with this additional circumstance, that the whole of Sander knows every thing; that she has aphis Examination is mere hearsay. peared in great distress on many occasions, and 11th January, 1806.-William Cole. Has been with the Prince for 21 years in this month; he went with the Princess on her marriage, and remained till April, 1802-In 1801, he says, he had reason to be dissatisfied with the Princess's conduct. During the latter part of that year he has seen Mr. Canning several times alone with the Princess, in a room adjoining to the drawing-room, for an hour or two, of which the company took notice.-In January, 1802, Sir Sidney frequently came to dine with the Princess, and their intimacy became familiar; he has frequently dined and supped at the house, and when the ladies have retired, about eleven o'clock, he has known Sir Sidney remain alone with the Princess an hour or two afterwards; his suspicions increased very much; and one night, about twelve o'clock, he saw a person wrapped up in a great coat, go across the park, into the gate to the green house, and he verily believes it was Sir Sidney.-In the month of March, 1802, the Princess ordered some sandwiches, which Cole took into the drawing-room, where he found 14th January, 1806.-William Cole. Sir Sidney talking to the Princess; he sat down Says, that the Princess was at Mr. Hood's, at the sandwiches, and retired. In a short time he Satherington, near Portsmouth, for near a month went again into the room, where he found the in the last summer, where she took her footman gentleman and lady sitting close together, in so and servants. That the house in which Mr. familiar a posture as to alarm him very much, Hood lived was given up to the Princess, and which he expressed by a start back, and a look he, and his family, went to reside in a small at the gentleman. He dates his dismissal from house adjoining. That the Princess and Mr. this circumstance; for, about a fortnight after. Hood very frequently went out in the forenoon, wards, he was sent for by the Duke of Kent, who and remained out for four or five hours at a time. told him he had seen the Princess at court the That they rode in a gig, attended by a boy, (a day before: that she had expressed the greatest country lad) servant to Mr. Hood, and took regard for him, and that she intended to do with them cold meat; that they used to get out something for him, by employing him, as a con- of the gig, and walk into the wood, leaving the fidential person, to do her little matters in town; boy to attend the horse and gig till their return. and his attendance at Montague House would | This happened very frequently; that the Duke not be required. He received this intimation of Kent called one day, and seeing the Princess's with much concern; but said, her Royal High- attendants at the window, came into the house, ness's pleasure must govern him. He says, that and after waiting some time, went away without the cordiality between the Princess and Lady D. seeing the Princess, who was out with Mr. was very soon brought about; and, he supposes, Hood. This information Mr. Cole had from Fanon Sir Sidney's account; that the Princess fre- ny Lloyd. When Mr. Cole found the drawingquently went across the heath to Lady D., where room, which led to the staircase to the Princess's she staid till late in the evening, and that, some- apartments, locked, he does not know whether times, Lady D. and Sir Sidney have come with any person was with her, but it appeared odd to the Princess to Montague House late in the even-him, as he had formed some suspicions. Mr. ing, when they have supped.-Sometime after Cole says, that he saw the Princess at Blackhe left Montague House, he went down, when heath about four times in the year 1802, after he he spoke to Fanny Lloyd, and asked her how left her in April, and five or six times in London; things went on amongst them; she said, she that he had heard a story of the Princess's being wished he had remained amongst them; there with child, but cannot say that he formed au was strange goings on; that Sir Sidney was fre- opinion that she was so; that she grew lusty, and quently there; and that one day, when Mary appeared large behind; and that at the latter Wilson supposed the Princess to be gone into end of the year he made the observation, that the library, she went into the bed-room, where the Princess was grown thinner. That he can. she found a man at breakfast with the Princess; not form an opinion about the child; that he that there was a great to do about it; and that has seen an old man and woman (about 50 years Mary Wilson was sworn to secrecy, and threat- of age) at Montague House on a Sunday, and ened to be turned away if she divulged what she has inquired who they were, when he was anhad seen. He does not know much of what pass-swered by the servants in the hall, "That is lited at Margate in 1803.