The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-14

| from nature. The painting is one of the most in
terestirg and instructive ever placed before Bal
| timore audience, and the opportunity to see i
should not be allowed to pass unimproved.
ANOTHER ROYAL ROMANCE
MYSTERIOUS MARRIAGE OF A BROTHER OF GEORGE III -
ROYAL PRINCESS IGNORANT OF HER BIRTH-THl
CLAIMS OF HER HEIRS.
At time when the American Bonapartes mr.
urging, in the French courts, their claims to i'm
| perial recognition, case not wholly dssimilar il
| occupying the attention of English lawyers an(
gossips. The facts OF the case, as alleged by the
parties seeking to establish their claims to royal re-
| lationship, are these:
| On the fourth of March, 1767-there being Their
| no restrictions on the matrimonial alliances OF
members of the royal tamily-one Olive Wilmot
the daughter of an English clergyman high in ia.
| vor at the court of George H., was married bv
| her father to the Duke of Cumberland brother Of
King George ILL.,, and the certificates of the mar.
rage still exist, attested by the signatures of the
| Earl of Chatham, the Earl of Warwick and King
| George Ill. 1t further appears that on the third
| of April, l772 there born of this marriage n
| daughter, who was baptized by the name of Olive,
| in the presence of the Earl of Chatham and Lord
| Ashburton.
In the same year in which this infant first an.
| peared, her father, the Duke of Cumberland mar.
| ried again with Lady Annie Horton. This action
incensed the king very much; he refused to recog.
nlZe this second vile, and, under the excitement
| of the moment, enacted the Royal Marriage act
which fOrbids a member of the royal family from
marrying subject He, however, anxious to pro-
| tect his brother from the punishment his bigamy
incurred, directed that the child should be rebap
| tized under the name of Wilmot. but at the same
| time created her the Duchess of Lancaster, made
provision for an annual income for her, and had
the following document drawn up:
George Rive declare the birth of Olive The
infant OF the Duke of Cumberland by Olive his
duchess, to be legitimate, who is condemned to
privacy by the act of bigamy committed by her
royal father
"lsigned'l W " VIC, Lsigned,l GCuATHAM,
80 the child grew up under the name of Wilmot,
residing principally with her grandfather, Dr.
Wilmot, at Barron-On-the-Ieath. In 1892 she mar.
ried a Mr.. John Series. Seventeen wears after
her marrage-that is, in 1Sl5-the late Earl of
Warwick revealed to her the secret of her birth
| and informed her of the will of George Ill, in
which he gives and bequeaths to "Olive, our
brother of Cumberland's daughter the sum of fI5 :
the same privately to our said niece for her use
as recompense for the misfortunes she may have
known through her father"
The Duke of Kent, satisfied of the autbenticitv
of this and other documents befriended Mrs. Ser
res up to the day of his death, and on his death
bed wrote:
"Should l not recover, l recommend nv dear
cousin olive to my wife, who will, for nv sake
love and serve her until she RECEIVERS her royal
rights. solemnly recommend my dau ghter to
revere the Princess Olive Of Cumberland for my
sake. sEpwARD
And again:
off this paper meets my dear Alexandrina's eye,
my dear cousin Olive will present it, whom nv
daughter will, for my sake, hope, love and serve,
should | depart this life. "EDwARp."
Such are the alleged facts of the case. And
now Mrs. LaVinia Janetta Horton Ryves, the eld-
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Series, claims the
revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster, amounting to
l,OO4 ,G4 pounds sterling, and also l05 $50 pounds
as requests from the royal family. The petitioner
claims to be "Princess of Cumberland and Ouch
ess OF Lancaster, as the granddaughter and Inca
representative, in the female line, of his late Roy
al Highness Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumber-
land, who died intestate in the year 1902
This remarkable case is attracting the earnest
attention ofthe English press. 1t involves a pro-
perty question to the amount of five and a half
millions of dollars. The trial will excite interest
both at home and this continent. Like the
Gaines and Bonaparte cases, it hinges on cues
ton of Legitimacy, which will require all the skill
of the highest legal acumen to decide. 1t has al
ready attracted some attention, for in 1922 Mrs
Series demanded probate of the will of George II
but was refused, because it was held that the court
had not jurisdiction and could not grant probate
of the will of an English sovereign. In IS4l she
sought to bring it to an issue by claiming privilege
from arrest member of the royal family lint
again failed through legal technicalties, In 1916
she filed bill in Chancery against the Duke of
wellington, as executor Of George ", who had
succeeded to his fathers personal estate, but the
matter was kept quiet by influential nolit;cions -
But now the case is different, aud some at least.
