The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-21 00:00:00

PRINCESS OF WALES.

The extraoidinary Case respecting the Claim of
the Princess of lI'LEs upon the Executors Of her
late Brother, the Duke. of Baul,tswicit, hai

' cited So Much curiosity, that we deem it proper to
submit the following D 06111101( to our Readers.
The doubts of the Executors seen to be fully
warranted by the fact, but if the grounds of the
Claim should eventually appear to be forgeries, we
must, of course, suppose and presume, that her
ItovAL HionlitSs has been imposed itpon by some
person or per Sons who might hope to avail them-
selves of her generosity, in case the Claim should
finally be lidiuitted.

((.'OPY )
IN CHANCERY.

BETWEEN HFR ROYAL MCI/NESS CA ROLINE AUGUSTA PRINCESS
OF WALES, By ANTHONY 'BULLER. sT. LECIER, VCR NEXT
FR.END, FLAINTiFF ; AND ItoBERT BANKS EARL OF LIVEIi
POOL, ANII ERNEST FREDERICK HERBERT COUNT MUNSTER,
DEFENDANTS.
ERNEST FREDEnIi/CR: HERBERT. Count MuNsTitt, of Gros-
venor-place, in the county of liddlesex, one of the above-
named defendants, maketh oath, and saith, that tie bath
been informed and believes that. in or about the latter end of
the yetis lisUi. her Royal Highness the Princess of, Wales sent
to the Right Hon. eietirge C inning, one of the execntdis
named in the will of the late Duke of Brunswick (but who
bath not proved the w'ill)„ two instrinnents in writing, one
in the, Getman
.langttage and one ill the French language,
both 'dated on the -.Nth day of Angi•st, 1814, purporting
to be to the same effest; and to be engagements on the
part of the. late Duke of Brunswick, to repay to her
Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, in two years, with
interest, the sum of 15,0001, sterling, therein stated to
he lent by her Royal Highness to the Duke of Brunswick ;
and this deponent further saith, he bath been informed and
believes that the said Iwo insti &intents wet e deposited by Mr.
Cannina. with Messrs. Cittitts and Co, bankers, in the Strand;
'
and tins deponent said); that on the 7th day Of February,
1318, this deponent attended the said Messrs. Contts and
Co. and there seers then present Mr. Canning and Mr. Le
Blanc, the solici•or of this deponent, and the Earl of Liver-
pool, a party in this snit; and':ilso Mr. Brougham, and seve-
ral other Gentlemen, who appeared to this deponent to at-
tend.with tont who are not known to this deponent.
And this deponent sail!), that Mr. Contls theft produced the
said two written inst rill:wilts, and that they were on that oc-
casion inspected by this deponent, and several of the other
persons present. And this deponent saith, that tie had for
many years pteViolis to the late Duke of Brunswick's &alb,
been honoured with his confidence, and had been in habits
of continued corMpuntiedce with him, and was intimately
acquainted with his manner of writing, both in the German
and in the French language, and has in his possession a great
nuaiber of letters and other papers in both languages, writ-
ten by the raid late Duke; and this deponent
~tookwith hins
to the said meeting at Mr. Coutts's, one German letter and
one French letter, written by the said late'buke, fur the
purpose of comparing them with the said inStrinnents. And
this deponent farther sank, that•the saiil written instrument
in the German language appeared to this deponent, upon the
comparison with the said German Letter, written by the said
late Duke, to be an imperfect resemblance of the hand-writing
of the said letter, and that neither the spelling liar the con-
struction of the said written instrument were equal to the
manner of the said late Duke, who well understood and wrote
the German language, which was his own vernacuiar lan-
guage, and especially that there were certain! exprcssions its
the said written instrument which were unmeaning, and ali-
gned in the German language, and which appeared to this de•
ponent to be borrowed from the Enalish idiom-111'11s: the
German word "ant" is used in the said instrument as equi-
valent to the English word " of," which has nearly the some
sound, whereas the Germaie" auf" signifies" upon, 'and thus
instead of speaking of a Sinn" ot" 15,0001 , the instrument,
when translated, speaks of a sum ," upon" 150001,, and
itF-
stead " uf" Duke of Brunswick, it seaks of Duke " upon"
Brunswick; and instead of the month " of" August, spcalts of
the month " upon" August ; and the Christian. name' of the '
late Duke in the signatnre is Illis-spelt, and different from ilia
habit of writing, being'' Witetzlin" instead of "
and the same is signed Brunswick et D'Ocls, which signa-
ture, or the signature Brunswick Oels, the late Duke did
adopt during the time he was dispossessed of• his domi-
nions by the French, lint this deponent believes he did
not use alter his return to his dominions in the autumn
of the year 1813. And this deponent further saith, fhat
the said written instrument in- the French .language ap-
peared to this deponent, upon comparison with the French
letter of 'lie said Dnhe, to he also an imperfect resem-
blance the hand-writing of the said letter, and that tins
construction of the said written instrument did not appear to,
be equal to the manner of the said late Duke -of Brunswick
in writing French ; and that the signature of the said instru-
ment was also Brunswick et D'Oels, which this deponent be-
lieves as aforesaid the late Duke was nut in the habit••of
using when the said instruments bear date; and this deponent
furt het saith, that her said Royal Highness bath in her said,
-bill filled E
against the .Carl '.lf Liverpool acid this deponent,
founded bee' claim upon the said writt ell instrument •in
the French language far the reptsyment. of 15,0001., ster-
ling; and also upon
,another (talent in the Ft-elicits
language of the saute date, for
.the repayment Of tifteas
thousand Louis de • France!: anti this !deponent is in-
formed and-believes, that in the mulr:h of 'April, 1817, her
Royal Highness caused the said latter instrument to be pr.-
ductal for payment in Brunsixick ; and this deponent Is ad-,
vises! and verily believe's, thatlireviedis to putting in his alt.
ewer to the said bill it is necessary, isSurder that his.aiissver
may fully meet the case, that he .should hale the 11l la-c.ti in
of the said last-mentioned instrument. NUNSTEIL
Sworn at-my Chambers, Southampton-
building,- the lath -March, :818, be-• •
I
fore me, S. HARVEY. • •

