New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-04

eo,-.e s,at tho DeIbJ A'Eiu4.Yhi'n " .''r's
t.s sentence Il quite OF nioa' On such i'tefafy
:, .ftain even ~ S.r Edward Lyt'on bui"er
Tn, is exactly tie turn ttlDss are now takl &C.
mat Lord Pamerst1p as We hlnted q. frs', ls tue
seeret manager of the spectacle Il now In s.f'd
,ni fcprt h.. ms ae The French say. ION dt,
ssy, London 1eeh'y, "tba. LadS Doi"er ~
tons BIS. friend in tbs affair has been Lady
" PaIners.on We all remember no" The I9res
"toak mn the cudc,. for Mr. Nor:on wheo Lord
:. NeIho1rue was IN trouble about that gentle nAns
wife. T.: for tat 10 fair pay. Bu. on reflection
"it I, rather sad a. THE tine Of day 70 find Sec
re,ary of State usiog the Influence Of his pos.'Oo
TO commit acts Of oppression, and the vile OF
" W;ni,,er PLAYING of the wife Of another Mnis er
against an Adnins.rato1.'
I, often BY the crooked ways political intrigue
only that truth becomes smugged into some corner
Of The British pres.. The apparently generous
horror az real sutrageis after aIou' a acacul7,ed
srimace; and public justice Is only Appealed 70 IN
order 70 cherish private malice. For augh. the
cbvalrous knights Of the inkho,n would care about
!, adv BulwCr might have remained forever N a
Innate ssyium al London; she might have been
di,posed Of more quietly than al ~. Petersburg or
VieY.na. he conventiOnalities Of literary decorgm
vould have debarred her from any means OF redress
but for the happy c.Tcuustance OF fanerstpns
keen eye singing her out as the thin END oi The
we3ce wherewith possibly 10 split Tory Admin
.stIariOD.
A,bo,t snay,s ofthe letter, addressedby BllFers
,ou IN the London Journals, viii go far 10 elucidste
the true sta.e Of the Gaze. Mr.. Robert r. Lytton
sets out by asserting that bis simple assertion
must be az cree believed in, because he s " the
=" fOn Of Lady Bulwer LyttOn, with the best right
." to speak on her behalf, ard obviously with the
" best means OF information" Now, the very ten
der son had neither cared for biz mother, nor cor
responded with her. seen ber, for nearly seven
teen years until be met be- a. the hustngs at Her-
ford on the occasion OF his fathers reelection
when Lady Buwer lef; the bustngs and visited the
Mayor Of Hertfoi1 IN order 10 apply for the Use oi
the Town Hall as lecturlng room Mr.. Robert b.
Lytton sent physician into the Mayors holse
with the mission Of taking cognizance Of the state
,l the maternal mind. When, afterward, hs
mother was kidnapped IN London, at the house
Of Mr.. Hale Thompson, Charges street, and
her cousin Miss Ryves ran out into the stree and
seeing Mr.. Lyt.On waiting outside, entreated him 10
interfere sDd procure assistance 10 prevent nls
mother being carried off 10 Brentford, Mr.. LJttOD
coolly refused 10 have anything TO do with the mat
ter Having acted first as one Of the prlnclpal
agents in the plot laid by bis father, he now shifts
sides and presents himself as the natural spokesman
of bis mother. The second ps.nt pleaded by Mr..
Lytton IT, that his mother was never for moment
taken TO & lunatic asylum but, on the contrary,
into the private house" Of Mr.. Robert Gardiner
Hnl, surgeon. This is a mere qIbble. As the
" not belOr to the category Of "asylums, but 10
tbat!of metropolitan Licensed Houses, il is lit
orally true that Lady Bulwer was thrown not INTO
"lunatic asylum, but into a luDatl, house.
Surgeon Hill, who trades upon his own account
i'm " lnnacy," has also come out with an apology,
wherein be states that Lady Bulwer had never been
locked iD but the contrary, had enjoyed the use
of broueham and driven almost every evening
during her detention to Richmond, Acton, Hanwell
or Iseworth. Mr.. Hill for9ets to tell the public
that this improved treatment OF the insane,
adopted by him exactly corresponds 10 the official
recommendation of the Commissioners IN Lunacy
The friendly grimaces, the smiling orbearance the
childish coaxing, the oily tWaddle, the knowing
winhs and the affected serenity of band of trained
attcadauts may drive selstive woman mad as well
as doucbes straight waistcoats, brutal keepers and
dark wards. However that may be, the protests on
the part Of Mr. Surgeon Hill and Mr. LyttOn ancnnt
simply to this that Lady 0ulwer was treated as a
natc indeed but after the rules of the instead
| of the old system "l, f." says Mr.. LyttOn, in his
letter "put nyeelf in constant com nunlaation with
"my mother, .. . and carried ont the in
functions of my father, who confded to me implic
." lily every arrangement and eDloned me 10
4" avail myself of the advice Of Lord Shaitesbury
"in whatever was judged best and klndest to Lady
"Lyiton." Lord Shaftesbury it is known, is the
| commar der-in.chef OF the host who have their
| head. quarters at Exeter Hall. To ,deodOrise a
drig affair by bis Cdor of sanctity might be con-
| sidered a coup de theatre worthy of the inventive
| genius of novel writer. More than once, in the
| Chinese business, for instance, and IN the Cam
bridge House conspiracy, Lord Shaftesbury has been
| employed in that line. Yet Mr.. Lytton admits the
pubhc only to half confidence, otherwise he would
| have plainly declared that on the kidnapping
of his mother an mpeiious note from Lady
Palmerston upset Sir Edwards plans, and induced
| him to avail himself of the advice of Lord
Shaftesbury," who, by particular mischance,
| happens 10 be at once Palmerston's soninlaw and
the Chairman of the Commif souers in Lunacy.
| In his attempt at mystifca,ioD, Mr.. Lytton pro-
| ceeds TO state: From the moment my father
felt compelled TO authorize those steps which have
" been made the subject Of so much msrepfesenta-
" ton, his anxiety was to obtain the opinion of the
| "most experienced and able physicians in order
- that my mother should not be subject to restraint
- for one moment longer than sIictly justfable
| Such was his charge TO me- From the evasiye
wording of this studously awkward passage il ap
peaIs, then that Sir Edward Bulwer felt the neces
sty Of authoritative medical advice not for seques
tratDg his wife insane but ior setting her free
mentiS cOmpOs. In fact, tie medical men upon
whose consent Lady Eulwer kidnapped were
| anything but most experienced and able physi-
clans" The fellows employed BY Sir Ed
ward were one Mr.. Ross, city apothe-
cary, whom il seems, his license for trading
in drugs has all at once converted into a
psychological lumlnary, and one Mr.. Hale
Thompson, formery connected with the Westminster
Hospital, but thorough stranger To the scientific
world. 1t was only after gentle pressure from
without had set in, when Sr Edward felt suxious
to retrace his steps, that he addressed himself 10
men of medical standing. Their certificates are
published by his son-but what do they prove Dr.
Forbes Winslow. the editor of The Journal of
Psychological Medicine" whe had previously been
consulted by Lady Buwers legal advisers, certifies
that having examined Lady b. Lytton as TO her
state of mind" he found It such Ito justify her
liberation from restraint" The thing to be proved
to the public was, not that Lady Bulwer's liberia
i;op hnt IN th,. contrary fhSt her xro.