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Grey River Argus, Issue 63, 7 June 1866, Page 3

A curious old' scandal has turned up once more in the Court of Probate: Prince Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, fourth brother of George 111., was privately married before the Royal Marriage Act to Olive Wilmot, daughter of the Sector of Barton-on-the Heath, in Warwickshire. Her granddaughter, Mrs Ry yes, now claims, under the Declaration of Legitimacy Act, to be declared a member of the Royal Family. If she. can prove the marriage she is one, and one, moreover,, in the actual line of the succession, ranking just after the King of Hanover ; and tins is the real issue on which the case- will turn. It seems certain that the marriage was at the time believed in, and the object of denying it ;was to conceal a bigamy, the Prince, like a true decendant of the Electress, having married a Mrs Horton while Olive Wilmot wa3 alive.— "Spectator." Lord Derby has produced his .accounts as trustee for Kin? Leopold of Belgium. That monarch, as husband ■of the Princess Charlotte, was entitled to an annuity ' for life of £50,000 from Great Britain. On his election to the throne he appointed several trustees, of whom Lord Derby was one, . to receive this money, keep up Clarcmont, and. pay certain pensions to servants of his wife. Uuder the trust a sum of £1,090,500 has been paid into the Treasury, and. Lord Derby now hopes that' Government mil consider the annuitants, many of .whom are very old and poor ; and wili, moreover, leave Claremont for life to Queen Amelie, who now- resides, there. Lord Russell seemed to speak, doubtfully in reply, but it is clear he;. .inurvt fulfil both, requests — the second, because it would be ah* outrage to remove a lady, of the extreme age and deep sufferings of Louis Philippe's widow, from her home ; and the first, . because the concession made to a queen can hardly be refused to private persons. The nation is the gainer anyhow, for Leopold .was no .more bound to give back his annuity than- if he had received his wife's; portion in, Consols,—- Ibid.,-.