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VGW(HU.766.026
2 May 1766:32 (780 Supplement)
London. . . Feb. 13. . . The ball that was given at St.
James's on Thursday night was the most brilliant and
numerous that has been for many years. their majesties
entered the ball room about nine o'clock, when the ball was
opened by his Royal Highness the Duke of York and Princess
Louisa Anne. Minuets were danced alternately until eleven,
when their Majesties withdrew; and country dances commenced,
which continued until two o'clock, when the nobility
withdrew. To the honour of our nobility, not a nobleman or
gentleman appeared on Thursday at court (except foreigners)
in any other dress than the manufacture of Great Britain or
Ireland. The very elegant suits of clothes worn by his
Royal Highness the Duke of York, and his Serene Highness the
Prince of Brunswick, were manufactured in Spitalfields,
being the first gold velvet shapes ever made in England, and
for which a premium is now, or shortly will be adjudged, by
the patriotick Society of Arts and Sciences.
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