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NLS.762.009
18 Jun 1762:21 (202)
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 round it; and at one end a
large man of war, compleatly rigged and armed, all in
pastry, with a Hat de la Touche of the same materials,
pulled off in reverence to the British flag. . .
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