The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-07-21 00:00:00

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VAUXII.II,I; GARDENS. ' . • .
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ivestigating minutely into the The Public Festival given yeeteiday to celebrate
It, we are taught to believe and the achievements of Field-Marshal the Marquis of
Wellington and the
auchlaborious glorious :Services of. the army'
the Liberty of the Press is the insider his command, fur which
pre-
our freedom. The Press is au- I.paratiens had been made, was perhaps never equnHed
ble in proportion as it dissemi. !in the history of this or any.other country.
political truths, serving as' guides 1 .
Ado have witnessed the gaudy. &Oily or. Eastern
but we have to lament, 1
hat , profusion, or those whose strong itnigination Those
s have
..
;It the medium of the Publisi
i nt outrun the fabled descriptio of Arabian storyl
seat' form some cold and imperfki idea of the. daz-
the useful mass of the nation (sling, the intolerable splendour, and of the lavish,
espence attending the purchase i ihe unbounded niagnificence of the scene—to those
from hearing or reading dross I whose notions have been formed upon the vulgar
otherways than by such scrape i stew. lard of metropolitan illumination', or of civic
appear in the dismal prroaolleet. lulls, suet despair of conveying even an adequate
ttO ______G Iptbtatre in. wrist was yestert4 iltitikowd by the ladvery1ad-
very great NiritY seem 'NP" midi* visiters. When we rekeik fa commencing,
wore an plows to deceive, than to inform the people. time within file boundary or. vauhhan Gardens, in
The STATESMAN must be excepted from the chaeger i die coorse of the evening wst"cotiticte'd nearly all the
and for this reason, the present is addressed to its Nobility, wealth, splendour, itidbeituty of the three-
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Editor—wishing to convey to all classes a certaial klaillkas ; that nature was mimicked and art ex-
ka
to contribute to the pomp and lustre of the
po
P° rtion ofpolitical information, I would p
• "we. ' entertainment ; language seems to sink ender the
that a series of political extracts from the best of
bidden, and we search in vain for words that aril
Authors, should find a place in your Paper.—Every, salted to the grandeur of the subject. - • i
one acquainted with Newspaper printing must know, , The advertisement stated that dinner was to be on
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there is often great difficulty In filling the columns of a bble at five o'clock : those provided with tickets
were not admitted until four, but long previous to
daily sheet with materials above mediocrity ; where-
-4 that hour the company bad began to assemble, and
fore then not avail yourselves of what has been al- i towards five the road from Westminster-bridge was
ready published for the use of all, but which has unfor- ,'choked with coaches. The pathways were crowded
nately been read but by,the few rich, whoseinterest ittly immense numbers of spectated L. 14 leadrwere
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is that the numerous poor should not be enlightened:. led, and ridgei horsed." Saab afterive.fteorf,
peopl. o_were_.assemb led in the 9ardeiss, await--
The plan is easy of execution, and may be carried 1!12°9
such tag the arrival of the Duke of York. The 'ptepari,
On by several Correapondents, each selecting ;lions made for accommodating the company were
extracts as be may deem most ufeful, always care- i the following :—The Rotunda was Ailed by a semi-
fully pointing out the author whence he draws them; I circular table, which was raised !Ton a platform up-
this will be giving the middlieg and lower clasies a ' propriated to the Royal Family, the Foreign Am-
certain degree of information, as cheap as they bassadors, the Ministers, &c. at the head of which.
was. placed a seat for the illustrious Chairman • and
could read an equal leingth.parectiph of a fabricated
behind was ranged, on raised shelves, covered' with
robbery or mortise, or sign in the Heavens, or any I
i crimson cloth, a vast quantity of the richest gold
other strange mot, such as sometimes fill up chasms and silver plate, surmounted by a bust of the Mar-
in Newspaper columns-4ms ettracts will also I gob of Wellingtou. At the back of the chair were
serve as iudeses to past &twig works as though nut I stationed two trumpeters, and a grenadier holding
universally known, yet ought to become so, and i tkostandard of the 100th regiment of French infantry,
enable those whom fortune has sot much favoured,
`taken at the battle of Vittoria : the Baton of Mar-
al Jourdan was dispos4gptpug the plate, so as to
to purchase at a certainty: as by thine ".'n '4l Tie obvious to all. Besides this semi-circular table, on

they will have had temples of the book before
they bought it.
i► CITIZEN OF THE wow).
P. S. That example may accompany precept, ac- !
cePt the following attract from a most excellent
work but little, known and nearly forgotten. The
Author being now no ware, I shall not be censured I
for tatterr, neither Wilt he be brought to the bar for
a libeL—Joct. BARLOW, In his Adair.* to the Pr& 1
rileged Order), says, " The Revolution in France ;
certainly comet recommended to us, under one I
aspect which renders it at first view extremely in-
viting c it is the work of argument and rational coo-
viction; and not of the sword. The Wand reth remotes
had nothing to do with it : it was an operation de-
signed for the benefit of the people--it Originated•
in the people, and was conducted by the people—it,
had therefore a legitimate origin, and this circuit-:
stance entitles it to our serious contemplation on two
accounts—because there is something venerable in the
idea, and because other nations, in similar Circum-
stances will certainly be disposed to imitate it."

