The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-02-16
From the Home Journal
Causes of Byron's separation from
his Wife.


u correspondent, VINO writes on be-
nail oil many asks us 10 STATE inc
cause OF 'he rupture between horu ana
hauy Dyroh' 10 40 80 were no easy
TASK since byron himseit repeatedly
ueci'res' Ill nus ie'.erS, Una, .nc cause
was unknown TO himselt' et' a oriei
rccapl'ula'ioh OF SucA ''ct' as nave Trans
plred; may interest those oil our readers
VINO 10 not happen 10 nave access 10 the
documents ,o
v" 'uc scco''u VI oHnudryi ioi 1'Horu
nyron- -tne, III MS twenty scNc"'h Ncur
was united IN marriage 70 MISS Mill,
oaihe' oil Tue ten'H Vi nc cehper' Oh
mat year Augusta AGa 'ie'r Ghiid' was
Dorm. Aoou. six weeks aitor, ,hauy ny-
ron lci' hoi'uo'i oh Nis,' 10 her la'her'
III hclceS'cls,'''I' WIN 'nG "i'ucIS'a''u
my '"u, ~, "o' nuso1uu "ou'' SHo''ly J'."
nor, lncy par'eu III E'"eness' my III
,ei'uer anectio', Oh the Journey hauy
hy ron Wro'c MN an aneGt'oha,e ana
piay'ui lr''er' lni,ncu'a'e'y o." her ar
rival at the Pa'eTnal n mansion ner iath-
er wrote 10 Loru byron TO INFORM MN
'na' MS uaugh,cr "ouiu return 10 MN
no more anu .ne husoanu ana wite never
i,ic' "S"'n' "uc" arc '"e o''c i"c'e vi
,ne case anu lor eSp'ahat'oh' we are o.
p,'geu 10 resort 10 CONJECTURE ara 10
glance at the previous history oI poth
p'rties, %.
AT the time oi ms marriage LORD
byron was Il man oil iashlon' ana addict
ca TO the wees oi mon OF iash,oh. we
oei'e'e 'hat ms errors III inc ia''er re-
spect nave peen greatly exaggerated
lna'; III iac' nc 'r.'hssrcSScu less against
'he laws Oh ilora'',y .nah young men OIL
RANK usually 40 but ne was shinlng
marx Tor the shaitS OF caiumhy ana 1t
was MS lou 'o oe"r lnaV Jury o' resent
neht Which common mortalS sometimes
cherish loWaruS 'nosc whose laients cast
tneir Pigmy Pre'chsiohs utterly ihto .ne
shade lie was not sensualist' IN tue
correct sense oi tna' expression DIS
cuits ., anu wafer r. ol'th lorlilou ms repaSti
MS iiDatIohs TO baccnus were unirequent;
ana seiuonc excessive anu nc inureu
himseli 10 iat,g"c oy ualIy prac'ic,hg III
poAlns anu iehc'ns; nc was Always
generous scattering ms money, "heh nc
hau any, WIN more 'han prihceiy gener-
oslty' iils income never ,: exceeded iour
!houSahu Pouhus s'criing year,ahu TAX
ing MS whoie lie ih'o account, we De,
!ic'e nc gave away more 'nah d 'h'rd oi
H. H. ror a', lna'' however ne was not
urilan II was not III his Dioou' IN
MS postum: or Ill ms cl.cunistahceS, TO
eeso' we 40 no1 Jus'ny MS departure
from lnoraii'y; On 'ne cUntrary:we ue-
P,orc 'ne'h SHOWING weii' 'na' III NOR,
amy all men oughs 10 DC puri'anic' ana
'nat 30 degree oil temptation )ustliles
@"y degree Oh SIN marriage was con-
tihuaily recommended TO byron as an
anudote to dissipation AT length
ne TOOK 'he PrescTlp'ioh-ahG pitter
avsu a,:,i, u proved; ne proposed r 10 MISS
Mllipanke' ana was refused lney CON
tlnued' however TO DC on very friendly
terms, ana TO correspond lie proposed
second time' ana was accepted: lis
lrlends protested against MS choice Tor
two reasons hrst, because she was too
strait-laced, T. e. too good Tor HIM )
ana secondly, because her fortune CON
sisted chiefly IN expectations But SIT
ting one DAY with friend when a reius-
al from another lady arrived, byron
SAID, >" ou see that, after all, Miss Mill
banke is to be the person L Will write
to her. lie wrote on the instant, and
showed the letter to his friend who,still
demonstrating against his choice, read
the letter over and remarked, wv ell,
really TINS is very pretty letter 1t is
a pity 1t should not 60 l never read
Prettier one" Then 1t shaH go" said
LORD byron, IL aFt 60, and 1t sealed
his fate Thus lightly are the words
spoken, and thuS thoughtlessiy are the
deeds done, which make or mar our hap
plness lot me
MISS Mll'oanKe was the pattern daugh'
Ter oi pattern country gentleman.-
header' II tnou mast ever resided Tor
one week, III an hngllsh country house,
.ncu heeIvs' .,.it no luptner description oil
Miss Mii'panke' but propably thou
mast ho',ahu so d lew auEi'l1na' syilaoies