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Show feCEMS IX LO.MIU.V. niASES or uie ix Tin: eaulish JltlltOl-OLlS IX 1730. Although containing within Uie bills of mortality perhaia bO.wo in-hablUnts, in-hablUnts, Uie Kngilsii metmpoIU A ceutury ago Was a huge community, commun-ity, and Uie city was busy at its centre and iu its main thorough-faics. thorough-faics. London in 17W did not extend ex-tend more than a mile north and south of SL Paul's. The houses and gardens at lloxton pushed out a litue further to tho north, aud to Uie south High Street. rSouUiwark, continued through Blackmau btreel to the village of Ncwingtou Butts, IUi a lino of houaes reaching to Kcunington Common. To Uie east, saving a fringe of houses on both sldk of the Thames, the town ended at Mllecnd gate; to Iho west it was bounded by the jarts. The southern portion of the metropolis was even less overbuilt, and more since was filled wiUi gardens. Besides the bridges, the river was crossed by numerous feme?, and there were no docks but the Commercial: tha nool tr. crowded wiUi shipping, anJ Its wharves were buy enough. London bridge. It was calculated, wa dally crossed by some 70,000 persons, and the stream of life flowed east ami wesL iVe remember tho saying cf Dr. JohnsoD, "Why, sir, Fleet tired has a very animated appearance, but the tide of existence is at Charing Cross." The west end of London was well built, but Uie old parti of Uie city were dingy, ilose aud decating. The general condiUon of Londor, indeed, was improving, since the excess ex-cess of deaths over birth-, which had been 10,Sa in 1750, and 3,510 In 1770. fell In 17M to 1.C0S. Thjt was ML'I bad, but as a sit oir L n doners In 17W had t alyncceto Uie Uie country by every read through the rutal environs. lCast- enders flocked to Cambridge Heath or Bow Common, Wcst-tnders to Hyde Park or along tho river to Militant, whllo lo the south lay Kennington and Camlwrwell, and to Uie north Islington, lone Uie most noted pojiulax rrscit of holiday pleasure. plea-sure. TEATCRES OE THE OLD CITY. In 1790 Islington ras full of tea gardens, bowling alleys and "wf letn taverns; the mere lktof their names sugget-a perpetual falr.moro cries- noisy, according to Uio character char-acter of Uie company, and tapcclally crowded on fcunday afternoon-, when there was a great con-ump-UorTbf buns and beer. On Sunday mornings Uie favorite parade wis in Uydo I-ark, where the fashions fash-ions in vogue mlgnt lp seen; but tho place for a show of Londonsoclcty was the Mall in fat. James1 Park. The costumes o genUemcn were ofttn brilliant, and on a fine day the ccats of gay color-, the scarlet walstcoaH and the bilght attlic of the ladles, all standing cut against a Itafy background, back-ground, with a pcepof'lueeu'i house" in the lU-tanrv, might hare delighted a lover of picturesque Only a few months had passed away since King George III had recovered from his sad malady, and Uieilojd still hung over a court which at its best was never very lively. Howcvir, in January, 179J, there wasanellut to restore the a'peet of magnificence. The royal dukes and the aristocracy arrived In coaches "surpaslDg," so said the newsjapefi 'auythlng of the kind ever steu;" while tlioso txalted personages were clad In rhli vel-vit, vel-vit, embroidered with gold, silver and spangles. The public went to gaze cm their glory; but tithirthe t-ople looked somewhat unsyrc-lolhetlo unsyrc-lolhetlo or the otllcir wa-pecullsrly wa-pecullsrly supIcIou, fur the tol-dleis tol-dleis who surrcundtd the pakv-e suddenly backed their horstsaniong Uie crowd, so as to cause a crush and panic Theseaon advanced, sum- mtrcame, aud ou Juno II a grand latriotic mlllt-iry srctarle was got up at the Royal Circus. The death v( General Wolfe at Quebec was represented, with tbe sciueiy of the falls of Niagara and tho fills of Montmorencljtablcaux of the French army aud the Indian warrior-, concluding con-cluding with General Wolfe expiring expir-ing Iu iheanns of Victory. SPECTACULAR E.STEBTAK.ME.NTS. On July 11 a new piece was brought out, calltd "The Triumph ol Lllr-tyj Lllr-tyj or. The IX-siructiou of the Bastille," Bas-tille," which apparently proveil mere successful, fur ou August SUi Attlei 's came out with The Cou-ftdtratlon Cou-ftdtratlon of tbe Champ do Mais." In whkli an altemM was made to reproduce the ic.mja of the recent grand political cenrnoiiy in Iaris. At the other end of the town the much frequented theatre at Sadler's Sad-ler's Wells produced a spectacle o thu tamo sulject, calling It "The Champ de Mars: or Loyal Fedtre-tloii," Fedtre-tloii," In which the whole affair was set forth In a sell of tableaux, beginning with the activity of the citizens in pri paring the ground, their Joyous loyalli shown at the visit of the kin?, and "tin striking and orderly manner in which the great business of tbe day was conducted." con-ducted." Finally tho royal circus, having bid the way, was not to be outdone, but again entered the lists with this popular suMict, entitling it "n.e French Jubilee," aud made a few striking points omitted by the other theatre. A feature charatterisUc of 1790 was the irforruince of these trec-tades trec-tades of the enntemrorary revolu tionary Ineidcnts. put on .hostage to gratify ullic feclintr, which liad more serious exponents. There was atocicty iu London deriving Its imme frtnt tne revolution of lUSs, of which thu Rev. Or. Prk-e, the i-ilnlster of a highly rtjctilile Prt4) tcrian congregation con-gregation at btAe Xewlncton, and thu Ilarl of btanhope, a broUier-lu-law of Mr. Pitt and a uistlnguished man of science, were leaders, mid they were Jointly responsible for n congratulatory addre to tho national na-tional ssu-mbly in Paris. This occasioned oc-casioned the writing cf Burke's Rtflcttlon- on the French Revolution." Revolu-tion." Tjmdoti 'trapftte. |