The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-01 00:00:00

THE LATE MADAME MALIBRAN.

The Committee meet againon Thursday, and it is expected
that they will give to the public a report on the circumstances
connected with Madame Malibran's illness and death.
Several applications have been made at the Mosley Arms,
by artists and others, to be allowed to take a sketch of the
features, or to make a cast from the head and face of the de-
ceased—but it is almost needless to say that not one of these
applications has been granted. The instructions of M. de Be
riot in this respect have, we understand, been complied with to
the letter. The body was placed in a leaden coffin on Sunday
night, and about ten o'clock the following morning the lid was
soldered down. The requisite preparations for the funeral are
being made by the undertakers, Messrs. Satterfield and Co.,
under the direction of the Sub-Committee.
We stated in a former number the strong reciprocal affec-
tion which De Beriot and his gifted wife manifested for each
other during their short stay at Manchester. To these facts
we may add, that even when unable to speak to him, Madame
Malibran frequently pressed his hands in hers, and turned
her head on on one side that she might look upon him ; and
we may further subjoin the testimony of the deceased's own
declaration upon the subject. In the course of a conversa-
tion with Mrs. Richardson, at an early stage of her illness,
she mentioned that she had known De Beriot nine years, and
had been seven of that time married to him, but that she had
not been able to make their marriage known till within the last
two years—what circumstances had prevented its due publicity
she did not say. She then added emphatically, "If he had
any faults, I should have found them out before now ; but
there never was such a man. I am certainly blessed with a
most affectionate husband; and that, I am afraid, few can say
in a similar situation to myself." We believe she had two
children during this marriage, one a girl, died in her infancy ;
and the other a boy, now about four years old, of whom she
spoke to Mrs. Richardson, is residing, we believe, with his
Paternal aunt, at an estate purchased by his father and mother
in the neighbourhood of Brussels. M. de Beriot wrote to his
sister after: his arrival at Manchester ; and we have heard, we
know not how truly, that it was his intention, without staying
more than a few months in London, to proceed immediately to
this estate to join her and his child.
We think it right, in justice to all parties, to state that from
the time of Dr. Bellomini's arrival, Drs. Hull and Bardiley,
and Me. Worthington, who had attended Malibran up to that
Period, (at the request of the Festival Committee), ceased
their visits.
Amongst other groundless rumours to which we have al-
!pad), adverted, one tat was very rife was that Madame Ma-
libran was in the habit of taking wine or spirits too freely,
and tnat it was to this cause, and not to any sudden faint-
ness from over exertion, that must be attributed what some
are pleased to call her "sham" illness. We have, we trust,
a proper feeling of gratification in being enabled to give,
on what we deer( good authority, the most unqualified con-
tradiction to this rumour, both as to the cause of the ill-
ness which has terminated so fatally, and as to the general
habit so roundly charged upon the unfortunate deceased.
So far from its being anything like. the truth, we arc
assured that since her arrival here shs never (with one
alight exception) tasted either spirits or wine ; and for
this reason, that, in her own opinion, either the one or the
other would have had an injurious effect upon her voice,
her regimen for which, as we have already noticed, was a few
4z!sters and a small quantity of bottled porter, sometimes
diluted with water. The report to which we have referred
had been so industriously circulated, that by some means it
rTeached the ears of Madame Malibran herself, and it is need-
less to to say gave her no inconsiderable pain. She mentioned
Miss Novello, exclaiming indignantly, " To think, Miss
vello, that they say I drink ! Oh, it is grievous I Wuat
will they say next of me ?" Miss Novelle endeavoured to
soothe her, saying, " Never mind, dear ; it is the envious
Spirit of inferior talent to depreciate those who excel." The
exception to which we have adverted occurred when, thirsty
from the fever, Madame Malibran asked Dr. Bardsley if she
?bight take a little champagne and water. The Doctor said
e might, and she took a small quantity, which she seemed
to
11i°Y, as being cool and refreshing. But so great was her
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Jection to spirits, that on one occasion, when a little was
,recommended to her mixed with water, she absolutely refused
to touch it. We understand that Sir George Smart, when
.toldt of this rumour, expressed himself in very strong terms.
" said he had known her intimately from her childhood, both
ta private life and in her public professional engagements, and
Q was satisfied that the assertion as to her habits was destitute
of the slightest foundation of truth.

