Talking again of the [Napoleonic] War, reminds one, naturally, that it was followed by the Peace.  The Peace of 1814—“the General Peace,” as it was emphatically called,—was celebrated in ambitious style at Gainsborough.  There was a general holiday; and there was a grand emblematical procession.  A car, drawn by six horses, held figures representing Wellington, Blucher, Platoff, the Czar Alexander, and other high personages, together with the fallen emperor labelled “Going to Elba.”  There were bands of music in the streets, a thanksgiving sermon and anthems at church, and feasting parties at the inns, during the day; with a general illumination, bonfires, crackers, and squibs, at night.