The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-10 00:00:00

PO LICE.

MAIILB ROl7 GH•ST R EET .yesterrlay Men-
tioned that a -family. of swindlers, consisting of
father, mother, son, and daughter, have reeent-
\been discovered. , The father, who acted
.as
1-AA to
.the daughter, (who called herself. a Mrs:
Wa)cefield, and whose name is M.‘Eony, alias
l\PC,ay, Bto. &c.) and the brother, Henry Al'Eony,
have been secured. Mrs. Wakefield is now in the
King's Bench tr'r mother, who meltasher house—
keeper,- is not yet in custody. The father. and son
underwent a -long elarnination yesterday. at Marl-
baroughAtreet, where there were about .forty per-
sons ready to prefer charges against them. Amongst
the tradespeOple,who gave their depositions were—
Mr. Mike,. milliner., in. the St.:and,. who supplied
Mrs. Wakefield with goods to the amount of be-
tween 601.-and 701. by the representaticM of her ser-
:. -vants, who stated IlLr husband to be. a, non of hide-
penclent fortune.
Robert Sewell,: coal merclianoh Portman Mews,
had been defrauded in a similar manner, by the re-
pr,,ientation of Mrs. W's. chathetei by her.. father
and mother.
Matthew Frail, a vi'aualler, in o&ford7itieet, was
. precisely
.in the, same situation. ,
a fishmonger; in PPrtMan7stt*l.,
engaged.: to supply
.Mrs. Wakefield with fish on
delivoing ins bill, at the. e:4)iriirion a a Month, ac-;
cOycling to agreement, the Lady had fled With her
domestics.
A Jeweller; at 10; riceadillp, had let out apart-
ments to Mrs. Wl'ikefield, at fifteen guineas per
r,:lonth. She represented herself is the- wife of a
Gentleman of fortiAtie, in Essex, and her fainilycon-.
sisted of a maid-servant, a valet,
.and a foCtrnan ;
the tWo latter of which were the Prisonersi. -They
were attired in livery, and the Jeweller was informed
Ly theM, that Mr. Wakefield kept his horses-, cur-
ricle, &C. but lie
.would not bring them to London,
as he preferreda, country life. 'f hese, and. nUMller-
less other impositihns having been praaised by Mrs.
W. and her father and her brother,. she was form-
;ate enough to obtain -from the Jeweller's shop
jeweliery,to the amount of about...o'l. the day after
she had entered her- apartments., Which site desired.
imrhedta!ely to pay for. A bill was delivered, when
she recolleiled she had net shitOiiiiE money to spare
tbe.arrial of her httsband in a day or taro, and
she paid 101. in part. The next' day she looked out
a gold watch, value 20 guineas, and appendages.; and
other jewellery, to go to theball of a ..Lady of dis-
tinaion. Many artifices were resorted to ._to cover
the frau'ds; but the Jeweller at length s.usp6ting his
cus!orner, and finding that - Mr: Wakefield did
not appear, sought means to recover the debt,
whiCh was nearly 1001. Mrs. Wakefield vas ar-
rested, and on searching, her apartments the pro-
perty had been removed ; Mr. Wakefield turned out
to be.the son of a labouring man in Hertfordsilire.
11,r. Jupp, hatter, No: Old Bond-street, Mr.
Dadd, and a number of alas haVe also been stif•

