The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-03 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER AND COUSIN JOHN
AGAIN.-Mr. Peter Brown made his second ap-
pearance yesterday, before Mr. CONANT, at the
suit of his wife, to answer to a charge of assault
committed on her.

From what came out on the former occasion it
appeared that Mr. Brown, in addition to the misfor-
tune of having married a wife some 20 years
younger than himself, had lately discovered that her
" Cousin John," a strapping young life-guardsman,
had, for the last six months, quite domesticated
himself with him, and that, in fact, his wife cc,m-
pletely neglected him, to run gadding about with
her cousin. A letter from " Cousin John," which
accidentally fell into his hands, put such a particu-
lar complexion on the intimacy between them that
he found it necessary to forbid their further ac-
quaintance. His prohibition, through the kind-
ness of some of neighbours, Mr. Peter Brown dis-
covered to be disregarded, for his business requiring
him to be absent the greater part of the day, he
learnt that, as soon as his back was turned, Airs.
Brown dressed herself in all her best, and went off to
meet the life-guardsman. This, however, was only
a surmise, for although, as Mr. Brown stated, he
had paid many a shilling to people to watch her
" capers," she always contrived to give them the
slip, and, consequently, he was left to conjecture
the cause of her absence. At the last Bartholo-
mew fair she went out in the day-time, and did not
make her appearance till two o'clock in the morn-
ing, quite tipsy, and making no secret of having
been to the fair with " Cousin John." He then
bestowed on her a good thrashing, for which she
took out a warrant against him, and a reconciliation
was, with difficulty, effected; he promising on his
part to overlook the past, and she, on hers, to give
up " Cousin John's" acquaintance.
Mrs. Brown now stated that her husband, with no
more cause than he had before, was just as jealous
as ever—threatening on various occasions to beat
her, and putting his threat into execution a few days
since, by giving her a " wipe" with the back of his
hand on her cheek.

" I was aggrawated to do it," said Mr. Brown,
whose slender pretensions to beauty were by no
means increased by a quantity of lank red hair, and
a mouth from ear to ear ;—" she told me to my face
she coultent abide carrotty people, and said she
could have my betters any day in the week."
" Oh ! you wretch," said Mrs. Brown, " you
know it was only yesterday morning you knocked
my work out of my hand, and stamped on my thimble."
" Yes," said Peter, " but you bev a brick at me
first, because I would'nt let you mend John's shirt."
" And did'nt you fling a cup of tea at me in the
afternoon ?" said Mrs. Brown.

" You prowoked me," retorted Peter," because
you kicked my legs with your pattens when I
wanted to prevent you going trollopping arter John.
Oh, your Worship, she's so wrapt up in John, that
she'll do nothing for me."
" It's false !" said Mrs. Brown, sharply, " I've
done as much for you as I have for John ; and I
defy you to prove I have made any difference."
" But, your Worship," said Peter, sorrowfully,
" what vexes me most when I think on it is, that
we've been married five years, and never had no
children, and now she's in the family way. She says
she hopes it won't he like me, and really I don't
think it
Mr. CoNANT advised Mr. Brown to be once more
reconciled to his wife.

" Oh, no," said Peter, shaking his head," it's of
no use ; she's often told rne, if I was angel in Heaven,
or even a blessed saint, I could not please her."
In this situation of matters the MAGISTRATE,
after recommending both parties to live peaceably
together for the future, if possible, dismissed the
summons.