The New York herald., 1870-03-01

me that woman han given her dead leaf She
has sat down In the middle OF road and amused
herself by taking up and throwing away mud; she
used also to look sharply at passers by. She had
books, but never read. There was also plano In
the house. but sne would only play three or four bars
She often wrote and have collected SOME OF
ner wrinngs. These placed IN my hand
have taken out or her writing Do0k. she
USED to SIT reading book upside down. Her
bodily movements were often unladyliKe. she would
throw herself down on her lace on tne moor, anu
clothes sometimes she ate large quantity OF meat,
but more frequently sweets tarts ana such IKE; !
nave also seen her eat Goals ana cinders on the
Isr Deane-what description OF temper have you
notlced m Lady Mordaunts
Witness-Reay she does not seem to have any
temper ut eli; she generally appears happy, but
at times seems as II she wished to get at people
to strike them; at times she appears TO be In
deep thought and at other times she looks per-
fectly wiid; two days alter | went TO her
have seen Lady Mordaunt have 1t two OF three
times; she did not seem TO me to know tnat It was
ohd se M wou ses y o0wh t On ae NOR ana give
or eight months Old; have seen the child out with
her IN the carriage, but she never PAID any attention
10 it, she seemed to me TO be lost to all kinds OF de-
cency or decacy whatever; remember the occa-
sion of Dr. Wood being there when he stayed to din
ner; believe Lady Mordaunt is now worse than
to her by DR.. Reynolds.
Cross-examined BY Mr.. Sergeant Balantine-
daunt had Deen lady superintendent TO small
hospital; It was not lunauc hospital; never at.
Kept diary, IN order that might assist DR.. Rey.
nods IN The examination OF his patients; destroyed
the diary -sensatlonl; did so because there was
an act or tndecacy In II which did not wish 10 De
seen, and because l did not think II necessary to
preserve 1t; have seen Lady Moncrelfle three
times; came to visit Lady Mordaunt, but STAYED
q very short tune: she was only with her daughter
SIX or seven minutes; have also seen Mr.. RoDert
Moncreifre there, but she would not see him; she
n IN n N IA
Mr. sergeant Ballantine-Have you ever had any
conversation with her about the differences with her
WItness-I have talked to her about the para
graphs saw in the newspapers, but never could
get any sense out OF her respecting them.
MIR. Sergeant Ballantne-Did any person see you
destroy your dlaryS
i Witness-Yes, Mr. Hannen. solicitor; read
some portions Of the diary over to him previous to
destroying It.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine-Then you knew that the
presenE case was coming on for nearingf
Witness-No; was given TO understand that the
diary Kept would be OF no use and destroyed 1t
MIR. Sergeant Ballantine-Have you had con.
versatlon with anybody respecting this cases
Witness-N0 p.,.,.,n u,uo ,o,, u.o.,uo, ,nv
letters from Lady Moncrelfie on the subject, and
have you got tnem sllll ~ your possesslonl
Witness-l have received some letters from her
ladyship. but do not know what has become Of
them.
Mr.. Sergeant Balantine-Have they been de
Witness-I DO not know.
Mr. Sergeant BaanIne-When did you receive
them9
MoncrIefe came down three times, and she stayed
Ia the house on each occasion about an hour and
half; Lady M0ncrielle was not alone with Lady
Mordaunt for more than seven or eight minutes At
time. N.-M
by Lord Penzance-Lady Mordaunts father and
other members OF her family came down to see her
at times; Lady NOrdaunt would not Sit with her
father, and objected to seeing MN.
Cr0ss-examinatlon by Sergeant Ballantne con-
tinued-I never noticed ANYTHING ike InLeIIlVeuce
IN Lady MQrdaunt; do not know very well who was
with Lady Mordaunt previous 70 my gong to her;
believe 1t was Miss ParsOn.
ke-eXamIned by Dr. Deans--Lady Mordaunt came
up 10 London while was with her; she went to
London With her maid as her only companion.
