The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-18 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1856.

ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.

Last evening the friends sod subscribers of this
institution celebrated its eleventh aneivereary at the
London Tavern by the customary briquet. Lord Tao•
TIBILDIN presided. Viscount Rausham, Mall% Charles
Dicker, Mark Limo's, H. C. Ibbetios, B. Webster,
Wigan,— Creswick, B. T. Smith, Bell, C. Flodgate, W.
H. Wilk, C. Mushy, and T. P. Cooke. Dr. Roberts, R.A..
Dr. Forbes Winslow, and Dr. Hastings, were amocget the
guests at the principal table, and in the body of the loom
care some 250 members of the theatrical profession, dra-
matic writer, and peters of the drama.
The liColllllofill of the feast brought into requisition all
the appliances of Messrs. Bathe's establishment, and those
appliances were n male successfully directed.
Mr. Lovell Phillips directed the musics/ ansegemests,
which added materially to the enjiyment of the evening,
sad ereprird the aril talents of Lucy Brett, Miss
Poole, Mir Rebecca Irate, Miss Heywood, the MOO
Miscall, Madame Caradori, Mr. Farquharsoe, Mr. Barsky,
Mr. flhoebridge, Mr. T. Williams, Mr. G. Geese, Mr
Donald King, Mr. Howe, Mr. Beale, and Mr. Ransford ; and
the Lestrussearl performances of Richardem on the gate
end Mester C. Imre es the violin.

le prgaosieg "The Quip," MI noble shelties* took °e-
eriee to sibs to het Majesty's liberal yatranalie el the
drama, not ealy at the ■etio.al theatres, bat at het royal
resides/se et Windsor.

The other loyal and cosatitralosel toasts bevies bees
gives,
The CNAZIOLAN, in preplan' the trust of the evening—
" Prosperity to the Royal Genera Theatrical Pend," said
—Up to &cartels period, he 'slaved, there could be no dosht
that the English drams had advanced as the people pro- I
greased in civilisation. In the days of Elisabeth it nighties I
said to have bees at is sesitb. Thee cuss the gloomy time
of the Commonwealth—tbe reign of hypocrisy, wham the
professors of this noble art were maligned, insulted, sad per-
secuted, sad when laws wtr• made against plasm more
Magnesia' te them wile lamed dies than to those against
whom they were &rooted. In the preeent=% they ems
times beard sense smart folk, woo themselves
cleat, prate sad abater on what they the agesemmes
of the drama of those days. He &wags @smeared these
ultra-pariess—.• That is all very flee, my des Mims; but
in what you may, you only show your grooms* ; for it
ryas' bow little knowledge you base of the Weeny of your
forefather,. U anybody is to blame it is pest sweaters,
sad not the stage, for the art of the maths, and the player,
true to its truelles, sorely dalliers the masses of the ege,
and the dispel*. U asy,ettakes to those who were guilt y of
that Ilessithissavos. dais* merely repreeentlee, es •io •
narrer,the pawing isms eel language of the day." Tts•Lord
Tapping..s men mmlimed to so age or cosatry ; they
aboasded ia tie present u a the olden Use ; and
Ventres% ingytl. , mid Cosgrove, drew thslr fine
ledge sad Mu real life, jest the sae es ahem
der did nest eassesdel sad distinguished Oust dra-
matic anthem (last, ben.) Bet the actor wan sore
eared far war them is lime by; that philase ropy
whist ores seemed le as port leer mem, now extruded its
arms to that peshesiss, sad as noble institution, the anal-
aeries" of wash they wen that day celebrating, wee an
earnest that whoa us arduous life had hese spat Ia tb•
instractios sad assualisent of the public, that pubire would
sot safer the won-out sad indigent scot te sink Into deo.
Jainism and hopeless sharp. (Hear, hear.) It was sot
every one who could be • Siddoes or a Humble,
sad it was for thou les successful memben of the pro-
fession whey although they might peens genius and in-
dustry, were unable to mamas the diSselties inheraa to
their position as members of • large elms, that this institu-
tion was nem way. (Haar, best.) It happened to • few,
indeed, that 'yea after an astride:it they were enabled to
obtain ho patronage of the peblig. The clown Madams
bad sideleved that estecere, but who hod Ml' Mild
of • lame harlequin it • stippled shwa? To those
who fns age or sesident were amble to follow their
calling this lastitetkis stepped la, sad gave the most
liMnl satistince. It sullied them to pest the n-
attiness of their days hi mesparative sate sad comfort. Sir
W. &Mt, when oesepresidrag Da • similar mesela to the
grommet, obearval. "will pen allow honest Jack Falstaff to
go slant his eup ef with f" se the poor actor to retire to
his scab "with Isms Me warrowler than Banquo's ?"
(Heat.) loasWesserest that appeal; had I. ;Wog es he
might entla sispossiste the prefedik" that la these sore
modern 11•111111 UM esthete sambas of that preemies,
whim\ dunned to he lissonsed sad rapeseed, *said soy,
lams Peragers—
, That breath Orem has rifled as, sell.