-HERNE BAY.—On Monday next, Octobers, there
mill be a
grand Festival at the town of Herne Bay, on the
reasion of laying the foundation stone of a clock tower of the
'eight of about eighty feet, which Mrs. ThWaytes is about to
ere
et at her own expense. The inhabitants, in order to spew
their: sense of gratitude to this lady, intend celebrating the
which NY
boat raring, illuminations, fire works, &c., during
Inch kadame Rossini will make an ascent on an inclined rope
upwardse of sixty feet high, amidst a brilliant display of rockets,
i„ • At two o'clock, the charity children and parents, amount-
-I,g to nearly five hundred, will dine at the St. George As-
-1;41,1ilY Rooms, at the expense of Mrs. Thwaytcs. Recent
,"iinriable arrivals :—J. F. Lees, Esq., M. P. ; Ralph Et-
Egq., M.P. ; T. L. Hodges, Esq., M.P. ; W. Tooke ,
ALP. ; T. Bish, Esq., M. P. ; Lord G. Lennox, M. P. ;
Si
`:• Bolder°, Esq., M.P. ; C. S. Foster, Esq., M. P.;
Elley Bart.. M.P. • Sir H. Hardinge, Bart., M. P.
Y-r„" :11. P. : E. G. Barnard, Esq., M. P. ; G. F.
leeng, Esq., M.P. ; Sir A. Leith Hay, M. P. ; Earl Ca-
j,:mn ; Lord Charles Wellesley ; Lord and Lady Boston ;
gatiev Kensington ; Lady Flinn; Bishop of Oxford ; Sir
t Cooper and family ; Lady Byron ; Sir Robert Barlow;
raa"Tes Shaw, Bart. ; Mr. Sergeant Arabin ; Countess
Ceoreu4uP ; Dowager Marchioness Conyngham ; Hon.
ta. trel Leicester Stanhope and family ; Rev. Mr. Watkins,
Cann,' ? General Sir H. Wheatley ; Sir Henry Baring ;
ain Fead, R. A. ; Sir Robert Wilson, Bart. ; Hon.
Litt.;:i, Howard ; Admiral Maitland ; Louis Ayliny stylinp;
attale",-Louis the Seventeenth ; Sir Charles Ibbetson ; Ge-
e e'vatt • Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall ; Colonel
114.1. gto • C'olonel Sir J. Bryant ; Sir Henry Oxendon,
; L'ady Harriet Bacot ; Captain Locke, R. A. ; Mrs.
I,ayteg, &c.
,d°a°Lt r.A.ws.—The Bath Union have forwarded
tnent—ress to the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
, Aoar'texPressive of satisfaction with the working. of the_ new
the era'rtaw• They " anticipate the most beneficial results to
by
thlnterrnesTitsY
at large, and especially to the poor themselves."
created in this city and neighbourhood
Gardens, announcement of Itir, Graham's ascent from Sydney
A OO Monday next.—Bath Herald.
iiP"r man, named James Scrbutt, with a broken
anelng an old ens with canstrious foreign wife
fr,4ld three children,p hasioner this seasonan raised, by spade labour,
rented° hags of land or the third part of a quarter of 2n acre,
I.3ti, with upwards of 500 teliwts of the Lord Bishop a
tx,enaend Wells, the amazing quantity of 16 bushels of cleaned
alias thnt wheat, or at the rate of 56 bushels ppy acre, besides
.the birds
bluei"O: stole, mad what was wasted in the gall:ging of
soft, „-„Bath Herald.
'34oe regret to state that ilia 4c3tli of Mr. John
.4c -proprie i‘o nt
e injuries Le •
• or the Windsor a/4 h ' tor win, 04 rOnsecluence
'rant' ruckYad t• the °vertu. ning of
.hot.f
_ or ..urta e Le„,_ „g , the eiv,op,i.r,g 4 saturilay., the 7th instant,
triihe.tft:rnitai°ol,l,l°:f('dby that of bis
ed from grief
ain% of . Wednesday last, ia.; e ,Phrt:r- •
reee-
}Ara i then Old Chu
husband were consigned to i:.:..i.'grPtveliPtlletcburch-
urcia, Windsor.