The Sun.
London, England, 1819-06-01 00:00:00

CURIOUS CASE OF BIGAMY.

John Coupon was indicted for nadavattny inter-
marryint with one,Margatet Evtins, his ft:riner
wife, Elizabeth England, being give,
evideucc ptisoncr aitas, that in
the month of Septem4o;l799, he 'was married
to -one
,Eliz.tbeth England, at the Church of St.
Mary le-Strand. On thratl..of February, in the
present year, he was agairi,:tharried to Margaret
Evans, at the ParishA.:hurch-of SI, Pancras. The
registers'of these ceremonies were put in, and
the hand-writing the prisoner proved. That
of his former wife, Elizabeth England, was
also certified, as was &so the fact of her betig
stdl'alive at the time of the prisoner's commi; -
ay

The circumstances connected With the second
marriage were a little singular. Mks Evans, it
appeared, who was entitled to some property, had,
on a rainy day, about six months previous to the
marriage, accidentallv•met with' the prisoner in
tlrestreet. Fie -nUred her. the covering of hil
mantas, which, after some hesitation, she tic,
eepted. He accompanied her a considerable dis-
tance w h r home, hestOwitsl upon her in warm
terms much rompligont...; urging strong profes-
sions„and entlea,ing to see her again.—
The !arty, in ordcr to get Col of his importnni-
tits, made a promise to meet Hui, but failed in
doing to. -Chinee, howev,!r, agaiT'threw hint in
he-r way, and an-acqulini'.a'rtce atnioq inipeicepti-
yy,arose between I i:t111, which, alter a courtship
Ue3l;..y six months, ended is their union: Her
friends at this time refused to advance her any
property, promising, however, to secure it to her
according to the way in which her husband should
eonthol himself. After residing together " ra-
'her more 'than tl,tree weeks, but not quite a full
honey-moot!,!' he left her one day,- taking with
him her valuable watch, and promising to. return
10 tea.

She never saw afterwards, lit/W-
-eyer, until he was taken into custody; but in the
wean time she had Hinted of his former tn3r-
i;3ge, and of the- existence of his lawful wife.
match,lien which it turned out he lead given to
so;ne otlitr woman, to whom he wa3"inaking
v0,'0., was revored soon after his apprehension,
The casesxcited not only interest hut amuse-
ment, tit prisoner being a rti•in apparently verg-
ing. upon 50, nearly six feet high, corpulenr, and
by no means prepossessing. The Lady seemed
about 25, was diminutive, and extremely deli-

The priioner made no defence, and was, with-
out a mument's•besitation,, found Guily.

ACCIDENT.—On Sunday last, as two yqung lads,
brothers, named Bin bage, were running along the
barges at Mr. Capper's wharf, at the' bottom of
F;motain-court, Strand, one of them, of the name
-of William Burbate, untortunately.slit?ped off the
barge and was drowned. Eve: y !neaps were ill-
s Hotiy resorted to for the recovery of the body,
but long before the yowl) was found he- was a
corpse. .Two experietired Mvdical Gentlemen
were called in, but their efforts were trnsoccess-
fol. The body_ was then conveyed to the Plough
public-house. in -13(A'infort-boildings, Strand,
where a Coroner's Forest was held yesterday
afternoon, when, atter hearing the evidence of two
witnesses, the Coroner addresstd the 3 try. who
immediately returned a verdict of " Accidental
Deal b."

Saturday morning the body of a respectable
looking young • rumn wits found in the River
Thluies, near the Lord Wellington, Woolwich ;
he wore a new blue cloth coat with gilt buttons,
a buff kerseymere waistcoat, drab kerseymere
breeches, light shoes, %%bite stockings, and an
eye-glass attached to his waistcoat ; there was a
rope lied round his wrist with a seven pound
weight attached to it ; his name is not known.—
In his pockets he hall two pocket-handkerchiefs,
a pair of gloves, thirteen shillings in yilver,.atul a
razor will) tie name of Collins scraped on the
handle of it.

A,boy,.seven years of age, in the town -,f We-
ser, in Germany, playing one day with ltiy sister
of four years old, was alarmed by the cry of some•
men who were iti pursuit of a mad dog, The child
suddenly looking round hhu, saw the dog tan-
ning towards him, but instead of . making his
escape, he took oft his coat, and wrapping it
round his arm, he boldly faced the dog, 'nod ho!d-
ing out the attn covered with the coat, the animal
attacked it, and worried • the coat till the men
came up, who, being armed with chubs, killed
the dog. The men reproachfully askt-d Ilse boy
Why he did not run and avoid the dog.,
,which he
could so easily have dour. " Yes," said the little
hero, " I c“uld have run from the dog, but if 1
had, Ire would have attacked my sister. To pro
test her, therefore, 1 thought of offering him my
coat, which he might tear at till you should conic
up and kill him." The Hien, as well they might,
first admired his courage in facing the dog ; but
they were the more agtonishel, at the prudence
anti firtune,t.s. of mind discovered by this pheno-
menon. The conduct ot dais wonderful child
furnishes atf.eful hint to persons of more m ,inte
age, in protecting thentsclvot trout the attacks tq
a toad dog,