New-York tribune., 1870-01-01

| her own words:
AT Fontanebleau, where sho was detained by illness,
est she felt, aud feel. for ger husband
had been my father She iplored aud sought nv ahec-
non ny eve means and almost eXacied my eOnhdeuce
70 me most unlimited extent. was willing and anx.
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ny affection and devotion any pain she hust have iet M
tST Srea@stancrs star; connected With my ph Ss1 her
for % %e aSscPdns GS SS o LSr3 %%3 BByons BB
m pedf'ng sd m6c me, ana according 70 ny rank IN lfe
exnrcssd n "uaton for all had suffered. spoke Of the
comfort would be g GI To- SeS Seg OF the necessity that
! She went with Lady Byron to England. She was
! treated by her. and by Lord and Lady Loveace,
with the greatest kindness. l was taught she
says, to regard Ada as ihy sister. For while
| it seems al II her life must have been smooth
| and happy But dsagreements followed with
| her protectress, in which, though MedOra
laws the blame upon Lady Byrons temper. it is not
difficult TO perceive from the Autobiography traces
| of the wild and ungoyernable nature of which evil
| dence enough has already been shown, and some
thing perhaps Of the suspiclOusness which is so
characteristic of insanity. There lawsuit for
the possession of a Deed Of appointment executed by
Mrs. Leigh and Lady Byron, by which the SUN OF
fS, 600 was to be paid MedOra after the death of
those ladies and this suit apparently was the main
cause of the trouble. At any rate it was arranged
that Medora should go with her daughter to Hyeres,
| accompanied by maid and valet husband and
wife), to whom Lady Byron intrusted the d.ouufse-
ment of the sums she allowed for her nIeces main
| tenance. ---.,.S'
Here the Autobiography becomes obscure; in some
places unintegible; in some irrational; filled with
details about money dealings complaints OF the maid
and valet whom the writer believes to have been
Lady Byron's spies and angry ausions to Lady
4 ha oil fnT
Informs rs that this latter part of the manu-
script is not in the handwriting of Miss
Leigh, but was apparently dictated to an amanuen-
sis Of very imperfect education. We learn
| from it, however, that she offended Lady Byron
! very deeply by removing TO Paris, but her
adyship afterward offered to settle upon her GtOO
year on certain conditions. which were not accepted.
The Deed of Appointment and box of other i'm
portant papers had been left in Lady ByrOns hands.
Medora Leigh sent the maid TO get them, purposing
to raise money by selling her reversonary interest
in the Deed. Lady Byron, however, refused to de-
liver them except TO Medora in person. Here Capt.
De b appears upon the scene; Miss Leigh goes TO
| London and the Autobiography closes.
What finally became of the papers is not shown.
When the French maid left the house. the box dis
appeared, and it was supposed that she had
stolen it--not for her mistress, with whom
she had quarreled; but to be used in extorting
money from the Byron family. At any rate we find
her husband the valet soon afterward making de-
mand of some kind of Lady Byron, and threatening
to publish the story of MedOra Leigh to all the world,
Yet in the.negotiatiOns between Mr.. S and Lady
Byrons representatives to which we now return the
principal condition exacted of Miss Leigh was that
she should surrender that Deed to the custody of
trustees, the money being intended not so much
for her personal use for the benefit of her
child. 1t also required that she should
make written confession Of her sincere
contTition for her conduct TO Lady Byron,
and consent to return TO her secusion in France.
On these terms Sir George Stephen writes that he is
confident her friends will secure for her a comfort
able and permanent home 81 personally know y
continues Sir George the motive as well as the ex-
tent of the kindness that she has shown to Miss
| Leigh, and there are very few, certainly not more
than thee who know it as we'll She has deserved all
that is grateful and all that is respectful at Miss
Legh's hands and therefore till her feelings are
consulted and satisfied so far under the pres
ent unfortunate circumstances they be,
will never approach her. any of her
family, as an intercessor for further assist
ancc." To the second and third stipulatiOns
Miss Leigh made no objection but she Obsti-
nate about the deed, and negotiations were broken
off Meanwhile she had written TO several of her
relatives most of whom took notice of her letters.
She sent TO her kinsman the Duke Of Leeds an all
stract Of her autobiography t is given in the book,
and received no answer. She went TO her mothers
house and denied admission. She wrote to her,
and the letter was not acknowledged. Thereafter
the unfortunate woman seems to have passed out
of the knowledge of the mysterious Mr. S from
whom we have all these particulars but if Mrs.
Stoves account is correct she must have made her
peace with Lady Byron at last. Mr.. s. writes
under date of September o. 1907 Iascertained that
the so-called secret known 20 very many per-
sons besides Dr. Washington and Sir George Stephen,
and do not know how to reconcile this fact with
the dignihed and magnanimous silence claimed as
a me t for Lady Byron; for if she did not impart
the knowledge who else can have done sol 7" This
agrees with the statements of Mr. John Robertson OF
Brighton and the Rev. Francis Trench, whose letters
some time ago in the London papers represent Lady
Byron as distributing her condolences Oh this subject
during the latter part of her life TO great number OF
| her relatives and friends.
The Autobiography of Medora Leigh, judged en-
tIrey by ITSELF would probably impress most people
as the production Of disOrdered brain; but it should
be remembered that in none of the letters here
printed, in which the affairs Of the poor woman are
discussed by DR.. LushingtOn Sir George stephen,
and Mr.. s.. is there any hint that she was consid-
cred insane or that any of her representations were
false. If Mr. s. and Captain De B. had igno-
rantly espOused tine of crazy wOman it is
nconcevable that the representatives of the Byron
family should not have informed them at of the
character Of their client. 1t must be remembered,
however. the other hand that while there can be
no doubt lif these documents genunel that
Medora Leigh the child of Byron's sister there
is no proof that she was ByTons daughter nor in
deed any proof that she not the legitimate off
spring of Colonel Leigh. In the negotiations for her
relief the question of her paternity does not ia
have been raised athor gh the story of incest vas