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1 1 • diMlNum.„ - • • . . . , , r/ il ", i Nr•i:l qk . --. , Y 1 , \ / ''* • ( 0 I \ ( Goitiirrt v zz oar. op X 0 31311ars, ~ •"_ INS 31 0131101r0 41 74 . 1, ‘oll.a f LADY BYRON'S LETTER TO MR. MOORE. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF BAST INDIA STOCK. Ladies sad Gentlemen, A VACANCY having occurred in the Direction of your affairs, by the lamented death of Sir Robert Pergolas, permit me earnestly and respectfully to solicit the favour of your Suffrages at the general Election, which will take place on the 14th April. Halting, in a former letter which I had the honour of addressing to yes, stated the grounds es which I rested my pretensions to your support, It may perhaps be hardly necentry for me to repeat that having bees bag aod extensively engaged in mercantile par ", , suits, and having presided for several years as Chairman of the shipping interest of this country. I bare had ample means of ac. gulling that commercial knowledge and experience which, it le thought, a portion at least of those person who are selected for the management of year 'affairs should possess, more especially at the present juncture, when subjects of the must consequence to the trade and inmost of the Company must urgently claim their attendee. In conclusion, I beg leave, with the most perfect ski rarity, to assure Too, that I am fully sensible of the deep respond bUity attached to the important trust which I thus venture to solicit ; and that should I, through your kind patronage, succeed in obtaining this object of my ambition, It sbaU be the business of my Ilk to endeavour to merit so honourable and distinguished a mark of your confidence by the most diligent and faithful discharge of its ditties. have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithful servant, GEORGE VIALL. 16. Now erfad-etraet, Mardi IT, Ism Mr. LTALL'S COllllllllllll2 will aft daily at the City of Loathes Tavern. EAST INDIA HOUSE, January V, lift THE COURT 9f DIRECTORS 9fthe UNITED COMPANY lif MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, trading to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the sald Company's Stock will be SHUT on THURSDAY, the 4th Menem neat, ht Three o'Clock, and OPRNED again on THURSDAY. the 15th Aram following. That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company win be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th Pdaaeu neat, at Eleven o'Cloek in the Forenoon. That a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their House in Leadenhall.street, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th APRIL next, from Nine o'Cleck in the Morning, until Six in the Evening, for the ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the said Company for Four Years. And that the LIST of the MEMBERS of the said Company will be ready to be delivered at this House on TUESDAY, the 30th BEIM( next. 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COURTRNAY, To which are added, Observations and Practical Comments on Gleets, Seminal Weakness, and the Miseries occasioned by Self ahuk, fur the Cure of which a mode .uf treatment, the result of long and successful practice, and at once safe, speedy, and effec tual, is adapted by the Author. Printed for the Author, Robert-street, Adelplal • and published and sold by Sh erwood and Co. Paternoster-row • &why'', 4, Ca therine-street, S tran d ; Ch appe ll, R oya l Excha nge; Marsh, 137, Oxford-street; Walker, 90, High Holborn ; Cbappk , 94, Pall 31.11; Suth er l an d , 90, Carlton -street, Edinb urgh ; and may be bad of all Booksellers. " We earnestly recommend the cases related by Dr. Coutteuay to the perusal of such of our Readers as are Allard with the con plaints which the Author has madi the subject of these Observa tions. 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The terms are honourable foe both governments, and it will have the effect to restore the high opinion formerly entertained for General Bolivar, and unite the people of this country mom generally in his farm We trawlesik &reward to more tranquil times and we doubt not that the mines of Paseo will be worked very advantageously by the commencement of next year. " We have the treaty before us, and cannot but remark a striking difference betwees its tone and spirit and those of the manifesto which Bolivar published as a declaration of the war. The latter document contained some harsh expressions against Peru, and, with some of the Colombian prints, led us to suppose that country would be overrun and subjected ; but the treaty stipulates for per petual peace, oblivion of put differences, dm. without any over bearing clause. Bolivar is not able, if disposed, to do any thing out of Colombia. It also binds the contracting parties, in cues where new differences may exist, after attempts at reconciliation shall have failed, to abstain from mutual injury or reprisals, and to submit the cue to a neutral or friendly nation, whose decision shall