Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Bellamy. Charges #60, covered by #38 16s. in money and #58 14s. in tickets. Receipts: #97 10s. 6d

Event Comment: Benefit for Berry. Tickets at Pope's Peruke Maker Russell St. Rec'd Cash #93 3s., plus #92 11s. from tickets. Total #185 14s.; Paid Salary List #203 7s.; Norton 5 chorus #1 5s. (Treasurer's Book). To the Public, Gentlemen and Ladies, I am very sorry that a long, sharp, and severe fit of Illness prevents me the satisfaction of making my personal application to my friends as usual, against my Benefit; but finding myself every day rather worse than better, I hope you will be so kind as to take this notice, that the Stratagem, will be performed on Saturday the 21st of April; the part of Archer by Mr Garrick, for the benefit of Mr and Mrs Mills; with a Farce and all other usual Entertainments. From your most oblig'd Servant, William Mills. Mr Mills hopes his friends who intend to honour him with their company, will be so kind as to send to him for Places, Tickets, &c., or call upon him at Mr Gardner's Printing Office in Russel St., Covent Garden; or at Hobson's at the stage door (General Advertiser). Receipts: #180 (Cross); charges, #60 (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Bencraft. [Charges #60?] Balance to Bencraft #15 12s. plus #48 from tickets. Advanced to Servandoni another #5 5s. Receipts: #85 12s

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mills. By particular desire. Paid salary list #3000 6d.; Rec'd cash #54 19s., plus #102 7s. from tickets. Total #157 6s. [Treasurer's Book). Gentlemen and Ladies: Having the Misfortune to lose my husband, I am incapable at present, of making my Personal application; but hope those Friends who intend to honour me with their company, will be so kind as to send for tickets, Places, &c. to Gardyner's Printing office in Little Russel St., Covent Garden, or to Mr Hobson at the stage door, I beg your favour, and am, Your humble serv't, Eliz. Mills (General Advertiser). Receipts: #160 (Cross); charges, #60 (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Messrs Desse and Froment. Charges #60. Deficit to the dancers, #19 16s. 3d. each, covered by income from tickets: Desse #47 14s.; Froment #35 2s. Mainpiece: At the desire of several Persons of Quality. Tickets sold at doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #20 7s. 6d

Event Comment: Benefit for Anderson, Dupre and Mrs Gondou. Charges #60. Deficit to each of the beneficiaries #14 9s. 8d., covered by income from tickets: Anderson #47 13s.; Dupre #42 14s.; Mrs Gondou #28 6s. Receipts: #16 11s

Event Comment: Benefit for Evans and Condell (Box-Keepers) and Page (House-keeper). Charges Evans #35; Condell #20; Page #3 3s. 6d. (taken up by Rich), plus 1!2 value of his tickets or #18 4s. Evans covered his Charges by #105 5s. from Tickets; Condell by #43 16s. from tickets; Page by #36 8s. These Box-Keepers also rec'd #10 each for attendance this season. Receipts: #12 14s

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Garrick's New Occasional Prologue publish'd this day in the papers, ending with "Sacred to Shakespeare was this spot designed,@ To pierce the Heart and humanize the mind. But if an empty house...&c." Receipts: #15O (Cross)

Event Comment: Kite by Mr Layfield from Dublin (Cross). Last night Mons Devisse perform'd (for the 1st time) at Drury Lane, and was receiv'd with general applause (General Advertiser). Receipts: #80 (Cross)