The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-14 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

ingOon..ii4fas ON THE NINO'S BIRTH-DAY.

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Tuesday. the 12th of thie pregept, Apayest., wag good,
24 hears jubilee with the WitsdiO th'e.
12th of Aagnst always is it belag,.snawe heard al worthy
Barges, observe, " his alajossees,rasil hirth-datielsil
of roue George and the Dragoon sitiossehrimitr! . „
Early in the morning—and a beautiful niorningit was, i
day,indeed, on which Sol snapped his fingers mt St. Seti,
thin, and fairly stared him nut of countenance, I the ',ache--
lors of Windsor decked with white and blue ribbons—the
white for virginity and the blue for loyalty, marched our, in
jolly procession, with drums beating and colours eying;
amidst the ringing of bells and the smiling of belles, to
their celebrated and well contested "ere; and there, having
'lashed their colours to the .obelisk—the jubilee obelisk, I
erected by his late Most Gracious .Majesty; they fired
a four pound patterero, over and over again, till all the
forest echoed. and the Royal standard on the Castle stee-
ple flew more Hauntingly triumphant in the reverberating
roar. On the amphilheatriced boundaries of " the
Acre," tents and marquees, and booths of all sorts, lay
basking in the sunshine, some for exhibitions of many-
legged sheep, and the " most astoniahisgeat works of
nature;" and others for the dispensation of Itamsbottom's
best, porter and pop. mirth-moving max, agd fragrant shag.
Between these coverings of comfort and wonders, the
banks were thronged with beauty and buitomnesa of every
grade—some from the boudoir awl some from the buttery,
and the level bottom of the Acre was kept open for the pe-
culiar revels of the jolly bachelors themselves.
These revels commenced with a cricket match played
by bachelors not exceeding twelve years of age, and the
urchins exerted themselves gloriously. To this 'mewled
whipping the ball, in which ten or twelve sturdy blind•
folded bumpkin bachelors laid on each other with earl-
whips without mercy, coveriag themselves with shouts of
laughter and Scrods of perspiration. Gingling matches,
jumping in sacks, foot races, wrestling, and single stick or
cudgels followed; but at these two latter sports the bache-
lors of Windsor are nothing. Their cailgelling is down-
right threshing, without the least attempt at science; and
verily their heads must be hard heeds, to take so many
thwacks as they did before they. would bleed. Between
every bout the paterero was fired with thundering effect ;
and as the son went down, the revels were wound up by a
pig-hunt, to the great amusement of the ladies, and the
great terror of the poor pig •himself. He was a vigorous
ptick-ear'd fellow, with a short tail well soaped, and he
sprunted about among their legs lustily, upsetting many a
luckless bachelor, and displaying the garters of many a
blooming damsel. There seemed. too, to be a sort of under-
standing between him and the master of revels ; for, when-
ever he was out of that necessary article, wind, he turned
to the master of the revel., who instantly covered him with
a large hamper as dexterously as Molly Chambermaid
Maps the extinguisher on the candle, and thus the bunters
were repeatedly thrown out. At length lie was callow, and
seemingly not much the worse for his exercise. It was com-
monly reported that Lord Francis. Conynglown made the
bachelors a present of this pig, but we don't believe a word
of it. We have no doubt the report was set on foot by the
bachelors themselves, in 'seder to Make the sport go off sti-
lislily. and to give their pig ad importance which he would
not otherwise have enjoyed: , •
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By the tine the bunt was over it sires nearly dark, and dancing
and drinking was then all the rage, till the very booths them-
selves seemed to reel with jol ity, end the never failing pate-
rero bellowed forth bra rot brartesimo!
" Oh ! funny and free are a bacuelor's revelries,
" Cheerily, merrily passes his lira ;
" Little knows lie of connubial develries, &c."
At night all the principal shops, the hum, and many private
houses, were splendidly illuminated, end there was nothing but
bell-ringing and music, and dancing, and drinking, and parad-
ing, until atter raidniatit; and then every body (except the
watchmen) went quietly, to sleep.
. Tug TERRACE. •
--- By the courtesy of his late Majesty, of blessed me-
mory, diet:Jamie Terrace, and its delightful prospects, was
always open to the public ; and there the Monarch loved to
mingle with his people, the revered father of one vast and
affectionate family.
" We saw him oft on that terrace proud,
" Surrounded by sights of gladness."—
But sow—the terrace is closed—it is a sealed book ' • the
good people of Windsor have lost clinch profit as well as
one of their proudest privileges, and Messrs. the public
may seek elsewhere for their prospects —Richmond for
instance; or the sister hills Highgate and Hampstead, or
the top of St. Paul's, or the Monument on Fish Street
lull; and if none of these please them, la them take a trip
down to Derbyshire. There are lots of tine prospects in
Derbyshire.
There was a terrible hrouillerie about this same terrace
last Sunday evening. The gates leading to it were closed
in the course of the we .-1: by order of Sir Willi sin Knigh-
ton. " Very well," thought the worthies of Winisor •
" very well, Sir William, this is all very fine ! Though',
perhaps, its no more than we might have expected; and
at all events it will be open on Sunday for the band to play
as usual." Ab ! heartless Wintisorites ! you reckoned
without your host! Sunday came—not a very nice
one for walking ,certainly, bit tile elements themselves
could not damp the existing anxiety to put the terrace
question to the proof—" better to know the worst, than
the torture of the mind to lie, in restless ecstacy." Ac-
cordingly at that hour. n hen the promenade was wont to
commence with the luxuriant appliances of martial music
and unbounded prospect, the burgesses, and their spouses,
and their little ones; and the beaux and their belles; and
the single blessed ones—spinsters unclogged in heart, but
clogged in feet by the ingenious men of Bath • and many
strangers, ladies and gentlemen from the land of Cockaigne;
and country people ; and the Bachelors of %Vindsor not a
few, assembled before the terrace gates looking when they
should open. Even the hand of the Royal Fusileers was I
there as usual with their bugles and trombones, and I
things, hot the gates would not open! The burgesses
looked bbick, and
,their spouses hioked Wee, and the vene-
rable spinsters luolced pink, and pretested, but nevertheless
the gates would not open The centinel
tramped toand fro on his wist, and looked as blue as any
body—as blue and as hard as the iron bars of the gate
itself—barring that lie smiled now and then at the pithy pro-
testations of the venerable spinsters. By and by the hand,
to every body's surprise, began to march off with themselves,
By this retirement hope was extinguished, despair got up-
lpermost, and great was the clamour of their tongues. At
ength, as the crowd showed no disposition to disperse, mes-
sages passed and repassed between the officials at the Castle,
who were certainly very much to be pitied—placed as they were
in a very pitiable and pitilid predicament : pitiable beesuse full
of pity at circumstances over which they, good souls, had
no controul whatever. Grieved at seeing so many old and
valued friends and neighbours stand kicking their heels be-
fore the iron bars of that inexorable gate, which erst was
always hospitably open, it is believe.' that they would even
have ventured to remonstrate with Sir William Knighton him-'
self! But Sir William was at his dinner in the King's Lodge,
almost four miles off; so remonstrance with him was quite
oat of the question; and perhaps it was as well let alone, for
what Is the use of pestering a gentleman for tits t which he
cannot grant I At last, however, the commanding officer of the 11
guard, suffering his gallantry to overwhelm his discipline,
took upon himself to order the gate to be thrown open, and the
bead to come back again ; and every thing was instantly,
comma il lard, and as it used to he. But it was " only for
the nonce. for, it is said, the officer underwent reproof for
his presumptuous gallantry ; and Messrs. the public, may de-
pend upon it that they will not be allowed to luxuriate in
castles, and terraces, and prospects, as they were wont to do.
The courtiers defend these innovations on the principle of
Amu* a so* gout. "If my father," said one of the funniest
amongst them—" if my father was fond of fried beef and
cabbage, does it follow that 1 must lire upon bubble and
squeak?" With his leave, though, there "is reason" even "in
roasting of eggs."

