The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-20 00:00:00

ARKET.

the close of the market
Nulls End.
9
Eden 14 a
Acorn Close .. 14
Ritson
v
Byron.. l4 o
K elloe
South Kelloo., 15
Hunwick l3 0
if ramwellgate l4 7:
Cassop 15 I'o
Whitworth, ...... l4 ,
Hetton
6
Haswell
.........16
;t, 61; sold, 29.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR CASTLE, ....MAncir 19.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and Poly.
cess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon.
Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood attended on horseback.
The Earl of Clarendon arrived at the Castle yesterdays
and returned to London to-day.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left London yesterd4
for Windsor Castle.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial..office
from the Governors of the Australian Colonies, the North
American Provinces, Ceylon, and Bermuda. Despatches
were sent to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, the Alan,
ritius, Hong Kong, and Labuan.

THE SPECIAL SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S.—The
following is the list of preachers appointed by the Bishop of
London for the concluding special services at St. Paul's t"'"
March 23, the Rev. E. Bayley, rector of St. George's,
Bloomsbury ; March 30, the Rev. T. Dale, Canon nesidetr
tiary of St. Paul's; April 6, the Rev. W. C. Magee, D,D.t
rector of Enniskillen; April 13, the Very Rev. Dr. Hook,
Dean of Chichester; April 20, Easter Sunday, the Riglit
Rev. the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.
HANDEL FESTIVAL.--A meeting
members of the Handel Festival London Choir will be /013
at Exeter-hall to• morrow evening. The choruses from
Handel's oratorio " Solomon" will be rehearsed, a selection
of the most favourite of which, it is understood, forma
feature on the second day at the forthcoming Handel
Festival. of the 1,600

OPENING OF THEATRES IN PASSION WEEI
Yesterday afternoon a deputation of noblemen, gentlemen/
and clergymen waited upon the Lord Chamberlain, for tile'
purpose of presenting a memorial, praying hir4 to withdriai
his permission recently granted, allowing all theatres uncler
his control to remain open for theatrical entertainment!
during Passion-week. The Lord Chamberlain said OP
he could not promise to withdraw the permission, as it had,
been now given, but between this and next year he, W°lll
take the subject into consideration.
MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesferday the Lady A.N,tore''
issued invitations to a juvenile ball on the evening of Thnr3-
day, the 24th of April, in Easter-week, at the Mansiwil-
house. This entertainment was originally intended to llnc°
been given early in the new year, but was ind,finitelY Post-
poned in consideration of the death of the Prince Consort.
An inquest was held Gn Tuesday at the residence
of the Right Hon. Lord Reay, at Plymouth, on his I°rd;
ship's daughter, the Hon. Clara Mackay, who cortunittea
suicide by throwing herself out of a window, on the pre-
vious day. It appeared from the evidence that the „info
tunate deceased had for some time past been in a v'rl
melancholy and desponding state, and the jury returned
!t
verdict that the deceased committed suicide while in 3 VI

of temporary insanity.
The Leeds _Mercury states, with reference to at
Wakefield election petition, that the " Conservatives Pro-
claim that even if Sir John Hay should be unseated, Mr.
Smethurst will not be allowed to enter Parliament, for 0309
will present a counter petition.