Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-06

recognized, certain modified, ilial rights
| she was to him an utter stranger. BY
way of justifying, or at least explaining,
the disayowal of the Duke, n. Allon, the
Dukes counsel, alleged that the title of
"Lady Colville" was an impudent assump-
ton BY the person pretending to bear 1t;
j that her real name was Miss Munden; that
! the Duke met her in the saloon of thea
tire, where she had already "gone through
more than one campuign;" that she, moth
| ing 10th, and with her eyes open, accepted
the position of his mistress, aud came
abroad with him in that character; that
she was now married and living in Califor-
mia, and that, although the Duke had from
/ feelings of compassion provided funds for
the education of the pretended Lady COL
ville's daughter, he had never taken any
personal interest in her, and had IN fact
never so much as seen her except at the
moment of her birth. N. Marie, counsel
for Madame De Civry, gives very differ
ent complexion TO the case. AT the last
| hearing, II. Marie stated that Lady Colville
when she made the acquaintance of the
Duke of Brunswick in 1925, was only II,
an age at which she could not have made
many "campaigus." She was young lady
moving in good society in London, had
brilliant education, and was the grand
daughter of Admiral Colville and niece of
the Countess Piper. The learned counsel
proceeded further to show the high re
spectabiIity of Lady CoVille, by stating
that when she went abroad with the Duke
of Brunswick young lady was recon-
mended to her as II companion by the Duke
of Sussex. He then read an affidavit from
the lady in question, who stated the cir
cumstances under which she was engaged,
,,I tl,aa aIr naiH ~ adv
ColVille on their arrival in Germany. The
affidavit proceeds: "On July 5, 1926, La
dy Colville was confined of daughter,
who was proclaimed throughout the Duchy
as the child of the reigning Duke, and
Duke Charles publicly and solemnly re-
cognized as the heiress of his Royal blood.
| was present at the birth of the child,
together with DIR Pickles and other per
sons of the suite. The Duke was at that
time confined to the Brunswick Palace by
hurt in the leg occasioned by fall from
his horse. As soon as heard of the birth,
he came to Wendessen, in spite of his pain,
to see his first born. The baptism was
performed with great pomp. The grand
Chaplain of the Court, Rev. DR.. de Vest
phalem, officiated on the occasion, and in
honor of the event was raised 10 the rank
of bishop. The golden basou, which for
many centuries has been used as a font for
the baptism of princes and princesses of
the House of Brunswick, and on which
their names are all engraved, was borne
in solemn procession, and the child WAS
baptised by the new bishop, the Baron
d'Oyenhausen, grand ecuyer, representing
His Highness as the father, and Baron de
Grisewald representing Prince William,
then at Berlin, as godfather. Beside the
noble family names and titles given to the
young Princess, and which were afterward
confirmed by letters patent, the Duke gave
her the Christian names of thas grand
mother, the Princess of Baden, Elizabeth
WiIheImina. From the hour of her birth
the child enjoyed every luxury and atten
tinn that royal father could possibly
lavish upon it. Priuee william, both at
Brunswick and in Paris, invariably treated
Lady ColVilIe with the utmost respect ana |
attention. He frequently rode ont on
horseback with her and his brother, and
always showed the greatest affection to his
niece" NJ. Marie sought to deduce from
the above affidavit and other circumstances
the argument that there must have been
promise of marriage, under which "Lady |
CoIville" left England, aRd from various let |
ters, which he read, he argued the prOba- |
bility that legal recognition of the plain
tiff as the Dukes child must have been |
among the archives of the House of |
Brunswick, which were burnt when Duke |
Charles was deposed. He insisted upon
the reception of secondary evidence that
this recognition must have been made, and
argued that at all events the child had ac-
Quired a status by repute, which was sufti-
cient to support an action for an alimen-
tary pension. To show that the Duke of
Brunswick had, long after the plaintiffs
birth, taken IL deep interest in her, and
4. L II: H.,
an affidavit from lady who in 1880 kept
a fashionable school at Noting Hill This
lady states that the Duke himself made the
arrangements for the child's education.-
"The Duke ordered Mr.. PAtten, the cele-
brated miniature painter, to make a por-
trait of the child for him to carry about
with him when he Travelled. His Serene
Highness constantly manifested the utmost
affection for his daughter, gave her thous-
and proofs of his tenderness, and regular
ly made the half yearly payments for her
schooling through Baron Audlau. The
amount for her schooling during the
five years she staid with US was E240 a
year. and there were extras. amounting fire.
quently to as much as $50 a quarter
All the plate and linen furnished for the
Countess de Colmar's use was marked
with the royal arms of Brunswick" n.
Marie proceeded to show that the Duke,
who it was pretended by the other side,
had never seen his daughter, frequently
wrote affectionate letters to her, and he
said that, so far from her marriage with
the Count de Civey, being the caused of
her fathers displeasure, he had abandon
ed her years before ON account of her be-
coming Roman Catholic. After having
received first-rate education in England,
she was sent to Nancy to complete her
studies under French tuition. There she
heard the famous Father LagOrdaire
preach. She was fascinated by him, and
by him she was converted to the Roman