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and a defolated plain. In front are Charity flying in dif- 
may ; Truth and J u it ice quitting the earth, and Hope lin¬ 
gering behind.—The fecond fide reprefents Europe ftrug- 
gling with Tyranny. He is tearing off her diadem, and 
trampling on her balance ; at his feet, among emblems of 
Religion, Juftice, &c. Liberty lies proftrate ; Wifdom, 
brandifhing the fulmtn, is defcending to the refcue of Eu¬ 
rope. In the pifture beneath, the Genius of France is 
reftoring the fceptre to the dynafly of the Bourbons, per- 
fonified by a female feated on a throne, in a regal mantle, 
ornamented with fleurs-de-lis ; and on the other, Ruf- 
fia, Pruflia, Auftria, and Sweden, are witnefiing the event 
with delight; a group of fubjeds behind are exprefling 
their joy and homage,and Genii are defcending with em¬ 
blems of Peace, Plenty, Juftice, Honour, Liberty, Reli¬ 
gion, &c. At one end of this compofition, Strength is 
driving out Anarchy, Fraud, and Rebellion : at the other 
end, Viftory is inferibing on a (hield the names of the 
great Commanders of the Allied Powers, and Fame is 
founding her trumpet.—On the third fide, Peace is feen 
in the clouds with her olive-branch ; Time looks at her 
with tranfport, and the Earth hails her return. Beneath 
is repref'ented her reign, or the renewal of the Golden 
Age. She is furrounded by Plenty, the Rural Deities, 
Agriculture, Commerce, the Arts, Minerva, and the Mu¬ 
les.—The fourth fide difplays a coloflal ftatue of the 
Prince Regent crowned by Vi dory : Difcord is chained 
by force to the pedeftal: Truth and Juftice are returning 
to earth : and Britannia is looking up to Fleaven with 
gratitude for the bleflings of her government. Below is 
the triumph of Britain. Britannia is in a car of Hate, 
accompanied by Neptune with his trident, and Mars 
difplaying the Britifh Itandard: Fame and Victory attend 
upon her,. She is preceded by Prudence, Temperance, 
Juftice, and Fortitude, and followed by the Arts, Com¬ 
merce, Induftry, and Domeftic Virtues.—We have endea¬ 
voured to reprefent the third and fourth fides of thefe beau¬ 
tiful tranfparencies in the annexed Plate; for undoubt¬ 
edly no difplay of artificial and ornamental light was ever 
condenfed in a fmaller compafs, and heightened into more 
magnificent efred. Some difappointment was felt that no 
perfon of political or military importance was in the royal 
booth. 
The fireworks and the temple together certainly gave 
in the general gaze a very brilliant gratification in the 
Green Park. But St. James’s Park was the chief place of 
attradion for all thofe who feared to encounter the trou¬ 
ble of mixing in the crowd, and who could afford to pay 
half-a-guinea in the expectation of perfonal fecurity and 
comfort. Notwithftanding the immenfe crowds in the 
llreets, which we have before noticed, the accefs to this 
park was very eafy at feveral gates. Between two and 
three o’clock fome thoufands entered, and their numbers 
gradually increafed till dulk, when they augmented very 
cor.fiderably, and the place had all the appearance of Vaux- 
hall on a full night. Befides the Birdcage-walk, the Pa¬ 
rade, and the front of Buckingham-houfe, outfide of the 
femicircular railing, were appropriated to that part of the 
public who paid for admiflion. Over the Canal was ereded 
a Bridge of timber elegantly ornamented with temples 
and pillars, furmounted by a lofty Pagoda. Tents were 
pitched in rows along the fides of the Canal ; and at re¬ 
gular intervals national flags were hoifted. A number of 
Thames-watermen had permifiion to ply on the Canal; and 
many worthy citizens and their families enjoyed an aqua¬ 
tic diverfion for the firft, and perhaps the laft, time on 
this regal ftream. Several boat-races took place before 
„du(k; but the boats were juft as they are feen on the river, 
not painted, decorated, and enfigned, as was expeded. 