be decisive and obligatory. The parties also promise to co.operate for the complete abolition and extirpation of the African slave. trade. FLANDERS PAPERS. BERLIN—Maac a 8. We continue to !min fresh accounts of the damage done by the inundations, especially in Saxony, Thesingra, and Silisia. Our Government affords the most prompt assistance, large sums are as signed for the immediate relief of the sufferers, and numerous labourers are employed in repairing the roads and bridges. The German Confederation has not yet had any occasion to employ its military force. This occaalon will now arrive, for as we bear a corps of the troops of the King of Saxony will probably won march into a neighbouring Duchy to enforce a decision of the Diet. It seems that the public have a peat many erroneous notions of the elevation of the Prince of Saxe Coburg to the throne of Greece, which so far from having originated in any English intrigue, it may ' be affirmed that the English Cabinet was the last that gave up its doubts on the subject. The prudent and honourable system of Prussia in abstaining from interfering in remote political questions, does not admit of its exercising much influence in the affairs of Greece ; but a great Power, concentred in itself, sad not weakened by unnecessary engagements, must have the nun weight in Ades of general interest. VIENNA, MAncu 10. MutalNue', 103f-4 per Cent. 971 —Bank Shares, 1330.-411. yeasting Zeirung, Mare* 16. THE HAGUE, Maims 16. In the Second Chamber of the States General a message foes his Majesty was read accompanying a project of law, by way of supplement or amendment to the Budget. One of the articles proposes a tax an coffee of 10 fl. per 100 lbs. and an augmentadon of the excise duties on salt, wine, sugar, and some other articles.— Brussels Papers, March 20. BERLIN, Milo' 12. Countess Rossi, who arrived here on the 9th inst. will again appear before the public as Mademoiselle Sontag. The Count bee husband, who is attached to the Sardinian Legation at Brussels, does not accompany her. An attack, made in the Ecclesiastical Journal published here, upon the Theological Faculty at Halle, and especially on Profs. 'ors Gesenius and Wigsehuder, has induced that faculty to send a deputation hither to present a remonstrance on the sob. jest both to the King and to the Department of Ecclesiastical Affairs. The Reverend M. Dilbruek, of Magdeburg, Is appointed to investigate matters. To form an idea of the number of journals published in Germany, we may look at a Price Current for 1930, drawn up with much care, but by no means complete. The Price Current, published by the newspaper office at Berlin, specifies no fewer than 863 German periodicals, ex. clusive, of course, of Exchange, Shipping Lists, and the like. BIEMEL, MARCH 10. Baron Stockmar, Private Secretary to his Royal Highness Prima of Saxe Coburg, has obtained letters of naturalhation in the kingdom of Bavaria. SWITZERLAND, Kasai 9. On the 27th of February a shock of an earthquake was felt at Lunterbrunnen at six o'clock in the morning : its duration was four seconds, and its direction from North to South.—Frankfort Papers, March 15. EAST INDIA QUESTION-OPIUM TRADE. The following are extracts from the evidence taken on the second and third days : SAMUEL SWINTON, Esq. examined. What is your occupation ?—I was In Indi.t for 33 years as a civil servant. I was a commercial resident at several stations; latterly I was at Alalwa as opium agent, employed by the govern. mcnt. Can you explain to the Committee the nature of the monopoly of opium in the provinces of Behar and Benares ?—I could not es. plain them; they were fully reported in the reports at the India House • it requires a great deal of detail to do so; they arc fully explained In the records at the India House. The committee wish to know in what manner the cultivation of opium is regulated; how the company acquire the opium, and in what manner they make' their profit upon it?—The advances are made to the riots, and those ryots deliver the opium in a pore state to different gomasters, who forward it from time to time to the prix. cipal station at Patna, when it remains some time stored, and is af. terwards made up into cakes, and is then sent down to Calcutta. No other persons than the officers of government are permitted to purchase opium. Is there a fixed price for the opium ?—Yes ; three rupees a sier. It was formerly only two and a half. It was rated to three weds, I think, in the year 1819 or 1890; but I cannot state the exact period. It was raised because the 170 ts were not satisfied with the price they then received, and to encourage cultivation. Arc you aware whether the quantity sent has increased mud; of late years ?—lt has certainly increased ; but I cannot state to what extent. What prier do die government obtain fur the opium for which they pay three rupees a scar?