The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-13 00:00:00

NEWSPAPER REPORTING•

Towards the conclusion of the banquet a great tinolber,
of copies of The Sun Evening Newspsper, c'ontainit4
n
early W
seven columns of the proceedings of the el .
including the whole of the speech of Mr. O'Conne •
which was reported and printed within twenty railltits:
of the close of its delivery, were distributed throuP%-:
the meeting gratuitously. The desire to obtain t;
papers was most intense, and various sums of In°ll%
were offered for them, which was refused. In the Nu".
of his speech on proposing the toast of " The Presl,l'
Mr. llindley alluded to this unexampled instance of
•
rapidity of the press ih conveying intelligences and
served that it might be taken as a specimen of will" 9 .`
press could accomplish when occasion called for
usual exertions. , • ,

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DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—An attraction 0. the
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highest order is presented here this evening, inasmuch
Duprez appears in Guillaume Tell, which will be folloWeibert,
the Beauty of Ghent, in which 3ldlle. Fleury, Mona k„dsti
and Mons. 1 estris will perform. The house will he er°"
to the ceiling.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRICAL FUND.—Thellrin,4,4l
celebration of the Covent-garden Theatrical Fund eb—reo
took place on Monday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, the
Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. His Royal Ilighilessond
Duke of Cambridge, who had kindly condescended to At re'
and take the chair, was, from an attack of the gouti,osf. •
vented from being present, and in consequence his phsc-,,,5el •
supplied b 1 Lord W. Russell, who was supported by Gfe;,,,15, • • •
Corfield, Sir J. Flower, Mr. Adolphus, Mr. Terry, Mt'-'„trool •
and other gentlemen more immediately known as 13' sat
and supperters of the theatre. Nearly 200 gentlemen to.
down to an excellent dinner provided by Mr. Bacon, thettsl.
prietor of the tavern, to whom it is but justice to s*P.d tits •
as far as the appliances of " creature comforts" coup si,otat-
festivity and good feeling of the evening, nothing ws,s4tisils
ing. there was in the galleries the usual show si L" -sot,
beauty to ornament and enliven the occasion. Tharel2
little speechifying, but to make amends for the des"cipal
eloquence there was some first-rate singing. The Prilsoss
vocal performsrs-were Mrs. Alfred Shaw, the Misses_ Clod-
Miss Rainforth, Mr. Harrison, and a list of vocalists, n who
ing almost all the old and well-known public favouriteat- oss
are to be met with on this occasion. The amount 0 jo.
subscriptions was upwards of six hundred peunds,tioe,
eluding the annual contribution of her Majesty the Qi.„
and an anonymous contribution of fifty pounds, ;mote
collection of passages from Shakespeare tending to Protic,
religious feelings and practice. The usual loyal, Petrid fol-
and professional toasts were drunk with the honours and
lowed by appropriate songs and glees. The toast, "Sudo.,
to the Fund," having been drunk with three times.
Mr. Bartley rose and spoke the speech of the evenuig'suit
advocacy of the claims of the fund to public patronage, .40
in explanation of the manner in which the sums sube" n
were expended. His speech was cheered at the cone
a manner demonstrative of the good feeling of his a!idiio
tOO6
tts•tlis
The Chairman left the room at half-past ten o'clock, but
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company did not disperse till past eleven. CO
MR. BEULER'S CONCERT.---Mr. Beuler, the 'echoe
singer, gave a concert on Monday at the Crown and trues'
Tavern; and as this gentleman enlivens his Pr°,4:-,eopig
wh witho arunreotfo allen descriptions,
enjoy
ltie
vulgarities h ha
odf aa
lraouogmh . 111.1 a
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tributions were the things most prized, being 604" h bee"
Irish and English, which he knows how to set otl. toe atr
advantage. A variety of other vocalists amused an Rude
lighted the company. Between the parts Mr. Leman
gave his imitations of popular actors, and, abating •
leuler. he was the mightiest lion of the evening.
annual
GROCERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.---The 111600
meeting of the subscribers and friends of this InstiseseLl
took place on Monday at the London Tavern ; Mr. trtari'
in the chair. The Ifeport, which was read by the vt
congratulated the meeting on the successful and Prngranouill
advancement of the Society. The total receipts Awn._ ale
subscriptions, donations, and dividends on stock darn* tb,
past year, amounted to 1,512/. 7s. 2d.,
of which sunleock of
committee had invested 900/., snaking the capita , boo
the Company 8,300/. Six pensioners, two of whorn had
to 1
I
subscribers, were placed on the funds at the. last
2nd
election, and there were at present twelve males .11(_',
_rt the
tbst
males, receiving respective'. ,v 24/. and 18/.
books of the Society. The Report concluded by statingooil0oil •
since the establishment of the Institution in 1837, L 2,0 co
rnittee expressed a hope that the half-yearly election of r
di through' .
sum than 11,260/. 12s. 9d. had been collected, and.: nen—
sinners would be allowed to proceed uninterruptedly Ropore
the continued exertions of the trade generally. 1117., Other
baying been unanimously adopted, the Presidenetelewr.
officers of the Society were re-elected, and the m unit
rated. • of
Per annum'
known
and the turn-out on Ascot-heath. The well- ‘,OO
" RiLtrAvj.E"s---TTY'hae meiiSertAonG Keys
" Young Ripley," on being uncarted, went away 1° "”
Kennel on the left, and over the •heath to Mr.
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Farm, at Winkfield, then doubled back, passing tteswi;oo°J
ifoo
nu
di
aDys
was. pa
tl
theaT
plantations at Sunninghill, circled to Mr. Crntc
check; shot
and got into the pond, which caused a slight was, to
Cranbourn ; -headed back to llighstanding-hill,P9
he then r".. •
leaving the park, made to Fern-hill, and thencesead byintije
mansion of Mr. Riley, and on to Flemish Farm ;
to St. Leonard's-dale, and got into Hearne's /4.l,l7diTui •,•
where he was worried by a shepherd's dog
manner that Bartlett, one of the whips, found it neet.
cut its throat. The head was given to Paddy,
_..,4
known pedestrian, who regularly runs with the hunt, and
generally up with the take. The haunches will befi?
to her Majesty. The run, which did not exceed
in so dreadful:
quarters of an hour, was very severe, and the :field 0'04:
'ugly *elect, not more than 50 being preeest.

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