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" History Of The Theatres Of London,
late severe indisposition had rendered her incapable of performing any other character , but the very easy * one of Andromache ? The wonted benevolence of Mrs . Yates was , however , proved more thari once , when Mrs . Bellamy ' s circumstances required her theatrical assistance . This lady ' s last performance was for Mrs . Bellamy ' s benefit at Drury-Lane ( 17 S 5 ) , which we have already noticed ; but her last engagement was at Covent Garden . Some few months before the death of Mr . Henderson , this lady , as it is said , intended to have united with him in continuing the readings at Freemasons' Hall ;
a task for which she was extremely well qualified , as her chief excellence lay in recitation . It was likewise Mrs . Yates ' s wish to return to the Theatre , had not the stroke of death made her exit final ! -Her funeral procession moved at twelve o ' clock , on the Monday following her death , from Pimlico to the chancel of Richmond church , where , as she had requested , her remains were interred : those of her father having mouldered in the same place . At five o'clock the procession reached Richmond ; but the church , and the avenuesbeing so extremely crowdedit was with the utmost difficulty
, , access could be obtained . Among the principal attendantson that occasion , were , Dr . Roberts , Master of St . Paul ' s School , Dr . Robinson , Mr . Murphy , Mr . Palmer , of Drary-Lane Theatre , Mr . Grindall , Surgeon , Mr . Keate , and Mr . Hull . Great as this actress was , it is remembered , that she once performed in the Plain Dealer , . with Holland , King , Weston , and Miss Pope , . to an audience consisting , at the beginning of the play , of four persons only in the whole lower tier of boxes , and of eighteen in the pit : the gallery had about an hundred ; the upper boxes about seventy persons . . , »
The present receipts of the London Theatres , compared with those usual some years past , convince us , that the passion for theatrical exhibitions is by far greater than before ; otherwise , to build larger theatres would have been impolitic . Two hundred pounds are now considered as a bad receipt : the sum of nearly six hundred pounds has been frequently taken . Mrs . Rich was accustomed to say , concerning the receipt of Covent Garden Theatre , that , if the Treasurer ' s account consisted of three figures in the column of pounds , she was satisfied ; however , it happened to this Theatre , a few years ago , that the play was performed to an audience paying only sixty pounds .
Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
OFFICERS OF LODGE NO . 534 , GRAPES , LAXCASTF . R , Made on St . John ' s Day , held Monday , Dec . iS , 1795 . R . W . MASTER , RICHARD JOHNSON , Esq . Mayor of Lancaster , vice the Rev . James Watson . SENIOR WARDEN , Mr . James Tinning , Merchant , vice Mr . William Walker , merchant .
JUNIOR WAKOEN , Mr . John Dowbiggins , Gent , vice Richard Johnson , Esq . SECRETARY , Mr . Joseph Rowley , A . B . vice Mr . John Dowbiggins . TREASURER , _ Mr . John Higgins , vice Mr . James Tinning . PAST MASTERS , John Fenton Cawthorne , Esq . M . P . Mr . William Shaw , Architect , Acting Master , and thc Reverend James Watson . PAST SENIOR WARDEN , Mr . William Walker , Merchant . TVLEI-., —Charles Dwver . ¦ "
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" History Of The Theatres Of London,
late severe indisposition had rendered her incapable of performing any other character , but the very easy * one of Andromache ? The wonted benevolence of Mrs . Yates was , however , proved more thari once , when Mrs . Bellamy ' s circumstances required her theatrical assistance . This lady ' s last performance was for Mrs . Bellamy ' s benefit at Drury-Lane ( 17 S 5 ) , which we have already noticed ; but her last engagement was at Covent Garden . Some few months before the death of Mr . Henderson , this lady , as it is said , intended to have united with him in continuing the readings at Freemasons' Hall ;
a task for which she was extremely well qualified , as her chief excellence lay in recitation . It was likewise Mrs . Yates ' s wish to return to the Theatre , had not the stroke of death made her exit final ! -Her funeral procession moved at twelve o ' clock , on the Monday following her death , from Pimlico to the chancel of Richmond church , where , as she had requested , her remains were interred : those of her father having mouldered in the same place . At five o'clock the procession reached Richmond ; but the church , and the avenuesbeing so extremely crowdedit was with the utmost difficulty
, , access could be obtained . Among the principal attendantson that occasion , were , Dr . Roberts , Master of St . Paul ' s School , Dr . Robinson , Mr . Murphy , Mr . Palmer , of Drary-Lane Theatre , Mr . Grindall , Surgeon , Mr . Keate , and Mr . Hull . Great as this actress was , it is remembered , that she once performed in the Plain Dealer , . with Holland , King , Weston , and Miss Pope , . to an audience consisting , at the beginning of the play , of four persons only in the whole lower tier of boxes , and of eighteen in the pit : the gallery had about an hundred ; the upper boxes about seventy persons . . , »
The present receipts of the London Theatres , compared with those usual some years past , convince us , that the passion for theatrical exhibitions is by far greater than before ; otherwise , to build larger theatres would have been impolitic . Two hundred pounds are now considered as a bad receipt : the sum of nearly six hundred pounds has been frequently taken . Mrs . Rich was accustomed to say , concerning the receipt of Covent Garden Theatre , that , if the Treasurer ' s account consisted of three figures in the column of pounds , she was satisfied ; however , it happened to this Theatre , a few years ago , that the play was performed to an audience paying only sixty pounds .
Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
OFFICERS OF LODGE NO . 534 , GRAPES , LAXCASTF . R , Made on St . John ' s Day , held Monday , Dec . iS , 1795 . R . W . MASTER , RICHARD JOHNSON , Esq . Mayor of Lancaster , vice the Rev . James Watson . SENIOR WARDEN , Mr . James Tinning , Merchant , vice Mr . William Walker , merchant .
JUNIOR WAKOEN , Mr . John Dowbiggins , Gent , vice Richard Johnson , Esq . SECRETARY , Mr . Joseph Rowley , A . B . vice Mr . John Dowbiggins . TREASURER , _ Mr . John Higgins , vice Mr . James Tinning . PAST MASTERS , John Fenton Cawthorne , Esq . M . P . Mr . William Shaw , Architect , Acting Master , and thc Reverend James Watson . PAST SENIOR WARDEN , Mr . William Walker , Merchant . TVLEI-., —Charles Dwver . ¦ "