Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, Taken from Original SourcesAshton, John
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Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, Taken from Original Sources
Ashton, John
Great Britain -- History -- Anne, 1702-1714; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
[Footnote 334: There was an engraving made of these
standards; and a handbill about it (_Harl. MSS._ 5996, 40)
is curious, as showing how they pushed trade then. 'The
Colours being only to be seen in _Westminster Hall_, several
Gentlemen and Others have desired to share in the
_Commemoration_ thereof, by placing the _Representation_ of
'em in their Halls and Houses: And now to accommodate those
who are so disposed, the said _Representation_ with the
_Imbellishments_ above mention'd, is done on fine _Imperial
Paper_, and will in a Day or Two be left at your house for
your Perusal, till call'd for next Day, when you are desired
either to return it, or be pleased to pay Two Shillings and
Sixpence to the Person that deliver'd the Same.']
Yet again was there another day of public rejoicing, on May 1, 1707,
to celebrate the union with Scotland, and the Queen once more visited
St. Paul's. But this was to be the last. On thanksgiving day, July 7,
1713, to celebrate the conclusion of peace, Anne was too unwell to
play her accustomed part, and was reluctantly compelled to abandon it
and remain at home. The fireworks on this occasion were splendid.
'Those in Smithfield began about Ten at Night, and ended about Eleven:
when those upon the Thames, over against Whitehall, began, and lasted
till after Midnight. Besides that these were in both Places Excellent
in their kind, they were play'd off with the utmost Regularity and
good Order; so that we have not heard of the least Mischief done
either upon the River or in Smithfield;' and, as was observed in the
_Guardian_, No. 103: 'In short, the artist did his part to admiration,
and was so encompassed with fire and smoke that one would have thought
nothing but a Salamander could have been safe in such a situation.'
But these seem to have been eclipsed by a display at Dublin in honour
of the Queen's last birthday, February 6, 1714, as is recorded in the
_Daily Courant_ of February 16, 1714.
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