The two jugglers in senatorial wigs, who are displaying their magic wonders with cups and balls, etc., seem to have been intended likewise for two real characters (Fawkes and Neve), the Breslaw and Katterfelto of their day. Fawkes is most certainly introduced in the print of "Burlington Gate," where, on a board, the "Long Room" is announced, and "Fawkes' dexterity of hand." Portraits of these worthies still exist, and bear a sufficient resemblance to identify them with their representatives in the plate. Neve in a wood print prefixed to his "_Merry Companion_, teaching tricks in legerdemain;" and Fawkes in a large sheet print by Sutton Nichols, where he stands in the midst of his performances. Fawkes was no indifferent wit. When Breslaw, a more modern performer of the same kind, was at Canterbury, the former requested permission to display his cunning a little longer, promising Mr. Mayor that if he was indulged with permission, he would give such a night (naming a particular one) for the benefit of the poor. The benevolent magistrate acceded to the proposition, and he had a crowded house. Hearing nothing about the money collected on the specified evening, the Mayor waited on the man of trick, and in a delicate way expressed his surprise. "Mr. Mayor, I have distributed the money myself." Still more surprised, "Pray, Sir, to whom?" "To my own company; none can be poorer." "This is a trick." "We live, Sir, by tricks." MARRIAGE A LA MODE. VOL. II. P. 28. PLATE III.--The Procuress at the Quack's in this print is said to be designed for the once celebrated Betty Careless, and the remark is countenanced by the initials "B. C." on her bosom. This woman, by a very natural transition, from being one of the most fashionable of the Cyprian corps, became lady abbess of a brothel; and, after frequent arrests and imprisonments, was buried from the poorhouse of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, April 22, 1752. Fielding, in his _Amelia_, says: "It is impossible to conceive a greater appearance of modesty, innocence, and simplicity, than what nature had displayed in the countenance of that girl,"--meaning her whom he in another place calls "the inimitable Betsy Careless." _Ib._ Plate IV.--A card on the floor in this print is inscribed: "Count Basset desire to no how Lade Squander sleep last nite?" A fashionable foreign adventurer, of the name of Count Basset, occurs as one of the characters in the _Provoked Husband, or a Journey to London_, which might have suggested the hint for this name. But, query, whether a real person? or the artist might have meant to satirize the game of Basset. _N.B._--The set of prints of "Marriage à la Mode" is said to have furnished the idea for the comedy of the _Clandestine Marriage_. HARLOT'S PROGRESS. VOL. I. Pp. 102-114.