. London and its environs, including excursions to Brighton, the Isle of Wight, etc.: handbook for travellers . rliamentarysession the Cabinet ministers and some other members of the Gov-ernment usually meet to partake of a banquet at Greenwich,known as the Whitebait Dinner, from the whitebait, a small fishnot much more than an inch in length, for which Greenwich isfamous, and which is considered a great delicacy. It is eaten withcayenne pepper and lemon juice. When the Liberals are in powerthe ministerial whitebait dinner is held at the Trafalgar Hotel,whereas the Conservatives patronise Cuar
. London and its environs, including excursions to Brighton, the Isle of Wight, etc.: handbook for travellers . rliamentarysession the Cabinet ministers and some other members of the Gov-ernment usually meet to partake of a banquet at Greenwich,known as the Whitebait Dinner, from the whitebait, a small fishnot much more than an inch in length, for which Greenwich isfamous, and which is considered a great delicacy. It is eaten withcayenne pepper and lemon juice. When the Liberals are in powerthe ministerial whitebait dinner is held at the Trafalgar Hotel,whereas the Conservatives patronise Cuartermaines. *Greenwich Hospital (PI. V 13) occupies the site of an oldroyal palace, built in 1433 by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, andcalled by him Placentia or Plaisance. In it Henry VIII. and hisdaughters, Mary and Elizabeth, were born, and here Edward During the Commonwealth the palace was removed. In 1667Charles II. began to rebuild it, but he only completed the wingwhich is named after him. Twenty years later, after the accessionof William III., the building was resumed, and in 1794 the palace. altiuun Abbey MES JWgh\JBorulersy, »^|^J§LZ^^^ TO
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