the platform 'was a smaller square table, appro-
priated to the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen of the
City, and their immediate friends. In the rotunda
were also placed three other square tables, filling
up the remaining space, occupied principally by such
of the Stewards as were not engaged in making sr-
tangements.
In the saloon were three long tables, and beyond
that, in a temporary building, erected among the
trees, the trunks of which served to support the roof,
appropriately composed of the ensigns of Great
Britain, Spain, and Portugal, were accommodations
in a most convenient form for nearly 900 persons.—
These different apartments were lighted by wax
dawdles on the tables, by magnificent glass buttes,
by alabaster globes of patent lamps; and by other
lights variously disposed in festoons, crowns, wreaths,
PYringdst act.
Such was the general disposition made for dining
the company, and, at about half-past five the Duke
of York, attended by his Royal Brothers, the Dukes
of Clarence, Kent, Sussex, Cambridge, and the Duke
;of Gloucester arrived. The company then took their
seats at the tables, covered with a cold dinner,excepting
`turtle soup. The wines provided. were Port, Ma-
deira, and Claret. As soon as the cloth was with.
, drawn,- one of the trumpeters stationed at the back
of the chair of the Duke of York sounded. parley,
reshiele we ~answered by another trumpeter at a dis-
tant part of the garden, producing a very novel and
istribier effect. The public singers (about thirty iu
number) were then requested to sing Non nobis
Doneine, which they complied with, in high style, al-
'though they were placed rather too distant from the
upper end of the rotunda. The first toast drank was,
" The King," with three times three, and the loyal
anthem of God save the King, followed itb The
company next drank the "'Prince Regent," with
three times three, and Mr. Taylor gave the song of
The Prince and Old England for ever.
To this toast succeeded " The Queen and Royal
Family," with three.—" The Duke of York and
i the Army," was the next toast, which was received
'with great enthusiasm, the applause continuing for
; some minutes. His Royal Highness rose in his seat,
drank the health of the company, and resumed it.
—" The Duke of Clarence and the Navy," was im-
mediately afterwards drank with as much applause,
and his Royal Highness bowed his acknowledg-
ments and pledged the company. Rule Britannia
was sung by the whole vocal band, and the visiters
joined in the chorus with their usual animation.
The next toast given, was " The Marquis of Wel-
lingtoo," but so eager were'the Company to testify
their approbation, that they could not restrain their
fervour until the toast was regularly given out. The
applause was maintained for many minutes with una-
bated spirit. The baud played See the conquering
Hero comes, after which was performed with great
effect the subjoined Ode composed for the occasion :
I virronia.

Arnie Firtanque.
MO mounts the Mar of Spain !—o'er Southern skies
Her triumphs kindle, and her trophies rise.
Borne from •Arbutton's steep along the pie,
The voice of conquest ills Zadora's vole;
The tmoupeM clang, the loud artillery's roar,
Prolong the peal o'er Ebro's echo* shore;
Avenging Ares pursue the vaunting Gaul,
Haag um his headipog Sight, and urge his fall.
Bow chang'd the hour, sive first Invasion's band
Flung the wide fury of his wasting brand !
The hour of vaaided Hope I—when Spin deplored
lies broke. olloe-brasseit and shiver'd sword ;
When the reatspollet mocked her captive groan,
Prophoed her altar, and usurped her throne t
Tea Albion heard ;--herpitying eyeatlr,
Marled the sad course of Spulds decliningtgar.—
Then posed from all her isles the impatiest brave.
FLthli*4 the bright steel, and hammed over the wave;
The sons of freedom MU the Gadion strand,
And Imbifonla haird 16er/thereto band.—
Thee, theo• Ads myrtle's *OWN bower,
The rased temple, asi.the eula'd tower, .

7us EDITOR
stn,—Without ins
truth or it at present,
to ,vireo daily, that t
gi Ind palladium of ,ot,
doubtettly serviceable
aates wholesome poli
to the public feeling;
unless it be through
Topers, the great, tl
are prevented, by the
of Political 'rreatises,
holesome truths any
a• may occasionally
(1 of these the vet