » o Table beer, a quart mug ■ o 4 A chicken ^ 2 6 ADifnofham — i o A Difn of beef ■ • i o Salad o 6 A Cruet of oil ■ o 4 Orange or lemon • • o 3 Sugar for a bottle o 6 Ditto for a pint ■ o 3 A flice of bread o i Ditto of butter o 2 Ditto of cheefe ■ '■ o 2 A tart » o A callard • ■ '^ 4 A cheefecake o 4 A Heart cake • ^ ^ A Shrewfbury cake -— o 2 A quart of arrack — S o V A U X - H A L L. Ic 51 A peculiar attention is paid to the prefer- vation of good order and decorum by a num- ber of proper perfons ftationed in difTerent parts of the gardens. The prefent proprietor has fludied every art, and exerted every means, however cofliy, to render thefe gardens worthy the reception and efteem of every polite perfon, and indeed he has fo far fucceeded and by annually ad- ding further improvements that Vauxhall has defervedly acquired public favour. Such are the admirable beauties of thefe gardens, which every fpeftator, after viewing them, leaves with regret. FINIS. BOOKS printed for S. Hooper, at Caefar's Head, the Corner of the New Church in the Strand. EVERY MAN his own BROKER : or, a Guide to Exchange-alley. In which the Nature of the feveral Funds, vulgarly called the Stocks, is clearly explained. And the My»- ftery and Iniquity of Stock- Jobbing laid before t'n.Q Public in a New and Impartial Light. Alfo The Method of Transferring Stock, and of BOOKS printed for S. 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A Vocabulary difnofed under proper Heads. — Phrafes that occur moil freequently in Difcourfe. — Geographical, HiRorict;!, and po- lite Dialogues, upon the moll familiar and in- t^re fii^-g lubjefts. Sentences i.dapted as exam.' les, to point out feveral Englilli ai.d French Tdicnif. — fele6l Colledion of moral entertaining Stories ; and Prayers, kc— For the ufe of Schools. The whole digefted in fo plain a method as to render the French Language eafy and agiee^ble to the moil common Capacity^ — By Mr. Pon.'cy.— Price Bound 2 s. neial, being the principal. Is inimitably free, and in a moll mafterly ftile of painting. The painter could with no propriety avoid reprefent- ing the Britifh figures in their uniform ; but to prevent a f^imenefs in the compofition, he has with great judgment introduced the Indiair groom in the habit of his country, which forms a moll happy contrail. Meer Jaffer wears on his face llrong remains of the emotions already mentioned, but his dejeclion feems to be faintly alleviated by the General's manner of receiving him. The extenfion of Jiis arms and the incli- nation of his body is moll movingly expreffive of doubt, fubmiffion and refignation, which is heightened by an Indian ofiicer laying the Su- bah*s llandard at the General's feet. The fu- ture Sub?h or Nabob is attended by his fon, a youth of about eighteen years of age, bewitch- ingly handfome, and painted with a mallerly propriety. The other Indian figures behind Mter JaiTer are thofe of his friends and ofh-' cers, and the countenances of them all llrong- ly partake of the inquietudes of their prin- cipal. This copartment is terminated by an elephant on the back ground, which the greateft judges from the Eall-Indies fay is the bell they ever faw in painting. Both copartments of the picture (for lb they may be called on account of the diverfity of the figures they exhibit) are fur- rounded by Englifh ibldiers in the back ground drawn up round the fcene of interview. The Painter has here taken advantage of the various dreUes of the Indians, which, as well as their iirms and all their other attiibu es, are preferved with the fTtmoil precifion, to introduce a beauti- ful play of colours, without departing from pro- ;prlc;ty. F J N I S. A defcrlption of the Hillorlcal Pic- ture in the Great Room, painted ; by Mr. Hayman. THE fubjeft of this pifture is of the moft intereiling nature to every Briton, who re- gards the honour and profperity of his coun- try. For the better underftanding it, it is necefTary to obferve that General Cin'c, af- ter gaining the battle of Plaijfey in the Eafl Indies, which reilored the Engliih interefls that had been ruined in thofe parts of tlie world, found himfelf under a necelTity of de- pofing the reigning Nabob ; for that purpofe fent from the field of battle for Meer