The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-12 00:00:00

IN ICE-THE HON; SUSSEX LENNOX.

This insolvent (Lord Sussex Lennox) applied to
be disebiarged,__-- Olier, tailor. in Picea&ly,
appeared oppose.
Mr. Sargood supported.
An objection Was taken to.the opposition as Ina
debt was incffred for -clothes, ke,, in 1843, Ond
was conseqUently, barred by the Statute of Linaiita7
tions. • '

Mr. Commissioner Murphy held that Mr. Oliver
could not oppose, Although a debt was barred, an
insolvent was_ to insert the (1:31),t in , his
schedule. ; ,

The debts in the achedule,were,l,93o/., and the
appearance WAS pattly attributed to his conneiion
with ralway companies. He. had an allowande of
1751. a year from his`' br3ther, the Duke of Rich-
mond.

solvent The i was cliEcharged.

POLICE-INTELLIGEIV an—Sept. 11.•

MANSION-H6l:lB.E.,—James- Moore, a faro-
cious-lonking-fi.dlow; was brought before the Lord
Mayor, ;charged with havinglbitten 'off thsi) top joint
of the finger of Ellen the. Wife of a shoe-
maker living at 66,
.Ita1E7i:too:I-street.
The foroseoutrix, who .carried her arm in' a sling,
and appeared-to be isuffering severe pain, upon: be-
ing sworn said, prisoner is a stranger to hie.
Last night; aDout'half-'past 12 o'clock,' as my bus-
bind was going oovVnstairs to the yard: I heard a
disturbdnce between .him and the prisoner, and my
son went down stairs.witla a lighted-Candle to film
the latteronrof thelhouse: He thereupon
.struck
my son and tore the front of his shirt off I went
to my son's assistance,' upon which the prisOner
caught hold of my hand, dragged it towards' his
and bit my forefinger off at the „
The tird latcame of the end of
the finger ? -; ,
ProsecUtrix.,--I did nonrnew.

The Lord Mayor.—Did you not find it ?
ProseCutrim.---No, .my Lord • we looked for it
everywhere and it was -not to .be found, Fo I sup-
pose ho Swalliiived 1 afterwards went to St.
Bartholomew's Hopitll, where my finger was ex-
amined by the doctor, who did not dress it,! on
account! of its- inflamed- state. I -am in dreadful
agony, and tlio pain extends all the vc-ay op my arm
to the shoulde-r. I think the prisoner had
-had a
glass of something to'drink, hut nothing to hurt
hitri.

The Lord Mayor—Have you ever seen him pre-
viously to this •
Prosecutrix—Never ; he was a perfect stranger to
me. He said he had come to see his father-in-law,
who lived on the first floor.

Prisoner—How came you to put your finger into
my mouth' when I was" down awl was being kicked
and struck by.about a dozen Of you
Prosecutrix,—You .were not down when you
pulled my.finger into your mouth. • .
John Sullivan, the husband of the proiocutrix,
said—Last night, about hilf-Past 12 o'cloCk' as I
was going down -stairs, I fancied I saw
,the shadow
of a man. in the eorner'of the staircase. I said,
" Who is there ?". and the prisonerreplied with an
oath, "What do you want to know for ?" I said;
"-Whoever you are, -you'are very saucy." He was
about to strike Me, ,when my wife and youngest
son came to my assistance, and the latter, kUowing
that I had an. abscess-on my, back and was .unable
to protect myself, threw off his coat and offered to
fight the prisoner. • About a dozen persons'rushod
downstairs' at the same time, most of them un-
dressed, 7ancl...a recrular row
.ensued. I heard my
wife scream violently,b and 13,3 g of the prisoner to
let go her finger., A light was brought and I saw
her finger, 'which Was bleeding profusely; and ,1
as if it had been guawod off at the joint by a dog.
I never saw the prisoner in my life. before.
Cross-examined by the Prisoner.--I did not know
till last night that your father-in-law lived on our
first floor.. = _

James Sullivan, jun., tho young man alludei to
in the foregoing evidence,' corrobatel ths` state-
ments of his father-and mother.

The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said—Last
night I want to the house in question, for the pur-
pose of seeing -my father-in-law, and just as I
knoc'ked at lais bedroom door the witness John Sul-
livan carne downstairs; anclasked me what busine.s
I had there. I told hiin that that Was nothing to
him, upon which he gave au Irish howl, and in an
instant at least a dozen men and women, moat of
them in their nightdresses, rushed downstairs and
kicked me all over my, boiy, and jumped upon me.
(The priSoner had a black eye, and was a good deal
cut: about the face). The prosecutrix got her fingers
into my mouth, and tried to gag me, and to tear
the flesh from the roof, and in order to release
myself I was obliged to bite her. If my father and
mother-in-law had not let Mein I am sure I should
have been killed. .Several of the persons who
attacked me tried to rip up my cheeks by put!ing
their fingers into naymiouth.
The Lord Mayor committed the prisoner for trial
upon the chargapf; unlawfully wounding the pro-
secut rix.

BOW-STREET.—A young woman of ill-repute
named Mary Ann Taylor, was charged with a
savage assault on Ellen Downey, one. of her cora-
, panions, and biting her under lip off.
-The- complainant, whose face was- bandaged and
pressnted a frightful •spectacle, deposed. that on
Thursday morning she want to an eel-stall in
James-street; Ceventgarden„ to make a purchase.
She took a half-sovereign aid some change out of
her pockets and was about to pay, for what she'
had bought,- when, the prisoner 'rushed upon her
suddenly and tried to saatch the money out of
her-hands. -Failing to, dO this she then flew at wit-
ness like a tiger, seiizing her by the hair and biting
away her underlip. " She.bit a piece quite out of
my continued the complainant, "and then
spat it out of her mouth' and kicked it down a
sink." -*After she wai.taken into custody she
threatened in filthy language that she would do for
witness directly she got at liberty again. The
wound had been since properly dressed.
Police constable F 159 stated he was oh duty at
the time' near the spot, when 'he saw the Prisoner
deliberately rush at the coniplainant. She was
very drunk.- Both,the women lived in the vicinity
cf Charles-street, Drury-lane,'
Prisoner—l -was drunk, •-and don't rememly:>r
anything about. it' She was spending my money,
and I .11;:ed-,to get it fuoin her.
Conip'ainantsaid:the. -Money was her Own.
It was stated that the prisoner had been fr..•-
queittly in custody. She was • once committed for
biting
.ma
,constablo's • Irina "partly dff' in the same
savage anner.' .f • , •-, •
Mr. Ilenry, aTeir.cOnunenting upon •1t lie' brutal
character of•tlie assault; . ordered the. prisoner to
ply a fine of 4/. or-be committed-to prison for six
weeks' hardlabour: •
• • 1.,
:The fine -nadeingforthcOming, the prisoner was
sent to prison in default. •

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EXTRAORDINARY .• YIELD OP WHEAL—We learn that a
fanner, .residing within a short distance of Olastonburv,
has this Reason reaped the • extraordinary yield of 56
bushels of wheat per acre off two 'and a, half acres of land ;
and that another fainler in the neighbourhood ihas reaped
54 bushels off one acre.
THE CrAur Scupots,—The Herald Antonucci
that thOueen ba4grso*.pusly ljspp pleased tBininitribute
to -marls the erection of schools in Clari tinsum of 251.
out of the revenues of her Duchy of Lancaster.