The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1824-07-06

The John Boil remarks, that the annuncia-
too Of this deatl, " will, Of course, excite
GRIFFIN proportions varying with the feelings
aud principles Of those 10 whom il is made
THAT Lord Byron should have died 50 ear
IL must be a source Of regret 10 aIi--even 70
those who least valued bis talents aud most
detested MS lmmoralities Ii be had dind
some years since, d - true his fame and rep
utaton would nave beer clearer and more
pure-had he ived some years longer. he
might have redeemed them. lie has, h0weY-
er quiftel the world AT the most unfortunate
period o. his career, aud in the most unsatis-
factory mauner--iB voluntary exile, when his
mind. deoased by evil associations, and the
malignant breeding over imaginary ills. has
been devoted 20 the construction Of elaborate
lampoons alike unworthy y. his genius and Of
his accomp!i shments and yet such Is the n
ture OF worldly taste, that we believe, p
Moore viii stand recorded for many wears AZ
ter his death. merely a. the author Of The
Two Penny Post Bag ard Fudge Family, By
ron will bei0nger remembered By hls Dor
Juan, than any Of those sublime and beauti
ful works which delighted and sstonished the
fashionable world some few years since"
HIS Lordship was born ia 1888, and MARI
ed in 1915. The same romantic spirit which
led hun 20 indite his Cbilde Harold, carried
him into the army of the Greeks. The 10
huencc Of his name may have been Of some
service 10 their cause, but the qualifications
OF a statesman or a soldier, differ so widely
from those Of poet, that perhaps the Greeks
have lost less BY bis death than they imagine
The death Of another leading character a
fn0ng the Greeks, that Of ColocotronI, j. men
toned, but the obituary notice j. very differ
ent from that Of the English nobieman. i
il said that for th G last wears be kept up the
flames OF discord among his counirymen, and
has at last fallen By their hands, but whether
in conflict or after trial Is not mentioned
This INTEL genoe comes from ConsIantinlpie
via Odessa, and is of the date Of April l1th
Preysous letters state that the fleet was on ths
point Of nsaiAng with troops from that place a
gainst Greece, bat that it was n a very bad
condition, and the soldiers much dissatishea
with theservic-. Tie question Of the evacn
alton Of N ldayia and Waliachia, Is indch-
nitely adjourned.
The Ex-Empress OF france. Maria Louisa
Is making tour in Italy, uader the travel
ling title Of DucAess Of Coiorno. BN tn
last adylces from Genoa, she was daily expec
ted al that city. whence, after visiting some
OF tie delie htiul villas ID the neighbourhoot
she YEAS 10 proceed to Leghorn, and after
wards to Naples
LONDON, MAY 10.
The memoirs OF Lord Byron written rs
himseG. are lost to the wo- foreycr.-Thls
postlumous record &c the deceased nobleman
had been deposited. as our readers may have
informed themselves. in The keeping q "a
Thomas Moore. and designed a. legacy fer
his benefit. This gentleman. with the con
sent and at the desire Of Lord Byron, had long
apo sold o. pledged the manusCriptto Mr.. Muir
ray. ior the large sum Of 2000l Since the
death Of ord Byron II occurred to the sensi-
tive aud honorable mind Of Mr.. Moore, that Ia
possibility, although the noble author himself
bad given fuls authority for disclosure q The
document. sor1e OF his family might Dc woun-
ded or shocked hy il. iie therefore appointed
a time for meeting near connexion q the
noble IsOrd.l not Lady Byronl and after d.
hberatc and joint perusai d the work, finding
that this lady appFehended from II much pain
to the minds Of many persons still living,
though DO sort Of inpntatIon on her brother :
memory. Mr.. Moore. with a spirit and gene
rusity which the better part of mankind viii
be 1t no 4ossto appreciate. pl aced The manu-
scripg ID the lzdy's hands. and permitted her
"a burn " ia his presence This sacrifice Of
self interest 10 LOFTY feeling was made TIE dsy
before vaste r.ias and the next morning the
2O00l. was repaid II Mr.. Murray BY Llru
B.toa's sen destined legatee. The last words
d thai rnbseman, before the drtirTum which
sei1ai BIS powerful "a oil within three days q
BIZ ae4th, wore ! wish x 70 he known that
nv LAT thonrh's were given 70 my N5fe, ing
.Aaidt and nv si4isr.N--Iimes.
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