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

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s , clover, £3
lOs to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s Od per load.
A fair demand.

CUMBERLAND.--Mea4ow hay, £2 5s to £4 168; clover
£3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 18s per load-
Trade dull.

HITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 03 to £4 15s; clove
£3 lOs to £5 17s ; and straw, fir 8s to £1 ]6s per load.
Supply good.

COAL Al.
;Feces of Coal per Ton at
a. d.

ARK ET.
the close of the market

Walls.,Enn.
s: d.
Byass's.Bebside West
Hartley ....15 3 Eden
Wylam • , ..14 9 &corn Close ..14
Holywell 14 6 Ritson . l3 K
t'anfield Moot 'Mites-12 0 Byron .. ... 14 v
GrefsWest Hartley..l4 9 Katie° .15 9
North Felton.. 12 0 South Kelloe. 15 6
West Riding Hartley 14 0 Hunwick
Framwellgate l4
Walls Encl. Cassop :l5 6
Trimdon Hartlepool...l6 0 Whitworth l4 0
Trimdon Thornley....l3 6 Hetton .. l6 6
Stewart's... l6 0 Haswell

Ships at market, 61; sold, 29.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 19.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and Frill"
cess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon.
Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood attended on horseback.
The Earl of Clarendon arrived at the Castle yesterdaYr
and returned to London to-day.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left London yes
terail
for Windsor Castle.
Despatches were-received yesislrday 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 2dAtt-
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
March 23, the Itev. E. Bayley, rector of St. George's,
Bloomsbury; March 30, the Rev. T. Dale, Canou Resideu.-
tiary of St. Paul's ; April 6, the Rev. W. C. Magee, D.P.,
rector of Enniskillen ; April 13, the Very Rev. Dr. 1-{oOJCI
Dean of Chichester; April 20, Easter Sunday, the RallOt
Key. the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.
HANDEL FESTIVAL.—A meeting of the 1,60
members of the Handel Festival London Choir will be held
at Exeter-hall to-morrow evening. The choruses foul
Handel's oratorio " Solomon" will be rehearsed, a selecti.o
of the most favourite of which, it is understood, will forru.
feature on the second day at the forthcoming Handel-
Festival
OPENING OF THEATRES IN PASSION WEBS."'"
Yesterday afternoon a deputation of noblemen, gentleraellr
and clergymen waited upon the Lord Chamberlain, for to
_e
purpose of presenting a memorial, praying him to withdtto'l
his permissiOn recently granted, allowing all theatres under
his control to remain open for theatrical entertaintneotto
during Passion-week. The Lord Chamberlain said th%
he could not promise to withdraw the permission, as it
been now given, but between this and next year he vi'o9°.

take the subject into consideration.
MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday the Lady Mayores°
issued invitations to a juvenile ball on the evening of Thlirs-
day, the 24th of April, in Easter-week, at the Mans 1911;
house. This entertainment was originally intended to Wt.,-
been' given early in the new year, but was ind- finitely Fes-
poned in consideration of the death of the Prince Con'
An inquest was held Gn Tuesday at the reside
of the Right Hon. Lord Reay, at Plymouth, on his lord.:
ship's daughter, the Hon. Clara Mackay, who conunitted
suicide by throwing herself out of a window, on the Pre-
vious day. It appeared from the evidence that the tinter
)tunate deceased had for some time past been in a yen/
melancholy and desponding state, and the jury returned at,
verdict that the deceased committed suicide while in a
fit
of temporary insanity.
The Leeds Mercury states, with reference to
th.
Wakefield election petition, that the " Conservatives Pro-
claim that even if Sir John Hay should be unseated, Alf'
Smethurst will not be allowed to enter Parliament, for tbei
will present a gottuter petition.