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ilea Honorer, in 1319, she became discontented with " James Addor" to be disposed of. A person had
her illegitimate descent from his Royal Highness ; been sent down into Warwickshire to inquire into the
and she discovered then, for the first time, that she was particulars, and it was rather startling, that a Doctor
the legitimate daughter of the late Duke of Cumber- Addor lived in the neighbourhood of Warwick Castle,
land by a daughter of Dr. Wilmot, the Duke having, where he visited and attended in his professional ca-
:111767, privattly Horton. o
married Miss Wilmot, and in 1769 pacify. It became consequently necessary to institute
ohlicly mulled a Mrs. course, in making I a strict inquiry relative to hilts; when it was found
that assertion, the lady accused his Royal Highness of that James " Addor" was a name-given to him by the
timer'
.me of bigamy ; and upon thedeaths of Lord Wa- people of the neighbourhood, who, ac-cording to their
wick, and of every other person who could disprove custom, abstracted the initial " H" from his real
aticns,
these allea she assented that the marriage be- name, and added a final "r" to it; for the individual
tweet his '' Roy
al Highness and her mother took place in question was a Scotch physician, who had gra-
before the passing of the Royal Marriage Act, and duated at St. Andrew's, had settled afterwards at
hat consecl
fleetly she was the legitimate daughter of Warwick, and whose real name was, until so cor-
t
the late Duke of Cumberland. rupted, " James Haddow"—(Loud cheers and con-
SirGERAILD NOEL here said, that, while living, tinued laughter)—and in that manner only had
Lord Ware ick had given to the Duke of Kent the the Doctor ever signed his name—(Hear, hear).—
papers alluded to, and that they did not come into Ile thought he had thus successfully replied to the
the hands of Princess Olive until after the death of allegations contained in the Petition, that even the'
Ral Highness, worthy Baronet himself would agree that the case
ale Secretary PEEL continued—He had only said against her had been sufficiently proved, and that he
that these papers had not been produced until after would for the future be inclined to abandon and
the death of all the parties whose signatures they pur- forego that loyal attachment which he had so chival-
ported to bear. In 1817, immediately after the death rously expressed to her Royal Person!—( Hear! and a
of Lord Ware ick, and not until then, these papers laugh ). But there was another claim to Royalty, that
were produces/. It was nue that there were other the Petitioner had lately set up—he held in his hand a
means that inference by which the falsehood of the Manifesto of the said Olive Princess of Cumberland,
retitioner's allegations could be proved. She asserted in which she stated her right to the high dignity,
that she was born in 1772, that her reputed mother, civil and ecclesiastical, appertaining to the Kingdom
Nrailmot, having been about the same time deli- of Poland—( Laughter). In that manifesto she re-
vered of a stillborn child, she (Mrs.Wilmot) had been presented herself to " her people of Poland" as the
prevailed upon by Lord Warwick and Lord Chatham undoubted and only heir and representative of their
to nurse and educate the Petitioner as her own child. late Sovereign Stanislaus—she being the legitimate
On these facts alone, if such an investigation were daughter of the late Princess of Poland, who had
ordered as that sought by the Hon. Baronet, the been married to Dr. Wilmot—(loud laeghter )—and
whole case would be disposed of; for if he could she concluded her manifesto by exclaiming—" Alas!'
prove that in the two principal instances their false- beloved nation of Poland ! your Olive lives but to
hood could be established, he would contend that he anticipate the emancipation of our country from
was entitled to say that he had entirely removed all foreign thraldom! Our legitimacy has been recog-
doubts of the falsehood of the whole story—(Hear). seized; and we have sufficient power to prove the
If he should be able to disprove the alleged will of legitimacy of our claims to the title of Princess of
his late Majesty and the certificate of marriage be- Poland."—( Continued laughter.) However, with
tween the late Duke of Cumberland and the mother this last claim he had nothing to do; and be should
of the Petitioner, he thought it would be quite stiffi. leave that undisputed in her possession, and for the
tient to impeach and overthrow every other allege- satisfaction of the worthy Baronet—(Loud dicers
tea. The will bore date June, 1771., and was wit- and laughter).
nessed by J. Dunning, Chatham, Warwick, and was Sir G. NOEL, in reply, contended that the House
signed by the King, " George, Itex:' It set forth, ought not to be satisfied by the pleasantry of the
that "in case of our Royal demise, we give and be- statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Assertion
queath to our brother of Cumberland's daughter, was no proof; and if Lord Chatham were out of
Olive (A laugh)—the sum of fifteen thousand pounds, office, it did not shew conclusively, that he had not
which we command our successor to pay over to the signed the documents bearing his name. If the Right
said Olive."—Now this bore date, June, 1774, after Hon. Gentleman had nothing to fear, why did he not
Lord Chatham had resigned the Privy Seal; and in consent to the Committee? He should press the ques-
January, 1775, only a few months after the date of tion to a division, if he stood alone, and he did not
the alleged Will, Lord Chatham moved in the House retract an iota of what he had stated.
of Lords that his Majesty should be entreated to The Hon. Baronet, on consulting with one or two
transmit to General Gage an order, commanding him Members near him, afterwards said, that he would
to withdraw his troops from Boston. Now, knowing not be so impertinent as to trouble the House to divide.
the late King's sentiments respecting the American The question was put, but the motion was negatived.
war, he (Mr. Peel) would ask, was it likely that Lord IRISH TITHES.
Chatham, or any other person in such confidential in- Mr. GOULBURN moved the Order of the Day
tercourse with his Majesty as the document in question for the House resolving itself into a Committee on
would argue, would attempt to propose such a motion? the Commutation of Tithes in Ireland Bill.
But Lord Chatham's own words on that occasion Mr. J. SMITH said, that be had wanted to intro-
proved that no such intercourse existed ; for he pre- duce a Bill for the better regulation of the law be-
faced his motion by saying, that " having no per- tween merchants and factors..
