"The Welsh footmen are said to have been the most contumacious in this affair; for after several meetings and mature considerations had, at the Goat and Harp alehouse, they unanimously resolved to support this essential privilege, at the hazard of their limbs and liveries; and likewise ordered a message to their brethren at the Ship victualling-house in the Old Palace-yard, Westminster, requiring the sense of that venerable body of _brass-button Senators_, at this _knotty_ and critical conjuncture. Were these pertinacious _gentlemen_ but to look into history, they, perhaps, may find by what means their _predecessors_ forfeited the privilege of wearing swords: for Rapin and others write, "That in the fourth year of Henry VI. a Parliament was held at Leicester, which was called the _Parliament of batts_, because, their footmen not being allowed _swords_, they followed their masters to the House with _batts_ and _cudgells_ in their hands. And it must be allowed that they have made a pretty good use of them ever since." Numbers of anonymous letters were thrown down the areas of people of fashion after this affair, denouncing vengeance against those who assisted in depriving them of their liberty and property, as they were pleased to term their riots and the gallery of Drury-lane Theatre. Two footmen were committed without bail or mainprize to answer for their conduct; and, while in Newgate, received supplies of every kind through the _generous subscriptions_ of their sympathising brethren. At the same time 50 men mounted guard at the Theatre every night under the direction of Colonel De Veil. Mary-le-bon Gardens were opened previous to 1737; and till that year were entered _gratis_ by all ranks of people; but the company resorting to them becoming more respectable, Mr. Gough, the keeper, determined to demand a shilling as entrance-money, for which the party paying was to receive an equivalent in viands. Mr. Chetwynd and Mr. Odell, Inspectors of Plays under the Lord Chamberlain, were granted seats at each house _gratis_ in 1738. The ensuing proposals were published by the master of Vauxhall-gardens in March 1738: "The entertainment will be opened the latter end of April or beginning of May (as the weather permits), and continue three months or longer, with the usual illuminations and band of musick, and several considerable additions and improvements to the organ. "A thousand tickets only will be delivered out, at 24 shillings each; the silver of every ticket to be worth 3_s._ 6_d._ and to admit two persons every evening (Sundays excepted) during the season. "Every person coming without a ticket to pay 1_s._ each time for admittance. "No servants in livery to walk in the gardens. "All subscribers are desired not to permit their tickets to get into the hands of persons of evil repute, there being an absolute necessity to exclude all such.