Star.
London, England, 1823-11-26 00:00:00

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Saturday the remains of Capt in Adam McKenilie of
his Majesty's ship Ocean, were interred at Stoke, with
military honourF. The procession moved from his late
residence in George-street, at half-past 'eleven o'clock,
followed by a long train of mourning coaches, private
cari ia.,;es, and Ni val Officers, and attended by a detach-
ment of 300 Royal Marines.
An extraordinary circumstance preceded the funeral,
which excited great interest. Within a short time after
Captain M'Kenzie's decease, a woman calling herself
Mrs. Al.Kenzie, made application to the Hononrable
Sir A. Cochrane, and stated herself to be the lawful
wife of Captain Adam *Kenzie, to whom she had
!weir married at the parish church of Maker, on t:le
August, l8:12, of which marriage she produced
r regular certificate, anJ also a correspondence, purpoi t-
iiig to have passed between Capt. M'K. andlerself. This
statement excited great surprise and may conjectures.
Oa reference to Maker parish register% the entry of the
marriage was found, but st ith a difference in the mode
of signing horn what was usual with the Captain, who
wrote his name " A. Mackenzie," whereas, in the regis-
ter it stood ." Adam M'Kenzie." Inferences were also.
drawn from the Captain's habits and manners. Tbe.lte v.
Mr. Ley having some recollection of this marriage,
looked at the Captain's corpse, brit perceived no likeness
in it of the man he had married in his name. The Rev.
Gentleman, accompanied by some others, then visited
the woman at her house in St. Aubyn-street, where he
found the shutters closed, and other appearances of
moo: ning, as fora near relative. On questioning the
woman a little closely, she desired that all but Mr. Ley
would leave the room. They did so; and she is said to
have made confessions to him, which have not trans-
pired. Inqi.ir y was next made in the Dock-yard, where
the husband, who at his marriage had represented him-
self as " Adam *Kenzie," was found in the person of
George Condy, a shipwright, who, upon being sum-
moned from his work to the Commissioner's office,
betrayed considerable agitation, and immediately went
to a shed to change his working dress: here he ascended
by a ladder into a loft, where it appears he took a large
clasp knife from his pocket, and drew it across his throat
with such violence as to divide the windpipe, but not
with sufficient force to cut the carotid artery. His
groans shortly afterwards attracted the attention of some
of his brother workmen underneath,who on going above
found him fainting from the loss f blood. Being re-
moved to the surgeon's office, his wound was examined,
and dressed, but he died on Saturday,
The object of the woman was evidently to enter upon
Captain *Kenzie's property, and, as his widow, to
claim the pension of 901. a year, due to the relict of an
officer of his rank. The key to this bold attempt, and
otherwise mysterious tale, is said to be, that the woman
had accompanied the Captain from Scotland, and lived
with Lim on the most intimate terms. The marriage
appears to have been planned, on her failing to per-
suade the Captain to marry her,- that so she might
assume the rights of his widow on his decease.