tie re rs
It was stated by one of the Witnesses, that in
one instance tradesman in i‘lortimer,street was
referred to by the Prisoner, and he- represented her
as the Wife of a man of 50001. 'per annum. Airs.
_,ayton,
,milliner, Berkeley--square, had supplied
Ira. W. with goods to the arnotint of 401. She gave
;lier credit-from her appearance and equipage. Her.
_valet and footman wore liveries, and they represent..
ed her husband as a man of considerable fortune.--,
IClrs. W. when she got the ;goods, at different times,
spoke of many Ladies-of
.distin4ion; some Of whom
supplied, and- eXpresseci her satisfhdion at
getting to a fashionable shop. Mrs.
_W. ordered her
bill, and on its being delivered she had fled. It
would be impossible to enumerate the. varions:arti-
fices resorted to by this family to carry on their
-frauds. The two Prisoners were yremanded until
Methods should be used to bring up Mrs. Wakefield.
The whole w ill be re-examined next 'Wednesday,
PUBLIC OFFICE, HATTON-tlAßDEN.—Ycsterday.
1-lugh Mack, a Serjearit, underwent an exatnination,
charged on suspiciOn of the wilful- murder of Ti,
mothy Kirby, a soldier, who was a deserter, and was
pn l'll3 way to London With other deserters, under.
the Prisoner's care, When it appeared that, through
Patine of marching, the deceased not being able -to
proceed any farther, stopped at 4arnet-,-- when the
'Serjeant struck him oerthe head, by which hc
Stunned, and-Was obliged lo he eitinVeyed is a cart,
being unable to wa'k, tollleavok,of Which Cdbk
and Lee, two -other deserters, ..gage -evidence. A
Headhorough at:Barnet deposed, that. the Se4eant
said to the deceased " thtft kifOtild:intiiiier-blin if
he did not 'folbW -the part-ji." Stirgedii 7:-Artletll,-df
the-SaVoY, cleSdribed the situation- cif' 'the:. *wadded
man as being without- a fever fir three or four days,
and stated his being railed Up•at a:late-hour at night
to attend 'tipon'the deceased, When hcfthund him in- a
dying state; that soon after -he 'expired, wbeft 'he
examined the wound, and 'concluded i:v_itb sash A
that Kirby died of 'such Wound. The Prisoner Was
fully conunizted for

This morning the:prisoners, *ho Stani.Cortitnittc.'il
on charges of felony, were'rembvedfrOm the several
gaol's .in the City of ;London 'and .Conqy'of
-sex to New-gale, -preParatOry to their t-a.king their
trials at the ensuing-Sesiions at Jnstice Hall in-the
Old ailey, Wbich.commence.on N:Veslnesday next.
Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, a ladyandGentle-
man :walking near the Basin, in the.Grecn Park,
Observed strnethfrig fa ilie-Wiiter. On givipg-th,
'alarm, it prOved lo be thecbOdy of a man. When
taken on shore his face, from the lenr;.th. of time-it
bad remained in the wafer', was cluite-di,figured.—
'He appeared tp be about 30 years of age, had on a
genteel blue coat,-fashionable Made pair of brown
'kerseyrnere breeches, black-stockings and shoes. He
w4as shortly after recognized by a woman -to belong
to St. George's Workhouse, and'was deranged in his
mind. A -wooden spoon W:ls tbi.indiri.his ;pocket.
The body was taken to St. Martin's 'bone-lionso. ;
it is supposed'that the body was in the water 14

days.
This day the payment of the April 'Dividends
commenced at the Bank, and will prove a supply at
this moment peculiarly fortunate, as it will enable
many persons to:purchase a chance in the present
Rich Lottery, which in a few weeks may produce
indepen&nce.


LT:‘, 'DJ .ISS*I.

