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London, England, 1815-07-07 00:00:00

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• The performances of last night, at this Theatre,
were most liberally devoted to the benefit of the dis-
tressed Widows and Childr, n of the Heroes who
nobly fell in the Battle of Waterloo. All the per-
formers afforded their best assistance on the occasion.
The exterior of the house was brilliantly illuminated.
The name of Wautworost appeared in large lamps,
placed nearly over the doors, with a fine transparency,
representing Britannia and the Genius of France
supporting a scroll, which informed the Public that
the performance was to benefit the Widows and Or.
phans of the Heroes of Waterloo,
Within the Theatre every arrangement was made
to give eclat to the undertaking. A beautiful portrait
of the KING, encircled by a wreath of laurel, was
suspended over the stage, and the side pillars were
covered with the same evergreen. After the curtain
drew up, '4 GOD save the KING" was performed in
grand style... The lart Act of the new grand Opera
of II selvaggi followed, and, by permission of his
Royal Highness the PUINCIt Renzt4r. BEBTROVENtS
celebrated Battle Piece was executed in a superlative
manner. At the conclusion of this exquisite musical
treat, -Mr. ELLISTON delivered the following appro-
priate Address ;
While aecianutioa sounds throughout the lead.
And Britons' hearts with canary expand,
Here shall the Cherub Charity repair,
• To save the mourning Mother front despair; •
To soothe, by sympathy, acute distress,
The soldier's widow, and the fatherless:
peace to the tomb which holis the brave! Ho more
Through prostrate realms, invading armies pour;
All their vain hopes of boundless empire crushl,
• Britannia shouts, ":The storm of war is kusli'd !'•
Angola' recording registers shall tell,
How bravely Britons fought! bow brave they fell !
Plac'd high upon the envied Rolls of Fame,
Shull distant times revere a BatINSWICk'S nattier •
To weave th' immortal chaplet fur his head,
With/a/al haste, the Goddess Victory &el;
Cypress she gather'd with the sacred bays,
And wove the Asp of death among the sprays.
Could Valot.r, Honour, Fortitude, repel
The mortal wound by which brave PICTON fell,
Fiance still had trembled wires he greed the plebs,
Though now she ranks bins with the Mighty slabs-
*l For you, beam spirits, who resign% your breath,
And purchas'd Victory with a glorious death.
" Your country consecrates your hallow'd bier,
And, 'midst her triumphs, sheds a grateful tear."
That you were her's shall be Britannia's pride.
For her you fought, you couqueed, and you died.
Same soldier's offspring, fostered by your aid,
May rise, in time, your ornament and shade;
The warrior's orphans, whom your bounties save,
In Freedom's cause shall every danger brave :
perhaps your sons may view with glad surprise,
PENN some of these a WELLINGTON arise I
Thanks to that Power ! veil'd from human sight, •
Which shielded Britain's Hero through the fight I
el• Ewae he who broke the thirsty lance of war;
%Lb be shall fit fair Peace in Triumph's car;
• To him a pyramid of fame well raise,
Long may be live to hear a vitriol narhses praise!
At the close of the Address, Mr. Et.t.trros
vented to the audience and said—
c' LADIES and Gest-Lewin-1 am desired by the Manager
to inform you, and I led very proud in being the bearer of such
glorious tidiogs, that his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON is
mow in Paris. A Messenger has arrived with the intelligenckat
Carlton tioase,„"
At this heart-ebeering information, loud huzzas
burst from all parts of the Theatre.
splendid Ballet Cantata, composed and arrang-
ed for the occasion, under the title of Catar'sTriumph
aver the Gault, constituted the next part of the enter-
tainments. The graodeur of the precession was
heightened by the beauty of the horses, which were
furnished by Messrs. DUNS and BIIANSCOMB, of the
circus.--After which, the orchestra struck up 44 See
Otte conquering Hero comes ;" and Madame Susi
same forward, and in good English sang tbi first
Verse of 44 Rule Britannia." All the performers
joined in the chorus, and the curtain dropped amidst
joud shout* of applause. The performance on the
whole Jaye great satisfaction, but, we arc sorry to
odd, the house was not filled.

A numerous and respectable Meeting of the inha-
bitants of Edinburgh was held in the Parliament
House last week, ‘• ror the purpose of considering
of a oubsetiption for the widows and children of those
brave men who have fallen in the late glorious bat-
tles.''!—Jouu Wyatt, Esq. Acting Chief Magistrate,
100 k thy chair about two o'clock, and addressed the
Neeting, sriterat resolutions, in conformity with the
. requisition, VIM afterwards entered into. Among
the spetkers omit MT.WArre4; Scot; who stated his
o?ittogi, that the victory, of which we bad just had
intelligence, was not only of 4 character nuexampled
the history of the country, but likely to be followed
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