The National Register.
London, England, 1814-08-07 00:00:00

TIA GRAND JUBILEE.

'flay after day has heel named, ;ind anxiety has been still kept
on its foil stretch. 1).:•1;ordid nut appear .to diminish expeesat;on,
or cool desua ; .PCM 011 the contrary, to has," 'nereased wider
ileferrcd liopc IVhateter political or morn: criticisms may have
been c thi-i ..obj •c:, wnether jc.71.1y or unjustly, it is an
initiputaoki fact, that so immewe a number of tlic large
were ni..ver niought together in any previans instrnee.• by any de-
scription of ooldie rejoicings on 1111)V 14 the peat veots psi tell have
so-eten gilded tlre pin:e of itish tn.y.
alooda... hE ing pas& ire!). fixed, no tat they fears were entertaned,
• save 'from the'caprice id the elements. A showry NH acre; -
tient againin which no human precaution could provide ; and ;I,•tice
!%1 give)), only on liondav tuorning, that in the ev,mt of sn!Kr-
vriortht.e weather, farther postponement would he
,ttecessary.--
'Mon Liy morning came, and, at an vat ly hour, its :lipearanee co-
-many a Gil- enunturrince tlith the gloom of disappointment.
The shy was darkened, and the rain descended, and the oexpectid
pra':eres the day•were given up for the moinent as 10 t.
been wick:um:only finc,—the tve of the Cita! day had a nlaunt
cOintleueld the entertaittinent,--anti • thousandA pronienadi.: the
- nhirist out :watched the moon, rhe apprehension of d;s.
appointment was. however suddenly ; for between ten and
eteren the cult ti appeared, health's in 811 Ilii g!ntY, and heddioZ his
brightest retlsl enee 0!) the scene. Tile inha!)itants of thcmetripo-
lis, and the Coonthe•. number:. who had e•mie to it trap.) ''r‘ll .
country roumh,"- nothing nnw to interfere win t!:eic liArcs; orl
to prevent tlem from getting icady a 3 strut as tlrev viva:sett and
throwing themselves Mtn the vortex of festivity' and rejoicing: The
appearance of all the stteets leading towinds the Parlis was without
any parallel, that we know of. The shop= in some streets were shut
' ttf) ; a:I tif4r? walking, or running, or riding in the shine direction.
Ir %vas Aitileu:t to proceed in au opposite one. Myriads of persons
of both sexes, of all ages, and of a•l ranks, in all their respective
variety of dress; were seen Backing to the selected spots. A
stranger dropped into the street, knowing nothing of the matter,
might easily have supposed, fr-rn the universal car.erhe,s and inter-
est, that some eventAvas to take place far ereAcr than even the splen-
did exhibitions which all were hasten.ug to witnes%, .
It ivoold appear, that thin conductors of the FOe entertainer!
sortie akrins respecting the possible conduct of the populace in the
oeeii.ico id them to issue the following notitica-
tion eu Munday punning :

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c. AUGVST Ist,
" Is the' day fixed for a Grand National Jubilee, Ife'ing the Cen-
tenary of the acee;sion of the Illustrious Family of Brunswick to
the Throne of this Kingdom, and Cie Annivu•sary of. the Battle of
the Nile. -
« fl‘de Pik, in which there will be a Grand Fair, is entirely.
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open to I:,tc peop!e.
." The een park will also be entirely open to the people...
," Tiw MalForSt. Japcs's Pdrk, and Constitution-hill, will also
b 4; to the people, to enter by Sluing-gardens, and S;ew-streel
" rhe lawn in St. Jante,'s Park, and the Bird cage-walk, will be
deviited t 4 those who have purellased tickets." . .
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.[Tiien ioilow; a description ot the acconimodation prepared for
Uke pubic. conellsion'ran tints :j•
-"- I,ct not the peopl-, therefore., listen tn. dirge who would poison
thvir those %vim . are the constant enemies of ali public
joy. 1,0 t.h....111 he asseacil, that the object of the praecful fut•tivil,
is tft give to a.11:•41/10 and orderS; a gratefill NcterNion to iiiihilge in
thin pat tic.,;p4t ion of happiti,ess. to whicl'k.thc4rAiri,e-verailee, iu
a ino,4 Nallgiil;loy antittying come,-t, crowned with iirpreeeriented
success, has .?o richly entith;tl,thciii,".. v •
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.11yile*Park, mfitllntit-0,110-.iirlaiontfmc3 of pagodas or fortre:4s; was
nr:t wit! out its share of inipe-tiou; its extent.cf.vicw, the openncs
of.tile sepia., and consonant coohie,) of the air, would of thlriosclvos

