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%\)t J^akspeare jFunti. 
 
 READINGS AND RECITATIONS 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN, 
 
 ST. JAMES'S HALL, 
 
 
 IT 
 
 URGENT STREET AND PICCADILLY. 
 
 ON FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 26th, 1863. 
 
 
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 COMMITTEE. 
 
 His Grace the Duke op Newcastle, K.G., President. 
 
 His Grace the Duke of Devon- 
 shire, K.G. 
 
 His Excellency the Earl of Car- 
 lisle, K.G. 
 
 The Eight Hon. the Earl Gran- 
 ville, K.G. 
 
 The Eight Hon. the Earl of Dun- 
 raven, F.R.S. 
 
 The Right Hon. the Earl Howe. 
 
 The Eight Hon. the Earl Russell. 
 
 The Right Hon. the Earl of 
 Shrewsbury. 
 
 The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of 
 London. 
 
 The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop 
 of Worcester. 
 
 The Right Hon. Lord De L'Isle and 
 Dudley. 
 
 The Right Hon. Lord Talbot de 
 Malahide. 
 
 The Right Hon. the Lord Chief 
 Baron. 
 
 The Right Hon. Lord Londes- 
 borough. 
 
 The Right Hon. Lord Vernon. 
 
 The Right Hon. Lord John Man- 
 ners, M. P. 
 
 The Right Hon. Lord Lindsay'. 
 
 The Right Hon. Lord Justice 
 Knight Bruce, E.R.S. 
 
 The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of 
 London, M.P. 
 
 The Right Hon. Sir E. Bulwer 
 Lytton, Bart., M.P. 
 
 Sir Charles H. Rouse Boughton, 
 Bart. 
 
 Sir C. Wentworth Dilke, Bart. 
 
 General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., 
 G.C.B. 
 
 Sir Robert Hamilton, Bart.,K.C.B. 
 
 Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart. 
 Sir Eitz-Roy Kelly, Q.C., M.P. 
 Sir R. G. Mac Donnell, C.B. 
 The Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, 
 
 Q.C.,M.P. 
 Sir James Prior, F.S.A. 
 Thomas Bazley, Esq., M.P. 
 
 B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P. 
 William Ewart, Esq., M.P. 
 E. S. Holford, Esq., M.P. 
 
 R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., M.P. 
 
 C. N. Newdegate, Esq., M.P. 
 H. B. Sheridan, Esq., M.P. 
 William Tite, Esq., M.P. 
 
 E. F. Elower, Esq., Mayor of Strat- 
 
 ford-on-Avon. 
 
 C. H. Bracebridge, Esq. 
 
 General Sabine, President R.S. 
 
 Herman Mertvale, Esq., C.B. 
 
 Daniel Maclise, Esq., R.A. 
 
 W. C. Macready, Esq. 
 
 David Roberts, Esq., R.A. 
 
 G. M. Ward, Esq., R.A. 
 
 W. Hepworth Dixon, Esq., F.S.A. 
 
 Alfred Tennyson, Esq., Poet Lau- 
 reate. 
 
 Tom Taylor, Esq., M.A. 
 
 F. W. Gibbs, Esq., C.B. 
 James Dugdale, Esq. 
 
 The Rev. Alexander Dyce. 
 Benjamin Webster, Esq. 
 J. P. Collier, Esq., F.S.A. 
 The Rev. William Harness, M.A. 
 Henry Johnson, Esq. 
 John Wilkinson, Esq., F.S.A. 
 Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A., F.S.A. 
 F. W. Cosens, Esq., Hon. Treasurer. 
 Frederick Haines, Esq., F.S.A. 
 J. 0. Halliwell, Esq., F.R.S., Eon. 
 Sec. 
 
 Stalls (Numbered and Eeserved), 10s. 6d. 
 
 Unreserved Seats, 2s. 6d. 
 
 Balcony, 
 
 Doors open at Seven, the Reading will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. 
 
 Children under Ten years of age will not be admitted. 
 
 Carriages to be ordered at Ten o'clock. 
 
 Tickets to be obtained at Mr. Austin's Office, St. James's Hall ; Mr. Sams' Royal 
 Library, St. James's Street ; Messrs Chappell's, 50, New Bond Street ; Mr. 
 Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond Street; and of Messrs. Keith, 
 Prowse and Co., 48, Cheapside. 
 
Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN 
 
 HAVE KINDLY CONSENTED TO GIVE READINGS 
 
 AND RECITATIONS FROM 
 
 SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER ENGLISH POETS, 
 
 ON FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 26th, 1863. 
 
 FOR THE BENEFIT OF 
 
 THE SHAKESPEARE FUND. 
 
 THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST AND ONLY READING IN LONDON, AND THEIR 
 
 LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN ENGLAND, PRIOR TO 
 
 THEIR DEPARTURE FOR AUSTRALIA. 
 
PART FIRST. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN 
 
 WILL READ SELECT SCENES 
 
 EEOM SHAKESPEAEE'S HISTOEICAL PLAY OF 
 
 KING JOHN. 
 
 After the Reading a pause of ten minutes. 
 
 PART SECOND. 
 RECITATIONS. 
 
 Professor Aytoun's " Execution of Montrose/ 7 Mb. C. Kean. 
 
 Hood's " Bridge of Sighs" Mas. C. Kean. 
 
 Lord Macaexay's " Horatius Codes" (abridged) Me. C. Kean. 
 
 %* It is earnestly requested that all those intending to be present will 
 enter the room before the hour of commencement, so as to avoid interrup- 
 tion ; and that if any portion of the company should be under the necessity 
 of leaving before the close of the Reading, they will avail themselves of the 
 opportunity afforded between the Poems, when Mr. and Mrs. Kean retire 
 for a few minutes. 
 
THE SHAKESPEARE FUND. 
 
 iHIS Fund was established in October, 1861, to ac- 
 complish the following objects, — 1. The purchase 
 of the Gardens of Shakespeare at New Place. — 
 2. The purchase of the remainder of the Birth- 
 Place Estate. — 3. The purchase of Anne Hathaway 's Cottage, 
 with an endowment for a custodian. — 4. The purchase of Getley's 
 Copyhold, Stratford-on-Avon. — 5. The purchase of any other 
 properties, at or near Stratford-on-Avon, that either formerly 
 belonged to Shakespeare, or are intimately connected with the 
 memories of his life. — 6. The calendering and preservation of 
 those records at Stratford-on-Avon which illustrate the Poet's 
 life, or the social life and history of Stratford-on-Avon in his 
 time. — And 7. The erection and endowment of a Shakespeare 
 Library and Museum at Stratford-on-Avon. 
 
 During the short time that the Fund has been in existence, 
 great progress has been made towards securing the accomplish- 
 ment of its first object, — the preservation of the site and gar- 
 dens of New Place. In fact, the entire property has been 
 secured with the exception of the plot marked C in the plan at 
 p. 13, upon which plot stands a large ugly brick structure, called 
 the Theatre, but used chiefly for the County Courts, and only 
 occasionally for theatrical or other entertainments. The Theatre 
 is offered by the proprietors for the sum of £1100, and it is 
 estimated that upwards of £1000 will be required to fence the 
 gardens, and place them in proper order for the use of the public, 
 
8 THE SHAKESPEARE FUND, 
 
 including a memorial to be erected at New Place to record the 
 names of the principal donors. Thus the sum of £2100 is re- 
 quired before the first great object of the Fund can be satis- 
 factorily accomplished; and further progress is now arrested 
 until more money is received. 
 
 The amount already subscribed, although a small portion only 
 of what will ultimately be required, cannot but be regarded as 
 a satisfactory evidence of the interest taken in the matter by 
 the public. It has been collected at a most unfavourable time, 
 at a period when the public mind has been engrossed by foreign 
 war and domestic calamities. Of ultimate success — unless, in- 
 indeed, the reverence of the English people for the memory of 
 their national poet is a mockery and delusion — no reasonable 
 doubt can be entertained. 
 
 The fulfilment of the Poet's last and dearest wish, it is 
 pleasing to think, is involved in the accomplishment of this 
 design. It clearly appears from Shakespeare's will that his 
 chief object was to found a family estate, with strict entail. His 
 estates were scattered after the second generation. Now, after 
 the lapse of three centuries, it is in our power, should proper 
 means be forthcoming, to gather them again together, and to 
 entail them upon the People of England, who, to use the words 
 of Mr. Knight, shall become their possessors and their " heirs 
 for ever." 
 