—That is according to the demand. It is sold at public sale, and sometimes it sells higher and sometimes lower, according to the state of the market, or the demand in Cada& Has the demand in China increased much of late yean P—Cart l siderably. Do you know what circumstances have led to that extrados 44 demand in China ?—I cannot state that ; it never came before Has bre opium of Bahar and Banana maintained Its reputadon of late yearn I—Certainly Dot. To what circumstance do you attribute that I—To it. not being brought in a pure state to the market, 1 believe. Is that the fault of the Ryots, or the Government agent I.—lt MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1830. probably arises from some fraud, but where that fraud is I cannot tell ; it must arise from fraud. Was any person sent down into the country to ascertain with whom that fraud originated ?—Not to contain with whom that fraud originated ; but I believe persons were sent L and deavour to' have it beought as pure as possible to the market, to reject it if it was in an impure state. ' Did the depredation dubs opium take place before it came into the haodg of the Government agents, or. subsequently T—l should rather imhgine previously to ha coining to the Government agent's heads. Is tinge note manufacture of theopituu after it. ads . 444_ tke kiteeumeasiliit'N—lfeete;lat beim made Is any art required in making It up into cakes ?—h requim that the person should be cosmonaut with it. Does the opium depend at an en the degree of perfection with which that operation is performed P—No ; I believe it is solely with regard to the pureness of the opium. Do you know the relative peke in the market of the Baba and Malwa opium P—l cannot say ; the Malwa opium sells in China two or three hundred dollars a chest higher titan he What is the price of a Behar chest asylum P—That deposal entirely upon the market; it sells from 2,000 to 4,000 rupees. You state that the hlalwa opium sells for two or .three hundred ' dollars more than the Behar ; what was the price of the Behar opium ?-1 cannot state that from What proportion of the whole priced the opium is advanced piously to its delivery into the hands of the Government agent I believe generally the whole of three rupees is advanced previous to its delivery to the Government agent; but I refer you to the regale. dons. For what purposes were you sent as opium agent into Malwa ? Previous to my being sent there, the agent who was employed by the Bombay Government had purchased the opium at uncommon high rates; it was supposed that by a different kind of management the opium might be purchased at lower rates, sad generally rendered mere advantageous to the Government. In consequence of any recommendation on your part, were any treaties entered into with any of the Princes of hlalwa?—Yes, there were. The object of those treaties was to make the native States participate in the advantages which were derived from the opium monopoly; but I cannot speak further, and state all the circum stances of those treaties, but generally they gave them some ad vantages. Did they contain arty stipulation on the part of the native prince for diminishing the cultivation of opium in his dominions ?—They did ; on every thousand Surat maunds of forty pounds less produce they were to receive a sum of twenty thousand rupees as a bonus. What further advantage was the prince to receive ?—lf my memory serves me right, he was also to receive the profits on five chests in every one hundred maunds. Did be further stipulate to furnish any quantity of opium at a certain price to the company ?—He did. Was that price much below the price at which it had been ob tained by the Bombay agents P—Considerably. Can you state the difference P—The Bombay agent had paid from sixty-five to one bundled and odd rupees for a pommy, which is five sins; a punsury contains ten pounds English 'Men. What did you pay under the treaty P—Thirty rupees. What was the value of the baler rupee current in Melva P—From seven to eight pee cost. inferior to the sic= ru at the Mint. Is the der of Malwa the same as the der of Bop! P—The der at which I bought opium was the same with that at Patna; I believe the der current in the Bazaar is different. Paying therefore three rupees a sier for opium in Baba, and, under the treaty, thirty rupees for five ants at /dales, you paid twice as much in Melva as you did in Behar ?—Exactly. You are aware that since you le ft Malwa there has been repro. seated to the Government to be so much discontent on the part of the Ityots in Malwa, and so much disinclination on the part of the Prince to the continuance of those treaties, that it has been recently determined by the Government to give them up ?—lhays heard that. Are you aware that it was represented that, in point of fact, the cultivation was not very much diminished ; that the disaffection of the people was very great; that a contraband trade was carried on to a very great extent through those countries with which we have not formed treaties; and that opium was carried in such quantities through the territories, particularly the Oudepoor, to the Indus, and thence to the ports of Din and Danaun, as practically to interfere to a very great extent with the beneficial consequences which were expected from those treaties ? I have heard that ; but I cannot say any thing further. I can only reply to what occurred when I was in Malwa. Will you state with what Native Princes the treaties have been concluded ?