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Positively the whole General Display.
For the Benefit of Mrs. A S T L E Y,
A T T H E
Riding School, Westminster-bridge,
THIS EVENING, will be presented
A Variety of Amusements, several of which are taken from
The BOULEVARDS of PARIS,
Particularly many Deceptions, Experiments, and Operations, after the manner of Sieur COMMONS.
ALSO,
The M A G I C A L T A B L E S,
In Four Grand Changes, with Birds, Lemons, Cards, and Watches.
The Brilliant TEMPLE of MINERVA;
Consisting of various capital Pieces of Mechanism, never exhibited in Mr. Cox’s Museum, will be open for inspection.
On the slack rope will be exhibited,
The R O A S T E D P I G.
Great variety of new FEATS of ACTIVITY on Horseback, by Mr. Astley, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Phillips, Mrs. Griffin, and the Clown.
Mrs. ASTLEY will command Three Hives of Bees to march across a Table.
Mr. ASTLEY will go through the different Excercise of the Broad Sword⸻Towards the conclusion of the Evening Entertainment,
The G R A N D S A L O O N
Will be illuminated with several Hundred Lights, in imitation of the COLESEA at PARIS. ― Likewise,
LOFTY TUMBLING and VAULTING,
In a manner truly entertaining. The Lion and Salmon’s Leap, flying over chairs and tables by several capital performers.
The E G Y P T I A N P Y R A M I D S ;
Or, LA FORCE D’HERCULE,
Will be display’d, with considerable alterations. In short, the Entertainments will be exhibited in a most brilliant stile [sic].
[pointing hand] Doors to be opened at Five o’clock, and to begin at a Quarter past Six o’clock, Admittance as usual.
