"Captain Watson, of the Guards, as chief, dressed in a magnificent suit of black-and-orange silk, and mounted on a black managed horse, with trappings of the same color with his own dress, appeared in honor of Miss Franks. He was attended in the same manner with Lord Cathcart. Captain Scott bore his lance and Lieutenant Lytton his shield. The device, a heart, with a wreath of flowers; motto--'_Love and glory_.' "First knight, Lieutenant Underwood, in honor of Miss S. Shippen.--'Squire, Ensign Haserkam.--Device, a pelican feeding her young; motto--'_For those I love_.' "Second knight, Lieutenant Wingard, in honor of Miss R.P. Shippen.--'Squire, Captain Boscawen.--Device, a bay-leaf; motto--'_Unchangeable_.' "Third knight, Lieutenant Deleval, in honor of Miss B. Bond.--'Squire, Captain Thorne.--Device, a heart, aimed at by several arrows, and struck by one; motto--'_Only one pierces me_.' "Fourth knight, Monsieur Montluissent (Lieutenant of the Hessian Chasseurs), in honor of Miss B. Redman.--'Squire, Captain Campbell.--Device, a sunflower turning toward the sun; motto--'_Je vise à vous_.' "Fifth knight, Lieutenant Hobart, in honor of Miss S. Chew.--'Squire, Lieutenant Briscoe.--Device, Cupid piercing a coat-of-mail with his arrow; motto--'_Proof to all but love_.' "Sixth knight, Brigade-Major Tarleton, in honor of Miss W. Smith.--'Squire, Captain Heart.--Device, a light dragoon; motto--'_Swift, vigilant, and bold_.' "After they had rode round the lists, and made their obeisance to the ladies, they drew up, fronting the White Knights; and the chief of them having thrown down his gauntlet, the Chief of the Black Knights directed his esquire to take it up. The knights then received their lances from their esquires, fixed their shields on their left arms, and, making a general salute to each other by a very graceful movement of their lances, turned round to take their career, and, encountering in full gallop, shivered their spears. In the second and third encounter they discharged their pistols. In the fourth they fought with swords. At length the two chiefs, spurring forward into the center, engaged furiously in single combat, till the marshal of the field (Major Gwyne) rushed in between the chiefs and declared that the Fair Damsels of the Blended Rose and Burning Mountain were perfectly satisfied with the proofs of love and the signal feats of valor given by their respective knights; and commanded them, as they prized the future favors of their mistresses, that they would instantly desist from further combat. Obedience being paid by the chiefs to the order, they joined their respective bands. The White Knights and their attendants filed off to the left, the Black Knights to the right, and, after passing each other at the lower side of the quadrangle, moved up alternately till they approached the pavilion of the ladies, where they gave a general salute.