The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-22

Mr.. Chapman Have Given Up the Duch-
ess's Lcttcri-A Verdict for the Defendant.
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In the Exchcqucr Division, on April 4, be-
lore Baron Pollock and a special jury. the caso
cfIoncs against the Duke and Duchess oil West
minister cam" on for trial.
Iier plaintiff, dcmapdcd damages for. an nj
N1rIs were published bona 1de and without
malice and TINT the occasion was privileged
Mr.. WiM"y Wright arpeoor"d for the plaintiff
and the Hon. Richard Grosyenor represented
The defendants.
Andy's maid. In 1871 she was in the service Of
the defendants. ana after continuing so for
eleven months, lett nt their request. when in
addition to a bonus of IS she received tho fol-
lowing character from the Duchess;
The Nrchones' Of Westminster can recommend Jones
~. wih her about cicvenmomths and indy
Only par WIN hcr on accom-, Of lrcierrins foreigner
subsequently the plaintiff applied to various
ladies Tor a situation. and referred them tp the
Duchess for a character, After some delay she
entered and continued in the service OF Lady
Hnnily for twelve months, and OF other LADIES
for shorter period When seeking Tor other
engagements, she sought the help Of a Mrs
chapman. with whom she Ind lived previously
TO ISL and in answer to n letter written hv That
lady to the Duchess. the following was written:
The Duchess N wcs,nins,er presents h"r NS,nnt,
toMrs 4 chapman. Being away from home. She was
With reluctance Rs is now 50 long since Jones cit her
much ior her when she ar.t lem as to monsy 1c she
I'ed Wos unsIs,sni and slo very absurd as TO 'sv.
her The real truth is that when the Duchess tnd her
@ ea, HI ' 81 Soa. 1"ii de- baehs , w ss
Gro.ysnor House Who devoted herself To- her or seme
TINE III. when quite recovered she became 80 abusive
ieerer had 20 forbid her continuing to come to
tfs,rns.s" re,r shs Ma most seH',e snd toll
shu'ed her and the Duke to eyerv one about
iloush she. never thought her very sood maid 10
Sth bowaser LADY iGntiy: bit .Rc lad /" esys hc Tor
ne same rcason ?. going out Of her mind TOR time
and positively refuses to have an, Thing more do With
her 1t can be avoided The brother had To be- .ci ior
T. CySden 70 take her awsy II besan one evening very
havinl behaved ungraeiuy when she recovered the
viou.ly thought hcr-Dce "a
Mr. Wildey Wright in opening the case for
the plaintiff said that the libel had prevented
his client from obtaining any subsequent stua-
tions and he asked the jury To- award such dam
nges as would be both fair to his client and Just
Jane Jones. the plaintiff. said: For many
years l!nEr earned my living rs lady's maid.
AZ N ~ entered the defendants service.
on Fob. wrntto London. AMI from the groom
Of the chambers received two letters. One was
addressed 70 Mrs. Hnwley. houseKeeper ut
or sNenor House. much esteemed friend Of
mine. She is now dead. Mrs Hawiey asked me 10
stay To dinner, which did. aud after dinner said
TINT the letter concerned me. The effect of the
letter was that the Duchess had decided to take
hicreign maid. that had suited her In every
way. and TINT She could give me nm excciient
character, 1t was also stated in the letter that
| should leave in April. and might give any
3tneT reason ior doing so than that which
about 10 or H. and when attending to
my duties in the evening spoke 10 the Duchess
about the letter. saying that she had very much
upset my feelin because had gone up 10 Lon
don for a days pleasure and had been tho
When saw the Duke asked him f9r the raa
son for my leaving, which had not been able
70 obtain from the Duchess. He replied. " | do
not know anything about IL. Jones"
After left her service wrote 10 the Duchess
saying that hoped the things were all right in
the wardrobe. and an answer in tho affrma-
tive was sent. concluding with the sentence:
Hoping to hear OF you soon quite strong aud well
main. your sincere friend, CONSTANCE wEsrntSsrTR
! aterward saw the Duchess herself and
asked her about her refusal to give me char
acter. Her Grace said that whenever she was
asked by relations she would tell them that tho
Ireplied that that would be untrue, because
was not In her house Tor four days after re-
went 10 Cookham. near defendants house
ClNeden. to earn my living rs dressmaker
friends there except those which | had made
while at Cliveden. The Duchess wrote 70 mo
thing that l should think OF setting up in dress
making ia that place, and forbade me- from
coming to CNveden. Or, account Of that lott
Cookham. In July. 1873. went 10 the service
Of Lady Hnntley and. remained there fortwclye
months. Her ladyshlp spoke e M about tho
NlNIh'lfT Sllt It'f4Ntl from lIf DufUtfS OF
Westminster on several occasions. The first
time was about five months after entered her
service. left her service entirely 81 my own
accord. and not because Of any illness whatever.