SHOCKING OCCUURFiNICR.— Yesterday;. 'about
noon, as two Gentlemen ‘vere driving a gig alotig
I;9nd-street, the horse, -a very valuable one, 'be.
carne restive, when the Gvotlemen leaped -Otit,
and the animal rushed forward, at his fill! speed.
up Condttit:street. urning-short' into George-
street, he ran right over one of the iton posts-at
'the corner, hywhich the flesh was tent) from his
chest; and along the under part of his 'body,
the Most dreadful manner. By the violence of the
concussion, the shafts of the gig were btoken off;
and the terrified mangled animal dis,..ntang:erl
himself from it; opposite to tire house of the
Alarchioness Still,'however, he
continued to lush madly On, with the blood flow-
ing from liter Ally in a stream, into Madox-
street, where he was turned, a•nd, ag.tin
down Geotge-street, he Coin lined nil rill)
unabnted agitation, till, haVing reacbM about the
middle of it, he fell,• as if by shot, and "instantly
expirea.
A shocking- accident happenrd on l'hursday
night in Oxford-street Fir-rauti, jtm. !,f
Marlborough-row, was returning home from Ux.
bridge at tkven o'clock, with Mr. CHAPMAN, his
friend, in a gig, trhen the vehicle struck the
wheel of a ktelorty•coAch; and 'tram the rapid.
manner in which they weie going, the ;4ig W.its
overturned with great violence. Mr. FL/TRILL
and his ft lend 'were' picked op for dead, and the
latter, who has never spoke since, had his. right
leg.broke in two I,l6ces, miiti is riot expected to
tirsive. Mr. F. ts.-aped witholit any otherittjury
that, beinri stunned at the time.
FRAUD.—The suite WoMait,, riCeordin.g to de.-
setiption, who 11.8 been"sucCessful in lobbing.
langing-houses, Udder pre nee of recommending.
lodgers, whilst her story is ihat she was 'about t'.
leave her lodgiog-horse, was' detected yesterday
in stealing a pair of silver - salts. at a lodging-
house in CarmarthenLt.treet, Betitov(j-svare, and
she is in custody,.

SIJS,..SEX ASSIZES.-1-10Rsti AM, INLiacH 19.

cHAttGE,: or BIGAMY.

This MOrt)it)g the Court was escessively crowd-
e.l with s and Uentlemett, to hear
tint, in-
ter,-stint; trim. liotore o'clock,
/Fution, alias Maria tfilians, was put in the pri-
tionet's box ; sio• was dressed in ‘eliite, ‘litit
light-coloured pelisse, and wore a round black liar
ecirli feathers, and a black veil. Her countenance
Was exceedingly prept”sessing, not withstanding
the natural anxiety of her feelings ilium the siitta-
tiutt in which she was placed. A few minutes
atter eight, Mt. Ileiron GRAHAM entered the Court,
and 11.1 r. GUENEY (Special Counsel) and Nlr.
BoLLAND., both for the prOSeCtition as also Mr.
NOLAN and Alt. Cu ITTV , Counsel lot' the pri-
soner.

