Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-04-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the London Literary Gazette, March %
LADY BYRON'S LETTER TO
MIR. MOORE.

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MIR. MOORE.
There is no portion Of the life of Lore
Byron which has more excited public Gu
riosity and discussion than the painful e.
vent Of his separation from his lady, fol
lowed as it was by the reinquishment O
mis- native country. Without intrudinp
on the prvacles of life, il is therefore with
some degree of satisfaction that we find
ourselves in situation to lay some ex
planatlon of this matter before our rea-
ders, by re-priating the following letter
which Lady Byron has addressed to Mr..
| Moore, as commentary upon certain
passages in the first volume of his Me-
moirs, recently published. 1t is mode
rate but meaning document, and must
give rise to much cogitation.
81 have disregarded various publica-
tons in which facts within my own know
| ledge have been grossly misrepresented
but am called upon to notice some of the
erroneous statements proceeding from one
| who claims to be considered as Lord By
ron's confidential and authorised friend.
Domestic details ought not to be inlruded
on the public attention; if however, they
are so lntruded, the persons affected by
them have right to refute injurious char
ges. MIR. Moore has promulgated his own
Impression of private events in which |
was most nearly concerned, as if he pos
sessed competent knowledge Of the sub
Ject. Having survived Lord Byron, feel
! increased reluctance to advert to any Cir
cumstances connected with the period Of
| my marriage nor Is it now my intention
to disclose them, further than may be in
| dispensably requisite for the end 1 have in
view-Self yindication is not the motive
which actuates me to make this appeal.
and the spirit of accusation is unmingled
with it; but when the conduct of nv pa
rents is brought forward in disgraceful
light, by the passages selected from Lord
Byron's Letters, and by the remarks of
his biographer, feel bound to Justify
their characters from imputations which
kaow TO be false. The passages from
Lord Bvron's Letters, to which I refer,
are the dispersion on my mothers charac-
ter, p. GAS, !. A." My child is very
well, and fiourishng, hear but must
see also. feel no disposition to resign it
to the contagion of its grandmother's socii-
ety." The assertion of her dishonoIable
conduct in employing spy, p. 645, 1. Z,
| DC. GA Mrs. G.. now kind OF house
keeper and spy of Lady N's] who in her
better days, was washer-woman, is sup
posed TO be-by the learned-very much
the occult cause of our domestic discre-
pancies." The seeming exculpation of
myself, in the extract, p. 646, with the
words Immediately following it." her
nearest relatives are -" where
| the blank clearly implies something too
offensive for publication. These passages
tend to throw suspicion on my parents,
and give reason to ascribe the separation
either to their direct agency, or that oil
offcious spies" employed by them. y
From the following part Of the narrative
p. 642, 1t must also be inferred that an
undue influence was exercised by them for
the accomplishments of this purpose. ct
was in few weeks after the latter com
munication between us Lord Byron an,
Mr. Moore,l that Lady Byron adopted the
determination Of parting from him. She
had left London at the latter end of Jan.
4 uary, on visit to her fathers house, in
Leicestershire, and Lord Byron was in a
short time to follow her. They had part.
ed in the Utmost kindness-she wrote hin
letter full Of playfulness and affection
on the road; and Immediately on her ar.
rival at Kirby Mallory, her father wrote tc
acquaint Lord Byron that she would re-
turn to him no more" In my observa
lions upon this Statement; shall, as far a.
possible, avoid touching on any matter,
relating personally to Lord Byron and my
self The facts are: left London fo
Kirby Mallory, the residence OF my fathe
and mother, on the 18th Of January, 1916
Lord Byron had signifed to me in writing
Jan. 9th his absolute desire that SHOULD
leave London on the earliest day that
could conveniently fix. 1t was not SAT-
for me to undertake the fatigue Of jour
ney sooner than the 18th Previously t,
my departure, il had been strongly i'm
pressed on my mind, that Lord Byron wa
under the influence of insanity. This o
piuion was derived in a great measure
from the communications made to me b.
his nearest relatives and personal attend
ant, who had more opportunities than my
self Of observing him during the latte
part Of my stay in town. 1t was eveI
represented to me that he was in DANCE
Of destroying himself With the concur
rencc Of his family had consulted Dr.
Baltic as friend Jan Slh respecting