The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-08-02 00:00:00

In this our piping halcyon day of peace, and
amidst the biasing splendours of a gad natiottal
Jubilee, it would be to exact a montousterity of
feeling from Englishmen, scarcely compatible with
the common imperfections of our nature, to desire
them to withdraw, even for p moment, their atten-
tion from the novel and irresistible attractions of
the passing scene, to turn to subjects of a less
pleasing, but more important nature. This is
the day of rejoicing, and we shall not damp the
delightful delirium, by the introduction of gloomy
reflections. These belong to the day of reckon-
ing, and that day we are pretty certain cannot
he :far distant. Though nothing has occdrred to
spate the opinion we have uniformly maintained,
tlist the vast sums necessarily expended in thja
immense undertaking, might have been much mesa
judiciously and beneficially applied to some other
great national purpose; yet, we are not cynical
enspegh to deny, that the entertainments were got
arletten immense scale of magnitude and variety,
thus' zeted throughout with a skill and preci- t
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- ereditable to the persons who had the
~,,tiense' nt of the whole. Never, eerteinly, in the I
of this country was public. cariosity so aioch I
incited, and probably lesstlisappointed..:The accidents 1
otaghieit we have yet heard, however mach to be la. I
esinted, ate not many in number, nor of a nature
oalintli au occasion, to excite astonishment. 'though
• *Kris bills bad announced that the entertainments
'rota every whim commence simultaneously., sod
i that IlyttePurt would be the 'grand theatre for ire-
weeks, as well as for the display of the Battle of
• the Nile, sad though the whole of that immense
Park was thrown open to the public, such attrac.
tions and, conveniences did not prevent the great
rush being made at the Green Park, and at the west
' end of St. James's Perk. The managers deserve
Weise for posting such bills—it was a proper caution
' iiii4mtent accident, by separating' the multitude in
different to tors ; but there are some matters in
• editich Joni fivii, is not easily gelled—,he is some-
ilmis right brinstinct, without the assistance of his
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understanding. This wit igabething like the case
here,' for when be saw noMig bet tents erected in
Hyde Park for the sale of fitreshmente, es atn corn« •
Mon fair, a .beheld at-the east end' of the Gem*
Park, need brand Tower, a magnificent Rainey,,
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raised for .ti bin accommodation of tl* Royal
Family, of the Nobles, and Digariaries 0e4.: land,
be very shrewdly conciuded, the/ sort of things
wield be sees there, and to that spot he crowded,
regardless of the bill of fare, held out in the post-
ing bills. It was herei 'then, the great pressure
was felt, and 49 the small door leading from Pica=
dilly to the Green Perk. Several ladies fainted,
and one was carried off, apparently lifeless,
The part of Recadilly opposite the Park, from the
great crowd of coaches and carts which rendered
the street quite Impassible, exposed the pedestrians
who had not space to walk on the foot-pavement to
. ext!eme, danger. Tilts, by a proper previous ar-
nngement, might have been, in a great measure
prevented ; and if the Managers had knocked down
a larger portion of the Park Wall, and entirely shot
'up the little door, it would have afforded greeter
facilities to the flux and reflux of the multitudes,
continually passing ' and repassing. From the
Pagoda taking fire, one poor man, we understand,
was. dangerously hurt ; but after all it is really.
wonderful, that in an assemblage of many more
thousand human. beings than ever we saw before met
together at any one time, so few accidents should
have happened. For this, at least, the conductors
of the Grand Jubilee entertainments deserve public
thanks. Upon the whole, these national exhibitions
may be justly allowed to have surpassed in magni-
tude of design and splendour of execution, any
thing of the kind ever before witnessed in this coon-
IP try, and will, on that account, no doubt, form a
memorable era ha the felon history of England. -

We have ti i
itpublished the Letter) (allay
Confer:loos) '?Da SCREWIER to Lord Coca-
RARE, at full ktalliketilgetter with Notes upon there
from his Lordship, Which will be found worthy the
particular attention of the public. It is unnecessary
to add any other observation of our own, on this
extraordinary correspondence, than merely to re.
mark, that the glaring inconsistencies and falsehoods
clearly cat ry with them their own refutation. Ws
ewe it, however, to ourselves to repeat, that we had
entertained an opinion at one times that Dr Busts.
sea was innocent, and did not represent the sham
. Col. Du BOURG, and on that account we published
Vetter the day after the trial, tending to prove the
*probability of his being concerned in the Dover
plat, and which letter was fully approved of by
Mr. liiBEIUNGEn.

The passage in the Speechannouncing the necessity
sJ keeping Consige troops still in our pay, is supposed
to have laws& the irapids, which have fallen con.
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The DelrOlf•Ripsoiteolm's establishment at Goa-
wood is about.fri bridergo some material alteration.
Ills Gram hasldispoaed of most of his horses. and it
is understood tau oily two domestics will remain at
' ibis duLal seat. Her Grace, it is said, will go to
rite. Continent, and reside at least for some time at
prusspls.
• On Friday 'limning, at Manchester, several houses
hullt on a rock overhanging the It well, gave way
With a tremendous crash, the rock having been nu-
tlet-mined by thestream. On this occasion, two men
Ld...tiireatehildren !pit their lives.

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