The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-27 00:00:00

HAT mcamic.wrs.

SDIITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 3/ 15s ; Clover
ditto, 41 to 41 15s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 lOs per load.
Supply but moderate, and trade dull.
CUDIBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 16s; Clover
ditto, 41 to 41 12s; and Straw, 117 s to 11 Ils per load.
Trade heavy, at barely late rates.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3115 s ; Clover
ditto, 41 to 41 16s; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ lOs per load.
Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations.

COAL MARK E'
Chester Main l3s 3d
Davison's West Hartley 14s Od
Hasting's Hartley l4s Od
Holywell Main
New Tanfield l2s Gd
North Percy Hartley l3s 6d
Ord's Redheugh
Richardson's Hartley 12s 6d
Ravensworth's Pelaw. 13s Od
Tanfield Moor
Townley l3s Od
Walker's Primrose
Wylam l3s 6d
West Hartley
Wall's End, &c _

T.—YESTERDAY.
Eden Main lss Od
Lambton Primrose
Belmont lss Od
Bell
Hetton
,Lambton
Russell's Hetton
Hudson's Hartlepool l4, 6d
Kelloe lss Od
Seymour Tees
Tees
West Hetton l4s Od
West Cornforth .. l3s 6d
Cowpan Hartley
DerwentwaterHartley 13s 9d
Howard's W. H. Neth l4s Od
Hartley'
Raint on Coke 163 Od
Ships at market 130.

Brown's Gas
Bensham
Framwell Gate ...... 13s 6d
Hedley
Killingworth l4s Od

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
THE QUEEN V. ST. MARY NEWINGTON.

Mr. Justice COLERIDGE gave the judgment of the
Court in this case. It was an application for a writ of
mandamus calling upon the churchwardens and other
local authorities to show cause why they should not
summon a vestry for the election of twelve governors of
the poor, the previous election having been declared in-
formal, inasmuch as it was effected by a show of hands
instead of poll.—Rule made absolute.

INSPECTION of the HOUSEHOLD
TROOPS—(THIS DAY.)
This day being appointed for the celebration of her
Majesty's birthday, the annual military inspection of the
household troops took place on the parade in front of
the Horse Guards, in St. James's-park. Shortly after
nine o'clock the whole of the disposable force of the five
battalions of Foot Guards quartered in the metropolis
arrived, and the ground to be occupied having been pre-
viously marked out by the Brigade Major and the Adj u-
tants of the several battalions, the troops took up their
position as follows :—The Ist and 3d battalions of the
Grenadiers, flanked by the troops appointed for duty at
Buckingham and St. James's Palaces, on the right ; the
Ist battalion of Coldstream Guards occupied the centre,
and the Ist and 2d battalions of the Scots Fusilier
Guards on the left ; the guard of honour consisting of a
squadron of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, and the
bands of the battalions present were posted on the ex-
treme right, the troops wearing their new clothing, and
forming three sides of a square. The view from the
Horse Guards was most brilliant. The ground was
kept by 450 men, ninety having been furnished by each
battalion for the purpose. The number of rank and
file present amounted to nearly 1,400, under the im-
mediate command of Colonel Berkeley Drummond, of
the Coldstream Guards. Shortly after ten o'clock his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Dukes of Cambridge
and Wellington, Marquis of Anglesey, and the Marquis of
Londonderry, accompanied by a numerous and brilliant
staff, arrived, and were received by the troops present-
ing arms, the bands playing the National Anthem. The
troops having formed into double open order, were mi-
nutely inspected by the general officer, when the line
formed divisions by the right, and marched past in slow
and quick time. The line having been again formed,
and some minor evolutions gone through, another gene-
ral salute was given, when the illustrious party and
general officers left the ground, and the troops were
marched to their respective quarters.

BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST
RALWAY.-(THIS DAY.)

The adjourned meeting of this company-was held this
day, at twelve o'clock, at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of declaring the poll, and the transaction of
other business.

