New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-27

legged "haucnation" to be considered strictly con.
ghtfnl sin OF incest is the whole of the true story"
OF her married life as reproduced with such terrible mi
ueness by Mrs. Beecher Stowe to be viewed the de-
fusion of disorded aney II Lady Byron the subject
OF an haucnation" with regard to her husband think
ltnot unreasonable to conclude that the mental alien
alton existed the day of her marriage II ts propo
son be accepted the natural inference will be that the
details OF the conversation which Lady Byron repre-
sents to have occurred between herself and Lod yron
as soon as they entered the carriage never took place
sory from another and maintain that this portion nd
Gates insanity and that portion represents SANITY. II
accept the hypothesis OF haucnation are bound to
view the whole OF Lady Byron's conversation With Mrs
a. H. stove and the written statement laid bdoro her
as tne WHO ana inc0herent representations OF unac
NO person practically acquainted with the true charac
terlstcs or insanity would affirm that had this
I I OF incest been an insane halucnatin Lady
Byron could, from the heightened period which
have oSaS from mer nhhhRPy marriage ana death
legal advisers and trustees assuming that she
pledge OF secrecy from them to her mental impress.
slons Lunatlcs do for time, and for some special
they have not the capacity to struggle for SO
Lady Byron must have done, with SO frightiu halu-
obvious to those with whom they daily assodatng.
Neither 1t consistent with experience to suppoo that
ordered understanding would have been restctedto
haucnaton Her diseased BRAIN affecting the formal
action OF Thought. would In all probability have mani
ration OF intellect.
parallel with that Of Lady Byron my experience 1t is
u
LADY BYRoN's DELUsIoNs.
To the Editor Of The PaH Mall Gazette
SIR: Lady Noel Byron resided, on AMI off,
many years in Brighton and her circle of friends
cided very closely with my own. For most OF these
dead husband but latterly of two which need be
named SIX or seven persons more or less knowno me
received her communications, three OF whom were
Americans. Her communications were not given az
defense Of her as no oS sone
these persons received them as Mrs Beecher sowedd-
the Rev. Frederick Robertson for Others thught
ton" In lsi7 one OF her best friends asked no to
talk with her on the liabilities to error OF ptvate
Judgment when deciding questions involving criminal
GhaTGes which can be properly INVESTIGATED ont by
pu n NO one told her. had right to rPeat
and al
her best her peculares, her troubles with her .ugh
ter her elder grandson her servants would have
her mind touched Suspicious had become decisions
Three OF her friends, myself being separately
tees they contain the accusation she made, ny DO
records Of her delusions for the charge she most
Stowe has published Is comparatively recent andntterly
JOHN ROBERTSON
The Pan NAL Gazette OF September 10 publishes letter
from the Rev. Francis Trench In which he says: Having
period ofaboye 50 years can positively state nat dur
Ing that whole time never or heard anything 70
variant or suggcs aa most remote 5Sds5 Oh ser per:
woman in my humble Judgment, more entirely free
leter and conduct.
THE DESTROYED MEMOIR.
To NE Editor Of The Daily NeTs,
SIR: It i well known that Lord Byrons
Memoirs" we're read IN the Ms. by several persons be-
fore Moore brbed by Lady Byron and her friends
destroy them, but II u not perhaps generally known
that portion OF them existing In print Any one.
however who Will take the trouble 10 refer TO tho first
number OF The John BL Magasie, Issued during ls4i.
will there mud what the editor pledges hm-
SELF TO be faithful transcript OF tho whole ia few
lines excepted OF Of the chapters This would
at any tine be interesting but II is particularly 40
at the present moment containing 10 does full
count in Byron's words OF the circumstances which
took place immediately after the unfortunate wedding
There be reasonable doubt 10 tho authenticity
Of this Excerpt ROgers I'm his liable Talk repre-
seDted giving certain "reminiscences from the Ms (Which
saw) exactly cOncdng with the facts here set forth
There only four numbers Of the magazine published
IL OF the Others shorter extracts from
the Memoirs" but they are not Of much value: Am,
&c, L, GLEDsTANEs-WAtGh
The magazine cam Of course, be easly referred to in
the British Museum.