Jaji'cr, a principal General under the Subah or Na- bob, and an enemy to the French. Meer J ajfcr when fent for, feeing the General furrounded by his victorious troops under their arms, ap-^ proaches him with every fymptom of doubt and diffidence in his countenance. The General ii reprefentcd in the attitude of Friendlhip, by ex- tending his hands to receive him. Behind the General (lands his Aid de Camp with his fpon- toon in his hand ; as bold, but as graceful :i figure as can well be conceived. The BritiJli colours are difplay'd in the hands of another Fnglifh officer with a moil pleafing exprefiion of modeft triumph in his looks ; and the third capital martial ligure behind the General is another Engliih officer, with the like appearance as the former, but all of them in different atti- tudes. A bold horfe, fuppofed to be the Gene- ral's that feems ftartled at the fight of the ele- phant, clofes the foreground of this copartment of the pidlare. It is but juHice to the Painter to fay, that no figures were ever better detached from the canvas than thof^ are> tha; of the Ge- ^u-p^^ iy VAVXHALL GARDENS, /^^.y This enchanting place of summer amnsement opened last night for the season, with a variety ©f entertainments ; and although the weather was somewhat inauspicious, on account of the lowering appearance of the atmosphere, and the coldness of the evening, yet the Gardens were thronged with company. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to observe, that the visitors were not what may be termed the elitCy considering that th« national holyday of Whitsuntid* lets loose all whose avocations are of a trading character, and recollecting, that public amusements are greedily sought after by that portion of society ; nevertheless, the com- pany assembled on the occasion presented an animated and gay appearance, and were not so fashionably fastidious as to exhibit ennui and chagrin at the feast which the proprietors furnished. To attempt a descriptioa in very varied language, with any great hope of success, of that which has been again and again described, from the days of our ancestors to the present time, would argue either powers of representation which we possess not, or a degree of presumption to which we are not arabitioss of laying any claim. That admirable writer. Goldsmith, in " The Citizen of the^World," — which excellent work, appeared, by the way, in a newspaper,— has beautifully delineated the amusements exhibited in the gardens of that day ; and from which it would seem, that ** water-works" formed, among the * ' sights" of the place, no inconsiderable share of attraction . But " a tale of other times" need not now be told ; it is not con- venient on all occasions to refer to **that which has been"— witness the tergiversations of certain political characters now basking in the sun-beams of farour. However, if the political world will not admit of such a " reminiscence," the proprietors of Vauxhall Gardens have nothing to fear in the shape of com- parison with any fofmer periods since the existence of this fairy-land, as regards their exertions te amuse, delight, and satisfy the public. To those who may peruie this brief notice, who have never visited the Royal Gardens, we would be under- stood as appealing rather to their own imaginations to finish the picture — a hasty sketch or outline of which^we only present— thaa to an accurate detail of the dazzling splendour, the bril- liant illuminations, the magnificence of the scene which Vaux- hall represents on a Gala night. — Let the reader figure to him- self a scene in which stately tiees, full of foliage, luxuriantly growing, are conspicuous, among whose branches lamps peep forth half hid in verdure, like golden fruit inviting him to pluck and satiate his appetite : — let him imagine arched walls, above which thousands of many-coloured lights are glowing, disposed wit*h vistasthat almost appear interminable, filled with groups of beings whose hearts are truly gladsome, and whose countenances are lit up with delight, unincumoered with all the corroding cares which haunt the busy world : — let him fancy music borne on the bosom of the gentle zephyr, which sports and revels in the scene. Untwisting all the chains that