The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-09 00:00:00

and his extraordinary accusations against persons cif untrue,-
tamable moral character, and which accusations extended
to almost every person of high name he wrs
acquainted with—so that if it were not felt that be
was imam, lie would be every day liable to
civil actions or indictment. for the gross slanders he thus
not only uttered, but wrote. In fact, his whole conduct
showed that he was utterly unable to take care of himself,
and be should .bow by the medical witnesses that where,
as in this case, the mental aberration followed on partial
paralysi., recovery was howler.
Thu I' nisioner-- What is his age
Mr. M. Chamber. buli..veil W.
Mr. Ir. Seymour-Art(ore his learned friend pro-
ceeded to all evidence, he was anxious to state
that it warn his intention to apply under the 4:tril
section of the Lunacy Act that the cane might be
tried by a jury. It would no doubt be necessary to have
scone evidence to justify the learned commissioner in exer-
cising the ili*-nuion *Lich the statute vested in him, but
if the application wan conceded it might enable his learned
friend to limit the evidence.

After some discussion as to whether the requisite notice
of the applicatioe had been given,
The Commissioner iutimated that before he determined
upon granting or refusing the uppliiatioo, he should require
U. ace Lord Kingston, and judge for himself as to his state
of mind. In the meanwhile Mr. Chambers wontl call
such witnesses as lie thought necessary to establish his case.
Wm. Thee. Locker called and examined by Mr. Hodgson
-- I ani a waiter at the Easton Hotel. Remember the earl's
visit to the hotel in september. He hail au attendant with
him. He ordered dinner. and spoke in A meet incoherent
manner and Litejlieil strangely. Ile smelt offensively, and
a gentleman who was dining at the next table said unless
the earl left the room iiimasliately he must. When
the Lill was prcsenti.sl the earl said ho had no
money, hut would give a cheque on the Union
Bank, and told him (the witness) to take the
paper, which he called a cheque, to Mr. Wright, of
WhitelialbpLice, which he did, but did not get the Iris.,
which was the amount of the bill. (The cheque, which was
produced, turned out to be drawn ou the Unity Beak, not
the Union.)
. . . . .

13 the Commissioner—All he bad to drink was a pint
chant. He had no spirits. He did not appear to be in
liquor. He was as he gent.riilly was; for lie often came,
and we always looked upon him as not right in his mind.
Craw-examined by Mr. U. Seymour—Witness hail known
the earl fur 7or 8 years AA (requeotiug the hotel. He had
for a bag time appeared eccentric ; but be knew how to
order his dinner. His dinner on the occasion referred to
consintal of fried whitings only, and he was generally 'Ample
in his diet, lle always spoke rapidly, but not so much so
• ~on that IICCASiOLI. He talked about Lord Palmerston, but
witness could not uuderstand it. Wan to go with the
cheque to Mr. Terry (the manager of the Unity) if Mr.
Wright did ti.,t pay it.
By the Commissioner-110 had paid iu money before, not
chnos?.

Itussell, senior booking clerk at the Eustonsquare
station, examined by Mr. 31. Chambers -On the 6th of
septamber the earl came and got a Liverpool ticket with-
out paying fur it, in consequence of which I went on the
platform, and asked him whether he had paid for the ticket.
Had a long altercation with him, and he endeavoured to
turn attention to other matters, talking about dining
with Sir J. Duke, and other pension he named.
Suddenly he struck witness with his whole form in the
breast. As he was evidently insane lie wan not given in
charge.
By the Commissioner—Knew that it was Local Kingston.
By Kr. Chambers—He went upon the rails at a place
where a tmin wan expected to come in. but was got off.
though not without some struggling. After that he went to
the waiting room, and called for paper, pen, and ink to
write a protest against the manner in which he hal been
treated by the company. The writing wan very difficult to
express. About every third sentence, hesaid," in insulting
me you insult the whole of the House of Lonls."
By the Cononiss..ser Could not say whether be was
under the ioduence of drink. There was nothing in his
manner to show that he was intoxicated.
By Mr. Chambers —tiaw him again the following day, about
9 o'clock, when he came to the window of the booking office
fora ticket. He had on money to pay for it sod was refund.
He thee 'hew out • piper which he called a cheque. It
was "Pay this bearer 10f., Kingston," but was nut directed
to anybody. He threw this paper into the window of the
booking office and went en to the platform and into •
carnage. Witness followed, and remonstrated with
him and meleavoured to cat him out. H. was
muttering to himself, exhibited all the actions
of indocility. Ultimately he was removed from the car-
nage by two policemen. Sew him again on Saturday night,
13th September, when he went of by the Irish mail train.
Clenei.examined by Mr. D. Seymour—He might have
mid Sir John Lilley was amongst those who had dined with
hint as well as Sir J. Duke rod the other great people, but
witness lid not recollect the name. His language on the
occasion rehired to was more incoherent than it had been
before. There had been instances of persons being allowed
to goon from Euston without taking a ticket, but paying
at the other end of the journey. That was, however,
the exception and not the rule, and he only knew of one
=of late who hail been allowed to do so, and that was
resent Sir H. Peel. (A laugh.) On the first night
Lord Kingston remained at the station until about eleven.
When to the next evening witness removed him from the
carriage he offered no resistance, but come out of the car-
riage ,ptietlY•
W. Emery, a guard of the railway, confirmed the state-
ment of the kat witness an to the eat conduct on the plat-
form at Euston, adding that he threatened to sue the com-
pany for 50,C319. for not allowing him to go by the train,
and also and that he would bring the matter before the
House of Lords.

