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PJ.751.045
28 Nov 1751:11 (469)
Paris, September 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.
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