SARAH BARKER's EVIDENCE.
Sarah Barker, examined by Mr.. Arcnibald-I am
st present ady's maid to Lady Mordaunt have
been with her ever since the 3lst OF August; have
been with her almost day and night; have at
tempted to converse with her, but l could get no
sense out OF her; ner memory was bad as to recent
events; can compare ner conduct to nothing bus
q beast In tne field; she paid no attention to her
dress; nave seen her put her clothes In water in
September came wtn Lady MOrdaunt to London;
we went to Chester square, but only remained
few days; when walking out with her have seen
her lie down on her face on the road; she would
also go into shops, and have been Obliged to use
force to take her away; she was 10 the habit OF going
out OF the bedroom at night, ana have been obliged
10 lock the door To Keep her in; nave seen her III
the butlers bedroom in her night dress; that was
about zen O'Clock. before he went TO bed; have
seen her have the child IN her arms whlie 1t was
Lord Penzance-Haye taese tnlnss happened
more than onces
WitneSS-trequently.
Mir. Ssrgeant Balanrine-Did you keep a diary
while In attendance on Lady Mordaunts
Mr. Sergeant yallantine-lsit it stll in your posses
sOnf
witness No; destroyed it last week. (Scnsation)
Previous to doing so gave copy OF Its contents 10
lawyer.
Mr.. Sergeant Ballantine-What dld the diary con-
tain?
Witness-It contained the events that occurred
during month OF the time ! was wita Lady Nor
Lord Penzance-What induced you to destroy the
diary2
Wltness-I did SO because was led to believe that
1t was OF no further use.
Lord Penzance-Dld The lawyer tell you to destroy
witlessmNo. Sensation, He told me to keep it.
Wltness--NoDody; but thought 1t was OF no fur
ther use.
Cross-examination by Mr.. Sergeant Ballantlne con-
tinued-A gentleman named Hannen led me TO un-
derstand that the dary would be Of no further use;
never broached the subject OF the causes Of the
separation OF Lady MOrdault from her husband to
her ladyShIp.
By Lord Penzance--Up to last August was in the
service OF o Mrs. Grubb, OF Golden square.
DIR. PRiE5TLEYs EVIDENCE.
DR.. Priestey, examined by DIR. Deane--I have
been for many years IN attendance on various
bers OF Sir Thomas Moncreiiies family on the 9th OF
May last went to see Lady Mordaunt at Walton
Hall; got there about the middle OF the day. and
saw Lady Mordaunt Immediately; DR.. Tuke and Str
james Anderson were there with me; Lady Mordaunt
was at the table writing to her husband she recOg.
nized me, but soon lapsed into an absent manner
and conversation became impossible; we had
luncheon with her, but we had no conversation
with her. her sister, Mrs. Forbes, was there, and we
conversed with her; Lady Mordaunt left The room
with her sister, on going ont she stood still, looked
around her. and seemed Us If she had lost conscious
ness afterwards went to her sitting room and
found her distressed and in tears; had converse
uon with her. at least tried TO have, but could not
get her to reply 10 single question:; was with her
tnat day, on and OFT, for three Of four hours the
other medical gentlemen also visited her; saw Lacy
Mordaunt again on the 10th OF May; DR.. Gull
was then Win her; saw her again the 18th and
18TH in Begrave square; on each OF those occasions
DR.. Gull was with ner; we found Lady Mordaunt In
q condition OF insanity and quite incaDabio Of
managing her own affairs; sae could not recole CT
anything, and could NOT understand the most
SIMPLE matters; Tor these and for other reasons we
came to tue conclusion THAT her manner ana habsts
were those OF an insane person; there was gene
rally some MEMBER OF the family present
when we visited Lady hordaunt, but we
were at times left with her alone; there
seemed to us no doubt that her general
health was very bad. and that her mental powers
were seriously affected; do not know that there is
any precise com plant known hysterica cataepsy;