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MG-A(G.751.028
18 Dec 1751:11,12 (347)
Paris, Sept. 17. On the 13th, about half an hour past one
in the morning, after a labour of ten minutes, the
Dauphiness was delivered of a Prince; with the news of which
joyful event a person of quality was dispatched to the
guildhall of Paris, where the bells were immediately rung,
and the people flocking thither, money was thrown among
them; this was accompanied with a general discharge of the
town, Bastille and Invalids guns: the ringing continued four
days, without intermission, and the firing was regularly
repeated three times on each day, at dawn, noon, and
evening; the illuminations also were renewed every night. .
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The musicians of the Royal Academy of Music gave an opera
gratis on this occasion; which example was followed by the
French and Italian theatres. . . [21 more lines conclude the
account].
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