The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17 00:00:00

A DIVORCE SUIT.

In the Divorce Court, on Saturday, the cause of "Mundy
v. Mundy and Lord Shrewsbury," was heard. This was a
divorce suit, in which the petitioner, Mr. A. E Miller
Mundy, of Shipley-hall, Derby, sought for a dissolution of
his marriage with the respondent by reason of her adultery
with the Earl of Shrewsbury,
Mr. Inderwick, Q.C., Mr. BayforS, and Mr. A. J. Ram
appeared for the petitioner: the Solicitor-General, Q.C.,
and Mr. Witt for the respondent; Sir H. Giffard, Q.C. and
Mr. Pyke for the co-respondent. We take the following
report of the case from The Times of Monday :
Mr. Inderwick, Q.C., in opening the case, said that
the petitioner was married to the respondent on the
25th of September; 1873, at the parish church of Ash-
over, in Derbyshire. The lady's maiden name was
Mary Palmer Mundy Morewood, and she was the
daughter of Mr. Charles Rowland Palmer Morewood,
of Alfreton-hall, Derbyshire. At the time of their
marriage Mr. Mundy was 23 years of age, and his wife
17. They lived at different places during the earlier
years of their married life, but chiefly at Shipley-hall.
There was one child of the marriage, a daughter,
born in 1874. Towards the end of March, 1880,
Mr. Mundy made the acquaintance of Lord
Shrewsbury and invited him to stay at Shipley.
Lord Shrewsbury was at that time between nineteen
and twenty years of age, and had only recently left
Eton. In consequence of some reports which reached
Mr. Mundy of his wife having been seen about on
horseback in the company of Lord Shrewsbury, he
spoke to her himself, and got Lady Wilmot, a relative,
to speak to her on the subject, and she promised that
nothing should occur that could give rise to any
observation. However, in February of the present
year, further rumours reached him, in consequence of
which he told Mrs. Mundy that Lord Shrewsbury was
not to be received at his house; and, so far as he
knew, that direction was obeyed. On the 9th of April
in the present year Mrs. Mundy went to stay with her
sister at Torquay; and, up to the 20th of April in.
elusive the petitioner received letters from her re-
ferring to ordinary matters, and in which she addressed
him as "Dear Fred ;" but cn the 20th of that month
there came to him a letter in which, addressing him as
"Dear Fred," she said—.
'You will not be surprised. I am going to leave you for
better or worse. I hope for the former. I ws.nt to thank
you for all your kindness to me. I have not bern worthy of
It. I cannot ask to see my child again, for I am sure you
would not grant it. I hope you will forgive me and forget.
Thank you for all the happiness I have had at Shipley."
On receipt of that letter Mr. Mundy put himself in
communication with Mr. Morewood, the brother of
Mrs. Mundy; and with that gentleman, came to
London and made inquiries. He iound that Lord
Shrewsbury and Mrs. Mundy had left London,
travelling by the name of Mr. and Mrs. Grafton,
and attended by a courier and a valet. It appeared
that they lef t London on the evening of the 20th of
April, reached Paris on the morning of the 21st, and
remained there the whole day. On the morning of
the 22nd, they left Paris or Nancy, and went thence
to Strasburg, which they reached on the 25th. Mr.
Mundy and Mr. Morewood, who were in pursuit,
came up with the respondent and co-respondent at the
Strasburg Station on the morning of the 26th, as the
two latter were leaving in a train. Mr. Morewood
got into the train as it was starting, and conducted
Mrs. Mundy back to Strasburg from the first station
,at which the train sitoppod He subsequently con-
ducted her to her family in this country. She
remained with them for some short time, but again
joined Lord Shrewsbury, with whom she was now
living.
Mr. A. E./Miller Mundy, the petitioner, was then
examined by Mr. Inderwick, and said that he married
the respondent in 1811.8. They had a child born in
1874. In the spring of 1880 he made the acquaintance
of Lord Shrewsbury. In the winter of 1880 he
received inforthation about his wife being seen with
Lord Shrewsbury, We spoke to her himself about
it, and also got Lady Wilmot to do so. She got .nto
a violent passion at finet, but afterwards she prondised
not to repeat what he complained of. In February
last he received information that she had been
again seen with Lord Shrewsbury, and he for-
bid her to receive the co-respondent. In April she was
staying with her sister at Torquay. He received
letters from her while she was there. On receipt of
the letter of the 21st of April, be and Mr. Morewood
went to France, and saw his wife at Strasburg. She
and Lord Shrewsbury were on the railway platform,
and entered a train. Mr. Morewood got into the
train, which then started. Witness remained at

Strasburg. Mr. Morewood conducted Mrs. Mundy
back to Stasburg, and subsequently to her family in
England.
Extracts were read from the depositions of Eugime
Berger and Charles Gasper. The former deponent
said that he was head waiter in the Hotel de la Ville
de Paris, at Strasburg. On the 25th of April, 1881,
a gentleman and lady came to the hotel, and left at
eight o'clock the next morning. They had a courier
and valet with them. The gentleman and lady were
entered in the hotel book as "Mr. C. Grafton and
wife, England." The deponent identified photographs
of the respondent and co-respondent. Gasper, who is
chief porter at the hotel, corroborated the evidence
of Berger and his identification of the photographs.

This was the case for the petitioner.
Counsel for the respondent and the co-respondent
informed the Court that they had no questions to ask,
and nothing to say in the matter.
The President : Then I pronounce a decree nisi,
with costs against the co-respondent.