oval access to his Majesty, he was obliged to transmit Mr. GOULBURN was willing to consent to the
his advice through the Constitutional medium of that Hon. Member brin4ing on his motion, on the under-
House." The fact was, that from the period of his standing that the Bill would be suffered to be brought
resignation, Lot d Chatham never had any intercourse in without discussion.
with the late King ; and he would ask; was it pus- Mr. J. SMITH then moved that leave be given to
sible that a man of such a character as Lord Chat- bring in the Bill.
ham would have ever signed a document.which it was Mr. ROBERTSON made some remarks, after
ordered should be committed to the flames after the which the question was put, and leave given to bring
commands in it should be complied with?—i docu- in the Bill.
ment which charged the Duke of Cumberland with Lot d NUGENT wished to be allowed to advance
the crime of bigamy, and with' having agreed. to the his Bill for the emancipation of English Catholics one
bastardizing of his own daughter, Olive ?—(Hear)-- stage during that evening. He thought that in the pre-
The next document to which he should refer was the sent state of the House no discussion would arise.
certificate of Dr. James Wilmot, and signed by Lord Mr. GOULBURN said that he had promised the
Chatham, which declared that " the Princess Olive Hon. Member for Corte Castle (Mr. Bankes) not to
was the only child of his Royal Highness Prince assent to the Noble Lord's request; and the Hon.
Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, and bred up Member had left the House upon the faith of that pro-
m his (Dr. Wilmot) brother Robert's daughter; and mise. If the Bill was read a second time, he (Mr.
that she may be known by a large spot on her—" Goulburn) should be obliged to speak until the Hon.
(The Right Honourable Gentleman was interrupted Member for Code Castle could be sent for (A laugh).
by shouts of laughter, which continued for several After some observations from Mr. CANNING and
minutes, and cries of Where? where? where? and Lord NuciENT, the House resolved itself into a Cons-
Rear, hear, hear!)—The Right Honourable Secre- mittee on the Irish Tithe Commutation Bill.
tary (Mr. Peet) continued : You shall hear!—(More On the clause giving to the Clergyman a power to
blighter); this document was inserted in the margin distrain, a lon4 conversation took place. IVIr.
Wa-
of a Petition of her Royal Highness to his Majesty. THERELL and Sir Joint STEWART strenuously opposed
The certificate of Lord Chadians states, that " the the clause; and Mr. GOULBURN, Mr. Rica, and Co-
Princess Olive may be known by a large spot, of a lonel BARRY, maintained the necessity of such an
liver colour, on her right ribs—(Loud laughter). This enactment.--The clause was afterwards understood
document is signed " Chatham," and 44 James Wil- to be negatived without a division.
mot." Thus had Lord Chatham been called upon to The other clauses of the Bill were then severally
certify, that a liver-coloured spot might be found discussed, and some verbal amendments agreed to.
upon the right ribs of her Royal Highness the Prin. Mr. GOULBURN then gave notice of-his inten-
cess Olive of Cumberland—.(Contieued laughter).— tion to move that the Bill should be reprinted, and
Bat (the Right Hon. Gentleman continued) that do- afterwards recommitted, when he should take an op-
eliMent was immaterial, when compared with the mar- portunity of calling the attention of the House to
riage certificate, to which it was important particu- those amendments which should be proposed to him.
larly to attend. It was dated 4th March, 1767, anti. The House resumed; and
tan thus :—" I hereby certify that His Royal High- Lord NUGENT said, if he had any influence with
ness Henry Frederick Duke of Cumberland was this his friends on the English Catholic Question, he would
day married to Olive Wilmot, such marriage having move the second reading of the Bill, and reserve all
been solemnized by banns by me James Wilmot." further observations to another stage.
Witnessed by " Brook," "James Addor," and signed Sir GEORGE HILL would now merely urge his
4' George, Rex laugh). Ile (Mr. Peel) should general objection against the Bill. He would not di-1
here ask, if the marriage had been solemnized by vide the House, but protested against the measure.
banns, why had not the registry been produced?— Mr. E. BANKES objected to all concession, whe-
The marriage must have been solemnized in St. ther there was any anomaly or not in the condition
James's Church, yet no trace of it could be found in of the Irish and English Roman Catholics as to their
the parish books. The marriage was certified to have having the elective franchise.
been solemnized by James Wilmot on the 4th of The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would not now
March, 1767. James Wilmot had been educated at oppose the Bill; but as it purported to relieve every
Minn), College, Cambridge, and, by the books, it person from taking the Oath of Supremacy, he had
appeared that he left that College on the sth of a decided objection to it—(Hear, from Mr. Peel).—
34arch, 1767; it was, therefore, impossible that he There were other exceptions to the Bill; but be cer-
vtuld have solemnized a marriage on the 4th of tainly admitted that this was not the stage to enter
March, in Middlesex. Still there was the testimony into them. On the third reading, however, he should.
of the signatures to be got over. The late Lord War- Mr. Secretary PEEL would not detain the Home
wick was the first of his family who became entitled , by urging his objections; but he must say, that be
tco " Brook"—but, unfortunately for the case of never could consent to the forgetfulness oldie Oath
the
rrincess Olive, the late Lord Warwick during ! of Supremacy as to qualifications for certain offices.
-she life:time of his father, always signed " Greville." He mentioned this for the purpose of enabling the
lie had married a daughter of Lord Greville—had' Noble Lord (Nugent) to provide for the deficiencies
'assumed the title of Lord Greville, and by it only ; of his Bill. Roman Catholics could not sit as Judges,
had-he been known to his family, his friends, his ser- neither could they in the Scotch Courts, from which
vents. The present Lord was the first who had be- the Noble Lord now reduced them.
,In fact, the Bill
conic entitled to sign " Warwick and Brook"—but relieved the Roman Catholics to a greater degree than
the late Lord, never before his accession to the title the Dissenters, to which he would object. As far as
of Warwick, signed himself any other than " G rev ill e" regarded the electiie franchise, he had no objection
,(Cheers).—Even yet there remained the name of to waive the taking the Oath of Supremacy ; Pao"

