The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-25 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before the Learned ASSISTANT JUDGE, and a full
Bench of Magistrates.)
The second March sessions for the county of Middlesex
commenced this morning, at. ten o'clock, it. the Court
house, Clerkenwell-grt en, when the number of prisoners
whose names appeared upon the calendar for trial w
eighty-nine, of whom eighty-one were ele,rged with
felony, the remainder beir.g for assaults and mis-
demeanants. In none of tie cases did there appear any-
features beyond those ordinarily coming before the Court
Owing to the circumstance of it having been expected
that the horrible end revolting, atrocities which h..ve
disgraced the metropolis in the Spa fields burying-
ground would have been brought before the Court to-
day, and owing to the fret of the Court h, use being in
the immediate neighbourhood of the churchyard, the
Court was densely crowded by the inhabitants, who ex-
pressed strong hopes that the rn,,st stringent mtasures
would be taken for the repression of the nuisance. It
was understood that a bill of indictment would be pre-
ferred before the grand jury by the parish authorities
against the parties who are the ostensible proprietors of
the burying-ground, at as early an hour as possible.
An omnibus-conductor, named JGsrph S:eiyh, was in-
dicted for stealing half-a-crown, and two shillings and
sixpence in silver, the property of William, Archbishop
of Canterbury. In another count of the indictment the
property was laid as that of George Henry Maughan.
The charge was in reality for taking the amount
of growl, specified from the pockets of a gentleman.
named lfeache, who had died in the cab. The particu-
lars have appeared. The property was described in the
indictment us that of Mr. George Henry Maughan, as
the next of kin and executor of the deceased, and also as
belonging to the A rchlyshop of Canterbury, as the
ordinary of the diocesan district.
Mr. PAYNE made a very able speech in defence of the
prisoner, and contended that in the incidental hurry and
confusi: n any other person might have taken the money
as well as the prisoner; after which he called several
witnesses who gave him an excellent character.
The jury, after a short consultati.n, returned a ver-
dict of acquittal, and the prisoner loft the dock.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Two men named Amos and Josephs were fined ss.
each, or seven days' imprisonment, for i,.etting two dogs
to fight in St. John-street, at fire o'clock on the previous
evening.

Thomas Harvy was charged with an assault of a very
savage nature on the landlord of the Red Lion public-
house, \Varner-street, Clerkenwell.
The prisoner became exceedingly insolent to the land-
lady, upon which the landlord told him to go out ; he
refused, and the landlord with great violence strove to
eject him, the landlady likewise attacking the prisoner,
who, in defence, seized a quart pot, and struck the com-
plainant on the head with it.

The prisoner was fined 55., or five days' imprisonmen

MARKET NEWS-(TillS DAY

RAY IataRICSTS.
SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 4i 10s ; use-
ful ditto, 4/ 123 to 514 s ; fine Upland do., 5/5s to 5/103; Clover
Hay, 41 lOs to 61; Oat Straw, I/ 183 to 2l; Wheat Straw,
21 to 2l 2s per load. A limited supply, and an active de-
mand. Prices fully stationary.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 123 to 4/ lOs ;
useful ditto, 4/ 123 to 5/ 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/6s to Si 12s ;
Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 51 17s • Oat Straw, 1/ 183 to 2/ ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2123 per load. Both lay and Straw
sold freely at full quotations.
WurrEcnArEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 41 lOs ,
useful ditto, 41 12s to Si ss; fine Upland ditto, 51 6s tc
5/103; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ;
Wheat Straw, 21 to 2/ 2s per load. Supply moderately
good, and trade rather dull.

MEETING OF LIcEIN SING MAGIS-
TRATES FOR FINSBURY.—(THIS I)AY.)
At the above meeting of Magistrates lit Id, by adjourn-
ment, this morning in the Committee-rooin of the Mid-
dlesex Sessions House, Clerkenwell, there were in all
twenty-eight applications for licenses to sell excireable
liquors by retail—namely, in the plr'sh of St. Mary,
Islington, 21 ; St. James's, Clerkenwell, 4 ; and in the
parish of St. Luke, 3.
Mr. Samuel Prime, cabinet- maker, 14, Lower-road,
Islington, al plied for and obtained a license for the house
No. 41, Gerrard-street.
Mr. George Just next applied for a license to a house
at the corn. rof College-place, Higlibury-val-. The
application had been made on several former occasions
without success.
Mr. WiLxs, the Chairman, now observed to Mr. Just,
that in consequence of his excellent character and the
highly creditable manner in which he had conducted his
house, and which had given satisfaction to all the neigh-
bouring gentry, the bench had determined on granting
him a license.
A MAGISTRATE observed, after the applicant had with-
drawn, that the club room of the house contained the
most varied and beautiful specimens of stuffed birds and
Indian ornaments he had ever seen.
Mr. George Dennis applied for a license to the Golden
Lion, No. 24, Great William-street, Caledonian-road.
The Bench granted the license.
THE GREAT CONTENDING RAILWAYS FROM LONDON TO
YORK.
It being generally expected that the terminus of the
successful railway company of the line from London to
York will be formed at or near the end of the Caledo-
nian-road, there were no less than three applications for
licenses in the in.mediate vicinity—viz., Mr. Henry
Blore, for No. I, .Caledonian-terraee, corner of Albion-
street, Caledonian-road ; Mr. Robert James Stuckey,
for the house No. 9, Stuckey-terrace East ; and Mr.
Matthew Hitchcox, for No. 1, Melville-terrace, Caledo-
nian-road.
Mr. Clarkson appeared for Mr. Blore, Mr. Payne for
Mr. Stuckey, and Mr. Bodkin for Mr. Ilitcheom.
The counsel having severally addressed the Bench fur
their respective clients, and the room having been
cleared of strangers, the magistrates deliberated for
about three-quarters of an hour, and upon the re-admis-
sion of the parties concerned, the Chairman announced
the decision of the Bench to be in favour of Mr. Hitch-
cox, who thereupon named his house the Star and Garter.
The other two applications were for the present refused.
The remainder of the business transacted was of an
unimportant character.

