Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-06-03
BRITISH LUXURY.
From The LONDON SqATRSmAS, FEB. 6.
PRINCE REGENTS FE7,E.

| PRINCE REGEyg1"S REI'E
This grand entertainment took place last
nisht.-At about ten O'Clock the whole nj
Pall-Mall was crowded with Carriages and
rnobs, and Carlton House began TO receive
its noble company. The scene that present
ed itssif TO as was truly splendid, and we had
the opportunity of seeing most of those who
| congratulated her Majesty the preceding
day, exhibiting, in the habimen of the e
| vening, their charms in most pleasing kind
| of variety.
| The decorations of the house differed We
rY little from those which were lavished mn.
I OH " when the last fete was given. We
WOULD observe no difference but what the diff
fference OF the season rendered necessary.
ne utillty OIL the various arrangements was
as OBVIOUS as their elegance, and nothing
| could have been more admirably nlsnpeS
than a gallery from the Throne room 70 rbe
Gothic Conservatory, through which. when
supper was ready, the Prince, her Majesty
the Princesses, and few of the most tlis,in
guShed persOnages passed BY this means
they arrived at the head of the table without
being in che slightest degree incommoded.-
ne crowds were so immense, that though
I'D SO polished an assembly there were was
not much combustion, the heat was occasi
onally almost intolerable.
lhe rooms thrown open for the recentio,
Oh company were the throne room, ball
ROOM circular DINING room, dra wing-room
the Two Que velvet rof ms, and the FIVE an
tl-rooms, composing the grand suite. The
draperies were magnificent to an extreme
degree. The hangings and canopies we're
OF blue Crimson velvet, enriched with .oId
trlnges, AID various ornaments of massv
gold. ltSinbad the Sailor had a look at hi.
abode, the glitter of his imagination would
have been increased, and he could have
spoken of palaces raised by the art of f.i-
fles, and su6terraneous dwellings, which re
celved light from nothing but diamonds
with ten times as much luency, for the SIGHT
supplies more opportunities for the ereryv ,f
description than all the other senses.
ne might also have spoken Of beauty in its
greatest perfection, Of blue eyes. black ewes
hazel eyes, and the ihnumerable graces
which we are willing to suppose belong To
'hose VINO combine pretty faces with high
rank. lhe girandoles, and candeIabras.
tue OttomaR,s sofas, and console tables an
PehTeu as II they sprung at the call of some
eastern magician, and the motion of the
company, in the midst of those miracles NJ
art, gave US an idea which is utterly md
scribabie. We observed a novelty in 90.
OF the rooms. The carved Gothic side
boards, which have been IN preparatinr
for some time for this occasion. we're for rho
hrst time exhibited; they we're covered wirb
scarlet cloth, embroide red, ard upon then,
were laid matchless services of gold and all.
'er-gilt plate, Illuminated by candelebras
ana tripods of the most costly or-molx :
ne company repaired to the supper poons
when supper was announced, which vsrr
1ne conservatory, and the dining room ON
the basement story. At the head of this
conservatory was placed the Princes ia
DE- at which, as we have said before he
appeared Suddenly, without having nixed
WIN the greater part Of the guests. This
taoie was elevated on platform about s;x
inches from the ground, and there was q
long range OF tables extending from IL 70 the
Prince's bed-chambeT. All those tahIss
were covered With gold or silver Gilt plate
ana the supper was the most exouisite l.,
the forms Of the food and the deiicacv oeI
1t, we ever beheld. Amongst the comnsny
we're all che Princesses, the ROYAL Dnkes
the Archbishops of Canterbury and YORK
In TACT almost every character ofdistinc
ton in town.