The Sun. — 1850-12-05 (London, England)

CHAMBERS—Mr. William Paxton and a page waited upon the party at dinner, and generally my sisterin•law acted as chambermaid on that occasion. Mary Maxfield—l was a lady's-maid in the service of Mrs. Graves, who was first cousin to Sir Gregory. She is now dead. During her lifetime she used to visit Sir Gregory, in the Alpha-road. I had opportunities of seeing him with her. He was not like other gentlemen. In October, 1841, I went to Brighton with Mrs. Graves, who travelled in a carriage with Sir Gregory. William Paxton was one of the party. The housemaid, the page, and the coachman of Lady Turner; also went to Brighton, as did Sutton, the barber. Sir Gregory and Mrs. Graves had dinner together. Sir Gregory said be was allowed seven glasses of wine by the doctor. The quantity was measured three or four times before he was satisfied that he had got good measure. John, the page, used to attend him to bed, and slept in the room with him. John put or let out the light on one occasion, and Sir Gregory would not allow him to sleep any longer in his room. Sutton then slept with him. Lady Turner was expected to come to Brighton, but did not come. I remember a letter coming from her on a Saturday which was read by Mrs. Graves in the hearing of Sir Gregory. I slept in the same room with Mrs. Graves, but not in the same bed. On the night on which the letter came Sir Gregory came into Mrs. Gravel's room with a page behind him with a lantern. They had both got their night clothes on. Sir Gregory asked who was Mrs. Graves.—(Laughter.) Mrs. Graves said she was Mrs. Graves. Sir• Gregory had Lady Turner's letter in his hand, I think; he said he wished to have  Lady Page's letter read (meaning Lady Turner). Mrs. Graves wished me to get out of bed and bring a light to ,14 her. I took a candle and held it over the foot of the ' bed, and Sir Gregory stood by Mrs. Graves's side. Mrs. 3i Graves, who was in bed, then read the letter to him. • The page stood behind near the door with the lantern. I did not cry out murder or any other thing.— : (Laughter.) Whilst the letter was read he asked . me if that was correct. He then requested Mrs. Graves to read it a second, a third and a fourth time, which she did. After that, Sir Gregory and the page lac the room and went to bed. Sir Gregory used very often to walk about and talk during the night. I reIce member a subsequent occasion, when he came and knocked at Mrs. Graves's bedroom door, in the middle of the night. I believe Mrs. Graves got up and answered him at the door. He said to her that John, the page, had stolen all his things. She told him to go to bed, • and he called John a d—d vagabond. I remember one morning Mrs. Graves saying at breakfast that she had lost a sovereign. Sir Gregory replied that he had lost a piece of paper out LN of his room. I went into the yard and found a piece of ;!,‘ paper underneath his bedroom windows, about half the size of a letter cover. It was a plain piece of paper, % without any writing on it. Whilst at Brighton, I re,34 member Sir Gregory throwing the Venetian blinds out of the dining-room window. I remember his preferring to have me in his bedroom instead of John one night. He ;a,' told me to sit down, which I did. He then removed a 15434 sofa from the drawing-room into his bedroom. He lay on the sofa, and I sat by his side on a chair. The door and window were shut. % He got up and opened the window; and be said, " When :34 the window is opened the door must be shut." He then shut the window and opened the door. That he did three times. Lord