Star. — London, England, 1820-03-23 00:00:00

oer ce, with respect to the military, tin which he e e:: about to enter. Mr. HUNT resumed. —He demanded why the •;enes, bricks, and bludgeons, which had been brought to York, had not been produced in Court—where, ee l, were the pikes which had been mentioned, and other weapons with which the assembly at Man e:ester was said to have been armed ? He wished that they had been produced. He should have liked to ask Mr. Holton if he could recognize the form of any of the stones, and the peculiar make of some of the bricks? Then, as to the Caps of Liberty, which had been called Republican emblems—that Hall Was decorated with Roman fasces and the Cap of Li berty. Wiry might not these be carried in Lanca shire, as well as exhibited at York ? If so, what be came of the boasted liberty of Englishmen? He trusted that the sentiment of the Poct, " lie who contends for freedom, Can ne'er be justly deem'd his Scw'reign'a foe," e-euld ever be respected in this country ; and he eeped that moment would be the List of his life, -..eicn he should he found unwilling to struggle, even to death, in the sacred cause of freedom. lle thee ietered on a long vindication of his own political T eineples, and, with great animation, asserted the of the People to act as they had acted, before passing of the late Bills, in calling for a Refoem e. Parliament. The evil, if it were such, was now corrected by the measures alluded to ; and it was un eecessary for them to give a verdict to prevent the recurrence of such Meetings, as that was already done by the law. They had simply to decide on the peculiar merits of the case. Ile supported his opi z,ions by referring to a variety of speeches which had been made in Parliament; and contended, that his exposition was not at variance tc ith what had been advanced by some of the most distinguished charac ters in the l'satitirt. He desired to know where the hloo.iy dagger was? This, and the attempt to con nect him (Mr. Hunt) with Mr. Carldc, had a greater tmlency to prejudice his case with the respectable Jary who we: eto try it, than anything else. The .0 day;ger had never exi,ted but is the fevered l•rains ot . such men :l's Mr. Warren and Mr,Scariett. Pv the leeetniee used on this subject, it was Clear that b it V... 13 I:l!Cadeil to co:mect him with thhse who had i t,. iy beet ai)prehcn.l.:d in Lendon. It was not enough te::eeneese him mlustly with blacplieriers, but it was smoitr. t.t mak::. ham the aceomplice a ssassins. This meant to though it was known that t:.e -..vretches lately di.covc.e,l (but it was net for him :h e.. 11: of their oxen - .'s :Li they WC:C prz.ent tin t whatever aitimate oOject ..:Kilt be, to make him Ir. I lunt) one c i their victims. 'e i.. blee!: !.1.1_ . ; I.e evretld 'hew. had be-'n made black, et its accidental:y diF,covcred that the motto re•.im;ly panted on white calico would not show cll. To correct the defect, it was made black. The i• Representation," did not mean that l!la !Kaiak tt ritilL! obtain an equal representation or die in the atter:pt; it did but mean that starvation was c•ine, and :La;. death must follow if they were not relic cd from their distressty equal representa tion. lie was .confident that if be had omitted to mention anything of importance in the course of his address, that the deicie.ncy would be supplied by the evidence. He conll not for a moment believe that any Jury of honorrable men would find him guilty. He rejoiced that the cause had been brought to York or Dial, instead oT being taken to Lancaster, where Hutton might have been one of the Jury.—After one comments on the evidence of that Gentleman, lie stated, in corroboration of what he had previously ar.seried, that a public dinner had been ordered, to Which he and most of those with him wet e to have IcTaired after the Meeting. This would she.,v what had been their abject.—After some further observa t:,-n.c, he remarked, that the Counsel for the prose c would have the ti, ht Of reply. The Learned Ccatli•man had great weight, but his talms would not suffice to put down the evidence—let him then Ire the right of reply—let him use it to explain what he had said of the dagger—let him reconcile the e..-idence of Mr. Helton with truth, and let him pro ot..ee the bloody dagger ! The defettiant here concluded his speech, which lasted from tea o'clock in the morning to a quarter before three in the afternoon. He appeared to be quite exhausted in body, but at the same time as col lected in his mind as at the commencement. As he sat down, there was great applause among the au dience, which indecency the Judge repressed in a dignified manner. It immediately ceased. The Jury retired for a little, at the suggestion of Mr. Justice BAYLEY. On their return, and that of his Lordship, the evidence for the defence commenced. FlZmund Grundy examined by Mr. Ilunt.