The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-27 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Frederick Munton, a master tailor, residing at No. 3, Hal-
ford-terrace, Penton-place, Walworth, who has been in cus-
tody for several weeks, on a charge of cutting the throat of
his wife, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry for final
examination.
There are several circumstances attending this case which
render it one of a very peculiar character. In the first place
an aged woman, the mother-in-law of the prisoner, and who
was a most important witness, has been found 'dead in her
bed since the prisoner's apprehension and his examination in
this Court. In the first place, notwithstanding the force of
the evidence, the wife herself declares her husband perfectly
innocent of the charge, and asserts that her own was the
hand with which the wound on her throat had been inflicted.
Ths circumstance took place ou the morning of Sunday, the
25th of last month.

Mr. Otway, the gentleman 'who was first called in, and
under whose treatment the prisoner's wife has nearly reco-
vered, expresses it to be his decided opinion that Mrs. Min-
ton had inflicted the wound herself, and speaks of the situa-
tion of the wound itself, being in front of the throat, as in a
great measure confirmatory of that opinion.
Mr. Hewitt, a surgeon, who had been called in by the po-
lice, gives a different and opposite opinion. The latter gen-
tleman thought that if Mrs. Munton had attempted the act
herself she would have commenced the wound further back,
on the left side. Having once commenced, he (Mr. Hewitt)
did not think she could have left off so soon as appeared to
have been done in the present wound. On going to the sta-
tion-house he requested the prisoner to strip, and found a
number of scratches on his person. Three fingers on the left
hand were cut across, apparently by the cut of a hard-pointed
sharp instrumented. There were no other marks about him,
but he was much discoloured with blood all over, especially
his feet. His shirt, both the front and sleeves, were satu-
rated with blood. The .prisoner said he could account for
this. He said he was in the habit of sleeping without his
shirt occasionally, and was going on to say something fur-
ther, when Inspector Collier and himself (witness) cautioned
him, and told him he had better say nothing about it.
Mr. HENRY remarked, that it was not the duty of an officer
to check or prevent a prisoner from any statement he might
ti';nk proper to make, though such appeared to be the pre-
vailing pPinion. Their duty, as frequently expressed by the
Judges, was .9
hear anything a prisoner chose to disclose, but
.
not by questions o: conversation lead them to makestatemeuts
which might be again L.'ed against them.
Mrs. Munton, the prisoner: wife, was next examined.—She
is a tall, middle-aged woman, was very pale, and seemed very
weak from the excessive loss of block: and the effects of the
wound, which it appeared is nearl he_led. Upon being
y
sworn, she, in a low tone, deposed that she been ad-
mar-
ried to the prisoner for about three years, and, wh?h the ex
eeption of a few words about business, which they soon made
up again, they lived happily together. She was subjected to
an unusual flow of blood to her head, and this disturbed her
mind a good deal. On the morning of Sunday, the 25th of
last month, she got out of bed from her husband for the pur-
pose of lighting the fire, and while she went along the pas-
sage, her mind became so distressed that she could not tell
what her feelings were. There was something going before
her which excited her very much, and said, " You must do
the rash act !" She then went into the kitchen and got the
razor. She was at the time in a dreadful state of madness,
and gave one cut in the passage and the other in the room.
She imagined, for she was not sure, she called her husband,
who was in bed, and he came to her assistance. While she
lay on the floor she was unconscious of what passed for a
short time, and until she heard her mother's voice when
asking "who had done it ?" and she, witness, merely shook
her head, as she could not speak.
Mr. HENitv—Are you sure you did not point to your hus-
band and say, "He did it?" Now be careful, Mrs. Munton,
and don't answer the question hastily.
Mrs. Munton. with some animation —4 am quite certain I
did not point, or say so, as I could not speak at the time
and I merely shook my head. I have nothing further to,
say, but that my husbaud is quite innocent, and that I did
it myself. There had been no scuffling in the passage.
Mr. HENRY—One of the surgeons examined swears to
some scratches being on the person of your husband. Do
you know how he became so scratched ? Mrs. Munton—
Oh, my husband was in the habit, when I let may nails
grow, of asking me to scratch his back, and I did so some
weeks ago. Mrs. Munton denied having had a quarrel with
her husband of any serious nature, or any dispute beyond
a few words on business since their marriage, and then they
soon made it up again.
The%ister of Mrs. Menton, a respectable married woman,
contradicted the latter part of her sister's evidence, de-
clared that the prisoner was frequently in the habit of ill-
using her, that her sister had, on many occasions, com
plained of his ill-treatment, and being black and blue from
his violence, and she actually saw the prisoner ill-use her
herself.
Arthur Joy Vesev, a little boy, ten years of age, the
illegitimate son of Mrs. Munton, said that for some weeks
before Sunday, the 25th January, he lived with his grand-
mother and uncle, in the house of the prisoner. On the
Thursday night before the 25th he slept in the same room
with his mother and the prisoner. On that night the pri-
soner came home about one o'clock, and from that time until
morning they never ceased quarrAling. In the course of the
morning the prisoner got out to snuff a candle, which they
burnt in the room, and when he did so he placed a pair
of scissors with which he snuffed the candle, close to his
throat, and told his wife he should do for him. His mother
replied that there would be no occasion for that, as ehe
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should take her boy with her, and should either droWlier
bang herself.
Mr. HENRY remarked, that taking the whole of the es+
dente into consideraticn, he should send the C3SC before
statement
and leave it to them to say whether they believed
of Mrs. Munton, or whether she was not givint',..,*
false colouring to the casd in order to screen her husband fro
the charge.

