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.