. . a
Afi DUndalk Assizes there was little bushieis. hi
the Civil Court there were only four Records tried,
the principal of which was, an aaion. brought .by
John and Henry Maxwell, Es-a-Fs. against the Com-
missioners for incloNing the Comnions of Dromiskin,
to recover damages for an alledged injury dinyeto the
mill of the Plaintiff; at Dungoogan, near Dundalk,
by reason of certain cuts which had been made by
the Commissioners,• for the purpose of draininff said
Commons; and which the Plaintiffs complained had
drawn off a large portion of water which would
otherwise-havelowed to their mill, and that in con-
sequence ofsaid diversion they. had experienced -a
failure of water, and had therefore not been able to .
grind as much cornet their mill as formerly. •
The Commissioners endeavoured to chew, that the
defalcation of profit, of which Plaintiffs complained,
was occasioned by'the erection of a corn mill at
Annagaskin, by Acheion Thompson,. E. and riot
by the-making of the cuts Complained
,of. '•
. The trial lasted two days, 'having been adjourned
by con's-C.IICA 11 o'clock at night, on.the first day. .
The Jury fonnd a verdict for the Plaintiffs, in 50L
damages, and costs as Usual. A
similar. adion between the same-parties, and
on- the' same grounds,, had been -tried at the last.
Shinmer Assizes of Dundalk, the result of which
*as more favourable to the Plaintiffi,' for the Jury j
Who tried that :talon
.gaVe the Plaintiffs ':5001. da-
mages, with Gd. costs. . •
In the Criminal Court there .were but I'B nutuberS
only
_trial Worth recoi'diiig W'aS that Of Owen
fronrcyty, .who Was prosecuted for committing a
raf)e upon •Ciitherine Johtiseii. The ;Pfiosecu
savor., .that she had come into thetolth"‘bf Dundalk
for the purpose of settling With Prisoner, who was
her near relation; on the foot of a purehase shertly
before that time wade by 'Prisoner froin Prosecu-'
trix's mother and family, .of -a small farm, •in the
county cif Louth, whieh'they lead' held under Mr.
Hill; that beina unable to settle with Prisoner, , he
prop64ed that they should go to the house of Prose,
eutroes mother, .and settle With her ; that Prose-
entrix. and Prisoner left Dundalk together, about
six o'clock in thre evening, and on coining to the
turn of the road, leading from the high North road
to the house of Presecutrix's mother,. Prisoner said,
that there were some persons on that road, attending
a funeral procession, whom he did not wish to meet,
and propOSed that the, should go oil to the next turn
of the road, and that he knew of a short_ way lead—
ing froin it to her Mother's house. Witness conceiV-
ing that the Prisoner was sincere in what he said,
and thinking herself perfectly safe in his care, on
account of the relationship which subsisted between
theft, and the continual professions of friendship and
reaard Which 'Prisoner bad professed for herself and
family sitice her fathei's death, agreed to accompany
hiM to therie'A turn of the road, as lie desired. They
both Continued their road thrther, until they came
to a public-house, into which Prisoner prevailed on
Prosecutrix 'to eater, and take share of some punch.
Prisoner Navin; met some acquaintances at this
hOhSe, who joined his party, occasioned their deter).-
titan there 'until
.near eleven o'clock at night.
sonCr waitted 'witness to accompany him to hiS Mo-
ther's hoUse, which was nearer said. public-house
than that ofthe Prosecutrix's mother; saying, that
her' Mother would- be perfealy. satisfied, next morn-
ing at finding the Prosecntrix hadheen`in the'care
of Ptisoner and his mother. To this offer Proseeutrix
&dined acquiescing, and she and Prisoner then fol,
lowed a•bye,road, which he said led to the residence
o.witness's mother. Witness then swore, that on
this bye-way Prisoner perpetrated the crime. of which
she charged him, and that in consequence of the vin-
Wee, and abuse she had received from the Prisone!.',
She was confined to her bed for six days.
crOss-exorninatioa of. Witness, she said she had
not ever offered 'to relinquish the prbseeution of Pri-
soner on reeeiVing a stun of Moti.ey'as reparation for
the' injury whiC4i had be:eti &tie "to ,her.
The .mother And sister of TroseCtitrix were then
examined; to 'prove that on the night of the alledged'
injury received by the Frosecutrix, she-had returned
:Wine:ea late hour of `tie night, With several marks
Of violence upon her person.
'Here the case the Prosecntrix was closed, and
several witnesses,were then prOtinced on behalf of
the Pr,isoner„ the principal tendency of whose testi-
; hinny went to shear, that the prosecution originated
' ict 'a, dispiite between the Prisoaer and the family of
-the Proseentrix, relative to the title to the farm of
' land before alluded to:; and evidence was likewise
.kiveu by. the Lion. John JocelYu and Robert Page,
Egg. 'tlfOt kosHectitrix bed, hi their presence; agreed
to accept a sum of Money fun Prisoner, and dis-.
Continue the prosecution of him—this evidertee ap,
pearing Controdi4ory to dre testimony of Presecu-
...trik in this particular, and theray throwing a shade
of doubt upon-the entire testimony of Prosecutrix,
• altlioulh: the two 'pieces of evidenced might be recon-
, ciletl, was explained by the Learned Judge in his
Charge to the Jury. •
After a long and patient investigation of the case,
'the Learned Ridge charged. the Jury at considerable
length, recapitulating 'the whole of ;the evidence,
and obserVing upon it rather in favour of the
stifle'', principally on the grotirid of the aforesaid
Centradietion.

