The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-12 00:00:00

05E1IMER, CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES, 1861.

Yesterday, by virtue of the Queen's warrant, the
Judges of the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common
Pleas, and Exchequer finally determined, appointed,
and signed the precepts naming the days for open-
ing the ensuing Summer Commissions of Assize of
Oyer and Terminer and general gaol delivery in
and for the several counties, towns, and cities on
which they have been respectively appointed to pro-
ceed and hold such assize throughout England and
Wales. The following are the official days named
and signed by the Judges throughout each circuit,
viz. :

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.
Judges—The Right Hon. Sir W. Erle, Lord Chief Justice
of the Common Pleas, and the Hon. Mr. Justice Wight-
man.
Buckinghamshire—Thursday, July 11, at Aylesbury.
Bedfordshire—Monday, July 15, at Bedford.
Huntingdonshire—Wednesday, July 17, at Huntingdon.
Cambridgeshire—Friday, July 19, at the County Courts
at Cambridge.
Norfolk—Wednesday, July 24, at the Castle at Norwich.
City of Norwich—The same day, at the Guildhall of the
city.
S❑ffolk—Tuesday, July 30, at Ipswich.
Note—Business will commence on July 11 (the C0M1711,5-
sion day) at Aylesbury.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
Judges—The Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Lord
Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, and the Hon. Mr. Justice Willes.
Rutlandshire—Tuesday, July 9, at Oakham.
Northamptonshire—Wednesday, July 10, at North-
ampton.
Leicestershire—Saturday, July 13, at Leicester.
The Borough of Leicester—The same day, at the Guild-
hall of the borough.
Nottinghamshire—Wednesday, July 17, at Nottingham.
Town of Nottinehamr-The same day, at the Guildhall of
Nottingham.
Lincolnshire—Saturday, July 20, at the Castle of Lincoln,.
City of Lincoln—The same day, at the Guildhall of the
city.
Derbyshire—Thursday, July 25, at Derby.
Warwickshire—Tuesday, July 30, at the Castle at War-
wick.

HOME CIRCUIT.
Judges—The Hon. Mr. Justice Williams. and the Hon.
Mr. Justice Blackburn.
Hertfordshire—Thursday, July 11, at Hertford.
Essex—Monday, July 15, at Chel.msferd.
Sussex—Friday, July 19, at Lwes.
Kent—Wednesday, July 24, at Maidstone.
Surrey—Thursday, August 1, at Croydon,.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT,
Judges—The Hon. Mr. Baron Martin. a.nd the Hon. Mr.
Baron Wilde.
Yorkshire—Tuesday, July 9, at the Castle at York.
City of York—The same day, at th-e Guildhall of the city.
Durham—Tuesday, July 23, at TJurham.
Northumberland—Monday, Ju'iy 29, at Newcastle.
Town of Newcastle—The same day, at the Guildhall.
Cumberland—Friday, August 2, at Carlisle.
Westmoreland—Tuesday, August 6, at Appleby.
Northern Division of Lancashire—Wednesday, August
7, at the Castle at Lancaster.
Southern Division of Lancashire—Saturday, August 10,
at Liverpool.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.
Judges—The Hon. Mr. Justice Hill and the Hon. Mr.

Justice Keating.
Berkshire—Monday, July 8, at Abingdon.
Oxfordshire—Wednesday, July 3.0, at Oxford.
Worcestershire—Saturday, July 13, at Worcester.
City of Worcester—The same day, at the Guildhall of
the city.

Staffordshire--Thursday, July 18, at the Castle of
Stafford.
Shropshire—Saturday, July 27, at Shrewsbury.
Herefordshire—Wednesday, July 31, at Hereford.
Monmouthshire—Saturday, August 3, at Monmouth.
Gloucester—Thursday, August 8, at Gloucester.
City of Gloucester—The same day, at the Guildhall of
the city.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Judges—The Hon. Mr. Baron Channell and the Hon. Mr.

Justice Byles.
County of Southampton—Thursday, July 11, at the
Castle at Winchester.
Wiltshire—Wednesday, July 17, at Salisbury.
Dorsetshire—Monday, July 22, at Dorchester.
Devonshire—Thursday, July 25, at the Castle at Exeter.
City of Exeter—The same day, at the Guildhall of the
city,
Cornwall—Thursday, August 1,-at Bodmin.
Somersetshire—Tuesday, August 6, at Wells.
City of Bristol—Saturday, August 10, at the Guildhall
of Bristol.
Note—/Visi Peius cases only will be tried at Bristol, over
which Mr. Justice Byles will preside.