The CHAIRMAN declared the state of the poll to be as
follows:—In favour of the company subscribing a portion
of its capital to the maintenance of steam-boats, present
641, proxies 1,009; capital represented 1,673,6691. For
the amendment, against any such devotion of the
capital, present 167, proxies 60; capital represented
420,4491. He therefore declared that the original pro
position was carried. The majority of stock in favour
of the directors' proposition thus represented was
1,253,320/.
The drafts of the following Bills, after much discus-
sion, and some little opposition, were agreed to:—
" A Bill for extending some of the periods limited by
the Acts relating to the London-bridge Station; for
making an alteration in the New Cross Station; for en-
abling the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
Company to subscribe to the maintenance of steam-
boats; and for amending and enlarging the powers and
provisions of the several Acts relating to such com-
"
pany.
" A Bill to amend and enlarge the powers of the Acts
relating to the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway
Company, and to enable such company to effect certain
arrangements with the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company."
A special meeting was held at two o'clock, at which
the conversion of a portion of the mortgage debt of the
company into capital, to the extent of 461,8551., being
the tenth part of the share capital of the company, was
agreed to. The meeting then seperated.

RAILWAY RETURNS
RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of: Rail-
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year :

i 11
Last E.' 1g g
Week ....
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. . b...,
'''
0 1:0
0 a
---
x x
May - Aberdeen .. ••••.•••• • • • • • • • • • •• • " - -
- Amiens and Boulogne .••-••• • - • • • • - b2ll
- Arbroath and Forfar •••••••• • • • .. • • - -
21 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • • • • • 674 690
20 Caledonian. • • • • • • 3,975 -
20 Chester and llolyhead. ••..••.• • • • • • • 647 -
20 Cockermouth and Workington..... •• . 144 -
IS Dublin and Drogheda ••• • • • ••••• • • • • 839 865
23 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • •• 965 914
- Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen .••• • • - - 322
21 East Anglian.... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 512 -
20 Edinburgh and Glasgow •.•••• • • • • • • 3,777 3,500
20 Edlnbnrgh and Northern •••• • • • • .... 1,618 -
21 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 14,201 13,525
20 East Lancashire •• • • .... •.•.•• • • • • • • 990 561
14 Eastern Union •••.••• • • • • • . 1,109 554
- Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge... - -
20 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .•• • • . 2,114 2,511
20 Glasgow and Greenock. ••••• • • • - .... 1,128 1,174
20 Great Southern and Western •••• • • .. 2,395 1,510
21 Great 'Western, &c •.••••••• • • • • • • • .. 20,941 21,826
20 Kendal and Windermere...... ••• - • • 162 -
20 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. ••••• • • • • • 9,276 9,162
19 Lancaster and Carlisle •••• • • • • ...... 1,855 1,178
- Leeds and Thirsk- ..... ••••..•• • • • • - -
20 Londonderry and Enniskillen. ..... .. 128 87
21 London and North Western, &c
21 London and Blackwall.• •••••• • • • • • • 1,059 1,296
20 London and Brighton .•••••• • • • • • . - 8,527 11,772
21 London and South Western . ..... •• • 8,629 9,683
20 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 2,671 2,126
21 Maryport and Carlisle .. •••••• • • • • - 532 710
20 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham 21,198 20,586
21 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• • • -
Newmarket
-
20 Newcastle and Carlisln• ••• • •
- Norfolk .......... .•••.•••• • • • • • • • • • - . 1,935
20 North British .. •••:••••• • • • • • • • • •
13 Paris and Rouen. •.•• • • • ... ••• • • •
13 Rouen and Havre ...... •••• •• • •
- Scottish Central . - -
2l Shrewsbury and Chester
20 South Eastern and Branches -• • .... 8,422 8,275
19 South Devon - - .... . .............. 1,564 1,150
20 Taff Vale ..................
21 Ulster . ......... ..... .............. 853 896
21 Whitehaven Junction ...... ...... ... 185 157
- Wishaw and Coltness ..... ••••• • •• • • - -
20 York and Newcastle . ........
20 York and No••th Midland ...

THE EXPLOSION AT THE CRANBOURNE TAVERN.
—The explosion which occurred at the Cranbourne
Tavern, Great Newport-street, Soho, briefly noticed in
this journal of yesterday, was attended with far more
disastrous consequences than was at first expected.
Mrs. Parker, the unfortunate landlady of the house, and
also the servant maid, are both so much burned and 'Alter-
wise injured, that their death is hourly expected. The
house, it appeared, had been recently licensed, and was
just finished, but not opened for business. The family,
however, had taken up their abode there. On Thursday
night, in consequence of a strong smell of gas being
experienced, Mrs. Parker entered the bar with a lighted
candlo, and having stood on a chair, she was about to
examine the chandeliers to see whether the burners were
properly turned off or not; she had, however, barely
lifted the candle above her head when the explosion
occurred.