tie, The hiddea soul of harmony, and he will have a faint idea ©f this place of Kecreation. The order of amusements last night was thus arranged :— After a military band had played over a number of airs in the orchestra, a Comic Opera was performed in the little Theatre erected in the Concert-room. The operatip corps sang the National Anthem '* God save the King," previous to the opera. A divertissement succeeded the latter piece, in which all the corps de ballet were engaged. Then followed the fire-works, which, by the regula* tion of the Magistrates, are in future to be let off at 11 o'clock instead of 12, as heretofore. A concert in the central orchestra I concluded the series of diversions, composed of songs, duets, and I trios, executed by the vocalists who were engaged in the opera. I Miss Graddon sang several airs, with great sweetness, in the I course of the evening. One in which she received so much ap- Iplause in "The Two Houses of Grenada," had new words ■ adapted to it, called " Beauty was a little girl," and called forth Ian encore. Fitzwilliaiaa, as a buffo, excited considerable laughter Iwith his Irish-Italian imitations; and Mrs. Fitzwilliam was not |less applauded for her comic powers in the part allotted to her. '^Mr. Horn, we thought, was not in good voice. The plot of the opera it is not necessary to describe ; its object seems to be to throw ridicule on the Italian Opera. It was very well received, but it will hear curtailing, especially the part of a rhyming lacquey, who boasts that he can recite poetry, although he can neither read nor write. -f^ *• O 47nder the especial Patronage of his Maiestv. ROYAL GARDENS. VAUXHALL. GRAND CELEBRATION, THIS EVENING, Friday, 1st August, of the Anniversary of the Accesalon of the House of Hanover to the Throne of these Realms, and In honour of the Royal Patron of , Vaoxball, THE KING. Upon thia occasion, and In addition to the I HBual routine of Entertainments, (he Proprietors will have the ^ honour of DfesentiRg to the Public (without any charge beyond the nsual admission of Faur ShllUngR each) a new and Intcrestlngr Amasement In the Distribatlon of Presents by Lot, in the propor- tion of Five Thousand Gifts among every Ten Thousand Visiters ! —Should any greater or lesser number ot Visiters honour the Gar- dens with their prssente. Gifts In the same proportion will be dis- tributed. The Presents which the Proprietors Intend to have the pleasure of offering on Friday Evening will coDslst of WINES- vlz. Eo»t, Claret, Sherry, aad Champagne, In Lots of Six Doseo, Four Doien, Three Doien, Two Dozen, and One Dozen each : INVITATION CARDS, giving the Posseseors FREE ADMISSIONS to the Gardens on the following Night of Performance : SUPPER TICKETS, which will admit the Possessors to the Gardens on the following Night of Performance, and entitle them to i , SUPPER AND TWO KINDS OF WINE, ! including Charapagce, ' FREE OF EXPENSE! Particulars as under :— . Feur Presents of Six Dozen fine old Port each. , / Four Presents of Four Dozen ditto. -/o-a-OM Four Presents of Three Dozen ditto. Zy Four Presents of Two Dozen ditto. ^ uJL/tky^ Ten Presents of One Dozen Champagne each. ^^ Ten Presents of One Dozen Claret each. " — ^^ — '~ Sixty Presents of Invitation Cards, each to admit Three Persons to Vauxhall next ftlonday, 4th August, who will be provided with Sup- pers. Including One Bottle of Champagne, with One Bottle of Port or Sherry, free of expense. Two Hundred Presents of Admlssloa Cards to Vauxhall, each card \» admit Two Persons, free of Expense, next Monday, August 4. Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Four Presents ; each Present to admit One Person, free of Expense, next Monday, 4th August. The Distribution will cease at Half-past Eleven. The £atertaloment8 will commence with the New Vaudeville, called SHE WOULD IF SHE COULD. The New Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN IN THE BOTTLE. A CONCERT of Vocal and Instrumental Mutic, in the open Orchei* tra, embracing a variety of Comic and ether Soags. CHINO LAURO will give his unrivalled Feats of Strength, FostnreB* Equilibriums, &c. A Superb Display of FIREWORKS, Which will conclude with the beautiful HYDROPYRIC EXHIBITION, Which Increases nightly In the admiration of the Public. Doors open at Seven.