The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-01-11 00:00:00

MB& STOWE'S D EFENCE.

Mrs &owes '!Lady Byres Vindicated," was pair
iished on Wednesday. It it ilimppointlng, in so far sti It contain
no documentary evidence sod few new statement, of fact. The
itothor omens. herself very notch to argument, rather foredo
ttated, and 414ka her boat to 4utaln ae ay the radon. objec-
tions that have been mule to the credibility of her story-. In
elect, what Mire. Stowe:ways Is the.: that Lady Byron'. chugs
of Wawa( &gallant her hu.hand ea. made on the authority a hi.
own coulatioo. She avers also that when Lady Byron noade
thi* datentent to her the was of mond mind, and therefore
maintainu that, a. Lad) Byron win totally incapable of iment-
imf such • dem it most be received as true. Br,. Stowe@
Mates all that the east remember f the tem famous eons enn-
non shich patted between herself and Lady By nei in the year
1658. deviating that the pirtieular &relegation which ha• been
no hi,l„l,hated and 141 stiffly denied one made in terms that
rare pt a uninittskable. It memu that the Koehn word,
by her I-violate warn theme : Wm. Stowe, he was guilty of
incest with hi. deter;" and here, addt the recipient of
ronlidenams, ••
Lady Byron beenne sc• deathly pale that I feared
the einkl faint, alai Interned to my, ' 'ear friend, I have
Mari that before.' She mked quickly, 'From e Neu &nil I
answered, ' From Mm. whets the replied, •oh yes a. if
• log hererlf„ She mid that (nen the outset id their
married lite hi, conduct tmt ants her had been iiimcouni
lie .uern,ul meal. cd to 'bake and emulmat het religiops prot•iph.
and bar .lee• of the fund) state, and told her that, as he emild
not be exported to i online himself to her, neither .11011111 he
comet or with that she thould eevene himself 1,, him She
could have her lover., and must allow hint the mune lnedom.
She Paid the did not comprehend to what thi., a. tenting till
after they Went hi London, and his Mater mine to eta) • ith
them. At What rrwilte Blue the Idea of an Inspriqwer e 011114,.
non between her husband and hi. fluter tat firm gonad upon
her the did not ; but •he told ine hot it am done. She
mid that 40111, night, lii her pretence, he treated his Miter with
a liherty which both shock.' &WI anto4lol liar. Seeing her
&Male. alit And alarin, he tan* op tc her 11111 ',Lill in a en rim:
tune, 'I suppme you premise you are it canted here. Go to
your oen I‘l.lll &MI lease U. alonc. We amine muse', ei
better without you. She said, I and to no room trembling.
I fell dos ii on my kited end pro iii to ifemeely Father
to base mercy cmi eh,qii. I thoogot. ohat .11311 1 doe She did
not tell rue what followed ' mantel, epee this, nor hoe mon
after she spoke on the subject with either of the parties. Itynin
boldly •vored the uusuiection ao haiing eaten, in time lea,
and an ilie that at. to ...dative in time to Culla% and implied
that she mu.t tubmit to it. It sat no sin: the world we. first
peopled in that 'ray. afterwarMi he took another turn, and
meld that the horror and oiler were the very Maras:nun. His
had worn out all ordinary fore a of tin, anti longed for the
stimultoils new kind of vice. She spoke of the danger
detection, and then he be sums loran% swearing that dui at
mi) rate shooli lir,l r be the itienala 'f Ilia detection. She should
have him that he can ree'lied upon ; but she thould &ratty.
bear nil th.• 141111 w 44 the mpuration. In the stewing tune
wh,,h emi-otioien with Mut, be mid, 'The world will hole,,
sod '.lll in.> behest. ).iii.. The world ha. made up in
▪ "I
that BY ia glorion. la.': &WI the world till go for By,
right iir Ilesele., I iiiiall make it my life's object to
Ii edit 1.., I .hall tue ill my movers. Bead "Caleb
aill .e.: that I shall du by you Just an
Falkland Jsi to Caleb; Lady Byron said she at Brat believed
he, mistime' 44 be iloane, and pitied and e neUatvi him. Ws.
seat, and wholly under his contra She afterwards
repented, and became a truly good WOWULU. and Lad) 13)1.0U
termed i.i take remfort from therreolleetion her shihh.qqaiit
ittereouras • ith her. Lady Byron mid, in reply to • question,
that., innd leuh,,, and ,i,,,ue,ts In proof of her store ; but
Ifni. Stowe did not Nee thorn. The tuenionindum to which id,
alluded ha the article tauldished in " Mamaillan's Mierasine-
win returned by her to Lady Byron- It contained only an
outline of the leen, and was 'aithout dates. Mr.. Stowe aute
pictures that lint. Leigh 'crannied Lady Byron at flret that
lire brother had only mole ovum atumipte which she emitted,
and that wile alone could...dor"! his int-telly. It eat iii this
belief that the letters pulillahed in the quer eely 12.-eiew war.
written. Fuller revelatieo. eery, him°, et% ande hoer. lira.
Stows Ins no lined of thei theory, but shots* that Mee. Ltlgh
did repreme.t Byron to It. itemise. Lady Byron tc.id
Stowe that there wan a daughter, who gave her friend, pinch
triable. Front other wieree. Mr.. Stowe learned that the
daughter moped from liar friends to the Cnillinenu, soil that
Lady i 'Too emitted the adorn that Ward Ma& all mem,. her,
An English coiTaspoudent, ii 143/111s, hapt written tables. Mame
averring that the crime watfind c.immittol, and the child lain>,
shortly before Ilyron married. The chikl, a dauehter. mum
not be confounded with the natural daughter of Lord Byron,
horn sheet • year after hi. mpanition. The hiat,,r) more or
he. of that child of imam take.% n to many; fur in Lad,. lly-nin't
attempt t.intoii over &ad rescue lier from ruin the was coin.
pellet tonainfoy seriout ageida at different ['tam An alltnion
perfidy to thin child In made in • letter to 'floors February ?,
lele. lire Stowe pronouncei the letter eg Forbs. wi,l„,„
fatal to the theory of hallucination, an... write., am 104.41,b of
Lad) Ilynnes drama& of mind and high regard for truth. She
&bin etllJoilti her derY by pneages in tlie poem. and diary and
b. what i. known of 14 roil s cooduct at thh tie., of the
thin ; hut .he mkt. nothing to *hat hat beell maid y 4.1-1
thme points in the Sat. rday Iterorw and Teespie 1;0r. She
treat. the 13.11trOaelly 11.1. 41110,4,14.11 of seracity between Lord
ron and his silo ;and fill. newly half the land, with *review
of the itet't efforts to make good his threat of treating her as
Falkland treated Caleb Williams -a threat which hes leen at
the bottoril ot nll the annallllll mt.,s her rharauter from lan; to
the Pea Mad Gazette tiid Bfeekreond's Magazine in lat.O. she
daiares that her ilitelosuni in Metemillen • iegaziae and the
A MI 18' IC Mood:4 was iinimpted by a aeon of duty to • slandered
memory, and was acad.:alter it had lawn...44SW to her that the
trades. of Lady By rose had determine.' that uo memoir alional
he e novel, satin: paper, in their hand. could INA publithed
in hi I. li. Ainerara the public indignation at Mrs. Stowe'.
antidoet in this matter Leen intensified hy the
I... Libation id this to-called defenc.r.—relf lieU Uezeltc.