The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-01 00:00:00

PARTE SECONDA.

Kruges Marsch—(Athalie) . Mendelssohn.
Aria Napolitana—Signor Lablache.
Fantasia, violin—M. Sainton Sainton.

)." Der Neugierige,"
Lieder " Der Muller and der Bach," Schubert.
Mademoiselle Lind........
Mrs. Anderson presided at the pianoforte.
Her Majesty's private band attended under the direc-
tion of Mr. Anderson.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and Prince George, and their Imperial Highnesses Prince
Peter and the Princess of Oldenburgb, visited her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough
House.

A deputation from the parochial schoolmasters of
Scotland had an interview yesterday with the Lord Pre-
sident of the Council and the Earl of Minto, at the Privy
Council-office, with reference to the recent minutes of
the Committee of Council on Education.

Mr. W. Sandom and a deputation from Deptford, re-
specting the Health of Towns Bill, had an interview with
Lord Morpeth yesterday, at the office of the Commis-
sioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place.
Captain Denham, RN., had an interview with the
Earl of Clarendon on Tuesday.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo-
nial-office for the Governors of New South Wales and
South Australia.

Lord John Russell had a Parliamentary dinner-party
last evening, at his residence in Chesham -place.

The Astronomer Royal and Mr. Airy had an inter-
view with the Right Hon. E. Strutt on Tuesday, at the
office of the Commissioners of Railways in Great George-
street.

The Chevalier Bunsen, Prime Minister, had an inter-
view with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the
Foreign-office.
Colonel Brereton, C. 8., has arrived in town from
Canton, and had yesterday an interview with Earl Grey
at the Colonial-office.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Cornmon,.)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30.
HOLYHEAD HARBOUR BILL.

Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question
proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"
Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That"
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this
House will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into thq
said Committee," instead thereof :—Question put, " ThaLthe
words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."
The House divided:—

MAJORITY—AYES, 83.
Adderley, C. B. Duncombe, A. Paget, Colonel
Aldam, W. Fitzroy, Henry Palmerston, Vis.
Anson, Colonel Frewen, C. 11. Parker, John
Archdall, Captain Fuller, A. E• Perfect, Robert
Baine, Walter Gibson, T. M. Plumridge, Captain
Barrington, Viscount Gore, Robert Powlett, Lord W.
Bellew, R. M. Greene, Thomas Rashleigh, W.
Bennet, Philip Hamilton, G. A. Rolleston, Colonel
Bentinck, Lord G. nestle, Archibald Romilly, John
Berkeley, Captain Hawes, B. Round, J.
Bodkin, W. H. Howard, P. 11, Russell, Lord J.
Boldero, H. G. Hudson, George Rutherford, A.
Borthwick, Peter Butt, William Shell, R. L.
Bowring, Dr. Jolliffe, sir W. H. Somerville, Sir W.
Bramston, T. W Lawless, Cecil Sotheron, T. H. S.
Bretherton, J. Layard, Captain Spooner, H.
Brown, W. Lennox, Lord G. H. Stanley, 0.
Burke, T. J. Lindsay, Colonel Stansfleld, W. R.
Byng, G. S. Marshall, W. Strutt, Edward
Callaghan, D. Maule, Fox ! Taylor, E.
Carew, W. 11. Pole Mitchell, T. A. Tovrnely, John
Corry, Henry Moffatt, George Ward, H. G.
Courtenay, Lord Monahan, J. 11. Wcdehouse, E.
Craig, W. G. Mostyn, E. M. Wood. Sir Charles
Cripps, W. Neeld, Joseph Yorke, Henry R.
Dalrymple, Captain Norreys, Lord
D'Eyncourt, C. T. O'Brien, A. Stafford
Dodd, George O'Brien, Joha
Duckworth, Sir J. Ogle, S. C.

TELLERS.
Tufnell. H.

liilL Lord M.

MINORITY-NOES, 2.
Collett, John TELLERS. Wakley, Thomas
Hume, Joseph Williams, W.

