The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-18 00:00:00

The house was crowded with a delighted audience.,

SUSSEX HALL, LEADENHALP
STR EET. Ott!
A grand vocal and instrumental concert, under w:0101.
superintendence of Mr. Maurice Davies, was given last Al
ing at the above hall, to a numerous, a respectablat
above all, a most attentive and judicious audience; 1114
programme was one of the best selected we have We", A
for some time, and the names of Leffler, D. W. lilof
Henry Smith, Miss Sara Flower, Madame Albertazz"
Miss Rebecca Isaacs, are a sufficient guarantee for t,ll,
cient performance of the several morceaux with which
enriched, more especially when we add to the list tdr•t, 011,1
Collins (who performed Paganini's celebrated AndaLl. sp
"Carnival de Venise," on the violin, with great 01-
taste, and was rapturously encored) and Mr. Collar' 's'Ph
haps the most effective pieces of the evening were ''Oe taro
bandonai" ( Mercedante's) and " Oh I that 1 never raortio
see" (Anne Boleyn), by Miss Sara Flower, "Non p 1111,602:
(Cenerentola) and "Ernani involami" (Ernatze), by
Albertazzi ; " The Minstrel 130,,,, and one or two oto 69
Miss Isaf:cs ; " Philip the Falconar," and some othenillt:
Mr. Leffler ; and a grand fantasia on the pianoforte 134 ftP
Cohan. Miss Rebecca Isaacs sang the " Minstrel BoY'd
great energy and effect, and was loudly applauded $1110,5
cored. Mr. Cohan's performance on the pianoforte w ,01(34isej
of those striking displays of power and brilliancy for:
he stands pre-eminent. It was most vehemently ePoviA:
by the majority of the audience; but there was soroso;alo'
sition on account of the length of the piece. 111,.r,
seemed in doubt as to the propriety of repeating 14°,71,itt0
but, yielding to the majority, he sat down again, ilgu
ing, however, his fantasia on " Norma" for that 011 a fat
the conquering hero comes," which he had playkdi t0c..,10.
instance. At the conclusion he was heartily and ol'orst
mously encored. Mr. Henry Smith was encored Se..olo'
times in some of Henry Russell's pieces, a few negro
dies, and Roesini'a " Largo al Factotum." ,O 4
On the whole, this was one of the pleas'antest evening,V
have spent for some time. The concert was over by a 41'
ter past eleven o'clock.

GENERAL THEATRICAL FU 59,..;.
The annual general meeting of the members of this li
ciation took place, yesterday, in the saloon of the -r;Zieff
Opera House (by permission of J. Strntt, and Roberti `
Esqs.), which was very numerously attended. t, the
J. B. Buckstone, Esq., having been called to the chv
usual officers were elected. JO";
After which, Mr. CULLENFOILD read the flnanci--eir,
merit for the year, from which it appeared that the Pity
amounted to 5601. 17s. 9d., and that the total 10
of the association was 3,4741. 7s. 8%c1., of which tJ
3,4511. Bs. was invested in Government securittem
balance in the treasurer's hands. the Prl
Mr. WORRELL proposed that, in consequence of sever
perous perous state of the fund, the allowance to the
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annuitants be increased from 251. to 301. for the easul
which proposition was unanimously agreed to.
Tho CHAIRMAN then announced that Mr.
kindly consented to take the chair at the ensuing
eery festival of the Fund at the London Tavern. ,
The SECRETARY also read the following letter Iry
Charles Dickens : Maeretni
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“ Vb.Parist -,8 hir-:
"Dear Sir,—l have been very glad indeea bcl 011'
through Mr. Macready, before receiving your lettert.,6 or
chairman you have secured—a more appropriate °;:oics
otunueii:ore likely to do service to the Fund, and gow" tjaa,ll°
the public recognition of it, could not, I tun cer
found, t be
" I am bold to say, and I hope the committee_ ~ to 11,
we 11° t'
uninterested to hear that I shall be able, please uou, be'"
tend the dinner this year. I have arranged so to leagoch;
and
dtolbbeeignyLuounduount,unanlyd
taut
inserthome magyainnaomnethine
t2h7ettise.tn
opfocitb.i.cosai.
p;esidents, but to keep a seat and a toast for me, ''-' is tP"
'hid' I will do as much honour as my cordial interest
meeting, and its objects, can master.
" Dear Sir, very faithfully yours, v 145,
"W. Cullenford, Esq." " CHARLES 191(31("r' -4 t°
The SECRETARY then read the address of the en
profession, relative to the eligibility of members.
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t Thanks were respectively given to the treasurer, t?e, °.741),
ary, to Mr. Worrell (for the present of a neVr
the
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to C. J. Roberts, Esq., M.D., to the lessees of the Vas_of
Opera House, and to the Public Press, for its kind adve'
of their cause.resente d to tby
T., 1, customary vote of thanks was also p
chair Man: fl acWe
Air. .buoisToorit, in an appropriate speed],
'edged the compliment, and the meeting separatod.
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