--Holkar was one ; Boonde; Kota ; Oudepoor; and all the petty Chieftains in Malwa. The was, however, no treaty with Sandia. And without having a treaty with Scindia, from the particular position of his territories, it wee found to be Impossible to confine the opium to Mahn, to prevent the exportations—lt was difficult, but not impossible. Those treaties being now abandoned, no restriction being any longer placed on the extent to which the poppy may be cultivated in those districts, and the transport of opium being perfectly free through ail the dominions not positively subject to the British Power, what effect do you apprehend that will have upon the be nefit to the Government of India from their monopoly of opium in Bengal apprehend it will almost entirely endanger it ; that the mouopoly can barely exist under it. You think that the quality of the Mahn opium, and the price at which it can be furnished to the Canton market, is each as to make it almost impossible for the other Governments of India to realise any considerable profit upon their opium from Behar and Benares P—They will still derive a considerable profit, but not any thing equal to what they did upon the monopoly. Are you aware whether the quality of Malwa opium had im proved very much previous to the formation of the treaties?-1 was deputed in consequence of the Malwa opium being very much infe rior and very much adulterated. One of the objects of my mission was to endeavour to have it brought in a purer state loth. market I succeeded ; and to that I attribute the Mehra opium being now considered so much superior to the Patna. The treaties being given up with those native Princes, do you think it will be possible for the British Government to throw any material impediment in the way of the transport of the Malwa opium to the coast ?—lmpediment they may throw ; but no restrictions will be so effectual as those which the treaties gave us. Will the impriiments which they can still throw in the way of the carriage of Maiws opium to the coast be such as to give them, as purchasers in the Malwa market, a material advantage over their competitors ?--Certainly, some advantage. By what route will it now be possible to carry Malwa opium to ' the sea, avoiding the territories of the Company and their tributary States P—Speaking from memory, I feel it di rt to give an an swer; but 1 fancy through the Oudepoor States. Is any opium grown by the East India Company P—None. Is say body at liberty to grow it that pleases P—Certainly not. Under what repletion is any one at liberty to grow th e poppy ? —There is a regulation ef Government upon the subject, to which I would wish to refer your Lordships, not bearing it distinctly in mind. It is by licence. Do you believe then is any illegal sale of opium going on in Be har or Benares?—There may be a little smuggling ; to a trifling Vitt are the penalties attached to such illegal sale ?—.The seizure of the article, and • tine, I hakes; but I would rather refer your Lordships to the regulations ; I de not bear them in mind. Do you conceive it to be impossible for the Ryots to cultivate the poppy, unless the Company begin by making th em an advance equi- Tat to the price they afterwards give P—l must decline answering these questions on oath. Every thing is stated in the regulations so fully, I would rather refer to them. Would it be. in your opinion, impossible for a Ryot to cultivate the poppy, without borrowing the money in the first instance from the Company apprehend they are too poor to do that. It lea cultivation which requires a considerable expense both in 'II34DOIC and irrigation, does it not ?-1 es, agest deal more in the cultivation, and it can only be in the finest Is there an, restriction existing which would prevent a person peaseadng a little capital carrying on the cultivation of the poppy, and mainthi it to the Ryon' ?—it can only be cultivated by the Ity o e s = si Zmindar would ever think of doing it. Do yon moan that he has no power of doing it by the regulations of the oserely P—lie is by no mauls r-wm, provided he chooses to eater him so 'applaud to deliver the produce to the company at tits esipsiand Pelee. So that the practical result is, that no person of capitol 'usages in the cultivation of that article ?