Star.
London, England, 1824-07-06 00:00:00

EXTRACT !ROM A LETTER.

Lord Byron died in consequence of refusing to be
bled when he had an inflammation is the chest. When
it WAS proposed to him to be bled, he answered that he
would not, for more people died, he believed, by the
limed than the lance. He was fond of ending what he
bad to say with something pointed or striking.
Never, perhaps, was man performing a more great and
useful part than Lord Byron in Greece. His talents,
but st ill m ore his rank and reputation throughout Europe,
among a vain people like the Greeks, added grafret4ljo:
due ffect of his pecuniary succours to thews* til'
against.tyranny, and of Christianity against the infidels.
....Who but must grieve, that he died when engaged
in a cause, the recollection of which would have shed
sunshine from Heaven upon the evening of his days?
He kept in his own pay a body of 800 Suliots. Soon
after his arrival in Greece, the Government entreated
him to inform them of any wish he had, by gradfying
which they might testify their deep sense of obligati.*
to him. He requested them to give up SO Tashi*
prisoners, chiefly women, children, and infirm mos
whom they held in prison; to his free disposal. lbq
did so. He sent seven; who were natives-of Porten.
the Pacba there, with a very polite letter, g his
hope that the ferocious sort of warfare w • prevailed
between the Greeks and Turks, as evinced in the treat.
meat of their prisoners, might be mitigated. The Turk
returned no answer;* but the Greek populace, when
they found the use made of their prisoners, and that he
only waited for conveyances to send the others to their
native places, mutinied, and endeavoured to take the
prisoners from him ; which was only prevented by a
skirmish, in which Lord Byron's Salim guards repulsed
the populace.
His private habits were singular, as is weU known;
bat they are represented to me as by no means so mo.
rose as the Public have been led to believe. When on
board the —, ring from Malta, he had the inner
cabin. the Captain the outer. He suffered nobody to
enter his cabin; but when in the humour to convene,
lie would sit in the •door.way of it, and talk with the
Captain in the most lively manner. The tone of Isis
conversation had the same freedom and brilliancy as
Doman: nevertheless, he was not only capable but
willing to enter into serious discussion. At Cefalonia,
just before he went last to Greece, them was a missionary
of considerable talents, a Mr. Kennedy, who considered
himself as completely one of the Church militant, and
engaged with every man be met, when opportunity of.
feted.—perhaps without always waiting for opporta.
niipp.an the hope of sowing the good seed. I
Lord Byron heard of him; and when he understood
that he was a man of parts, desired to be introduced to
a meeting of two or threianglish gentlemen, to whom
Kennedy had undertaken to prove, In two hours, to the
satisfaction of a reasonable understanding, the truth of
the whole Christian scheme. He appeared with his
books, acrd Lord Byron met bias. With the utmost po.
lioness, the latter did not ridicule, but discussed Mr.
Kennedy's principles, and astonished his auditors and
the divine by the =tent of his reading as the subject,
and the =tang and promptitude of his reasoning.
MG Ifioutedy•Asoireff thialts that be made considerable
with Lord Byron, and it is expected he will
is sonsething on• the subject.
q:hever
Lord Byron came in towards the middle
of the day, then was bin dinner hour; but otherwise,
nobody ever knew what it would be. He ate princi-
paUt cheese, of which he was very fond. His manners
were eatremely polite and fascinating. This last quality
was psisscipalir owing, perhaps, to the soft and silvery
tones digs vosee Towards seven or eight o'clock a
the womb& however, be was liable to a sort of
access of M homier, . whisk his servants dreaded, and
of which he hitatelf owaeda•censciousness; but he did
not know how to resist it: At such times he used tore.
treat into his own. vestment. and woe supposed to
write, and nobody dared to disturb him. He reappeared
in the ' . These are a few anecdotes which I
had from Mr. ' , bispecter of Health at Cefalooia,
where he resided for some time. Mr. Moir was intl.
elate with him. The story relative to the Turkish pd.i
toners was told me by W. Martino a young natty
officer, son of Admiral Martin, %TAW told me by bad is,
front Lord Byron himself. . I •selliden
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