SOUTH WALES AND PRINCIPALITY OF
CHESTER CIRCUIT.
Judge—The Hon. Mr. Justice Crompton, who will, after
proceeding through South Wales, join Mr. Baron Bram-
well, and conjointly hold the Assize of the County and
City of the Principality of Chester.
Cardiganshire—Monday, July 8, at Cardigan.
Pembrokeshire—Thursday, July 11, at Haverfordwest.
Town of Haverfordwest—The same day, at the same
place.
Carmarthenshire—Tuesday, July 16, at Carmarthen.
Glamorgan hire—Friday, July 19, at Cardiff.
Brecknockshire—Monday, July 29, at Brecon.
Radnorshire—Tuesday, August 1, at Presteigrt.
Cheshire—Saturday, August 3, at the Castle at Chester,
City of Chester—The same day, at the Guildhall of the
city.
NORTH WALES AND THE PRINCIPALITY OF
CHESTER CIRCUIT.
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Judge—The Hon. Mr. Baron Bramwell, who joins Mr.
Justice Crompton at Chester.
Montgomeryshire—Monday,merionethsrevirdnesd ay, July 18, at Dolgelly.
Carnarvonshire—Monday, July 15, at Newton.
July 22, at Carnarvon.
Anglesey—Thursday, July'2s, at Beaumaris.
Denbighshire—Monday, July 29, at Ruthin.
Flintshire—Thursday, August 1, at Mold.
Cheshire—Saturday, August 3, at the Castle at Chester.
City of Chester—The same day, at the Guildhall.

Vacation Judge—The Hon. Sir A. Cockburn, Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, will remain
in town as Vacation Judge.

THE VACANCY IN THE COUNCIL OF

INDIA.

In the course of his speech on the proposed abo-
lition of the exclusive privileges of the Covenanted
Civil Service of India, Sir C. Wood gave authori-
tative confirmation to a report which bad been
floating about for some days before, to the effect
that Col. Durand had been requested by the Go-
vernor-General to accept the office of Secretary in
the Foreign Department, and that he would accept
it when enabled to do so by the provisions ol the
new bill. This arrangement will make a vacancy
in the Council of India. We believe that Colonel
Durand was elected by the Council, and that, t'here-
f'ore, the vacancy occasioned by the transfer o 1 this
officer to the Indian Executive will be filled •up in
the same manner. With respect to the question of
succession, we are not in a position to speculate,
with any sort of confidence, with respect to
,be the
selection to be made by the 14 remaining mero
But it would appear to be at least probable th'-et an
Ou:tram.
offer of the seat may be made to Sir James
Such a tribute of respect would be equally hcrnour-
rs.
able to him and to the Indian Council; and wo need
scarcely say that should, as we hope, Sir ,Fames
Outram's health admit of his taking office, the
arrangement will be extremely advantageous 'to the
public service. Though Colonel Durand is 'to be
the new Indian Secretary, in the foreign or poli-
tical department, his real strength is in the' mili-
tary department, and there Outram's knowledge
and experience would be of the greatest smvice.
We have heard with much gratification that the
last accounts of Sir James's health are of a f avour-
and strength.. able character, and that an eminent German physi-
cianhas
health consulted gives good hope of his
restoration
In-
deed, we have a lively hope of seeing him, before
long, sitting in the Indian Council. He is one of
those men upon whom work acts as a tonic ; and
when he is once so far recovered
whom
to permanent
as to enable= him
to take that strengthening
medicine, we feel aa sured
that his progress will be rapid and his recovery
abiding.— Overland Mail. -

BURGLARY AND MURDER AT KINGSWOOD, NEAR
EPSOM.—A dreadful murder was committed on Mon-day
night at the house of the Rev. Mr. Taylor, Kingswood.
The rev. gentleman and his family were on a visit to
Chertsey, leaving an elderly female named Holliday to take
charge of the house, as she had done on several occasions.
The fellows got on the roof of an outhouse joining the house,
and smashed the bedroom window where the unfortunate
woman lived. It seems probable that the noise awoke the
woman, and that she gave an alarm. The wretches, it is
supposed, then dragged her out of bed, and along to the
foot of the bed, as there is a streak of blood along the :floor.
They then violently thrust part of an old stocking into her
mouth se forcibly that her tongue was pushed back to the
top of her throat. Her husband (who is lodgekeeper to T.
Alcock, Esq., M.P.) had left her a little after six on the
previous evening, and on going the next morning found
his poor wife lying dead on the floor. The police are mak-
ing active exertions to apprehend the perpetrators of this
foul deed.