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ANNUAL REGISTER, I8l6. 



in the park ; and they met ac- 

 cordingly. The defendant asked 

 the witness to proceed with him 

 to Bath, as Seynjoiir, who was 

 there, had persuaded Charlotte to 

 go there with liini : both the gen- 

 tlemen promised to take care of 

 the witness and Charlotte as long 

 as they lived. The witness ap- 

 pointed to meet him next day in 

 Burlington-gardens; but, b'^.ng 

 wet, they could not go. The de- 

 fendant, in consequence, wrote 

 another letter requesting the wit- 

 ness ti< leave her home with Char- 

 lotte the following day : they did 

 so ijetwcen 3 and 4 o'clock on 

 Tuesday afternoon, and met the 

 defendant and Seymour in Bur- 

 lington-gardens. After some per- 

 suasion they both consented to go 

 to Bath with the defendant and 

 Seymour, but for that night it 

 was agreed they were to sleep at 

 the house of a friend. They ac- 

 cordingly walked to a house of 

 ill fame in Chandos-street, and 

 the witness there wrote a note to 

 her sister to inform her that tliey 

 were many miles distant with two 

 gentlemen. Seymour went away 

 to dine out, and the witness, her 

 sister Charlotte, and Charlton, 

 dined together at the Key, about 

 nine at night : Seymour return- 

 ed at about eleven o'clock, and 

 they afterwards retired to bed in 

 sepaiate apartments, the witness 

 with Cliarlton, and Charlotte with 

 Seymour. Next morning they 

 met at breakfast ; the two gentle- 

 men went out, and did not return 

 mitil tlie evening : the defendant, 

 and Mr. Seymour, who was in the 

 guards, excused themselves from 

 leaving town for Bath, as the lat- 

 ter could not obtain le<ive from the 

 Duke of York to be absent for an 



hour from duty. It was then pro- 

 posed that the witness should go 

 into the country with Charlton, 

 while Charlotte remained in town 

 with Capt. Seymour ; but it was 

 finally arranged that the witness 

 and her sister should live toge- 

 ther in Seymour-place, with the 

 Captain, while Charlton went out 

 of town, promising to return in a 

 week or ten days. The witness 

 wrote to Mr. Charlton, and in 

 consequence received the two let- 

 ters read by the Attorney-General, 

 which, by consent, were directed 

 to Mrs. Hamilton, the name the 

 witness was to assume. They re- 

 mained in the lodgings tliree or 

 four months, but Mr. Seymour 

 continued his visits to Charlotte 

 only for three weeks. Charlton 

 gave the witness lOl. the first 

 evening at the Key, and 51. more 

 the next morning, both sums to 

 buy linen for the journey to Bath ; 

 and lol. were sent when they 

 were in Seymour-place. At the 

 end of three or four months the 

 witness and her sister returneilto 

 their mother, who was obliged to 

 pay I7I. to the woman of the 

 house where they had lodged. 



On her cross examination by 

 Mr. Topping," the witness said 

 that the first time they were spo- 

 ken to by the defendant, they had 

 also been addressed by two other 

 gentlemen in a tilbury, but the 

 witness and her sister did not I'e- 

 ply to them. When they went to 

 Berkeley- street to drink tea, they 

 t ok a walk round by St . James's- 

 street, as they were too early. 

 Captain Seymour had several times 

 walked with her sister Charlotte 

 before the witness became ac- 

 quainted with the defendant. Be- 

 fore that time, the witness and 



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