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SECOND SERVICE. 



Bdts. Chapons, quails, turkey poults, green goose. 



Entremets. Asperges, haricots a la Fra^aise, mayon- 

 naise d'homard, gelee Macedoine, aspics d'reufs de pluvier, 

 Charlotte Busse, gelee au Marasquin, creme marbre (sic), 

 corbeille de patisserie, vol-au-vent de rhubarb, tourte 

 d'abricots, corbeille de Meringues, dressed crab, salade 

 au (sic) gelantine (sic), champignons aux fines herbes. 



Beleves. Soufflee a la vanille, Nesselrode pudding, 

 Adelaide sandwiches, fondues, pieces montees, &c. 



DESSERT. 



'The price,' we are told, 'was six guineas a head,' 

 and though that probably included ' something to 

 drink ' (if only a little beer), the dinner seems to have 

 been very dear at the price, even for the Clarendon 

 and for the time of year. 



LORD DERBY (born 1752, died 1834) is the twelfth 

 Earl, grandson of the eleventh, and son of the noble- 

 man who persisted (as we have seen) in calling him- 

 self Lord Strange, and who introduced a Smith 

 (worth her weight in gold) among the aristocratic 

 Stanleys. The twelfth Earl won both the Jockey Club 

 Plates of 1783, with Oliver Cromwell and Guildford, 

 as well as the Oaks (which he was instrumental in 

 establishing, and which was named after his estate 

 The Oaks, purchased from his relative General Bur- 

 goyne, on Banstead Downs) in 1779, the very first 

 year it was run for, with Bridget, and in 1794 with 

 Hermione, and the Derby (which also he was instru- 



