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Extract of a letter from the Brussells Gazette, March 6.
“Astley and his troop are the general topic of conversation her in all the polite circles and assemblies; and true it is, there never was his equal seen in Brussells; all those who have been here before him in his line, are in comparison to him, what a pupper shew is to a good play. The surprising feats performed by his troop, and especially by his inimitable son, appear to some, to be the ne plus ultra of the art of horsemanship and equestrian exercises, while other people, of weaker minds, imagine them to be supernatural, and that they are really assisted by a little magic.
“Their Royal Highnesses and the whole Court have honored this exhibition twice with their presence, and young Astley e lisied his most grateful acknowledgement on receiving from their Royal Highnesses a gold medal. Mr. Astley, senr. also speaks loudly in praise of the generosity of his most illustrious patrons.”
