The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-30 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE WILD SPORTS OF THE EAST.—Anna Lyons, aged
26, 7, Russell-curt, Blue Anchor-yard, Whitechapel, was
brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with assaulting Mary
Monroe, an elderly woman, in the same place, who came
into court with her head bandaged and in a very weakly
condition from the loss of blood.
It appeared there was a quarrel between the two women,
who dwelt in an Irish colony, where rows have been very
frequent and plenty of wounds have been inflicted by the
people upon each other. In the course of the scrimmage,
as it was called, the prisoner struck the prosecutrix several
times on the head and face with a stone and rendered her
insensible.
Mr. John Domley, surgeon, High-street, Whitechapel
said he had dressed the wounds of the prosecutrix. She
loft a large quantity of blood. There was a triangular
shaped wound on the forehead penetrating to the bone, and
a second wound near it not a serious one. There were also
contusions on the face.
Mr. Woolrych committed the prisoner for trial,
Mar) Sullivan was charged with assaulting and 'wound-
ing Mary Toomey.
The parties live in another Irish colony, Garden-c"urt,
Rosemary-lane, Whitechapel, where there have been many
savage affrays. The magistrates have either punished the
parties engaged in these encounters severely, or committed
them for trial; but without discouraging the quarrelsome
disposition of the inhabitants. The parties, Sullivan and
Toomey, two strapping Irishwomen, quarrelled and
fought. Mrs. Toomey got the worst of it ; but this was not
all. The prisoner, elated with the victory over a vanquished
opponent, obtained an earthenware jug, and struck Mrs.
Toomey a tremendous blow on the head with it. She re-
ceived a severe wound, and was carried to the London Hos-
pital. She now appeared with the head-dress of the Hos .
pital—bandages with the name of that valuable institution
painted in large capitals thereon.
The prisoner, in defence, said that Mrs. Toomey took up
a knife and threatened to stab her; and produced a very
large knife without a handle, of which Howland, an officer
of the Court, No. 89 H, took possession.
Mr. Woolrych believed some provocation had been given.
There was, however, no doubt a brutal assault had been
committed. He sentenced the prisoner to six months im-
prisonment and hard labour.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.-HAUXLEY,NORTHUMBER-
LAND, Saturday Night.—The schooner Theophilus, of and
for Aberdeen, coal laden, went upon the Bondicai Busk Rock
the night before last. The wind at the time was blowing
strong, and there was a heavy sea, the weather dull and
foggy. Some fishing cobles attempted to reach the vessel
but failed; thereupon the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat
Institution was launched and succeeded in bringing ashore
the schooner's crew of five men in safety. This valuable
lifeboat had on previous occasions rescued the following
shipwrecked crews:—Brig Sophie, of Oporto, Il men;
schooner Georgiana, of Inverness, 5: schooner Susan and
Isabella, of Dundee, 5; schooner Prospect, of Berwick, 6;
schooner Little Aggie, of Berwick, 4; and schooner Theo-
philus, of Aberdeen, s—total lives saved, 36.
It is currently believed that the Admiralty, in
anticipation of some of the recommendations of Mr.
Walpole's Committee being carried out by the persistence
of some of its members, have decided upon including in
the forthcoming Navy Estimates a certain 81101 which is to
be devoted to the increase of pay of naval officers.-41" W

and Navy Gazette.
AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIYERFOOL
THIS WEEK.—The following steamers are due at
Liverpool this week with mails, &r.c., from Canada and the
United States :—Tho Bohemian, the last boat of the season
from Quebec, is due at Londonderry on Wednesday nefrom
xt,
with dates from Quebec on the 21st ; the Edinburgh,
New York on the 21st, is also duo at Queenstown on the
same day. On Saturday next the Cunard steatnship Asia
duo at Queenstown, with dates franc Boston on the 25th
and from Halifax early on the morning of the 27th. After
the 21st the Canadian mail steamers will cease to call at
Quebec during the winter months, their port of gall and
departure until next spring being Portland, Maine.
The late Lord de Saumarez s residence, Mont.
pellier Lodge, Cheltenham, was offered for sale by
auction oa Monday, but found no purchaser, and
-
was
bought in at £3,100. The first bid was £1,500, froth which
s
a succession ot advances carried the price uP to
which point competition ceased, and the vendors 3ex,oeorociseadt
another hundred, upon
their right of bidding by advancing
which no further bid was made, and the property was con-
sequently declared still for sale by vate c
outract.