The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-04 00:00:00

THAMES.

Julia Storey alias Mary Mead/Iy, a well-known
thief and prostitute, was brought before Mr. Yardley,
charged with stabbing Richard Goggan.
The prosecutor, a young man, and others, were in
the Harrow public-house, High-street, Poplar, on
Tuesday night, with some others, and the prisoner
came in and insulted them, and called Goggan a son
of a-. He attempted to strike her across the
table, but failed to do so, and he then ran after her
into the passage, where there was some more wrang-
ling and a good deal of bad language used. The
prisoner suddenly took a knife from her pocket, and,
using a very bad oath, plunged it into Croggan's face.
He was struck on the cheek-bone, just under the
right eye, and bled profusely. Mr. Robertson, a sur-
geon, who dressed the wound, said it was a very dan-
gerous one, from its proximity to the eye, and that it
was a severe incised wound, an inch and a half in
length and half an inch in depth. The hemorrhage
was very considerable.
It was proved that the prisoner gave the knife to
a woma❑ named Mary Gillman, directly she inflicted
the wound. It was recovered and produced by a
police-constable named Watkins, No. 310 K, who
apprehended the prisoner, and stated that she was a
very savage woman, who bad been frequently in
custody.
The prisoner, in defence, urged that she was cut-
ting apples with a knife, when she was struck by
Goggan.
Goggan admitted that he might have struck her as
sbe was leaving the room, but she was not cutting an
apple, and took the knife out of her pocket.
Mr. YARDLEY committed the prisoner fur trial for
feloniously cutting and wounding with intent to do
grievous bodily harm.

THE ROYAL ADELAIDE STEAMER.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 2.—Mr. Payne, who lcfc this
port with his wife and three children in the Royal
Adelaide steamer on Friday last, w:s a surgeon, and
has resided for some time past at Albany-place, Ply-
mouth, where some of his family ware left to follow
;;hyanotl*,ponveyance. Mrs. Mary Anne Hurst is
the wife'a a coachman in a gentleman's family re-
siding on the Surrey side of the river, about twelve
miles from the City ; she was married only at
Christmas, and had been on a visit to her relations at
her native place, Lostwithiel, whence she took with
her a sister, Miss Jane Wetter, as a companion, to
London. Ann Welsh, 35, of No. 16, Mulberry-
street, Devenport, had three children, 14, 9, and 6,
with her, and left behind a fourth, a son, aged 17,
employed at the shipbuilding-yard of Mr. Banks,
Frank's-quarry, Mount Edgcurnb(!. Ann Welsh took
her furniture, and was going to join her husband,
John 'Welsh, a boatswain in the Royal Navy, on board
a man-of-war at 'Woolwich.

MILITARY RIOT AT GREENWICH FAIR.
The three days of Greenwich fair closed last night
at eleven o'clock, previous to which a scene took place
that will not easily be forgotten by those who were
unfortunate enough to be present.
About a quarter-past seven o'clock, a large body of
the Royal Artillery assembled immediately opposite
Richardson's travelling show, apparently enjoying the
outside performance, when all of a sudden one of the
soldiers gave a party standing near a violent blow on
the head, for the purpose of bonneting him. The
person having some friends with him, they remon-
strated with the soldier upon his impropriety of con-
duct, when a number of his comrades took his part,
and made use of several insulting expressions. At
that time a great many persons were waitirg at the
entrance to go into the theatre to witness the perform-
ance, when the soldiers commenced throwing nuts at
the temales, and making use of the most disgraceful
language. Mr. Nelson Lee, the proprietor of the
theatre, then came forward, and :having gained the
foot of the platform, he begged that the parties below
would not attempt to insult the audience, when a
general shout of " Off, off," and " Pull the show
down," was raised.
The artillery then rushed in a body up the steps of
the theatre, and having gained possession of the plat-
form, they forthwith commenced a violent attack upon
the performers, the audience, as well as the crowd
below. Men, women, and children were similarly
attacked, and having gained possession of the swords,
stave?, and other theatrical properties belonging to
Mr. Lee, the same were used as weapons of warfare.
At this period there were about 100 men of the
artillery present, when a party of the Royal Marines
came up, and seeing how things were proceeding, they
at once went to the aid of the other soldiers. So far
had the riot up to this time proceeded, that men were
knocked over the heads and so severely wounded, that
blood was running down their dresses, and women
ith children in their arms were screaming most fran-
tically. The crowd below was so dense, that it was
extremely difficult fur any one to escape.
The police on duty in the fair made towards the
scene of action, and endeavoured to quell the riot, but
the number of soldiers present was too great fur them
to be of any assistance, for the moment they at-
tempted to arrest any of the rioters, they were
knocked about by the military, and it was at
length deemed necessary to send for a stronger
body of police, when Mr. Superintendent
Mallilieu, and Inspector Gravestock And Math, with