The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-09 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH.STREET.

Yesterday a very pretty, modest-looking little girl,
accompanied by her father, a tradesman at Lambeth,
came before Mr. CHAMBERS to apply for a warrant
against her master, Mr. Munroe, a gentleman of for-
tune, residing at 113, Park-street, Grosvenor-square,
Who had, as she stated, committed an assault upon her.

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Mr. CHAMBERS having heard the particulars of the
girl's complaint, granted a warrant, which was placed
in the hands of Schofield, who, in about an hour, re-
turned with the defendant in custody.

Mary Ann Adams, the complainant, after being
sworn, said that her aunt had lived for a number of
years as housekeeper in the defendant's establishment,
and that she (complainant) had been staying with her
for a short time. About a week ago the defendant
happened to see"her, and inquired of her aunt who she
was ? Her aunt informed him, and, as her relation
had given notice that she should leave her situation, a
few days ago the defendant told her that her little
niece would be 'useful in the house, and accordingly
he engaged her to •assist in the kitchen. As she
generally slept very sound, her aunt advised her not
to lock her bed-rooin door, which advice she
complied with.. On . Tuesday night, when she
retired to rest, he was awakened by finding some
a Person had got into bed, and feeling a hand. placed
on her shoulder, she touched the sleeve of the person's
night:dress, and immediately discovered that :was
the defendant. She then made him quit beck, aiid
he left the room, having first bege.ed ui her 'riot to men-
Ikon that he had been there W-tiie other servants.
a few ininutei thq defendant came again int() the tbe4,

Mr. Munroe—Thegirl admits that I told her to lock
her door when I entered her room the, second time. -
Mr. CI-AMBERS—Your itory might perhaps :do,
if the girl and your other servants• had not • been in
bed. I-lad you wanted to ask her such questions,- a
the head of •a family, I think - they would have been
put with more propriety in your studj, .or • drawing--
reom. But going into your servant's bed to give her
a. lecture, does, -I think,,look rather awkWard:
Mr. Munroe---ZplaCed -myself on the bed for thq
purpose of- communicating. what I had to say with the
more advantage; and because I did not want any of the
other servants to overhear what might pass.
Mr. CHAMBERS—WeII, Sir,' I think your defence
has not mended your case. It is, in my opinion, A most
indecen*t assault, and you would have shown a more
correct feeling if you had not attempted to explain it by
the statement you have just made. The assault was
an exceedingly gross one, and, as in the eye of the,
law, the placing your ha.l4 on her shoulder, which has
been sworn to, is sufficient to constitute an assault, I
think it necessary to put something more than a small
fine on you.
Mr. HALL, who was on the Bench, said he thought
the magistrates ought to go to the full extent- of the
law.

The fine of 51. was then- inflicted, and immediately
paid.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, MAY a,

John Willidm Washbourne was charged with hav-,
ing, while employed at the Opera-house, stolen four
lamp-glasses therefrom.
The foreman to the person contracting to light the
lamps of the theatre had lately missed a good many.
glasses, and therefore determined to keep watch. On
the evening of the 6th of May, when only the lamp in
the pay-box was lighted, he observed the prisoner slip
up the stairs, and followed him, and hid himself in the
pay-box. He soon heard the jingling of the glasses
above, and the man presently came down, and 'actually:
took the glass from the box in which the witness wag
hid. He was immediately secured, and the glasses
found in his pocket.
_

Verdict--Guilty. Sentence—Two months' impri.;
sonment.

A cargo of ice from NoTay has just arrived
at Honfleur, where it is being put on board boats to
be conveyed to Paris. ' •
•
MEDICAL ---i VEGETABLE.T t Is stated as a
singular fact, that if a plant is drooping or dying in a
hot-house, it is almost sure to recover if you place a
plant of camomile near it.

