The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-20 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday John Farrell, a
,man in sailor's clothes, was
brought before Mr. WEDGWOOD, charged with biting a
portion of a woman's ear off, and cutting her across the
lower part of the thigh with a knife.
Rose M'Carthy stated that as she was walking along
Lyon-street, between twelve and one o'clock that morning,
she saw the prisoner and a woman going along in the same
direction. On passing them the woman made some impu-
dent remark respecting complainant's ear-rings, when the
latter retorted by using some expressions of an offensive
kind ; upon which the prisoner rushed at.her, struck her,
and knocked her down. She managed to get upon her
legs, when the prisoner again rushed upon her, seized her
lefrear in his teeth, bit off the whole of the lower portion,
the ring which was Suspended having also been torn away
with the flesh.' M'Carthy, being a strong woman, endea-
voured to extricate herself, and in her struggles she saw a
knife in her assailant's hands, and immediately cried out for
help ; but before any assistance arrived she was again thrown
on the ground with forces and became insensible. When
taken to the station-house a surgeon was sent for, and after
some time she revived, "and found that not only a great part
of her ear had been bitten off, but that she had received a
deep cut with a knife or some sharp instrument at the lower
part of the right thigh. The complainant appeared to be
in a very weakly state from loss of blood, and at the con-
clusion of her evidence she was taken to the hospital.
Policeman Ruddeman of the P division stated that on
hearing the cries of M'Carthy for help he ran to the spot,
and saw her lying upon the ground groaning, and with the
aid of his lantern saw that a portion of her ear was bitten
off, together with the ring which was suspended from it.
She stated that she had seen a knife in the prisoner's hand
when he rushed at her a second time, and when the latter
was taken into custody, on searching him a long sharp-
pointed clasp-knife, such as those used by the Portuguese
sailors, was found in his pocket. The policeman added
that he was not present when the outrage was committed,
and was ignorant as to the cause of provocation in the first
instance. ,
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It was stated that a gentleman who witnessed some part
of the outrage as he was going home, was not in attendance,
but that he would come forward if necessary. The pri-
soner was therefore remanded for further examination.

At the Magistrates' meeting held at Market Rasen,
on Monday last, Ruxton, licensed retailer of beer (not to
be drunk on the premises), was convicted in the mitigated
penalty of five pounds for selling two pints of beer, to be
drunk on the premises ; and James York, of Market
Rasen, sawyer, was convicted in a penalty, damages and
costs amounting to lls. 7d., for stealing a quantity of tur-
nipi growing in a field in Market Rasen, occupied by Mr.
James Beacock.—Lincoln Gazette.—[According to the
above decision, the offence of selling two pints of porter
excceeds the crime of theft in the proportion of 1 to 4.]

The value of steam-impelled labour may be inferred
from the following statement of facts, communicated to me
by an eminent engineer educated in the school of Bolton
and Watt :—A manufacturer in Manchester works a sixty-
horse Bolton and Watt's steam-engine, at a power of 120
horses during the day, and 90 horses during the night, thus
extorting from it an impelling force three times greater
than he contracted or paid for. One steam horse-power
is equivalent to 33,0001135. avoirdupois, raised one foot high
per minute ; but an animal horse-power is equivalent to
only 22,000 lbs., raised one foot high per minute ; or, in
other terms, to drag a canal-boat 222 feet per minute, with
a force of 100 lbs. acting on a spring ; therefore a steam-
horse-power is equivalent in working efficiency to one living
horse, and one-half the labour of another. But a horse
can work at its full efficiency, only eight hours out of the
twenty-four, whereas a steam-engine needs no period of
repose ; and therefore, to make th animal power equal to
the physical power, and a relay of one-and-a-half fresh
horses must be found three times in the twenty-four hours,
which amounts to four-and-a-half horses daily. Hence a
common 60-horse steam-engine does the work of 41 times
60 horses, or of 270 horses. But the above sixty-horse
steam-engine does one-half more work in 24 hours, or that
of 405 living horses. The keep of a horse cannot be esti-
mated at less than Is. 2d. per day, and, therefore, that of
405 horses would be about 241. daily, or 7,5001. in a year
of 313 days. As 80 lbs. of coals, or one bushel, will pro-
duce steam equivalent to the power of one horse in a steam-
engine during eight hours' work, sixty bushels, worth about
30s. at Manchester, will maintain a sixty-horse engine in
fuel during eight effective hours ; and 200 bushels, worth
100 s., -the above hard-worked engine during 24 hours.
Hence the expense per annum is 1,5651. sterling, being
little more than one-fifth of that of living horses. As to
prime cost and superintendence, the animal power would be
greatly more expensive than the steam power.—Dr. Ure's
Philosophy of Manufactures.
DEPLORABLE DEATH FROM STARVATION.—
Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Guy Earl of
Warwick, Belton-street, St. Giles's, before Mr. Stirling,
on view of the body of Thomas Stoneman, aged 13, whose
death was occasioned from want of the common necessaries
of life.—The Jury, on viewing the body of the deceased,
expressed the utmost horror at its appearance, it being in
so lamentable a state of emaciation, that the bones nearly
protruded through the skin. The evidence was to the
following effect : Susan Dupeare, a young girl about 16,
of miserable appearance, and wretchedly clad, was in the
habit of obtaining a bed at a lodging-house in Short's
Gardens, St. Giles's, for which she paid threepence ; she
saw the deceased for the first time about a week since,
when he came to sleep at the house ; he was in a very
miserable state ; he came for a bed on Tuesday night about
twelve o'clock, when he seemed very exhausted ; witness
slept in the next room, and during the night she heard
moans from the room the deceased slept in ; in the morn-
ing witness told another young woman who slept with her,
that she thought the deceased was very ill, as she had
heard him moan during the night, and they agreed to go
into the room where deceased slept, when they found him
dead in bed ; witness informed the landlord, and a surgeon
was sent for.—By the Jury : I believe there are about fifty
or sixty beds made up in the house ; the rooms are very
cold, and the kitchen, which is under ground, and contains
six beds, is flagged with stones.—Several of the Jurors here
stated that at former inquests on unhappy beings who had
died in this lodging-house, they had opportunities of seeing
its state and internal regulations ; it, was an abominably
filthy hole, and a disgrace to the parish ; the beds were not
fit for a dog to lie upon.—The Coroner here inquired if it
was known what the deceased had been ?—Cole, the beadle,
replied that he had been a clerk, had received a liberal edu-
cation, and was of respectable connections ; but owing to
intemperate habits, had for some time before his death
sunk to the condition he was in ; latteely he made a trifle
occasionally by vending small cards of address, which he
wrote himself in German text, and other fine characters.--
Mr. Buss, surgeon to the workhouse, was called in to
Short's Gardens, and found the deceased dead ; there were
no external marks of violence on the body ; death, no
doubt, was caused by exhaustion.—A verdict was then re-
turned, " That the deceased's death was accelerated by
neglect and want."

