The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-06 00:00:00

THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.

Yesterday being the anniversary of the gunpowder
plot, the appointed services were read in the several
churches, together with the Act of Parliament passed
in the 3,1 James I. for the observance of the day. The
royal standard was hoisted at the Tower, Somerset-
house, the Admiralty, the church of St. Martin-in-
the-Fields, &c., and the shipping in the river and the
docks were decorated with flags. At one o'clock
salutes were fired from the Tower, St. James's-rark,
Woolwich, and at the several forts and garrisons
throughout the kingdom.
The recent unpopular proceedings of the Pope has
had the effect of giving quite a new character to the
—of late years—almost forgotten celebration. From
an early hour yesterday morning the bye streets of the
metropolis and its suburbs were rife with the effigies
of " Guido Fawkes,'' while crowds of urchins i❑ all
directions called upon her Mjesty's liege subjects, in
sonorous tones, to

Remember, remember, the fifth of November!
Gunpowder tr. a'on, and plot.

As the day advanced, " Guys of larger growth"
presented themselves in the more frequented tho-
roughfares, attended by numberless idlers, who kept
up a running fire of pellets against the Pope and
Popery. In some cases an attendant carried a bowl
of whitewash and a brush, with which ever and anon
be inscribed on the walls and pavement, in rude
characters, "No Popery," "No wafer-0.045," "No
Catholic humbug," and similar anti-Romanist ex
pressions. The Guys were received with more than
usual welcome by the populace, and the conductors of
the several groups found no difficulty in levying
handsome " mail" on the passengers.
An impression having obtained that some demon-
stration on a large scale would he made in the vicinity
of the Catholic cathedral in St. George's-fields, a great
many persons assembled at that neighbourhood about
mid-day. Beyond the occasional appearance of an
itinerant " Guy," however, these parties found nothing
to gratify their curiosity. Two or three householders, ,
probably apprehensive from the proximity of •their
residences to the Romish church, that they might be
considered "followers of that faith," and thus meet
with rough treatment, exbibited placards, bearing
loyal and anti-Romanist inscriptions. One lusty
Protestant, in letters three inches deep, called upon
"Gad to preserve Queen Victoria from the Pope and
Popery;" another inveighed against the worship of
" wafer-gods;" and a third expressed his unmitigated
contempt for all "Catholic humbug." In brief, with
these few exceptions, there was nothing to distin-
guish the district of the Romish cathedral from any
other part of the metropolis.
About half an hour after noon, there issued from
the purlieus of Farringdon-market into Fleet-street,
a "group of Guys," which—as well from their
colossal size, as by the amusement and laughter they
occasioned on their progress through the streets—
must be fairly pronounced the pageant of the day.
This group had evidently been "got up" by some
zealous anti-Romanists, regardless of cost. It con-
sisted of about fourteen figures—animate and inani-
mate—presided over by a colossal Guy, about sixteen
feet in height, who elevated in his chariot—a van
drawn by two horses—was compelled to bow down
considerably before he could be made to pass beneath
Temple-bar. This pageant included an animate
effigy of the new Cardinal Archbishop of Westmins-
ter, attired in the gaudy canonical robes of the
Romish church, and wearing the red and broad-
brimmed hat appertaining to his office. The cardi-
nal was supported on the right by a waggish fellow,
habited in the robes of a nun, and upon the left by a
jolly fat monk, who leered impudently under his
mask at the passers-by. There was also a second
figure of a monk looking very lugubriously,
and labelled "St. Guy—the Martyr!" An
animate figure, holding a brush and a
pale of whitewash, inscribed, " Holy water
for the penitent !" A man in barrister's robes,
aud three or four masks, completed the group. The
van bore two large inscriptions, the one " Cardinal
St. Impudence going to take possession of his diocese
in Westminster ;" and the other " Guy Fox going to
be canonised in St. George's•fields ; " and several
smaller ones, such as "No Popery !" &c. On its ap-
pearance in Fleet-street this group attracted an im-
mense crowd, who greeted it with loud cheers and '
laughter. Several police officers were in attendance,
and, accompanying the procession to the confines of
the City, gave to it something of an official character.
After passing through Temple-bar the " cardinal
and the " Guy" were conveyed through the Strand
and Covent-garden Market, thence back into the
Strand to Charing-cross, and after passing up Regent-
street and down Bond-street, returned through
Whitehall over Westminster-bridge to St. George's-
fields, where they arrived shortly after four o'clock.
Although a great concourse of persons attended this
procession throughout the whole route indicated, there
was no attempt at disturbance of any kind during the
day.
The next most imposing " Guy" preambulating the
streets was an equestrian effigy—also of colossal size
—which confined its wanderings to the eastern dis-
tricts of the metropolis, and, like its western proto-
type, was accompanied by a very great crowd of
spectators. Other " smaller fry" thronged the streets
until a late hour. _ _ _