The end was drank will load stole's*.
Mr. Boondosta rose sad maid—My lord sad fat ane,
is Mara for the satlastestie nudes with whisk you lan
received whet you ors always pleased to 41111116111, the lout
of the evissiag—. Bean to the Oeseral Thudded Ten "
---erapled with ny sans, as the tresearer. I an happy is
say that ray red to that toast will assist of meuedy may-
this" bet a mean of oar nesperity sad deal
ads, while on Ileat gretilledies natl. to hada
neared so ensiles" a thelassa as the &adman sow pre-
siding over In The directors of the fun are seceediegly
pitiful to bin for having sodertaltas the edge, at what
we deanatienly eoY " • very 'hod weelee." led I an sea-
data the ability wlhe whkhile we melees Me aides will
ash padre his. to sob "for yen and hIM ."
Ia Micheale_peaddest fa then es
fa ti
weseester a whin did sot belong to the
leenals of Decry-lase sad Coyest-garden where it was
she dam ahem a royal sad perpetual elialressa. The
Genesi Theaenal Feed, banns the lea of the public
hearedig ad moiety, shah it dot to *sage the mei-
dose tiny year, ersenattly, the somber' ore assail,
WWI arbse. Who into be tier ernes= at In sat
Einar end we always gad a meat relief to our mallet,
wan no an asset will a gestlenea like LIN Tawas,
nhadiesdally
nsades witbost Imitation wenn is oreM
a pi el the dens, • levee el in en.
sodsodanails as
adismbme sad vise-praden el the "My
dab la Lendea—. The Garrick"—oso an on better =Mr-
send W wean sad wishes, tie deal nen elegantly la
behdf of then the as sale amass el ebb
Dude sow. gestleeses. to mooed se am re et=
aim of oar fan. The details nay be ISOM Ask WA WI 14
is newer, yea 'bald be win tra.l Isere
to what masses year bee hen It is
soar known that Oeseed Thendied an rashes
as means% evearerenr, riagw. Meese, 'manuals',
sad prompter is Marlon, whether they nay be gra
fessiessily• sagged La tows or einata; coasequatly.
it rend be a mann el armies that de amber el ear
to 1M; tat at Wt line we have 11

...bees sow essiesle evi!; wee One we _
aeasitasts, resolving him VOL to Mt. pee sassis t awl that
the saw it,.. Is.. yaw to pay ash assuages wee NHL SW
also have bees reesessi he wheelie sea eoplum. ert SOL
se pad to Mow the Imes& mums ef Seems/ uushen.
Thee pee pseedee, geetimeh. Met ear *she of lolp
eel tuelelesos wade eeitepeL *Ed es busy to kb
yes diet ear nue' beeashier poopetieu ion Utit
whet we poems, WWI tette uselloset need at
WA jot neeiv.d ben has ISM °osseous Meer, mg the
estieutod mutat et peer liberality this livia—osi that
rowel° be liessel I au SIBM-4.IIIIIIIIIIiSM that toueneer
noweese we okil he mem of eaultel dully souseshibo
MAIL I must ale bass pestionse. that *nub lie
eseethese et swell Irked sad Mr. T. P. Ofiet• sad
ottoo sup meths pooled la Meal ersebouti re-
epestleg No Inumeip of • &hut Med, ogled 4. The Co-
leus" die unthees of whist war es datum* es the
hest. Ala bewebg hi Mr. Meier% heads tle euseat of
their sahmotpises, he veep estuosily sad buss* COM&
ettiod that the bus way to deeper of meg le 'high ik.ro
woe so elsimeeto,tees eat so pat it le his potket, bat
Mgive it Ms.o Throolare, ohm a twookloreble period el
delay, esariesed by the nosing Yid pieseedleas, Mr.
Cosh* his haled is our And the heulhenso seat ot 1611.