THE ALDERMANIC GOWN OF

ALDGATE WARD.

Yesterday was the last day of the contest, and great were
the exertions made by the friends of all the candidates. The
popular candidate, if we may judge from the reception
given to those who voted, was most decidedly Sheriff Sa-
lomons. Mr. Humphrey: had numerous supporters, but
Mr. Jones had many enemies. The contest was one of a
very remarkable kind. Every vote tendered was subjected
to the most severe scrutiny. Objections were raised by
Mr. Hill for Sheriff Salomons, by Mr. Clarkson for Mr.
Humphrey, by Mr. Ryland for Mr. Jones, and by the Re-
corder, as assessor for the Lord Mayor. Indeed, so rigo-
rous was the examination of the candidates, that the idea
of making a formal scrutiny was altogether abandoned by
all the candidates, whatever might be the result of the
conflict.
At five o'clock, the LORD MAYOR, who has begun his
Mayoralty career in the most giaceful and popular manner,
rose amidst loud exclamations to announce the state of the
poll. His Lordship stated, that he should make the formal
announcement at one o'clock on the following day, when
the candidates would have an opportunity of addressing the
constituency. His Lordship then said that the numbers
were as follow :

Salomons
Jones
Humphrey _ 67
Immense cheerinc, followed this announcement, although
it was known long before that the Sheriff won the battle.
Sheriff SALOMONS rose to return thanks amidit clapping
of hands, waving of hats, and the most deafening acclama-
tions. No good cause was ever yet advocated without ex-
citing considerable difference of opinion, and he had the
greater reason to congratulate himself after the violent
struggle made by his two honourable opponents.—(Cheers.)
He should bid the meeting farewell, and meet them to re-
turn his hearty thanks on the following day.
Mr. JONES rose amidst applause and hisses. He had
come forward at the ardent solicitation of the Ward, against
his will, and he did not regret that he was unsuccessful.
He could not, however, omit to state that there was a re-
markable defeCtion upon the part of many whose support he
calculated upon ; amongst them was Mr. Deputy Jackson,
a coadjutor of his in the Court of Common Council, that
gentleman, although 'a neighbour and colleague, had come
forward at the conclusion of the day and voted not for him
but for Sheriff Salomons.—(lmmense cheering and laugh-
ter.) He regretted to be obliged to state that a single in-
dividual (Mr. Chas. Pearson) contrived to possess himself
of the power not only of making Sheriffs of whomsoever he
pleased to elevate, but of placing in a 'Ward, with which he
had no kind.of connexion, an Alderman to preside over the
inhabitants.—(Loud clieering and laughter.) He repeated
that he had not sought the honour, and he did not feel dis-
appointed.—(A cry of " Jones, I'm blest if you and Hum-
phery a'nt flummuxed," and roars of laughter.)
Mr. HUMPHERY then addressed the meeting. He had
in the course of the contest seen twenty men abandon him
to support Mr. Jones, and sixteen to support Mr. Salomons.
A trick had been played upon him, too, by which he had
lost four or five votes. A forgery had been circulated
amongst the electors, stcting that he had resigned in favour
of Al:. Salomons. He, however, found no fault with the
issue of the contest, and should bow to the decision in
favour of Mr. • Salomons with the utmost good humour.
With respect to the statement of Mr. Jones, that Mr.
Charles Pearson bad made an Alderman in the Ward of

