Event Comment: Benefit for
the Use of
the Marine Society. Towards collecting clothing and equipping
the distressed (both men and boys) who are inclined to serve in
the Navy. Boxes 10s. 6d. Pit 5s. First Gallery 3s. Upper Gallery 2s. Tickets to be had of
Mr John Stephens, Secretary to
the society, in
Princes St., near
the Bank;
Batson's Coffee House,
Cornhill; and of
Mr Varney at
the Stage Door, where Places may be taken. As this is
the Entertainment exhibited this season for this most beneficial undertaking, by which so many distressed Persons as well as Vagabonds have been preserved and rendered useful in
the highest degree, it is hoped
the polite,
the brave and humane, of both sexes, will shew
their approbation of this design, by interesting
themselves in
the promotion of it
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Alfred The Great
Music: I: Concerto on Violin-Pinto; II: Concerto on Hautboy-Vincent; Concerto on Organ-Arne Jr