—.Certainly none, that I know of. PERU. PRICE 7D. (Front the Likietrey Omiehte) • " I have disregarded various publications in which facts within my own knowledge have been grossly asisequesented ; but I ma called upon to sodas some of the crewman stalements proceed. lag nom Pm who claims to be coosidend as Lord Byron's conE. denial and authorised Mend. Demeniceistaile might not to be in ended on the public attendee: if, bowing, they aro so intruded, the persons affected by them hare a right to refute Wisdom charges. Kr. Moore has promulgated his own impunities* of private cents In whisk I was most nearly concemed, as if be possessed a coorre • hat knowledge of the subject. Raving survived Lord Byron, I fed Increased reluctance to advert to any demometessos connected with the period of my marriage ; nor is it now.iny ideation to disclose them, further than May be indispensably requisite for the end I have in view. Self-vindkation Is notthe motive which actuates me to sake this appeal, and the spirit of acaustita is unmingled with it; but when the conduct of my paean Is brought forward in a disgraceful light, by the pumps selected from Lad Byelm'i let ters, and by the remarks of his biographer, I feel bound to juitify their characters from imputations which I know to be false. The passages from lard Hymn's letters to which I mkt, arc the opa -1 hien. on my mother's character, p. 648, 1, 4 My child is very well, and flourishing, I hear; but I must see also.-eI feel no die. • position to resign it to the contagion of its grand-mother's society.° The asseetieo of her diametral& conduct in employing a spy, p. e 45,1, 7, ect A Mu. C. (new a kind of housekeeper and spy of Lady N.'s), who, in her better days, was a washawoman, is supposed to be—by the learned—very such the occult cause of our domestic discrepancies.' The seeming exculpation of myself, in the extract, p. 648, with the words immediately following it, her nearest relatives are a where the blank clearly hn. plies something too offensive for publication. These pee sages tend to throw suspicion on my parents, and give res. son to ascribe the separation either to their direct agency, or to that of 'officious spies' employed by them.° From the following part of t h e narrative, p. 642. it must also be infared that an undue l influence was exercised by them for the accomplishment of this pur pose. It was in a few weeks after the latter communication be. tween us (Lord Byron and Mr. Moore), that Lady Byron adopted the determination of parting from him. She had left London at the latter end of January, on a visit to her father's house, in Leices. tershire, and Lord Byron was in a short time to follow her. They had pa rted in the utmost kindness,..-she wrote him a letter full ut playfulness and affection on the road ; and immediately on her seer. val at Kirkby Mallory, her father wrote to acquaint Lord Byron that she would return to him no more.' In my observations upon this statement, I shall, as far as possible, avoid touching on any matters relating personally to Lord B. and myself. The facts are s—l left London for Kirby Mallory, the residence of my father and mother, on the 15th of Jan. 1816. Lord Byron had signified to me in writing (January 6th) his absolute desire that I should leave London on the earliest day that I could conveniently tie. It was not safe for me to undertake the fatigue of a journey sooner than the 15th. Previously to my departure It had been strongly itn. pressed on my mind that Lord B. was under the influence of insani ty: This opinion was derived, in a great measure, from the com munications made to me by his nearest relatives and personal 'atten dant, who had more opportunities than myself of observing him cur. In, ibe latter part of my stay in town. It was even represented to me that be was in danger of destroying himself. Wig the corteur renos of kis lousily, - I had consulted Dr. Baillie as a friend (Jan. Bth) respecting this supposed malady. On acquainting him with the state of the case, and with Lord Byron's desire that I should leave Loudon, Dr. Baillie thought that my absence might be ad. visable as an experiment, astuntroy the fact of mental derangement; for Dr. Baillie, not having had access to Lord Byron, could nut pronounce a positive opinion upon that point. Ile enjoined that in with Lad Byron, I should avoid all but light and sttrs. Under these impressions I left London, deter mined to follow the advice given by Dr. Baillie. Whatever might have been the nature of Lord Byron's conduct towards me from the time of my marriage, yet, supposing him to be in a state ut' mental alienation, it was not foe nee nor fur any person of common humanity, to manifest, at that moment, a sense of injury. On the day of my departure, and again on my ar. rival at Kirkby, Jemmy 16th, I wrote to Lord Byron in a kind and cheerful tone, according to those medical direc tions. The last letter was circulated, and employed as a pre text for the charge of my having been subsequently influenced to desen't my husband. It has been argued that I patted from Lord Byron in perfect hammy ; that feelings incompatible with any deep sense of injury had dinamd the letter which I ad. dressed to him; and that my sentiments must have been changed by persuasion and Interference, when I was under the roof of my tee. These assertions and inferences are wholly