— Admission 4s. t . r\. ■»▼ Tx -^ •»■» 4ujrr^ V Under !he Especial Patronare of Tils Majesty. / rt m »^ ^•v»-<:^ ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. 'tXZ / The Proprietors respectfully beg leare to acquaint the Public, that the«« GardenB, haying been newly and fanclfnlly decorated, are now OPEN, for the Season every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY EVENINGS. TO-MORROW, Wednesday, June 6, a Vaudeville, written by Mr. Moncrieff, called ACTORS AL FRESCO; OR, THE PLAY IN THE PLEASURE GROUNDS. (With principally original Music composed by Messrs. T. Cooke Blewitt, and Horn.) SIrUdolph Honeysuckle Mr. S. BENNETT. Orlando Savllle Mr. HORN. Signer Patrick O'Diddle Mr. FITZWILLIAM. Jeremy Craubo Mr.WOULDS. Miss Prances Honeysuckle Miss GRADDON. Misi Penelope Honeysuckle Mrs. PEARCE. Sally Larkspur Mrs. FITZWILLIAM. Vlllajrers, &c. &c. The Vaudeville will begin at a Quarter past Eight. AN ENTIRELY NEW DIVERTISEMENT, (Cemposed by Mr. RIDGWAYI, For which a numerous Corps de Ballet is engaged. In the course of the Evening. Mr. BLACKMORE will perform his astonishing Fsats on the Slack Rope. The FIREWORKS, with the woaderfal Ascent on the Rope, by BLACKMORE. will be exhibited with their usual Splendour, by those celebrated Artists, SOUTHBY and D'ERNST. The CONCERT, which has ever formed a prominent feature, will be performed, as heretofore, in the original and much-admired Orchestra, in the open gardens ; and will consist of entirely NewSongs, Duet<<, Glees. &c. composed by Cooke, Blewitt. and Horn, and sung by Messrs. Woulds, Horn, Benson, Tlnney, and FitLwllllana, Miss Graddon, Mis. Austin, and Mrs. Fltzwilllam. The Military and Scotch Bands, under the direction of Mr. HOP- KINS, will be in attendance. Director and Leader of the Music, Mr. T. COOKE. Composers, Messrs. T. COOKE, BLEWITT, and HORN. The Scenery and Decorations by Messrs. Thorn, Cox, and Assist- ants. Machinists, Messrs. S^aw, Lowe, &c. A Spectacle of an Extraordinary Nature, oh a scale of magnitude never yet attempted in any country, is in preparation, and will speedily be announced. Admissions for the Season, and Nightly Tickets, may be had on ap- plication to Mr. Andrews, Bond-street; Mr. Willis, Royal Musical Repository, Egyptian Hal, Piccadilly ; 23. Ludgate-hlll j 141, Fleet- street; and at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. A numerous and eflfective Police, from Union Hall, will be In at- tendance; as also Officers irom Essex-street, for the due regulation of the hackney coaches. The doors will open at Seven.— Admission, 48. An erroneous opinion havlnp prevailed last year, that the public would, in addition to the admissiom money at the doors, be charged extra after they were In the gardens to witness a patt of the enter- tainments, the proprietors beg to state, that such was not the fact, but that the amount paid on entering entitled the company to wit- ness the whole of the amasemeHts ; and the visitors, during the pre- sent season, are requested to notice, that the Gardens, this season, epen under precisely similar circumstances, that the admission is the same aa last year, and no extra charge whatever will be made. A few box«s are fitted up in the Rotunda to accommodate families ; also, the Fire- Work Gallery Is reserved, as usual, for both of which, j should the visitors choose to occupy them, a trifle extra is charged j I but ample space will be found by the public to view the whole of the entertainmenta without any charge whatever beyond the admission 00 enterlni?. CAUTION.— As many Persons, at the different approaches to the Gard«n«, have been in the habit of imposing on the Public, by vend- ing Books purporting to be the Songs of the Evening, the Proprietors beg to state, that from the variety and change that will nlkchtly take plate, It is Impossible any correct Publication can be obtained but in the Gardens. •SUCCESS TO THE GALLERY OF COJilCALITIES,* PROPOSED BY " THE INIMITABLE SIMPSON," Master of the Ceremonies to the Royal Gardens oi Vauxhall ; Midshipman ordinary to the Admirable Rod- Dcy, oo boird the Vtlle dc Paris, a great largc-sidcd Tcaael ; lod PHisoG extraordinary to the rcDOwoed Lavatcr thi Second ! '