—Has retired from business; lives at Di:swarth, in Lancashire; was a calico-prin ter. Has not made any deposition ; was at Smedley Cottage en 10th August. On Teesday previous to the Manchester Meeting saw Mr. Hunt there. Recollects some conversation relative to the Manchester 'Meeting, and expressed au intention of returning home immediately. lie (wituess) endeavoured to prevail upon him to stop till the :NI, Bar g . His advice and re-1 quest had no influence at that time; he left him without Mr. liant's determining anything. Ile Is ,rot on the Wednesday Ills intentions were altered. Saw him agaiii the 14th of A agast, the first time at Smedley Cottage. lie communicated to Mr. Hunt, that he heard there was a warrant a g ainq hits ; Ise saw hint on the road to Manchester; he 'witness) afterwards waited el Mr. Norris, the Magistrate, with the derAltlant Johnson. llta Norris is chief acting Magistrate. 11. told tlr. K,c-ric, fru if there was any warrant against Mr. Huta he woald pot in bail; the Magistrate replied, that there was no iM'orinatio.l Lid, or warrant granted, or any intention of issniog one. lie Lets about seven miles off; saw numbers Tang ta the Alerting but oei.e armed with bludgeons. Ile has prop_ny in that neighbourhood; bad no fears for his property; has friends at blauch.ster, but nothing he saw gave hint any uneasinesta Cross-examined by Mr. Scala-m-11e dined in the sane room with Mr. Ham about twelve months ago; found no body wish tlr. Hunt ; he went there to r ay him a visit ; saw a letter posted about, signed by him. Ile WAS his bait afterwards. James Dyson examined by Mr. Brnford.—Lives at Middle ten, is a weaves ; was o:1 the Barrow-fields on the 15th of Au gust last, at ten o'clock in the mornioa, ; there were sin or seven Laralred men, wonian, and children tln.n. SIW Bamford there, walking aboi:t ; be then got a chair, anal addressed the people, road sated, " Friends and neighbours, theta of you who wish to join in the prraressioo, will endeavour to conduct yoursedviat or sier:. and ;:eaceobly, that you may go as comfortable as possible ; aay ii l .esan Mreits you, or gives you offence, take no notice of Lm, :or I make to doubt but there will be persons, who will naaae it their les:aims, to go about, in order ta disturb the Meet lag shonll you meat with such, keep them as quiet as passible, anal if :11...v stint,: , :ou, don't strike them again ; for it would tierce a pretext for dispersing the Meeting. If the Peace vineers come to arrest me, or any other person, offer no resist mice, but sillier them to take them quietly, and when you get there, endeavour to keep yourselves as select as possible, with your binia-iis in your centre, so that if any of you should strag gle, you will know where to find one another by seeing your When the Meeting is dissolved, keep close to your Tanners, and leave the town as 404/11 possible, for if you should flay drinking, your enemies might take advantage of it, and it • . they could raise a disturharoto, you would he taken to the New ' Bailey." Thinks he de's recollect Bamford saying there would he no disturbance, or if there was, it would be on their return. Saw some sticks, but only those usually carried; be Ind thought of taking one, as he had enperienced fatigue before; he took tire stick to Barrow-field, where he met a man, to whom he lent it ; they had not gone above a mile, before he returned it again. Some persons called out, th.rt no 'ticks should go there, that it had been agreed that no sticks should go, and so he sent it home by his father-in-law. lie 'then went on in the. procession; he saw nothing but peace and good . order. They walked four abreast. Saw Bamford Iso upon the hustings before Mt. Hunt's arrival. Saw Bamford, on Mr. Ilunt's arrival, standing near witness, about 40 yards front the hustings. Did not know that he (Bamford) got on the husting4 after Mt. Hunt's arrival. Never saw him on them afterwards. 1)iil not see him any more that day. Cross examined by Mr. Seejeant the Middle ton people that joined the procession there !allele be a thousand, of not so many. Some at the further cmd of the procession had laurels, he did not know whether there were any officers. Wit ness was not a serjeanf ; joined in as an individual ; there were men walked by the side to keep order, and when they missed the step, to call " right" " left," and so on. The Rochdale and Middleton parties were nearly equal. The Meeting had ban ners ; there were banners inscribed " Parlianiefts Annual" and " Suffrage Universal;" " Unity and Strength," and " Liberty and Fraternity." And marclutd with one party before that marched through the town. This had met he heard) at Tan dle-hill after six o'clock. lie went there and stayed about an hoer. There were some drilling, (as they rifled it), marching about. tic did not fall in that da7. Ile marched to Marches to- without any drilling. Ile could march, so as it did. Ile be lieved that the Meeting of which he had spoken might be about two or three hundred, men, women, and