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glorious  Memory'  was  a  watchword  of  the  party.  Nov.  17,  the
anniversary  of  her  accession  to  the  throne,  was  celebrated  in  the
same  manner  as  Nov.  5  used  to  be,  until  police  control  interfered
with  it.  One  Nov.  17  in  Queen  Anne's  reign,  that  of  171 1,  was
rendered  historically  famous  by  the  steps  the  Government  took  in
the  suppression  of  this  carnival.  A  contemporary  account '  is  as
follows  :  '  Nov.  20.  Upon  information,  that  the  Effigies  of  the
Devil^  the  Pope  and  his  Attendants  were  to  be  carry'd  in  Pro-
cession, and,  according  to  Custom,  burnt  on  Saturday  last,  the
17th  Inst,  being  the  Anniversary  of  Queen  Elizabeth's  Accession
to  the  Crown,  of  ever  Pious  and  most  Glorious  Memory,  the
Government  apprehending  that  the  same  might  occasion  Tumults
in  this  Populous  City,  thought  fit  to  prevent  it.  Accordingly,  on
Friday  last,  about  Twelve  a  Clock  at  Night,  some  of  Her  Majesty's
Messengers,  sustain'd  by  a  Detachment  of  Grenadiers  of  the  Foot
Guards,  with  their  Officer,  were  order'dto  go  to  an  Empty  House  in
An^el  Court,  Drury  Lane,  which  being  broke  Open,  they  found  in
it  the  Effigies  of  the  Devil,  that  of  the  Pope  on  his  Right  hand,  and
that  of  a  Young  Gentleman  in  a  Blue  Cloth  Coat,  with  Tinsel  Lace,
and  a  Hat  with  a  White  Feather,  made  of  Cut  Paper,  seated  under
a  large  Canopy ;  as  also  the  Figures  of  Four  Cardinals,  Four
Jesuits,  and  Four  Franciscan  Fryars,  and  a  large  Cross  about
Eighteen  Foot  High  ;  all  which,  being  put  on  several  Carts  were,
about  Two  a  Clock  in  the  Morning,  carry'd  to  the  Cock  Pit,  and
there  lodg'd  in  a  Room  between  the  Council  Chamber,  and  the
Right  Honourable  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth's  Secretary's  Office.