Of the booths ereded for the accommodation of the com¬ 
pany, many were untenanted ; thofe, however, which were 
occupied, had a pretty good (hare of bufinefs : the charges 
were enormous. The time, till dark, was chiefly em¬ 
ployed by the company in walking backwards and for¬ 
wards, or getting their dinner. The only public amufe- 
D O N. 
ment confifted in the afeent of the balloon from the front 
of the queen’s houfe, which was preceded by the flight of 
one or two of a final 1 and infignincant fize. From fix to 
nine, people beguiled their tedious hours with eating and 
drinking, or obferving the progrefs of the. illumination of 
the Chinefe Bridge, or the fomewhat diftant noife of the 
firing on the Serpentine River. About nine, the Bridge 
and the Pagoda were nearly, though they were not all 
night completely, illuminated according to the defign,ei- 
ther through the wind, or fome other accidental circum- 
(tance. The lawn was lighted up by two rows, on each 
fide of the Canal, of ftars and crefcents placed alternately. 
The Mall, Birdcage-walk, See. were illuminated by circles 
of lamps, embracing the trunks of moft of the trees. The 
Chinefe lanthorns, which promifed fomething fantaftically 
fafeinating, by no means anfwered expectation ; not from 
any inherent fault in them, but from the poverty of the 
lights placed within them, which were not Sufficient to 
fbow off the whimfical and pretty devices painted on them. 
If they formed a correct idea of Chinefe illumination, it 
muft be fombre indeed. About ten, the bridge, with its 
temples, and pillars, and its towering fuperftruclure, be¬ 
came an objeCf of lingular beauty and magnificence. 
Whether fuch a character of defign had or had not any 
thing to do with the matters of celebration, it unques¬ 
tionably combined the elegant and the pifturefque in the 
higheft degree. It appeared a blazing edifice of golden 
fire. Every part of it was covered with lamps, the glafs 
refleCtors, in proper places, relieving the dazzling fplen- 
dour with their filver luftre; the canopies of the temple 
throwing up their bright wheels and ftars, the pillars en¬ 
riched with radiance, every rifing tower of the Pagoda 
pouring forth its fiery (bowers, and rockets fpringing from 
its lofty top, in majeftic flights, almoft prefuming to out¬ 
rival the ancient inhabitants of the firmament. The ef¬ 
fect of its vivid lights on the calm water w hich flowed be¬ 
neath, the verdant foliage of the furrounding trees, the 
fcattered tents, and the aflemblage of fpeclators on the 
lawn, might, without much of hyperbole, be called magi¬ 
cal and enchanting. 
At ten, difeharges of artillery hurried all the fpeClators 
to the weftern end of the Park, as they announced the com¬ 
mencement of the fuperior fireworks in the Green Park. 
Benches innumerable were brought by foldiers to enable 
the fair portion of the aflemblage to obtain a view of the 
Caftle, of which after all only the upper part could be 
feen diftinflly; that edifice being placed in a low fitu- 
ation, inftead of being railed on a mound fo as to render 
it confpicuous. Then the grand difplay of pyrotechnics 
took place, in number we readily believe never exceeded. 
Rockets in profufion led the way, and were continued at 
every interval from both parks. Jerbs, maroons, Roman 
candles, catharine-wheels, ferpents, ftars, flower-pots, and 
girandoles, fucceeded each other, and were difebarged 
with excellent (kill and effe6f. That fort of firework 
called the girandole w»as very frequently difplayed, in dif¬ 
ferent colours, and was decidedly the moft beautiful of 
the whole. Nothing of the kind could be imagined finer. 
But the repetition of thefe things, with occafional paufes, 
for more than two hours, became tedious. It told no in¬ 
telligible tale ; though the public had been informed that 
the affairs of the Caftle were to give fomething like a re- 
prefentation of a battle and a liege. Inftead of fending 
up the fireworks one or two at a time, if they had been 
thrown up more in tnfiffes, relieved by candles and rockets, 
and continued in larger maffes gradually, they would have 
reached the climax of magnificence in this kind of exhi¬ 
bition, and would have produced a moft linking effect in 
lefs than half the time employed in frittering away all the 
advantages of this fplendid art. 
About twelve o’clock, and near the expiration of the 
fireworks, the Pagoda, which was covered with lamps, 
and at intervals (bowed a calm mafs of uniform light, ex-' 
liibited an appearance that excited much doubt. iLs up¬ 
per towers appeared enveloped in flame, and it was at firft 
i thought 
