From Reynolds Memoirs.
uoAy Upon DOCTORS.
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sPhysicians, Surgeons. and apothecaries,
amounting at least to the number OF fifty, re-
ceived letters to attend at ten o'clock in the
morninp. on a we'll known wealthy lawyer,
residing close to the Thames at the end Of
Essex Street, which was then, as it is now
complete eui-de-sac. Soon after the ap-
pointed hour six carriages arrived, then in
an instant, many more. After much parley.
rage and confusion, some of the doctors find
ing they had been deceived. ordered their
coachmen to turn and drive to their real pa
tents. Then came the hoaxer's triumph
about twenty medical fats were preparing
to get out Of the street, while more than
equal number were struggling to get into it.
This small cul-de- sac being now completely
blockaded, the original cause OF action was
as usual speedily forgotten; and the doctors
and their servants passed the remainder OF
the morning in polcmical disquistions in an
alto key, and in general abuse and retort.
Though some invaiias suffered perm perhaps. y
6t.rd; at least Lord EMnghaN usea to say,