THAT Lady Lydia cannot fee Company. THAT fhe defires the Infirmary may be her Apart ment during her ftay in the Country. THAT they would pleafe to make merry with their Equals. THAT Mr. Loller might stay with them if he { thought fit. IT was immediately refolved, that Lady Lydia was ftill at London. The humble Memorial of Thomas Sudden, Efq; of the Sheweth, THAT Mr. Sudden is confcious that he is too much given to Argumentation. THAT he talks loud. THAT he is apt to think all things matter of De• bate. THAT he stayed behind in Westminster-Hall, when the late Shake of the Roof happened, only because a Council of the other Side afferted it was coming ⚫ down. THAT he cannot for his Life confent to any thing. THAT he ftays in the Infirmary to forget him-• felf. • THAT as soon as he has forgot himself, he will wait on the Company. HIS Indifpofition was allowed to be fufficient to3 require a Ceflation from Company. C Sheweth, The Memorial of Frank Jolly, HAT he hath put himself into the Infirmary, ins Tregard he is fenfible of a certain ruftick Mirth which renders him unfit for polite" Converfation. THAT he intends to prepare himself by Abftinence · and thin Diet to be one of the Company. THAT THAT at prefent he comes into a Room as if he · were an Express from Abroad. THAT he has chofen an Apartment with a matted Anti-Chamber, to practife Motion without being heard. THAT he bows, talks, drinks, eats, and helps himself before a Glafs, to learn to act with Modera• tion. 4 THAT by reafon of his luxuriant Health he is oppreffive to Perfons of compofed Behaviour. THAT he is endeavouring to forget the Word " Phaw, Phaw. THAT he is also weaning himself from his Cane.' THAT when he has has learnt to live without his faid Cane, he will wait on the Company, &c. The Memorial of John Rhubarb, Efq; Sheweth, TH HAT your Petitioner has retired to the Infirma ry, but that he is in perfect good Health, except that he has by long Ufe, and for want of Difcourse, contracted an Habit of Complaint that he < is fick. THAT he wants for nothing under the Sun, but what to fay, and therefore has fallen into this unhappy Malady of complaining that he is fick. THAT this Custom of his makes him, by his own Confeffion, fit only for the Infirmary, and therefore he has not waited for being fentenced to it. THAT he is confcious there is nothing more improper than fuch a Complaint in good Company, in that they muft pity, whether they think the Lamenter ill or not, and that the Complainant must make a filly Figure, whether he is pitied or not. YOUR Petitioner humbly prays, that he may have Time to know how he does, and he will make his Appearance, < THE Valetudinarian was likewife eafily excufed; and this Society being refelved not only to make it their Bufinefs to pass their Time agreeably for the prefent Seafon, but also to commence fuch Habits in themselves as : may may be of Use in their future Conduct in general, are very ready to give into a fancied or real Incapacity to join with their Measures, in order to have no Humourift, proud Man, impertinent or fufficient Fellow, break in upon their Happiness. Great Evils feldom happen to difturb Company; but Indulgence in Particularities of Humour, is the Seed of making half our Time hang in Sufpence, or waste away under real Difcompofures. AMONG other Things it is carefully provided that there may not be disagreeable Familiarities. No one is to appear in the publick Rooms undrefled, or enter abruptly into each other's Apartment without Intimation Every one has hitherto been fo careful in his Behaviour, that there has but one Offender in ten Days Time been fent into the Infirmary, and that was for throwing away his Cards at Whift. HE has offered his Submiffion in the following Terms. The humble Petition of Jeoffry Hotspur, Efq; Sheweth, TH HOUGH the Petitioner fwore, ftamped, and threw down his Cards, he has all imaginable Refpect for the Ladies, and the whole Company. THAT he humbly defires it may be confidered in the Cafe of Gaming, there are many Motives which provoke to Disorder. THAT the Defire of Gain, and the Defire of Victory, are both thwarted in Lofing. THAT all Converfations in the World have indulged Human Infirmity in this Cafe. YOUR Petitioner therefore most humbly prays, that he may be reftored to the Company, and he hopes to bear ill Fortune with a good Grace for the future, and to demean himself so as to be no more than chearful when he wins, than grave when he lofes. 3 T No 430. Monday, July 14. Hor. Quare peregrinum vicinia rauca reclamat. SIR, A S you are Spectator-General, you may with Authority cenfure whatsoever looks ill, and is offenfive to the Sight; the worft Nusance of which kind, methinks, is the fcandalous Appearance of 'Poor in all Parts of this wealthy City. Such miferable • Objects affect the compaffionate Beholder with dif mal Ideas, difcompofe the Chearfulness of his Mind, and deprive him of the Pleasure that he might otherwife take in furveying the Grandeur of our Metropolis. Who can without Remorse see a disabled Sailor, the Purveyor of our Luxury, deftitute of Neceffaries? Who can behold an honest Slodier, that bravely withftood the Enemy, proftrate and in want amongst his • Friends? It were endless to mention all the Variety of • Wretchednefs, and the numberless Poor, that not only fingly, but in Companies, implore your Charity. Spetacles of this Nature every where occur; and it is unaccountable, that amongst the many lamentable Cries that infeft this Town, your Comptroller-General fhould not take notice of the moft fhocking, viz. thofe of the Needy and Afflicted. I can't but think he wav'd it meerly out of good Breeding, chufing rather to ftifle his Refentment, than upbraid his Countrymen with Inhumanity; however, let not Charity be facrificed to Popularity, and if his Ears were deaf to their Complaints, let not your Eyes overlook their Perfons. There are, I know, many Impoftors among them. Lameness and Blindness are certainly very often acted; but can thofe that have their Sight and Limbs, employ them • better than in knowing whether they are counterfeit⚫ed, or not? I know not which of the two mifapplies his Senfes moft, he who pretends himself blind to move Com Compaffion, or he who beholds a miferable Object without pitying it. But in order to remove fuch Impediments, I wifh, Mr. SPECTATOR, you would give us a Difcourfe upon Beggars, that we may not pafs by true Objects of Charity, or give to Impoftors. I looked out of my Window the other Morning earlier than 'ordinary, and faw a blind Beggar, an Hour before the Paffage he ftands in is frequented, with a Needle and Thread, thriftily mending his Stockings: My Aftonishment was ftill greater, when I beheld a lame Fellow, 'whofe Legs were too big to walk within an Hour af ter, bring him a Pot of Ale. I will not mention the Shakings, Distortions, and Convulfions which many of them practise to gain an Alms; but fure I am, they ought to be taken Care of in this Condition, either by "the Beadle or the Magiftrate. They, it feems, relieve their Posts according to their Talents. There is the • Voice of an old Woman never begins to beg 'till nine in the Evening, and then fhe is deftitute of Lodging,. • turned out for want of Rent, and has the fame ill Fortune every Night in the Year. You should employ an • Officer to hear the Diftrefs of each Beggar that is con ftant at a particular Place, who is ever in the fame • Tone, and fucceeds because his Audience is continually changing, tho' he does not alter his Lamentation. If we have nothing elle for our Money, let us have more Invention to be cheated with. All which is fubmitted to your Spectatorial Vigilance and I am, 6 SIR, I SIR, Your most humble Servant. Was laft Sunday highly tranfported at our Parif Church; the Gentleman in the Pulpit pleaded movingly in Behalf of the poor Children, and they for themselves much more forcibly by finging an Hymn; And I had the Happiness to be a Contributor to this little religious Inftitution of Innocents, and am fure I never difpofed of Money more to my Satisfaction and Advantage. The inward Joy I find in my felf, and the Good-will I bear to Mankind, make me heartily |