that could not occasion his believing, on any particular night, that Captain Manby slept in my bouse; the situation of these towels and basins, is what leads to that belief.

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But, Sire, may I ask, did the Commissioners believe this man's suspicions? If they did, what do they mean by saying that these facts of great indecency &c, went to a much less extent than the principal charges? And that it was not for them to state their bearing and effect? The bearing of this fact unquestionably, if believed, is the same as that of the principal charge; namely, to prove me guilty of High Treason. They therefore could not believe it. But if they did not believe it, and as it seems to me, Sire, no men of common judgment could, on such a statement, how could they bring themselves to name Mr. Bidgood as one of those witnesses, on whose unbiassed testimony they could so rely? Or how could they, (in pointing him out with the other three, as speaking to facts, particularly with respect to Captain Manby, which must be credited till decidedly contradicted) omit to specify the facts which he spoke to, that they thus thought worthy of belief, but leave the whole, including this incredible part of it, recommended to belief, by their general and unqualified sanction and approbation.

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But the falsehood of this charge does not rest on its incredibility alone. My servant Mrs. Sander, who attended constantly on my person, and whose bed-room was close to mine, was examined by the Commissioners; she must have

known this fact if it had been true; she positively swears, that she did not know or believe, that Captain Manby staid till very late hours with me; that she never suspected there was any improper familiarity between us." M. Wilson, who made my bed, swears, that she had been in the habit of making it ever since she lived with me, that another maid, whose name was Ann Bye, assisted with her in making it, and swears from what she observed, she never had any reason to believe that two persons had slept in it. Referring thus by name, to her fellow servant, who made the bed with her; but that servant, why, I know not, is not examined.

"As Your Majesty then finds the inference drawn by Bidgood to amount to a fact so openly and undisguisedly profligate, as to outrage all credibility; as Your Majesty finds it negatived by the evidence of three witnesses, one of whom, in particular, if such a fact were true, must have known it; as Your Majesty finds one witness appealing to another, who is pointed out as a person who must have been able with equal means of knowledge, to have confirmed her if she spoke true, and to have contradicted her if she spoke false; and, Sire, when added to all this, Your Majesty is graciously pleased to recollect that Mr. Bidgood was one of those, who, though in my service, submitted themselves voluntarily to be examined previous to the appointment of Commissioners, in confirmation of Lady Douglas's statement, without informing me of the fact; and when I state to Your Ma

jesty, upon the evidence of Philip Krackeler and Robert Eaglestone, whose deposition I annex, that this unbiassed witness, during the pendency of these examinations before the Commissioners, was seen to be in conference and communication with Lady Douglas, my most ostensible accuser, do I raise my expectations too high, when I confidently trust that his malice and his falsehood, as well as his connection with this conspiracy against my honor, my station in this kingdom, and my life, will appear too plainly to Your Majesty for him to receive any credit, either in this, or in any other part of his testimony?

"The other circumstances to which he speaks, are comparatively too trifling, for me to trouble Your Majesty with any more observations upon his evidence. The remaining part of the case, which respects Captain Manby, relates to my conduct at East Cliff.

"How little Mrs. Lisle's examination affords for observations upon this part of the case, except as shewing how very seldom Captain Manby called upon me while I was there, I have already observed. Mr. Cole says nothing upon this part of the case; nor Mr. Bidgood. The only witness amongst the four, whose testimonies are distinguished by the Commissioners as most material, and as those upon which they particularly rely, who says any thing upon this part of the case, is Fanny Lloyd; her deposition is as follows:

"I was at Ramsgate with the Princess in "1803. One morning when we were in the

"house at East Cliff, somebody, I don't recol"lect who, knocked at my door, and desired me "to prepare breakfast for the Princess. This "was about six o'clock; I was asleep. During "the whole time I was in the Princess's service, "I had never been called up before to make "the Princess's breakfast. I slept in the housekeeper's room, on the ground floor. I opened "the shutters of the window for light. I knew "at that time, that Captain Manby's ship "was in the Downs. When I opened the

shutters, 1 saw the Princess walking down "the gravel-walk towards the sea. No orders "had been given me over night, to prepare "breakfast early. The gentleman the Princess "was with, was a tall man. I was surprised to "see the Princess walking with a gentleman at "that time in the morning. I am sure it was the "Princess."

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"What this evidence of Fauny Lloyd's applies to, I do not feel certain that I recollect. The circumstance which she mentions might, I think, have occurred twice while I was there; and which time she alludes to, I cannot pretend to say. I mean on occasion of two water parties, which I intended, one of which did not take place at all, and the other not so early in the day as was intended, nor was its object effected. Once I intended to pay Admiral Montague a visit at Deal. But, wind and tide not serving, we sailed much later than we intended; and instead of landing at Deal, the Admiral came on board our vessel, and we returned to East Cliff in the evening, on

which occasion Captain Manby was not of the party, nor was he in the Downs; but it is very possible, that having prepared to set off early, I might have walked down towards the sea, and been seen by Fanny Lloyd. On the other occasion, Captain Manby was to have been of the party, and it was to have been on board his ship. I desired him to be early at my house in the morning, and if the day suited me, we would go. He came; I walked with him towards the sea, to look at the morning; I did not like the appearance of the weather, and did not go to sea. Upon either of these occasions, Fanny Lloyd might have been called up to make breakfast, and might have seen me walking. As to the orders not having been given her over night, to that I can say nothing.

But upon this statement, what inference can be intended to be drawn from this fact? It is the only one in which F. Lloyd's evidence can in any degree be applied to Captain Manby, and she is one of the important witnesses referred to, as proving something which must, particularly as with regard to Captain Manby, be credited till contradicted, and as deserving the most serious consideration. From the examination of Mrs. Fitzgerald, I recollect that she was asked, whether Captain Manby ever slept in the house at East Cliff, to which she, to the best of her knowledge, answers in the negative. Is this evidence then of Fanny Lloyd's, relied upon to afford an inference that Captain Manby slept in my house? or was there at an improper hour?