The Jury retired at half -'pa'st seven d'eIOCIC, and
after a little deliberation, returned with a verdid of-
-21:ot The trial lasted nine hours..
011 the 611nWing morning, the Judge ordered
the PriSoner.to be broiight to the Bar, and then ad-
dressed him in a'rnoit *eloquent and iinliressive les-
son;
in the coarse cif which he said, that although
huentirely-approVed tif•the verdid of the Jury, .he
was by rio Inlnns 'satisfied that. the Prisoner was in-
nocent, hut.the contrary ; anti he believed also, that
this was the impression upon the winds of the Jury,
Who, he hefieVe'cl, founded their vcrcha rather on
the abtibt ofthe guilt of the Prisoner, than the cer-
tainty of his innocence.
These Assizes-prtwed Maiden, there being 'no ca-
.
'vital corn-idiot' at them. -
. .

'SHIP Is:lEl,kb,

CR AVEStNI), APRIL.I.

Passed by—the Peace, Lawstin, froM.Norvviy.
Sailed— the fluinpliries, Young, for, Prince. tdwtsd
Island ; Riga Packet, Waterman, for Lisbon'; Evvretta;
Patterson, Edystorte, Sorman, and Lusislialuo CAr'inaa. for
Queboc.

1.1"M.1 .4rFA IRS.

EXTRACTS FROM • THE PAPERS LAID • REIMRE THE
lIOUSE OF COMMONS) RELATIVE TO TILE AP7-

FAIRS OF INDIA.

No. I, •
Copy of a Minute of Sir lon N SHORE snow Lord Tr told
moor ri), late. Governor General of Bengal ; detailing
the measures a tr.pteti in Outie, which led to the deposi-
tiou of Vizier Alt, and placing on the Throne the Nabob
Siodut Mi.', together with the Treaty concluded on that
occasion.
Governor .General's Minute.

THE situation in.which the Company have been
placed by the,death of the Nabob Vizier, and of the
consequences of that event, -is as singular as it is
unprecedented in history. By au extraordinary con-
currence of Circumstances the Company were com-
pelled to be the arbiters of the disposal of a king-
dom, 'and it Os 'finpoSsible to form a deisiou on
the claiins to the succession between the reputed
'Sons of the deceased Nabsb Asoph ud Dowlah and
the.litie al descendants of his father 81rnj a h ucl w-
lA, -free from great doubt and objection.

. _
After the matt tst deliberation on the relative
rights of Vizier-Ali and Sandtit 'Ali, taking them as
the' representatises of the two families, I gave any
opinion, not without hesitation, in favottr df7ier
Ali's claim to the succession, as the presumptive
eldest son and heir apparent to the deceased Nabob,
on the gropnds of his acknowledgment of him as
his's" corroborated by a series of corresponding
flag and declarations, and by the sentence of the
Mahotnedan Law supporting the validity of such
acknowledgthent. The acquiescence of the Ilegurn,
the apparent geneial consent of the inhabitants of
-,uenew., the danger of admitting reports, hoever
notorious, in disqualification of the hereditary tights
of the Princes of India ; the injustice of declaripi-r,
on such groundS, a nnineroris family of the deceased
Prince spiition, with other consideration,, were
auxiliary arguinentS in support of our decision ;
did I think myself
.authorized to 'ptepoSe a reversal
of it on the infOrmatiOn 'of Zehseen Ali Kliann,
which, whilst it strongly confiVned the popnlar be-
lief of the spurious-birth, of Vizier -Ali,, did not, as
It then stood amount to"proOf that he I.Vai, not the
son .of Asoph ud Dowlah; Or pesitively the son of a
Fraush. •

