The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-22 00:00:00

ST. .MARTIN'S HALL.

Mr. HuHale last night opened the second season of
his monthly concerts; and the entertainment, although
of a nature not by any means popular, and helped by
no particular adventitious aids, attracted a large and
attentive audience. The staple of these concerts, as
our readers are aware, is music (partly sacred, partly
secular) of an elaborate and ambitious class, performed
by a small but well-selected orchestra, a good corps of
soloists, and a chorus selected from the members of
Mr. Hullah's upper school. The general effect, of
course, resembles Exeter Hal), on a small scale. But
without venturing upon the great oratorios, there is an
ample field fur Mr. Hullah's labours in. the interpre-
tation of that class of minor hut still important works
nnder the names of cantatas, anthems, Sec.,
have been given by the greatest musicians to the
world. These concerts, too, afford an eligible means
for the introduction to the world of works by young
composers aiming at a high and serieus style of
art.. Several compositions of this class have in-
deed been already given. The programme of last
night presented no novelty, with the exception
of a sacred song, "By the waters of Babylon,"
by Mr.Wayley, and sung by. Miss Alleyne. The corn-
Poaition is a tolerably flowing minor melody, the treat-
Meta aiming at that of Mendelssohn. , The first part
of the concert included that great composer's Ninety-
fifth
Psalm, with which Mr. Hullah's audiences are
well acqtiiiinted, and Mr. Leslie's promising work,
produced last season, " A .Festival Anthem." The
solos were given by iss Birch, Miss Alleyne—whose
great nervousness materially impairs the powers of a
sweet and flexible voice—gr. Swift, who in several
passages threw more animation into, his music than
We have ever before heard „him exhibit, and Mr.
Frank Bodda. The psalm was steadily and
evenly executed,'" and - the -grand chorus,
" Come, let us sing to the Lord," with its mas-
sive and impetuous strength, went with great effect.
In the Festival Anthem, Mr. Leslie appears to us to
have been uncommonly unhappy in his choice of
words ; and the fact has naturally re-acted against
the compotter. What possible musical idea, for in-
stance, could be eliminated, even by Handel, from
such phrases, long dwelt on, as ti Great was the com-
pany of the preachers," and " They of the household
divided the spoil ?" The second portion of the con-
cert was entirely devoted to a spirited and interest-
ing rendering of Handel's famous St. Celieia ode—
the wet! known and manifold beauties of which can
never pall upon either a musical or popnlar auditory.

DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM OGLANDEB.—TIIIB vener.
able Baronet died en the 17th inst. at Parnham ; he was sou
of the fifth Baronet ; was born at Parnham, 1769 ; married,
1810, eldest daughter of fourth Duke of Grafton ; succeeded
his father in 1806 ; was a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset, and
represented Bodmin in Parliament from 1807 to 1812. He
ja succeeded by his son, now Sir Henry Oglander, born in
1811, and married in 1845 the youngest daughter of the late
Sir George William Leeds, Bart.:

Missing—and has not been heard of since the 2d of
December last—the spirit of the French nation.—. Punch.
GRAY'S INN, JAN. 21.—At a pension of the Hon.
Society of Gray's Inn, holden this day; Terence Hughes,
tSci , was called to the degree of barrister-at-law.

Tuz MUMMY.—Since the discovery of the mummy
in the crypt of St. Stephen's, a great number of perons
Visited, by permission, the spot where the relic lies. It is
stated that the remains will not be removed for fear they
should by being disturbed become entirely destroyed. It is
intended they should remain in their present resting place,
and that the wall should be so rebuilt as to admit of the
curious in such matters having a view of the ancient relic.
general opinion prevails that several other bodies, will be
discovered in or near the crypt, and the speculative suppose
that treasure of a more substantial and lucrative nature
must also be deposited in the vicinity of the ancient dead.
Mr. Crompton will, it is stated, be the new Judge
in place of Justice Patteson.
The vacant Mastership in the Exchequer has been
filled up by the appointment of Mr. Chatfield, a solicitor.
The Liverpool Standard says—Mr. Paget, of the
Northern Circuit, has been appointed private secretary to the
Lord Chancellor—salary 1,5;.01. per annum.
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND W OLVERHAMPTON
EXTENSION TO LONDON.— A numerously-attended meeting
of the town of Uxbridge and its neighbourhood, called by a
provisional committee of landowners, was held, yesterday at
the Public Rooms, Uxbridge, for the purpose of taking mea-
sures for establishing a railway communication between that
district and the metropolis, means of the Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton bExtension to London ; Mr.
Christopher Towers in the chair.
that, in the opinion of this meet tAjr. T. F. Clarke moved
ling,
dwith accommodation by
e. town and neighbour-
hood of Uxbridge were not su
railway with the metropolis adequate,
nearly adequate with its wants. Mr. W. F. de Salts selrnO.drep the resolution,
which was crried unanimously,
(a large
shareholder spathe Oxford, Worcester, and Crerhampton
Company) then described the plans of thatcojm.
n for
affording the required accommodation; and mr.
Hib
bert moved, " That this meeting having heard the state-
ments made with repect to the line proposed by the Oxford-,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway passing close to
this town, and joining the South-Western near 13rentford, is
of opinion that such a communication was highly desirable,
and this meeting would therefore support such a project with
the utmost cordiality." This was seconded by Mr. Hilton,
and carried unanimously. A committee was afterwards
appointed to watch over the railway communication of the
district.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—The estimated
,expense of constructing the new deviation line to Yeovil is
43,54 W., bring a reduction of about 2,400/. on the original
estimate.

LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY.--
The expense of constructing the proposed extension line to
Enniskillen and other works, with subscription towards the
construction of a new bridge over the Foyle, is 152,000/.
EXAMINATION OF A WIFE AGAINST HER HUSBAND.
the course of an argument in the Court of Chancery
Yesterday, the Lord Chancellor took occasion to state the
circumstances under which the difficulties with respect to
this question had arisen. His Lordship observed that when
the Bill was before the House of Lords, he moved that the
clause which gave the courts of law the power cf examining
„Luke wife be struck ont, and it was struck out accordingly.
I the body of the Bill, and in another clause, there was,
ncwever, a power given for the reception of the evidence of
the wife in certain cases, and in the trial of criminal offences.
That clause by an oversight, and in consequence of the late
hour at which the Bill was discussed, had been permitted to
remain, and one of the learned judges, seeing that the evi-
deuce was receivable in certain specified cases, assumed that it
was:receivable in all, although the generally clause had been
addedout. That view of the matter was, his Lordship
, not one that was generally adopted.
SCOTTI,II MIDLAND RAILWAY.—We understand
that the referee has awarded 1,6001, to this company as the
annual sum to be paid by the Post-office for the conveyance
of the mails on this line to Aberdeen.—Dundee Advertiser.
Tile Great Northern Railway Companies have
provided " foot warmers" in the first-class through trains.
TIIE LATE LINGARD.—A few Protestant gen-
tlemen, to mark their sense of the high literary attainments
of the leeeased historian, and of his private worth, intend to
erectlfraby a monument to his
o , near Lancaster, in
memory, in the parish church of
which village the doctor resided
aht)l
ut half' a century. His remains it will be remembered,
are interred at Ushaw, in the county of Durham,—Preston
Chronicle,