The police regulations for the prevention of fire-
works had the effect of confining the pyrotechnic
displays to the suburban districts of the meteopolis,
iu some of which very extensive bonfires and other :
demonstrations took place.
At seven o'clock several thousands of persons as-
sembled in the Cambridge-heath-road, Bsthnal-green,
and the various avenues adjoining, for the purpose of
witnessing the destruction by fire of the effigy of Car-
dinal Wiseman, with those of the eleven bishops.
The piece of ground selected was the green, which
was granted for the purpose by Miss Eastman, the
freeholder. Oa this space a pile of several loads of -
faggots, under which were some tar' barrels, Was
placed. The effigy of the Cardinal was raised on a
stage properly suspended in the centre of the pile, and
those of the bishops were attached to poles. A
splendid display of fireworks followed, a band playing
the National Anthem, which was enthusiastically
responded to.
About dusk, notwithstanding the precept from the
Lord Mayor,some thousand of persons took possession
of Tower-hill, and a continuous discharge of pyro-
technics was kept up without the least intermission
for several hours. Whilst the fireworks were being
let off, a large figure, representing " His Holiness "
on a donkey, was led into the ground. The animal
wore a cardinal's hat, and on its tail was placed
a large placard, on which was printed " This is
Wiseman, which produced roars of laughter. Se-
veral persons, representing "right rev. fathers,"
walked at the side of the animal. So great did the
crowd at length get that it was found necessary to
have a large body of police under Mr. Inspector Tod-
hunter, to preserve something like order, and guard
the property of the inhabitants.
At Bonner's-fields the effigy of the Pope,
in his
full canonicals, was destroyed in the presence of an
immense number of persons, who testified their ap-
probation by hearty cheers, mingled with cries of
ensue.
"Down with the Pope" and a continuous discharge
of fireworks.
At the Surrey side of the water similar expressions
of public disapprobation were evinced last night ; and
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owing to the large number of fireworks
.discharge
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ordered to be in constant readiness, in
services might be required. Up to ten o'clock last
night, however, no accident of any importance had
happened.
their At Richmond the inhabitants showed
.disap-
proval in every conceivable way of the appointment
made by the Pope. The discharges of fireworks,and
the destruction of the Pope's effigy,
proceeded with
great spirit.
Blackheath-park,
At Hampton Court, Kingston,
places, there
were
Guildford, Godalming, and various otheriewfeEnrel,ght
were also anti-Popery demonstrations. of Guys,
A t Exeter there was a grand
procession Archbishop f
in which the Popes, the Cardinal the new o
Westminster, the Inquisitor-General, as PopishPuse't
bishops and the Burnish priests disguised
appropriate Yle
clergymen, all appeared in
. aunted the costumes,
The priests disguised as Pusey
:' ite3eeded fol-
lowing:—
song as the procession ,proceeded:-- ,
" We stick firm to the loaves and fishes,
And hold fast with very ge.eat care;
It is clear if we give up our livings,
We cannot yet live upon air.
Sing fal de lal, &c.
" The world no doubt hypocrites call us.
And bid us act honest and fair,
But what can we do with our wives then,
uon
For they cannot yet live
Sing falau% de lal, &c."
lral- d
The procession entered the Cathedral-yard yar about
half-past eight, and moved round_ the yard. The
intervals, for those who liked it,
procession stopped at
and then proceeded
to kiss the great toe of the Pope, and Cardinal
to the bonfire, where the
Popet
with all the wtre
hanged on a gibbet, and burn
their late daring andindignity
heaped upon them, which th
usurpation of
impu-
dent, but at the same time contemptible,
es.
power over the British people deserves.
The
general were then
kicked bishops and the inquisitor
then kicked '
into it, the
kicked round the bonfire, and
playing "God Save the
Queen," and the people
baud
singing—

" Frustrate their Popish tricks,
Confound their politics,
God save the Queen."
Notwithstanding these general expre3qon3 of the
popular feeling, no outrage of any kind appears to
have taken place.

Westmnster, on Tuesday next,
A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's molt
Ehoxneohuerciaubelre
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uncil is appointed to meet in de
the 12th inst., to settle the roll of Sheriffs for the en-
suing year.