Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-05-16
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Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest.

UMect every Wednesday evening, at u o'cl'k.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest.
Quite . sensation has been very natu'
rally created in New York, by the un'
happy separation Of Mr.. Edwin Forrest
and his lady. This is an unfortunate Sc.
quel to that gentleman's difficulty with
Macready-in which case both parties
are equally matched. six Of one and half
a dozen OF the other The separation OF
Mr.. Forrest and his wife is more seri-
Gus and inexplicable affair. Mrs. For
rest, who is represented on all hands 10
be q most amiable and accomplished lady
accompanied her husband on his last pro-
fessional visit to this city, and no evil
dence Of any such calamity was apPa-
rent a. the time. AS an evidence that
this family feud is Of recent origin, it is a
we'll known fact that the feudal castle Of
the great tragedian, on the banks of the
Hudson, recently finished, was designed
and planned almost exclusively by this
accomplished woman, and the workmen
at the fete given them at the completion
Of the structure, complimented her high
" for her skill; taste, and kind treatment
Of them during its progress.
We copy the following version Of this
unhappy affair from the last New York
Sunday Atlas, and have no doubt of its
correctness; for in it we recognize the pen
Of s. s. Southworth, ('John Smith, Jr., Of
Arkansas,) who was for many years, Il
member Of Mr.. Forests fa.nily-his
confidential agent and manager-and is
thoroughly acquainted with his domestic
affairs. Such q state Of affairs is much
10 be regretted on account Of all parties
concerned Gin. Dispatch.
Reputation in Eminent Life.-Mr.
and Mrs. Forrcst--Their SeperatiOn.--
During the period Of some five or six
weeks back it has been reported in vari-
Gus circles Of the town that a separation
was about to take place between Mr.. Ed
win Forrest, the celebrated tragedian, and
his wife. Mrs. Caroline Norton Sinclair
Forrest, the eldest daughter OF the cele-
brated John Sinclair. who was SO many
years known, on both sides Of the ocean,
AZ a vocalist and actor.
Mr. Edwin Forrest was married, If we
recolect right, in the year 1886. in St.
Johns Chapel, in the Moorfields, London,
to Miss Sinclair. Mr.. Forrest was, at
that time, in the thrty-first year of his
age; the lady was one and twenty. Soon
alter the contamination Of the marriage.
Mr.. and Mr.. Forrest voyaged to the Uni
ted States, and set up an establishment in
Reade street. originally owned and occu-
pied by the celebrated Mr.. James Ii.
liackett. There they remained till about
the year 1889, when Mr.. Forrest purchas-
ed an estate in Twenty street,
Chelsea, 10 which he removed his family
and where he has remained, with interve-
ming visits to Europe, till the day before
yesterday.
Until tho commencement Of the last
winter, with occasional family jars. and
the interposition Of those professional an
noyances that occurred in London, we
learn that nothing transpiredto mar the
happiness Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Forrest.
Ali ought to have been sunshine, though
it is possible that the 'storm-king' inter
posed his visage.
Whilst Mr.. Forrest, two years ago, was
in London, he was assaled, as all the
world knows, by one or two Of the Lon
don presses, and criticised in the most Of.
fcnsive and abusive manner. After the
attack in question was made, he returned
10 the United States, and the whole char
acter Of the man was changed. He q,
once became moody. melancholy and
unhappy.
rest returned from professional engage
ment in Philadelphia, in most unhappy
state Of mind, and at once demanded ;
separation. lie assigned no cause, offer
cd no apology for the position he assumed
and, when the immediate friends OF the
parties interfered, and asked to be in.
formed why it was that he asked for re-
pudiation. his only reply was--a studied
incomprehensible silence. He was not &c
be interrogated; he demanded a separa
ton, and he has accomplished his object
Mr.. Forrest and wife have eternally sep.
arated.
1t forms no part Of our duty to interfere
in their domestic feuds; and nothing Blu,
the cminence of Mr.. Forrest. as an acto,
and man. and the gossip of the world
would induce us to say thus much.
As an act Of justice, we remark that We
are informed-and our information comes
from source that can be relied on-tha
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest have, in the end
separated on terms Of mutual reciprocity
The private reputation of both remains
untouched. unchallanged, untarnished.-
No aspersion, at any rate, rests. or can be
made TO rest. on the character Of the lady.
No personal imputation has been cast on
either side. Jealousy-the curse and
bane to welded life-has not in this in.
stance, had any influence.
Mrs. Forrest is represented on all
sides, and by those who know her best,
to be lady of superior talent. attainment
and personal beauty; and the disquietude
which this ill-assortcd affair must give
her and her relatives, must be exceeding
ly poignant.
The immediate friends Of the parties
have, we understand, made numerous
efforts to compromise the difficulties that
have TRANSFERRED between the gentleman
and his wife, but without success.
1t has been supposed by many that the
absence Of issue has been the cause of