The Munich Gazette, of the 22(1 ult. contains
the following :—" Tripoli has long beep a place of
refuge for a number of vagtthonds and persons with-
out means of subsistence. Why does not England take
possession of it by. the same right as France has taken
possession of Algiers? The possession of Tripoli
would be of vast importance to England, and would
present, in a case of war with France, an additional
strong hold to Malta and Gibraltar ; while in time of
peace it would serve to receive the .mverilow of the
British population. The soil of Tripoli in also re-
markably' fertile, and cultivated by Maltese peasants.
It might one day become a rival to Malta."
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The Gazette da..Tribunaux relates a ship-
.,
Tar' stratagem whicat War, resorted to by two young
had been enjoyincs
men a few days ago it order to raise the wind. They
themselves with a copious repast at
a restaurant near the canal de 1' Ourig, but it appeared.
had no money to pay for it. In France 15 francs' re-
ward is allowed by Government to any one who drags
a corpse out of the water, and 25 francs for bringing
out a person alive. Our gourmands, therefore, pro-.
posed that one should jump into the canal, and that
the other should leap in after him and claim the re:.
ward. This was no sooner thought of than done, and
they immediately afterwards repaired to the Commis:-
sary- of Police to claim the reward, which was about to
be conferred upon them, when the retaurateur made
his appearance, and told the Commissary of the cheat
which they had practised upon him, and of that which
they were about to commit, he having overheard their-
conversation.

- Married at Woodstock, Mr. J. Munsou to
Mr. Henry Allen. It appears that Munson and S. L
Page of Hallowell, originally came from Connecticut,
and set up in business in Hallowell on a very extensive
scale • shortly after Mr. Page went to Connecticut
and brought' back Henry Allen as a clerk in his store,.
Everybody was well pleased with Henry Allen, and 11
was offered the highest wages when he left Mr. Page's
employ, but he would listen to no offers but those of
Mr. Munson, who was about establishing himself iu
Houlton. Here again Henry Allen displayed the sanie
activity ; exciting the admiration of the men by his
judgment in business and knowledge of acmunts, for
he appeared to be quite young ; but the hstonishment
of the ladies at his accomplishments was without
bounds, for no woman in the county could sew., iron,
or manage household affairs er:aal to Henry Allen, as
he frequently exercised his ;kill in these matters at his
boarding-house, But tlie denouement came at last—
he went over to Windstock with his employer, put on
woman's clothes-, and was married to him as a Miss
It seems she had been engaged to Munson in
ecalrfsh ice ran away, and ended h
cut, but herfatherrefustine courtship in
refusing to sanction the:
matthe
above manner.—Hancock Advocate.

MURDER OF MRS. WEBB.—Since the
close of the inquest on Monday night some further
information has been obtained. On Wednesday last
Palmer, the police officer, searched Fitter's house, in
order, if possible, to find the weapons with which the
murder was committed. Having diligently examined
the bottom part of the place, he proceeded to the
garret in which Fitter and old Fenney worked,
when he perceived a hole in the floor, near to the
bench at which Fitter usually sat. It was
filled up with the sweepings of the place, and
scraps of leather. He commenced removing the dirt,
and, having taken out a consieerable quantity, he at
length found, towards the bottom, a shoemaker's
pincers, having upon it the appearance of blood. It is,
what is termed a hammer pincers, and such as would
inflict the wound which caused the fracture on the
.head. He immediately showed it to old Fenney, who
said it was the one used by Fitter, and that he had it In
use up to the day of the murder. It was then taken
to Fitter ; he acknowledged it was his, but said he had
not used it for the last twelve months. In addition
to the above, a woman named Courts, who lives next
rinise{:ertiepsousechd
door to the house occupied by Webb, has deposed;
before the Coroner, that on the day of the murder.,
into her house, and inquired particularly from her if
about a quarter past three o'clock," Fitter's wife vitnt
she was then going up the town. She replied that
she was : in a short tuno afterwards she did go up the
town, and when sho came back the minder was corn..
that she was from home.—Vitrious rumours are
cTirchuisla‘trioomnanh,9:-thiei.en
tfior.s t
theexanip
as Mrs. Fitter hay* been seen washing
clothes stained with: blood, &e. but fie some
all without foundation. A garden which the ry. are
rented in the neighho
, .tushood of Vauxhall, wa.P'iugsrdflepr
yesterday, but nothing was found. Fitter sd
U
who
up to
this morning has been Confined at the r,',gison, in Moor-
street, has evinced considerable f rTnness, and most
positively persists in asserting
been daily visited by his re' .its innocence. He has
-.talons since his commitment,
alson itt
e9idn.
with the exception c.‘'
4 his wife, who, up to six o'clock
yesterday eve-•
.Ang, had not been to see him. Mr.
Bla-"elnqi,V--, one of the parish authorities, visited him
yeskt4day evening, and offered him every assistance in
41$ Power to enable' him to relieve himself from the
charge. lie disclaimed, all knowledgeof the fact, or
anrpartieipatibil whatever in it, and concluded his
serrations by saying, " I am innocent,' anif4if
liauged, for it J'Ara-a murdered man. He-was this
morning removed to inninghain Journal.