-In 1804, the Princess tle Billy's mother," (meaning the child the Prin was at Southend, where Fanny Lloyd also was ; cess had taken, and which was found by Stikewhen Cole saw her after her return, he asked man.) WM. COLE. how they had gone on; she said, "Delightful doings, always on ship-board, or the Captain at our house."-She told him, that one evening, when all were supposed to be in bed, Mrs. Lisle met a man in the passage; but no alarm was made this was Captain Manby; he was constantly in the house. Mr. Cole says, that Mrs. Temple, 30th January, 1806.-William Cole. Says, that on the 17th of January instant, he' walked from Blackheath to London with Mr. Stikeman, and, in the conversation on the road, Cole mentioned the circumstance of the little child, saying, that he was grown a fine interest with the Princess, and sat in the same room, he generally retired about 11 o'clock; he sat with us till then. This occurred three or four times a week, or more. Her Royal Highness, the Lady in Waiting, and her Page, have each a key of the door from the Green-house to the Park. Captain Manby and the Princess used, when we were together, to be speaking together separate She was, with difficulty, persuaded to be blooded in 1803, for a pain in her chest, saying, she had not been blooded before, that they could not find a vein in her arm. I saw no mark on Irer arm of her having been blooded before, I observed Her Royal Highness's person at the end of that year 1802. I never observed then, or at any other tinie, any thing which induced ine to think Her Royal Highness was in a pregnantly, conversing separately, but not in a room situation. I think it is impossible she should in that year have been delivered of a child without my observing it. She, during that year, and at all times, was in the habit of receiving the visits of the Duke of Gloucester. I never attended Her Royal Highness but in extraordinary illness. Her Royal Highness has for the last year and a half had her prescriptions made up at Walker and Young's, St. James's-street. If she had been a pregnant woman in June, 1802, I could not have helped observing it. alone together, to my knowledge. He was a person with whom she appeared to have greater pleasure in talking than to her Ladies. She behaved to him only as any woman would who likes flirting. I should not have thought any married woman would have behaved properly, who should have behaved as Her Royal Highness did to Captain Manby. I can't say whether she was attached to Capt. Manby, only that it was a flirting conduct. Never saw any gallantries, as kissing her hand, or the like. I was with Her Royal Highness at Lady Sheffield's, last Christmas, in Sussex. I inquired what company was there when I came. She said, only Mr. John Chester, who was there by Her Royal Highness's UGH. that she (Signed) FRANCIS MILLMAN. (Signed) ERSKINE, SPENCER, GRENVILLE, ELLENBOROUGH. A true copy, J. Becket. I meet her, ou account of the roads and season of the year. He dined and slept there that night. The next day other company came. Mr. (No. 27.)-The Deposition of Mrs. Lisle. Chester remained; I heard her Royal Highness I, Hester Lisle, am in the Princess of Wales's say she had been ill in the night, and came and family, have been so ever since Her Royal Highlighted her candie in her servant's room; I reress's marriage. I was not at South End with turned from Sheffield-place to Blackheath with the Princess; was at Blackheath with her in the Princess. Captain Moore dined there. I 1802, but am not perfectly sure as to dates. left him and the Princess twice alone for a am generally a month at a time, three months in short time; he might be alone half an hour the year, with Her Royal Highness, in April, with her. In the room below in which we had August, and December; was so in August, 1802. been sitting, I went to look for a book to com I did not observe any alteration in Her Royal plete a set hier Royal Highness was lending CapHighness's shape which gave me any idea that tain Moore. She made him a present of an inkshe was pregnant. I had no reason to know or stand, to the best of my recollection. He was believe that she was pregnant. During my at- there one morning in January last, on the Prin tendance hardly a day passes without my seeing cess Charlotte's Birth-day. He went away beher. She could not be far advanced in pregnan- fore the rest of the company; I might be absent cy without my knowing it. I was at East Cliffe twenty minutes the second time. I was away with Her Royal Highness, in August, 1803; I the night Captain Moore was there. At Lady saw Captain Manby only once at East Cliffe, in Sheffield's Her Royal Highness paid more attenAugust, 1803, to the best