Lola Montez.
A couple of weeks later Printing House Square was favoured with a second epistle:
To the Editor of "The Times."
Munich,
March 31.
Sir:—In consequence of the numerous reports circulated in various papers regarding myself and family, I beg of you, through the medium of your widely circulated journal, to insert the following:
I was born at Seville in the year 1833; my father was a Spanish officer in the service of Don Carlos; my mother, a lady of Irish extraction, born at the Havannah, and married to an Irish gentleman, which, I suppose, is the cause of my being called sometimes Irish and sometimes English, and "Betsy Watson," and "Mrs. James," etc.
I beg leave to say that my name is Maria Dolores Porres Montez, and I have never changed that name.
As for my theatrical qualifications, I never had the presumption to think I had any. Circumstances obliged me to adopt the stage as a profession, which profession I have now renounced for ever, having become a naturalised Bavarian, and intending in future making Munich my residence.
Trusting that you will give this insertion, I have the honour to remain, Sir,