The National Register. — London, England, 1813-03-14 00:00:00

NATIONAT nOt speak to me on that subject again. She said, I shall • tell evens flrineto.Satunders- I think this was on the day on which t;betold me.of wh it had happened at Lady Willoughby's— '' lliittaders - wa's a very good- . woman. and miglit he trusted, - and that she mus. he with her at the labour ; that she would Arend Miss. Garth to Brunswick, and Miss Miiftel was too young to be tau tt-d. and must Ise set t out of the way. I was brimiaht to bed on the 23d July, ISO 2. The Pr ineess insisted on -being present. f determined that - slie should not, but I meant to avoid it without offeridieg her. On the day ssn which I was brought to bed, she came to my house and insisted on corn rag in. Dr. Mackie, who attended me, lock gd the d -or on the opp o site side of the but there 'was alother door on the opp-site side of the room, which was not locked, and She came in at that door, and Avis resent during the time of the labour, and took the .child as seen as it was b-mn, and said she was very ead she ..bad seen the whole of it. The Princess's pregnancy appear ed .ta me to he very visible. She wore a cushion behind, • And made Mrs. Saunders make one for me. During my lying.ill,' the Princess came one day ssith Mrs. Fitzgerald. She' sent Mrs. F. away, and took - a chair, and sat by my bed side. She said you will hear of my tattles childten in bas kets; hut you wtat't take any notice of it. I shall have them Arought bs a poor woman in a basket. I shall do it as a toyer to have my own brought to me in that way; or, that •• is the way in which must have my own brought %hen 1 - hive it. Very soon after this, two children, who were twins, welt brought by a poor woman in a basket. The 'Princess took them, and had them carried up into-her room, and the. Princess washed them herself. The Princess told me this het self The. father a few days of erwards, came and Insisted on having the children, and they we: e given to him. The Princess afterwards said to me, " You see 1 took the children, and it answered very well.—The father had got them back, and she could not blame him : that she should take other children. and have quite a nursery." saw the Pi incess on a Sunday, either the Sod) or 3 Ist Oc tober, 1802, walking before her door. She was dressed so as 'o conceal her pregeatiey. She had a long cloak. and a -very great mall: She had just returned from Greenwich Chum ch. She looked very ill, and I thought must be very near her time. About a week or ten (lays after this. I received a note from the Princess, to desire that I would not come to Mon tague House, for they were apt►rehensive that the children they had taken had had the measles in their clothes, and that she was afraid Inv chid might take it. When the Pt in ch.:; came to see me du lag my lying-in, she told me that when she shou'd be brought to bed, she wished I would not come to her for some time, for she might be confused in see- ing me. About the end of December I went to Gloucester and staid there about a month. When 1 returned, which was in January. I went to Mont,i-gue [louse, mid w.is .let in. • The pi incess w.;s oacking tin something ill a black box. Upon the sofa, a child 'vis lying - , covered ~ ve - ‘ , ith a piece of red c'oth. The P. incest got up, and took ole I}v the hand. She then led in:. to the sofa, and said, there is the I lia l him only two day.aft.tr I saw you. The wo.ds . vete, eifter I had hi;u, or wa , hrou4ht to bed; t , e w , )rdt were such as clew 'y inirred that it was her own chii t. • She said she got very ,‘ ell ..thr.tigh it , she she"ed tue a *ark the child's 11311E1 ;itis .i pio.k-in4tk. The Princess said, he ha , ain• rk like y..irr licit. girl. 1 saw the chill of terwa,rd t : ft entientk , with the P: iticcss, quite HI Chiistroas I 03, when I left Bl!tcl:lieath. I •saw the mar k upon the thild's band, and 1 ant sure that it -was the same child 11 REGISTER. MARCH 14 never saw any other chtld.there. The Princess Charlotte used to see the child, and play with him. The chid used to catl the Princess of Wales " Mamma:" I saw the child looking at the winch's , / of the Princess's house about a month ago, before the "Princess - Wetit into Devonshire ; and I ant sure that it is the same child Not long after I had first seen the child, the Princess said, that she had the child at first to • sleep with her for a few nit'bts ; but it had made her net %rota., and now they had got a regular nurse for him. She said, we gave it a little milk at first.; but it was too much for me, and now we breed it 1).• hand, and it does very well. I can swear positively that the child I saw at the window is the same child as the Princess told me she had two days after she parted with me. The chid was called William. I never hc3rd Ova it had any . other name. When the child was in long clothes, we hreakfasted one day with the Princess, and she said to Sir .It.hn Dongl s, this is the Deptford boy. Independently of the Princets'it t unfession to me, I can swear that she was pregnant iu 180. In ()e -tcher, 194 t, when we returned Coin Devoeshite. I tel. my card at Montague House, and on the 4th 4 *or be. I r eceived a letter from Mrs. Vernon, fiesiriii4 .not to come any more to Montague ll•buse I lad never, at this time, men tioned the Princess's being with chiiit, 4.br cd of a child, to any person, n.-t even to Sir 3,thie Douglas. Af ter receiving Mrs. Vernon's letter, i wrote to ce Princess on the subject. The letter seas sent ask onepened. then wrote to Mrs. Fitzgerald, saying, ib.t 1 thought myself exttemely ill-used In two or tittle days after tali , 1 received an anonymous letter, which I preslu.e, and have milted with the letter A; and -igned with -my name, both on the letter and the enveler e. The Priwess of Vales has told me, that she got a t.ed•fellow wheneve. she could, that no thing was more wholesome : she sa d that nothin r , was mote convenient than her own room : it situds at the head of the stairea-e that leads into the Pa , k, and I have bolts in the ins:de, and have a bed-fellow whetieve. I like. I wonder you can be satisfied only with Sir John Site said this more than once. She has told me that Sir Sydney Smith had lain with her. That she believed all men liked a bed-fellow, but sir Sydney better than any body else; that the Prince was ele most comphisant man in the writ iu ; that she did what she liked, went where she liked, and had what bed-fellow she liked, and the Prince paid for all. (Signed) CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS► Swcrn before us. Juj u 1, 1805. at June 1, itioj.• Lord Grenv7lle's, Downing-street, Westminstrr (Signed) ERSKINE, GRENVILLE, SPENCER, ELLENIIOROUGIi. DEPOSITION OF. SIR JOHN DOUGLAS, ENT. I had a house at Blackheath, in 1801. Sir Sydney Smith used to come tomy house 1 had aoed for him. 'I he incess of '..'ale:: formed an acquaintance with Lady Dou- Oas, and came frequen . lv to our house. I thought sl a came more for Sir Sydney Smith than for us. After she had been some - time acquainted With us, she appeared to me to•be with hild. One day sly. leaned on the sofa, a nd out - her hand upon her stomach, and said-- Sir John, n,:ver he Queen of aid, not if you don't deserve it. She seemed 1801, on the 27th or Qcoiser, I received two letters hy the twopenny _post,.one a!ltireiSed iv mv, which I now produce, and have marked with the letter 13 both on the cove ope and the inc!osuic, and the other letter address ed Lo Lady Douglas and which I now produce. and have r i lt ail i amommam====== = , • „, confident in my own plans, and I wish you would • •a r II