SPORTIN IN TELLIGENCE.
(REt;EIVED THIS DAY.)
LEA MINGTON STEEPLE• CHASES-MONDAY.
The Hunt Club Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, each, h ft, with
100 added by the Town, I Ist 71b each, &c. Four
miles. (20 sub..)
Mr. Brooke's Eagle (Captain Peel) 1
Colonel Gooch'b Newmarket
Mr. Shirley's The Orphan
The following also started, but were not placed :
Hon. F. Craven na Ostrich, Mr. E. H. Clarke's White-
nose, Mr. W. H. Cooper's Coningsby, Mr. A. W. Wil-
liams's Albert, Captain Boyd's Exquisite, Mr. Bennett's
Martingale, and Mr. Bruce's Curate.
Match, 100 sovs. Three miles.
Mr. Nunce's The Friar (Captain Peel) 1
Captain Windsor's Major A frll
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with a Whip added for the
second, 11st 71b each. Three miles. (15 subs.)
Mr. P. P. Rolt's Nimrod (Owner) 1
Mr. She/don's Dudu 2
The following were not placed :—Lord Vane's Hornet,
Captain Wallington's Queen of Trumps, Captain A.
Williams's Perfection, Mr. R. Clifton's Puff and Dart,
Mr. R. H. Carew's Waverley, Mr. Brook's The Irish
Lady, and Mr. G. Hobson's The Prince.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT STEPNEY FAlR.—Notwith-
standing the immense concourse which assembled yes-
terday in the various streets and open spaces which form
the locale of Stepney-'air grounds, not a single accident
of any consequence occurred until just before midnight,
when a man of colour, named David Morris, who was
employed in, turning one of those extn mely high re-
volving machines, which, if not the most attractive, are
at least the most obvious objects at English fairs, was
seized by the iron handle, which, at the height of its
action, struck him in the stomach, and dashed him to
the earth, a distance of about twenty-five feet. He was
picked up quit,' insensible and conveyed to the nearest
surgeon, Air. Falconer, at the corner of Arbour-square,
Commercial road, but, on arriving there, life was quite
extinct. From inquiries made this morning by our re-
porter, it appears that the sad accident was entirely at-
tributable to the unhappy man's own fool-hardiness. It

is usual in theseMachires to provide against
danger to the man at the wheel by erecting a breast-work
around the scaffold in which he is employed, but Morris
refused to avail himself of this precaution, alleging that
he worked with more ease and freedom in its absence.
• Wben our reporter left the fair this morning the breast-
work was in the course of erection, and it is to be hoped
that this accident will have the effect of preventing such
machines from being wrought again without the usual
precaution, no matter what may be the will or the whim
of the person employed.
THE MONSTER BELL FOR YORK MlNSTER.—Yes-
terday, the monster bell, intended for York Minster, was
exhibited, for the first time, at the Bazaar, Baker-street,
and was viewed by a great number of persons. It was
brought here on Friday last, on a truck, which weighed
about five tons, and drawn by eighteen horses. It is sus-
pended by strong iron chain slings (its weight being
about sixteen tons), which are supported by four upright
pillars, fastened by transverse beams. The exhibition
will'be continued several weeks, when it will be re-
moved, per railway, to York, where it will be placed in
the cathedral, in the tower, at a height of about 200 feet.
It will be placed diagonally in the tower for greater se-
curity to the building, and above 300 cubic feet of timber
will be used for its support. It is to be rung with two
wheels, and will revolve entirely, if necessary, five or six
men being required for the purpose. The proceeds arising
from the exhibition are to be devoted towards the pur-
chase of a clock and quarter bell, to be placed in the same
tower. The bell is to be named " Peter of York." It is
the largest in the kingdom, being five tons heavier than
" Old Tom" of Oxford, and seven tons heavier than
the'celebrated " Tom" of Lincoln.. The cost of it is
above 2,000/. ; its height seven feet seven inches, and
its diameter eight feet four inches.
PROPOSED GRANT TO MAYNOOTIL—A requisition
has been presented to the Mayor of Reading, signed hy
upwards of eighty of the most bigoted inhabitants, in-
cluding twelve clergymen, for a public meeting to be con
vened, for the purpose of adopting petitions to the Legis-
lature against the proposed increaee of the grant to May-
nooth. The meeting has been appointed to take place
in the Town Hall, on Friday next.
Lord Ward's coming into possession of his exten-
sive estates will be celebrated on Thursday next, by
public dinners, at Dudley.
It is rumoured that Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart.,
will be the Lord-Lieutenant of Flintshire, in the room of
the late Marquis of Westminster,