SPORTING INTELLItiENCE.
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t OXFORD, ROF.S..--Antisx tielf.)t-Tultrollx•
74 pow Cup. vette Wis. and 60ga in spade. Fear-yr Olde,
t Vet ; he, Sat 71b; sir; 9st; wed aged, 9st 41b.—Four
, miles. . , •
'' Plir. Sesitk's Netberfield,4 yrs old, won this race in a caner.
(beating Mr. Siollony's b m Lusa, and Mr. Brown's Ch a
I, llisut.
Ilhe Noblemen and Gentlemen's Plate of 301. ; 3 yr olds, ist ;
*sr. fist Alb ; fire, Ast 121 b; six, 9at'2lb ; and aged, 9st 4lb.
r • The winner to ba sold for 900 p if demanded. •
Won by Scarps, besting three others; there were three heats,
but the superiority of Scarpa's running was such as to give
little chance to his opponents, and the two lest heats were won

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in a canter.
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The weather was extremely fine, but the day's sport by no
means so good as was expected, and the company by no means
numerous; we policed 'Lord Abingdon, Lord Churchill. John
Pane, Esq.. M.P., and W. H. Ashurst, Esq., M.P., the County
I Members.
The Grand Anniversary at Blenheim, In commemoration of
the above great battle, will be to.morrnw. and many resin,
shies are expected, which will oo doubt be a drawback to the