children. Some were in ranks, others were walking. This he believed was on the Sunday but one before the Meeting of the 16th of August. The procession was attended to Manchester by men calling out &c. It did not go by the nearest stay to Man chester on the 16th. They had music with them. Ile gave the names of the owners of the different instruments. Sortie of these hal played on them occasionally at the church. When the procession, marching four abreast, arrived at Peter's-field, the banners were taken to the hustings, tat after-eve-cis removed by - order of Mr. Bamford. He had remembered the speech of Mr. Bamford ever since last August. He never saw it to writ ' in;, but when it was taken down at the time of the depositions bi Mr. Pearson. Ile had seen. his deposition, in the middle of • tholast week bet one, at Samuel Banif.rd's. It was there reed . over to Ile began to repeAt tile s.. e:ech, being directed to ua s,) by the Counsel, but had some clifF.culty in recollec:ing the ' wh , :le. Did not precisely remember what Mr. Bamford had sal,' about so:ne disturbance taking place when they came bads; I he remembered something about it. Bamford went on the hustoeis. Ile-examined by Mr. Bamford.—Knew Tom Ogden, the church musician, believed that he and others of the musicians were in the habit of performing in the chutch at that time. Ilveeined by the Jenne.—Witness was married. Did not take his wife to Manchester; some hundreds accompanied the pi: cession all the way ; saw a number of boys on the way; did not see any of the Middleton women on Peter's-field; they did not press so far into the crowd as witness did; the men who went in the procession allowed in some instances their wives and daughters to go ; the weltee in Lancashire it was com mon to have banners and music ; never marched as they did cm the 16th of A tguo, having sometimes processions of which carts, fenciOilly ornamented : form a part ; had seen as many as forty five persons wnh one cork; but several carts sometimes moved in the. course of one day. John Farland (examined by Bamford). Was a weaver; recol lected Eamford's addressing the people at Middleton on the loth of August ; he described the speech then made by Bam ford nearly as it had been described by the last witness; went to the Manchester Meeting; saw no insi.lt offered on the way, nor at Sr. Peter's-held ; sew Bamford there, on the ground ; first saw him on the hustings, for about five nanutes ; saw him afterwards near warless, opening an avenue among the people; ditl not see Bamford on the hustings whilst Mr. Hunt was there; saw Bamford fifty yards, or within sonic few yards of that dis tance, from the hustings. The banners stood in the midst of the people. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Caoss.—llad no knowledge of any Con.mittee. On the 16th of August the Middleton peo ple were absernOled for the first time. Wis on Tandle-hili on the morning of the Sunday before. There might be about eight hundred men there drilling ; they were then in companies of about thirty men each. Could not say how many companies. Perhaps there might be not so many as eighty. Each company had a co:um - order to give the word, " Right," " Left," and so on. Stayed till they dismissed. They were at last drawn up in one line, he believed standing two deep. Did not know w ho commanded them. Curiosity led witness there. He had heard of drilling, and went to see whether it was so or sot. Ilad no s: inks, nr anything of that sort. Witness had been a Local arid Illilitie man. The party drilling did their exercise, as tar as facing right and left went. At Middleton witness fell In with the party marching to Manchester. Caul,' not say who formed the hollow square at Middleton. Had never seen the man who gave the word of command (to know him) since. Saw Barn ford distribute the bonnets. He might possibly give them to the commanders of sections. Nobody bat Bamford spoke from the chair. Did not take notice where the person went who had formed the square, nor who it was that formed them into line again. Understood that they were to meet divisions from other places at Manchester. Did not hear Bamford say, that when they got back there would be any-thing to do. • Did not take his wife with him. He described the advance to Man chester; this division remained stationary ou the ground when they arrived there. Re-examined by Bamford.—Barrow-field(where the people met at Middleton) was a public place. At Tandle-hill there were as many spectators as others. There was no stcresy that he knew of. They might pass through Middleton at about eight or nine o'clock on the Sunday morning, through the public highway. Many women and children accompanied the proces sion of the 16th. Some of them he knew to be related to the parties. Witness never before appeared in a Court of Justice to gift evidence. By the Junco—Saw none of the women and children at Manchester ; saw many on them on the road. had no thought of taking his wife there; she had something else to do at home. William Kendal (examined by Bamford).