The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-23 00:00:00

AFFIDAVIT OF SARAH MUMFORD.

Sarah Mumford, of Holles-street, Cavendish-
square, in the county of Middlesex, widow, maketh
oath and saith, that she resides with Simeon Bull, of
Holles-street aforesaid, and his wife, and' assists
them in letting the houses belonging to the said Si-
Ineon Bull, and keeping the accounts relative there-
to. And this deponent further saith, that in the
month of June, 1808, she recolle&s the plaintiff
Coming, tip the 'evening, Mrs. Clarke, who
gashed by the name of Farquhar, to look at a house
in Holies-street, belonging to the said Simeon Bull.
.And this deponent further saith, that she went over
the said house with the said plaintiff -and Mrs.
Clarke, and acquainted them with the terms thereof;
and the said plaintiff then told this deponent, that
he had seen Mr. Bull that morning, and learnt the
terms of him, and he informed this deponent that
Airs. Clarke might stay in the house for a month or
0, as he was looking Out 'for a house which be
wki employed to itirnisb for her.
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AFFIDAVIT OF JOSEPH CURT.

Joseph Curt, ot Coventry•street; Haymarket, in
the county of Middlesex, "Coffee-house-keepers,
rn akerh oath and that-in the. month ot Octo-
ber,r 1808, 'Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, now of West-
rvrne-place,-Cheisea, in the said county of Mid
,141%_x,- but then of Bedford-place, Russell-square,
10 the same' county, called upon this deponent
vvith oneCantain Thompson,- whom this deponent
understood - to be her brother, . for the purpose
of taking of thus deponent the house she...now
OCCUples in Westbourne-place • aforesai.t. And
this deponent Wither saith, that at the time Mrs.
Clarke so came to this deponent, she said her name
was Farquhar; awl referred • the deponent to the
plaintiff above harried for a chary ter. And thi.i.cle.
Ponefit further saith, that he accordingly called upon
khe.saiti plaintiff for the charaoter of Mrs. Clarke
IPhose name the deponent then understood to beMrs.
Farquhar : that he saw thesaid plaintiif, And request-
ed of him, as between one tradesman and another, to
be candid; whereupon. the said plain assured this
deponent he would be sO, and told this deponent
that Mrs. Farquhar .was a most respectable Lady,
that he had taken several thousand pounds of her
Money, and that if he had fifty houses to let,
she should havd her choice of them all. And this
deponent further saith, that he then inquired of the
plaintiff' whether Mrs. Clarke, speaking of her by, the
name of Farquhar, was married er not ; ,to'which
the said plaintiff replied, that he believed she had
been married, but whether her husband was. living or
not he knew not. And this deponent further saith,
that being satisfied with the character he had. so .re-
teived from the said plaintiff of the said NI; s.Clarke,
this deponent, expressed such his satisfaCtion to
the said ,plaintiff, and afterwards acquainted Mrs.
Clarke, that she should have his said house. And
this ,:eponent further saith, that he soon atter went
to and saw the said Mrs. Clarke, in, Bedford-place
aforesaiJ, for the purpose of completing the arrange-
ments about the terms of the said house; when this
deoncnt,. in a conversation which
.then took place,
tienkM4 that the furniture which he saw .was
her own, observed to her, the said Mrs.. Clarke, that
he thought tile furniture. infledford-place would attic
the ho-,se she had taken of him, this de.ponent ;..to
'which the. said Mrs. Clarke, replied, that the fur-
niture hi,. this deponent, spoke of, was too old
fashioned, and that she only intended to take with
her a few articles of it, such as beds and drawers, and
that the said Plaintiff was' fa now furnish for her
the house in Westbourne-place. And this deponent
further saith, that some short time before the lease,
-which • was granted by thiS deponent to Elizabeth
l'arquhar, the mother of Mrs. Clarke, was executed,
and which lease was executed and bears date on the
9th day of November last, he, this deponent, was
returning from the house in West bourne-place afore-
said; and met the said Plaintiff in the Kitig'arad,
'going there for the purpose, as the said plain: ill then
informed•this deponent, of-taking •measure for the.
carpets and fenders, to' be put,down in, and sent to
the ltd house. And this .deponent further saith,
'that it • was only.-just • before the - said gth of

November that this deponent saw the mother of the
said Mrs. Clarke, and was given to understand that
the house was taken for her, and that the person be
Lad before seen was her dangliter: But this depo-
nent did not become acquainted with the real
name of Mrs. Clarke, until after the execution
of the said lease; and when 'he did so, and
round out who she was, he, this deponent, re-
monstrated with the said plaintiff for the deception
he had practised upon him, which the said plain-.
tiff did not attempt to deny, but told the deponent
he thought he had known who Mrs. Clarke was.—
And this deponent farther saitb, that atter the house
had been taken as aforesaid, the execution of the
lease was delayed for a time, on account of the said
Mrs. Clarke wishing not to pay. the deponent for
the grates and other. fixtures in the said house,
until the end of twelve mon tbs,w hen she acquainted
the deponent .she should purchase of, him the ori-
ginal lease of the said house, and for which purpose
* clause is in the lease granted by this deponent. But