GEORGE HAYTON, who married ANNE, the daughter of Joseph and Dinah Colin, of Crosby Mill, purposes having a BRIDEWAIN at his house, at Crosby near Maryport, on Thursday the 7th day of May next, where he will be happy to see his friends and well-wishers, for whose amusement there will be a variety of races, wrestling matches, etc. etc. The prizes will be--a saddle, two bridles, a pair of _gands d’amour_ gloves, which whoever wins is sure to be married within the twelvemonth; a girdle (_ceinture de Venus_) possessing qualities not to be described; and many other articles, sports and pastimes too numerous to mention, but which can never prove tedious in the exhibition. From fashion’s laws and customs free, We follow sweet variety; By turns we laugh and dance and sing; Time’s for ever on the wing; And nymphs and swains of Cumbria’s plain Present the golden age again. A similar advertisement appears in the _Pacquet_ in 1803, and contains some verses of a kind superior to that generally met in these appeals. It is called A PUBLIC BRIDAL. JONATHAN and GRACE MUSGRAVE purpose having a PUBLIC BRIDAL at Low Lorton Bridge End, near Cockermouth, on THURSDAY, the 16th of June, 1803; when they will be glad to see their Friends, and all who may please to favour them with their Company;--for whose Amusement there will be various RACES, for Prizes of different kinds; and amongst others, a Saddle, and Bridle; and a Silver-tipt Hunting Horn, for Hounds to run for.--There will also be Leaping, Wrestling, &c. &c. ☞ Commodious ROOMS are likewise engaged for DANCING PARTIES, in the Evening. Come, haste to the BRIDAL!--to Joys we invite You, Which, help’d by the Season, to please You can’t fail: But should LOVE, MIRTH, and SPRING strive in vain to delight You, You’ve still the _mild_ Comforts of LORTON’S sweet VALE. And where does the GODDESS more charmingly revel? Where ZEPHYR dispense a more health-chearing Gale, Than where the pure _Cocker_, meandring the Level, Adorns the calm Prospects of LORTON’S sweet VALE? To the BRIDAL then come;--taste the Sweets of our Valley; Your Visit, _good Cheer_ and _kind Welcome_ shall hail. Round the _Standard_ of OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM, we’ll rally,-- And be blest in _Love_, _Friendship_, and LORTON’S sweet VALE.