The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-05

,y yoq ws9 e o. p, desire ens wn1n
sa.. he should know .hs con.ss & that sds:.s
iioasiely. -'N NV 's'' "'A 4 L BYRON.
tn. ,, ..r..,, :, KranI MALLORY. Feb. 4: Isls
ssso s ss sga nae s.
Of & .orow wS sgrs you Sonsoaoa By
your b.ss. % of my oon And
heaven knows have considered s more than
would have done than anything but my affection fo
Der these feelings. Farewell God bless you from he bottom
We do not see how negative evidence can well be
carried further. But
/ Faith. fanatic faith, welded fast
| To some doar fsisehood, hugs To the last
| The critics who were not convinced BY Lady Anne
Baraard's statement may yet find loophOe for
escape. We may be told that there was subsequent
| own mind, II not from without tnas, II no new
as He soIs s 70
theory" which, we are assured. in no decree
weakens credibiIity; and the angelic theory which
1usties iaav ~ sbo Is pure chiyarous and reii.
and dlstrustno. the same peraon. according to her
mood. te, wlll be hard. too n something cannot DC
| made out OF the "uanecessarLty." or the reasons
which sue was not capable OF stating In detailed
manner" although she goes On to state them In
caluinny: we must sweep away the materials In the
shape Of conjectures snrmises, insinuations and
nerenccs. with which the dirty WORK may be recen-
menced; and we hope TO do this 80 eaectuaIy az
not merely to clear Lord Byrons memory from all
unfeelng or ungenerous conduct towards his vie.
IL seems clear tnat Lady Byron complained OF
- o. ~ Dr @
does not follow that anyto her w0srt complaints were
well founded. Admitted unatness for tue married
state was rather his misfortune than his fault; and
sue took him for better for with eyes open.
There is not The shadow Of collateral or CONFIRM
atory proof that LORD Bryon treated her crneiiy or
brutally, while there Is strong presumptiyo evi-
dence TO the contrary. The "Dear Duck' letter
would not have been written by proud woman
under sense Of wrong. They had lived good deal
with her father ana mother who must have had am
and were too wrapped up In their daughter not to
notice any approximation to unkindness. But
9sd g. "a kg ao ,s sss Saa n5 no
least suspicion that there was ANYTHING
amss and the day after her arrival Lady Noel wrote
to him In the klndest terms % press him to JON
her; which LADY Noel would certainly not have done
II she had anticipated anything dsagreeabe or
thought that her daughter had been drlven from his
house or harshly treated In any manner. His Ian
guagc so long as there was hope OF reconciliation,
was uniformly generous and conciIiatory. He writes
10 Moore March !, 1oi6:--
nono, even tho msfoItpnsin my "cholce (unles. ~
very dress Of !. this bitter there ser was
s h can a
any reProsca to msse nsr '.his q ne Where there
bear ii.
He did his best to redeem 1t; and 1t was only when
every effort failed and his very reluctance to bring
matters to an extremity was turned against nlm,
that he occasionally broke into bitterness His liked
and deliberate state OF feeling towards his wife will
be best collected from his conversations with DR..
Kennedy, in Cephaonia, the year before his death.
Dr. Kennedy is defending the doctrine OF eternal
punishment:-
"whasver God does right II II depsnded on judging
sy mere feei"gs Of humanity would have =. saved Nay
sToam:d aI + w " sSAi ssvs
ITisss' ss:T. il q.
ss sSsf
Here the bitterness which he betrayed In ssDon
Juann and some minor poems OF a domestic charac-
ter peeps out But day or two afterwards we
said anything tsrespsctul of Lady am very much
an nothing could sSs greater pleasure hsn recon
ha. taken place or how IS cannot II sosd
% &c Mo 'hs ssn 30
rank and nnderstan ding cannot Mud out and remove.
B. Know many hay. . Ssss SPREAD slresa
Hobhoqaa 70 her Who amos. went his knees
h%lsas VIM s MOTIVES ..m..,.s Ss
wife, from motives Of decsy would ike sSe pnsc 70 Be
w ses % .s
ps e sss Ia way a. ia
NV what a sSua have aope' sa sys.ns At the time
A suit for the restoration OF conjugai rights Is
proceeding from which any man might reasonably
refrain at any time. and Byron was not 10 position
to face the additional scandal whether he right
or wrong
Thar friends had tried at reconciliation,
Then their relations, who made matters worse. "a
The fact of friends and relatives trying at recon-
Citation tells strongly against any criminal charge
Neither OF the many crimes suggested is such az the
most lenien advisers could palllate or tho most for
afterwards Sir Robert Wilmot Horton, acting for
her. met LORD Brougnton (Hophouse) acting for Lord
Byron with q view TO an amicabe arrangement
Lord Broughon insisted as preliminary that all the
Should Should be disayowed, to which Mr. Wiimot Horton
readily assented on her behalf Lord Broughton
was wont to relate that he tracked his Imagination
TO exhaust them, and put each cateQoricaly. "Do
you adopt or believe thisf to which the invarable
answer was, eve disclam II; we do not believe It,"
named among the rest We should think that,
though no novelty ranked 10 the minds OF all parties
porary WV credencs the Gaour story, or lie many
other wild inventions which fully bear out the noble
poets statement that bis case was supposed TO COM
prise all tho crimes which could aud several which
however. that Mr.. Wlimot Horizons disclaimer was
virtually complete. When, In the presence Of the
arbltrators Lord Byron put his name ana seat to
the deed OF separation, he added, This Is MRS.
Clermonrs act ana deed MRS: Cermont , was the
Loro Brougnton made no secret OF what passed
between Mr.. wimos Horton and himself We were,
irish paper . letter from gentleman, Mr.. Percy
Boyd acquitting Lord Byron OF moral culpability,
separation waa well known Ia society and had been
communicated to himself by the late Mr.. Mchinnon.
who had 1t from Thomas Campbell. Now Thomas
Campbell was known undor alcoholic influence TO
specify what he called he cause, and to adduce
LADY Byron as his authority. IT was series OF bfu
taiies coming very nearly within the description
OF crimes that could not be committed. 1t certainly
was not what was repeated 70 Mr.. Boyd. Campbell
printed in tho Neo Monthly Magazine I'm which he
had written foolish defence Of Lady ByronI letter
from to himself, In which she says she cannot
tell MIN "tne causesr OF the separation.
IN vi two
Lady Byron writes thus 10 Lady Anne Barnard
wished 30 be thought partially dercnged the
brink Of S. to perpex obssryera and prevent them from
tracing effects TO their real causes through all the nsrcscsa
OF bis conduct told you at time tho dupe Of
his acted insanity and chung to the former deusions
gard thu motives that concerned personally tn tho
whole system laid bare e Is the abaou,o monarch OF
words and hsm BoDapere did lives for conquest
without regard to their intrinsic value, considering
them only ephers which must dcrlvs all ther import from
tho situation which he places them and the rnds which
he adepts them With such consummate skill Why thcn you
viii say he employ them 70 give nbeer color 50 ns
character because he too good an actor 20 overac
rarb which would be TO strip of
the vital principle OF his