Event Comment: Benefit for increasing
the Fund for Support of Decay'd Musicians, or
their Families. Pit and Boxes to be put toge
ther at Half a Guinea each. Gallery 5s. Doors open at Five. Gallery at Four, to begin at Half an Hour after Six. None to be admitted without tickets. Tickets delivered to Subscribers to this Charity will admit one person into any part of
the House. Subscribers tickets may be had of
Richard Dawson at his house near
Henry the VII's Chapel,
Westminster, who is empower'd by
the Society to deliver
them, and to receive
the subscriptions.
The Governors beg leave to inform
the Nobility and Gentry to whom this Charity is so much oblig'd, that from June 1756 to June 1757
they have necessarily laid out for decay'd musicians and
their families,
widows of decay'd musicians, and in maintaining and educating orphans who are left in distress, and in putting
them Apprentice, and for Physic, Burials, and o
ther incidental charges #532 13s. 7d.
The Books are open and may be inspected by subscribers
the first Sunday in every month at a meeting of
the Governors, at
the Turk's Head in
Greek Street,
Soho. All expenses attending
the meetings of
the Governors,
Court of Affidavits Committee for managing of this
Concert, are defrayed by
themselves