ACTIVE BENEVOLENCE.

The success of the Polish Ball has induced some humane individuals to

propose that a similar festival should take place for the relief of the

distressed Spitalfields weavers. We like the notion of a charitable

quadrille--or a benevolent waltz; and it delights us to see a

philanthropic design _set on foot_, through the medium of a gallopade. A

dance which has for its object the putting of bread in the mouths of our

fellow-creatures, may be truly called

[Illustration: A-BUN-DANCE.]

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