Garner's. At Surflen's heard music, and several favourite glees: from thence to the playhouse, where I was invited to the rehearsal of a new piece, which was to be full of good things, if it had been suffered to be represented. It was now time to go to supper: I accordingly returned to the Coffee House, and from thence to the Billiard Room, where there was a violent cry of swindler, black-legs, and pickpocket, at which Mrs. Benson interfered, whilst her husband walked coolly up and down the Piazza, not venturing to intrude. The obnoxious person being turned out, and order restored, I retired at one o'clock in the morning. EPHEMERIS." --(_Times, Oct. 2, 1795._) Fancy seeing an advertisement like the following, in the _Times_ nowadays:-- Advt. "A MARE'S to be SOLD, About six years old, That's warranted perfectly sound: Her height's fourteen hands, And an inch as she stands, And will trot freely all the way round. The Mare's to be seen Any time that's between The hours of twelve, and of three, At the Inn called One Bell, In the Strand they will tell, Price twenty-five Guineas and three." --(_Times, June 17, 1796._) * * * * * "RAMSGATE. (Extract of a letter.) "Our early season has already begun, and those who are fond of cheap lodgings, have made their appearance _hirundine primâ_. I assure you, we have City Misses here at this moment, each of whom, in the vain idea of rising 'A new born Goddess from the Sea' sowces into salt water every morning. Our company is of the _greater_ sort. We have Mrs. Deputy _Plumb_, with her naked daughters, who have scarce more cloathing than a _fig_ leaf on them, and imitate their great grand-dame Eve in much more even than that. Then we have Mrs. _Pop_ from Whitechapel. She came down in state in her own job-coach, which was loaded so full with _unredeemed_ Articles for family wear, that her dear _pledges_ of domestic Love, her daughters, who are the very _duplicate_ of herself, in delicacy and beauty, were forced to come in the Hoy. But she vows it is so shocking to her feelings, that they never shall ride down _no more_ in that nasty sort of water conveyance, though she should spend upon their luxury and elegance _ten_, out of that _thirty per cent._, which she grinds from the necessitous miseries of hard-earned industry. Then we have three learned Ladies, who, after the great fatigues of novel-writing in the winter, have retired hither to display themselves to the vast pleasure, and edification, of some ancient enamoratus, who would not yield to Old Q himself in pretensions to gallantry. In truth, we begin to look gaily, early as it is: and I would that the