 Some other of the objects of the Fund are also in a fair state 
 of progress. The voluminous ancient records of Stratford, con- 
 sisting of about ten thousand separate documents, have been 
 carefully repaired and bound, and a descriptive calendar con- 
 taining an account of every record is nearly completed. In 
 addition to this, the formation of a Shakespeare Library and 
 Museum has been commenced in that portion of the Birth-Place 
 which was formerly the Swan and Maidenhead. Numerous 
 articles of great value are already deposited in this Museum, 
 including the extremely valuable Shakespearian Collections of 
 the late R. B. Wheler, Esq., generously presented by his sur- 
 viving; sister. 
 
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FUND. 
 
 [IS EOT AL HIGHNESS THE PEINCE 
 CONSORT 
 
 The Corporation of Stratford-upon-Avon 
 
 The Most Noble the Marquis of Lansdowne, 
 
 K.G. . 
 
 The Most Noble the Marquis of Northampton 
 
 The Lady Willoughby d'Eresby . 
 
 Frances Countess Waldegrave 
 
 The Right Hon. Lord Overstone . 
 
 The Right Hon. Lord Vernon 
 
 The Right Hon. Lord Monson 
 
 The Lord Justice Knight Bruce 
 
 Miss Burdett Coutts . 
 
 William Tite, Esq., M. P. 
 
 H. B. Sheridan, Esq., M. P. . 
 
 Henry Huth, Esq., 12, Sussex Place 
 
 G. L. Prendergast, Esq., 24, Lowndes Street 
 
 A Lady, anonymously 
 
 James Parker, Esq., Chelmsford 
 
 Benjamin Webster, Esq. 
 
 James Dugdale, Esq., Wroxhall Abbey 
 
 Henry Johnson, Esq., 39, Crutched Friars 
 
 The Misses Moore, Bolton Street . 
 
 William Leaf, Esq., Streatham 
 
 Everarde A. Brande Esq. 
 
 W. G. T. Barter, Esq. . . . . 
 
 T. J. Ireland, Esq 
 
 Charles Rawlings, Esq., Chelsea . 
 
 F. W. Cosens, Esq 
 
 C. H. Bracebridge, Esq., Atherstone Hall 
 
 John Payne Collier, Esq., F.S.A. . 
 
 Letter Z. . 
 
 Mrs. Audrey 
 
 Thomas Erskine, Esq., of Linlathen 
 
 James Mackenzie, Esq., W. S. 
 
 Charles T. Warde, Esq. 
 
 Charles Kean, Esq., F.S.A. . 
 
 Thomas Watts, Esq., British Museum . 
 
 Archibald Weir, Esq 
 
 A. Smollett, Esq., Cameron House . 
 
 Henry Parnall, Esq., Bishopsgate Street 
 
 Thomas Brassey, Esq., Lowndes Square 
 
 George Ward Norman, Esq. . 
 
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 S. R. Solly, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. 
 
 Letters V. L. 
 
 Miss How, Chelsea 
 
 Messrs. Drummond 
 
 Dr. Charles T. Beke 
 
 Thomas Brooke, Esq., Huddersfield 
 
 J. W. Butterworth, Esq., F.S.A. . 
 
 D. D. Hopkyns, Esq., E.S.A. 
 
 Samuel W. Browne, Esq., Clifton 
 
 Mrs. Sotheby, Kingston 
 
 Frederic Ouvry, Esq., F.S.A. 
 
 W. P. Hunt, Esq., Ipswich . 
 
 Messrs. Clutton and Ade 
 
 Thomas Tassell, Esq., Maidstone . 
 
 John Rogers, Esq., F.R.S., Sevenoaks 
 
 F. W. Cosens, Esq., additional 
 
 Frederick Haines, Esq., F.S.A. 
 
 W. Ray Smee, Esq., F.S.A. . 
 
 Richard Gunter, Esq., Lowndes Street 
 
 The Rev. Alexander Dyce 
 
 John Wilkinson, Esq., F.S.A. 
 
 Mrs. Jackson 
 
 Robert Lang, Esq., Bristol 
 
 John Litchfield, Esq., Southwell 
 
 William Harrison, Esq., F.S.A., Blackbur 
 
 The Rev. Archibald Weir, B.C.L. 
 
 W. H. Reece, Esq. F.S.A. . 
 
 C. H. Elt, Esq., Islington 
 
 Messrs. Dickinson and Co. 
 
 Letters T. B. and W. H. 
 
 Thomas Kerslake, Esq. . 
 
 Mrs. Bolton, Aberdeen Place 
 
 The Rev. William Harness, M,A.-. 
 
 William Ewing, Esq. 
 
 William Ewart, Esq., M.P. . 
 
