17. Metropolitan Police Bill passed.

The bill has pass'd, the sharpest bill of latter days,

Gin shops must close by twelve o'clock o' Saturdays;

And lively landlords now, whate'er their merits,

After that time must not _keep up_ their spirits,

Nor suffer the most fascinating fox

Of all their customers to turn their _cocks_!

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