The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-14 00:00:00

THE NATIONALAEGISTE it.was really a subject of wonder to the beholders to observe in how short time the hundreds of booths, which in the morning had cover ed the whole extent of the Park, had disappeared; by three o'clock 116 t one was left standing, and only a few barrels of porter, and other heavy articles, were seen here and there scattered about, wait ing the return of the drays to take them away. Thus terminated, after eight days continuance, Jubilee Fair—a scene, any thing nearly approaching to which was never Infore mituessed in this country. An ingenious Correspondent thus contrasts the different modes iM which the people of the metroptilis and the country celebrated the return of the blessings of peace What was witnessed in What was witnessed in the London. Country. Two or three bontlred work- The poor of various parishes men employed for several Sun. regularly sent to church to re• days. in making preparations in torn thanks to Heaven for the the Parks. blus-ings of peace. The Metropolis, for several The country perfectly quiet, clays and niglits, a scene of con- orderly, and tranquil. fusion and irregularity. - Four widows and several or phans left to lament the death of their hu..ha-abi and fathers oc cask.' ed by preparing fireworks at Woolwich, acrd by lighting the Pagoda. A Pagoda burntd down in St. James's Park, to commemorate the general pacification. The hearts of many hmulrk poor widows. made to ring will) joy, in almost every cr.•nnty, the benevolence 01 thrir wealthy neighbours, Tlw foundation of a range of alms-licuses laid in Suffolk, which, w!:en built. will long re• wain a i; monument of the li berality of the founders, and will alio.mark the period when peace was concluded. A plum-pudding, nearly 20tflbs weight, with which, and plenty of beef and beer, farmer Thw.ipson, of Al:thorough, re. gaied lir, poor neighbours. The savoury bmell of the pudding excited an appetite where none existed before. A balloon in St. James's Park ; the stench of the gas creating nausea in every sto mach. The Queen, with a party of the Nobility, inspected Mr. Sadler's apparatus, for his serial flight. The lady of the Manor of in I)or•etshire, in spected the public hospital, and ministered to the wants of the sick. A very brilliant party in the Royal Booth, to witness the fireworks. Five hundred poor manu facturers assemiled at a pare,i. church in Nottingham hire, each of whom was rest% svith a portion of bread, meat, and money. Thirty tal►les set out on the law n of S. House, Warwickshire. A% here 1,300 persons were re galed with plenty of substantial food. A Pair in Hyde Park, for the promotion of low gaming, idleness, and drunkenness. The eye feasted with several flights of rockets in the Green Park. seal and sheep roasted Nv h o it, throughout the country, 'deb the sto►uachs the poor were feasted. The tenants of Mr. 'l'. in Berkshire, sitting down, with pc' ket regularity, to a tb nly English banquet, prepared at his expencc. Several poor debtors released from prison, at Newcastle. The crowd, fighting. to get a view of the Temple of Concord . , in the Green Park. A number of pickpockets who had been tempted by the excellence of the opportunity, to commit depredations in the Parks, sent tip gaol. A grand Jubilee, similar to the one in St. Jame'• and Hyde Park}, is about to be given in Dublin. All the Chdlity schools are In a few months the items of our late Gala expences will be laid belbre the People—and, it will then be found that the expences c.f the Peace are every way worthy the enor mous expendi!ure of War—that Jewellery is a match for dur Artillery—and that at one iireal we have swallowed near ly as much as would ha% e paid the Campaign of a Wellington. AUG. 14. CENTENARY EXHIBITION. OPENED AUGUST 1, 1814, AT No. 5, PR/NCES•STREET ) LEICESTEIt•SQUAR The Nobility, Gentry, and Amateurs of the Fine Arts, are in formed, that the above Exhibition is particulaily calculated to mark the era when England by a glorious peace, has signalized her self (tinder Providence) amongst the nations of the world, • by' the valour of her heroes,. the wisdom of her councils, and the integrity of her intentions, as it must prove gratifyingto the philatehropist, and the man of taste, to view under one toot, not oily the exact re semblance el Wellington, a Nelson, a Pitt. and various other dis tinguished characters, executed by their express per mission,. an d sanctioned by their entire approbation, but that those . two extiaor dinary chiefs to whom Europe owes so much, the brave Nelson anti Wellington, are particularly distinguished in 11. e above evail d etion ; the one by a picture in which the hero is repre s ented at the moment when he left one glory for anothir ; a picture which does honour to the genius of the nineteenth century, and in which the scene of that final event is most faithtidly, and impressively pour frayed, aisd a view of all the circumstances, as they happened on the quarter-deck of his Majesty's ship the victory at that time dis tieictly preserved, the various countenances of the officers and men, under the conflicting passions of victolions exultation and• sym pathising anguish for the loss of their revered commander, are ex quisitely delineated, their postures and actions most naturally alai animatedly expressed, and the whole assemblage finely demcnsa rat ive of British valour and sympathetic feelings fur individual distress, This admirable picture is the roductiou of Mr. Drummond, whose practical knowledge of nautical affairs, has afforded him that su peror advantage of cha , te representation, which otherwise could not have been reasonably expected from him or any other artist. The other by an equestrian statue, which, for novelty and t fleet, is calculated to iniprese the mind of beholder with as much vene ration as it must cause terror and agitateat in the breasts of 163 country's foes, and is undoubtedly the chef d'oeuvre of the sculptor, Gahagan, whose powers are also to be seen in a ts lark now exhibit big at the above premises, which must prove interesting to every true born Englishman, and which, though at precut consisting of only a few specimens, is to comprize busts of all the Kings of Eng land since the conquest, in the style of the alitique. Amongst the miscellaneous busts, that of Mrs. Clarke, cast from the marble in her possession, appears to vie only with some of the most classic beauties of the ancients. This exhibition is under the direction of a Com pany of Gentlemen, and the works selected, with one or two excep tions, have never appeared before the public. In the above col lection will also be found two most curious likenesses oh Huonaparte, one executed when he was First Consul, the other of a very recent date, acknowledged to be the most correct resemblance of him that ever appeared in Public.—Admittance By some mistake in the daily papers, it has been stated that the Duke of Wellington had sat exclusively to Sir Wm. Bcerhy and Turnerelli.—With respect to the latter artist it is the fact, and which arose from the Prince Regent having signified his gracious intentions in favour of the accomplished bust produced -by that gentleman. To this we believe Mr. Turnerelli owes the distinction conferred upon him by his Grace, and which we are happy to say has enabled him to produce a chef d'crurre of the Art. The great object of the Duke De Berri's visit to England is to invite the Prince Regent to viqt Paris ; and he is charged by his Majesty, Louis _MAIL with the most earnest invitation to that etlect. The Coronation would be fixed to accommo date the time of his Royal highness ; and we learn that the Prince is extremely desirous of complying with the polite re• quest. FATE OF GERM ANY.--The propositions, as the basis of a new political Constitution of Germany, submitted by . the ORANGE-NASSAU Minister to the Austlian Cabinet, are not of so satisfactory a nature as those submitted to every Biitish subject, in the sound basis and libetal detail of the Lottery, to.begin drawing on the Ist of September, in which Capitals are great and numerous ; Tickets cheaper than for years, awl the lowest Prize exceeds the prime cost of a Ticket