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his chariot was drawn by six grey horses; 
several persons, on horseback and on 
foot, attended him, bearing French- 
horns, and other noisy instruments. His 
own dress was the very acmé of fashion- 
able absurdity, and his head was usually 
decorated with a white hat. He was 
certainly a dandy of the very first curl; 
and, without any sterling mental quali- 
fications, he ruled the flower of British 
fashion with glorious success :—a sure 
proof, by the way, that the insects which 
buz in the glare of worldly frivolity may 
be pyed into subjection, even by—a 
monkey ! 
Nash, like all other conceited persons, 
had a wonderful opinion of his own wit 
and talents; and, by way of displaying 
them ‘to his admiring dependants, he 
had the following Rules (written by 
himself) posted in all the places of pub- 
lic amusement. Coarse and impudent 
as they are, they would not, perhaps, 
be wholly unserviceable, in some of our 
metropolitan assemblies, 
RULES, 
BY GENERAL CONSENT DETERMINED, 
1. That a visit of ceremony, at coming 
to Bath, and another at going away, is all 
that is expected or desired by ladies of 
quality and fashion—except impertinents. 
2. That ladies coming to the balls, ap- 
point a time for their footmen to wait on 
them home—to prevent disturbance and 
inconvenience to themselves and others. 
3. That gentlemen of fashion never 
appearing in a morning before the ladies, 
in gowns and caps, shews breeding and 
respect. 
4. That no person take it ill that ‘any one 
goes to another’s play or breakfast, and not 
to their’s—except captious by nature. 
5. That no gentleman give his ticket for 
the ball to any but gentlewomen—uniless 
he has none of his acquaintance. ° 
6, That gentlemen crowding before ladies, 
at the ball, shew ill manners; and that 
none do so for the future—except such as 
respect nobody but themselves. 
7. That no gentleman or lady take it ill 
that another dances before them—except 
such as have no pretension to dance at all. 
8. That the elder ladies and children, 
be content with a second bench at the 
ball—as being past, or not come to, per- 
fection. 
9. That the younger ladies take notice 
how many eyes observe them.—N. B. This 
does not extend to the Haye-at-alis. 
10, That all whisperers of lies and scan- 
dal be taken for the authors. 
11. That all repeaters of such lies and 
scandal be shunned by all company—ezcept 
such as have been guilty of the same crime. 
On the Trade in Horses, and the 
[ Mar.1, 
N. B.—Several men of no character, old 
women, and young ones of questionable 
reputation, are great authors of lies in this 
place, being of the sect of levellers. 
Nash, like many other heroes, died in 
poverty, and unlamented. The great, 
whom he had served with such devotion, 
rewarded him—as they usually do the 
minions of their pleasures—by deserting 
him in the hour of need. Sickness 
attacked him; and poverty stared him 
in the face. These were evils against 
which he had provided no defence, and, 
therefore, they fell upon him with double 
weight. Sorrow and distress clouded 
the evening of his days, and reflection 
came too late for any other purpose, 
than to display to him the disconsolate 
situation of that man, when he ap- 
proaches his end, who has spent his 
whole life in the pursuit of pleasure 
and the service of folly. He died. in 
1761, aged 88,—and was buried, at the 
expense of the corporation, with great 
pomp and circumstantiality. 
During his life, a marble statue was 
erected in the Pump-room, and placed 
between the busts of Newton and Pope: 
and, after his death, a monument was 
erected to his memory in the Abbey, 
with an eloquent though somewhat flat- 
tering inscription, by the celebrated Dr. 
Harrington. Under the inscription is 
cut, in marble, the arm of Death, strik- 
ing his dart at a falling crown and scep- 
tre; with the metto— 
«* 7E£qua pulsat manu!” 
Your’s, &c.~ 
se 
On the Trave in Horsks, and the Rr- 
positorigs of the Mrerrorotis. 
Y the number of horses of all de- 
scriptions bought and sold, and 
used in the metropolis, an immense 
capital is put in activity, and the pnr- 
poses of business and pleasure for- 
warded to an unspeakable extent, and 
a very considerable part of the labour- 
ing population are employed. 
To Aldrich’s Repository, in St. Mar- 
tin’s Lane, a priority of notice is dre, as 
being the original establishment of this 
kind in London, and, of course, in Eng- 
land; dating probably at about the year 
1740. It was opened by Mr. Beavor, and 
perhaps the idea of this mode of selling 
horses, by auction, originated with him, 
The father of the present: Mr. Aldrich 
succeeded Beavor, Mr. Aldrich succeed- 
ing his father, has held the Repository 
about thirty years, and realized a hand- 
some fortune. : The species sold at this 
Repository 
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