Ny brother wrote 10 the Duke during 1876 a
letter which contained the following words:
am justified in feeling that nv sister has susslncd
WHAT, % become n her a. her Grace Ia. pers.iel n
earning her tread II has already caused her 10 IN
enrlyei three years out OF the I'VE since she lett Ter
! myself wrote to the Duke on August 80
ls57. a letter which contained the following:
v , b5n me- I"g M az r Gn 70 STATE 20
ins me twice 9ni Of my mind and abusive thu' making
All those honestly earned in The service other ladies.
Ms T me-, living T. unu.iy brousht 70 The roint Of
pose even with the Duchess OF Westminster
In cross-eXamination the plaintiff said: On
the evening when | returned from London
WIS not sitting NJ the Duchess's table. and did
n0t move when she returned. was not read
Ing a book on the Lords Prayer. and the
Duchess lid not tel mo that in that would find
ne cause Of my dismissal. ! never offered
tract 70 the Duchess The Duchess took book
oIi Of my hand on the Sunday night II was
written by Mr. Rninsford. ana entitled ''Pnss.
lux through Great Tribulation." On the sun
day uieht Mrs. Badcock came 10. sleep with me-.
am TOOK II as an act Of Kindness under nv
n A. on Monday night | slept alone. did
~ ~. UuN VIII hrr On that nlght up'n religious
SUBJECTS. There was no reason why | should
ile treatment had received. received pay
mont from the Defendants for my wages and
hohrI Tor a month. Tor my brothers and my
own expenses and for Jther matters.
ABOUT eighteen months after left the
Duchess 81 Mcstminstrr's service | went into
the service Of Lady Huntley. That lady had a
l"r- nal interview with her GRACE about my
TAArarter before was engaged. Subsequently
entered the household u Lady Howe through
2 chHracter given hy the defendant. Altogether
/ hhl, Jour different situations after leaving
. p The Duchess Of Westminster. examined by
pr Il. james, said: After the plaintiff had been
IN ny service for ten months wished 10 have
q foreign lady's maid. and ! sent her 70 Mrs.
HlWirY our hOusrkeeper II GrOsyenOr House,
WIN l.'t"r containing tho notice 10 plaintiff To-
I,tNr. thought that TINT was the kndost way
OF hklug the step, herause Mrs. Hawley was a
ErfW friend Of the plaintiff. Alter she returned
On entering my room in the evening. found
."r sitting IN my chair, with both arms on my
al.' reading book. / Think that tine book
WE q small irnct upon the Lords Prayer. |
shl4 10 her. Jones you have seen my uute2'
ne plaintiff rrplied, Yes; and | nm very
much SURPRISED" The plaintiff rose from the
eHa.r, ana handed me the book saying. " Mrs
h""lry tolls me that in this book / snail find
Ae cause Of my dismissal" replied that that
"aS pot the cause; and from the APPEARANCE
al4 me speech Of the plaintiff Thought that
sh' "Hs quite out Of her mind. She frightened
me- very much, and | told the Guk" So. Tho
l"N iny the plaintiff appeared ia nervous
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