 B. G. Windus, Esq. 
 
 Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. 
 
 Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. 
 
 B. Bond Cabbell, Esq. . 
 F. W. Cosens, Esq., third donation 
 W. O. Hunt, Esq. . 
 A Warwickshire Man . 
 Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq., second c 
 R. H. Chambers, Esq. . 
 
 C. D. Williams, Esq. . 
 H. M. Beck, Esq. . 
 Horace Mayhew, Esq. . 
 Mrs. Ann Haines . 
 William Haines, Esq. 
 John Noble Esq. 
 Andrew Gibbs, Esq. 
 Henry Evil], Esq. . 
 John Lee, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S. 
 F. W. Fairholt, Esq., F.S.A. . 
 The Rev. Professor Thompson 
 J. Bailey Langhorne, Esq. 
 J. G. Woodhouse, Esq. 
 S. Christy Miller, Esq., M.P. 
 Sir James Prior, F.S.A. 
 John Weston, Esq. 
 
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SUBSCEIBEES TO THE FUND. 11 
 
 E. H. Chambers, Esq., Hankow 5 
 
 C. D. Williams, Esq., U.S. Consul, Hankow .... 5 
 
 The Mayor of Birmingham ....... 1 
 
 William Middlemore, Esq. ....... 5 
 
 W. L. Sargant, Esq 5 
 
 W. Scholefield, Esq., M.P 5 
 
 Charles Shaw, Esq 5 
 
 Sir Francis E. Scott 3 
 
 Samuel Timmins, Esq 3 
 
 George Dixon, Esq. ........ 3 
 
 Frederick Elkington, Esq 3 
 
 Eev. Dr. Gifford 3 
 
 Thomas Phillips, Esq 3 
 
 Sir John Eatcliff 3 
 
 Arthur Eyland, Esq 3 
 
 T. A. Attwood, Esq 2 
 
 Professor Chamberlain 2 
 
 Dr. Bell Eletcher 2 
 
 John Jaffray, Esq. 2 
 
 S. S. Lloyd, Esq 2 
 
 W. Mathews, jun., Esq. 2 
 
 T. B. Wright, Esq 2 
 
 Clement Gibbs, Esq 2 
 
 Edwin Lander, Esq. ........ 2 
 
 Sebastian Evans, Esq 1 
 
 G. A. Everitt, Esq 1 
 
 Mr. Alexander Forrest 1 
 
 T. C. S. Kynnersley, Esq 1 
 
 Eev. G. B. P. Latimer 1 
 
 David Malins, Esq 1 
 
 Colonel J. 0. Mason 1 
 
 A. F. Osier, Esq., F.E.S 1 
 
 Samuel Thornton, Esq 1 
 
 Samuel Whitfield, Esq 1 
 
 Eev. S. Bache 1 
 
 Henry Hawkes, Esq 1 
 
 Professor Johnson 1 
 
 Thomas Standbridge, Esq 1 
 
 Eev. J. J. Brown 
 
 Mr. John Mitchell 
 
 William Fowler, Esq., jun. ....... 1 
 
 William Westley, Esq 3 
 
 William Hawkes, Esq 2 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Eobins ........ 1 
 
 Mr. C. Woodward, jun 1 
 
 Councellor E. Smith . 1 
 
 Mr. William Greenway . 1 
 
 Eev. W. E. Smith 1 
 
 Mr. Charles Bridges 1 
 
 M. P. W. Boulton, Esq 3 
 
 William Lucy, Esq 5 
 
 Mr. Cabel Lawden 1 
 
 Mr. J. W. Hornblower 1 
 
 Dr. Eodington 1 
 
 Mr. John Gilbert 1 
 
 Dr. Evans 2 
 
 E. L. Chance, Esq. ........ 5 
 
 Jesse Bartleet, Esq 1 
 
 E. Bartleet, Esq 1 
 
 Thomas Avery, Esq 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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12 SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FUND. 
 
