The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-05

Iy any OF the rest nave palu expenses, anu
she got into debt by publishing them, to
CRAFTY her spleen. She wound up her at
tacks on her husband 10y issuing a pamphlet
giving an account of her grievances. Three
novels, in which she treated Of remote ltal-
ian and French people and manners, would
be readable enough if she did not overlay
them with quotations in many languages,
scarcely one of which was printed correctly.
After living for many years i'll Italy, in
companionship with Mrs. Trollope, Lady
Bulwer Lytton returned to England, and
has resided for the last three years in the
pleasant town of Taunton, in the west OF
England From this place her last two
novels (libclling her husband) were issued
and hence, also, were sent her frequent So
licitations to her husband, to pay her debts
and increase her annuity.
The amount of this, we have understood
was 1900 year over and above her own
property. While he was younger son,
literally living on his mothers bounty and
his pen, perhaps this allowance was as much
as Buiwer could have agreed TO pay, in JUS
tice to himself. But when he became q
Baronet, he certainly should have augment
cd it. At all events, when his mothers
death, in December 1914, made him rich
| ly-estated man, he should have done it
The only plausible excuse for him is that he
was ayerse to paying debts incurred for
printing libels OH himself and his relatives,
and that increased funds would only supply
the means of further annoyanceS of the
same kind from her.
We now come to recent events. NeXcd
at her husbands noncompliance with her
demands for more money, Lady Bulwer
Lytton determined to insult and annoy him
in a manner and at time the most CALLING
to sensitive mind. Appointed a Cabinet
Minister, Sir T.. Bulwer Lytton had to pre-
sent himself on the hustngs at Herttord, 10
seek reelection by his constituents. His
wife sent on handbills, from Taunton TO
| Hertford, in which she promised TO address
the electors OH the same occasion. Accon-
panied by a female friend, she reached the
/ hustings just after Bulwer had wound up
his speech with magnificent peroration in
admiration of the beauty which graced the
scene. Just then, his wife, who had left
/ him twenty-five years before, made her al-
pearance, and raising her voice, proceeded
| TO address the crowd on her own wrongs.
/ Bulwer hastily shrank from the angry
I woman She shouted Coward i'll his
/ cars and went on, for quarter of an hour
more to abuse him, loudly and sOundly.-
I OF course the scene was reported by the
newspapers and while some sympathized
| with the husband, few took part with the
wife, violent and unwomanly as her conduct
had been. Later events, closely following,
! have made BulwerS course the subject Of
deserved reprobation.
II appears that, for some time previous to
the scene at Iertford, measures were taken
by Bulwcr to obtain proof of his wife'S in
sanity-her conduct there being assumed as
strong evidence. She was visited at Taun-
ton by Sir Edwards solicitor, by person
representing himself TO I've physician, and
by a nurse from Il lunatic asylum. The in
terview, which lasted five hours, had four
witnesses in the next room, unknown 10
the lady. Every means were used to excite
and drive her into some act or expression
that would justify a charge of insanity but
she sustained herself and maintained her
equanimity. On leaving, the Doctor asked
her to give him, in writing, statement OF
to have her wants attended to. She asked
simply to have her debts paid-amOunting
to a few hundred pounds-aud have her
allowance increased one hundred pounds,
making it $500 instead OF f4OO. These re-
quests were certainly small upon husband
with only one son and an income of Gl0,-
|
twentieth of his annual revenue Altc:
waiting many days and receiving no an
swer to her request, goaded by petty debt:
and an irritating suspense she could suffer
no further delay, and proceeding with two
female friends To London, determined tC
know her husbands conclusion. She called
upon the Doctor and soon discovered there
was to be no relief for her. She rose tc
take her leave and on getting outside III,
policemen, two women who had the appear.
ance ofnurses, and gentleman who it ha.
, since been found is the keeper of lunati,
asylum in the neighborhood of London
1 DisSemblance or concealment being nc
, longer necessary or possible, tbe purpose o
: this assembly was in few words explained
She was taken by force to carriage anC
I hurried to private Insane Asylum, on ;
certificate of insanity signed by two unknown
physicians Her husband then made baS
ottvrprt to got possession of her private pa
pers through unscrupulous agents; in thi
l he failed. On hearing of these most infa
nous proceedings from the female frienl
> who accompanied Lady Lytton to London
$ the people of Taunton held an indignation
V meeting, and through this the whole afai
! got into the papers, which brought dow
such storm of public Indignation upon tn
/ head of the Baronet, that he was very speed
n ilv brought to terms. The London Time
y of the l4th of July, officially announce
that all matters respecting Lady Bulwe
I" Lytton are in process of being amicabl
/ settled by family arrangements, to the salts
} faction of all parties concerned"
:. So the matter ends TO the everlasting dis
credit Of the Hon. Secretary. The Lad