Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-08-22
wrote before quitting Italy, we make no apology
for the length Of the following extract

'uENOhs lOtu JuIJs 1890
AS to the Essay, &C., have nothing to OBJ.
ject to it. with regard to what concerns myself
personally; though naturally there are some Of
which the author has been led by the accounts Of
but the same author has cruelty carmnated nv
father and my grand uncle, but more especially
the former. So far from being brutal, he was,
according to the testimony of all who knew him,
of an extremely amiabIe and joyous character,
but careless and dissipated. He had consequent
y the reputation Of good officer, and showed
himself such in America.
The facts themselves refute the assertion. 1t
is not by brutality, that young officer of the
Guards seduces and Carries off mafchioness, and
marries two heresses. 1t is true that he was q
very handsome man, which goes good way
His first wife LADY Conyers, and Marc honess
Of Carmarthan,) did not die Of grief, but Of a
maIady which she caught by having imprudently
insisted On accompanying my father to hunt,
before she was completely recovered from the
ACCOMPLISHMENT which gave birth to my sister Au-
gusta. His second wife, my respectable mother,
had, assure you, too proud spirit to bear with
the i'll usage Of any man, No matter WIN he might
be: and this she would have snon proved. should
add, that he lived long time at Paris, and was
IN habits of intimacy with the old Marshal BirOn,
Commandant of the French Guards, who, from
the similarity of names, and Norman origin OF
our family. supposed that there was some distant
relationship between as. lie died some years
before the age of forty; and whatever may have
been his faults. they were certainly not those OF
harshness and grossness. II the notice should
reach England, am certain that the passage re-
atiye to my father will give much more pain to
NV sister than to me. Augusta and have al
ways loved the memory Of our father as much as
we loved each other; and this at least forms a
prcsu,nptop, that the stain Of harshness was not
applicable to it, II he dissipaed his fortune,
That concerns Us alone, for we are his heirs; and
till we reproach him with know OF no one else
who has right to do so. As to the Lord Byron
who killed Mr.. Chaworth in duel, SO far from
retiring from the world, he made the tour OF Eu-
rope, and was appointed Master Of the Stag-houuds
after that event; and did not give up his society
until his son had offended him by marrying in a
manner contrary to his duty. So far from feel
ing any remorse for having killed Mr.. Chawoftb,
who vas spadasSin, and celebrated for his quar-.
relsome disposition, he always kept the sword
which he used upon that occasion in his bedcham.
Der, and there it still was when he died. II is
singular enough. that when very Young, formed
strong attachment for the grahd-niece and heir.
ess Of Mr.. Chaworth, who stood in the same de-
gree of relationship as myself to Lord Byron;
and at the time it was thought that an union would
have taken place. This Is long letter, and prln'
cipaIly about my family; but it is the fault of my
benevolent biographer. He may say of me what
ever of good or evil pleases him; but desire that
he should speak of my relations on y as they de-
serve II you could find an occasion OF making
him rectify the facts relative 10 my father, and
publish them, you would do me- great favor, for
cannot bear to have him unjustly sP ken ct.
p S.-The 18th or 18TH OF this month
shall embark for Greece. Should return, shall
pass through Paris, and shall be much aat'ered
IN meeting you and your friends. Should I moi
return, give me as aittctiOnate place in your re-
membrance as possible. -B'"-London Maga
zine