rally, however, as a qualification to office, he held'
that Oath to be essential.
Mr: BANKES had no objection to give legally to
the English Catholic what he had now by courtesy,
but he would not do more. He had no objection to
concede to their) the Magistracy ; but if he construed
the term franchise into an admission into Corpora-
tions, he should object to it. With regard to Scot-
land, bis Bill would do away the provisions -of the
Act of Union, which should be particularly guarded
against. In conclusion he begged leave to say, he
would do all he could to oppose the present measure.
Mr: WETHERELL said, that mien the Bill went
into a Committee, he was disposed to oppose every
line of it, according to its present structure. •He ge-
nerally opposed the Bill ; and, acting consistently, he
must oppose the Bill.
The Bill was then read a second time.

Lord NUGENT moved that the Bill be committed
on Monday. The Noble Lord observed, that his mea-
sure did not interfere with the Act of Queen Anne,
but that be would now give an opinion as to whether
that Act was or was not repealed by Mr. Dundas's
Act of 1791. His (Lord Nugent's) Bill was only con-
versant with certain Test Acts. The Hon. Member
for Corfe Castle had asked him many questions, and
he (Lord Nugent) would only ask him one. Suppose
he wished to sell Corfe Castle, would he first ask the
purchaser to take the Test Oaths? He would not
press the question further.
Mr.liasicEs and Lord NUGENT mutually explained.
—The Bill was committed for Monday next.
DISTILLERIES.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved the second reading of the Distilleries' Bill.
Lord A. HAMILTON complained that the Scotch
Commissaries' Bill had been so long postponed, that
he felt himself compelled to move as an amendment
that the Scotch Commissaries' Bill should be now
read a third time, instead of proceeding in the Dis-
tilleries' Bill. •

