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BEP(F.762.025
21 Jun 1762:12 (1398)
London. Apr 15. . . The entertainment given on Monday by
the Lord Mayor at the mansion-house, was in every respect,
sumptuous, elegant and magnificent. The ball at night was
opened by the Lady Mayoress and the Earl of Errol; and the
room where they danced being lightened up after a new
manner, the appearance of the ladies there, was uncommonly
brilliant. The minuet given out was A la Martinique; and in
the desert, which was most curiously ornamented with palm-
trees and festoons of flowers, upwards of three feet high,
was a representation of the Island of Martinico, with the
British fleet riding in triumph round it;. . . [7 more
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