The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-06

The Autobiography OF Lo'
Lola Nontsz delivered porto !,
4 evening 70 audience - 3catez.
apel, Broadway. - q her al obography |
Several leading 4. which nearly hlied HOPE |
re on Lola 4" |
III enc .Ssraais had, she said. called for lee
-seez II might be supposed that she was
~sequanted with that persousge TO undertake
>a6. II was not pleasant To hold up TO the world
H-.ss Of ones sef and though newspapers had some
esnes styled her mpudent, yet il was with m5Te than
xhdence she undertook the subject Az Burns says,
~ws girls together-{ and have been SO
sosey connected that TO speak of that lady very mueh
Me speak, OF myself woman, like a man, disikes
bold the up nature and Few summon the
courage stand face with shemsetyes IT'S only
sAoae women who have met the difcrstes and braved
ahe dangers that commonly the 10. of men, that dare
% II. Thoee pieces OF human wxxwork to whom life
mssxs eatirg drinking, the opera and sleeping, know
q the rules which sppy 10 Others whose stormy
nasAre forces them into tho battle Of every day life.
saxing room hrt knew rte Of me tidal currents with
which ether have 10 contend Alas for the
woman forced out into tho currents Of active lnel
Byne who had the strength to get there were
pseEes to stand the tide. Their great isfortuRe
ss much energy for wonaans present sphere and too
EAse for her proper one gifted man well SAID, "Wo
wsn With wit and beauty, needed the quilts Of the porcu
Axve been the best abused the world She would
say Lola the best abused woman but surely she
Mad been abused soreiy enough She he'd the hooor or
ssvsvg subject OF more Newspaper paragraphs
sscn any ivise woman She tho heroine of twenty
seven times seven disputed for the birthplace Of Lola
Aentez. her biogrgpners to be believed Lola was
anyth-span Germany Cuba, Italy, lnais ana turkey
1avara end others numerous as the Signs OF TIRE zodiac
in turn, Der father and wretched Fugitive from
Abe gsows will have il that she the Issue OF washer
woman named Molly Watson. Betsy Watson. or Betsy
Reagan. III Lola continued the lecturer, should
Asvot If were m at all But all that Is written OF
her De true, she has been born again many
s@es Minerva sprang from the brain Of Jupiter, but
born of the brain of each of her bogra
piers. Lola kon;ez was, IN truth, born in Limerick In
1874. Her father the ron OF Sir F. Gilbert, Fog
hshzan, mother the divers Of Castle OH
As that lost fortunes in the French and Don
Carlos wars Tho kontagos are Of Moorish descent, and
sh~s Lola is a English, irish and Moorish bcod-a
what combusuble admxture. Her ia her was made an
ensign at seventeen by the Duke of York captain and
nsAIred to girl OF fifteen he twenty. Tho
end year Of this union Lola Montez barn. She
baptized Maria Daoves Eliza Rosanna Gilbert Her father
ordered TO the East Indies after her bvth and
there died Of the cholera leaving mother widow OF
sehtsen and the young Lola to the care Of Maj Patrick
nerous su,crs surrounded her on every side, till the
ar ssd the lecturer trembied OF their emotion for miles
ant Asju.ant General Of the British army in Calcutta
Young Lola was sent TO the care OF the
Erl who spoke little patois Of Spanish and Hndos
aAnee was first made hon, and laid the foundation Of
her pranks Thence che removed TO the OF Sir jas
Per Nichols who spent most OF his time in Paris awhile
French convent with the daughter OF Sir Jasper; with
crossed the channel and Hnshed her education
~ boarding school In Bath. There Loas mother
% see her. Heaps dresses prepared and Of
ents AMI when Lola then but fifteen, inquired
sswhat forS' she told none ncr business"
Through the Intervention Of Captain Jamos-young aud
understandable learned that her mother had pledged her
h.nd to wealthy old East India Judge named Lumley,
whose attractions metallic and coined into rupees.
MS, said the lecturer. was the first spark TO
the MAGAZINE; An explosion followed, and the
upehot that Lola clopee with Captain James
10 ireland. There clergyman would marry girl OF
soureen without her mothers consent With much re-
came Mrs. James The Captain proved but the outside
shell Of husband, and Lola drew the witty inference,
matches are Ike runaway horses and end generally in
smash up Captain James remained eight months
whss1 Ss a Toun ue1 wife secomDas,ed him For While
she the belle OF Calcutta The removal OF the troops
10 he interior produced change OF scene and The lee
interesting dissertation on Indian travelling nush ating
Che description with several udcrou. incidents She
described most graphically Rurjeet singhs reception
q the officers Of the Bengal army. After maena-
feast and entertainment dancing girls slaves from Cir
casa the Ioveest Of the harem introduced Each
bore jewels worth q fortune, and was invested
with the ownership Of twenty villages These, equally In
number the officers entertained and were offered
present 70 the officers peculiar Of English
officers, the sad manner IN which Lord Auckland informed
she King that English law did mol permit them 70
receive such presents, may well be imagined. Bot
I afraid, said the lecturer, that the young on
esrs-Ah well the gentlemen present can appreciate
tDued Otbcr matters relating 70 justice having been
disposed or tn lecturer returned to Lola, in The inte
rsor. While there abe lived with a Mrs Lomer,
Of whose connection with Capt James previous 10 his
marriage, rumor had been busy many days. Capt
james wife felt little interest in the matter. AT last,
Dcrppg breakfast n found that Capt janice and
Mrs. Toner had eloped, and LOLA MonteI a grass
widow. Much against her will she was sent 70 her mo-
tAer in Calcutta by whom she despatched TO England
10 the Of the Cragies Mr.. and MS. Surges now
IN Boston from India, in the same vessel On Iolss
departure from India, her father in law handed her
check for $50 o0o David Crage met her on her arrival
N EsglsDd but she refused 70 the care OF the
Crare- and AT the suggestion Of Miss Fanny Kelly was
shout 70 adopt The profession OF an actress but her
poor English pronunciation untitled her for that, and.
asr prcparatio she made her dsbls In London dan
s~Se with Mr. Iumley. After appearing when Carl
rcrmee and Iastz the IONS she met with marked
in Berlin. The King offered 10 make match for
her suitable TO her station she refused Several Incl
dents OF her here received with marked Of
Sect II here abe mot the Prince Alexander TO whom
rumored she was some months since engaged ID be
arred But while she away at the South telegraph
ing kisees the Morse line he travelling iRoc,aitd
With celebrated yriB4d donna, taking her and
booking her and himself ~ Mr.. and Mrs. So and So.
ms had produced n rumpus. After Berlin followed
warsaw. When lola first commenced politics Prince
FNsbeviich fell IN love with her. Old men are
wse IN love. he orored her diamonds,
end 10 biz ardent professions OF attachment
spened his mouth wide 10 expose the gold roof or
Ma mouth. u death q head making love 70 lady,
and he rejected in consequence she his.ed IN the
theatre and forced self defence 70 tell the whole
matter the stage. The crowd sprlauded her, and she
WA accompanied home by q conoourse that made the
weRin ring With shoue Polish gentlemen stood up 70
fh forced her from Poland. AT 81 Petersburg she found
afety and then closed the calm portion Of loas life.
she would moet Il calmly she had nothing 70 lose In
the words Of Byron she said, Whae cr bctides, Know
che worst" such, then, a. desired W know the
snder Of her history could be srathod at Hope Chapel
Tue lecture was well received frequent bursts Of ap-
sianse demonstrating the satisfaction Of The audience