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 W. H. Avery, Esq 1 
 
 Tho. S. Stock, Esq 3 
 
 Henry Van Wart, Esq. ......•• 2 
 
 Mr. William Powell 1 
 
 Mr. Joseph Warden ........ 1 
 
 Mr. Joseph Smallwood 1 
 
 F. J. Welch, Esq. 2 
 
 Mr. J. S. Manton 1 
 
 Mr. Joseph Timmins 5 
 
 George Dawson, Esq. ........ 1 
 
 Mr. Ball 
 
 Mr. W. Harvis 
 
 Mr. R. Harvis 
 
 Mr. J. A. Langford 
 
 Proceeds of an Amateur Concert, Birmingham ... 20 
 
 Monsieur Laffitte ......... 1 
 
 George Wright, Esq., F.S. A., and Mrs. Wright ... 2 
 
 E. Holland, Esq., M.P. ........ 5 
 
 Richard Cockerton, Esq. ....... 1 
 
 Samuel Hey wood, Esq. ........ 1 
 
 Rev. Charles Howes ........ 2 
 
 J. Flower Jackson, Esq. ....... 
 
 Edmund H. Miller, Esq., New York ..... 
 
 H. M Beck, Esq. ......... 
 
 Robert White, Esq. ........ 
 
 J. Wigglesworth, Esq. ........ 
 
 C. K. Probert, Esq. . 
 
 Mr. F. P. Parke ......... 
 
 Proceeds of Mr. Dillon Croker's Entertainment ... 9 
 
 Mr. Robert Gibbs 
 
 The Ven. Archdeacon Bissett . ...... 5 
 
 W. S. Welsh, Esq. ........ 
 
 Lady Molyneux ......... 
 
 In Memoriam 
 
 Miss West 
 
 H. Hucks Gibbs, Esq., third donation . . . . • 1 
 
 Thomas Stephens, Esq. 1 
 
 T. F. Dillon Croker, Esq. ....... 1 
 
 The same, collected in penny subscriptions .... 1 
 
 H. Hucks Gibbs, Esq., fourth donation ..... 1 
 
 W. O. Hunt, Esq., second donation ..... 1 
 
 Henry Beck, Esq . 5 
 
 Sale of MSS. presented [........ 24 
 
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 AUDITORS OF THE ACCOUNTS. 
 
 F. W. Cosens, Esq. 
 
 D. 0. Edwards, Esq., M.D. 
 
 Frederic Ouvry, Esq., F. S. A. 
 
 Cecil H. Russell, Esq. 
 
 H. B. Sheridan, Esq., M.P. 
 
 Benjamin Webster, Esq. 
 
 The Auditors are nominated by the leading subscribers to 
 the Fund, every person subscribing £100 having the option to 
 act himself as an auditor, or to nominate one. The above- 
 named gentlemen have been nominated by six of the present 
 subscribers, the others declining to appoint. 
 
 On the next page is a copy of the first report of the audi- 
 tors. The balance then due to Mr. Halliwell has now been 
 discharged by the liberality of the public. Another audit will 
 take place as soon as there is a balance in hand of any conside- 
 rable amount. 
 
15 
 
 REPORT OF THE AUDITORS. 
 
 J. O. Ralliwell, Esq., in Account with the Shakespeare Fund. 
 
 Dr. 
 
 To Subscriptions received to 25th of March, 1862 
 To Interest returned by Vendors of the Great Garden 
 To Balance due to Mr. Halliwell 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 2868 10 
 
 12 6 
 
 709 17 2 
 
 £3579 9 8 
 
 By Purchase of JS"ew Place 
 
 By Interest due to Vendors of ditto 
 
 By Costs of Conveyance of ditto . 
 
 By Purchase of Shakespeare's Great Garden 
 
 By Interest due to Vendors of ditto 
 
 By Costs of Conveyance of ditto . 
 
 By Messrs. "Whittmgham for Printing . 
 
 By Messrs. Ashbee for Lithographic Circulars 
 
 By Messrs. "Waller for Ledgers and Cash-book 
 
 By Bankers' Charges .... 
 
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 £3579 9 8 
 
 We have examined the above account, and compared the 
 same with the bankers' book and vouchers, and find the same 
 to be correct. Dated this 29th day of March, 1862. 
 
 F. W. Co-sens. 
 D. O. Edwards. 
 Frederic Ouvry. 
 B. Webster. 
 
Subscriptions may be paid either at the Western Branch of 
 the Bank of England, Burlington Gardens, London, or to 
 J. O. Halliwell, Esq., No. 6, St. Mary's Place, West Bromp- 
 ton, near London ; if by letter, enclosing crossed cheques on 
 any London or country bank. 
 
 To prevent mistakes, it is requested that subscribers will 
 ask for receipts, should such not be forwarded within a reasons- 
 able time after the remittance of subscriptions* 
 
 CHISWICK PRESS : — PRINTED BY WHITTINGHAM AND WILKINS, 
 TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE. 
 

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