destitute of When I arrived at Kirkby Mallory my parents were unacquainted with the existence of any causes likely to destroy my prospects of happiness; and whom I communicated to them the opinion which had been fanned concerning Lord Byron's state of mind, they were most anxious to promote his restoration by every means in their power. They assured those relations who were wnh him in London, that ' they would devote their whole care and atten tion to the alleviation of his malady,' and hoped to make the beet arrangements for his comfort, if be could be induced to visit them. With these intentions my mother wrote on the 17th to Lord Byron, inviting him to Kirkby Mallory. She had always treated him with an a ffec tionate consideration and ioduAena, which extended to every little peculiarity of his feelings. Never did an inhaling word mope her lips in her whole intercourse with him. The accounts given me after I left Lord Byron by the [persons in constant intercourse with him, added to those doubts which had before transiently oc. =reed to my mind, as to the reality of the alleged disease ; and the reports of his medical attendant were far from establish. In the existence of any thing like lunacy. Under this uncer tainty, I deemed it right to communicate to my parents, that if I were to consider Lord Byron's past conduct as that of a person it eased mind, nothing could induce me to return to him. It therefore appeared expedient both to them and myself to consult the ablest advisees. loot that object, and also to obtain still further informs. Roo respecting the appearances which seemed to indicate mental de. rangement, my mother determined to go to London. She was em. powered by me to take legal opinions or. a mitten statement 'intim, though I had then reasons for reserving mother. azn s ci . f the ease from the knowledge even of my father and convinced by the re. suit of these inquiries, and by the tenor of Lord 's proceedings, that the notion of insanity was an illusion, I no longekesitatedtoanthoriee such measures as were necestaty,intrder to secure me from being ever again placed in his power. Conformably withthisresolution, my father wrote to him on the 2nd of February, to propose an amicable sepa ration. lard Byron at first rejected this proposal ; but when it was distinctly notified to him, that if he persisted in his refusal, recourse must be had to legal measures, be agreed to sign a deed of separation. Upon applying to Dr. Lushington, who was intl. mutely acquainted with all the citeumstancee, to state in writing what he recollected upon this subject, I received from him the M. lowing letter, by which It will be manifest that my mother canto* have been actuated by any hostile or ungenerous motives towards Lord Byron. "My dear Lady Byron,---1 can reply upon the accuracy of ms memory for the following statement. 1 was originally consulted by Lady Noel on your behalf, whilst you wets in the country ; the dr. cumstances detailed by her were such as justified a separation, but they were not of that aggravated description as to render such a measure indispensable. On Lady Noel's representation, I deemed a reconciliation with Lord Byron practi and felt most sin. catty a wish to aid in e ff ecting R. The n was not on Lady Noel's part any exaggeration of the facts; nor, so fay as I could perceive, any determination to prevent a return to Lord By ron; certainly none was expressed when I spoke of a re. conciliation. When yon came to town in about a fortnight, or pettier, mote, after my first interview with Lady Noel, I was for the first time informed by you of facts utterly unknown, as I have no doubt, to Sir Ralph and Lady Noel. Os receiving this additional information, my opinion was entirely changed s 1 contd. deed a reconciliation impossible. I declared my opinion, and added, that if such an idea should be entertained, I could not, either professionally or otherwise, take any part towards effecting it.—Be. Have me, very faithfully yours, "STEPII. Lt7SIIIIIOTON. " Great Oecorge.stree• ' Jan. 31, 1830." " I have only to obse rve, that if the statements on which my legal advisers (the late Sir Samuel Homily and Dr. Lushington) formed their opinions were false, the mponeibilitl aid the odium should MK with me only. I trust that the facts which I have here briefly recapitulated will absolve my father and mother frees all accusations with regard to the pan they took Jo the esparotian be tween lard Byron and myself. They neither originated, instigated. nor advised. that separation; bed cannot be coodemned for having alluded to their daughter the rod ig =fdoll which slit claimed. There is no ease sear Wedge to v their uses may from insult. lam therefore compelled to break the silence which I had hoped always se elmerse, sad se solidi from the read. era of Lord Byesn's life an Wilms& esmilimetlem of the testimony extorted from me. " e 1 I. Noss Rvao:4." o' Mame/ IRD. Feb. IS. 1830." • " The 'Melees spire ef hie privacy," p. " The deserted husbes4," p.