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Amusements of all sorts were never more prevalent than in the present age, the subjects of this happy country convinced of the blessings they enjoy under a MILD MONARCH and a free constitution, relax themselves from the toil of business with different pleasures, as fancy directs. Contented in their situations, they comparatively view the difference between England and other nations, where discord, noise, and jealousy, destroy the peace of mankind: ASTLEY, in the choice of his Entertainments is uncommonly successful, his ROYAL FUGITIVES is replete with moral and mirth, the sufferings of a late King and Queen, and the behaviour of an incensed populace, convey a moral which cannot be misunderstood, and he has the satisfaction of seeing his house crowded every night.
