The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-31 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

Comma, July 29.
The Queen and Royal family went out yesterday
in the morning and afternoon.
The Prince and Princes of Wales dined with her
Majesty.

July 30.
The Queen and Princess of Wales drove out yes-
terday afternoon.

Election of Scpttlsh Itepre3entative Pears

(From the Scotsman.)

The election of 16 Peers to represent Scotland in
the ensuing Parliament took place on Friday in the
Picture-gallery of Holyrood Palace. As formerly
intimated, special arrangements had been made,
under the superintendence of Mr. Matheson, of her
Majesty's Board of Works, for affording increased
and more convenient accommodation for spectators
of the ceremonial than had been given on previous
occasions. In the west end of the apartment a
raised platform had been constructed for the friends
of Peers, and in the east end a similar platform had
also been erected for the public. Along the centre
of the hall ran a table for the accommodation of
the Peers. At the head of the table a chair was
placed for the Lord Clerk Register, who presided at
the election. There was a large and brilliant assem-
blage, the two platforms being completely filled
with spectators, while a large number of seats which
had been provided in the centre of the hall for the
friends of Peers were also occupied.
Shortly before noon, the Lord Provost and Baillies
Cassels, Alexander, Hill, Handyside, and Miller,
attired in their official robes, entered the Picture-
gallery, preceded by the city mace and halberd-
men, and took up a central position facing the
Peers' table. Revs. Drs Lee and Crawford, Deans
of the Chapel Royal, next entered the hall, and
occupied chairs in front of the west platform. The
Right Hon. Sir William Gibson-Craig, the Lord
Clerk Register, took his seat at 12 o'clock, accom-
panied by Mr. W. P. Dundas, Deputy-Clerk Regis-
ter ; Mr. Archibald McNeill and Mr. H. M. Inglis,
Principal Clerks of Session ; with Mr. George B.
Robertson, Deputy-Keeper of the Records; and Mr.
William Drysdale and Mr. John Adams, jun.,
Depute-Clerks of Session.
The following Peers, 24 in number, took their
seats at the table, the company rising as they entered
the ball :—The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry,
the Duke of Montrose, the Marquis of Tweeddale,
the Earl of Morton, the Earl of Home, the Earl of
Perth, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Lauder-
dale, the Earl of Wemyss, the Earl of Dalhousie,
the Earl of Leven and Melville, the Earl of Selkirk,
the Earl of Kintore, the Earl of Dunmore, the Earl
of Stair, Viscount Strathallan, Lord Saltoun, Lord
Sinclair, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Blantyre, Lord
Colville, Lord Belhaven, Lord Rollo, and Lord
Polwarth.

Dr. LEE having opened the proceedings with
prayer,

Mr. H. W. INGLIS, Principal Clerk of Session,
read the proclamation appointing the election, and
also a certificate to the effect that the proclamation
had been duly read at the City Cross.

The LORD CLERK REGISTER intimated that Mr.
M'Neill would now call the list of Peers.

Mr. A. M'NEILL, Principal Clerk of Session,
then read the roll of the Peerage of Scotland as it
existed at the Union, commencing with the Prince
of Wales as Duke of Rothesay, and including a
number of extinct, merged, and dormant peerages.
All the Peers present answered to their names,
and when the name of the Earl of Crawford was
called,

Lord BELLHAVEN said I have here a protest by
the Earl of Sutherland against any Earl of Scotland
being called before him. At the same time I hand
in a proxy from the Earl of Sutherland.
Mr. INGLIS read the document handed in by
Lord Belhaven. which 177n51 a. frwm.l protest on the
ge Granville, Earl of S utnerlano,
the vote of any Earl of Scotland being reckoned be-
fore his vote, and claiming precedence over any of
the Earls of Scotland. The protest also contained
a:statement that a similar protest had been made
on behalf of the Earl of Sutherland in 1841.

When the name of Lord Gray was called,

The LORD CLERK REGISTER said he had received
a signed list from Lord Gray, but he regretted that
he could not receive it. Lord Gray had taken the
oath before the Vice-Consul at Dieppe ; but by the
act of 15 and 16th Viet., it was specially directed
that any Peer of Scotland residing abroad must take
the oath before the British Ambassador or Minister
accredited to any foreign Court, or the Secretary
of any such Embassy or Legation. The Vice-Con-
sul not being included in the personages named by
the act, he regretted that his lordship's signed list
could not be received.

The Lord Clerk Register then administered the
oath of allegiance to the Peers, Mr. Inglis reading
the oath, and the Peers all standing as it was read.

The LORD CLERK REGISTER next intimated that
the oath would be sent round for the signature of
each peer, and he requested each peer, while the
oath was going round, to prepare the list of the
peers for whom they were intending to vote.
The votes were then called for by signed lists,
which each peer read in succession and handed to
the clerks. The majority of the lists contained the
names of the 16 peers who represented Scotland in
the House of Lords in the last Parliament, with the
exception that the Earl of Leven and Melville's
name was substituted for that of the Earl of Strath-
more.

In addition to the 24 peers present, there voted
the Earl of Sutherland through Lord Belhaven as
his proxy, and the Earl of Galloway through the
Earl of Selkirk as his proxy.
The following eleven peers also voted by means
of signed lists sent in and duly authenticated ac-
cording to law :—The Duke of Athole, the Earl of
Mar and Kelley, the Earl of Caithness, the Earl of
Airlie, the Earl of Orkney, the Earl of Rosebury,
Viscount Falkland, Viscount Arbuthnot, Lord
Lovat, Lord Torphichen, and Lord Forrester.
The votes having all been recorded,

The LORD CLERK REGISTER said—The votes have
now been summed up, and I have to announce that
the result of the voting has been that the following
sixteen peers have been elected and chosen to sit
and vote in the house of Peers :

No. of Votes.
The Marquis of Tweeddale 37
The Earl of Caithness ... ••• 35
The Earl of Morton •.• •.. ~, 37
The Earl of Home ••• •••
The Earl of Leven and Melville ... ••• 27
The Earl of Haddington ••• •" 37
The had of Airtie ••• "' 37
The Earl of Selkirk 3
The Earl of Orkney ••• 7
Viscount Strathallan ••• ••• ".37
Lord Saltoun ..• ••• ... 37
Lord Gray ..• ••• "' 37
Lord Colville of Oulross -•
... 37
... 37
Lord Blantyre •••
Lord Rollo ... ••• ••• ••• •" 37
Lord Polwarth ••• ••• ••• 37
The LORD CLERK REGISTER, after reading these
names, said.—These sixteen peers having a majority
of votes, I shall return them as the representative
Peers of Scotland. The Earl of Strathmore has
received ten votes, Lord Forbes one vote, and Lord
Elphinstone one vote.
Mr. INdus then read the formal return, which,
according to the usual form, was signed and sealed
in presence of the peers.
The Rev. Dr. CRAWFORD then closed the pro-
ceedings with the benediction.
The High Constables and Guard of Honour of
Holyrood House were in attendance during the
ceremony, and the arrangements for the convenience
of all present at the ceremony, which were made by
the Baillie of Holyrood, Mr. W. B. Hay, were most
complete in every respect, and gave the utmost satis-
faction to all who were present at the election.

The petrified bones of mammoth animals have
recently been found in large numbers near Yorktown, in
the York River. Immense ribs, four inches'in diameter,
and sections of spinal vertebrae, ten inches in diameter, are
among the specimens recently brought to Fortress Monroe
by excurr3iouies to the point named,—Xew York Tribune.