The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-10 00:00:00

Got him out of the carriage and called Et Cab f°
him, when he struck witness on the fem.
D. Dumtry, night porter at Morl
Hoot
stated that Lord Kingston came to the hotel
night in September and ordered tea, and whilo
asked to pay scribbled something on paper at),
was illegible. He went out and returned in a.
He sat in the coffee-room and scribbled on bitspvt
paper which he sent out to the cabman ill PaYue
of his fare. He smelt so badly that his reque:o
sleep there was refused. A policeman was
in, and ultimately he was prevailed on to leave'
Mr. Robert Richie, M.D., stated that be go
noticed a decided change in the earl since 184rio
was now decidedly insane. Witness was a relaito
of the earl by marriage. Visited. him at theaslord
at Denbigh, when he appeared comfortable. (rye
Kingston spoke of the asylum as " the what it,
call it place," but expressed no wish to leac'trit
The witness further proceeded t o speak of the rod
filthy habits as having arisen k ince kis raj° beet
become affected, his previous he .bits having 0
particularly cteanly. In conversation at the e 3,1,00,
the earl charged various distinguished Pe,,i-to-
whom witness knew to be of irremoachable cAeet•
ter, with unnatural crimes, and told a story of lice's
ing a Lite Guardsman in a urinal at St. )s him
who made improper overtures to him, and tel"„ble-
that he was on intimate terms with certain ev 0.
men in Dublin whom he visited. In lurtherlieota
ruination the witness said he had h eard that
tool
Kingston had once been charged with an 1108od
offence, but did not know that the ;person viv° tot
brought the charge—a man of infr,:mous char°
—had been transported.
Dr. Banks, visiting physician to the Bich to
Asylum, said he had devoted much attentiollot
mental disease. Saw Lord Kingston for the his
time in October last by the invitatio,l of one ° ced
relatives, at the Denbigh Asylum. Was intratiod
by Dr. Jones, and told Lord Kingston his name,
that he was a physician, Lord Kingston i‘f.l3,,gh
diately proceeded to talk about his affairs -as t"001
witness had been an old friend, and spoke ,of Pe'.
by name in a strange manner.
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By the Master—Had two interviews Icib";(1
Kingston, the last of which was in Neve gibe,' trjte
lasted two or three hours. Had no don:bt
is a person of unsound mind and incapable of,e,;sl
ducting his affairs. His disease is dielasetle
insanity. It was not a case of softenbag of
brain, but a state verging into demention... idt
By Mr. M. Chambers—lt was not a case in "hd
there was any prospect of recovery. kfe 111 i 08
possibly get better, but was more likely t o betet
worse. The great idea in his mind was to sr'i
evil of every person except one or two, ellergost
them with crimes and misdemeanours of 11, high
offensive nature. Ho spoke of one persow
want
character who within three weeks of his, oar—
had slept with two prostitutes. that
By Mr. D. Seymour—Did not know that ill t to
case steps had been taken in the Divorce Cetirsg-era
procure a dissolution of the marriage. If Encu,,.niti
the fact, it would not alter his view of the
the
of Lord Kingston. Told him he visited him t/r,"ord
request of certain members of his family.
,"" tid
Kingston said his family wanted him to m 01%1'110
introduced bim to a lady who was to bring die'
£12,000 a year, but when he saw her he vol-es ;or
gusted with her. Had no doubt that Lord P'bict
ston was decidedly insane. Could not sahl„blef
recovery was impossible, but it was very it oPinaiti
seeing that there was a hereditary taint of $
in his family, his father having been deale—
lunatic. fss
By the Master—Should say Lord Kingstende to
not in a fit state to make a will, contract ma rile7-01et.
manage his own affairs, or to perform any lee'
The inquiry was then adjourned.