of my recollection- tion to Mr. Chester than to the rest of the comhe might have been oftener; and once again at pany. I knew of Her Royal Highness walking 'Deal Castle; Captain Manby landed there with out twice alone with Mr. Chester in the mornsome boys the Princess takes on charity. I saw ing; once a short time it rained-the other Captain Manby at East Cliffe one morning, not not an hour-not long. Mr. Chester is a pretty particularly early. I do not know of any presents young man. Her attentious to him were not uuwhich the Princess made Captain Manby. I common, not the same as to Captain Manby. I have seen Captain Manby at Blackheath one am not certain whether the Princess answered Christmas; he used to come to dine the Christ- any letters of Lady Douglas. I was at Cathemas before we were at Ramsgate. It was the rington with the Princess. Remember Mr. now Christmas after Mrs. Austin's child came. He Lord Hood, there, and the Princess going out always went away in my presence. I had no airing with him alone in Mr. Hood's little whiskey, reason to think he staid after we (the Ladies) and his servant was with them. Mr. Hood drove retired. He lodged on the Heath at that time. and staid out two or three hours, more than I believe his ship was fitting up at Deptford. once. Three or four times. Mr. Hood dined with He was there frequently. I think not every day. us several times, once or twice he slept in a house He generally came to dinner three or four times in the garden. She appeared to pay no attention a week or more. I suppose he might be alone with to him but that of common civility to an inti her. But the Princess is in the habit of seeing mate acquaintance. I remember the Princess Gentlemen and tradesmen without my being pre-sitting to Mr. Lawrence for her picture, at sent; Blackheath and in London; I have left her at his house in town with him. I think Mrs. Fitzgerald was with her, and she sat alone with him, think, at Blackheath. I was never in her Royal Highness's confidence, but she has always been kind and good-natured to me. She never men tioned Captain Manby particularly to me. I recollect, nor any other time, nor believe she | APPENDIX (B. No. 2.)-Narrative of His was in the habit of being blooded twice a year. The Princess at one time appeared to like Lady Douglas; Sir John came frequently; Sir Sidney Smith visited about the same time with the Douglas's; I have seen Sir Sidney there very late in the evening, but not alone with the Princess; I have no reason to suspect he had a key of the Park gate; I never heard of any body being found wandering about at Blackheath. I have heard of somebody being found wandering about late at night at Mount Edgecumbe, when the Princess was there. I heard that two women and a man were seen crossing the hall. The Princess saw a great deal of company at Mount Edgecumbe. Sir Richard Strachan was reported to have spoken freely of the Princess. I did not hear that he had offered a rudeness to her person. She told me she had heard he had spoken disrespectfully of her, and therefore, I believe, wrote to him by Sir Samuel Hood. (Signed) HESTER LISLE. Sworn before us, in Downing-street, this third Day of July, 1806. (Signed) ERSKINE, SPENCER, Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. To introduce the following relation, it is ne cessary for me to premise, that on entering the Prince of Wales's bed-room, where our inter view took place, my Brother, after dismissing his attendants, said to me, that some circumstances had come to his knowledge with respect to a transaction with the Princess of Wales, in which he found that I had been a party concerned; that if he had not placed the most entire reliance on my attachment to him, and he was pleased to add, on the well-known uprightness of my character and principles, he should certainly have felt himself in no small degree of fended at having learnt the facts alluded to from others, and not in the first instance from me, which he conceived himself every way entitled to expect, but more especially from that footing of confidence on which he had ever treated me through life; but, that being fully satisfied my explanation of the matter would prove that he was not wrong in the opinion he had formed of the honourable motives that had actuated me in observing a silence with regard to him upon the subject. He then was anxiously waiting for me to proceed with a narrative, his wish to hear which he was sure he had only to express to ensure my (No. 28.)