The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-27 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

IMPOSTOR AND PRETENDI'D AInaDERO.R.---Yes-
telt' ,v Thomas Iffood who was examined last
ITe,k hetore Alr ALLEN, at this office, and re-
nian,il on his confession of having murdered a
34,111):: ~oata,) named Sarah'Stain, at Leicester,
ot, the., 6 h Jolts last, eras brought rip for re-
ex •minAtion. Jr has been ascertained. that this
frit, i, a most nworious and incorrigible irn-
p,“:,r, and he Nlagistrate.convt:itted Wood As a
vagrai7t to be tied at the ensuing Sessions.

PECK!! AM —The great Fair at this sn.bnrbal
of the Metropolis terminated on Tuesday.
—lt wAS lIIICOMIII opty crowded, and Company of
the better sort were very numerous. Though
the booths, &c. were nightly kept open till a late
boor, things went on upon the whole with more
order and quiet than, perhaps, trom circumstances
were expected. Minor accidents, as is usual in
s.,eh plAces, were numerous ; but we regret to
learn, that two fatal occurrences took place, the
°tie .he case of a poor man, who attended with
one of those dangerous vehicles of juvenile
a -wemen4, swings ; pi:tidying one of the sup-
rwing ropes tt, slarken, he incautiously rushed
torwarc mo far, in order to avert a pending
(lancer, when the machine, in its women-
telt. sr t k hint with such violence upon
the reeion of the heart, fracturkg three of the
tjH u hick guard that vital organ, that instant
death was rite consequence. '1 his poor creattne
has left a wile and eight children ! The Coroner's
Inquest s.it on Wednesday, anti brought in their
Ar:cidental I.Xath."—The other fatal
ea,e alluoed to, was that of a flee lad, about 16,
whose ,kott ve,s tracjnred by the whirling of a
round.:,-bunt." Every thing that surgical aid
c• uld do was proniply adminisOred, but, we
understand, he died in the comse of tire next day.
Satutd,y night, or early on Sunday morning,
the o,!se of Mr. Rowhollitm, at Catnbertvell,
by A gang of thieves, who gained ad-
mi•-ion over the Wack gargett wall, and a small
r, d repeater, 15 table lind tea-spoims, 171 in five
n.,,1 one pound notes, and a great quantity of
linen, Etc. were stolen,

(.)i; the evening of yeiterdav se'nnighty a boy,
along the wooden pi. r at Leith, fell into
the water, al toll tide. A young Gentleman ac-
cidentally n.ssing, without any other prepar4t on
alrowin,t off his hat, in,mediately leapt in ;
Wet being tintlfer natty a few sf:coitils,
)101 .ing up the child in trinindli in one of
his Hi.nis. HAtinv: with his charge re-ascended
then el, Gentleman recoverwe 'hit hat, and
his dripi.ing_elothes,,walked away. Nei-
the child iibr its deliverer were known to
e spectators cti this !influe and intre-
pid tNplott.—(Caledolian 'Mercury.)

COltort:RS' INQUESTS.

MURDER. IN DOVER-STIZEET,

Yesterday evening an Inquisitiob was taken at
the Coopers' Arms, Tower-street, Westminster-
road, before Mir. SneLToN, Coroner for the City
of London., upon the body of William Gregory, a
poor man, who for many years sold pies about the
streets, and who met his death it, consequence of
blows he received from a prostittite in Dover-
stmet nn Wi'ednesday.
Antonia fienzey, an Italian, stated, that about
one o'clock on Wednesday he was going through
Dover•street, and saw the deceased with four
watermen and the woman, who is -better krtn-en
by the appellation of blackgUard Jane. She ask-
ed him fur a pie, which he gave her ; she asked
tor a second, which he also gave her • she asked
tar a thiLd, v.hich he refused to give, because she
owed him Gil. before, which he requested her to
pa'y ; she told hini not to mind that, but to give
her the pie, at the same time shaking some half-
pence in her hand, but on his pressing for pay-
ment, she abused him, and rose from where she
was then sitting, and struck him a violent blow
with her fist behind the ear, then forced him
against the wall, held him up by* the neck, and
beat him as hard as site could about the face and
.breast. He called out for assistauce, -being
able to make any defence. One of the watertnen
interfered and liberated him, He_then held up
his head, putting his hand to his breast, he ex-
" Oh, I ant a dead Man," She attempt-
ed to attack him again, hut was prevented by the
Waterman. The deceased then walked trway some
distance, but not being able to proceed, he wai
ultimately castled home to his lodging, No. 14,
Tower-street, where he died in about ten minutes
afterward 3. He had not spoken since he was
brought home.
N. Bennet, 21, 'Beats-street, a pieman, was
standing at the door of ::Ar. Shelton hi Dover-
street, about ten minutes after one o'clock, on
Wednesday a fternoim, when he heard a noise and
saw the woman called Jane beating 'the deceased
in a most shameful manner.. Did riot see the de-
ceased strike her at all ; he had hig tin on his
arm, and a strap round his neck to hold it up.—
She held him by the left anti was striking him
with the right 'arm.