SOUTHWARK.
William Dunn was placed at the bar before Mr. Cotting:
ham, charged on suspicion of being concerned with bret,llal.
into the house of Mr. Joseph Arnold, near Romford, in l'.!-es);
and stealing 807. in Bank of England notes, 40 soverespot
besides a gold watch and oernigh yertt
o.
Mr. Arnold stated that on the f the 19th oflCs
ber on the morning of the 20th, hisg house, called Witsleb,toeuli
Cottage, in the parish of Dagenham, Essex, was brio'
into and plundered of the above property. The lionse, was
only occupied by him, his wife, aid two servants, hosedlie
situated in rather an unfrequented part of the country.en
kept an excellent, watch-dog, but the thieves effected snn,
trance by breaking the paunel of the back door, and ba:iiy,
obtained an entry they proceeded to the dining
the cupboard of which was an iron chest of prodigious stre
bicT
and weight, affixed to the place where it was kept' wand-
was the dvpository of the above property. Notoitil?.,tbe
ing.its cumbrous dimensions the chest was removed 17!de d
thieves to a field at 'a considerable distance. By the 5,0,
the chest was discovered the body of the watch-dok "toe
there was every reason to believe, had been killed by 11,0
acid. The money contained in the iron chest Prir“dlteli
consisted of Si. Bank of England notes, and iniTe
parlounrg
after the robbery the complainant gave notice at the rated.
to stop any of the numbers, should they be Pre' of the
Owing to that notification, he was apprised that sore!n.the
stolen notes had been paid in, but he failed in tracin:Sts
parties until a few days since, when one of the 51- net'ed to
24,564, was stopped, which, on inquiry, was ascertain...loa
have been paid in by Messrs. Fuller, basing been ree,
to
by that firm from A butcher living on the south side u'
water. • tifiea
The bank• note in question was produced and iden
Mr. Arnold. sts'
A Witcher named Randall, living in the London-rcjato tbd
then called, and he stated that about a fortnight ag°,oll
best of his recollection, the prisoner, whom be had PI elpd,
is
known about the neighbourhood, called at his slwE'sf
payment for a joint of meat, tendered the dl. BO' he IC
land note produced, on which he (witness) wrote
soner's name, which enabled him to identify it.
In reply to questions from the MAGisTRATE, .tbsela,
The prisoner said he had taken it of a man in SO, boa,
for a black horse, about three weeks since. He did 111°.:1030
the man's name. The transaction took place at there sere
public-house, and, to the best of his knowledge, the_ on'
three or four other men present, two of whose nato4iith'
be thought, Fox and Ferrand. People who attend
he tool;
field were obliged to take notes from strangers, and
the one in question in the usual way of business. rise
Policeman Terrick, 26 M, buying stated that the P
was tried some time ago for robbery, and that ult 3,, 101
twenty of his associates had been transported with
period, beardi!!
Mr. CorriNGllam said the character he bad just nte,, t`r
the prisoner, coupled with the fact of a stolen bank n'esilln,
produce of a daring burglary, being traced to po.rfor
decided him in the determination not to accept of butrefofe
prisoner's future appearance, and that be should tfostief
remand him in order to give time for the production °
evidence against him.

