The Sun. — 1844-04-03 (London, England)

MURDER FROM JEALOUSY.—A man named J. Ozenne, a house-painter, was tried last week at Rouen, on a charge of having assassinated the widow Decouville, who lived in the Rue au Lard, at Havre, during the year 1840. The great suspicion against the prisoner was that, although a married man (his wife being twenty years older that himself) he professed a most passionate regard for the widow ; and, as he lived in an adjoining house, was known to spend many of his hours in her company, and to have the means of admission to her apartment by a private key to a door which was closed to all except himself. His passion was under no control, and he had been heard to threaten that, should she extend her favoured smiles to any one else he would kill ker. The body of this unhappy woman was found one afternoon, in the year 1840, iu a wretched state of mutila-. tion in her own kitchen ; the head was placed against frwall, and the feet on the hearth stone—between the legs. was found a candle which had been burnt out—the clothes of deceased were destroyed by fire,.and the legs and thighs had been charred to a great extent, Appearances led to the supposition that the deceased had been strangled, andathe body afterwards set on fire ; but, as no robbery had been committed, for even near to the dead body were found Silver spoons and other things of value, an inference was drawn that the murder had been caused by jealousy. Now it was notoriously known that Ozenne was jealous of the deceased almost to madness, and he was apprehended and examined ; but proofs sufficient to warrant his committal for trial were wanting, until an individual who was in prison for debt wrote a letter to some official party implicating him in the murder; and the facts therein stated having been inquired into, Ozenne was put upon his trial. There were several witnesses called, who deposed to circumstances which left no doubt of the guilt of the prisoner, and on Saturday, after two days' hearing, he was convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for life.  GENERAL TOM THUMB,--On Monday night, pursuant to the command of her Majesty, " General Tom Thumb," the celebrated American dwarf, had the honour 'of appearing for the second time before the Court at Buckingham Palace. In addition to her Majesty the Queen, her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and their respective suites, a distinguished party had been invited to witness the performance. His delineation of the Emperor Napoleon elicited great mirth, and this was followed by a representation of the Grecian statues' after which the General danced a hornpipe and sang several of his favourite songs. Her • Majesty was pleased to present the General with her own hand a superb souvenir of the most exquisite handicraft, of mother of pearl, and mounted with gold and precious stones. On one side are the Crown and Royal initials V. R. ; On the reverse bouquets of flowers in enamel and rubies. In addition to this splendid gift, her Majesty subsequently presented the General with a beautiful gold pencil-case, with the initials of Tom Thumb, and his coat of arms engraved on the emerald surmounting the case, accompany this Royal souvenir with the expression of her Majesty's high gratification at his versatile talents. The dwarf had scarcely made his appearance in the afternoon at the Egyptian Hall, when the Duke of Wellington honoured the General with a visit. At the moment the Duke entered the room, the General was in the act of giving an imitation of Napoleon musing at St. Helena, and on the Duke inquiring what he was meditating on, he happily replied, " Upon the loss of the Battle of Waterloo." His Grace then took the dwarf into his arms, and asked him several questions, with the answers to which the Duke appeared much pleased, and on his departure presented the General with a handsome douceur. AN