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^ttt^rtHittttt^nt J^ixtji %tm ^90. 



Mr. Editor, Sir, 



As Entertainments are now all the rage, 

 the following programme of one which took place in the Assembly Rooms, 

 back of Talbot Inn, Halifax, upwards of 60 years since, might be interesting 

 to some of vour musical readers. 



E.H. 



|rom titc ftatifM i0ttrnal oi Ifttljj ioi% I802. 



(Published weekly by Holden akd Dowson.) 



MR. INCLEDON, 



Of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 



Respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Halifax, 



That he intends 



On MONDAY the 12th Instant, 



In the New Assembly Room, Talbot, 



(For one Night only,) 



To have the honor of j^resenting them with a Serio Comic, 



Vocal, Rhetorical and Musical Entertainment never before exhibited, called 



VARIETY or SOMETHING NEW, 

 Written expressly for the occasion by Mr. T. Dibden, author of the 



" Jew and Doctor." " The Cabinet." &c., &c.. 



The Songs with only three exceptions entirely new, and composed for 



Mr. Incledon by the following eminent masters,-Shield, Davy, Reeve, 



Carter and Mazzinghi, 



The entertainment will be divided into 



Three Parts, 



The Rixitation, comprising Local Comic Strictures on Law Physic, 



^latrimony, Conviviality, Apparitions, War ,Peace, Fashion, Eccentricitj', 



S:c., Introd active of Songs in the following succession. 



PART I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Song Variety 



Something New or Musical Memoirs. 



