The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

NEW VOCAL MUSIC HALL.

Yesterday, at five o'clock, the foundation stone of a
building, devoted to the purposes of vocal music under
the superintendence:of Mr. Hullah, was laid by Viscount
Morpeth, in Charles-street, Long-acre.
After a prayer for the Divine blessing, offered by the
rector of St. Martin's,
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His LORDSHIP went through the usual form, and ad-
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work they had set on foot. Music he considered the
most graceful accomplishment and delightful recreation
that adorns this hard-working world, and renovates our
busy, overcharged existence. Its negative importance
is great—it provides an innocent amusement for our
people, and keeps many from the ale-house orgie and
midnight brawl ; its positive importance and value are
inestimable—for the combining chords that regulate our
whole being are so interwoven, sense with principles,
that the very character assumes a clothing from exter-
nal influences. He (Lord Morpeth) was aware that
from every altar, however pure or sacred, fire might be
stolen and desecrated ; but he would hope that in all
endeavours connected with this building we should
emulate the flame which, while it enlivens all around
ever points to the skies. He would not confine it to
any walk in life. Not alone in the sacred cathedral,
not alone in the costly theatre, not in guilded saloons,
nor confine it to six-guinea stalls, but he would hear
our nightingales warble in every grove, and trill on
every bough.—(Cheers.) He would have the happy
art enliven the domestic tea-table, add variety to the vil-
lage school, and linger in the sanctuary. As a nation
we are indebted to our friend Mr. Hullah, and this pro-
posed building is the spontaneous offspring of his confi-
dence in you.
Mr. BEAVER then, as deputed by Mr. Hullah's pupils,
read an address from the whole body of a very compli-
mentary character, and established their sincerity by
presenting him at the same time with a note for 5001.
Mr. HULLAH replied.
The Bishop of NORWICH proposed the thanks of the
meeting to Viscount Morpeth, adding most suitably a
few remarks on the inspiring nature of music, as evinced
in the battle of Trafalgar by " Rule Britannia," and on
our soldiers by " God save the Queen," so in our praises
to God in a still higher degree are our souls animated
and our devotion elevated by the words of God united
to music.

The evening was spent, by more than 1,000, most
happily and rationally, at the Crow❑ and Anchor.
Coffee, &c., was served liberally, and in the great room
a concert was conducted by Mr. Ilullah. On the plat-
form was'en assemblage of professional talent seldom met.
Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Braham,
and the Messrs. Distin, besides which the harp was in
the best hands, and the songs of the evening, besides
having other high professional voices, were welcomed
from the pupils themselves, and towards the close one,
" In infancy our hopes and fears," from Mrs. Hullab,
was rapturously received.
The Bishop of Chester, Lord Morpeth, and Lord Cod-
rington, were again present; we observed also many of
the clergy, as also at the foundation.
The assembly separated at twelve o'clock, after sing-
ing the national anthem.

JOSEPH ADY DEFEATED AT LAST.—A summons
was heard on the 18th inst., before Mr. Sergeant Man_
ning, the Judge of the New Court at Whitechapel, in
which the notorious Joseph Ady was the defendant, 08,
the plaint:of Mr. G. R. Dodd, a solicitor, of New Broad-
street, City. It appeared from the statement of Mr.
Rhodes, the clerk to the plaintiff, that the latter, some
time back, received from Ady one of his circulars, pro-
mising, as usual, some valuable information on the re-
ceipt of a fee of 11., which was afterwards paid to him
on his giving a receipt in writing, coupled with an un-
dertaking to return the money in case the promised in-
formation proved erroneous or useless. In return for
his fee Joseph sent the plaintiff a number of papers, con-
sisting chiefly of lists of unclaimed dividends, and re-
ports of cases in which he had figured as defendant be-
fore the magistrates, and, as ho asserted, proved his
innocence of 'the fraud imputed to him, together with
some absurd cautions against joining certain public
companies, all of which were utterly useless to the
plaintiff, who, in consequence, demanded the return of
his money, according to the condition upon which he had
paid it.'. iThis being refused by Ady, the summons was
taken out against him, and the Judge, after hearing
Ady's solicitor, who made the best of his bad case, de-
cided that the money should be repaid to the plaintiff,
with all his expenses, within a week from the hearing of
the summons.
DEATH BY LIGHTNING.—TWO persons, a man and
woman, who sought refuge in a barn along with a crowd
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CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The operations at the
thundero-nstorm, a
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station of this railway at the Lothian-road are being
carried on with the utmost vigour and rapidity. Large
bodies of workmen are actively engaged on the works,
and the extensive excavations are already far advanced.
The station will comprehend an area of about twelve
acres, and, inclusive of the price of the ground and the
elegant building to be erected for a station-house, will
cost the large sum of nearly 100,000/. The building is
from the design of the eminent London architect, Mr.
Tite, and the contract for its erection has been taken by
Mr. Lind, the builder of the Assembly Hall and the
Scott Monument, Several houses in Tobago-street, and
the neighbourhood, on the line of the railway, arc in
course of being removed, and others in Gardner's-
crescent, beneath which the railway passes, have been
vacated during the operations. Considerable progress
has also been made in the deep cuttings in the imme-
diate precincts of Grove-street, by which the line enters
the city, and the works in the neighbourhood are being
executed in the same vigorous manner. The engines for
this line are to be constructed on the most modern and
approved principles. The carriage department will in-
clude several important improvements. For instance, a
thick matting of hair-felt will be introduced between a
double boarding for the carriage bottoms, which will
render them much warmer and less noisy. A novel first-
class carriage is to be constructed expressly for through
trains between Scotland and England, designed by Mr.
Sinclair. The body of the carriage will be of the usual
size, divided into two compartments, the one larger than
the other. Both divisions will be fitted up with cushions,
pillows, and everything suitable for comfortably lying
down at full length. The larger division will accommo-
date six persons; the smaller one, communicating with
the other, is principally intended for ladies, and will
afford room for two. In this latter division there will
be all those conveniences which ladies and invalids will
appreciate.

