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NATHANIEL BENTLEY, Esq. Known by the Name of Dirty Dick , Late a Hardware Merchant, in Leadenhall-street.

ANN SIGGS, Contrast to the Character last mentioned.

MEMOIRS OF THE CELEBRATED MARTIN VAN BUTCHELL, Surgeon, Dentist, &c. OF MOUNT-STREET, BERKELEY-SQUARE.

PARTICULARS RELATING TO JOHN STATHAM, A REMARKABLE BLIND YOUNG MAN, Well known about the streets of London .

ANNE LONGMAN, SINGER AND MUSICIAN.

JOHN AND ROBERT GREEN, THE WANDERING MINSTRELS.

TOM AND HIS PIGEONS, A noted Character , ABOUT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, &C.

ROGER SMITH.

GEORGE ROMONDO, Well known for his imitative abilities AND GROTESQUE APPEARANCE.

TOBY, A CONSPICUOUS NEGRO. A frequent visitor about the streets of London.

MEMOIRS OF THE FAMOUS Sir JOHN DINELY, Baronet, One of the Knights of Windsor .

PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE POLITE GROCERS of the STRAND. "Brother John and I."

ANN JOHNSON, THE HOLBORN LACE-WEAVER, A conspicuous blind woman .

SAMUEL HORSEY, A REMARKABLE MAN WITHOUT LEGS, Called the King of the Beggars .

Miss THEODORA DE VERDION, commonly known by the name of CHEVALIER JOHN THEODORA DE VERDION, Who lived in London disguised as a man, a teacher of languages and a walking bookseller.

DANIEL LAMBERT, Aged Thirty-six Years .

THE DEATH OF MR. LAMBERT! FROM THE STAMFORD PAPER, Friday, June 23, 1809.

MARY JONES, COMMONLY CALLED MAD MOLLY , Well known about Cheapside, Newgate-Street, Holborn-Bridge, &c. &c .

A WELL-KNOWN CARVER, IN FLEET-MARKET, ANNO 1806. "HOT or COLD."

THE LIFE OF JOHN ELWES, ESQ. Member in three successive Parliaments for Berkshire.

THE FLYING PYE-MAN.

THOMAS LAUGHER, Aged 109 Years .

THE LIFE OF DANIEL DANCER, ESQ.