Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-06-23
LADY BYRON's LETTER.-The let

aNldty by every one. 1he immediate cause oi
her separation from her noble and gifted husband,
has been so carefully yelled in mystery; so many
dark surmises have been INDUCED respecting ii; so
many tales Of scandal circulated; that every thing
touching the unhappy incident, is seized upon with
deyouring interest. Even now the lady has not
disclosed the mystery; but having high and chi
varous feeling Of honor, she has stepped forth in
yindcation of the memory Of her parents and rais-
ed the curtain, only so far as was demanded for
that purpose-she delcately dropped ii again when
necessary to hide her private gries from the public
gnze. We think however, that the cause of her
separation may now be OWNED. 1t was harsh,
cruel and unmanly treatment. The deicacy of the
letter other adyshp is equalled only by its dignity
and proprcty.-.N y. Spec.
From the Lonion Literary Gazette.
LADY ByRoN's LETTER TO MIR. MOORE.
Remarks occasioned by Ifr. Moore's No
ices Of Lord Bpon's Life.
There is no portion of the life Of Lord
| Byron which has more excited public GU
riosity and discussion than the painful
event of his separation from his lady, fol-
lowed as it was by the REIMBURSEMENT of
his native country. Without intruding
on the privacics of life, it is therefore
with some degree of satisfaction that we
! find ourselves in n situation to lay some
explanation to this matter before our
readers, by rcprinting the following let
ter, which Lady Byron has addressed to
Mr. Moore, as n commentary upon ccr-
tain passages in the first volume of his
Memoirs, recently published. 1t is a
moderate but meaning document, and
must give rise to much cogitation:
TIE LETTER.
az have disrcgardcd various publica-
tons in which facts within my own know
ledge have been gross y misreprcsented;
but am called upon to notice some OF
| the erroneous statements proceeding
from one who claims to be considered "a
Lord Byron's confidential and authorized
! friend Domestic details ought not to bt
intruded OH the public attention; if how
ever, they are so intruded, the persons
affected by them have right to rcfut'
injurious charges. Mr.. Moore has pro
mul gated his own impressions Of private
events in which | was most nearly con
cerncd, as if he possessed a compcten
knowledge of the subject. Having sur
vivcd Lord Byron, feel increased re-
luctance to advert to any circumstance!
connected with the period of my mar
riage; nor is it now my intention to dis
close them, further than may be indispen.
sibly requisite for the end have in view
Scli-vindic is not the motive which
actuatcs me to make this appeal, and the
spirit of accusation is unminglcd with it
but when the conduct of my parents i,
brought forward in disgraccful light
by the passages selected.from Lord BY.
ron's letters, and by the remarks of his
biographcr, feel bound to Justify thei
characters from imputations which
know to be false.
/ The passages from Lord Byron's let
tcrs, to which | refer, are the dispersion
of my mothers character, p. 6l8, ]. 4
"my child is very well, and flourshing
hear; but must sec also. feel no dis
position to resign it to the cOniooion OF IT.
grandmother's society,"" The assertion
other dshonorable conduct in employing
Il spy, p. G45, /. I. &c. "a Mrs. C.
| (now kind of housekecpcr and spy o.
Lady vs. who in her better days, was
a washcrwoman, is supposed to be, by
the learned, very much the occult cause
of our domestic discrepancies The
seeming cxculpation ofmysclf, in the cx.
tract, p. 646, with the words Immediately
following it,-HIer nearest relatives ar,
a-;' where the blank clearly i'm
| plies something too offensive for publica
ton. These passages tend to throw sus
piciOn on my parents, and give reason {,
ascribe the separation either to their di
rect agency, or to that of f'oflicious spies
employed by thcm.* From the follow
ing part of the narrative, p. 6 70, it mus
also be inferred that an undue inhuenc,
was exercised by them for the accom-
plishmcnt of this purpose. 'lt was in
few weeks after the latter communicative
between us Lord Byron and Mr.. Moore,
that Lady Byron adopted the determine
ton of parting from him. She had lcf
London at the latter end ofJanuary, on 6
visit to her fathers house in Leicester.
shire, and Lord Byron was in short time
TO follow her. They had parted in the ut
most kindness; she wrote him letter full
ofplayfulncss and affection, on the road (;
and Immediately on her arrival at kirkby
| Mallory, her father wrote to acquaint
Lord Byron, that sho would return to
him no more
In my observations upon this statement,
| shall as far as possible, avoid touching
on any matters relating personally to
Lord Byron and myself. The facts are !:
I left London for kirkby Mallory, the
residence of my father and mother, on