Pellicum, _Gonsone_, animosus hostis, Per minus castas _Druriæ_ tabernas Lenis incedens, abeas _Diones_ Æquus alumnis! Nuper (ah dictu miserum!) _Olivera_ Flevit ereptas viduata mœchas, Quas tuum vidit genibus minores Ante tribunal. Dure, cur tantâ in _Veneris_ ministras Æstuas irâ? posito furore Huc ades, multà & prece te vocantem Gratior audi! Nonne sat mœchas malè feriatas Urget infestis fera sors procellis? Adderis quid tu ulterior puellis Causa doloris? Incolunt, eheu! thalamos supernos, Nota quæ sedes fuerat Poetis; Nec domum argento gravis, ut solebat, Dextra revertit. Nympha quæ nuper nituit theatro, Nunc stat obscuro misera angiportu, Supplici vellens tunicam rogatque Voce _Lyæum_. Te voco rebus _Druriæ_ mentis; Voci communi _Britonum_ Juventus Te vocat, nunc ô! dare te benignum Incipe votis. Singulum tunc dona feret lupanar: Liberum mittet _Rosa_ Lusitanum, Gallici _Haywarda_ et generosa mittet Munera _Bacchi_. Sive te forsan moveat libido, Aridis pellex requiescet ulnis, Callida effœtas renovare lento Verbere vires. The same poet, speaking of the exhilarating effects of Gin, which had just been an object of Parliamentary notice, has the following stanza: Utilis mœchae fuit & Poetæ; Sprevit hinc Vates Dolopum catervas, Mœcha _Gonsonum_ tetricâ minantem Fronte laborem. Thus, between the poet and the painter, the fame of our harlot-hunting Justice is preserved. But as a slave anciently rode in the same chariot with the conqueror, the memory of a celebrated street-robber and highwayman will descend with that of the magistrate to posterity, _James Dalton's_ wig-box being placed on the tester of the Harlot's bed. I learn from the _Grubstreet Journal_, that he was executed on the 12th of _May_, 1730. Sir _John Gonson_ died _January_ 9, 1765. He was remarkable for the charges which he used to deliver to the grand juries, which are said to have been written by Orator _Henley_. The following puffs, or sneers, concerning them, are found in the first number of the _Grubstreet Journal_, dated _January_ 8, 1730. "Yesterday began the General Quarter Sessions, &c. when Sir _John Gonson_, being in the chair, gave a most _incomparable, learned,_ and _fine_ charge to the Grand Jury." _Daily Post_. "The _Morning Post_ calls Sir _John's_ charge _excellent, learned_ and _loyal_. The _Evening Post_ calls it an _excellent lecture_ and _useful charge_." Three of these performances had been published in 1728.[B] Sir _John's_ name is also preserved in Mr _Pope's_ works: