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The Lord Lieutenant's Reception and Promenade, Dublin, 1856. Party held by George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle. 'An al fresco Court ceremony is a scene of great enjoyment, better suited to the present season than the artificial splendour of state rooms; and the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has proved the superior agremens of the out-door assembly by holding his receptions and promenade in the grounds in front of the Viceregal Lodge, instead of within the stately saloons of the Castle. The first reception and promenade of the season was held by his Excellency on the afternoon of the 7th inst. The attendance of nobility and gentry resident in Dublin was exceedingly numerous. The promenade terminated shortly after eight o'clock'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.