Jubilee Jottings. The Jubilee of George the Third. 25 October, 1809. A record of the festivities with the proclamations ... Compiled ... by T. P

Front matter

THE JUBILEE OF GEORGE THIRD. S=«5^@©. JUBILEE JOTTINGS. «em^ THE JUBILEE OF GEORGE THE THIRD 25TH October, 1809. A RECORD OF THE FESTIVITIES WITH THE PROCLAMATIONS, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESSES, ETC COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES BY THOMAS PRESTON, FELLOW ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, author of "a history of the yeomen of the guard," etc., etc., etc. LONDON : WHITTAKER AND CO., 2, White Hart Street, Paternoster Square, E.C. 1887. [A/I rights reserved.'] OHISWICK PRESS :—C WHITTINOHAM AMD CO., TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANS. CONTENTS REFACE vii

Introduction

ix The Earliest Jubilees. — Papal — Shortening of interval between ix The Georgian Jubilee. — The first festival in celebration of, on 4th June, 1809, at Bombay^Preparations in England — The tallow market and the proposed general illuminations — Bank of England orders 1,600 dozen pounds weight of candles — Price of candles . xi The 25th October, 1809. — The Jubilee morn — The Bells — Cannon — Salutes from Church towers — Anthems at sunrise on Church towers xiii The Processions to Church. — The Thanksgiving Services at St. Paul's and at St. George's Chapel, Windsor — The Roman Catholic Service — The Jews' special prayer — Character of the King xiv Congratulatory Addresses. — Official copies of fifty of the best as transmitted to the King, with His Majesty's answer to some of them — The Levee . . xvi The Army, Navy and Volunteers xvii The Festivals. — Brighton Feast for the Poor — Village Feasts — Address to the guests — Songs and Poetry . xx Poetry or the Period. — Specimens — The Poet Laureate's Ode — Jolly Old Burton — " Fifty years Shepherd and Fifty years King " — " The Happy Days of good King George " VI Contents.

The Evening Banquets. — Mansion House, Merchant Taylors, Light Horse Volunteers, Norwich — The Fete at Frogmore xxviii Distinguished Exiles xxx Toasts and Sentiments xxx Honours. — Army and Navy Brevets — Lord Mayors — Civil Servants xxxi Bonuses and Favours. — " John Company" and his employes — A month's salary and double holidays — Bank of England give one thousand guineas to their clerks — Insurance offices — Private firms .... xxxiv Royal Favours. — Pardons — Deserters — Proclamation of a General Amnesty — Specimen Proclamations — Petitions by Convicts — Debtors discharged . . . xxxv Prisoners of War. — Cartels announced in the Morning Post xli Memorials of Jubilee. — Leith Bastion — Bognor "Grine" — Moel Fammau — Statues, &c. — Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Brute Animals — £ 100,000 granted to Poor Clergy — Jubilee Medals — Memorial Oaks — Jubilee babies xliii The Theatres xlix The Illuminations li Miscellaneous Jottings. — The Luck of Muncaster — A Sheffield Joke — Jubilee flags — The armless and legless lady — Curious Customs liii THE RECORDS OF THE REJOICINGS 1

Appendix

. — List of Sovereigns according to length of reign — Newspapers in 1809 £55 INDEX