One of the greatest sources of ridicule connected with this Jubilee was "the Naumachia," a mimic combat on the Serpentine, between an English and French fleet. Of course, the Three Deckers and Frigates must necessarily be small, so they were manufactured at Woolwich, out of ship's-boats: and the following lines give a very fair idea of popular opinion on the fête:-- "JOHN BULL, the other day, in pensive mood, Near to the Serpentine Flotilla stood; His hands were thrust into his emptied pockets, And much of ships he muttered, and of rockets; Of silly Fêtes--and Jubilees unthrifty-- And Babies overgrown, of _two-and-fifty_; I guess'd the train of thought which then possess'd him, And deem'd th' occasion fit, and thus address'd him: Be generous to a fallen foe, With gratulations meet, On Elba's _Emperor_ bestow Thy Lilliputian fleet; For with his Island's narrow bounds That navy might agree, Which, laugh'd at daily here--redounds In ridicule to thee. Says JOHN, 'Right readily I'll part With these, and all the gay things, But it would break the R----'s heart To take away his playthings.'" The chaff was great about these ships--see under:-- "A simple Angler, throwing flies for trout, Hauled the main mast, and lugg'd a First Rate out." "A crow in his _fright_, flying over the Fleet, Dropped something, that covered it all, like a sheet." The Chinese Bridge, and even the Fire-works were made fun of. "I overheard a silly Cambridge Clerk, Thus mutter, as he passed St. James's Park: 'What's this? A Bridge? How hard to be got over! Oh! 'tis the ASS'S BRIDGE, I do discover.'" "The R---- thinks to make us stare, By raising rockets in the air;-- His scheme to please will fail, he'll find, Since we for it must _raise the wind_." The pseudo Peter Pindar (_C. F. Lawler_?) has a great deal to do with the Jubilee, and published divers satirical poems thereon. "Liliputian Navy!!! The R----t's Fleet, or, John Bull at the Serpentine." "The P----e's Jubilee." "The R----l Showman." "The R----l Fair, or Grande Galante Show," and one on the sale of the Temple of Concord--"The Temple knock'd down; or R----l Auction. The last lay of the Jubilee." The following short account of the Jubilee is taken from a contemporary morning journal.