—Before I quitted my house I left my wife and child there with my son at home. I saw nothing particular in the movements of the peo ple, except their pa-sing to and fm. 1 saw no bludgeons among them, but a few old persons walking with common walking sticks. I saw them from an eminence, from which I could watch them. They went on with a deal of women and chit dree, and seemed s ery ,c iful. I saw no symptoms of alarm on the road. I an: no Refc.. - mer. I don't profess to be one of any political knowledge, tnoeek I am a member of the. Loyal Orange. Cross-ex.:mined b f N:r. Lirroroote.—l knew a good many of them ; they were deing no harm at .Middleton, and marched off zeeulor. \Vomeo, same by the aide of them and others after them, joined in: he ptozessiaa. Janes Fra.;kl..nd examined by S. Bastrosio.—l reside in Mid. dletsn, ad ...it a chigger and leather-cutter, and farm a little by keepleg a few cows. I have eight children and a wife. I re member the neople assembling in Middleton on the 16th August, Mid, afterwards going on. I looked after them. They were on the way to Manchester. I heard the substance of what you said, which was, that they would be conducted to Manchester in a boo). es tney were, and when they got to the place where tire 3leetiog was to be held, they would remain in a company by themselves, and not intermix with others, and return in a body also, when this Meeting was ever, without straggling in the mut titude. You also recommended them not to mind any insult, nor be inouced to resent it, if offered. The people were all quite peaceable. Ido not belong to arty body of Reformers, nor did 1 go to Manchester witlo.the procession, though I had a son nearly is years of age who went. I knew of his going, and gave no orders to prevent him. I believe he marched in the procession, and did not apprehend any danger or riot, or I should not have allowed him to go. _ Cross-examined by Mr. ScAZLXTT.—I have known Mr. Bam ford for a great many years, but 1 did not know who was to tale the command of the party. My son did not tell me he was to go. I saw him in the procession, and it was mentioned in the family he meant to go. There have been several public Meet ings of the Reformers in our neighbourhood, but my son is not one of them. I know' nothing of private meetings. I don't know whether my son took either refreshment or money in his pockets for the march to Manchester. John Turner, a tailor and draper at Middleton, examined by ilaniford.—ltecollected the procession there on the morning of the 16th August, and its music and banners. I saw a num ber of women and children among then.. I saw no large sticks, but a few aid men carded their common walking-sticks. I WES • . • • • no *ay alarmed while they passed, in I had no occasion to be alarmed. I saw none drunk or riotous. lam not a Reformer.. I never gave a penny to the concern, no: did I ever see Mr. Hunt in my iife; unless I see himin this Cann, and yet I don't him* hinl. I felt no alsrm for Manchester by any means. Mr. Serjeant Huttoce.—Well, then, you have tad the plea sure of seeing Mr. Hunt by coming to York. Mary Lees said, she resided at Middleton, and had five chil dren. her husband Was a plumber and glazier. Recollected the procession passing her house on the 16th August. She was then standing +with her children at the door, and was afterwards assisting the mistress of the public-house opposite in filling liquor , for a great many who called as they passed. They all seemed quiet and cheerful. They paid for what they got. These people came from Rochdale, with a great number of women, both young and old. I heard them drink several toasts, and among I the, rest " Goo save the King," which, though not a common toast, is made use of by the country people. 1 saw many of the people return in the evening, while I was again called upon to assist arthe public-house. 11:ey many of them burst into tears, and others remained silent. Cross-examined.—" GOD save the King" was not a common toast. " Hunt for ever!" was often heard ; but she did not know whether this was good or bad. In answer to questions from the Court, she said she MT !Mid dleton women go with the procession, and return back again in the evening. She did not know whether tkey were relatives of the men who went, but they (the women) were perms of good character.—Two other witnesses were examined. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRICAL FUND. The fifth Anniversary Public Dinner of this Fund, was held yesterday, at the Freemasons' Tavern.— His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK took the Chair, supported on his right by the Marquis of ANGLESEY. Lord YARMOVTII, &c. and on the left by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. About 3011 Z person sat down to a most sumptuoas dinner. The, gallery was crowded with fashionable female:. After the removal of the cloth, Non nobis Do twine was sung in excellent style. The health of his MAJESTY was drank with three times three, followed with the loudest applause," GOD save the king." The following toasts were drank : " The Royal Family," three times three.