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r have made it a refu • ultri
ge from the deep anti close
ness of the ether
pio.ks_ Hoe it it had:neither tower nor iemele, it had booths in
•.peolusip.te antj..eieVo 50.147 fprgo! teo. the wide and peopled, :nag-
aitirenee of the .';erpentirrte The booths had, 'Tee Siindav, -been
i'gr.o%,vbig in all their dimensions with surprising rapidity. 'Nitthillfr
ft
! con hi be more luxuriant,, tetri•ois, and tinely,disdaiafal of regularity,
than then whole growth. In it,lilton's phry-e,
. • _Nature revi !4 here, in all her virgin fancies,. • ..
Will withont.ai t to rile—enorinotri biCss.
; Booths mind, square, triangular, polygonal, waving, with flags of
' all natioe.r, -mid of. Lute; ensigns fabricated of those habiliments .
which °eve eirjoyed other honours an the forms of.temzde loveliness -
1.7...:.t1 manly vi:zoin ; dehipidated petticoats,- pantaloons with, a single
i leg, old soects glittering wittethe insignia of the Regent, and ,fac-
1.. ii.i.le,l it' the phydognomy of the- illustrious Wk. llingtosil covered
... the tirou.ul f,r many an acre, . . . . .
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i Bo( ,OI sensos ;t4ll•bnen einisolted. Wo those whose eye or,. ear
hohts.,p.-e e. eedev of their kpetite, ample indnieence was offered in
t•, the hereditary wit of Panel' and his Wite,, and the higher and. more
solemn attractions of Messrs. Serrwton's,Richardsoe's and Gergell's
*
'li • lteatres, ‘vii;elt w•.:;t- e;;nstretteil by their respective owners wi tit
ao expeditiou which might pot anatty a Imnidur architect to SitatllC.
In short, tirey.we:•e ready. iorthe-reeeption.aod amweiorot of their
1;. gißsts by tiff' time that their guests were ready 11.1. them, which is
t' mare ;Ilan can be said ofsetne of the more magnificent eddices.
But the Fit et,—above all, the Fleet,—layoured by the spring tide'
wide!) set in strongly doriog the morning in the shove o 4 -a shower,
bred by noon hated int:* deep water, mad formed the line,—gallant
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steps were they, moor...din a line a-hrad, and ready for action. The
i wind eel eel from N. N,, I. tft W. -about one P. M. and the PritiOi
1! line was mow got ine.. a state of readioess to ewee down. 'lime ilk.
'tproportion, however, hetween its strength ,Intl-that of its mimic an-
tagoeists, was. formid:abhl, and, lA% we should hope, not necessary to
the vie tors- of a ltr:tiLli tk•et. fighting. in sight of its 0 ...Ai shores. The
spectaeo-4 tr..re even•so early numerous. The Kensington shore was
lined with Ili:- wo; iss, to eut•off all retreat, in thatotriai ter ; . and a
[balloon was prepared •to rise in their rear with the first bullet'll of
:rite' Sietorv. . - . ,
i • A 4 cvritina fa, the dreadful note of prepatation awoke, sails
were bent, 11.igs hoisted; -ea:molders embarked, sod tow ropes
',
launched through the hawse holes:. :foe- sun now approached to his
setting', .and in the. wctlike cooceptions of the time, the immense
.multitude that crowded the shore, in rank upon ranki and thousand
upon thonsand,..eleaming iirt bat deep and coloured light, Might pass
. fir au army waiting to .tee the contest. of,:tlie Wets decided.- It is
ie.fertimate that we are confitied to. a simple narrative, for plain
prove is int w or; hy •of transuii t tine the glai ies of. the. day.- A the
surrounuin!t in his toilet! eight, the headmost ship of the British hod
got under ~ae, and bore down oponthe starboard tack, and iii ten
i minutes opetit•c her fire, which was immediately returned front t!..e
; whole French line,. The British van. followed in succession, each
ship opened its tire at, it dropped beside its antagonist and the coin.
bat was sustained without any obvious -advantage for a considerable
: time ; hilt as the smoke cleated -off the leading ship of the British
i was ob‘erved to swing right on shore, her fire almost silenced, and
' her lutists iti a tottering. condition.; iirthis
.emergency, a breeze
sproug. up, and. the Admiral, a . three deektr mo.ing majestiertlly
clown with her consorts, took her station nil the latiotard of The
French line. The firing now mcommenced with tremetninous effect :
the cheering of the Briti,b wa. universal ; the shouts of the spec-
tators gave still higher animation to these sportive assertors of their
country's fame; the Iteadmost of:the French hoe was seen to cut
her cable and rum'; attralf-past eight her second attempted to follow
her example, but the loss of her tuahomast di- Meth her, atid she
'struck, after a broadside. Time engagement,still roetioned with thin
centre mid rear, but it was-now less for honour lino! for safety. The
British tire redoubled; both tit ets were lostio %,irltimes of-smoke.

,lie Admiral, by d 'Baster y mainrovre, tlitew Ininsull into a raking
position ;. and at ftwty minute. past eight,-the eremy's 'au; shirt
ceased her tire,. not havin_ stick staittliti;:. '11:e battle now
graJoally dee.iyed ; broadNi‘ies were. disellikr::ed iit intervalq, as the
.!shipa ranged tip by their opponenli that had • not yet striwk ; but
.14te fortune of the day wa., •devitled,, and within ten in•itriites to nine
‘VaK•tii•cd. 'fire moon,- that haft ri.tn iu elotitled ma-
' jesty, anti besides ninst have found- LIM' additional obstacle in the
t•greirp et this great encounter, now •

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.. . . . 1g thweird her'peerless-liOtt, ..
" And o'er the dafk her silver- mantle threiv."
Innumerable tamps,oless Ikrlidit bnt mpre.witlAin reach, tizow ON
terra over the landscape.; anti the booths pia oti their pet fret tjaiety.
But tLe, "Inure attractiv,e.inetal" of the Circen Park seduced tine

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