THE PRESIDENT STEAM• NEAR
ST. COLUNB, CORNWALL, JUNE 29.—A bottle was
picked up by one of the coast guard officers at Mawgan
Porth, North Cornwall, with a small bit of paper in it,
with the folio sing inscription on it:—" The ship Pre-
sident is just lost, Nov. 10." It appears to have been in
the water a long time. It was found on Friday last,
about eight in the evening.—From. a Correspondent.
THE SCOTTISH HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday, at One
o'clock, a quarterly Court of the Governors of the Scot-
tish Hospital was held at the hall of the corporation,
Crane-court, Fleet-street, Dr. Webster in the chair, to
receive a report of the distribution of the funds of the
institution for the quarter, and on other business. Major
Adair, the Secretary, read the report, from which it ap-
peared that the sum of 6591. ss. had been given to desti-
tute Scottish persons, and that after paying the necessary
expenses there was a balance in hand of 4701. I ls. The
receipts, which amounted to 1,3281. 19s. 7d., included
615/. 3s. interest on stock, 3111. 4s. donations, 901.
legacies, 80/. 17s. annual subscriptions, and 2301. 15s. 7d.
last year's balance. The report was received, when
thanks were voted to the secretary for the presentation
of the portrait of the Duke of Sutherland, which was hung
up in the court. The other business was gone through
and the court separated.

Wanted, a few party cries for the approaching
general election. Persons possessing any of the above
articles, either new ones or old, if in good condition, and
not too much used, will meet with an immediate sale for
them by applying at Westminster, to the door-keepers,
of the H. of C. N.B. Separate entrances for parties
with Whig and Tory cries. A quantity of old cries to
be disposed of.—Puncit.

DEATH OF SIR HENRY ASKEW.—This gallant offi-
cer, who was in action at Waterloo, died a few days ago
at Cologne. He entered the service in the Ist Foot
Guards in June, 1793; he was appointed Colonel in the
army in June, 1814, and second Major in the Ist Guards
in July the same year. He served in the campaigns in
Holland and Flanders from July, 1794, to May, 1795;
in Sicily and the Mediterranean from September, 1806,
to July, 1807; in the Walcheren expedition in 1809; in
Spain and Portugal and the south of France from Sep-
tember, 1812, to July, 1814; in Flanders and Fraud,
from September, 1814, to the close of the war, and was
wounded at Quatre Bras on the 16th June. General
Askew had the Order of the Bath, and were a medal for
the battle of the Nive, where he commanded the Ist bat-
talion of his regiment. The date of his last commission
that of Lieutenant-General, was January, 1837.
DEATH OF THE ELEPHANT AT THE SURREY GAR-
DENS.—On Tuesday morning, at seven o'clock, the
female elephant, so long a favourite with the visitors of
the Surrey Gardens, expired, after a comparatively short
illness. Yesterday the body was opened and carefully
inflammationt l a last long
examined in the presence of several medical and scientific
entl y
thata n
the gentlemen, by Mr. Spooner, and the cause of death was
e
anda and
severe diseasewinter of th
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s se
rlungs.seriously
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appearsvid
affected the constitution of these animals as it has those
of human beings, and the consequence to Mr. Tyler has
been very serious. Within the last ten days he lost a
lion, for which he had been offered 300 guineas, and a
short time ago he could have got 700 guineas for the
elephant whose death is above recorded.
Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India
House for the election of a director, in the room of
Major. General Arehibald Robertson, deceased. At x
o'clock the glasses were closed and delivered to the scru-
tineers, who reported that the election bad fallen on Mr.
William Joseph Eastwick.
JEnsuy.—Sir Charles Ogle, Commander-in-Chief
of the Portsmouth station, arrived here on Sunday after-
noon, and on Monday proceeded on a general inspection
of the island. He left about nine o'clock this day for
Guernsey, proceeding thence to England.—Jersey Times
of Tuesday,