—. Song from the Opera of Guy Nonliving, accournied on the piano -forte, by Mr. Bishop. " The Army anathe Navy," three times three.—" Buie Bri-. tennis," by Mr. Broadhurst. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX then rose, and said, he had to propose on behalf of him self and the other Vice- Presidents, the health of their illustrious Chairman—(Applause). In proposing this toast, his Royal Highness congratulated that Royal individual and the friends of the Institution, on the number and respectability of the assemblage whom he had the honour to address. Ile also congratu lated them on the presence and patronage of his Royal Highness, who, for the fifth time, had condescen ded to fill the office of their Chairman ; and he be lieved that the result of so much condescension would be as gratifying to his own heart as it could be to the friends of the Fund. Again, when they recollec ted that his Royal Highness was now removed so much nearer the Throne, they must feel doubly gra tified by his presence that night —(Appla use). 'The patronage which his Majesty was graciously pleased to continue to ahis Institution, must prove a strong assurance of its future success. And the notification of the grounds upon which this protection was af forded, would prove, he trusted, a salutary lecture to the Managers of our Metropolitan Theatres, and in sinuate to them that it was to the talents and accom plishments of legitimate Actors, and not to ele phants and buffoonery, that the taste.of the country was to be accommodated—Opp/dun). The protec tion thus extended to the Gentlemen of the Stage went further—for by countenancing a well-regulated Drama, they encouraged morality, and thus secured a great public benefit. He should again acknow ledge, on his account, and that of the other Vice- Presidents, the renewed obligation which the Royal Chairman conferred upon them, by presiding upon this festive occasion ; and he trusted, that the senti ments of gratitude which he thus feebly expressed, would meet the sympathy of every one present. His Royal Highness then proposed the health of the il lustrious Chairman, the Duke of York, amidst loud applOuse. The Royal CHAIRMAN thanked the Meeting for the honour they had done him. It was with the ut most satisfaction that he witnessed so large and so respectable a body around him, considering that some of those who were most solicitous for the prosperity of the Institution, were unavoidably absent. The Institution was one in which every Englishman ought to take an interest: however, its merits had been so often expatiated.on, and would be brought to their consi deration so much more ably by their worthy Trea surer, that he would content himself by drinking, with a due sense of the honour they had done him, the health of the company—( Appla use). Song—" The Nightingale Club," by Mr. Matthews. The Royal CHAIRMAN then gave the health of Mr. Fawcett, which was drank with three times three. Mr. FAWCETT then came forward, and after a few prefatory remarks, addressed the Meeting, in a grace ful and energetic manner, in the following words: " This Fund was originally established by a few of the lead ing Actors at Covent-Garden Theatre, with the laudable inten tion of supporting their Aged Brethren, their Widows, and Children : an t i, - as may be readily supposed, it was many years before a sufficient sum was invested to afford the least prospect of fulfilling the end desired. This was an interval of painful suspense and struggle ; for the promised good, being of neces sity at considerable distance, the guardians of the Charity had perpetually to contend with the importunities of the too san guine; and the distresses of unfortunate persons, whose mise ries they had net the means to alleviate. During all this time, the leading Actors of Covent-Garden Theatre set a noble ex ample of disinterested generosity, by subscribing most liberally towards the griming Fund. I say noble and disinterested. be-' cause they were never likely to derive the least advantage Irons it, save the advantage which every man derives, when he places. his head upon his pillow. after having done a benevolent action. This example stimulated the lowest Performer in the Theatre, and the trifling contributions of the poorest were carefully col lected, and safely deposited, in the names of Trustees, where they were ultimately to produce an interest, which was to he applied to the wants of the most distressed. But, alas! these persons COO soon became ungovernably impatient ; and those who by casualties were disabled from following their profession,' demanded, with a loud voice, a return for their cimuibution, forgetful