The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-31 00:00:00

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SPRING CIRCUITS.
The Judges appointed to proceed on the several olr•
cuits at the ensuing Spring Assizes have appointed the
days for holding the assize for the several counties on
Unit- respective ciuttits (the Western and Oxford were
inserted in our columns yesterday.).
;MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
• (Judges, lho Right lion. Sir N. C. Tindal, Knight., Lord
(,mhatife.J)ustice of the Common Pleas, and Mr. Justice
Lincolnshire,
ssladtrien.,(Nial37.Alaryar,c'Alliasr:all',inteNolonr:hampton.
Rutlandshire, Friday, March 7, at Oskham.
City of Lincoln, same day.
' . Nottingbarnshire, Thursday, March 13, at Nottinglium•
Town of Nottingham, stune day.
i Derbyshire, Monday, March 17, at Derby.
Leicestershire, Saturday, March 22, Leiceq,er.
1 Borough of Leicester, same day.
WATIWICKSIIIRE.
Coventry D:visi bn, Wednesday, March 26, at -
Co-
ventry.
Warwiek Division, Saturday, March 29, at. Warwick.
N(►RL I WALKS CIRCUIT.
(.Tudge, Mr. Justice \Williams, a ho will join Mr. Judee
Cresswell at Chester, on the 29th of March.)
Montgomeryshire, Saturday, March S, at Welchpool.
Alerionethshire, Thurday, March 13, at B9la.
Carnarvonshire, Saturday, March 1,5. at Carnarvon.
Aziglesea, Wednesday, March 19, :It. Beanmaris.
Denbighshire, Saturday, March 22, at. Rio hii).
Min tshire, Pi iday, March 2S, at Multi.
Cheshire, Saturday, March 28, at Chester.
City of Chester, same day.
SOUTII \VALES.
(Judge, Mr. Justice Cresswell, to meet Mr. :limb* Wit-

hams, at Chester.)

Glamorganshire, Feb. 27, at Swansea.
Pembrokeshire, March 8, at I faverfordwest.
Cardiganshire, March 12, at Cardigan.
Carmarthenshire, March 15, at Carmarthen.
Brecknockshire, March 22, at Brecon.Radnorshire, Brch 26, at Presteign.
Cheshire and City of Chester, March 29, at Chester.
. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.
Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Baron Parke, who proceed
on this Circuit, have appointed—
Buckinghamshire, March 10, at Aylesbury.
Bedfordshire, March 15, at Bedford.
Huntingdonshire, March 19, at Huntingdon.
Cambridgeshire, March .20, at the County Courts, Cam-
bridge.

(tin of Good Friday falling on the 21st, no
business will be done either on Crown or Civil side until
the 22d.)
Suffolk, March 27, at Bury St. Edmund's.
Norfolk, April 2, at the Castle of Norwich.
City of Norwich, same day, at the Guildhall.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
(Judges, Mr. Justice Coltman and Mr. Justice Wightman.)
Lancashire (Northern Division), Feb. 17, at Lancaster.
Westmoreland, Feb. 20, at Appleby.
Cumberland, Feb. 22, at Carlisle.
Northumberland, Feb. 26, at Newcastle.
Durham, March 3, at Durham.
Yorkshire, March 8, at York.
City of York, same day.
Lancashire (Southern Division), March 22, at Liwr-
pool.

CIRCUIT.
(Judges, the RightHOME Hon. Lord Denman and the Right
lion Mr. Baron Alderson.)
The days on this Circuit fur holding the Assizes have
not yet been finally appointed.

PRACTICAL OVERT HRO W OF
THE COAL MONOPOLY.
That which Legislators and Lord Mayor., 801
disuat Philosophes and Philanthropists have long la-
boured for in vain, is about being accomplished by
the most simple and natural means. The efforts
of a former Lord Mayor of London (Alderman
Wilson), assisted by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Bishop of London, Sir Francis Burdett, Mr.
Joseph Hume, and a numerous host of other public
men, lay and clerical, Whig and Tory, with the
giant power of the Jupiters of the Public Press,
could effect nothing. The great principles of sup-
ply and demand, price and quality, must triumph
in the long run; but at that period people dis-
covered that though they might demand, they could
not be supplied with the best coal, save by the mono-
polists, and that reduction in price was more than
counterbalanced by rubbish in quality. All this will
soon be changed. That which could not be effected
by Bishops, will be accomplished by Vicars* (our
readers will pardon the pun). The projected railway
of our energetic townsman, called the " Lincoln,
York, and Leeds," and further christened by a dis-
tinguished nobleman " The Direct and Independent
Railway," and which, moreover, we observe by the
Times and other journals, has been so well received
by the public as to command an immediate premium,
is to have a branch line to Goole, opening a
direct communication both north and south with
Lord Fitzwilliam's immense field of the celebrated
Elsecar coal—" black diamond" that do not burn
white. This coal, which is considered by practical
men to be equal to the " Wallsend" of Durham and
Northumberland, can be delivered in London and
many other places at little more than half the
prices at present extorted from the shivering
Cockneys. The supply is enormous, and w ill last for
centuries, without the necessity of sinking deep "into
the bowels of the earth," as the more northern coal-
owners are compelled to do. Hence the traffic on
the new line will be immense, while the transit will
not be less so, seeing that the Lincoln, York, and
Leeds Railway, with its Goole branch, will commu-
nicate with Sheffield and Manchester, London and
Leeds, the " North Midland," " Midland Coun-
ties," and " Birmingham Railways," forming the
best communication from North to South, and the
most desirable route between all the great manu-
facturing districts. Having those advantages, in
addition to a nearly level line of country, with no
engineering difficulties, and of consequence great
economy of outlay, there is little wonder that such
shrewd and practical men as the Earl Fitzwilliam,
the Vice-Chancellor of England, the Vice-Chancellor
of the University of Cambridge, the Mayor of Cam-
bridge, his civic brethren of Ripon and Pontefract,
and even the " unaccountable" Lord Mayor of Lon-
don (to whom no one denies the possession of suffi-
cient shrewdness), have publicly, and by position,
connected themselves with these railways. It seems
to us, from the late period at which " the London,
York, and Leeds line," with its important branches,
has made its appearance, and been so eagerly snapped
up, as to be at a premium the very first day, that te
Scotchman's definition of a feast may he applied to
the shoal of railway projects, " the best's aye the
hindermost."—Sheffield Iris.
* Alderman W. Vickers, of Sheffield and London,
founder of the Cambridge and Lincoln, and Lincoln,
Leeds, and York lines of Railway.

