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BNL.768.066
2 Dec 1768:21,22 (3400 Supplement 332)
London. Sept 26. . . . [Account of the entertainment given
by the city of London to the King of Denmark] On Friday
last, Sir Robert Ladbroke . . . [3 lines] attended by the
city officers, set out from Guildhall for the Three Cranes,
. . . [5 lines] At 11 o'clock they embarked on board the
City State Barge, the streamers flying, a select band of
water-music playing in the stern; the principal Livery
Companies attended in their respective barges. . . [picked
up the King of Denmark and] ordered the State barge to take
a circuit as far as Lambeth, from whence she was steered
down as far as to the Steel Yard, through the centre arch of
Westminster Bridge, and then up to the Temple stairs; 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
the several workman above, and French-horns underneath. . .
[1 column: landing, procession, speeches, dinner.]
During the dinner the following toasts were drank, being
proclaimed by sound of trumpet, viz. . . [10 lines]
Mr. Deputy Paterson had the honour to attend his Majesty
as interpreter; his Majesty, through him, repeatedly
expressing to the Locum Tenens how much he admired the
grandeur 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. . . [1/2 column with layout of food
served.]
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