The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-16 00:00:00

tt it L; .—(ritis DAY.)
-David no, a tall, powerfully-built seaman, was
Drought up in the custody of Police-constable Pi,:kerinki:,
4 87, charged with the following desperate outrage:—
Anna Williams stated that between seven an I eight
o'clock yesterday evening, as she was passing the Swan
Public-house, Ratcliffe-highway, she saw the prisoner
and another sailor turned out of the house. They com-
menced fighting in the streets. Suddenly the Frisoncr
seined the other man by the hair, forced his head back,
and bit his nose off. The poor fellow was taken to the
London Hospital.
Mr. BALLANTINE--Do you mean to say the nose was
completely bitten off? Witness—One half of it, your
Worship, was completely bitten out.
Pickering Ii 87 apprehended the prisoner. Witness
bad been to the hospital to make inquiries, and the ap-
Pearance of the injured individual was frightful; half his
nose and a portion of the upper lip was completely torn
out. The constable then handed in to the magistrate a
certificate from the house•surgeon, which, after stating
the nature of the injuries inflicted, proceeded to state
that there was great danger of inflamation supervening.
Mr. BALLANTINE, after commenting on the brutal
nature of the outrage, said he should commit the pri-
soner for trial, and ordered the depositions to be taken.
Prisoner—Will your honour take bail ?
Mr. BALLANTINE—Most decidedly I will not.

EamoRDINARy OCCURRENCE.-011 Thursday
last some excitement prevailed in Marchmont-strect.
Brunswick-square, in consequence of the following oc-
currence:—About six o'clock that evening a person was
observed to enter the shop of Mr. Owen, chemist and
druggist, in that street, and being assisted by a medical
gentleman in the neighbourhood, who waited a short time
to enable Mr. Owen to dispense a prescription, followed
Mr. Owen, who had taken refuge in his back parlour,
where he was thrown down, overpowered, and handcuffed
When a straight-waistcoat was put on him, and he was
dragged into the street. Mr. Marshall, a neighbour, was
at his door, and on Mr. Owen's observing him, he said,
" Mr. Marshall, they are taking me to a madhouse."
Mr. Owen was then conveyed away in a cab, with a
keeper, and a person on the box, to a lunatic asylum.
The neighbours, who are perfectly satisfied of his entire
sanity and propriety of conduct, determined to take
immediate steps to procure his liberation, and retained
a respectable solicitor in the neighbourhood. Twelve
neighbours swore that they had known him eleven years,
and that he was a quiet, gentlemanly, inoffensive neigh-
bour, and as sane as they were. Mr. Justice Erle, on
hearing the facts at chambers, on Tuesday, granted a
habeas corpus for the production and discharge of the
prisoner.
TLIZ CITY OF LONDON NEW UNION WORKHOUSE.
—The special committee directed to carry out the in-
tention of the board of guardians of the city of London
union, to erect a workhouse, to obtain plans and esti-
mates, and offer premiums, &c., for designs, have, out
of forty-one sets of designs sent for their inspection,
selected the work of Mr. R. Tress, architect, of Little
St. Thomas the Apostle. The estimated cost of the
building about to be erected is 28,8601., including
fittings and fixtures. The design, as fur as can be
judged from sections and diagrams, appears to be good;
accommodation is provided for the various persons who
may seek relief, ventilation is attended to, and airy
rounds for exercise laid down. Provision is also made
for the classification of the inmates. The site of the
building is between the Tower Hamlets Cemetery and
the road from Stratford-le-Bow to London. A fever-
house, altogether detached, forms part of the plan
adopted.
PUGILISM.—THE TIPTON SLASHER AND MASSEY 8
BENEFIT AT THE NATIONAL BATHS.—These well known
fistic heroes took a joint benefit last night, at the Na-
tional Baths; and it being generally understood that a
challenge for the championship of England, and its cc-
ceptance on the part of Caunt, would form part of the
evening's proceedings, upwards of a thousand spectators
paid for admission to the sparring display. The ex-
hibitors were certainly rather below the average, not in
number, but in character and pugilistic science. At the
close of the proceedings the Tipton appeared, but there
Was no one to put on the gloves with him. He briefly
thanked the assemblage, and declared his readiness
to- meet Caunt for 500/. a-side, and to post 50/.
there and then, in addition to the 5/. already de-
posited. This called up Spring, who, on behalf
of Caunt, declared himself ready to produce
151. (making 200, provided the battle should take place
on a stage, and in not less than six months; and certain
counties to be barred by agreement. The Tipton reite.
rated his readiness to make up 50/. there and then, and
to fix the event within three or four months. This was
objected to, and the shorter time insisted on. A person
On behalf of Caunt here, amidst much confusion, entered
on what he termed the shameful conduct of Perry in
assaulting Caunt on the previous evening. After great
interruption Spring proposed that the men should meet
at his house on to-morrow (this) evening, to arrange
preliminaries, which was ultimately assented to. Massey
returned thanks amid some applause, and the multitude
dispersed.
SHIPWRECK ON TilE COAST OF SICILY OF TIIE
SCHOONER ORIENTAL.—The schooner Oriental, of
Great Yarmouth, Captain Thomas Christmas, which
left Malta on the sth of November, bound to Liverpool,
was unfortunately wrecked on the 9th or 10th, on rocks
in the Cala Bernardo, in the district of', and about two
miles from Noto. She struck on some rocks, immedi-
ately fell on her larboard bilge, and heeled off with her
decks to the sea, which breaking on board with great
violence, cleared the decks of the boats, spars, &c., com-
pelling the crew to take to the main rigging, to which
they clung, soaked by torrents of rain, until daylight on
the following morning, when in consequence of the
thickness of the 'weather, nothing was to be discerned
but the reeks upon which the vessel had struck. The
unfortunate men thus remained the whole of that day
and the following night, the mate being drowned in an
attempt to carry a line on shore; and about eleven
o'clock the second day they were rescued by a fishing
boat, which was drifted off to them from the shore.
Here, however, their position was far from being com-
fortable, as they were put under quarantine regulations,
and kept by an armed force at the brink of the water
until a shed could be erected for them. All communi •
cation with the British consul and Lloyd's agent was
cut off, until at length the captain contrived to have a
letter despatched to Malta, and her Majesty's steam-
sloop Locust arrived off the coast, and took the poor
fellows away on the 26th.
MEETING OF THE CREDITORS OF MESSRS. GATES,
COATES, AND CO.—Another meeting of the creditors of
this firm, who were extensive warehousemen in Watling-
street, was held at the office of Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and
Co., the accountants, in Coleman-street. We regret to
state that the aspect of the affairs of this house was in
no respect so favourable as that presented by most of
the other houses which have stopped payment. There
Was a good deal of discussion, but it is only necessary to
, state the result. An offer of 2s. 6d. in the pound was
made by the insolvents, to be paid within a month, but
this offer was rejected by the creditors, and a resolution
Was drawn up to the effect that the offer be rejected, and
that the affairs of the firm be administered in the Court
of Bankruptcy. The debts and liabilities of this firm
are about 13,000/., and the assets more than 2,0001.
FATAL Exreostost OP GAS.—Tuesday afternoon

an inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, at the York
shire Grey public-house, High-street, Whitechapel, on
- view of the body of Mr. Francis Eaby, aged 37 years,
who died on Sunday last from the effects of severe in-
juries he received by an explosion of gas. John Tar-
rant, a waterman, deposed that the deceased was the
landlord of the above public-house, and had been so for
Several years past. On the evening of the 16th June
last, witness was sitting before the bar, conversing with
the deceased, who was behind the bar. The deceased
discovered that gas was escaping from some of the pipes,
and a search was made by them. The deceased lit a
Piece of paper in the tap-room and returned to the bar-
parlour with the light in his hand. He opened the dcor
and the deceased was forced to the ground by the explo-
sion of gas that took place. He was enveloped in flames,
and was burnt most severely. His hair was completely
burnt off his head, and his face was most frightfully dis-
figured. Mr. Prophet, a surgeon, attended, but the de
ceased died from the effects of the injuries on Sunday
last. The house had been under repairs, and the screw
of the gas-pipe in the bar parlour was left unfastened,
and the gas escaped from theholes. Verdict, "Acciden-
tal Death."
BOMBAY COMMERCIAL NEWS.—A letter from Alex-
andria. received in Paris, gives very favourable commer-
cial accounts from Bombay. It states that the intelli-
gence of the crisis in England, brought out by the last
packet had been met without a single failure, and large
remittances were on their way to assist their English
correspondents.
PARISH OF ST. DUNSTAN IN THE WEST.—Yes-
terday, at one o'clock, the inhabitants of the parish of
St. Dunstan assembled for the purpose of returning three
gentlemen as fit and proper persons to represent the
ward of Faringdon-without, in the Common Council of
the City of London, during the ensuing year; Mr. Bat-
. choler, churchwarden, in the chair. After going through
the usual business, the following gentlemen were una-
nimously elected, without opposition, to be returned
to the Wardmote as the representatives of the above
Precinct, viz.:—Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Lias, and Mr. G.
Walter. The Inquest Gentlemen and the Parochial
Officers were then appointed, after which, thanks were
voted to the Chairman, who briefly replied, and the
meeting broke up.
TODMORDEN.—ANOTHER INUNDATION ATTENDED
'WITH Loss OF LIFE AND CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.—
On the evening of Friday last, a dreadful overflow of
the rivers Cal and Darr took place, in which several
hundred houses, including shops, warehouses, &c., were
inundated, many of them to the depth of nine feet.
The overflow extended for more than two miles in
length, visiting many houses that have been erected
upwards of 40 years, and have never suffered a similar
result. The damage done on this occasion is consider-
able, and variously estimated. The banks of the rivers
in several places were brought down ; but perhaps the
roost serious was the supposed loss of a man of the name
of Mr. Thomas Hartley, gardener at Rhodens, near
lebden Bridge, who left the Wood Mill Inn forward in
liquor about the time the flood was at its height, and
had not been heard of up to Monday. Near to the
same place a horse belonging to Mr. Marshall, a carrier
betvreen Halifax and Rochdale, was drowned, and a
quantity of groceries, with which the cart was loaded,
belonging to various shopkeepers, was spoiled.--.34/an-
Chester Examiner.
The Lords of the Treasury have ordered that
Axmouth,
,in the port of Lyme, shall have bonding
Privileges with regard to timber and wood goods, and
Premises have been specially approved for that purpose
accordingly.
The quarantine station at Stangate Creek, it is
Said, will soon be reduced to about one-half the present
men
of men and officers. It is expected that the
Men removed from this station will be located at Liver-
Pool tuul Birkenhead.