CORN AVERAGES.
rnits
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH of t,'„
For the Week ended Feb. 21,1846, made up from the Heitus2;l
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns it/ Englau"
per Imperial Quarter,

WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS. BYE. ,4„
sti.34,
riticE .. I 553 Od 29s lid 2 6
1s d 32s 10d 3 ~,4s
DUTY... 17s Od 7s Od 6s Cd 85 Gd 7g

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MARKET NE WS.—(YESTEL—
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TrIANILETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ss; 01011-10elo
41 5s to 5/ 123 6d; Oat Straw, 1/ 103 to 11 135; eso
Straw, 11 13a to 11 15s per load. Trade dull, at
r•
quotations. o Clsdt
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 41 °s 101" j
ditto, 414 s to Si lOs ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 14s
OP '
Straw, 1114 s to 11 16s per load. A moderate P
a sluggish demand. riot). o
; ff
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3l 5s to 415 s •
-
41 8s to 51 15s Oat Straw, / lls to 1/ 13s ,• Vuejull•
11 133 to 1/ 15s per load. Supply good, and trade
MEAT DICAIitNNTS. ,to
SotrrnAr,t, FEB. 25.—The supply of fat stock B—n(1 roo
was by no means extensive, yet the general den ,j (PA
heavy at barely last week's quotations. Beef, frorils-j;
4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4,3 to 45 fill
Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs.
ROMFORD, FRB. 25. Prime Sheep sold steadilY;t SJt{
prices, otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef, fr7Tisd;
4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to '31,24 to ",tll
Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, „'‘,l, ""
Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Mulch ti°'
their small calf, 16/ to 1815 s each. 11111.1,1
LEWES, FEB. 24.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 45 to 4/)
3s 10d to 5s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 45d.
per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady dernau
NEWGATE AND x.r..aromirsAl'ti
The supplies of Meat on sale were not to
yet the trade was in a depressed state, at bare*" ° I'tt
6d
prices :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 38 by
Veal, 4s to 5s ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 8""
caftan.

STATE OF TRADE. , /101
MANCIESTER, TUESDAY, FEB. 24.--There ,50.1tet
slightest change to notice in the state of our Messoreteli
week. The continued, and indeed increased, PrsvoltiviD
money prevents all purchases but those which arerood,
necessary to supply existing wants, and the de, t tbe 410
for goods and yarn, is exceedingly limited, .tt boefocl
time, though some few spinners and manufactuzerAstreV
slight concessions, prices are generally pretty P',3prie,
which, in the existing state of the money market,,LirPof
for the generally sound and healthy condition of t'd- sifti3P'
ROCHDALE, MONDAY, FEB. 23.—We have 11.3",,, ofto
market, and few buyers have attended. Pr'c-hdPO-
- remain much the same. In wool there is 110
report either as regards price or amount of btaillenial..46"
LEEDS, TUESDAY, FEB, 24.—There has been Aket,sl-
doing in light tweeds, but upon the whole our resr
as yet without animation. Woolleeps firm. bee"
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, Fzß.-24.--There bt
cidedly a flat market this day, and great con3Pleill,
in the warehouses. It is hoped, however, that thertsiV
able state of business proceeds only from the linct Are"
which the measures at present before Parliareenotber
regarding the reduction of duties, and that eu
may produce a healthy trade.

