MISCELLANIES. 



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arrived in lime to be served at the 

 Roj'al Table. A large baron of 

 beef", with tht Royal Standard, was 

 placed on a stage at the upper end 

 of the Hall, in view of the Royal 

 Table, attended by the serjeaut 

 carvers, and one of the principal 

 cooks in proper costume. 



After dinner " Non Nobis Do- 

 mine sed nomini tuo da Gloriam" 

 was finely sung by the vocal Per- 

 formers in the Orchestra, the 

 whole of the company in the 

 Hall, and the Ladies in the gal- 

 leries standing. Mr. Common 

 Crier then advanced, by the di- 

 rections of the Lord Mayor, to his 

 station on the elevated platform, 

 in front of the Koyal Table, and 

 after a flourish of trumpets from 

 the Royal Trumpeters stationed 

 at each end of the Hall, proposed, 

 in the name of the Lord Mayor, as 

 the first Toast, " The King," 

 which was received with reveren- 

 tial silence. The succeeding Toasts 

 were : — His Royal Highness the 

 Prince Regent — Her Majesty the 

 Queen, and the Royal Family — 

 His Imperial Majesty the Emperor 

 of all the Russias — His Majesty 

 the King of Prussia — His Imperial 

 Majesty the Emperor of Austria — 

 Her Imperial Hiuhness, the Grand 

 Duchess Catheriiia Princess of 

 Oldenburg — His Most Christian 

 Majesty Louis the Eighteenth, 

 King of France and Navarre — His 

 Catholic Majesty Ferdinand the 

 Seventh, King of Spain — The 

 Sovereign Prince of the Nether- 

 lands — His Serene Highness the 

 Hereditary Prince of Orange — all 

 of which were announced by a pre- 

 vious flourish of Trumpets, and 

 were received with shouts of ap- 

 plause. 



The next toast was given by 

 command of his Royal Highness 



the Prince Regent, " Our brave 

 heroes by sea and land who have 

 so nobly fought for their country," 

 and was followed by " The Ge- 

 " nerals of the Allied Armies and 

 " the Illustrious Foreign Heroes, 

 " who have contributed so much 

 "to the glory of their respec- 

 " tive countries." The latter of 

 which produced a torrent of 

 applause, and the Heroes, Bar- 

 clay de Tolly, Blucher, Platofl", 

 De Yorck, &c. rose and bowed 

 their thanks to the Company. 

 His Royal Highness the Prince 

 Regent also commanded the fol- 

 lowing Toast to be given, " The 

 " Right Honourable the Lord 

 " Mayor, and thanks to his Lord- 

 " ship and the City of London, 

 " for their magnificent eutertain- 

 " merit." 



In the course of the evening 

 various Songs and Glees, amongst 

 which were the National Songs 

 of " God save the King," " Rule 

 " Britannia," and " Britons strike 

 " Home," and that admirable 

 Glee, " Hail Star of Brunswick," 

 were sung with fine effect from 

 the Orchestras by the Vocal Per- 

 formers, who were selected from 

 the most eminent in their pro- 

 fession ; and on their singing the 

 Stanza of " Blest Isle with match- 

 " less Beauty crowned," in the 

 Song of " Rule Britannia," the 

 appearance of the Indies in the 

 Galleries, struck as by electricity 

 every heart in the Hall, and a 

 burst of acclamation was the con- 

 sequence, and his Royal Highness 

 the Prince Regent happily seized 

 the opportunity, and proposed as a 

 Toast, *' The Lady Mayoress, and 

 " the Ladies in the Hall," which 

 was received with enthusiasm. 



About ten o'clock. His Royal 

 Highness the Prince Regent, with 