After the indictment bad been read, to whith
the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty, and was allo\v-
ed the privilege of a seat,
Mr. GoKNEY opened the proceedings by statieg,
that the prisoner was the daughter of a respe, t-
able tradesman, and was marritd very young to a
Mr. Cox, who lived at Bombay, in laia, where
he died in 1809. The following year she was
mantled to Mr. WilkioQ, at Bombay, ,vheit they
shortly afterwards returned to England. For a
considerable time the prisoner lived at Brighton,
upon their separatioll, where Mr. Walton became
acquainted with the prisoner, and was so capti-
vated with her person, that he fell in love with
brr, and they were married at Lewes in 1816.
Walton had been thrown into gaol in conse-
(puttee of debts contracted before inaeriae. Ile
WWI a yoting man of military fame, and~ had ac-
(mired elot y by his bravery in the memorable
battle of Waterloo. Ile woald call witnesses to
substantiate the fact of the bigamy. The pro-
serution was carried on by the mother of .Mr.
Walton.
Mr. Maitland, Clerk of the Secretary Office
at the India 1-louse, produced the book of regis-
ter or marriages, births, and deaths at Bombay,
commencing the 14th of January to the 19th of
December, 1810.
The Rev. Mr. Burroughs stated, that he was a
resident Chaplain at Bombay 42 years ; every
marriage is registered at the church, and copies
are regularly transmitted to Euglani, atter they
are compared from the original register book.
• signed by the Clergyman. lhe.prisoner was mar-
ried to James Thomas Ilacket Wilkins, by him,
on the 126th of January, 1510. They left Born-
. Iray.soon afterwards. Witness had not seen the
- prisoner until he had an interview with her in
Bristol gaol, where she was confined for want of
sureties to keep the peace against Mr. Waltoa's
mother. This was about there weeks ago. He
knew the prisoner well at this interview, notwith-
standing the length of time which had elapsed
slave the marriage at Bombay, owing to the ce-
: lehrity of her character, and the observation lie
tirade at the time as to her person. This was fur-
ther corroborated front the conversation lie held
with ,lie p'risoner at that time, when she rueog-
nised hint: There were no subscribing witnesses
f-O the Mal riAt:c at Bombay, which was by license.
Mr. W:wer, the patiOt clerk of St. Peter's,
Lea, ~, plodoctal the register of time marriage at
• that twist, chi,rt h, tomtely," Robert l;alotl',Val-
totn, of the parish of Mighton, and Nlatia Cox,
of :he pat i,lr of Lewes; by license, 28th May,
1816." The witness was present at the solemni-
zariHn.

. llt Brie rly, of the Pelhani Arms, Lewes, was
also present ot the marriAge.
surgeon, of Bedford-street, Co-
ven:'.7:garden, lioew the prisooer and her deceased
husband, ;Or. Cox, in Bondi ty, and Rititscrinently
her second husband, Mr. Wilkins, who introduced
tl!e prisoner to him as his wile. They re4ided at
Bombay till June, 1809., %Olen they sailed for
Li+gland. Witness lets India in the same fleet,
I:and-since their arrival in England, witness oftett
co,reiponded with Mr. Wilhins, awl who was now
- at llotsham.
11,tres, clerk to Mr. Evans, solicitor to the
prosecution, proved. the acknowledgment of the
priswier; that ebe was married to Mr. Walton
whilst Mr. WAkin,q was living.
Mr. NOLAN addressed• the Court, and urged a
variety of ohketions- as to the validity of the mar-
riage with Wilkins, and contended that the
▪ Tcoltrd Oil the indict went did not, give a value to
• the preceding contract of marriage in India, as the
Jtoy. could not try it i 7.1 a civil or criminal capa-
city, and upon tliese groun(6 the indictment cool()
not he snstained.
Mr. CHITTY followed i.O a similar course of ar-
_

, gwneut.
. . .
The Learned Jiulge overruled these objections,
but at the saute time reserving his opinion for a
further argument before the Bench of Judges, if
the Counsel for the defendant thought fit.
The prisoner, in her defence, stated, that she
WA3 married to Mr. Wiikins.in India, and that on
their arrival in England he became involved in his
circutnstances. A separation ensued with mutual
consent, and an agreement to that effect was en-
tered lilt(); that when Mr. Walton paid his ad-
, dresses to her, she told him of her circumstances,
and also, (bat by the opinion of her professional
advisers, she was repeatedly told that her mar-
riage with Mr. Wilkins was illegal, owing to there
being no witnesses present at the soleirnization.
She declared her innocence of having inveigled
her second husband to a mart iage, and for a long
time resisted his importunities.
The Rev, Robert James Carr teas examined on
behalf of the prisoner, who stated, that Mr. Wal-
. ton had made application to bins for a licence.—
Being confined to his house at the time, he
tequested Walton to cal!Th a day or two,
during which period the Rev. Clergyman request-
. ed his Curate to make inquiries respecting the
lady. Upon Mr. Walton's second application,
the witness 'declined granting a, licence, and with
tbe greatest consideration of kindness, begged of
hint to recollect the unhappiness he wonld give to
his mother by marrying this lady. Ale. Walton
was detet mined .to ;t licence C15e1%
which the Reverend Wltness observed, had. he
been aware, he would have prevented, by giving
information of the circumstances of the objection
for
'!'he Learned Judge summed up the evidence
with much force and perspicui•y, and pointing out

the facts to the attention of tl,e Jury. lie left it
to their consideration to give a verdict arciad-
ingly. Tie Jury, after a short consultation, rc-
tortied a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the

prisoner to mercy.
The Learned Jodge, in par!inir, sentence, oh-
served to the prisoner, that from the frank and
open macncr in which she declared her i•ittortion
to Mr. beim,: previously married.---And
which was partly proved in evidence, the crime
with which she was chat2ed was much extenuat-
ed. and that she would he si-ited with the leas•
punishment the law in such cases had. provided.
The sen'ence was six months confinement in the
House or Cora r.tion at Lewes, and that it should
he attended with as gentle treatment as was suit-
able to her situation.

POLICE IN'FF,I,I4ICiENCE.