The National Register.
London, England, 1812-08-16 00:00:00

THE EARL OF Y.ARMOUrws BALL AND SUPPER.

" This Fashionable Fete was given on Tuesday night ; it was at-:
tend ql with, al: the eclat 11%11.11 at such entertainments. The house was
twit orihantly than tastefully illuminated : there were an abund-
aive of patent lanps, the burning o;1 of which exhaled a timid smell.
the dancing comineoced at eleven o'clock, when about twenty couple
went down. Waltzine commenced about one o'clock, when his
Hui al Highness the Duke of Cumberland pleasingly surprised the corn
piny, and delighted his Royal Brothers of Clarence, Sits-ex, and
Colibudge, by the skill he disi.Lyed in eiving several of them with
the true G. ratan fling. The heat became oppre•sive about two o'clock,
ellen all whir weir not other eise occupied, flew to the cool retreat of
the temporary room. Although trout note till three o'clock, at least a
dozen persons were c. nstantly occupied in givit.g ous refreshments of
fruit. cakes, ices, lemonade, yet the impatience of the visitants
b-casue ungovernable, long before the time prescribed for the arrange-
ment of the regular ban pret : and it is a fact, that the Dukes at Cla-
rence and Cambridge supped at a table, having on it nei:ner cloth nor
11.11 kin. The sup,rer was certainly excellent, but not ahund ; how-
ever some allowance ou.,ht to be made for 11Ir. Ward (who was the
caterei), he being a bachelor. Supper was laid f •x2OO persons. The
Prince #egent was of the party, bat did not stop supper. " We will
thii.ce,' said the Duke of Cumberlaud sp:ritedly to the Duke of Lein-
stet, " the Regent's btriod.l in here, and dance it Out at the Queen's
house at Froginore." This was sang about la-past eleven o'clock."
From this tine account, which has appeared in some of the Daily
Papers, it shoul I seem that the company were ifir,t entertained with a
find aunt!, and a German These, however, were not sufficient
tar them, as they were vulgar enough to wish for something to eat, and
in coniquence became anp,ouernable 1 If this be true, us well as the
scramble that ensued, in which the Dukes of Clarence and Cambridge
were
.glad to sup off a table without cloth or napkin, we very much
euisnou if the Company were altogether consoled, either by the re-
fection that Mr Ward is a bachelor, or by the spirited speech of the
Duke of Cumberland to the Duke of Leinster, which was said about
4-tit past eieven o'clock !

A WARD FEAST.

At Yarmouth's grand fete all the sons of the Kiug
it seems were delighted with Cumberland's fling;
Wh:ch, we're gravely informed, was so cilia; mingly German,
givould a Bishop have made leap with joy, in his sermon.
But when it appeared that WA Res Bachelor's fare.
With an Hospital WA It lI'S might in some sort compare,
As so scanty it was, that 'twos soon understood,
All present must presently " cr.tch as catch could,"
'Tis thought those who supped upon air in the passage
Would have given the fling fur a good German sausage.

Y. G.

A certain dashing City honatongrr, who sports his coach and four,
is said to have lately rode rusty, as, in consequence of something in his
conduct which was thought to mark softness of head, lie has ludicrously
heti, denominated the buttered buns. His friends loudly complain of
this appellation, as they are confident it is in their power to prove he
is Only a cake.
Some taxes are complained of as being too loosely defined to be
Weiser,' understood. This. however, cannot be said of the Tatt upon
tooth'', as that emu hums to every maa's uuderstanding.