Historical references to London's sounds

William Hickey is unimpressed by the Lord Mayor’s banquet

The Lord Mayor's table, at which I was [. . .] was less [hot] than other parts of the hall, from being considerably elevated above the rest. The wines were excellent, and the dinner the same, served, too, with as much regularity and decorum as if we had been in a private house; but far different was the scene in the body of the hall [. . .] the roaring and noise was deafening and hideous, which increased as the liquor operated, bottles and glasses flying across from side to side without intermission.