I have, neVerthelegs, eVeu found it impossible to
divestniy,,,olf of the impression, excited by the uni-
versal belief and assertion, that Vizier, Ali is of spit-
rious ori,_tin,,and of the apprehension so obviously
conneae.l..wlal. it,' that the justice and reputation Of
the Company might sutra au imputation by a deci-
sion in his favour. ‘1 .

The arra►ngements which I had in view when I
left Cah!ttta have no reference however• to an altera-
tion of the succession; but, under the stated-impres-
siom, I conceived it possible that the repugnance of
the_inhabitants of Oude to the title of Vizier Ali
might be such as to force upon rue the further con-
sideration cf it.

The Minister met me, at Cawnpore, alta. -the it).
formation which received frOm him.cbnfirmed the
details in my addreSs to the Vice-President in (..;Oun-
oil of the 4th ult.—But, as our 'conferences embraced
not only the events which Itid place sulise-
quent .to the accession of the Vizier Ali, but the
considerations which had occurred to me on the Snc:
cession, I shall first .conneetedly state the sul:tance
of his conimunioations on this last point of tny.own
inquiries in consequenCe, and the result of. them.

The Minister informed me without reserve that
there was but one opinion on this subjea,:;,.viz, t
the Vizier All and his repKi.ted brethren, s' ere,
without any exception, spurions ; that neitheryizief
Ali, nor auy of the sons of the-deceased r&abOb;- in
the public estimation, had a sliadov of right to the
succession, and that the title of Sandut Ali, by the
rule'ofjustice, was indisputable ; that it•was notes
tree, that at the period of the elevation of Vizier Ali
no objeaion was made to it, 'but soon afterwards
many of the principal people at LuenoW-expressed
their astonishment and. disappointnient at his elcs
tion; and the former Afinister,-llessein Khaun,
both to himself and the'ffesident,• declared his opi-
nion, that the decision in favour of Vizier Ali had
been hasty and inconsiderate ; that at present few'
would be disposed to declare their real sentiments in
opposition tb the acknowledgment of Vizier Alias
title by the.Eng,lish Government, and to the inclina-
tion of the elder Begun), Who was closely united with
him. That Vizier Ali had moreover gained many
partizans, particularly among the Soldiery, by his
profuse liberality to them, and by 'the expeCtation
held out to them of future benefits of the Same na-
ture ; and that' many others. had been attached to
him by the influence and support of -the Begium ;
but these circumstances had not changed the
public sentiments upon the justice of Saudut Ali's
claim to the Musnud, however it might now be
concealed. That with respeet to the sharo which he
had in p;acing Vizier Ali on the Musnud, it WaS di fat=
ed by circumstanCes-Of emerg-ericy,.whicli.Preguded
the possibility of ;t reference to Calcutta; by the pre-
sumptive title of Vizier Alf, as lie.fr apparent and eldest
son of the deceased Sovereign,- by the'. general -senti-
ments of the people then present; including Euro-
peans as well as-natives, and abao all by the 'deei]-
Sl'oll of the &gum in favour of the repotted sons of
Asoph ud Dowlah instead of those of Shiljah ,ud
Dowlah, whom she pointedly rejected. Ike did not
pretend to assert that Saudut 'AR had any partiianS,
and- he 'knew that enmity has long .subsisted between
him and the liegum ; that Saudut Ali; in tact, was
extremely unpopular with all desCriptions of people,
particularly from his known parsimony: This in-.
forMation, as :far- as • it regards' the universal ()Pinion
of the-spurious birth of:Vizier Ali, and that las. had
no tight to the Mtistind, AVM confirmed in the most
Unqualified terns -oy' a: Man known by the name of
-Bewra Mirza, 'who - was •fortnerly 6f,*the
Dtirar,Khabeh, tinder the V,"atio'b Slaujahlid'DoWlaff , .
and-of a respeetable family and chi-trite:ter. '
The,impressioti made by this comftinnicatitin,
the truth-of which it -was impossible - to. doubt, wgs
'ill-calculated to satiSly-rny ednviClion of- the justice
of: obi' decision- in lattduf of Ali: It sheaved
that the sentiment's ot4lie-i nhabitlints Lucnuw,uhb •
s had expressed -their '7BatiS'faaiori- at the elevation..clf
Vizier Ali to- the were upon reflitaion err
different ifrom ..those which Atiey had' avowed in!
• thel presSitre:of a • moment of surprise and emer-
•gency 4.11 b ' deter ti t in a t ton 'Which I form-

