The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-22 00:00:00

le Diable"
Schottishes—" The Princ2ss Royal
and Alice"

- Ketelle.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, visited
and inspected the Chinese junk yesterday.
Lady John Hassell gave a soirie yesterday evening, at
the official residence of Lord John Russell, in Downing-
street. The invitations comprised the members of the
Royal Family, the Diplomatic Corps, and several hun-
dreds of the principal nob►lity and gentry.
At ten o'clock the company began to arrive. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived early,
attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay, Equerry i❑ Waiting.
The distinguished visitors were ushered to the suite
of drawing-rooms which were opened for the occasion,
and were brilliantly illuminated. Among the earlier
arrivals were the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de
Weyer, the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen,
Mons. de Tallenay, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll,
Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. Eastlake, Sir George and Ludy
Grey, Sir Fred, Madden, the Dowager-Duchess of Bed-
ford, Lady Rachel Russell, Sir Henry T. Dc la Beche,
Lord and Lady Lovaine, Earl and Countess of Shel-
burne, Mr. Mulready, Mr. O'Brien, Sir Henry Ellis, the
Ladies Elliot and Mrs. Elliot, the Right Hon. T. B.
Macaulay, Sir C. Trevelyan, Mr. Mitchell, M.P., Mr.
Heywood, Mr. and Mrs. Bernal, Mr. Mangles, the Earl
and Countess of Minto and Lady H. Elliot, Miss Little-
ton, Lady and Miss Adam, Mr. Maclise, R. A., Sir Robert
Adair, Captain Stuart, Mr. D. Stuart, Mr. Westma-
cott, Sir John and Miss Hobhouse, Lord and Lady
Eddisbury, the Countess of Jersey, Lord and Lady
Dalmeny, Hon. Miss Eden, the Countess of Lichfield
and Lady Harriet Anson, Mr. Rice, Mr. and Mrs.
Forster, Mrs. Hawes, and the Earl and Countess of
Sheffield.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen Dowager yesterday.
The Duko of Cambridge paid a visit yesterday to the
Asylum at Chelsea.

The Rev. H. H. Von Dadelazen, Colonial Chaplain of
Kandy, Ceylon, had an interview with Earl Grey on
Tuesday, at the Colonial-office.
A deputation from the Greet London Drainage Com-
pany, consisting of Mr. Robertson, Mr. Taylor, Mr.
Morewood, Mr. Davy, and Mr. Alderman, had an inter-
view with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of
her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Fore3ts, in
Whitehall-place.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
special general meeting yesterday.
Captain Forth and Lieut. Forsyth had interviews yes-
terday with Earl Grey.
A deputation, consisting of Viscount Villiers, M.P.,
Viscount Barrington, M.P., Lord Norreys, M.P., Hon.
Mr. Littleton, M.P., Sir John Pakington, Bart., M.P, ;
Mr. G. G. Harcourt, M.P., Mr. Richard Spooner, M.P
Mr. G. F. Muntz, M.P., Mr. Thomas Thornely, ,
Mr. Rufford, M.Y., Mr. Robert Hollond, M.P., Mr. W.
Mathews, Mr. C. Russell, Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Hunt,
had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. 11. La-
bouchere, Earl Granville, and Sir Edward Ryan, at the
office of the Board of Trade.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial.
office from the Governors of the West India Colonies.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo
nial-office for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope

lIAYMARKET THEATRE.—Her Majesty and Prince
Albert have graciously signified their intention o!
honouring Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean's benefit, on the
3d of July, with their presence.
THE FATALITY OF THE LIVERPOOL ZOOLOGICAL
GARDENS.—THE KEEPER KILLED BY THE ELEPHANT,
AND THE ANIMAL SHOT.-011 Tuesday an inquest was
held before the borough coroner, on view of the body of
Richard Howard, the keeper of the elephant at the
Zoological Gardens. The jury, after hearing the evi-
dence, and after a brief deliberation, returned the follow-
ing verdict :—" We are of opinion that the deceased
came by his death in consequence of having beaten the
elephant unmercifully, thereby causing the animal, in
his fury, to kill him.'

HANOVER-SQUARE 800315.

Madame Sala gave a concert 3 esterday morning, when
she was surrounded by almost all the rank, fa.hion, and
talent in London. Proud, indeed, ought this veteran
favourite of the public to feel to witi.ess such a reunion,
and affected, indeed, we know she was. Every young
talented professor responded to her I &pest, and all
seemed to be anxious to render their old favourite every
assistance in their power. This was one of the most
charming concerts of the season; the programme was
well selected, and every piece was warmly, and in many
instances rapturously, applauded, although there were
very few gentlemen present, the room being crowded to
excess with ladies of high rank and fashion. Our space
unfortunately prevents us from giving a lengthened ac-
count of this delightful matinee; we shall merely notice
the salient points of the concert. The talented little
Kate Loder played a fantasia on the piano that would
have done credit to some of the foreigners that come
here with fine names and inflated reputations. The
fascinating Anna Thillon flew on the wings of friendship
to the dear old beneficiaire, from the rehearsal at the
Princess's, although she had to sing at the theatre in
the evening in the sweet opera, The Crown Diamonds. '
She indeed charmed all hearts in Auber's " Air du
Concert i la Cour;" this is an effective composition from 1
the great variety of the movements. The beautiful '° Motivi
povera Signora " was given by Madame Thillon with
the sweetest naivete and archness, and the last move-
ment with a matchless brilliancy of execution. The great
novelty and attraction of the day was the highly gifted
little violiniste, Rosina Collins; we heard an enthusiastic
amateur (well known as the intimate friend of Paganini),
call her "The Goddess of the Bow," and well does she
merit the appellation,—variety and sweetness of tone,
full, sweet, and perfectly in tune, power and facility of
execution, feather bowing, pathos, and taste, form some of
the excellences of her astonishing performances, which
consisted of "Le Tremolo caprice sur un theme de
Beethoven," by De ;Beriot. On finishing her perform-
ance, applause the most enthusiastic greeted the fair
young virtuosa, and all the professors congratulated her
on her splendid performance. Mr. Sims Reeves was in
full force, and was rapturously encored in a romance by
Mercadante. The Misses Williams charmed everybody
with Walter Maynard's pretty duet, "The Gondoliers."
Miss Nelson sung sweetly a pretty ballad, " Beautiful
Night," and Miss Bassano, Miss Sara Flower, and Mrs.
Weiss contributed their valuable assistance. The con-
cert delighted everybody, and every piece went off
swaitle.h éclat, and to the satisfaction of dear old Madame