Aldgate, he msut most positively deny the truth of that
assertion.—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. C. Pearson.) Mr.
Humphrey concluded by thanking the constituents for their
support.
It is necessary to state, that it was a well-known fact that
Deputy Jackson had promised to vote for Mr. Salomons
before Mr. Jones at all made his appearance, and the De-
puty did not see any reason to break his promise because
Mr. Jones came into the field after a delay of nine days,
solemnly asserting that he did not want to be an Alderman.
The Wardmote adjourned till one o'clock this day.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S. -

THE DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Mummy
13 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to lliddlesworth
20 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Emiliana colt—taken
OAKS.
7 to 2 the field agst Lord Wilton's Bequest filly and Mr. Gre.
yille's Marmalade (take 4 to 1); 13 to 1 taken in the country about
Mr. Allen's Promise.

CT. LEGER. /
15 to 1 agst Colonel Wastenra's Wedge—offered. In the coml.
try Lord Lichfield's Elis is quoted as first favourite at 13 to 1.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1836.

We have already alluded to the Stakes to which the Duke of
Portland proposes to add 300 sovs. The follevving are particulars :

WEDNESDAY.

Free Handicap of 100 soils. each, h. ft. ; last three miles of 8.C.,
with 300 added ; six to accept, or no race. Acceptances to be

signified on or before Dec. 1,1835. _
Glaucus, 6 yrs, 9st. 71b ; Rockingham, 6 yrs, 9st. 71b ; Muley
Moloch, 6 yrs, 9st. 71b ; Glencoe, 5 yrs, 9st. 71b ; Touchstone,
5 yrs, 9st. 71b ; General Chasse, 5 yrs, 9st ; Bran, 5 yrs, 9st ;
Pussy, 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b ; Revelry, 6 yrs, Bst. 101 b ; Revenge, 6 yrs,
Bst. 101 b; Uncle Toby, 6 yrs, Bst. 81b; Queen of Trumps, 4 yrs,
Bst. 61b ; Bentley, 5 yrs, Bst. 61b ; Carnaby, 6 yrs, Bst. 51b ; Sa-
marcand, 6 yrs, Bst. 51b ; Hornsey, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b ; Lady le Gros,
5 yrs, Bst. 41b ; Lucy, aged, Bst. 21b ; Birdlime, 5 yrs, Bst. 21b ;
Brother to Hope, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b ; Ulick, 5 yin. Bst ; Mundig, 4 yrs,
Bst ; Mayflower, 5 yrs, 7st. 131 b ; Noodle, 5 yrs, 7st. 121 b ; Rioter,
5 yrs, 7st. 121 b ; Ascot, 4 yrs 7st. 121 b ; Verbena, 4 yrs, 7st. 111 b ;
Ibrahim, 4 yrs, 7st. 111 b; Ainderby, 4 yrs, 7st. 111 b; Dacre, 5 yrs,
7st. 111 b ; The Count, 5 yrs, 7st. 101 b ; Sylvan, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b ;
Languid, 5 yrs, 7st. 101 b ; Freedom, 5 yrs, 7st. 101 b ; Amesbury,
aged, 7st. 91b ; Olympic, 5 yrs, ist. 91b ; Goldfringe, 5 yrs, 7st. 81b ;
Nimble, 5 yrs, 7st. 61b ; Bubastes, 13 yrs, 7st. 61b ; Nell ,Gwynne,
5 yrs, 7st. 81b ; Jupiter, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b ; Silenus, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b ;
Vilentissimo, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b ; Lucifer, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b ; Outcast,
4 yrs, 7st. 41b ; Pelops, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b ; Aurelius, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b ;
Castaway, 4 yrs, 7st. 31b ; Trim, 4 yrs, 7st. 31b ; Luminary, 4 yrs,
7st. 31b ; Turban, 4 yrs, 7st. 31b ; Eva, 4 yrs, 7st. llb ; Advocate,
4 yrs, 7st ; Elizondo, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b ; Oakapple, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b ;
Bodice, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b ; Forward, 4 yrs, 6st. 101 b ; Spinning
Jenny, 4 yrs, 6st. 101 b • Clarionet, 4 yrs, 6st. 91b ;
4 yrs, 6st. 71b ; Ethilda, 4 yrs, 6st. 71b ; Tiber, 4 yrs, 6st. 71b ;
Darioletta colt, 4 yrs, ,6st. 71b ; Lurcher, 4 yrs, 6st. 71b.
The Handicap will give Lord Westminster an opportunity of
opposing Touchstone to the Newmarket " cracks" on terms nearly
similar to those proposed by himself.

The Royal Stud at Hampton Court is now composed of four
stallions (The Colonel, Actzeon, Rubini, and Cain), thirty-one
brood mares, including Fleur de Lis, Maria, Belvoirina, Marpessa,
Gulnare, Scandal, Sze. ), and twenty foals, of which thirteen are colts.
Captain Gardner has sold Jonas, brother to Whale, for 350 gui-
neas, to go abroad.