- AS ERICAN BISCUITS.—The vessel Susquehannah,
recently arrived at the port of Liverpool from Philadel-
phia, has brought, in addition to 1,298 barrels!of flour,
1,163 barrels of corn meal, 43 boxes of beef, 36 hogs-
heads and 24 boxes of bacon, 10,800 bushels of wheat,
no less than 1,260 barrels of bread (or common biscuit),
and 369 barrels of soda or fancy biscuit, being, if wo
mistake not, the largest importation of the kinds. _e which
has taken !place from the "United
Patrick Henry, since arrived from
isol,ro 95 barrels
common b hasio6fe sodauaitss,
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broughtbiscuits, theand
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the production and manufacture of the
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T the United States of
America. By a recent order of the
imported from foreign countries, other than fancy biscuit
or confectionary, are free of duty until the Ist of Sep-
tember next. Since the order has been issued, several
very large importations, comprising whole cargoes, have
taken place from the Hanseatic and other of the German
states of Europe, but none that we are aware of, in com-
parison with those above mentioned, have hitherto taken
place from the other side of the Atlantic.
The amount received by the Government on the
new loan up to the present time is understood to be
about 6,000,000/., leaving 2,000,0004 to accrue between
this mad the 15th of October.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 21.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The royal assent wal given to-day by commission to
the following twenty4ight Bills:—The Army Ser-
vice trill ' - the Loan Discount Bill ; the Poor Removal
(England and Scotland Bill) ; Towns Improvement
Clauses Bill ; Drainage of Lands Bill ; the Burgh
Police (Scotland) Bill ; the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland)
Bill ; Turnpike-roads (Ireland) Bill ; Belfast Port and
Harbour Bill ; Aberdeen Harbour Improvement Bill ;
Runcoan Gas Bill; Bingley Gas Bill; Dublin Con-
sumersY- 'Gas Bill; Imperial Continental Gas Association
Bill; Warrington Gas Light and Coke Company Bill ;
Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company Bill ;
Darwen. Waterworks, &c., and Reservoirs Bill ; the
' Sheffield Markets Bill • he Edinburgh Markets and
Customs Bill ; the Wakefield Borough Market Bill ;
Ewell. Rates Bill; Metropolitan Sewage Manure Com-
pany Bill; Bridge House Estates Debt Bill; London
Sewage Chemical Manure Company Bill; Plymouth and
Tavistock Turnpike Roads Bill (so. 2); Waterford
Roads Bill; Glasgow and Shotts Roads Bill; and the
Tenington Marsh Division, Allotment, and Inclosure
Bill.

The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Campbell, and the Earl of Shaftesbury.
The LORD CHANCELLOR tk)Ok his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after Five o'Clock.
BATHS AND WASIIHOUSES BILL.
Lord STOURTON presented a petition signed by
several proprietors of private baths against the proposed
Baths and Washhouses Bill.
Lord BROUGHAM thought it most unfair that the
proprieto►rs of baths should be called upon to pay rates
tbwarda the support of public baths which would have
the effect of taking from them their very means of
ob tlatling subsistence.
Lord MONTEAGLE explained that the petitioner
did not wish to throw any impediment in the way of
establishing private baths. What they objected to was,
that their property in baths should be taxed, for the
purpose of establishing private baths, which of course
would enter into competition with their own.