ed upon -the, confrrittnicaikon of: the Minister was
to pro'se'cute; inquiry as tar could without
exciting -suspicion,' as well regarding the birth of
Vizier Ali and reputed brethren; as with respett
to the general sentiments of his right to the Musi;
nod subsequent to his accession.
In the determination I availed myself of ever;
portunity which .6"(.-Curred daring thd course of -A
protraaed journey, Its well as after my arrival at
Lurnow, and the information which I have been
enabled to procure may be reduced to the following
summary

The parentage of Vizier Aii. and that of the reputea
Sans of dfsop*it ud Dowiah.

The only positive information which I have on
these points was colleEted from Zehseen Khawn;
and is-contained in the -three papers No, 1, g, and 3;
it.is to be observed that they have a reference to
Atnne prior 4Lid intermediate. verbal communications:.
The first contains an account of the children of
Rebtmut, the mother of Vizier Ali.
The- S eccttd, some -questions, v,.ith explanatory
answers•cf 2L+AiSeen Ali 1' haven..

The third, a history of the other surviving children
of the deceincf Nahob:

•
trorn these and other communications the follow-
ir.g circumstances arca tstablished ; that the Mothef
of Vizier-Ali-was,- Framhnee, wife of a Frausli now
living; lier nrinie was Reirrnut, and she exercise('
the employment of a Fraushnee, the-lo West occupa-
tion °fa Menial. servant, in Zebseen's house, where
females purchased by the. -.Nra!a_ob occasionally re:
rimitied witii the increase of their numbers made
their rerboval into the Zenand necessary.• Rehmut
usually,- accompanied them there. Her monthly
wages Were four rupees; sE7, was not confined to the
-Zenanai but quitted it• daily, which is the custom
of all others of the same description, and went to
her husband's haise. • She was never admitted into
the Zenana in arty other capacity, nor considered is
any other light. during the course.of her service; she
had three children, the first.p.son, who died. The
Xrabob took him: from:. his tn:Jter,, paying 500 ru!-.
pees fur him, and gave him the name of Mahomed
Ameir. The .second was also a son, and is now a
Frau s in t ht) cleOrtmeat of Zehseen Ali Khaun:
thd Vizir Ali. She had afterwards
in•her own house, audmaysinCe have
L.d s,;nie.otheV children. •

(Ta contimitd.)

A 4R R lED.

, ,Ycsterday, at Shenley. Church, Herts, by the Rev-. Tho:.
the-Rev." Tho. Ne:wcorne, Chaplain to: His Royal
.Ilighness the Duke of SusseX, to Miss C. Winter, daughter
of .Thomas Bta,lbury Winter, Esq. of Shenley

Dap

- On Friday last; at. Lard Castle-Coote's, St. -Stephrni*
Green, Dublin, Mrs. Ann Tilson, relict of the Rev. Henry

Lately, at Cheshunt, lierts, Robert Mawley, Esq. agea,
So years.

On Tuesday evening )act, at his house in West-squaw,
aged 66, Robert Barker, Esq. the -ingenious Inventor of tit=
l'anorkina,•asid Prupriet,,r of that in Leicester-square.