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NHG-P.762.035
25 Jun 1762:11 (299)
London, April 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 around it; and at one end a
large man of war, compleatly rigged and arm'd, all in
pastry, with a Hat de la Touche of the same materials,
pulled off in reverence to the British flag. The first
course of dinner consisted of six hundred cover'd dishes
from the kitchen alone, exclusive of the pastries and other
eatables; and the whole number of dishes sent up is said to
have amounted to upwards of one thousand.
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