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New National Spectacle.
ASTLEY’s AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-Bridge.
Under the Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of WALES and Duke of YORK.
THIS EVENING (1st time this season) the COTILLION and COUNTRY DANCE, by eight Horses; after which (1st time), a new NAUTICAL SPECTACLE; consisting of Recitative, Songs, Duets, Glees, Chorusses [sic], with appropriate action, &c. forming a true and lively Portraiture of the late Proceedings and glorious events in the Destruction of the French Fleet in Basque Roads, and exhibiting through a series of interesting Scenery and Stage Incidents, the intrepidity and heroism of the British Seamen, under the command of the gallant Lord Cochrane, and other Officers, who so nobly conducted the attack. Horsemanship by the Double Company, with Mr. Richer’s elegant Tight Rope Dancing. To conclude with the Harlequinade of FAIRY LAND. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna, jun.; Clown, Mr. Laurent; and Columbine, Mrs. Parker. Second price, half-past eight. Places to be taken from ten till three, which cannot be kept after half-past seven o’clock. Equestrian Tuition by able Masters.
