The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1875-01-23 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

CANNIBALISM IN SHEFFIELD. On Saturday, at the Sheffield Town Hall, John Sweeney, a labourer, west brought up charged with committing a violent assault upon his cousin, Thomas Malloy, steno mason, Westbsr. Chambers appeared to prosecute. On Saturday night, the Ala inst., the prosecutor went to Shaves public-house in School croft, with a friend named Carroll, and called for a pint of ale. The prisoner was there, and asked the complainant to have a Kirne of carda. Complainant :mid he would have nothing to do with him, a remark that drew fortn .an estpression of ill-feeling from the prisoner. Complainant silo. tly afterwards asked his Inland to finish drinking the ale and to leave the I house. Prisoner, however, would not let them, and I st.ack the complainant several times, knocking ; him down on hi s back. Prisoner then got hold of I complainant's hair on each side of the head, and placed his nose in his mouth, and bit it severely. I Complainant shouted " Murder," and when assisted to rise he fainted. He waa bleeding very much, ; and when taken to the Public Dispensary his twee was dressed the house-aurgeon, Mt Thorpe, , who band it had been cut clean through the septura.—Mr. Chambers said he wished to draw the attention of the Bench to one teacurs in the case, and that was that about six weeks ago the prisoner was charged with assaulting a police-constable, and the complainant, who happened to be near the scrape of the scuttle. took a knife from him; and the prisoner afterwards threatened to "leave him a mark if he got twenty years for it"—The evidenoc for the defence went to show that the prisoner had acted under provocation; that the complainant challenged him to fight for a sovereign, and that.during the affray the prisoner had a piece of his ear bitten clean off.— He was committed for trial.  The failure of Thomas Webb. a South Wales colliery proprietor. was announced in the Lendon Bankruptcy Court on Saturday, with liabilities amounting to £90.000. Mr. Charles Mark Palmer. M.P., speaking at Sunderland on Saturday night, referring to Mr. Gladstonv's retirement, said he had no doubt that the choice would fall on the Marquis of Hartington, who had not offended any section of the Liberal party by crotchets of his own. FLOOD ING OP a COatilitY.—All the 'colliers employed at the Princess Royal Pit, in I.l4Yoreat , of Jean, the property of a London company, were cti.charged last week, owing to the flooding of the collie, y, mixoed, it is believed, by the abandonment of some neighbouring wo-lfs. Two hundred men are thus thrown idle.  DR. MANNINO AND MIL G LADSTONE:TO correct misapprehensions that have arisen, it is well to state that the Archbishop of Westminster has not relinquished the idea of replying to Mr. Gladstone's pamphlet on the Vatican decrees. Dr. Manning is at present engaged on the subject, and his work will shortly be completed.—Daily TaleSir John Karelake, M.P., has so far leo,vesed from the recent painful operation upon his eyes, which caused so much millet), to 'his friends, that ' he wee able, for the first time for some months, to dine in the hell last v.eek, at the Middle Temple. Oh passing down tits hall alter dinner with the rest of the benchete, Sir John was greeted with the warmest cheering.