It west has bete SM. pciagissas. haR lbs law espesets.
to do *hes se se isgid Ildendi. It It bet rghi I I
should matt they sly obliged us tite sob est ot posits—
a Perin esthete of ppresity is yashmacs who
soatousse sands see as a we Issportast atter,
sad son asessessy to be paid at MMry this say
swept that It asp be stir business to press
Thus you will es, paciessa, that the tasi u an
mat tvesiter to Iwo is la a prespessas saadlties, sad
it is she grstifylos to know that, libelist say be the
rate of the stage is the present day, the milks of tbs
Ws, se rapids his povisles wises he ass se Saps follow
bit penal', Is Ms ssessfse M wird* was tarTmely; far
whirs Its Gassed Theskisi And base mailer lb sera all
prissier., tbst ef Ibmies• provides Oar Its ewe, sad
the gristly banged to what was sae
Ossabassdeltrahstri onathalbes who wow Menben if
that digested temple of the Sam to IM Y essoihrt, mad
rides spia the by's@ slain of Sok esp, tbsesb hie
sepilosat edifies whisk was tla asps ef Sae Sisal
psis le sow is rats. Is addihos us time semen fir the
support of so Mired stir, wa kips we Isar is saw
sasabse, sea whisk bo say why dais ma mistwhebat
his ibilins as 'dashes : tie sable bow of
the easiest astc r,ldward abyss, iodide beentibil shop
actsli spit set le be was* duel eseisit the
ef pessat day, wags* is sa glob of
esiewsest ais sew betas[ far hi! mist IP yeas
wee sad paid karts *vs boast of, while the &ere
that the ads asks if se mob weak, Is SO WIT Wk.
/sad tisk bs sasisiPlibsd, the thaaki and
dais odic etassM pssebehes are due to the was who
yeart—s
is,
hie OM% sod wimp has wish it bis Sassed
oil kind sad est -fallow, Benjamin WA-
SS. It is tipsters *was to kaor, st ebb pastistior
tier, wets a sear latelorias still sisals la the way of
salmi is fisadays a lithe ewe ibeerfni, sad we to be

Inflamed and enjoyed by the workieg clamor than they
are at present—it ts, Indeed, refreshing for se to see that
sue, intolerance dens not prevent the good that is being
dome to the condition of the "poor player"—though do not
imagine this gloomy spirit would not prevent your chart y
in such a cause, if it could, sad point to Easter-bell as the
proper recipient of your bounties. At that esintly
temple, when tented by some friends of mine for the
purpose of Oulu, concerts, the dirtctore absolutely ob-
j.cted to the .ingieg of that thoroughly English ballad,
Sally in our alley," anises the verse was omittel which
runs thus—

Of all the days that's la the week
I dearly love bat ass day,
boo.*
Lad that's the day w
A Ratarday sad Monday.

