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BG.749.031
11 Jul 1749:12 (1531)
London. . . April 27 Tuesday being the day appointed by
Royal proclamation, for a gen. thanksgiving on account of
the late peace, his Majesty and the Royal Family went to the
Chapel Royal, where a new Te Deum and anthem (the musick
whereof was composed by Mr. Handel) was performed and also
heard a sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Denne, on of his
chaplains, and archdeacon of Rochester, from the 29th Psalm,
and the 10th Verse. . . [3 paras]
Yesterday his Majesty, the Prince and Princess of Wales,
the Duke of Cumberland, the principal nobility and gentry of
both sexes, were at Ranelagh Gardens to see the grand
jubilee in the Venetian taste. There was computed to be
2000 coaches, and above 6000 persons.
April 29. . . [1 para]
His Majesty and the Duke of Cumberland attended by the
Dukes of Montagu, Richmond, and Bedford, and several others
of the nobility, were at the library to see the fireworks,
from whence they walk'd about 7 o'clock into the machine;
after which his Majesty made a present of a purse to the
officers employ'd in the different branches. The whole band
of musick perform'd at his Majesty's coming and going, and
during his stay, in the machine.
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