The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-02 00:00:00

LORD BYRON.

The public have heard so little of the succes-
sor of the late Lord Byron, that the following
extracts from the journal of an American gentle-
man, who, with his lady, made a short trip in the
ship Blonde, in 1825, of which he was the Com-
mander, may be interesting :
" The library is in the after cabin, and is of a
character .you would more expect. to meet with
in a Clergyman's study, than in a Post Captain's
cabin, consisting princtpally of the British clas-
sical writers, with standard works on morals and
religion. History and theology are Lady
Byron's favourite study ; and strong and devoted
attachment to his wife, if no other cause, has led
him to cultivate a similar taste.
" Lord Byron and myself are usually alone
at the breakfast-table; and his conversation then
is less general as to subjects, and often more in-
teresting than at any other time. It was parti-
cularly so this morning, happening to turn on
the character, &c. of his, late distinguished prc
decessor in the barony of the Byron. He had
often before spoken of him as a writer, and, in
reference to his later publications, in terms of
unqualified reprehension ; but now his remarks
regarded him as a man, and a member of his
own family. They were of the same age, same
education, and on terms of the closest intimacy

till after the poet's marriage. But that event,
which has so long been- the subject of curiosity,
conversation, and surmise, in the fashionable and

literary world—the separation of the newly-mar-
ried couple—produced between the cousins, and
friends also, an irreconcileable alienation—the
Captain having taken part with the lady. Pre-
vious to this circumstance, the will of the late
Lord B. was very much ti the advantage of the
heir-apparent ; but at their last interview, when
the Poet was bidding farewell to England for
ever, he said to the Captain, You have had
reason to encourage, the expectation of a hand-
some remembrance hi my will—to save you fu-
ture disappointment, I tell you now, I will never
leave you a shilling.' And, as Lord B. says,
he was true to his word.'

" He often speaks of Lady Noel Byron (the
title by which the former Miss Milbank is now
distinguished), and always in terms of respect
and affection. I suspect she has been a greatly
injured woman.
" The conversation also embraces Newstead
Abbey. The sale of that estate, including the
old baronial Castle, was a great mortification to

the family. It fortunately fell into the hands of
a liberal-minded man, and very intimate friend
of the present Lord, who retains the whole, in
its original state, as carefully as if he himself
were a Byron.
" In his person, Lord B. is tall, rather square, I
and slender, with a slight inclination to stoop in
the shoulders, fine dark eyes and hair, with
strongly marked, but open and interesting, fea-
tures ; no particular resemblance to his cousin,.
except what is usually called a family likeness,
unless it be in the nose, which is of the same
style, but not so finely formed as that in the en-
gravings of the Poet. His eye is inquisitive anti
penetrating, and shows him to be a man .of de-
cisive and energetic character. In manners he is
plain, frank, and cordial, and in conversation
perfectly affable and familiar. No affectation of
dignity—no hauteur—nothing in look, or ex-
pression of countenance, indicative of a trait of
character which, ever since I saw the likeness of
the Poet, I have best understood by the term,
Byronic curve of the upper line.' "

Sheen is still confined in Clerkenwell prison,
for the want of the requireksureties to keep the
peace towards his Majesty's subjects, nor does
there appear the least likelihood of his being
released. When first he entered the prison, he
was allowed to parade the " reception" room,
where he wandered about in a wild man-
ner, until it was found necessary to remove him
to another part of the gaol ; and latterly he
has been confined in a more distant part, and is
allowed, during the day, to walk about what is
denominated the " cross room," which is appro-
priated to the use and exercise of those prisoners
who are doomed to solitary confinement. His
conduct, by all accounts, is marked with a levity
of the most hardened description ; and in con-
sequence of the abject means of himself and fa-
mily, he entirely exists upon the prison allow-
ance, and the humanity of some persons con-
nected with the prison, who have occasionally
given him some meat.