The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-19 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE WILD SPORTS OF THE EAST.—Abraham Adals-
berg, a foreign Jew, described as a shipping agent, of No.
199, St. George-street, bettor known as Rateliff-highway,
was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with cutting and
wounding Caroline Shopp, at the Ross and Crown public-
house in the Highway.
Tho complainant, who had a largo surgical bandage,
with London Hospital engraved thereon, round her head,
said she wished to forgive the prisoner as he had a wife
and five children.
Mr. Paget—What has ho done to you ?

Witness—Why cut my head open ; it has boon sowed
up again by tho surgeons in the hospital.
➢ir. Paget told the prisoner if it was true that he had cut
the young woman's load open ho ought to make 8.3 m
compensation. She was acting with great forbearance and
mercy towards him. Ho would consent to the prisoner's
discharge.

It was uudorstool 1 y the police that the prisoner had
made the woman compensation Mora entering the court.

CUTTING OFF A MAN'S EAlL—Sarah Marshall, a fierce
masculine woman, was chargad with cutting. and wound-
ing Lewis Thomas.

The prosecutor, a tall young man, nidho was a labourer
and dwolling at No. 2, Hungorford-street, Commercial-
road. TWA LaJruing, 'aJtwo.;n the hoars of one and two
o'clock, ho was on his way honao in the Commercial-road,
near the street in which ho lived, and he saw a fight and
row going on. Tao went to see what the row was about,
and several persons, including tho prisoner and h'w hus-
band, fell upon him. The man throw him down and
kicked him, and when he was down the woman cut. his
left ear off with a knife.
Mr. Paget—Out your ear off! how come sho to do that?
Witness—l won't mix with them, they are alwaysupon
me. I never would associato with them.

Here the prisoner entered into a long harangue about
Turker Brown, who she said had assaulted her. •

John Free, a police-constable, No. 404 K, said he was
called this morning to a riot in the Commercial-road,
nearly opposite Hungerford-stroot. The prosecutor's oar
was bleeding, the greater portion of it was gone. The
yonng man said the prisoner had cut his•ear off. Ile saw
her throw something away, whether it was a knife or not
re could not say. He did not look after it, If he had done
so he should have lost the prisoner.
In answer to questions by the magistrate, the witness
said the prosecutor was quite sober, Ile should have
taken the prisoner's husband if he had assistance, The
whole of the upper portion of the prisoner's left ear was
gone.
The Prisoner—l believe it was bitten off —I did not cut
it off.

Mr. Paget directed the police-constable to make further
inquiries about the case, and remanded the prisoner for a
weak.

THE WAR IN GERMANY.-SOETIIANPTON, Mon•
day.—A telegram from Bremen has been received this
morning by Messrs. Stuart Day and Co., the agents at this
port of the North American Lloyd, announcing that in
consequence of tho interruption of communication by the
advance of the Prussian army into Hanover, passengers
cannot turive at Bremen from the interior, and therefore
the Ericsson steamer, belonging to the abovenamed line of
ve.lsels, will not leave that port for New York, as an-
nounced, on the 20th inst. All orders for the engagement
of passengers and goods from France and England, which
would in regular course have been embarked in the Erics-
son at this port on Saturday next, are consequently with-
drawn.

DEATII OF SIR MINTO FARQUIIAR.—We regret to
have to announce the death of Sir Walter Minto
Townehend Farquhar, Bart., M.P. for Hereford. The hon.
member a few days ago Was soddenly seized with a fit of
paralysis when leaving, the House of Commons, which at
length proved fatal last evening. Sir Minto was born at
Madrits in 1809, and consequently was in his 57th year.
lie was educated at Christ Church, where he passed an
excellent examination for his degree in 1829, and was for
some years attached to the embassy at Vienna. He suc-
ceeded his father in the baronetcy in 1830, and first con-
tested Hertford in 1839 in the Conservative interest, but
was unsuccessful. After several other contests he was re-
turned for that borough in 1857 and has been ono of its
representatives over since. The deceased was married in
1835 to Enrica Catherine, daughter of the seyenth Lord
Racy, and leaves issue—Eric Robert, born in 1836, and four
sons and two daughters. The present (Sir Eric) was
brought up to the diplomatic service, which he entered in
the autumn of 1856. He has been connected with the
British Legations at Berne, Vienna, Paris, Rio de Janeiro,
and in June, 1863, was trqnsferre4 to Athens as second
secretary of legation.