The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-18
THEROYAL SCANDAL IN ENGLAND.
Continuation Of th cr1ab of Mrs. Ryves
Case Before the LORD Chief Justice.
INTERESTING DOCUMENTARY EvIDENc

INTERESTING DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE.
Ryves and Ryves VS.. the eAttornev.tieneral.-The
under The Legitimacy Declaration Act was resumed
Mr j. Waiter Smith and Mr. d. M Thomas ap-
peared for the petitioners; the Attorney General
the tor.Ceneral, the Queen's Advocate Mr.
Hannen, and MIR. X. BoHTKe for the Attorney
General
The v hole of the day was occupied in prov ng
some OF the documentary evidence produced in sup
port OF the peunoner's case. The first Witnesses
called were Mr.. II. N Cape the solicitor OF the
number OF certificates of births, deaths and mar.
rages, and extracts from registers OF which the
following were the most material :-EXtracts from
registers OF the diocese of Oxford and OF the UnVer
sity OF Oxford, and from parOchial regs,e show
ing Thar Dr. James WllmOt was baDtized on the 1st
of April, 1925; that he Idalned priest on the
2lst OF December, 1852; that he was a Fellow of
trinity College Oxford; that he took his ID. ID de.
gree in Juy l160 and that he died at the rectory OF
Barton. On-the- Heath 1907. Certificates OF the
bapnsm OF his brother, Robert WIlmot and OF Rob-
ert Wilmots marrlaPe at st James, Westmln stsr
head on the l1th OF August 1872. He was described
in the certificates as house Ialnter Certificates of
on the 29th OF April, 172S and OF her marriage to
William Pain on the 14th OF July, 1754, and OF the
bal tism OF her daughter Olve Pam, on the 18th OF
Nav, 1863. An extract from an entry i'll the parish
gIster OF st Nicholas Warwick, was also prolucsd
II the baptism OF Ohve, dauPhter OF Robert aud
Anna Maria WHmot, on the 10th OF April, l772
Tins referred, as the petitioners alleged, The re.
baptism OF Mrs. Serras, which Was commanded by
George Ill, in order to conceal the secret of her
bmtn. The bur al of Mrs Serres at st James,
Westminster, on the Sd of December, 1894 was also
proved, her description being Olive Cumberland
late OF Fnnity square Formal proof was also given
Of ihe deah Of the first Earl of Chatham the l1h
OF May, ITS, and OF the late Duke OF Kent on the
23d oil January 1926 OF tine creation of the Elrldom
OF Brook IN 1746 and of Warwick III 1859; OF tue
death OF the eighth Lord Brook ana the first Earl
d BI0S ana md, ear warwick in Igy dS and OF the
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ryves IN 1922 and OF the baptism 0
their son IN lS40 ana of the burial OF Mr. Serres at
Paddlngion IN January 1926
An article IN the BiOgrGphie U1iUerselle was ten
| dered by MIR. w. Smith ioI the purpose OF proving
the biography of Domenlc SeTres the father of the
husband OF Mrs. Serres, but their lordshps decn
to receive It, an0 the Attorney General SAID he had
no objection TO admit that Domenic Serres was a
person who attalneo some celebrity, and was one
OF the original members of the Royal Academy
The Rev Mr.. Haddon. the present rector OF Bar
| tOn'On the Heath and formerly Fellow of Trinity
College, Oxford, produced registers OF births mar.
rlages, ana burlas between 1865 and 1910, whicn
| contained number OF entries IN the undoub ed
handwriting of DR.. WImot. One OF them was an
| entry OF marriage on the 1st OF september 179l
bachelor, and DIVA Wimot, OF Barton on-the-
| Heath spIDster, the witnesses being Margaret
Davies and Thomas Wilmot: In answer to the Attor-
| was college living, and DIR. WilmOt was presented
70 1t in 1871, and continued rector until his death IN
| 1907. He produced the statu es of the COLLEGE
| which contained u prohibition against the mar.
| rage of the Fellows and some questions were
put TO hlm as to the practice of the Colese
and OF the University, tor the purpose OF showing
the lmprObabIlity of the marriage o. DR. WIlmci
while he held fellows ip; but tneY were objeeteu
marked that some matters were notorious as
hardiy to require proof An officer from the record
office then p Oduced number of Treasury warrap
81 ned by George II, from October, 1794 TO Anri,
lI96 bu he sand the series was incomplete and tha
before they were delivered to the record Office tney
| were kept in the vaults of Somerset House. Tn
var1ops documents referred to by Mr.. V. Smith n
his OpenIng speech were then produced bv Mr.
| lourdIllon, a sOlIc tor, ana it was admit ed tina
th3y had formerly belonged TO Mrs. Serres Some
| ortrai OF Mrs Serres were rendered for the pur
| pose OF showing her llkene's TO tie Royal fam ly
/ the NOurt IDtimafed that they COuld
be evidence OF ieSitmacy, aud refused to allow then
TO be shown TO the jury
| Evidence OF handwriting was then given TO make
| the documents produced by Mr.. BOurdIl on admIs
| sbc, and MIR Netherclift the expert was exam
| med as to tn0se written or slPned by DR. Wilmot
He state that in ms opinion thev in the hand
| wrt ng OF DR. WlmOtj but en- DelnP questioned a
| to the grounds upon which he had formed that con
usion, IL appeared that IL was by comOariDg tbeu
with tractnRs of Dr. Wilmots handwriting whicl
had been Piyen to him bv Mr.: Ca el. aud which h
assumed 70 DO genuine, and tho Lore OhlOl Justle