The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

SCOTTISH SONG.

On Monday evening Mr. Milne, the Scottish vocalist,
gave his first entertainment for the season in Crosby
Hall, which was attended by a highly respectable audi-
ence. Since his last appearance in London Mr. Milne
has been giving concerts in the leading towns of Scotland
and England with much success; and a very marked
improvement is perceptible in his manner as well as in
his singing. This gentleman possesses a voice of fine
tenor quality, and renders the songs of his country with
much cnaracter and feeling. No one who has recently
appeared as an expositor of Scottish song here has shown
equal capabilities, and we trust that ere long the
merits of Mr. Milne as a vocalist will be duly and fully
appreciated. All the songs in his yesterday 'S
programme
were well sung.. " John Anderson ray Joe," " WbY
left I my Flame?" " The Land u' the Leal," and "Ilka
blade o' grass keeps its sin drag o' dew," having been
given with a simplicity that touched the hearts and
drew tears from the eyes of many "Duncan
present.
Gray," " John Grumlie," and others of the humorous,
cast, were also rendered with considerable point and
character, and the whole erpertsinor nt want ~ff in is
manner to gratify talk° the vocalist awl the audience.

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HE LATE I\lR. jos MANToN.—OOI. Hawker,
who wrote the inscriptionE" the monument of this tine
kensa I.lgorreen,
has lately had it repaired
at his own expense.
THE HOUSEHOLD Taoors.—Thenuthorities at the
Horse Guards have decided that there will be no movement
of the lst and 2d Life Guards arid the Royal Horse Guards
(Blue), on the Ist of July next, and that there will be no
change in the present stations of these regiments until the Ist
of October.
GUNpoIVVER STORES (LIVERPOOL) EXEMPTION
REPEAL 13ini,.—The Bid brought into the House ot Cora_
mons by Sir George Grey and Mr. Bouverie, to repeal so
much of 12th Geo. 111., C. 61, as exempts therefrom -
certain
magazines and stores near Liverpool,
gunpowder • .
temporary provisions with regard to the said ma •
gaztnes and
stores, has passed through the Select Committee. T
have been added. The first provides that the Mt; Two clauses
of the Ordnance, with the approval ot the Adn • ster- General
Conservators of the .Mersey, may appoint 1. iiralty and the
ces for mooring
vessels for storing gunpowder in the Mersey,
limits of the port of Liverpool. The eY, or within the
by the Select Commi tee, is to the second clause, added
effect that 9,780/. should
be paid by the corporation to three or more of the lessees,
for and on behalf of themselves
and all the other lessees,
such sum to be apportioned by them according to their
respective interests.

ROBBERY or SAILORS.—Information bus been given
of two sailors having been robbed at the east end of London,
in the course of the week,
of sums of money amounting to-
gether to about 501. One of them, named William Thur-
ston, was robbed in the Mile-end-road of a pars', containing
301. ; and the other, Henryeigns, by two men, one of whom
Beckett, {vas robbed of 151. in,
bank notes, and three sovereigns,
is described as about forty-
inches high, one years of age, and five feet six
and dressed in a blue jacket and trowaers, and
the other dressed in black.
INVOLUNTARY CANDOUR.--Towards the unhappy
close of Lord Dudley's life he had so confirmed a habit of
talking aloud to himself, that, no matter in whose company,
he broke forth in soliloquy. He had a great dislike to be
asked to give any one a lift in his carriage. An ingenious
tormentor of Brookes begged him to give a cast to a home-
ward-bound unconscious victim. It could not be refused.
The unhappy pair set out in their chariot, and arrived
silently near Mount-street, when Dudley muttered audibly,
" What a bore! It would be civil to say something. Per-
haps I bad better ask him to dinner. I'll think about it."
His companion, a person of infinite fancy, and to whom Lord
Dudley afterwards took a great liking, re-muttered, after a
due pause.- " What a bore! Suppose he should ask me -to
dinner. What should Ido ? I'll think about it."
SCARBOROUGH.—BOAT PICKED UP.—A boat, with
the name Sovereign, of Ramsgate, painted inside, waa
picked up at sea by a trading vessel, a short distance from
this port, and brought into the harbour on Monday last.—
Lade Mercury.