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

DEPOSITION OF MRS. LISLE.

I, Hester Lisle, am in the Princess of ‘Vales's tinnily, haste been
!so ever sieve bur Iteyal Highness's marriage. I was at South End
With the Princess; was at ltlaekheath with her in I'n-!, but am
not perfectly sure as to datei,. am generally a month at a time,
three month; in the }ear, ith her Royal Highile,,y, in April,
Atentst, and December ; was so hi Angirt, 1802. • I did tint ob-
serve any alteration in her }oval Highliess's siiiepe which gave me
my idea t:::11 she was or:gmcit ; during my atten lance scarcely a
day passe, --.itimat my seeing her. She could not be tar advanced
ire pregnancy without my knowin; it ; I wa- at East Clitte with her
Royal Highee3s, in August, 1803; I saw Captain M: nby only once
.tt East Cliffe, in August, 11103, to the best of niy recollection.
he mielit have been oftener; and once again at heel Castle ; Capt.
Manhy landed there with some boy.; the Princess takes on charity.
I saw Captain Manhy at East Chili one mot nine:, not p4rtit u. tity
early. ldo not kilo NV of any Fesentswhich the Princess made
Captain Manby. I have :,een Captain 'Manby. at Blackheath oue
Christmas ; he used to come to dine the Christmas before we were
at Ramsgate. It was the Chi istmas alter Mrs. Austin's
came. Ile always went away in my presence. I had no reason to.
think he stayed after we ctlie Ladies) retired. He lodged on the
Heath at that time I believe his ship was fittiag np at Deptford.
He was there freqamitly. I think not every day. Ile generally
came to dinner there three or four times a week or more. I sun.
pose lle nti:ht be alone with her. Bat the Princess is in the hal it
of seeing Gentlemen and tradesmen without my being present ; I
have seen him at luacheon and dinner both ; the boys came with
fiim, not to dinner, and not generally, not above two or three
times ; two boys, I thing. Sir Sydney Smith came also fre-
quently the Christmas Infi:re that, to the best of my rectiPer-
tbin. At dinner, when Captain Manby dined, he always sat next her
Royal Highness; the constant company weir M:s. and Miss Fitz-
gerald and myself; we ad retired with the Peasc&s , atnl ;sat in the
same room; he generally retired about eleven o'cl;a ;he sat with
us till then. This occurred three or four times a week. or more.
Her Royal Highnosti, the Lady in' Waiting', and her Page, have
each, a key of the door from the Green-house to the Park. Cap-
tain Mashy and the Princess naed, when we.werP together, to be
speaking
_together separately, conversing seo4rattly. iJut not in a
room alone together, to my knowledge. He was a persoa with whom
she appealed to have greater pleasure in talking than to the Ladiel,.
She behaved to him only as any woman would do who likes flirting.
I should not have thought any married worean %timid have be-
haved properly, Nt ho should have behaved as her Royal Highness did
to Captain Manhy. I can't say whether she was Lttneiied to Captain
Manhy, only that it was .t flirting c. n‘atet. Neier saw any gallan-
tries, as liasing tier hand, et- the likt
I was with, her Royal Highness at Lady Sheffield's, last Christ-
mas, ill Stissex. I inquired what company was there when I c
She &lid; only Mr. John Chi ster, who was there by her Royal
Highness's orders ; that she could get no other company to ieeet
her, on account of the roads and season of the year. Ha dined and