OF the English papers camor for an honest inyes
tgaton of this long-standing wrong or bold impo-
sition. "Here," says the London Star, sis either
a monstrouS or artful fraud to be punished or a
cruel wrong to be atoned for; and no personal in
Huence. no matter from how high quarter it NAV
emanate, must render the arm of English law i'm
potent to chastise imposture or to redress inius-
tice.''
A SENSATION AT A PRIVATE BALL.-Quite a sensa.
tion was created, few evening since at a private
nj LODI
daughter of citizen of this city, appearing in a
dress representing the State of South Carolina
She had On white satin dress, on which palmetto
leaves were sewn. Her head dress had single
star In the centre, and she carried in her hand a
fac smile of the State flag adopted by South Caro-.
Ina Her appearance caused quite sensation and
it was evident, by the looks of the guests that the
display made by the Young lady was distasteful
and considered out of place; but the party being a
private one, OF course the visitors contented them
selves with frowns. Later in the evening another
young lady made her appearance dressed to repre-
sent the Goddess of LIBERTY while she carried a
small American flag, having 81 stars upon it, The
reception OF this young lady most cordial, and
must have been highly gratifying to the youth full
and beautiful representative of the American Union
During the evening the American flag, carried by
this young lady, was hidden or mslaid but, after
diigent search, it was found and restored to its
owner. AS soon as she obtained possession of it.
she approached the lady having the South Caro-
lima nag, and took it from her hand, and with one
STICK OF the palmetto banner. This act was an.
plauded oy those present in such manner as to
evince the fact that the American Union still has
a place in the hearts Of Philadelphia citizens
Phil. Ledger.
The MONEY Found IN THE MINT AND SUB REAsU-
RY AT NEW ORLEANs.-ln the Louisiana Convention
ON the 9th inst, the committee appointed to make
an inventory of the property seized from the Fed
eral Government, reported that they found in the
Suo-Ireasurer's vault at the mint the OF S4S3-
9S3.9S IN gold and silver coin, now in the custody
OF A. ). Guirot an officer of the State of Louisiana
In the Sub-Treasury of the mint they found SlOl,-
745.Sl in gold silver and copper coin. In posses
sion of DR.. NJ. F. Bonsano, "melter and refiner"
SAB ,6S9s5 in gold and silver bullion. And in pos
session of DR.. b. F. Taylor, "coner," the sum of
Sl72,s7 5.s6 in gold and silver bullion; making an
aggregate of S4ls 31l52 in the mint proper, in the
custody OF A. j. Guirot, Treasurer. The commit
tee add that of this sum in the mint, $3.50 267 40,
regarded the permanent bullion fund, go, 1892 6s
is reported due to individual depositors and the
remaining S4,05l.3S is the accumulated profit or
coinage, and has heretofore been annually with
drawn from the mint proper aud deposited in the
vault of the SubTreasury.
The JEws.-The Jews themselves have not pre-
served everywhere their primitive color. In the
northern countries of Europe they are white: in
Germany many OF them have red boards; in Portu.
gal they are tawDey. In the Province of Cochin
China, where number OF them have settled they
have black skins, though they do not contract
marriages with foreigners. Pftchard says that
there is also at Mattacheri colony of white Jews,
and lastly, there are black Jews dwelling in Afr-
ca, in the kingdom of Haoussa. Thus great varie-
ties of color have been produced among these peo-
pie during eighteen centuries, but no change has
occurred in their cast of feature, habits IDEAS
Under black skin or a white, observes General
Daumas, in Soudan, in the Sahara, or the sea-
coast towns, everywhere, Jews have the same in
stincts, and the two-fold aptitude for language
and commerce. Color, then, is not fixed charac-
teristic.
The majority for reference of the action of the
Virginia State Convention back to the people in
thirty-ive counties, is 1881, Seyenty-three