The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-17 00:00:00

HAY

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 5s to 16 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Trade slow.

CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 15s; clove;
£5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load.
A fair demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 5s to £7 Os Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Trade heavy.

ANOTHER ROYAL AUTHOR.—The Crown Prince
of Prussia is engaged in writing a history of the Electoral
Princes of Brandenburg.
SUICIDE BY LEAPING FROM A HOUSETOP.—On
Thursday an inquest was held at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital on the body of Mrs. Childs. Last Friday week the
deceased, who had lately complained of pains in her head,
and was strange in her manner, ran up to the attics of her
house, and before her friends, who were alarmed at her
proceedings, could interfere, threw herself from the win-
dow into the street below with fearful force. She sustained
compound fracture of both thighs, both arms wero broken
above the elbow, and her head and foot were damaged.
Strange to say she lived until Wednesday evening, when
she died from her injuries. Before she expired she said, "I
thought there was no harm in doing it." She was evidently
in an unsound state of mind. The jury returned a verdict
of suicide while in a state of temporary insanity.
WHEN FIRST UNDER FIRE.—I had almost for-
gotten the errand we were bound on, when, after
an hour's marching, I was suddenly reminded of it by a
distant boom, instantly followed by the crash of a large
howitzer shell bursting over our heads. The enemy had
caught sight of the head of our column, and opened a rapid
fire from several howitzers, previously placed in position
to receive us. As rapidly as it could bo done the column
was deployed into line, the men running up over the
broken ground to their places in lino as best they could.
There was no time to think now. The enemy's guns were
telling on us already, and must be captured. The country
was level 'and well wooded. Being a little in rear of the
line, all I could see at first was our own men advancing at
an easy run, and a very broken irregular line they were—
looking very different from what they would have looked
at Aldershot. The enemy's shot and shell in the mean-
time were ploughing up the ground all about us.
The roar of a round shot as it passes is a most un-
pleasant sound. There is a fierceness in it which is very
suggestive, and one feels at first an almost irrepressible in-
clination to duck to it. All young soldiers do so. In a
rapid advance such as we were making there is not time
for much thought, but it struck me at once that 1 felt no
fear. I was conscious of a fierce excitement urging me on.
I was surprised, too, at noticing how little effect such a
cannonade had in thinning our ranks. I positively saw no
one in the act of falling, and in a very few minutes I had
acquired a sort of confidence in my good fortune—a feeling
that it could not be so very dangerous after all, and that I
should probably come out unharmed.—Deekenis "All the
Year Round."

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HER MAJESTY.

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OSBORNE, Friday.
Her Majesty walked out yesterday morning, and
drove in the afternoon with Princess Louise, at-
tended by the Duchess of Roxburghe.
The Queen held a Council to-day, which 108
attended by the Earl De Grey and Ripon, the Earl
of Bessborough, and the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood.
Previous to the Council, Sir C. Wood had an
audience of her Majesty, and resigned the seals as
Secretary of State for India.

Earl De Grey had also an audience, and resigned
the seals as Secretary of State for War.
The 'Marquis of Hartington was introduced and
sworn in a member of the Privy Council.
Her Majesty then delivered the seals of the India
Department to Earl De Grey and Ripon, and the
seals of the War Department to the Marquis °f
Hartington.
Lord Hartington had an audience of the Queen.
Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council.