The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-08 00:00:00

COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MA!

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(Before the Chief Justioe the Chief Baron, ma th
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BYTES T. THE ATTORNEY-O=IUL. THE "tem.
OLIVE."
This morning the examination of the peeks IN,.
mimed. Mrs. Byres said—About the time of %Ai;
of George IV. I was living with my mother is
nee
visit New-road. A few days after we mow,
visit from the Duke of Sussex ; and the wan
milted to the inspection of his royal big mot
hld "srefully looked them over, he said he was pi*
„aided that the signatures were those of Iris iut
and that my mother was his eosins. Rs
me and parted with my mother Inik
expression of affection and kindness. We al;
wards met the duke at the house of gi
thew Wood, in the presence of the Duke of Rag.
Mr. Dickenson, and the Rev. Joseph Brett, who nod.'
lain to his royal highness and also to my mother.
papers were shown to the party, and the dake s Id
that he considered them genuine. He she end nag
believed my mother to be the daughter of kissed..
afterwards met him at the house of Mr. Dieltesik,
Devonshire-place. His royal highness beingdedrand
seeing the papers, in order that he might minim
the purport and tenour of them to the Duke of York g
took many hours on that occasion to make Iris am*
Lion. My mother always used to address Robertlfhe
as " Mr. Wilmot." He did not treat her as his**
There seemed to be a strange dictanoe is his a
towards her. Tue body of the" will" of Dugs al
in the handwriting of Lord Wartick.
. . .

Attorney-Cfmeral was willing to take it tbi
witness bad identified all the papers pwped*isb
written by Lord Warwick as in his bandwri .tis‘
Witness—l corresponded with the Duke at Lai flit
1815 to the time of his death in 1820. I have from*
seen him write. I have received cheques from hill,
they were paid me by Mr. Goodwin, who was lend OAR
at Coutts's. The Duke made file an Oman de,
a year. During the last three or four yens of kis hdetie
money was paid me by Mr. Goodwin, who after &la
came secretary to the late Queen Dowager. He we
ness for me at my last trial, but he has since died.

Cross-examined by the Attorney-General-1 emus
tnnate in my marriage, and my mother ass also deep
nate in the same way. I never lived with my Wade
the separation. I have heard him say that link
had been patronised by the court. lfy fie
himself, as well as my grandfather, wen a
pointed marine painters to the government. My ask
was appointed landscape painter to the Prince dFela
She was a beautiful draughtswonan. She was a lama
woman—a very clever authoress. She was in As WI
of writing letters to the royal family before 1815, Mlle
she had any connexion with it. When we ailed rr
Robert Wilmot we obtained some acquaintance with lad
Warwick. Mr. Robert Wilmot VMS partner is the me
macho house at Birmingham. My mother sold pew
to Lord Warwick. There were few things my motley it
not know. She may have studied aerology for saamaat
She did not believe in ghosts, but she had a resealed
as to that robbery at Baden.
The Attorney General then read a letter el Ifs. Ras,
addressed to a noble lord, in which she narrated seep
rition of his late father.
Witness—l recollect my mother stating that she W
seen Lord Warwick's ghost. My mother once rusk,*
tensions to the crown of Poland. Certainly) she bawd
she had a right to it. She issued the mandate and
to the government and people of Poland.
(This was read. It was an eloquent address nein
spoke of herself as having by divine P.rovidence nee dice
covered her descent from King Standans ; sad kid
her beloved people to invite her to assume ths thessa
She also stated that her Imitintacy as Dachas d Coda
land had been legally established in England.)
Witness—My mother never lived at Jalapa. I
never went with her to Islington Church. She Mai
to take the Sacrament, but the Bishop el leis
wished her to produce proof that he had hem ke
tised and confirmed. Accordingly on the title el Sepal*
1821, she was rebaptised, at St. Mary's, Islaglea
Princess of Cumberland. It wax in 1815 that !WWI
that Dr. Wilmot was the grandfather of my moths. le
the same year I first heard that Dr. Wilmot was
and that he had a child. I am quite sunrl
that. I first heard that he hid married a lid
princess when the sealed packet was opened ala
Dr. Wilmot had numbers of letters from lord Wald,
Lord Archer, Lord Shelburn, and othegrest people. fir
were destred, and some went into the possesses ilk
Nugent Be My mother did not interest headline
graphs and seals. She never was a student of
I have never seen the paper produced. LordbaarZ
never communicated to my mother any popes Wm
1815. lam quite certain lie never gave hers sealedpedsl
in 1813. My mother wrote a life of Dr. Wilmot, teethe
of " Junius." The book produced is a present "dials
gave me, and the writing on the title-page is ia her Mad
writing.
The Attorney-General read an advertisement is the list
stating that the witness had accidentally found Mtn
mot's MS., and had shown it to her mother. It eat all
remark that Mrs. Sevres had taken the MS. in order*
scribble in, and that afterwards being alarmed et II
mother's displeasure she had secreted it.
[The case was proceeding when our report left]