[330] The cascade was varied in the course of years. In 1783 the background was a mountain view with palm trees. [331] _The Connoisseur_, 15 May, 1755. [332] From _A description of Vauxhall Gardens_, London, S. Hooper, 1762. [333] Further details as to the form of the Gardens may be seen in the guides of Lockman and “Hooper.” Mr. Austin Dobson (_Eighteenth Century Vignettes_, 1st series) gives the best modern account of the Vauxhall geography. [334] From about 1827 the entrance chiefly used by the public was the “coach-entrance” at the corner of Kennington Lane. [335] This has been attributed to Roubillac, but Mr. Dobson thinks that it was probably by Henry Cheere who made such leaden statues for gardens. The statue was cleared in 1779 of the bushes that had grown round it, and it was still in the gardens in 1817. [336] In 1818 it was removed to the house of Dr. Jonathan Tyers Barrett in Duke Street, Westminster; it was described lately (1894) as being in the possession of Mr. Alfred Littleton. [337] On Lowe, see _supra_, p. 50, p. 101 f., and p. 243. [338] As to the introduction of the covered walk see _infra_, § 4. [339] Trusler’s _London Adviser_, p. 163. [340] _Notes and Queries_, 6th ser. ix. (1884), p. 208. [341] _Evelina_, Letter xlvi. Cp. _The Macaroni and Theatrical Magazine_ for September 1773, p. 529, which gives a plate showing “the Macaroney Beaus and Bells in an Uproar, or the last Evening at Vauxhall Gardens” (W. Coll.). [342] _The Gazeteer and New Daily Advertiser_, 29 June, 1772. [343] _The Vauxhall Affray, or the Macaronies defeated_, London, 1773; _Westminster Magazine_ for September 1773, p. 558; _The Macaroni and Theatrical Magazine_ for August 1773, where there is a copper-plate showing the parson fighting the footman (W. Coll.). [344] _British Magazine_, 6 August, 1782. [345] _Westminster Magazine_, May 1775. [346] _Middlesex Journal_, July 23–25, 1775. [347] On the gala nights the charge was three shillings. [348] A burlesque account in the _Bon Ton Magazine_, June 1791, with plate (W. Coll.). [349] Her husband, Mr. Mountain, was leader at Vauxhall from 1792. [350] On Mrs. Bland, see _supra_, p. 137 (White Conduit House). [351] Miss Tunstall, another singer, was in repute at the gardens about 1820. [352] _Sketches from St. George’s Fields_ (1821), 2nd ser. p. 216. [353] In 1806 the opening of the gardens on Saturdays was discontinued on account of the disorderly persons staying on late into Sunday morning. From about this time the gardens were for a long period usually open on three days of the week only. [354] Already in 1769 an awning or other covering was placed over one of the walks, and “covered walks” are afterwards alluded to. The permanent colonnade was not erected till 1810. [355] Some accounts say £28,000. [356] Admission, three shillings and sixpence. [357] This Prince’s Gallery was burnt down in 1800.