Mr. J. P. GRANT and Mr. KENNEDY opposed the
motion, and supported the amendment.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER be-

lieved that if the Noble Lord had not made unfor-
tunately his present motion, he would have been
already employed in discussing his favourite Bill.
He had pressed the second reading of the Distilleries
Bill, because, in fact, the country the Noble Lord re-
presented (Scotland) was more interested in the Dis-
tilleries Bill than any other part of the kingdom.
Lord A. HAMILTON explained, as well as Mr.
BRIGHT, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.
Lord A. HAMILTON insisting on putting the
Amendment, the gallery was cleared for a division.
No division, however, took place, and the Amend-
ment was negatived.
Mr. S. RICE pressed on the Right Hon. Gentle-
man the necessity of giving further time to the people
of Ireland to consider the purport of the Bill.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
he was only anxious that the blanks should be filled
up, and printed ; he should then give a fair propor-
tion of time to all interested, more particularly to the
Deputation now in town from the Irish Distillers, so
as to give them time to state their objections to the
measure, if any existed. He should then postpone the
further proceeding in the Bill for a few days.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered
to be committed to-morrow.
SCOTCH COMMISSARIES BILL.

On the Motion that the Scotch Commissaries' Bill
be read a second time, . .
Mr. KENNEDY said, if the Bill were then per-
sisted in, he should move the adlournment of the•
House. He should wish it to be postponed till Friday.
The CH ANC ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would
consent to that arrangement if the Bill were likely to
be brought on for a second reading early on Friday,
of which there was little probability.
After a few words from the LORD ADVOCATE, Mr.
KENNEDY, and Mr. J. P. GRANT, the further pro-
ceeding was adjourned for the present.
SCOTCH CONFIRMATIONS RILL.

A conversatibn took place on the Scotch Confirma
tions Bill being read a third time, between Mr. Kim-
HEDY, Mr. J. P. GRANT,. Lord A. HAMILTON, and
the LORD ADVOCATE of Scotland.—The Bill was
read a third time and passed. •
SCOTCH COMM(SSIONERs' BILL.
The LORD ADVOCATE then moved the Order
of the Day for the third reading of the Scotch Com-
missioners' Bill.
Lord A. HAMILTON asked if the Bill were in•
tended to be pressed through its different stages now ?
The LORD ADVOCATE replied it was.
Lord A. HAMILTON swig, he should then divide
the House on the Order of the Day.—The House
then divided :
Ayes - -
Noes

56
21
Majority - - —35
Lord A. HAMILTON then addressed the House
on the propriety of postpbning the further proceed-
ing in this Bill until a more distant day.—The House
then divided, when there were—.

For the Adjournment—Ayes
Noes -

9
44

Majori
On the re-admission of strangers to the galletpilir.
Hums was objecting to the Bill; upon which
The LORD ADVOCATE agreed that the thitd
reading of the Bill should be postponed to this day.

BIER BILL.

The Marquis of TICHFIELD complained of the
manner in which the Beer Bill had been disposed of
yesterday. An understanding had prevailed that no
public business should be entered uporr until after
the motion relating to the Chief. Baron of Ireland
should be disposed of. He bad, in consequence, come
down to the House at half-past four o'clock, and
found to his surprise that the Bill had.been passed—
a circumstance which he felt justified. in erlying could
not have occurred had due notice been given of the
intention to proCeed with it. . . .
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER dis-
claimed all intention of taking the House by sunrise, as sup-
poisd by the Nettle Lord. Hatf-past four dela& bid strived.'
and there being no public business before the House. be had.
moved" (as he conceived correctly) the Iltira reading of the In.
He was Do party to any understanding. as the sabiect4 but spin
disclaimed all intention of taking the House by surprise.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House Adlowsed se au.r-smis.Clia o'Cuxu.

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