Show LONDON IN 1772 it wee considered n joke to turn cattle into a liall can any buo ouo tell mo anything of tho city assembly rooms and tho assembly rooms on the surrey side i 0 south wark about tho year 1772 tho docial side of about that timo is curiously difu cult to get at satisfactorily for instance aheu catherine halton went to london in 1783 being then 27 years of nap she went with a certain mr J woodhouse and his mother they called for bor at in tho evening the gentleman beius dressed in a suit of pale blue french silk spotted with pink and green the coat lined with pink silk his hair in a bag a white feather in ilia hat a sword by his side and ruffle and frill of fine point lace this grems very splendid at the assembly the men acro chiefly in dress coats meaning probably of bauo or pink silk like that of mr woodhouse who acro not wore cloth coats trimmed with narrow gold lace waistcoats of silver tisane aud the hair in a cne with anria flying out on each sido of the head the other ladies were covered with diamonds tho subscription iou to tho city assembly is 3 guineas thero aro subscribers and late night tho subscribers are the first people in the city tho rooms are lighted with wax the branches for the candles ho urns for tho tea and coffeo and tho baskets for tho cakes aud macaroons aro of silver 3 want to know more about this assembly As regards the surrey assembly all I 1 can tell you about it is that tho room was on alio ground floor and that ou a certain night the opening night of the season of 1772 while alie dancing was at its height wag threw open the front door aud gave admission to a drove of oxen which began to ruu about in a most terrifying maunce some of tho men drew their valiantly others tumbled down tho ladies fainted and fell over the men caps hoops tippets handkerchiefs acro lying all about the floor and the oxen bellowed aud ran about threatening with theia horns what would leave happened one knows not but the u uprightly mrs hanniver Hanni vcr presumably a lady connected with tho supper department coming from the with hub for the gentlemen hub is defined by webster as a strong malt drink snatched from the master of tho ceremonies his did tho M tho surrey eido carry a as n wand of office and with so much spirit belabored alio horny tribe that they fled incontinent when the company gathered themselves together aud picked they could being horribly dishevelled dishevel led amid the general wreck hoops gone wigs pulled to pieces headgear destroyed dresses torn they proceeded I 1 suspect to refresh with the sprightly airs stimulating hub it any ono will tell mo more about this assembly I 1 shall be grateful sir wal ter beset in queen |