They weulda't have It; Owens not—they would net allow
the Put 'preludes os any account on that day to be dent
oil ha highest to walk abroad with fidly." Still it ie to be
hoped that a fainted's°, winch sense people cannot under-
stood is not religtoo, may horeaftar base as little to do with
honest and wholasoan tenet' ion of the people, as it Can
wee have to do with the prosperity of this institution—a
prosperity which is now confirmed, and for which wit base
Ifilelly to thank oar warmest, our oldest, ma oar beat
bleed—Mir. Charles Mekong. Nevin oa soy octagon has
he deserted us—never has he bees shiest from our eleven
festival% tad whisk festivals, without his happy presence,
would be as MOO Amy without the hen. And sow, gentle-
' mem, boom the souse of the fund to your harts, and
smatakily to year heads, with every hope and faith is
yealcatteih If yen
Thiak of the Rood time earning : every
ram—k xspora. of wealth to the ctount•y—
Maimoreglirid a possible redaction la taxation.
Ilverythies at this mement resins well. Even the hopes
of the Ives* Imam have not been disappolatal ; he
ho noshed on sedition to Ids family, audit is a boy ; and
Weight we hops to ramie* • great Minkel to oar lemon
is the shape of a shawls, bey, wham name will be
"Liberal Donation"—a hope that we all fed emaciated
will not this events, be blighted by you. Mr. Buckskin,
I. the &limey of his addicts, was frequently isternpted
sad sheers.
Theamammtast sent proposed the keslth of the hiatus,
NriBwith it the Mine of Mr. Charles Dickens.
sLiums Dwaine returned thanks.. He said—l
wall remember that when the open of " Gustavus " was
lint produced at Cowan-end= Theatre, the audience
limed something daagermsly comic in that pereon's refer-
slag that which was the me at momentous qaestioa of his
misuse', whether he Mould or should net go to the bell
where he resolved his death wound, to the walking gentle-
maa, lir. Baker, wt o had never before opened bit
lips or gives any sigma of his mimeses. I forget
what lir. Bakers opinion me, but the 'Miens,
had no faith in him, aid when Mr. Biker who,
as the court physialan, dressed Is a court suit,
replied to his royal masa, they were certainly ant so serlou
as they might have beta. (Bear, hear) Nsw the tremolo
of this immitatiou are the matt physician mid walking
redeem is this joilassawmis as we have nothiag to
se, save to weeps the p tit yea sourer supra as. sad once
every year to retain Osaka My interest la this society
dais. tram the setablishmemt of the fund itself. I found it
as thug • plain, unpretending reality, designed for
the actor, of all avades—grateitottely adminis-
tered by .Mora, toe Men, mad frapported out of the small
wallop of Rotors, hem year to year, and from month to
mom*. From that time to the present I lad It the very
same, exactly whet it claim and problem to be, with no
kind of false pnteate about it; and Ido thoroughly believe
it Is one of the most deserving institutions In this
country. (Chinn.) I had, a taw days ego, a emus-
amass from my friend sad fellow trustee, Mr. ilsontady,
ea the saligsta of this bad. It WON oat of that great sheep
*Mit has maie BONO prima Theatre a heap of nine. That
emit oceesioamil at to remember afresh that the English
Aroma has me homes Imps foe a home in that waste spot—
(hear, Mer)—Mist ecteWased us to look afresh late the to.
ten, whether there may be say olelamata loft on the Orme-
garde* Theatrical Find, sad while It will be impemillis
LAM my new members eau be mod* atom that fund, I Is
Indulge a hope, samentiag almost to eonvietion, that the
sotuselatel wealth of that sonny mast ultimately flow'
into the ooffen of this. (Moore.) If it were pos.
Able Is the oaten of things that those distinguished pro-
fessors of the thaseatie art, who are saw most justly emloyfag
their smiths out of that food, as the result of their sea-
tribatioes N it--if it were possible that those stealth'
wen doubled, or trebled. or quadrupled, we should ell he de-
lighted, still we maned imagiate,whan the pope... ter which
that foal woe setalbliebet ere impusibb d malleattou,
what ma bosom cf Ms watsopiW, Woos it lade its way
to as Iswelottime M.s fir eel fade aueleible le the
*bole dramatis premiss throughout this kingdom
(Cheers.) Bayliss mow Braked you ala behalf of the mitre
for your faventrable reeeptioa of their name, and for myself
for the kind =MR fa whisk you have misstated me w.th
them, I will me loner Mead is the way of the next toast.
Vueount RAINZAII propssed " The Health of the Chair-
matt," which woo sekaiseeloolged by the coble lord.
Mr. B TATIA. Mtliased " The Dramatic Authors' As-
sesiation," aad with it the acme et Mr. Omitted, who ae-
kaowledged the memplimeay end impaled The Health of
the Lead. Theatriosl re whisk Mr. Z. T. Boni
sal lii. Warm sokms.sleipd.
Sewed cam trade wen gives sad ressouded to, sad ere
' the esmgamy sepseated as addition of 6701. was weaned
to the (sole of the essoelatioa as the amoust of the eveu;ag's
vibeseiptloes, including 1001. doastioa from her Majesty.

LENT SOCIETY OF ST.
PATRICK.