By the l'onunissioner—('onsidered his lordship tinder the
influence of drink. His breath smelt like that of a drunken
man. On the second ue,maiiin he did not utipciir to have
been drinking, but lite a man who was not right in his
mind.

}Alward Swindle, sergeant of police on the London and
North Wester° Railway at Euston•epuire, had been an at.
&mutant at Colaey Hatch, and also at a private
lunatic asylum at Fulham. First saw the Earl of Kinrston
cm Friday. the ith, or Saturds..v, the sth of September, on
the platform at the 'dation. Was ordered by the superiu•
tendeet to remove the rarl from the statism. West to him
and told him be could not go by the train without a ticket.
Ile spe a ioroherently. Got him out of the station and
ellwl a cab for hint, when he turned round and struck
witness in the face. Some person said that he carest to be
given in charge, but believieg him to be insane, be of course
did not do so.

Croussarnined—His lordship did not order witness to
eall the cab, It was the same cah that brought him.
81l the Commissioner—Observed before he struck me that
eeetleseow of eye that is abuts a mark of insanity.
Dumtry, night porter at Morley's Hotel, deposed that
Lord Kingston came to the hotel one night in September,
sold onler,,l tea, anil when asked to par, scribbled some-
thing on paper which was illegible. He went out nal
came heck in a cab. He sat in the cofros-room and scribbled
oo bits of paper, which he sent out to the cabman
in payment fur the fare. He smelt so locily that his re-
quest to steep there was refused A policeman was called
in, and ultimately ho was prevailed upon to leave. Thought
he ws not right in hia head.
Mr. Robert Richie, M.D., stated that be had noticed a
decidol change in the earl since 1149. The latter was now
decidedly insane.
[This witness was giving evidence when our report left.]

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIZTY. A crowded
ineetiog of this society was held last eveuing, Sir Roderick
I. Marching', vin- t, I. the chair The Rev. C.
Wallace. Captain Dyke, &N., Mr. Shenley, and Mr.
li Armstrong were possanted upon their election. Col.
W. Aoderson, C. 8., the Earl of Errol, f'olonel 0. P.
Evelyn, Captain Fitzgerald, the Hoo. Dudley Forteacue,
M.P., Captain F. Grego, Dr. 111.1011 Hector, the Rev. J.
Hens, Colooel J. Hollered, (kraal 0. S Lennox Host.
l'aptaia R. Liaollyn, Liontessot H. M. Miller, ILN., and
Noun. J. B. A. gcland, J. Baker (of South Australia), H. L.
autism Highland Burr, A. J. Elkington, W. K. Erskine,
It. W. Ksonard, M.P., P. C. Leckie, W. J. Leigh, M.P.,
Frederick Lehmann, Swallow Leyland, T. K. Lynch, W.
Logan. R.N. T. Page, C.E., L Bate, W. Reid. ('.E.,
0. N. Rohert:ion, J. Theobehi, LA., and E. Walker
were elected Fellows. The papen read on this occasion were
a crimniunication from Mr. Fronk Gregory, who had beep
despatched under the auspices of the society for tho pur-
pose of explorino the north-weatera porta of Australia ; a
despatch from Governor Sir 0. Bowen the capabilities
of the new colony of Queensland for the production of
ninon; soil an ',crowd of the attempt of Sir Richard Mac-
donald to peuetrate into the iaterior of Australia by much
the same route as had been previously taken by Mr. Stuart
slot Mr. Bahia-,e.
OF CREHTER. PEEFERMENTII. —The
Rev. Edward Freer Green, E.C.L., has been Become,' by
the Lord Bishop of Cheoter to the stipendiary curacy of
St. Mary'. Clioreh, Edge•hill, in the county of Lancaster,
apon the iuniu3tion of the Rev. Frederic Martyn Harke,
M.A., Incumbent. The Rey. Thomas Bell, B. A., has been
licensed to the stipendiary coney of Pulford, in the comity
of Chester, upon the ei 'nation of the Rev. Janie* Rad-
cliffe Lynn, /11. A. rector. The Rev. James Wright Ken-
worthy has beer: Ito/moot to the stipeteliary curacy of
Christ Church, Liverpool, nisu the nomination of the Rev.
Joseph Wilding Twist, incumbent.
FINSBUILY CHAPEL—At the conclusion of the
afteroorm service in Janies'-plece CAP. Church, Edinburgh,
on Monday, the Rev. It. S. Drummood, the junior minister
of that church, intimated that, after full deliberation, he
had resolved to decline the nnaninions all which he had re-
ceived to become ja.tor of Finsbury-square Chapel, Lou-
dos, which hoe been noun duriog the last an months
owing to the death of Dr. Fletcher.
UNIVEIksITYEuIttscsoH.—THEACADEMIC
Coarse LaTION.—The proposed ailoptioo of a distioctivo
academic costume was taken up for consideration by the
Senate Andemicus at a meeting oo Saturday, when the
following minute was agreed to : The Dew and College
Order Committee mooned that, in so fey as it had beyii
found pouilds to ascertain the feelings of the student.,
then is in the Faculty of Arts a very large majority in
favour of the adoption of an academic costume, while in the
Faculty of Medicine there is a deckled majority against it.
PIMA the late period of the leMioo, it has been found im-
possible to ascertain the views of the Faculties of Divinity
sod Law. In these circumatauces the committee recent.
nossiled, and the senstus resolved, that the further GM-
sideratio• of tin question be postponed till sant sissies."