The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-01

rst six weeks Of marriage and shell has no fury |
he . woman scorned," especially regarding the |
ated OF Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, that from the
ay she discovered maternity she refused marital |
ignts 70 the KING, her husband; nor could the
philosopher Longtnus change her determination
hat wiie's mission was to be mother, and when
hat. by proof. was even INFLATED, the woman
mat, however was not the natural philosophy Of
.ady Byron, and certainly not Of her hege lord,
ieOrge, the Baron Byron OF ROchdale What, then,
ALI Here, then, Ia the true secret, ana the curse
he chief cause. In the sixth week OF their marriage
md daring Jealous mood, Lady Byron feariully re-.
sentod remark OF lovemem0ry OF Lord ByronS.
who said II deeply regret to know that my beloved
Aarg ChawOrth was very unhappy In her marriage.
All I II might have been different had we married p
Upon tins signing remark Lady Byron INSTANTLY
and In great anger uttered these fatal w0rdAs
MARY ChawOrth rejected you FOR your deformuy, a.
jected man with DEVILS footln and wkh those
terrible verbs she LETT tho apartmene TO Lord
tSat Very Of Ss sesr o
as he once said TO Trelawney-thoee fearful words
were az daggers IN the breast Of love, esteem or
sexual knowledge OF his wife, and as the
woman he never knew her more. Each kept
their own apartments; and thus In solitude each
sought those friends best entitled 70 advise. Lady
Byron. In another evil moment as IL destiny was
driving her to marital desoatiOn sent for her former
gOvernesg-the human being who was the cause
why Miss Mibanke had formerly rejected Lord
Byron. She came, and OF course, took sides with
her former pupil, over whose mind she had great in
nuence and sanctioned even the brutal remarks
upon the def0rmity OF the husband. and which was
quickly communicated to his lordship. Then 1t was
that the wounded poets brother sent for the faithful
and devoted Augusta, his half sister. She was his
senior by nve years-she having been born IN 1888;
married 10 lS07-and at this time rs15) the eight
army, and the mother OF q child born Of that mar
riage; and Augusta &C this time thrtytwo years
sySa
first time that Lady Byron nad seen the Hon. Mrs.
Leigh, and with the Indignation, from the savage
features Of Lady Byron shrink abashed
before r, the majestic figure the aueeny dignity
from the Lady Augusta, dignned by that title In
sOcety-less in courtesy than to her character as
was finally honOred by the Queen Of Great Britain
as Will prove. The ancient governess arrived in
the latter part Of the month Of February, and the
honorable Mrs. Colonel Leigh In the middle OF
March, 1915; and what followed established that
the former became the damned Iagon of the family
and worse being female; and the latter the Lady
Augusta, species OF innocent Desdemona; the
poet, an equally innocent Cassie, while Lady Byron
became self consuming Jealous OthellO. The first
ter was that he would separate from his wife, and
by legal document to that effect This resolution
was successfully resisted by the honorable Mrs.
Leigh upon the paterna ground that, as Lady Byron
was enceinte and IN few months would become q
mother, should the husband separate by legal
document, or otherwise before the birth, would
cast o lasting reproach upon the child, as to
the true father. This argument was conclusive
with Lord Byron; for he never doubted the
chastity OF his wife, and would endure his
wrongs rather than injure her reputation,
or that OF their future unborn innocent child He
therefore concluded to remain dOmiclled until after
the birth, and then upon the convalescence Of the
mother TO separate, at least for tme but an event
soon took place, frOm the malice Of 'the female
lag0," which made Byron finally determine to be
separated forever. l have already shown the dig
nlfed character Of the beauty OF Lady Augusta; it
formed perfect contras. with Lady Byron's and as
the latter n II .a M 1ou
matter to create that feeling towards Augusta and
finally OF criminal suspicion, instigated by the
convey BELIEF viz, that the Hon. Mrs. Leigh was
only the half sister OF the poet This poisonous sug
gestion having entered the brain Of Lady Byron,
created from the serpent shrine OF SANDER It fatally
permeated her intellect until she became upon that
false hea monomaniac, and thence she lived and
1915 in scene Of quarrel that LORD ByrSn
Of his BY LADY byron with
are not without foundatlon.' This false and malg.
nant aspersion upon his sister and the wife Of
regarding his deformity, determined Lord Byron
that after the accouchenaent Of Lady Byron they
should separate forever: The brother and SISTER
silent, and Lady Byron cast the responsibility en-
tireIy upon the governess. whom the poet has TN
in the sketch,
Born in . garrett in the kitchen bred;
Promoted thence to deck her mistress head, &c,
It being the most powerful invectve from the pen
Oh man, ana COul0 only emandtc against q woman
upon the ground Of false malignant and demoniac
wrong received BY the author, and also his true and
sister,
Following the above scene, Lord Byron made and
duly executed his last viii and testament on the
18th Of July, 1915, leaving all his property to his
sister, Augusta Mary Leigh, wife OF George Leigh
Byron and any children may have being otherwise
amply provided for.n The former Will, made in
1871, was by law vacated and void by his marriage
On the 10th of December. 1916, the only child of
Lord and Lady Byron was born, Some time pre-.
Citation with the husband but he was firm in his
resolution to separate. She expressed c0ntrition,
atonement and entire disbelief in the criminal sug
gestion; ana as public confession OF her injustice
to the injured sister Lady Byron herself proposed
mark this. Mrs. St0we) that the unborn child, II
girl, should not only be named Ada the father's Sc
lection, but also Augusta, impressing that innocent
name as seal OF purity upon the virgin jewel yet
within the casket OF human nature. BY the justice
baptized ada Augusta u and He as she s wSs
TO womanh0Od, and was married, she used that
name In preference to Ada, in justice to her father
and his sister, and thence she became aienated from
her mother. Lady Byron had the lingering hope OF
preventing her husband leaving England, ana 'mad-
aess was suggested as means to an end but this
nix weeks after Ada Augusta's birth.
The day Of separation came January 49, $780, but
he statement by Mrs. Stowe or ca at fna intervieW
entirely false and unnatural and also malignant
n lts criminal assertion. The authoress writes that
Lady Byron went into her husbands room, where
we're sitting together. and said, Byron come to
'ay goodby,'" DC, There is falsity In the very
phrase BYRON" The ignorance OF Mrs. Stowe as
o the domestic phraseology Of high society In Eng
ana has betrayed her. Ladies and gentlemen OF
ank In married llfe-and even OF royalty,
- know, personalities among the more
tumble classes, address each other by their
'aptismal Names as George, and Mary &C..
when in the domestic circle and friendly. II other.
wise the address would be "My LordD or Lord
3yron." Noblemen bachelors ana most intimate gen.
lemen friends OF rank alone address each other by
heir title or family surnames. Now the facts OF the
FAREWELL are these:-Lord Byron left mis- own
Dom and went into that Of Lady Byron's to take
arewell Of his wife and daughter, and he had sent
word TO that effect There were present the father
mother and infant child (the nurse left upon his
rance. The husband received into his arms ada
augusta. " kissed her with deep emotion and wept
ie took the hand OF his weeping wife, and while
hus situated "a group for the painter or scuptor)
le said, with deep sigh. the words OF his favorite
uth0r Shakespeare, "When snail we three meet
gainY" to which the wife responded "On earth.
lope." Lord Byron replied ''In heaven trust;'
md those were his last words to her, as he gave
ack the infant to its mother and silently ana slowly
eft the chamber, and with royal etiquette face to
ace. so Lady Byron's caressing the spaniel" &C.,