The entire company numbered between three and four hundred ; but there were more than twice as many spectators in evening costume in the gallery. Dancing commenced about ten o'clock, and the scene became indescribably beautiful-novel-ever varying, as brilliant, gay, and delightful as the hundreds of jets that illumined the pavilion, the rainbow-hued costumes, and the host of gaudy figures could make it.

"A thousand hearts beat happily:

And when music arose with its voluptuous swell,
Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again,
And all went merry as a marriage bell."

Dancing was kept up with indefatigable vigour till five o'clock in the morning, when, as was generally observed, the Shakespeare tercentenary celebration proper had come to a magnificent conclusion.

EIGHTH DAY: SATURDAY.

THE PAGEANT.

Saturday was spent generally in resting after the enjoyments and fatigues of the week, especially by all who had taken part in the scene of the previous evening, but by a number in preparing for the popular entertainments originally intended to commence forthwith, but as the pavilion was not quite ready for the second series of performances, a postponement till Monday became unavoidable.

The programme for the people's week, prepared by the Committee, comprised a promenade concert, a balloon ascent, for which Mr. Coxwell was engaged, a public ball, and the performances of Shakespeare's plays. Still the absence of the pageant appeared to many to be " a mar in the great feast, and all things unbecoming." For some time it was doubtful whether this section of the community would carry their point, and in fact a week before the birthday nothing had been done in the matter. On the 14th of April, however, the often discussed question came up again at a convivial meeting in "the Shakespeare." Mr. Ginnett, the equestrian

manager, who had just come off a journey in South Wales, happened to be present, and took part in the conversation. Time and money seemed wanting, when Mr. Ginnett made a generous proposal, in relation to both requirements. "If," he said, "you get up a pageant, I'll find you horses, carriages, and all my company to take part in it at my own expense." This settled the question. A provisional Committee was formed at once, and several guineas there and then subscribed. A deputation waited the following day on the Mayor, who, after some discussion of the subject, granted permission for the pageant to pass through the principal streets of the town, and contributed £5 towards the funds. Subsequently a public meeting was held, and a Committee formed consisting of

Messrs. J. E. H. Greves, and W. G. F. Bolton were appointed Hon. Secretaries to the Committee, and Mr. John Court, of Church Street, was named as Treasurer. The town was then divided into districts, and duly canvassed for contributions. A sum more than adequate for the purpose was raised.

Posters were then got out and well circulated, and ultimately the following programme was issued:

"SALUTATION AND GREETING TO YOU ALL!"

As You Like It.-Act 5, s. 4.

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TERCENTENARY FESTIVAL.

A Grand Pageant and Jubilee Procession, in honour of the natal day of Shakespeare, on Monday and Tuesday, May 2nd and 3rd, 1864,

and which will start from the Grand National Pavilion, near the Unicorn Hotel, each morning at eleven o'clock.

"Tis well: the citizens have shown at full their royal minds, as they are

ever forward,

In celebration of this day, with shows, pageants, and sights of honour." Henry VIII.-Act 4, s. 1.

PROGRAMME OF THE PAGEANT.

Two Heralds, with trumpets, on horseback; Boy with Union Jack; the Royal Standard of England (borne by two men); Boy with Union Jack; Boy with Banner; Bellman; Boy with Banner; Flag; Flag (Red, White, and Blue); Boy with Flag; the Band of the Stratfordupon-Avon Rifle Corps; Boy with Flag.

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"The spirit-stirring drum, the piercing fife,
The royal banner, and all quality,

Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war.'

Othello.-Act 3, 8. 3.