-Lower Brook-street, July 4, 1806. immediate acquiescence with it. The Prince My Lord,-Before your arrival in Downing- then gave me his hand, assuring me he did not street, last night, I bespoke the indulgence of feel the smallest degree of displeasure towards me, the Lords of His Majesty's council for inaccuracy and proceeded to introduce the subject upon as to dates, respecting any attendance at Black-which he required information. When, feeling it heath before 1803. Having only notice in the forenoon of an examination, I could not prepare myself for it, to any period previous to that year, and I now hasten as far as the examination of my papers will permit, to correct an error, into which I fell, in stating to their Lordships that I attended Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales in the spring of 1802, and that I then met His Royal Highness the late Duke of Gloucester at Blackheath. It was in the Spring of 1801, and not of 1802, that, after attending Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales for ten or twelve days, I had the honour of seeing the Duke of Gloucester at her house. I have the honour, &c. GRENVILLE, ELLENBOROUGH. A true copy, J. Becket. (Signed) A true copy, J. Becket. FR. MILLMAN. Earl Cholmondeley, sworn July 16th, 1806. I have seen the Princess of Wales write frequently, and I think I am perfectly acquainted with her manner of writing.A letter pro -This let This paper a duty I owed to him, to withhold from his knowledge no part of the circumstances connected with it, that I could bring back to my recollection, I related the facts to him, as nearly as I can remember, in the following words : 66 "About a twelvemonth since, or thereabout, "(for I cannot speak positively to the exact "date,) I received a note from the Princess of "Wales, by which she requested me to come I over to Blackheath, in order to assist her in "arranging a disagreeable matter, between her, "Sir Sydney Smith, and Sir John and Lady "Douglas, the particulars of which she would "relate to me, when I should call. I, in con sequence, waited upon her, agreeably to her "desire, a day or two after, when she com"menced the conversation by telling me, that "she supposed I knew she had at one time lived "with Lady Douglas on a footing of intimacy, "but that she had had reason afterwards to repent having made her acquaintance, and was "therefore rejoiced when she left Blackheath "for Plymouth, as she conceived that cireum66 stance would break off all further communica“tion between her and that Lady. That, how66 ever, contrary to her expectation, upon the 66 return of Sir John and her from Plymouth to "London, Lady Douglas had called and left her "name twice or three times, notwithstanding she "must have seen that admission was refused her; duced to his Lordship, marked (A).ter is not of the Princess's hand-writing.- -A paper produced to his Lordship, marked (B), with a kind of drawing with the names of Sir Sydney Smith and Lady Douglas.appears to me to be written in a disguised hand. Some of the letters remarkably resemble the Princess's writing; but because of the disguise I cannot say whether it be or be not Her Royal" that having been confirmed in the opinion she Highness's writing.On the cover being shewn to his Lordship, also marked (B), he gave the same answer. --- His Lordship was also shewn the cover marked (C), to which his Lordship answered, I do not see the same resemblance to the Princess's writing in this paper CHOLMONDELEY. Sworn before us, July 16th, 1806. ERSKINE, SPENCER, GRENVILLE "had before had occasion to form of her Lady"ship by an anonymous letter she had received, "in which she was very strongly cautioned "against renewing her acquaintance with her," "both as being unworthy of her confidence, "from the liberties she had allowed herself to *take with the Princess's name, and the light 66 ness of her character, she had felt herself. "obliged, as Lady Douglas would not take the "hint that her visits were not wished for, to "order Miss Vernon to write her a note, speci advantage, by any part of a Report, founded authors of the original declarations, who may be upon partial evidence, taken in my absence, collected from the Report to be Sir John and upon charges, not yet communicated to me, Lady Douglas, are my only accusers; and the until your Majesty had heard, what might be declarations which are said to have followed, are alleged in my behalf, in answer to it. But your the declarations of persons adduced as witnesses Majesty will not be surprised nor displeased, by Sir John and Lady Douglas, to confirm their that I, a woman, a stranger to the laws, and accusation; or whether such declarations are the usages of your Majesty's kingdom, under charges, charges of persons, who have made themselves aimed, originally, at my life and honour, should also, the authors of distinct accusations against hesitate to determine, in what manner I ought me.