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our dealer, and I took the child to Mr. Rennet's when I went to
receive my husband's wages, every from the Aime I !eft the
Hospital till I carried the child to the Princess. I knew Mr.
Stikeman only by: having seen him once before, when I went to
apply for a letter, to Brownlow-street Hotpital. When I weetition ,nt to
ontagne ouse I desired Mr. Stikeinan to present my
Me P
said they were denied-to do such thing, but seeing. me with a
baby, he could do no less. He then took the child tient me, and
was a long time gone ; be then brought •me .back the child, and
.bronght ball a guinea which the Ladies sent me. He said, if the
child had been younger, he thought he could have got it taken care
of for me, but desired that I would come up again ;
I went
again on the Monday following, and I. saw Mr. Stikeinan. Mr.
Stikeman afterwards came several times to us, and appointed
tne to take the child to Montague-house on the sth of No-
vember, but it rained all day, and I did not take it. Mr.
Stikenian came down to me on the Saturday, the (ith of November,
an 1 I to6k the child on that day to the Princess's house. The
Princess VII out, I waited till she returned ; the saw the child
and asked its age. I. went down into the entree-room, and they
gave me some arrow root to we an the child, fur I was suckling time
child at this time, AM %Own I had weaned the child, I was to bring
it, and leave it with the Princess. I did wean the child, and
lieought it to the Princess's house on the iMit of November, and
kft it thm.re, and it has !nen with Ilse Princess ever since. I saw
the cuild iast Whitsup•Monday, and I swear that it is my child.
(Sign .1) SOPHIA AUSTIN.
Sworn at Lord Grenville's house, •
in Downing-street, June 7,
Stinti, before us,
(Signed)
SP ERSKINE, GRENviu.n.
ENCER, ELLENBOROITGH.
DEPOSITION OF BETTY TOWN LEY.
lived at Charlton sixteen years, and till within the hilt two
I was a laundress, and used to wash • linen for the Princess of
des's family. After the Princess left Charlton, and went to
lackheath, I used to go over to Blackheath and fetch the linen to
I have had linen from the Princess's house the same as other
es ; I mean, that 'here were such appearances on it as might
from -natural causes to which women are stibject. I never
washed the Princess's own bed Mien but once or twice occasionally,
..collect oee bundle' of linen once coming, which I thought ra.
nitre marked than usual. They told me the Princess bad been
with leeches, and had stained the linen more. The servants
me `so, but I den't remember who the servants were that told
so. I-recollect once I came to town and left the linen with my
daughter to wash; I looked at the clothes slowly before 'I went,
-4 cotnitea them, and my daughter and a woman she emphyed
her, washed them, when 1t was in town. I thought when I
,{tend them over, that there miAt be something more than ulna' ;
opinion was, that it was from a miscarriage, -the linen imad the
,pemratice of a miscarriage. I. believed it at the time. They were
• damask napkins, aetti some of them marked with a little red
iwn in the corner, awl some without marks, I might mention it
Fanny Lloyd. I don't recollect when this was, but it must he
ore than two years and a half ago, fur I did not wash for theWi Prin.
ass's family but very little for the !asst six months. Mary lson
srd tasr,ive me the linen, and I believe it wa:, she who t
fold. me time
-incess was bled with Leeches, but the appeal ance o he line
licit 1 have spoken of before %VIP: ditkrent from that which it was
id was stained by bleeding with leeelies. I remember time (initi-
aling, I used to wash the linen for the child ; and Mrs.
Gos:len,
to nursed the child,- used to pay me. for it: I kept a book in
lich I entered the linen washed. lam not sure whether I have' it
ill, but if I haye it, it is in a chest at my daughter's, at Charlton,
Id I will produce it if I'can find it.
;- (Signed)
or at Lord Grenville's house, in
Downing-street, this t:3:1 day of
June, inob, before us, '
(Signed)

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IL TOWN LEI-.

