Flockton, who was the leading showman of this period, was the sole advertiser of 1789, when he put forth the following announcement:-- "MR. FLOCKTON'S Most Grand and Unparallelled Exhibition. Consisting, first, in the display of the Original and Universally admired ITALIAN FANTOCCINI, exhibited in the same Skilful and Wonderful Manner, as well as Striking Imitations of Living Performers, as represented and exhibited before the Royal Family, and the most illustrious Characters in this Kingdom. MR. FLOCKTON will display his inimitable DEXTERITY OF HAND, Different from all pretenders to the said Art. To which will be perform'd an ingenious and Spirited Opera called The PADLOCK. Principal vocal performers, Signor Giovanni Orsi and Signora Vidina. The whole to conclude with his grand and inimitable MUSICAL CLOCK, at first view, a curious organ, exhibited three times before their Majesties." In this clock nine hundred figures were said to be shown at work at various trades. In the following year, two wonderful rams were exhibited in Bartholomew Fair. One of them had a single horn, growing from the centre of the forehead, like the unicorn of the heralds; the other had six legs. One of the principal shows of this year was advertised as "the Original Theatre (Late the celebrated Yates and Shuter, of facetious Memory), Up the Greyhound Inn Yard, the only real and commodious place for Theatrical Performances. The Performers selected from the most distinguished Theatres in England, Scotland, &c. The Representation consists of an entirely New Piece, called, The Spaniard Well Drub'd, or the British Tar Victorious." This clap-trap drama concluded with "a Grand Procession of the King, French Heroes, Guards, Municipal Troops, &c., to the Champ de Mars, to swear to the Revolution Laws, as established by the Magnificent National Assembly, on the 14th of July, 1790." There was "hornpipe dancing by the renowned Jack Bowling," and an "Olio of wit, whim, and fancy, in Song, Speech, and Grimace." Two years later, the London Fairs were visited by a couple of dwarfs, almost as famous in their day as Tom Thumb and his Lilliputian bride in our own. These were Thomas Allen, described in the bill of the show as "the most surprising small man ever before the public," and who had previously been exhibited at the Lyceum, where he was visited by the Duke of York and the Duke of Clarence; and, again to quote the bill, which seems to have been based on the announcements of the Corsican Fairy, some of the passages being identical,-- "MISS MORGAN, the Celebrated WINDSOR FAIRY, known in _London_ and _Windsor_ by the Addition of LADY MORGAN, a Title which His Majesty was pleased to confer on her.