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NYGWPB.768.091
12 Dec 1768:21,22 (1354)
London. September 26. On Friday morning last, Sir Robert
Ladbroke, Knt. Locum Tenens (the Lord Mayor being
indisposed) together with the aldermen and sheriffs attended
by the city officers, set out from Guildhall. . . At 11
o'clock they embarked on board the city stage bare, the
streamers flying, a select band of water-music playing in
the stern; the principal livery companies attended in their
respective barges. . . [at a landing the Danish King boards
the barge] his Majesty being saluted at the new bridge both
at his going and returning through the great arch, by the
firing of cannon at each shore, by fifes and drums, and the
shouts of several workmen above. . . His Majesty being
seated in a chair of state on the right hand of the Locum
Tenens at a table placed upon an elevation across the upper
end of the hall, with his noble attendants on the right, and
the aldermen above the chair on the left, was saluted by a
band of above forty of the best performers in an orchestra
fronting his Majesty's table. During the dinner the
following toasts were drank, being proclaimed by sound of
trumpets, viz. . . Mr. Deputy Patterson had the honour to
attend his Majesty as interpreter; his Majesty, through him,
repeatedly expressing to the Locum Tenens how much he
admired the granduer of the Egyptian hall, the brilliancy of
the illuminations round it, the magnificence of the dinner,
the excellency of the music, and the good order and decorum
of the whole entertainment. After dinner his Majesty was
reconducted into the great parlour, where he was presented
with tea and coffee, and entertained with solos on different
instruments by several capital performers. . .
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