The Jubilee Of George The Third

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Total Pages : 242 pages
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Download or read book The Jubilee of George the Third, "the Father of His People" written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Jubilee of George the Third, "the Father of His People" An Account of the Celebration in the Towns and Villages Throughout the United Kingdom of the Forty-Ninth Anniversary of His Reign, 25th October, 1809, With Appendix: The Celebration at Bombay, Compiled From Authentic Sources The Old St. George's Volunteers paraded at ten o'clock, and marched to St. George's Church, preceded by their excellent band, in rich and elegant new clothing for the occasion each man (nearly five hundred) wore a sprig of laurel in his cap, which had a pleasing effect. After a most animating discourse by the Rector, there was a collection at the doors for charitable purposes, and to which the corps liberally subscribed. The regiment, on coming out of the church, formed into companies, during which time the band formed in front of the church, and played God save the King, at the conclusion of which, the immense number of spectators gave three hearty cheers. The regiment then marched back to their parade to receive their arms and ammunition, and repaired to their alarm post (grosvenor Square), where they trooped their colours in a grand style of military parade they then marched into Hyde-park, and fired a Feu de joie With eat exactness and rapidity, giving three cheers after each re peate three rounds the band laying, drums beating, &c., gave the whole a truly grand effect. He regiment then returned to their parade, and after lodging their arms, &c., were plentifully regaled with good old English cheer of roast beef and plum-pudding, &c., provided for them by their officers, to which the Commanding Officer (major Harrison) added a sufficient quantity of punch to drink Health and long life to the best of Kings. The Shoreditch Volunteer Corps, commanded by Major Marshall, had a strong muster for the celebration of the Jubilee. After attend ing Divine Service at Shoreditch Church, and hearing an appropriate and excellent Sermon, preached by the Rev. Mr. Evans, one of the Curates, the Major marched the regiment to the London Field, Hack ney, where it fired a Feu de joie, and several volleys, in excellent style, and at the close. Of their military movements the regiment gave three cheers uncovered. The regiment then marched to the Mermaid Tavern, at Hackney, where they were regaled with an excellent dinner. At seven o'clock the drums beat to arms, and the regiment marched back to head-quarters, in a very orderly steady manner, all pleased with the festivities that the day had afforded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.