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BEP(F.748.038
12 Dec 1748:11 (696)
Aix la Chapelle, Sept. 10. The extraordinary preparations
which for many days have talked of at this place for St.
Lewis's day, have ended in nothing more than a grand dinner,
which the Count de St. Severin that day gave, and that
lasted four hours, at which not only the foreign ministers,
but a great number of officers from the garrisons of
Limbourg and Maestrich, and particularly of the Regiment of
Normandy, assisted. . . [12 lines] The feast passed over
very joyously, and ended in a ball, to which every body of
fashion was well received. There only wanted one thing to
render this great day illustrious and never-to-be-forgotten,
which was the publication of the peace, whereof there was
not a single word spoken; and this shews that it is not much
nearer than the evacuation of the conquered places. There
were some people however weak enough to lay wagers, that
after dinner was over, all the plenipotetiaries would
repair to the town house, in order to confer there for some
small time, and that afterwards the peace would be
published, upon the beating of the kettle drums and sounding
of trumpets.
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