Yesterday being St. Patrick's Day, the seventy-
tithe mammary of the Leetttutles la Stamford-street,
_ . . .

which derives its ■ame frost this pangs midst of Inlaid,
wis selebrated, is tbe erasing, by . disuse at Freestaaass"
Timers, wide was attended by about 100 parses., sew
grist's nosy of the nest active Weeds el the gutty. Tbe
eitair was takes by Lord Domini ; sad swag the erss.
pea, were tbe Hul of igliates, Visseset Word, Sir R.
Howard, Bart., Sir J. Braessos Teases(, Bart., Bit Comb
P. Bossy, Bar. Dr. Troikas Gran, IL T. Bahabridga,
Esq.. Jaws liar ley, Bp., Colonel David La Tombs, Dr.
Todd, Cemaiesieser Murphy, Major Caboose, C. WORM,

_ - - - -
Esq., E. H. Lindsay, Esq., ie.
After the easeprop leyel and erYesd leash.
The Cestaxsx si6 be ribbed bedeee beta the mo-
Proltadol •
Ciths.wol:l:h":"lreliedb4 hitrl sev:lBl= freak by say
thimble of Esilbehmes : it was the health of the yosei
hair of the Imperial mews el Pomp (Lead mad lops-
masthead ebeem.) glebe sopessisn is their Wad
umbels Mamie thee illestrime Went, there was
semetatei *DM op la matempiallog the settle-
maim POO sista y alma ides AS dm same time
N wee wraith Ewe seM wishes Pohl seem fee his •
peopmes Alen his mem meld be metealled la
(Eamewed ahem..) Thq pelt ealy 11,-p.
paw 2.l6eimeshoet —that be might
PIO* them Pale gaol that steliglitforwarl mann
of raodearries abbe, whisk Peremerised the premed-
imp of hie Mau. (Cheers.) They scald ply treat that
he amid live Si psepaseste last malty sad friendship which
now foe the last dm!, be be.ieved, Mew* seined be-
tween Ai swestey aN Peewee ; sad that anther daring the
mewl of I* plea. Mod Ihe Mee of say of his deem-
Pap 'moil that :gt, eves lee a simile newest, be
ever impaled. Es Oen. Si iptee The Braids el
the Reif of the Ito 4WI of Premen"
The toot was drank with three time three, mill marked
entha isma. the heed while was la attemisam Munedistaly
stir rwares Myths the sir, " Purest p rasa le Opts."
The Commas Ned the toast which he bad sew the
beams to pewee was sae which be we. soreereald be re.
mired by that useably with all the welailly that N de-
seised—it PrOlptity to the leneestowt &eat, of
St. Patrick "—(cheers j—a misty wbkb had fee the led
72 pare steadfiatly devoted itself es the edoselles, the
traiaiaa, sad the setatibbleg in a remineWhis widen MEM
of the 600 ebUdres of ladigent Ida peemb who awapily
woad for he wheels. It would be weebelp sopediesne
few him to add saythleg to this dess eamemist of (Si
fascism ; bet be mid declare meet _nevi climb that
he believed that la that pest minipill there was se lead
Mk. more deeervieg of the pastimes mod rapport el
thesalm. (Chem.)
The toast was drub with mesh eatheidaier

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Tke seat taut was that of " Tits Lord Lleatessat of
Ireland."
The Earl of ZoLurrow, after murales thanks as behalf
of his llzoolleney the Lint Lioateseat, proposed •• The
Health of the Cbairass," sad in doing so uot osseeloo to
street to the period of awe' vloetereasy sail to the
saidld 'automat whist he then firmed *for tbe Irish
mina at large.
TM Casuarina baring nekeowledged the oespilmest,
sum Lanai toasts Mowed, sad the agapsay separated at
as awV bow.
Tim lamodeas mammal Is tbe i 5.,.. of tbs swain'
seams/ to its tit to shout 11606., sad losiadai tM
th=ease Her y, 106 L ,• Lord Danis, 601. ;
Litutossat of 'reload, SOL ; the HA MM/ of
,lU.I the Marquis of Loadoaderry, ; tho
Zed of laransa,llol. ; tbeMirl of Claswilllso, 166 ; the
Had ef Ot. Goma% lOL ; Lord %advt., lOL ; its Bishop
of Derry, 106. 10e.; Yr. Jostles Willis. OIL;• R.
Howard, 11./.., 101. •, Air Csesst Rolm, ; Xs*/
Camas, Xi Is. ; H. T. Hops, Bs. 10L ;C. WEisrill.
Epp. 10L ; lbws. B. L. and J. Teitalog, 10L 10e. ; C.
Balkr, BK., 211
Tbe anAral arressentente were under the able Cantles
of Yr. Hobbs, wbo was eselstal by Ws. Alfred Gilbert,
Miss Swam Cole, Mr. Wrier os, Ate. Mr. 011iggias
NIX astaetwastir.