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—
Yesterday morning an accident occurred upon this line
of railway that will probably be attended with a fatal
result. A goods train left Paddington at half-past four
o'clock in the morning, and stopped at the West London
junction at Wormwood Scrubs, to attach another car-
riage. One of the guards named Iloratia Nelson Tel-
verney, descended for the purpose of attaching the con-
necting chain or driving bar, and imprudently ventured
in between the train and the stationary truck whilst the
former was in the act of backing into the " siding" where
that truck stood. The consequence of such an impru-
dent step was, 'that as the man stooped to adjust th©
chain, his head became jammed between the buffers of'
the last truck in the goods train and the stationary one.
The unfortunate man dropped instantly. lie was picked
up immediately in a senseless state, with the blood
pouring from his ears. A messenger was instantly
dispatched to the terminus for a alb, and, on its arrival,
the poor fellow was taken to St. George's Hospital.
where, upon examination, it was aseertq ined that he had
received a severe fracture at the has:: of the skull, and
the injury was considered of so extensive a nature that
his recovery was thought uncertain.
SOIREE TO MR. SPENCER lIALL.-011 Wednesday
evening, a soiree in honour of this gentleman, who has
been delivering a course of lectures in the principal
towns of the North, took place at the Northumberland
Arms Hotel, North Shields, which was attended by
several medical gentlemen and other influential inhabi-
tants of the neighbourhood. A. Meggitt, Esq.. M.D.,
presided, surrounded by Messrs. Stephens and M‘Kinley,
surgeons; Mr. W. Walker, J. Scott, Esq., J. Lister, Esq.,
Mr. G. Bradley, editor of the Sundedand Herald, Mr.
Blackwood, Mr. S. Sutherland, ironmonger, of South
Shields, who had been successfully operetta upon in
.J. Owen, Esq , surgeon, of lynemou , occupe the
public by Mr. Hall on the preceding, evening,th
vice-chair. After the cloth was drawn, the Chairm,,,
proposed the health of their guest, which was drank in
an enthusiastic manner. Mr. Hall responded, in an able
and feeling speech. Several other toasts were drank,
and speeches delivered by different gentlenlin, especially
referring to the progress which mesmerism has made in
and
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this district, and the extraordinary cures which have
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Southwark,
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s into, and the communion-plate stolen. Onr the
the Rev. W. Dee, the incumbent, received the following
letter. It is hardly necessary to say that the ap
point.
ment was not kept. The value of l
the stolen ate pdoes
not much exceed 501.:
" Reword Sir,—The reward as is offred is nut enuff for
the plate removed from the church as the expenses as
been very heavy and the anxiety if you
are disposd to
make it fifty pounds to be divided amonst us it may ho
restord as this is the first time have had to do with a
church. I cannot hold conversation with any body but
you reverd sir, if you will meet me at 12 o'clk en
wensday night and give asurance for the payment of the
money but you must not bring any body with you and it
you will go on the mountain on Clapham common at that
time I will see you and come and speak to you by myself.
" Honour among thieves.
Tuesday.

" and the-plate shall be restor'd, as 1 know yoarperson
very well."
NEW Poott-LAws.--We understand it is .the in-
tention of her Majesty's Ministers to introduce a Bill,
(luring the coming session of Parliament, to amend the
New Poor-laws. It is proposed to make all the metro-
politan magistrates Poor-law Commissioners, as there
are more paupers relieved at the police-courts than at
all the bastiles in London. This alteration is expected
to give great satisfaction to the poor, as they then ii„F,
to be favoured with prison diet, which is looked upon su!,
fetuitivg•—runc/i.