The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-15 00:00:00

THE OUDE HOAX AT BIRMINGHAM.

There is a mystery about tkis affair which has yet to
be explained ; as matters now stand it seems that Wynd-
ham was endeavouring to make it appear that the au-
thorities at Birmingham gave an invitation to her
Oudean Majesty to visit the town. On the 7th inst. he
addressed the following letter to the Mayor :

"Clarendon Hotel, 'Sept. 7, 1856.
"Dear Mr. Mayor,—l am commanded by Captain
Brandon, as the representative of the Queen Dowager
and the Princes of Oude to express to you their grateful
thanks for your kind offer to postpone your departure
for France on their account, and I am desired to add
that this being the solemn festival of the Mohurran,
which will not terminate until the 17th inst., the illus-
trious party will not arrive in Birmingham until a few
days later, .or possibly the following Monday. Such
being the case I can but express my regret at the ne-
cessity which calls you away on an occasion so interest-
ing ; but as the visit will be of as private a character as
possible, I have consolation to feel assured that nothing
will occur to disturb the peace of your highly interesting
town. " I have the honour to be, dear Mr. Mayor.
"Your obliged and faithful servant,
"R. WYNDIL&M."
The Mayor all day entertained suspicions about
Wyndham, so did Mr. Harrison, of the Clarendon Ho-
tel, who complains, and with some reason, that the an-
thoriti,4 at the police office (lid not take proper means to
ascertain who Mr. Wyndham really was. Since the
latter quitted the town he has written to Mr. Harrison
from "London," intimating that he shall lay a com-
plaint before the authorities touching the aspersions cast
upon his character, but he has omitted to remit the 151.
owing to Mr. Harrison.

The following letter was received by Mr. G. R.
Collis on Thursday evening.
"Harley-house, New-road, September 10, 1856.
"Sir,—There must be some mistake about the visit
of the royal family of Oade to Birmingham, as they have
no intention of doing so at present. Alio, Wyndham
wrote to me on this matter, and I wrote to him telling
him the same. Although he gave me to understand the
authorities of Birmingham invited them down, the letter
sent by you to Alli Ackbar has been handed to ny., and
thus I reply with many thanks for this intimation, as I
now clearly see how the matter stands. I shall be glad
to hear from you on any future occasion, if anything of
this kind occurs.—Yours, faithfully,
"R. BRANDON, Captain H.M.O. Service.
" Mr. Wyndham is in no way employed by the royal
family of Oude."

On Saturday murning the Mayor received the follow-
ing from Captain Brandon :
"Harley-house, Sept. 12, 1866.
"Sir,—Mr. Wyndham called on me last night, and I
find he is not the person who previously called, repre-
senting himself as from the authorities at Birmingham ;
such being the case some error seems to have been made;
at the same time, I must inform you that I gave them
both to understand that no one had any authority from
the Royal Family of Oude to get up any demonstration
or public meetings, and I wrote Mr. Wyndham at Bir-
mingham a note thanking him for the polite invite of
the authorities of your town,considering from the tenour
of his letters such invite emanated from you and with
your knowledge (your name being used, instead of from
himself.—Yours faithfully,
" J. R. BRANDON, Captain H.M.O. Service."
Thus the affair stands at present ; Wyndham's address
is not known, neither has any warrant against him been
issued.