The route or assembly at ...
The Times, 1824-05-22T00:00:00

The toute or assembly at the Uiuversity Club, to meet! the Duke and Duchess of Glocester,took place on Wednesday even- ing; aDd when we state that consilerably miiore than two thousand persons were brought together into a house aot capable of accommo- dating with comfort more than six or seven hundred, soame faint idea I may be forned of the crowdl and confusion whichi must have oc- curred. Soon after nine the conmpany began to arrive, and by half- past ten all the rooms were thronged to suffocation; yet the company had not all been put dowvn by three o'clock in the morning. In the hall was stationed the band of the Duke's re,irneut of Guards, who continued to entertain company as long as they could find space ti move their fingers in. At II the Duchess arrived, accompanied by the Princess Sophiaof Glocester. They were received on the grand staircase by the Marquis of ltusdown, the Earl of Rardwicke, and other members of the committee, who had pieviously entertained the Duke at dinner. By dint of great exertion a Idnd of alley was made through the company, and the Duchess and her party were twice conductedl through the principal buit of roorns. Refreshments con- sisting ef ice. &c., in abundance, were provided in the principal din: ing-room ; the access to which wvas a service of no smnall danger. The company consisted of about two-thirds ladies, and comprised mnost of the nobility, many of whom, sufTering under extreme fa- tigue, and th utter hopelessness of escape (for to bring up the empty carriages while the ful ones were arriving was impossible), betook themnseves to the carpets, on which many of them were seen reposing themselves in groups till long after dag light. It has been remarketl, that the late Dachess of Devon- shire tied at the sa ne hour, the same day of the month, and in the same month, as her predecessor.-Eveniag paper. EAdvertisement;]-TIE FrN le ARTs.-Gems, and Cameos have allways been considered the depository of the taste and genrius of an- Lient art. lEvery method, therefore, by which those exquisite proofs of the skill of" the olden time" can be rendered more generaUv ac- cessible deservesliberal encouragement. It is in this view that we are led to regard a very inlgenious invention, whici had for its ori- inal object merely the sealng of notes and letters, hut awhich, in consequenice of the great improvenmentmadcn iit, ofters tlhe means of mnltipl$ing a,d i,pi,dnitrn7 the msst beautiful specimens of that branchsof the fine arts. We allude to what are called " H. 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