1762.--The Gardens were in fine order this year, and visited by the Cherokee Kings--admittance sixpence.[104] Mr. Trusler took care to keep out improper company; Miss Trusler continued to make the cakes. 1763.--The Gardens were taken by the famous Tommy Lowe,[105] who engaged Mrs. Vincent, Mrs. Lampe, Jun., Miss Mays, Miss Hyat, Miss Catley, and Mr. Squibb, as singers. August 12th, Mr. Storace had a benefit;[106] the singers were, Brother Lowe, Miss Catley, Miss Smit, and Miss Plenius. Music. Mr. Samuel Arnold. A large room was cleared in the great house for the brethren to dress in. Miss Catley’s night was on the 16th of August. Tickets were sold at Miss Catley’s, facing the Gardens.[107] 1764.--The Gardens opened on the 9th May; singers, Mr. Lowe, Mrs. Vincent, Mrs. Lampe, Jun., Miss Moyse, Miss Hyat, and Mr. Squibb. Mr. Trusler left the Gardens this year, and went to reside in Boyle Street, where his daughter continued to make her cakes, etc. Mr. Lowe returned public thanks to the nobility and gentry for patronising the Gardens. [Illustration: LONDON STREET MERCHANTS: MATCH BOYS ETCHED BY J. T. SMITH] This year a stop was put to tea-drinking in the Gardens on Sunday evenings. Mr. Lowe offered a reward of ten guineas for the apprehension of any highwayman found on the road to the Gardens.[108] 1765.--This year, Mrs. Collett, Miss Davis, and Mrs. Taylor were the singers. 1766.--£1, 11s. 6d. was the subscription for two persons for the season. The doors opened on the 1st of May, at six o’clock, and the Gardens closed on the 4th of October, for the season. The principal singers were, Tommy Lowe, Taylor, Raworth, Vincent, and Miss Davis. I have an engraving of a Subscription Ticket, inscribed “No. 222, Marybone, admit two, 1766.” As this ticket is adorned by two palm-branches, surmounted with two French-horns, and has also a music book, I conclude it must have been used on a concert night. This year an exhibition of bees took place in the Gardens, and the public were again accommodated with tea at eightpence per head. 1767.--Mrs. Gibbons was a singer there this season. 1768.--Lowe gave up the Gardens, declaring his loss in the concern to have been considerable.[109] Mr. Phillips, a singer, in the announcement of his benefit this season, states that tickets were to be had at his house, the “Ring and Pearl,” St. Martin’s Court; and also at Young Slaughter’s Coffee-house, in St. Martin’s Lane. The following are the titles of a few of the Marybone Garden songs of this year:-- Young Colin. Dolly’s Petition. The Invitation. The Rose. The Moth. Polly. A Hunting Song. Jockey--a favourite Scotch song. Freedom is a real Treasure. Jenny charming, but a Woman. Oh, how vain is every Blessing. Damon and Phillis.