The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-10 00:00:00

MRS. SERRES.

We have copied the following 'article from the
London news in a respectable Morning Paper of
this day :
" A CAPTIVE PRI-NCES3.-The Princess of
Cumberland in captivity, contrary to the rights
and privileges of her birth, at Mr. Davis's, 45,
King-street, Soho:—

" Olive, Princess of Cumberland, informs the English na-
tion that an execution has been levied. open her body for debt,
and that the late King had bequeathed to her the sum of 15,0001.
which has been proved according to law, and application made
to Lord Sidmouth for the payment of the same without effect
therefore, not having received one guinea from the Goverzmien4
or any of thr said large sum so bequeathed to her by his lat,e
most gracious Majesty (her Royal Uncle) George the Tiurov
the Princess is under the painful necessity of- soliciting the ho-
nourable and generous protection of the English nation.
" 45, King-street, Soho, Oct. 9, 1821." " OLIVE."
It is well known that the person to whom the
foregoing article relates has long been the will
of Mr. SERRES, an ingenious Marine Painter, au"
that she has lately avowed herself to be the
Daughter of the late Duke of CumuEar.,ANo, by
a marriage previous to his union with Mrs. II°R:
TON, but that that marriage was concealed fro 3,
respect to the memory of his Royal Highness,'
that she has published documents, said to be a`..l
tested by the signatures of several of the I°,;`!.
Family and others of distinguished rank in they
country ; that she has assumed the character °
a Princess of the Blood-Royal, appeared Itlia
carriage with the Royal Arms, and was recess."
christened under that character by the Clergi-
man at Islington Church, having, according t°,
report, applied to other Clergymen, who refuse"
to perform that sacred office without suffic'ent,
authority. Under the same character she passed
through the Park-gate in Piccadilly, ni"ll,,h-
-standing the opposition of the- Park-keeper, why
was overcome by the clamours of the surroondulAg
people ; and it appears that she is now cof tle
-
for debt, a circumstance, if we are right Y
formed, that has before occurred since her as-
sumption of Royalty. It is well kr-iwn al`°7
that in support of her pretensions to It lan
she brought an action against the Condu-tor.e
The British Monitor, for disputing and ridiculiu,
those pretensions. It is stated that Governmeill_7.
in consequence of these pretensions, had sent for
her husband, and that he had given such a testi-
mony mony as had induced Government to cons.der
claims as wholly unworthy of any official net'!"ei;
It should be observed, that the documents Vf 1119
s
she brought forward in support of her claims were
signed by persons, all of whom are dead, sr r
that on the death of the late Duke of li.--csTr,:jy
claims were formally announced. As this 'pot
has now brought- a charge against Governm,i,
for having refused to pay to her the considerau
• late
sum, alleged to have been. left to her by b's
e
MAJESTY, the subject has assumed a taugi
bl
shape, and ought to undergo a thorough inve"ctir
nation, that sha may be put in possession °f ber
just rights, or that an end should be put t° 114
imposition which has been carried on foe so 1( )
a time, and by which many persons, who, c°,.or
Tiding in the justice of her claims, will suffer, fur
their credulity. We offer no. opinion et. our ,
own, but we conceive that the Public in general
e.
will now expect that Government should decide
at once upon so extraordinary a case, either to
satisfy her claims or to expose the imposition- a
N. B. Since the above was written ire
that the person in question has this day erth're
a great number of
.Placards to
through the town, an additional reason
Government should not sutler the matter to 11-
main any longer in doubt. lip posted uP

Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke °.
YOILD held a Levee at his Office, at the kW':
Guards, as Commander-in-Chief which was. lief;
numerously attended.
Letters have beers received in town fr°,l
t
Odessa to the 13th ult. The most hoporfai•,
intelligence which they contain is, that the
peror ALEX NDER. has revoked the IrnPeofft.
Ukase, declaring Odessa no longer a free FtiLig
—The reason assigned for the adoption curtain
measure in the first instance was, thar,,; >rot
representations had been made to the I)°:!tLent
that goods had been smuggled to a great
„":
through Odessa into the-Russian dominio"i:ouse
which the exertions of the Russian Cusboll It
Officers were counteracted and - defeatelti.' aset
would appear by the revocation of the aisr-
although it is not so stated in the letters re," the
ed, that the Emperor had been satisfied 01 jot
falsehood of the representations made W 0
Odessa, or that the importance of having .bacl.
an emporium on the shores of the Black SO
sect
been felt with increased vigour, since the Pr°,,911,e.
of taking possession of Constantinople lia"
come more distant, and had induced the Russ
Court to pass over the evils of SDlUgglillg 3s
lesser consideration.