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times a week, at least, whilst lii:, ship lay fur six weeks WI South-
end, at the Sore; he came as tide served; used to come in a morn-
ing,
and dine, and drink tea. I have seen him next morning by
She
ten"
o'clock. I suspected be slept at No. V, with the Princess.
always put out the candles herself in the drawing-room, at No. 9,
and bid me not wait to put them out. She gave me the orders as
soon as she went to Southaid. I nsed to see water-jugs, basins,
awl towels, set out opposite the Princess's door in the pass4e.
Never saw them so left in the paAsage at any other time. I sus-
pected he was there at those time s, and there was a general sus-
picion through the house. Mrs,. and Miss Fitzgerald were there,
and Miss Hammond (now Lady -Hood). My suspicion arose from
Pstelt:ea‘i.)ll:l-Zoett*lafleoinvnytolinn:)atti.liu:;a::teltilisco:letielsidekri,tiosaca':'itel.!ili?i:ct:i:Jsetakisistnsol.:bglielle. lr°)yribeilliiitabvielisfole)lll;vl'et:siiiikkaect
luncheon, at Soutii End, when Latlies were not sent for a nnint.er of
times. There was a pone!, whicli Captain Nlanby used to ride.—
It stood in the stable ready to him, and which Siccard used to
ride. The servants used to talk and laugh about Captain Mauby.
It was a matter of discourse amongst them. I lived there when
; Sir Sydney Smith came; her manlier with him appeared very ta-
i miliar ; she appeaied very attentive to him, but I did not suspect
1 any think further. Ali the upper servants had keys of the doors to
ithe Park, to let her Royal Highness in and out. I used to see
1 Siccard receive letters from Mrs. Sanders to put in the post insteatt
of the bag ; this was atter Captain Manhy had gone to sea. 11
suspected them to be for Captain Maltby, and others in the house,
supposed the same.

(Signed)
Sworn at Lord Grenville's Noose,
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Downing-street, the 3d day of July, 181'6.
(Signed) ERSKINE, GRENVILLE,
SPENCER, ELLEN ROROUGIL

DEFENCE OF THEYRINCESS OF WALES,
BY THE LATE MR. P CRC LV AL, LORD ELDON, AND
slit T. PL OM ER.

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The Report and Examinations we: e trammitted to her Royal
Highness. She took the advice of the late Mr. l'erceval, Lord
Mot), and Sir Thomas Plomer, who drew up an elaborate De-
fence, the first part of which was wholly oecupied in a harsh and
severe animadver:ion on the nature *of tar proeuding—the forma;
lity of the. King's Warrant—the legality of the Commission—the
ex-parte nature of tin' Examination, &c. Sc. &e. .
After stating that the Report of, the Co;!:ini:sioners most fully
cleared her of the charge of high treason, by the foul crime of' adul:
tery, there remained imputations, strongl c y santioned by the Re-
port, stating that the circumstances detailed against her must he
credited till they were decisively contradicted. These wete enter-
tained on te,tiniony so little wo-tilyof bfbef, betraying the malice
in which it origil'ated, that it was with no little astonishment that
she saw the Commissioners had :ivied upon it. It was extraordi-
nary that they should entertain charge: e amounting to no legal
offence, even ifenarly.proved, and still more so, that they did not
employ the attention that was necessary to detect the villainy of
the find conspiracy. which was evidently formed against her lite
and honour. Above all, that they should have thonizlit them-
selves justified in reporting on such evidence, withont hearing one
word on her behalt; to his MI: 'sty, from whole there could tie no
appeal to the laws,.hei:ause ihe charges could not be made the
ground of judicial iimpiii-y. She trusted that his 'Majesty %%Amid not
attribate her warmth, in •Teaking Of Throne,, of this preseentiini,
to any want of duty or reiarcet to the Wit to her own sense
of dignity, and to the jut fteliugs which she entertained for the
honour of the Royal Fac..ily, of which she was a Member..
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For i.i-iore. than two yeari she had been told of iminuations•
a-uriist her honour—that her io.,iJilionr's servant,: had been under
secret examinations—and *dark intiniatiieel
nis were given to her
some mischief hatehing.for the destruction of her peace, it'• not
. • ERSKINE, GRFNVILLE, aiming at her life. On the 7th of June, 1806, the Duke. of Rent
SPENCER, ELLEN BOROUGH. comninnicated to her that a formal investigation was actually coin-
ROBERT BIDGOOD'S fURTIIER EVIDENCE. , . menecd into her•conduct ; and she instantly heard that two Attor-
- nies (one the Solicitor of Sir John Dougls) were arrived at her
The Princess used to go oitt in her pliacts:ii with coalman and , honse, to execute warrants to take half of fur hons.ehold servants
)help: r. towards Lung Re::eii; eight or ten times', carrying linicheon • away, for the purpose of eXamination. It nosy appeared that the
and wine with her. WIMI Capt. Marshy's ship %vas at Long'Reacli, nesign was a charge of The crime ot high treason, in the infamous
rtyri As. Fitzgerald was.with her ; slie*would go out abont one, crinn! of adultery., by•ollich an atfack V 143 made directly On her
and return about five or ix, sometimes sooner or later. The day n ;ife.-. The first feeling of her heart prompted her to request his
'OA African &ailed from SoutLenu, t;le PrinceFs ortlercd us 'to piiek It Royal iiighl.e..-...r, the Duke of Kent to remain with her till
is, for 13:at:kW:alit next mottling. Cot, %T.anby wat .thr.Ctfirtc '' wits vere gOilr_.; that he mii.:,ht !:,# ...illness ;hat die held no coo.-
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