The National Register. — London, England, 1813-03-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 'Slept there that night. The next day er company came. Mi• heater remained ; I heard her Royal Hig!ifless say that she had been II in the night, a nd came out for a light , and light ed her candle in the servant's room; I retuned from Shetfield-pLce to Blackheath with the Princess. Captain Moore diucd there. I left hint and , the Princess twice alone for a short time; be might be alone half ..IM hour with her. In the room below in which we h a d b'en sit • ting, I went to look for a book to complete a set her Royal High new was lending Captain Moore. Site made him a present of an Inkstand, to the best of my recollection. He was there one morn ing in January last, on the Princess Charlotte's Birth-day. He went • away before the rest of the company ; I might be absent twenty minutes the second time. 1 was away the night Captain - Moore was tlWre. At Lady Sheffield's her Royal Highness paid mote attention to Mr. Chester titan to the rest of the company. I knew of her Royal Highness walking out twice linme witinMr. Chester in the morning alone ; once a Short time it rained—the other not an hour—not long. Mr. Chester is a pretty young man. tier attentions to him were not uncommon, not the same as to Cap tain Mattby. lam not certain whether the Princess answered any letters a Lady Douglas. I was at Catherington with the Will ie -au. jtpinember Mr. Hood, now Lord Hood , ther e, and the 'Privieetaritoteg out airing with him alone in Mr. Hood's little xvhis- Aey, and - his servant man with them. Mr. Hood drove ; stall nut ;two nr ibree hours ; more than once, three or fuer times. Mr. Allred with us severaLtintes, once, or twice he slept in a horse in the garden. She appeared to pay no attention to him but that of couttitoti civility to an intimate acquaint anf!e. I remember the Priitceits sitting to Mr. Lawrence for her picture at Blakheati. 'wain IlAndou ; I have left her at his house in to n with him. I was wryer in her Royal Highness's confidence, but she has aiwys • been kW and good-natured to me. She never mentioned Captain Manby particularly to me. I remeinher her being blooded the day Lady Sheffield's child was christened, not several times tluit I recol lect, nor any other time, nor believe she was in the habit of heify , blooded twice a year. The Princess at one time appeared to like Lady Douglas; Sir John came frequently; Sir Spiticy Smith visited about the smile time with the Douglas's ; I have seen Sir Sydney there very late in the evening, but not aloae with the Princess ; bave no reason to suspect tie had a key of the Park gate_; I never heard of any body being, found wand Bring about at Blackheath. I have heard of somebody being leutal Avanderint! about late at night at Mount Edgenmbe, when the Princess was there. I heard th at two women and a man were seen crossing ball. The Princess aaw a great deal of company at Mount Edgcumbe. Sir Richard . Strachan ;was reported to have spoken freely of the Princess. I did not hear that lie had Whirled a rudeness tr tier person. She told me site had heard he had spoken disrespectfully of her, and faerefore, I believe, wrote to him by Sir Samuel Hood. (Signed) HESTER LISLE. Sworn befivre us, in Downing-street, Otis ;id day of.bily, 180 ti. (Signed) ERSKINE, GRENVILLE, SPENCER, ELLENBOROUGH. THE DEPOSITION OF THOMAS EDMEADES, Of the Count:' of Kent, Surgeon. On Tuesday. May 20, 1806, I waited upon the Earl of -Moira, by - his appointment ; who, havinn; introduced me to Mr. Conant, a Magistrate for Westminster, proceeded to anentioif a charge preferred against toe by one of the fetna!e servants of her: Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, of my having said that her .Royal H4,othe'ss had been pregnant. His LordAiip then asked .me if I bad not bled her .R , )val Ilighness,—and whether at that time I did not mention to a servant, that I thought her Royal Hitzhness in the family way,—and whrlher I did itof also a•li if the.Prinee had been down to M o ntagne-house? I answered, that at bad never entered my mina that her Royal Highness was in such a situation ; and that, thetefote, certainly I never made the remark to any one, nor had I asked whether his Royal High .liess had visited the house. I.said, at .that repent 'of the nature alluded to was prevalent, but tl;at trttated it as the infamous lie of the day. His Lordship adverted to the circumstance of her -Royal Highness having token a her lions? ; and . ohserved, how d:eodful miAakes :cession ,to the Throne wev, .and Kiat . ccaosiou RCH 21 might be caused by any claim of this child : t ob4-rved, that 1 was aware of it, but repeated the assertion, that • I had never thought of a such a thing as was-suggested, and there fore considered it impossible, in a manner, that 1 could have given it ut!etance. 1 observed, that 1 believed, in the first instance, Mr. Stikcman, the Page. had mentioned this child to 1-Icr Royal Highness. and that it came from Dept ford, where I went when liet Royal highness first took it, to see if any illness prevailed in the family 'Air. Conant olrerved, that he believed it was not an unusual thing for a medical man, when he iniagined that a Lady was pregnant, to mention his suspicion to some confidential domestic in the family. 1 admitted the hare possibility, if such had been my opinion ; but remarked, that the if must have been removed, before 1 could have committed myself in so absurd a manner. Lord Moira, in a very significant manner, with his hands behind him, his head over one shoulder, his eyes directed towards me, with a Solt of smile observed, " that he could not help thinking there must be something in the servant's deposition." as if he did not give perfect credit to • what 1 had said. He observed, that the matter was then confined to the knowledge of a few; and that he had bored, if there had been any foundation for the affidavit, I might have acknowledged it, that the affair might have been hushed. With respect to the minor rpies'ion, I observed, that was not probable that 1 should condescend to ask any such question as that imputed to me, of a menial servant, and that 1 was not in the habit of conferring confidentially with servants. Mr. Conant cautioned me to be on my guard ; as, if it appeared on further investi_ation, I had made such inquiry, ,it might be very unpleasant to me, should it come under the consideration of the ivy Council. I said, that I considered the report as a malicicus one, and was ready to take oath before any magistrate, that I had not at any time asserted, or even thougl•A, that her Royal ness had ever been in a state of piegnancy since I had had the honour of attending the household. Mr. Conant asked me whether, whilst I was bleeding her Royal I i i ness, or afier I had pc tformed the operation, I did not milke some comment on the situation of her Royal Highuess from the state of the blond, and whether_ I recommended the opetai. tion. I answered in the negative to both questions ; I said that her Royal Highness had sent for me to bleed her, and that I did not then recollect on what account. l said that I had bled her Royal 'holiness twice, bat did not remember the dates. I asked Lord :Moira whether he intended to pro -1 coed in the business, or whether I might consider it as at rest, that I might have an ()ppm tunity, if I thought neces . nary, of consulting my friends relative to the mode of conduct I ou•,.ht to adopt. Ile said that if the subject was moved any farther I should be appi ised of it, and that at present it ' was in the hands of a few. I left them ; and in about an hour, on further consideration, wrote the note of which the following is a copy, to which I never received any relay:-- " Mr. Edineades presents his respectful compliments to " Lord Moira, and on mature deliberation, alter leaving his Lordship upon the conversation which passed at Lord " Moira's this morning, he feels it necessary to advise with -some friends on the prop: iety of making the particulars " of the conversation known to her Royal- highness the Princess of Wales, as Mr. lidmeades would be very twill " that her Royal Highness should consider him cAP' :an bie t;:e f • " such infamous conduct as that imputed to him. 1 " deposition of a servant, by Loid Moira, this morning. " London, May 20, 1805" I have been enabled to state the substance of my interview child into About Suci el.ftt ti:oht The next (lay ot) r I Y