- -The requests, which, I humbly hope, to act, even under the present circumstances, your Majesty will think reasonable, and just to with respect to such accusations, without the grant, and which are suggested by these further assistance of advice in which I could confide. | observations are,- First, That your Majesty And I have had submitted to me the following would be graciously pleased to direct, that I observations, respecting the copies of the papers should be furnished with copies of these decla with which I have been furnished. And I hum-rations: and, if they are rightly described, in bly solicit from your Majesty's gracious condescension and justice a compliance with the requests, which arise out of them.. -In the first place, it has been observed to me, that these copies of the Report, and of the accompanying papers, have come unauthenticated by the signature of any person, high, or low, whose veracity, or even accuracy, is pledged for their correctness, or to whom resort might be had, if it should be necessary, hereafter, to establish, that these papers are correct copies of the originals. I am far from insinuating that the want of such attestations was intentional. No doubt it was omitted through inadvertence; but its importance is particularly confirmed by the state, in which the copy of Mrs. Lisle's examination has been transmitted to me. For in the third page of that examination there have been two erasures; on one of which, some words have been, subsequently introduced, apparently in a different hand-writing from the body of the examination; and the passage, as it stands, is probably incorrect, because the phrase is unintelligible. And this occurs in an important part of her examination. The humble, but earnest request, which I have to make to your Majesty, which is suggested by this observation, is, that your Majesty would be graciously pleased to direct, that the Report, and the papers which accompany it, and which, for that purpose, I venture to transmit to your Majesty with this letter, may be examined, and then returned to me, authenticated as correct, under the signature of some person, who, having attested their accuracy, may be able to prove it.In the second place, it has been observed to me, that the Report proceeds, by reference to certain written declarations, which the Commissioners describe as the necessary foundation of all their proceedings, and which contain, as I presume, the charge or information against my conduct. Yet copies of these written declarations have not been given to me. They are described, indeed, in the Report, as consisting in certain statements, respecting my conduct, imputing not only, gross impropriety of behaviour, but expressly asserting facts of the most confirmed, and abandoned criminality, for which, if true, my life might be forfeited. These are stated to have been followed by declarations from other persons, who, though not speaking to the same facts, had related other particulars, in them selves extremely suspicious, and still more so, as connected with the assertions already men tioned. On this, it is observed to me, that it is most important that I should know the extent, and the particulars of the charges or informations against me, and by what accusers they have been made; whether I am answering the charges of one set of accusers, or more. Whether the the Report, as the necessary foundation of all till (Signed) C. P. commands, in case it should be Her Royal High- Lincoln's Inn Fields, Aug. 19th, 1806. The Lord Chancellor has the honour to transmit to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales the papers* desired by Her Royal Highness, just as he received them a few minutes ago from Earl Spenser, with the note accompanying them. Aug. 20th, 1806. The Lord Chancellor has the honour to return, to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, the box, as he received it this morning from His Majesty. It contains the papers he formerly sent to Her Royal Highness, and which he sends as they are, thinking that it may be, in the mean time, most agreeable to her Royal Highness.The reason of their not having been authenticated by the Lord Chancellor, was, that he received them as copies from Earl Spencer, who was in possession of the originals; and he could N. B. These papers, being the original denot, therefore, with propriety, do so, not hav-clarations, on which the inquiry proceeded, will ing himself compared them; but her Royal be found in Appendix (A.) Highness may depend upon having other copies sent to her, which have been duly examined and certified to be so.The box will be delivered to one of Her Royal Highness's Pages in waiting, by the principal officer attendant upon the Lord Chancellor, and he trusts he shall find full credit with Her Royal Highness; that in sending a servant formerly with the papers the moment he received them (no messenger being in waiting, and the officers who attend him being detained by their duties in court), he could not be supposed to have intended any possible disrespect, which he is incapable of shewing to any lady, but most especially to any member of His Majesty's Royal family. To Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Aug. 31, 1806. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales acquaints the Lord Chancellor, that the gentleman with whom Her Royal Highness advises, and who had possession of the copies of the official papers communicated to Her Royal Highness by the Lord Chancellor, returned from the country late yesterday evening. Upon the subject of transmitting these papers to the Lord Chancellor, for the purpose of their being examined and authenticated, and then returned to Her Royal Highness, he states, that in consequence of the Lord Chancellor's assurance, contained in his note of the 20th instant, that Her Royal Highness might depend upon having other copies sent to her, which had been duly examined and certified to be so; he has relied upon being able to Lincoln's Inn Fields, Aug. 24th, 1806. refer to those already sent, and therefore it His Majesty has been pleased to transmit to would be inconvenient to part with them at preme the letter which he has received from your sent: and Her Royal Highness therefore hopes, Royal Highness, dated the 17th instant; and to that the Lord Chancellor will procure for her the direct that I should communicate the same to other authenticated copies, which his Lordship the Lords Commissioners who had been com- promised in his note of the 20th inst.-With manded by His Majesty to report to His Ma- respect to the copies already sent, being, as the jesty on the matters therein referred to; and I Lord Chancellor expresses it, in his letter of the have now received His Majesty's further com- 24th instant, "judged to be duly authenticated mands, in consequence of that letter, to acquaint" according to the usual course and forms of ofyour Royal Highness, that when I transmitted to "fice, and sufficiently so for the purpose for your Royal Highness, by the King's commands," which His Majesty had been graciously pleased and under my signature, the copies of official "to direct them to be communicated to His papers, which had been laid before His Majesty," Royal Highness, because they were transmitthose papers were judged thereby duly authenti"ted to her, by the King's commands, and under eated, according to the usual course and forms "his Lordship's signature."-Her Royal Highof office; and sufficiently so, for the purposes ness could never have wished for a more authenfor which His Majesty has been graciously pleas- tic attestation, if she had conceived that they ed to direct them to be communicated to your were authenticated under such signature. But Royal Highness.That, nevertheless, there she could not think that the mere signature of does not appear to be any reason for His Ma- his Lordship, on the outside of the envelope jesty's declining a compliance with the request which contained them, could afford any authentiwhich your Royal Highness has been advised to city to the thirty papers which that envelope make, that those copies should, after being excontained; or could, in any manner, identify any amined with the originals, be attested by some of those papers as having been contained in that person to be named for that purpose: and that, envelope. And she had felt herself confirmed in if your Royal Highness will do me the honour to that opinion, by his Lordship's saying in his note transmit them to me, they shall be examined and of the 20th instant," that the reason of their not attested accordingly, after correcting any errors "having been authenticated by the Lord Chanthat may have occurred in the copying.-His "cellor was, that he received them as copies Majesty has further authorized me to acquaint" from Earl Spencer, who was in possession of your Royal Highness, that he is graciously "the originals, and he could not, therefore, with pleased, on your Royal Highness's request, to "propriety do so, not having himself compared consent that copies of the written declarations 66 "them."- -Her Royal Highness takes this opreferred to in the Report of the Lords Commis-portunity of acknowledging the receipt of the sioners, should be transmitted to your Royal declarations referred to in the Commissioners' Highness, and that the same will be trans- Report. mitted accordingly, so soon as they can be To the Lord Chancellor. transcribed. (Signed) ERSKINE, C. Lincoln's Inn Fields, Sept. 2d, 1806. The Lord Chancellor has the honour to add to The Lord Chancellor has taken the earliest the above official communication, that his Purse-opportunity in his power of complying with the bearer respectfully waits her Royal Highness's wishes of Her Royal Highness the Princess of |