The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-08 00:00:00

had to treat

the result

forward, a serious curt

to the be

Lct of Christian el

than ad

sities of the poor and the

BOOTH moved that ti

SUTHERLAND

s unan

g to the neces-

to the medical of
1 in

which, as well as than
clergy who had preacl
d. Officers NI
occeptions, the

a few e

half of the

lointed for the ensuing year,

me as

'he CHAIRMAN said he had served for three y
ught that he should retire, and that the.vice-p:

meeting appre
to continue to pr
r the usual lit• ao

ating his valuable ser

:eparated

RST ANNUAL

SOIREE OF

On Tt

esd ay last
held in ti

CLUB

'eed to

and a more int

t annual

cresting and better conducte
lom been held in Liverpool.

of the above
.eet,

done, we believe, w(
he members and otl
ibsence of the lit

one respect

re the anticipations of a portion of
ers present disappointed, viz., the
ry and other guests of eminent rank,
,ed. The proximity of day anpointed

vho had been it

in their
n. The

n, and

to the commencement of the parliamentary se
the limited notice which the committee had
power to give, fully account for the deprival
club were, however, favoured with the presence of a goo
portion of the talent and respectability of th
hood, both
takers of t

,n the platform, and subs

platform we
dent of the

he dar

)e Clul

gentler

amongst th
iry R. Sandbach, Esq., the pi

carved chair, belonging to Mr. I
formed out of one of the raft

yer, of Lor

yor, G. Hall
; John A. 'I

Roscoe was born ; tL.
Esq. ; William Rathbone, I
Captain Greig, staff officer of the distr

Esq., of the
Rev. Dr. H

Manchester At

veral of our local vocalists were

platform during the in

e Holden as conductor at tl

Whitnall,
with Mr.

the varieus-i'

During the entrance of the compa
six and seven o'clock, the excellent

.ecl several piece

as eithusiasticall

most wonderfully executed

operations

The CHAIRMAN described the design and t
of the club since its formation, and th
which it had received. He read an inter
priate letter from James Montgomery, the poet, and ex-
pressed an earnest anxiety for the future welfare of the

The audience was subsequently ai

sed by Mr

Langley, secretary to tt

RatiibOne, Mr.
Tinne, and Mr

Ohn Smith, Dr. Boot

Mortimer

k.thenteum, Mr.
Dr. Hume, Mr.

The preliminary portion of the proceeedings
been concluded, the Chairman requested the ass(
whilst the forms in the body of the hall were bei

This department—not the least entertaining ,on
.asion—was superintended by Mr. Horsfall,
tioner, of Church-street, and, both for the abun-
provided and the excellence of the various viands,
-Hies, pastes, cakes, fruit, &c., did great credit to
•a. We need not say that the room in which it

having
embly,

to adjourn to

lment room

such an oc

his cate

e during t

nounced to be cleared, the earnest busi

of the evening
h—r•hich was

succeeded by quadrilles, polkas. galloppes, and waltzes,
until a somewhat late hour in the morning, when the old
favorite English dance, Sir Roger De Coverley, closed

the scene of gait

The band was one of the finest which it has ever been
)ur fortune to hear, and gave unbounded satisfaction,

comprising as it did some of the first solo performers in
the provinces, and under the able leadership of one of the
most talented violinists of the day, Mr. Goodall. The
principally selected from the compositions of
Bosisio, Labitzky, Jullien, Lanner, Koenig
1 compositions of the able 1
COMDO

imong

Ised expressly f

;ocTa-11, entitled the Rosoe Club Polkas, which

were played as b'eautiful and effective music deserves to be
played, and will, when published, carry the name of
the club, to whom we understand they are to be dedicated,
to many a circle in which it might otherwise remain un-

known

The introduction is a beautiful clarionet solo, played by
Mr. H. George, and containing :a cadenza in half notes,
which was very finely played. The polka commences with
a piano movement, followed by a very effective forte. The
second polka contains an introduction by the full band in
unison, the subject being afterwards taken up by the
orpheiclide and cornet solo, and flageolet and clarionet
alternately. The third is introduced by the trumpet solo ;
the first part is a piannissino movement for cornet and

orpheicliae and flageolet and clarionet. The second part
is a very beautiful and original movement executed by the
violins. The fourth contains an introduction by the cor-
net, after which the subject is taken up by the flageolet.
The second part is composed for the full band, and the trio
is a solo for the first and second cornet. By many who
did not mingle in the dance it was remarked that they felt
sufficient delight in listening to such music, and in gazing
upon the happy scene with which they were surrounded.
Altogether this soiree was most successful ; and in these
dull times it must have been a delight to every one present
to witness the buoyancy of spirit which was everywhere
perceptible. The arrangements made by the stewards and
the honorary secretaries were most excellent, and their
attentions to their guests worthy of all praise. We do not
care, and many will echo the sentiment, how soon we have
another Roscoe Club Soiree ; and have only to regret of
it that, like Christmas, "it only comes once a year."
Unlike that sacred festival, however, it might be made to
come oftener, by which we should be saved from the dis-
tressing reflection on each recurring celebration, that we
had become a year older.