O°
SO e 0
' n'tAill 0
BLETSOE.— CAUTION A nritoniAlf. -.- itg-- f stet oc0
Tuesday last, at Bletsoe, the Rev. John Wing, °;I 1,`4 til
appealed against a surcharge for using a.-11""ipfonneih,
Williams, the surveyor of the district, laid Z'oeo, stiollivj
in consequence of the rev. gentleman havi'lfoie, ttiVlit
letter sent to the surveyor, for a charitable parr eel 'l` og,(
insignia of a swan. Mr. Wing denied that the scrod tf)tioil'f
any heraldic style about it, or that he had inten violi,A D,
as such; he characterised the information as 3 OSt'ilitif
csnfidene,e, and an oppressive exaction not coo bed till e/
the legislature. As the information was Persisto g. I
was no alternative but to inflict a fine amounting ,
Bien( Herald.notate
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MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—.I. .- ~, 9.,,e1"
deaths during the week ending Saturday, Feb. 21. ‘.11551we P,t/
129 less than the average of rive winters. Bronchlo;orat JO'
only disease that appears more fatal than usual. Till: ctele'eple4./
ber is 31, while the deaths last week were 72. T'',;d6 0„11,000,1
were 33. of which 14 were from burns and scalds, a; Bb'
is,
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A ,4 ENTLE3I:O4.," dal46'
Wednesday Mr. Bedford, Coroner for Westminster, tioes ' )i,lll
inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of d""fsa,,„ 0:1
aged 42, late butler in. the service of - SanderOteeraretV,
No. 46, Belgrave-square. The deceased had been_.,"a ia r„ IP.
years in the family, and was a sober steady man, a'ee 1"11 o+l,
health. On Friday night last he left the house f°l.l,odl°_, 0010
waiting at dinner. He called upon Mr. Mason, the „plot"
Triumphant Chariot, in Pembroke-mews, Grosve°,,°e'tee• Ar
house he left at half-past ten quite well, to return :,u oa ',etr,;te
more was seen or heard of him until half-past six o'cl7,ollo`,44'eS"
morning, when he was found lying insensible on thejigraive ao tie
site to an unfinished house in Grosvenor-crescent,,!.7eriDere of
Ile was taken immediately to St. George's 11501.`1,esso f pi:
'tired shortly afterwards, from the rupture of a blouse, art 'Ol,
brain, which might have resulted naturally or other 0,1 11-teloiO"
:vas involved in great mystery, arising from the 11'bje elieatoere
dreas being disordered when he was discovered, An' 003 'io )1001'
considerable sum of money, which he was known to
_eteli 4,0
being missing ; and it was further stated by police-04i, to glAte;le
119 B, who was on duty in Belgrave-square on the 1:;,t, 0 the tit
that he passed the spot where the deceased Iv oria, 1000 ,
few minutes before six o'clock on Saturday n,iter el , 3n,
ceased was then not there. In the absence of furnepteo'4otl.o 01:
jury returned the following verdict-Died from 8,- on ''atil ~,e0:,
COLLISION OF RAILWAY TRAINS. --„ieter);:soWe' er,
morning the mail train did not arrive in this city v" ieso 'trall2;e; ;it
ten o'clock, nearly six hours after time. The delsgagee t.o' iii,
we are informed, by the mail train overtaking theeence , of illei, ,
Weston-super-Male. A collision was the conseci_odoe ~tee
.4r,
two being destroyed and some pigs killed. The `tjeir 1,0 riror
train was also so much damaged, that the delay.. eof ".:.,11
ison. ••
jg
moving the trains and getting another engine. war/ •
gers or servants of the company sustained any . hilt°
Luminary. Dir
i13113g 0
The first-class fare from London to 64:0,1
"ti°°- o
now the same as the second-class in 1844. repl ~elPr tll,
VICTORIA PARK.—On account of the Peri ache(( of 0
of the weather, the planting has been carried on .!,,,,,,rl_,Y,cot „
nearly 10,0011 trees Are Illant,d in the ground.- ~,,isi ." 11Y
outer plantations have been laid down, and all " 051003,
roads complated. Wearie, iir i 6
On hn,hefoe, Co il"
- At Hammersmith Police-court
John Pierce, the landlord of the King's Head PB,,atig ',l',,etia„, oij
green, was charged before Mr. Clive with 1.r0.K.0.'"-TheLd ,
pigeon, which flew over the grounds where a spar nertP_et Oa"- t
-ow taking place, in which the defendant wastrwitiv6l' efer
trrte recommended the parties to settle the
firreaatcli effectt to it
him to det>lole, and an arrangement WAS 111' _he poa- ~,pOP
The May-or a Exeter has ordered tth the 01)1S.
4 off
any person carrying about children afflicted with
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daughter. Etockwell of
On the 19th inst., at Baekford Hall. Chester. ,
to
wife of 1:1;i,
On the 19th inst., at Park crescent , 0013 d/
Bad
Wiltshire, Esq., of a daughter.
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On the 20th inst., at Alderley, Glouceoter'hire,
of
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Hale, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. ht, the 111" t-00$'
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Oa the 21st inst., at Ryde, Isle of Trig ' fAeutew.--•fl o
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On the 22d inst., at Peterley House, -- rod, . till: •
N. Alves, of a daughter. intrrow-' hten "DO 'lOl
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On the 22d inst., at Great Yarmouth,
Mackenzie, of a daughter. . Brighton, the
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nitre- pare, lio°
bald Young, Esq., o Quebec, er Bard,ae'ne(l rta /Ate
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