The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-09 00:00:00

COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRDIONIAL

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CAUSES.
(Before the Lord Chief Justice, the Lord Chief Bum, el
the Judge Ordinary.)
RTVES r. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
The cross-examination of the petitioner was resatstaf
the Attorney-General, and a memorial to Orr
IV. was read, in which Mrs. tones assumed fit sw
first time the title of Princess of Cumberksk
In this document she stated that the wsza
of the Duke of Cumberland with the
ter of Dr. Wilmot had taken place hf 11.1
somewhere in Middlesex ; that the manses *I
solemnized in the presence of Lord Warwick sailhal
Addes, D.D. ; that the' memorialist was, Ws 4111
after her birth, substituted for a still bore
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilmot; that
Duke of Cumberland had contracted the bigamous WI
with Anne Horton in consequence of the threats
Luttrell, her brother, to shoot him on account of so*
proper proposals he had made to her, and that Dr. "lit
having no other means of obtaining
.redress bad
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rerignveednge,
twrihottecnertutthecoletostterawhoifc; Jhuadatutswo"FoArrotsoduatil Gel 1,
the ease. She also stated that it was the met
who had first communicated the facts to her, sa.
she told the Duke of Kent he appeared ensellsty
a
alarmed, and immediately made her promise to
matter secret ; that he also persuaded her that hula
marriage was against the provisions of the
Marriages Act ; that it was not till November, 1819,
she was informed by the Rev. Mr. Rennie, that *4_7
did not become law till five years after, and thstLoultaw
I ham had ordered the petitioner's mother tots* ocareloll°
France where she died of a broken heart.
Witness said that the memorial contained some
Addez was not a D.D. • but witness had
tnithoadatt he
njtederai
hthso.ordmebeldbinfocareabOtesutthtahinte Dotuhl:4o: of
II
Glowst
dates
nisds
they purported
that the petitioner's grandmother was conveyed wts
es e"--41
by order of the Lord Chathans. These were the WO!,
Mr. Nugent Bell, the genealogical counsel, wheal snolt;
mother had consulted. The Duke of Kent had &en
y 1 15
et, after calling her in that document " Princew ef 'AI:
the grant of a third of his lands in Canada is
hwhwd," he afterwards told her that he nadersool;
was illegitimate. The fact was his royal he
„,did
know the exact bearings of the act, and he had ww...:
that she was illegitimate because somebody had Sols;
so. The duke had thought her legitimate iron
lew
1818.
The Chief Justiee-During that interval whom did Ist
mother believe to be her mother"
Witness-I don't think she knew.
to
bear.
It
was
also rgq
leeTtemoJutedfe Ordinary-Then how did she know Ws°
Witness-By documents.
oeived The Chiefoverywh Baron-asThecli, and if
ioff LYsi had mbeborosrlsad 741
would have been regarded as legitimate ; *nd
that the Duke of Kent thought a prior
of uncle was void under the Royal Marriages Act's di.
The Attorney-General observed that the wording.
spring " in the memorial was spelt " orfsprin&"
error was that!
Win:ma-Mr. Bell's. (Laughter.) w
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ool'
The Attorney-General-In ISI2 Mrs. Serres
congratulatory ode to the Prince Regent on his
in whisk there are the following lines
Nall rallied hour "oriel rine" a Woe" lln'ae
The great and mighty succour of OH ,
This eccentric orthography was found in Weill "-
autograph papers of Mrs. Serves.