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Review Of Literature—Fine Arts—Exhibitions—The Drama, &C.
outcast , or was Shakspeare an outcast ? For himself , he ivould rather be the most degraded of outcasts than the utterer of that opprobrious epithet . He then appealed to the press to vindicate the drama from those unfounded attacks , ancl he called on the members of the profession to be urged by such calumnies to greater exertions for their distressed brethren . He called upon them to come forward to the aid of
the widows and children of those men who had raised the profession to its present dignity , and he trusted that every one of them hacl a tear of pity , and a hand open as day to melting charity . Mr . Mathews sat down amidst immense cheering . The party broke up about eleven o ' clock , after an evening which cannot have failed to gratify the most fastidious .
DRURY LANE THEATRICAL FUND DINNER . The 57 th anniversary festival of this Institution , ivhich emanated from the exertions ancl under the auspices of David Garrick , in the year 1777 , ivas celebrated at the Freemasons' Tavern on the lflth of March . The assembled friends of the fund amounted to at least 300 . The Marquis of Clanricarde was in the chair , supported by Lord
Dungarvon , Lord Edward Poulett , Lord Graves , the Hon . Mr . Macdonald , Sir Paul Jodrell , Sir AA'illiam Curtis , Sir Vincent Cotton , Sir Thomas Harvey Farquhar , Sir Andrew Barnard , & c , ancl a host of the most distinguished patrons of the drama . Immediately after the removal of the cloth and the drinking of the usual loyal and appropriate toasts , it was stated by the noble Chairman
that he was happy to congratulate the company on the flourishing state of the fund . He regretted that illness had prevented his royal hi ghness the Duke of Sussex from attending , ancl that the task of filling his situation had devolved on so incompetent a person as himself . He would refrain from going into a detailed state of the amount of subscriptions about to be announced , because , that was a task which peculiarly
devolved upon Mr . Harley , who would address the company . Mr . Harley then rose and spoke in substance as follows : — " My lord ancl gentlemen , —According to the system of Dr . Gall , my hump of locality must be more than ordinarily developed , for on every anniversary of this institution I am found in the same place ; I return you my thanks for your repeated forbearance . My task this evening is a pleasing
one : it is to express to you how many hearts you have gladdened , how ' much distress you have alleviated , and the deep gratitude that warms the bosoms of those who have distributed ancl of those who have shared your bounty . A et the pleasure is dashed with feelings of pain ; that
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of Literature—Fine Arts—Exhibitions—The Drama, &C.
outcast , or was Shakspeare an outcast ? For himself , he ivould rather be the most degraded of outcasts than the utterer of that opprobrious epithet . He then appealed to the press to vindicate the drama from those unfounded attacks , ancl he called on the members of the profession to be urged by such calumnies to greater exertions for their distressed brethren . He called upon them to come forward to the aid of
the widows and children of those men who had raised the profession to its present dignity , and he trusted that every one of them hacl a tear of pity , and a hand open as day to melting charity . Mr . Mathews sat down amidst immense cheering . The party broke up about eleven o ' clock , after an evening which cannot have failed to gratify the most fastidious .
DRURY LANE THEATRICAL FUND DINNER . The 57 th anniversary festival of this Institution , ivhich emanated from the exertions ancl under the auspices of David Garrick , in the year 1777 , ivas celebrated at the Freemasons' Tavern on the lflth of March . The assembled friends of the fund amounted to at least 300 . The Marquis of Clanricarde was in the chair , supported by Lord
Dungarvon , Lord Edward Poulett , Lord Graves , the Hon . Mr . Macdonald , Sir Paul Jodrell , Sir AA'illiam Curtis , Sir Vincent Cotton , Sir Thomas Harvey Farquhar , Sir Andrew Barnard , & c , ancl a host of the most distinguished patrons of the drama . Immediately after the removal of the cloth and the drinking of the usual loyal and appropriate toasts , it was stated by the noble Chairman
that he was happy to congratulate the company on the flourishing state of the fund . He regretted that illness had prevented his royal hi ghness the Duke of Sussex from attending , ancl that the task of filling his situation had devolved on so incompetent a person as himself . He would refrain from going into a detailed state of the amount of subscriptions about to be announced , because , that was a task which peculiarly
devolved upon Mr . Harley , who would address the company . Mr . Harley then rose and spoke in substance as follows : — " My lord ancl gentlemen , —According to the system of Dr . Gall , my hump of locality must be more than ordinarily developed , for on every anniversary of this institution I am found in the same place ; I return you my thanks for your repeated forbearance . My task this evening is a pleasing
one : it is to express to you how many hearts you have gladdened , how ' much distress you have alleviated , and the deep gratitude that warms the bosoms of those who have distributed ancl of those who have shared your bounty . A et the pleasure is dashed with feelings of pain ; that