The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-09 00:00:00

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of high make talent available for volunteer Wake re inch
ma examion, blander, an extremely plenehteeserse, awl
end astraienta, to artotepany thweilinerpeprivia and
oressicel anetelsmento of • pada Meow . About 160
peewee sat down, sad • number of laid Were aceom-
, modated with seam below the gallery, Wdelktedreeesints
I tar thrineshie ha assabas recen.
Mr. CILIUM= Dicx Ere presided, and to propoeing, with
his woustented humour and vivacity, the toast of the
wanks, Waned to the hentleake el this weal 122
pen 11(41, when a glorious moan, of course stow
defteasti, one who bad a ReseM to hie famous name,
was amongst its earliest and Pea athe promotes,
hammering, he. the barmy tione Meekseeth.that he we. as
kaked tuailem.
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self the saunificed if 1.6001. Binds ,
that pahy things and many "ne OM as many
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We items ears sad on the Swore of every
sera (Cheers.) iCreiditreas• awn • bun-
tezroessitwo yews wel amemiterilhted in Wie R9WI
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not • hellinapnews cesnowas ell =ld eats
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glad la ' sineopt I cool •ea • Weelatina of I
profeelon al setshosee, al
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man art, who had kneed a hoe* * mks preview
nor she rebel, not of their own old age, dishes, or intrmidee,
but of those cauattee in the lira at their lee dominate
brethren, of their widows sad mph= thlidnut. (Chen.)
This moiety not only granted wawa tar the awake I and
apprealcahlp of such childreh, bek masts • penal car.
One them aftenvards. It was net ea exehiew aseisty, but
admitted every oleo of musiciana, sad wee foreigners really
domiciled in England, to its bis. It =waged ha own
affair", and that a • wow a examienly that it
only pea two meal Edwin Ice red wart, while the
governors actually paid the of their own mastisga
an af their own pockets. (A ugh.) This appeared to Mee
• great reexameadatoe, end he land that great waiteratet
would be provoked ia the coundla of a certain literary heti-
talon, if any ferocious personage Mu himself (Kr. Dickens)
should have the eldwity to propose that its
agate should be maayad like those of the Royal
Satiety of Kneicians. (Chore. ) This was, indeed, a
=Artists, who bawdy, beg= by putting their own
to their own wheel. Beery senter of then body,
was admitted into the gaiety, formally pledged himself to
remises 'Wesley In any patentees given in aid of the
a =mob" the
ewbbie them =theltrabbable the by
bractey
aanally expended for the society's benevolent purposes.
Thi• goodrrary of the Mesh Madeline, like the steam told
by. In the "Walsh Night'," bad now beau
gang cm fir • hundred and twenty-two nights, but it might
wall go on for • thonaand and one. Bo long as mankind
lived sad loved, so long as their nacre was sensitive,
effectionats, andgasetal, web could never cease. And
through all the sweet men& they were to hew that night
one touching strain would shake Noelf audible to thee soul.
reminding them that the hand could not always keep itshold
on the bow, theatrics', or the k ; that the melodious' breath
must one day fall , sad thus might poverty befall
most undetervedly some of these plar=though un-
known to fame, and out of reach K and profits
of their profession, were indispensable to the mow' of
• great orehensal performance • tht appeals( saran ca her
half of seen a poor and wons-eat maiden would than say
to him and to all who were hawing, "Far the sake of the
mach that 'auk he done for you, do • little for me." He
thereon propuesd the toast, ' Prosperity to the Royal Bo-
elety of Medea"
Ws tow, and all the others, were drank with cordial
atelamaticas. ,

The Hula of the Chairman wr nlv.n by Mr. Seals;
that df the Mows of the Society eru responded to by the
Rey. Dr. Boyden, the chaplain.
la rein "The Health of the Ladies," kr which coat
Omelet Mr. Wilkie Collins, on behalf of the calsbuted
" Woman to White," wu invited by the chairman to return
than
11 v. Mounts very auswingly denounced "the rugs
custom" of excluding the pestie sax (roc the dinner table,
and promised to take the chair again next yew if the can-
=Wee would glue a lady on hie right, and another on his
lett hand.

The niiudoal entertaismant comprised a pianofcets sole by
Mks Arabella Goddard ; violin solo by Mademcdsello Sophie
Munslor ; harp solo by Mr. W. Thomas ; viokccello solo by
Moimisar Pages ; soma mosso by Miss Ata Thompsos,
Meleses Milder Soldesebergor, /Mos Isisc and ethos
Wise glees iod madrigals by art silloteat force of vocalists,
and lie performers*, of ea instrumental band. Main.
Besadmeed had lent for this occasion a patent grind um/M-
-elee pianoforte. le the list of dowdier, nal by Mr. G. P.
*Mawr" the tree•sier, be* this dim and that of Meows.
Collard applared maggot the moot liberal puce. of this
eodety.