that if the principal was once invaded all future advan tage must cease. These importunities were resisted for some time with steady 'firmness, and temporary relief, accompanied by well-timed remonstrance aad explanation, had a desirable ef fect but as law cannot restrain the necessitous, so reason fails in its endeavours also ; for these petsons too soon returned to the charge, till weary with continual solicitations, stunned by the clamours of unreasonable individuals, and indeed not a little alarmed lest they should be suspected of some unworthy per sonal motive for withholding the long-promised annuities, the Committee, in a fatal moment of perplexity, (and, indeed, long before the amount of the capital could in any way justify such a measure) were prevailed on to afford permanent annuities. This otre false step entailed on the liand years 'of distress and poverty, and at length, as might have been anticipated, occa sioned alarming symptoms of decay ; for the claimants increased so attach faster than the funds augmented, that there scouted no longer the least probibility of satisfying their demands; and tin ' only alternative that suggested itself to the guardians of the Cha rity, to get relieved from thq unthankful labour they had volun teered, was at once to divide the clinel amongst those clamor taus claimants, and thus for ever get rid oiS all trouble arid re" snoonbility. Happily a better .ferone tonk place of this deseotn• dency, and the bright prospect that nun ne noes in:elf is a p:ocf (if any were wantine, that when a feW oven liok tnemselves to gether, for the horn me and charitable pi.' pose of nervinoa large community; they should not suffer the , atcert of the unworthy, cr the clamours of the inn:anent, to deter them from the rigid line of conscientious re.ctitede.—instead, thareforn, of suffering despair to overturn this fabric, which hed peen ranted for the shelter of 'aged Actors and Actrenes, in the last merneins of their distress; the few of my colfirade; who had hurt and heed jenied me in my feeble endeavours to se.pport this tetternig canine, now re doubled their efforts, and the bent idea then lira preseated it self, of throwing otinolves and our di-el - enc.& at the feet of his Royal 'nehmen, our illustrious Chairman, and imploring his proiectian. It it not for me, in the prenne of his !toy,' High . - ness, to give w. ay to my overchsreed Innings ef gratitude, by deseaniing on th e' gracious manner in which he listened to eer request. It li , auld he impotently pr ountptimus In se liumble an individual as myself to attriopt to panegyrize our iliustrioin Chairman, out a point so universally acknowledged as his era cious cendescennan and humanity ; but as an historical fact, Connected with the thread of my narrative, I am bound to state, that to hi; illustrious patronage and support this Fund owes its preservation—not only its preservation, but its renovation, and an increase which has enabled us to relieve and save from utter despair all casts of extreme distress which have fallen upon our unnotunate. brethren tenoning to this Establishment, since his Royal Higlusess first cast a splendour on our cause, by taking the Chair oil this Anniversary.—With these satisfactory pre suits and cheerful prospect., I am aware it may he asked, what more we want? and why, if or, are so prosperous ' do we con tinue to require an increase to our stuck? To this I respectfully answer, experience has might us the necessity of strengthenirn. our capital, until it has obtained a stability which will enable it to endure the increased pressure of accumulated distress, etel also to place it, for the future, out of the reach of erne profz.. - 2 *and, which, in a moment of despair, might again attempt its v uns* tion. Indeed, one of our laws how forbids sena a measere; foe t enacts, that whenever the annuities =mint to more than the interest of money invested, the claimants' saiperd shall be reduced, till they are so lowered as to mart the eneile gency. Se far we have ourselves prescribed and pr. Bused a remedy for the dreaded evil; hut, Breves; know', even this remedy is in itself a disease too painful for ceettetonition.— )` , sr I am sure it will be readily admittesl by c•.ry feeP.:•g mind, that after a poor person lino by hard ecenetny, taugitt :I:Tnifil to live upon a slender income, so low Fer!!4! as .'