“Resolved, That since the advertisement published by this Committee on the 5th day of September last, various communications having been made to this Committee which lead them to imagine that a general Illumination will not be so acceptable to the Public as was at first supposed, and, wishing that the day may pass with perfect unanimity of proceeding, on so happy an Occasion, this Committee no longer think it expedient to recommend a general Illumination. “Resolved, That it appears to this Committee that, instead of such general Illumination, it will be more desirable to open a SUBSCRIPTION for the Relief of Persons confined for Small Debts, and that the sums collected be paid over to the Treasurer of the Society established for that purpose.” To show how warmly this idea of releasing the debtor was taken up, in this instance alone, considerably more than £2,000 was collected. “JUBILEE SONG. “For WEDNESDAY, 25th OCTOBER, 1809. “_Tune_—‘GOD SAVE THE KING.’ “BRITONS! your Voices raise, Join cheerful Songs of praise, With grateful lay; May all our Island ring, Her Sons’ Orisons sing For their Beloved King On this bright day. May he the vale of life Close free from ev’ry strife; His subjects see. Bless’d with a lasting Peace, May War for ever cease, Pris’ners each Pow’r release, And all be free. King George’s Fiftieth Year Of Sceptred greatness cheer Each loyal Heart; May the stain’d Sword be sheath’d; Amity once more breath’d; Commerce, with Plenty wreath’d, Sweet Joy impart. Thus may our Children find Cause which will e’er remind Them to agree, That we with Justice sing. God bless our good old King, For him, our Noble King, _This Jubilee_.” This is not the sole attempt at a Jubilee literature. There was a satirical pamphlet called “The Jubilee; or, John Bull in his Dotage. A Grand National Pantomime. As it was to have been acted by His Majesty’s subjects on the 25th of October, 1809.” Another pamphlet, by Dr. Joseph Kemp, was entitled “The Patriotic Entertainment, called the Jubilee.” And yet another book of 203 pages printed in Birmingham, which had for title, “An Account of the Celebration of the Jubilee of 1809 in various parts of the Kingdom.” This was arranged in alphabetical order, and gave an account of the doings, on this occasion, in the various cities, towns, and villages of England. It was published by subscription, and the profits were to go to the “Society for the Relief of Prisoners for Small Debts.” There was a poem, too, which is too long to be reproduced in its entirety, but which contains some pretty lines, such as would go home to a people who really loved their king—who had suffered when God had afflicted him, and yearned for his recovery, and who were then spending both blood, and treasure, to preserve his throne and their own country. “_Seculo festas referente luces, Reddidi carmen._”—HORACE.