CONCERT AT THE DUKE OF EDIN BURGH THEATRE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3760, 7 September 1869, Page 4

CONCERT AT THE DUKE OF EDIN BURGH THEATRE.

A concert was held last night at the above theatie, in aid of the funds of St Mary's Orphanage, Fieeman's Bay, than which there 1? no more deseiving institution m Auckland, and we wore much pleased to notice that an appeal of this nature was not made to the public in vain, for never have we "-een thn thuatio so well filial as it was upon thu occasion, so that the result must be a very handsome addition to tho funds of theOtph.muge Theconcot itsi If v\as\cry successful interspersed as it was with readings, ifei' W heio all so giaeiouslv aucouled thoir service 1 ?, and did their best, it would be invidious to particularise and we shiil therefoio simply glva the progiarume '1 lie splendid bind of the ISth 11 I, was piesei.t, by the kind peim s>>ion of Colonel Eluot ; and wo need scarcely say that it dt^-comsed most eloquent music. Tho peifoiu>an<e was nndei tin 1 e=peci.il jiatronnco of I.idy Bowen, who wus picsent, and the iiudienoe was one of the most fashior ible lately gatheied together in Auckland. Among the audience we noticed Colone' nnd Mrs Elliott, Mrs John Williamson and f.unilv, Major H/unley tho Very Rev l)r McDonald, Apn&tolic Administrator, the Very Rev. Father AValter McDonald, Kev H J I'vnes (Howick), Rev. M 0 O'Haia lOtihnlni), Rev. Frnnne Del Monte (I'ainell), and the Rev Patrick O'Keiilv Aboaf thirty children belongins? to the Oipli.mye in chaige of Mm Cullity, foined fl. very consp.cuous gump, diessed in then neat blue cbessej and white hoods, and their appearance spoke n ost favourably of the caie and comfort which surrounded the orphan children connected with tho institute To the Jtev Father Walter McDonald much of the success of tho conceit was due, as ho woiked very arden ly in the eamo, and was instiumental in bringing together the larger portion of those who wero present The entiio concort was undor tho direction of Mr Brown and Air. Quinn was in his place in command of tho band of the 18th Mi-s Shinaghan presided mist ably at tho piano and to her and to tho other ladi>swho tendered their valuable services gieat praise is due for the willing mannor in which they came foi R ard The following is tl.e programme of the evening's entertainment; — Part 1 : Overture, "De? Freischutz "j' Weber) , song, " Aladdin's Lamp, Mr Belfrago; purt song "The Fisherman's Chorus" (Weber); song, "Mo of Ro°es," Miss Sims, reading, "Absolom," Mr King; Fanfare, band (Rossmij , song, "Auld Itobin Giey," Miss Donovan; sonp, "T«as rank and famt*." M>* Cavanagh ; wait;? ' Hussar" (Hartmann). Pait II. : Selection, band (Offenbach) . song, M.r Yates ; part song, " These moments entrancing" (Domzitti; . leading, "The Throe Sons," Mr. Kin!' duet " I've wandered in my Dreams," Misi Donovan and Mr. i r a*es , wait/, "DioWeb'r" (Sonner) . reading, Mr Carroll ; »ong and chorus, " Maryland ," galop, " Canary" (Quinn) , National Anthem.