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On Tuesday Se’nnight, while Mr. Astley was exhibiting his Horsemanship at Carliste, on a Plain nigh the River Eden, the Tide, on a sudden, flowed up with the greatest Rapidity, and surrounded the Spot where the principal Part of the Spectators had placed themselves to view the Performance. The Ladies were borne away on the Gentlemen’s Shoulders, many of them much wet; but happily no further Mischief ensued.