John itose;43, Dover-street, pawnbroker, said,
it was half-past one o'clock when hc heard the
alarut ; he ran into the street and saw the deceased
pinned up egaitst a post opposite 45, by the
woman called " infatuvus Jane; her arm was
round his neck, and she hitting him with her right
fist in the face. He was calling out for assistance.
She was so desperate that it was. dillicult to take
her off from him. She at .one time gut the better
of the wateummt, and said she would give'the old
turnips. She would cut his bead ()E—
-ine poor man having Kw released walked away.
Site was drunk. Did not hear the deceased com-
plain that he was hurt.

Ann Francis, a fish-woman, confirmed the fore-
going evidence, adding, that she met " infamous
Jane" afterwards ; and- she told her- she had
wapprd the old and he mould feel it to-
morrow. She. was intoxicated, and when so was
of a very turbulent disposition.
Thomas Bookhopper, a hackney coach-
man, residing in Dover-streer, saw the, woman
bcating pin) on the temples, and about the sto-
reL, but he added nothing fresh. He never
heard the woman called by any other name than
" Infamous Jane." She was very drank. He
heard the deceased say, " Lord have mercy upon
me" when he was going away; at the same time
holding . hand. to his head. Some person in
the room said her name is Jane Farmer.

Mr. James Cooke, surgeon, Bridge•road, Lam-
beth, about three o'clock on Wednesday, saw the
deceased at his lodging. He was then quite (lead.
He examined the body, and found a considerable
blow had been given to him on the frontal bone,
below the left orbit ; discovered no external
marks of violence on the body, except the head.
By the request of the Coroner and Jury be now
opened the head ; found upon the membrant
.about three ounces of coagulated and extrava-
sated blood, immediately under the part where
the blow bad been inflicted, but the skull was
not injured. Cannot immediately say that it
would produce his death, but it might.
Coroner—Cannot you form any opinion whe-
ther that. quantity of blood would be the cause of
death ? Witness—lt might be productive of
death, certainly.

The Coroner directed cne of the Churchwar-
dens to attend, and have the body further exa-
mined until then the Inquest was adjourned.

SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

On Wednesday night on Inquisition was held at
the King's Arms, _Battersea, before THOMAS
STIRLING, Esq. Coroner for Middlesex, on the
body of Emma Turner, a young woman, 18 yea's
of are. It appeared from the
.evidence adduced,
that the deceased was servant to Mr. Simpkins,
butcher, in Queen-street, near liattersea-lnidge ;
she was of a lively disposition, and was much re-
speCted in her capacity. About three weeks ago,
Richard Massey, journeyman in (he employ of
.Mr. Simpkin, accidentally bloke his arm, and was
confined to his lied at his, Master's house ; in
consequence the deceased attended him. His
master, however told him to go home till he
recovered, which he did. O Sunday a rim-
!nour was spread that her mother found him
and the deceased in an improper situation at the
time she attended him. Monday morning a barge-
man coming down the river, observed something
floating in the water,- and on his going to the spot
discovered it was the body of the deceased. On
the foregoing day she appeared as usualy cheerful,
but many inferences were drawn from the circum-
stances, that a wedding ring, never seen before,
was found upon her finger ; she had the Vey of
the street door tied to her waist, and was dressed
as the day before; it did not seem from her ap-
pearance that she had been in bed all night, and'
the general opinion was, that she went to see the,
young man alluded to after the family went to
hed, and either had not met with hint, or other-
wise not meeting with such reception as she ex-
pveted, that she drowned herself; for want of
evidence to this effect, the Jury, under all the
cit.cnnustanees, returned their verdict-,—" Found
drowned."