Banner of the Arms of Stratford-upon-Avon; the Device of Shakespeare; Banner of the Arms of Shakespeare (carried by two men); the Device of Shakespeare; Ginnett's Band in Carriage (drawn by four cream-coloured horses); St. George, on horseback, in full armour; St. George's Banner, borne by his Esquire, on horseback; Page with Prince of Wales' Feather; Banner of the Arms of the Prince of Wales; Page with Prince of Wales' Feather; Melpomene, the Tragic Muse (in a black draped car, drawn by four black and white horses, with four Furies in position on the car); Banner; "King Lear"King Lear, Edgar, as Mad Tom; Banner; "Richard the Third". King Richard the Third, on horseback; Banner; "Macbeth"—Three Witches, with cauldron, and many-coloured fires, Macbeth, General of the King of Scotland; Banner; "Othello"-Othello, Iago; Banner; King John "-King John (on horseback), Faulconbridge (on horseback); Banner; Hamlet -Hamlet, The Ghost; Banner; Page with Flag; "Romeo and Juliet "-Romeo and Juliet, in a chariot, drawn by two white ponies, Friar Laurence; Page with Flag; Banner; Anthony and Cleopatra, in a car, drawn by two ponies abreast; Banner; Page with Flag; "Henry the Eighth"-Henry the Eighth (on horseback); Banner of the Ancient Arms of England; Page with Flag; Banner of the Prince and Princess of Wales; the Stratford-upon-Avon Brass Band; Boy with Flag; Boy with Flag; Thalia, the Comic Muse, on a car draped with fantastic devices, surrounded by four Harpies, and drawn by four spotted horses; Banner; "The Tempest" - Prospero, Caliban, Ariel, Miranda; Banner; "Winter's Tale"-Shepherd, Autolycus; Banner; Page with Flag; "A Midsummer Night's Dream"-Oberon and Titania, in a fairy car, drawn by two ponies abreast, Bottom ye Weaver; Page with Flag; Banner; "Merchant of Venice"-Shylock, Portia; Banper; "The Merry Wives of Windsor"-Sir John Falstaff, Mrs. Ford,

and Mrs. Page; Banner; "Henry the Fifth "-King Henry the Fifth (on horseback); Banner of the Ancient Arms of England; Heralds ; Pistol and Bardolph (on two ponies); a Grand Triumphal Car, decorated with armorial bearings and devices, Shakespeare on an eminence, surrounded by Desdemona, Ophelia, Beatrice, and Queen Anne, Cardinal Wolsey, Prince of Wales, Richmond, and Benedict.

"He was a man, take him for all in all,

I shall not look upon his like again."

Hamlet.-Act 1, s. 2.

Banner, the Royal Standard of England; Grand Military Band.

Ye Warwickshire lads and ye lasses,

See what at our jubilee passes;

Come revel away, rejoice and be glad,

For the lad of all lads was a Warwickshire lad,
Warwickshire lad;
All be glad,

For the lad of all lads was a Warwickshire lad.

ROUTE OF THE PAGEANT.

From Ginnett's Grand National Pavilion, near the Unicorn Hotel, along Bridge Street and Henley Street to the Birth-place of the Bard of Avon, where solemn and appropriate Shakespearian music, by Dr. Arne, will be played. It will then proceed round the corner of the Old Post Office, along the Guild Pits, Union Street, High Street, Chapel Street, Church Street, Bull Lane, Sanctus Street, College Street, Old Town, Bree Street, Rother Street, Ely Street, Sheep Street, Upper Water Side, the left side of Bridge Street, Wood Street, Rother Street, Windsor Street, Guild Street, Tyler Street, Payton Street, Warwick Road, to the National Pavilion.

Mr. Ginnett, the celebrated equestrian, has most handsomely placed the whole of his magnificent stud of horses and equestrian troupe, properly caparisoned in appropriate Shakespearian costumes, at the service of the pageant Committee free of charge.

The dresses, armour, &c., for the procession, will be supplied by Messrs. J. Nathan and Winter, costumiers to Her Majesty's court balls, Castle Street, Leicester Square, London; and the procession will be marshalled by Mr. Joseph Tyrrell, stage manager, Liverpool. Donations received by members of the pageant Committee, and by the Treasurer, JOHN COURT, Church Street.

JOHN TALBOT, Chairman.
J. E. H. GREVES, Hon. Secs.
W. G. F. BOLTON,

Coxwell's monstre Balloon will ascend on Monday, May 2nd.

"GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!”

Richard III.-Act 4, 8. 1.