.."0 or 12.50 per annum (and some of our's, I am sorry :o say, arc obliged to be even below this), I say, when every privation has been tesonni to which penurious ingenuity can suegest, to citable a slistressed object to exist upon a mixerable pittance, it is shocking to hue Inanity to be obliged to renuce this modicum, and tell the aged and resigned claimant, that a crust muss satisfy hjm fur the en suing quarter, but the luxury of cheese must be dispensed with, till the Fund is in a more flourishing state. For some years 1 have now received these, my invalided coin:odes, myself, and have had a luxurious reward for my anxiety on their account, in being able to pay them their aennities, and contemplate their grateful faces. lint if the task waa to be iinposen on me, of communicating to these retest:a the lonenbreaking tidings that their '• little should be less," I own 1 shoeld shriek from the cdminission, and must relinquish the post 1 have hitherto filled with my best endeavours, and resign it to any One te hose nerves were stronger, and whose feelings would be less affected by the suffetings of those veterans than mine would be. T'uiink Goo; I hope and trust that no such enmity is inevitable, and I only state it because it is possible, and to shew the necessity of keep+ lug our stock in a proper state to meet the pressing wants of our increased claims. nt this moment we are upon the very edge! of our whole annual income ; the present year has produced ue four new clainrints, the amount of whose joint incomes will be L'2oo per annum. • I meet only state this fact, to shew the nel cessity of exertion. To those liberal Donors who have already contributed so generously, we offer our best gratitude; and assure them, as well as any other kind friend who may intend to support this Charity, that-no part of their donations are wasted upon unnecessary Deicers, or squandered upon overpaid indi viduals : every thing is done for this Fund gratuitously, so that the smallest contribution goes to the service of the cLintant in. stautly. Many of these having been Actors and Actrease o whom, in their youth, may have afforded nou main &nein, nevi past then': labour, and as Shahspeare says, in the' nixfh see, when the big voice, turning againnowards childish treble, pipes and whistles in the sound, feebly make their exit front the Stage of the Theatre, blessing your names, in silence, for assisting :hint to make i suiet exit from the Stage of Life." The delivery of this speech was interrupted by fre • quent plaudits. Toast—" Prosperity to the Covent• Garden Thea•• trical Fund," drank with three tirnes three. • The health of " His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and the Vice •Presidents," was drank with three times three. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then returned thanks in !!i's own name and in that of the Vice Presidents. Ile assured the Meeting he felt warmly interested in the prosperity of the cause which they met to celebrate. He exhorted them to reflect upon the old advice of '' a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether ;" and said, that if the Public would only manifest the spirit of this homely recommendation, in their exertions towards the prosperity of this laudable Institution - , the Vice-Presidents would not fail to lend all the assistance in their power. They might also calculate upon the continuance of the patronage of their illus trious Commander-in-Chief in the Chair—Opplausel. • The Subscription Books, which were circulated round the tables during the evening, were now filled I . up, and Mr. Fawcurr came forward, and etated, that not' withstanding the Elections, and other disagreeable events, had withdrawn a number of their friends that evening, it was with the utmost satisfaction he an nounced to them, that the subscriptions lust received amounted to upwars of One Thousand Pounds. Song, by Mr. T. COOKE. The health of the Committee tithe Fund was then drank, wil three times three. Mr. Maritews returned thanks, and stated, that the duty of doing so devolved upon him, in conse quence of the absence of Alr. Charles K eni bl e , on ac count of indisposition, on whose talents, accomplish ments, and manners, he bestowed the warmest eulogy. He would not attempt to occupy. their attention km!, particularly after the eloquent addresses which they had heard from the Chair, and from their worthy Treasurer, Mr. Fawcett, whose conduct as a friend, and whose exertions as a supporter of that Institution, deserved the sincerest expressions of gratitude. Ile would conclude by thanking the Meeting for the ho nour they had done him. Mr. FawcErr then proposed the health of 3lr. an , l Mrs. Coats, who, he said, had liberally contribined to their Institution no less a sum than about E9OO in all. Drank with three times three. Mr. BROADHURST sang " ithn Alderson my Joe," with inimitable sweetness, and was enthusiastically encored.—" The Proprietors of Covent Garden Thea tre" having been drank, Mr. FAWCETT returned thank'. The Proplietors of Covent Garden Theati e, he observed, had Leen in the beginning hostile to their Institution ; but as soon as its merits were explaint.d to them, they became hi " Prosperity to most liberal patrons, and gave the use of the Theatre, whenever it would be tilought necessary, for a benefit. appropriate toasts were given, and the evening was r t 1; - y L a l a I C I :1 1 1f a t t A l i li c atih Fund."etl gav gave, the Other !fluet Drury -Lane e r r u t a oasscd with the utmost conviviality.