The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-23
THE BYRON SCANDAL.
Another Version o. the story-What the "Fem-
ple BAR, says on the subject

reference
Mrs. Stoews paper on Lord Byron in the
current number of the Atlantic -H0Hthly. 1t
will be seen that in their general statements
the two articles bear decided resemblance
In a life of Lord Byron, prciXed to a new edi-
toH o mis- poetical works, in one volume,
offered on every railway platform through the
country. the authOr-whO suppOsCs that Lord
Bvrons married life was passed at Newstead-
informs his readers that the cause of the poe s
separation from his wife is a domestic mystery:
that while she believed him to be insane, there
could be no hope of reconciliation, and when she
was assured of his sanity, she held that he was
objectionable, because the disrespect towards
her had been Intentional He concludes that Iy
kind treatment Lord Byron might have been
certainly won to become q very loving husband
but his wife had really never loved him with that
affection which smooths down 50 many of the
asperities Unmarried life. That which had been so
long mystery was revealed through the cruel
indiscrCton of Thomas Moore Though the par
ticular offence is not, the class to which it be-
LONGS is known. 1t was not neglect, nor bitter
words nor adultery that made the separation
final The cause was this-Lady Byron, to use
thc words of her husband, had been taught that
dutv both to God and man forbade her to return
tn him. If she could but have Known the cir
CnInstonccs in which he asked her in marriage
Peinp strenuOusv advised by friend TO marry,
after much discussion he consented. Inc next
ouestion was, whom should he choose: Inc
friend proposed one lady, and he named Miss
NiIbou[c: 10 whom he had already made an otter
Of MARRIAGE which she had not accepted. The
friend strongly objected to her. reminding nm
that he could not marry without money JhaJ MISS
Mibanke had no fortune at present, ana, more
over that she was Il learned woman. Listening
10 these arguments he made proposal to
the other lady and was rejected. he was slJ-
ting with the friend when the refusal came
I,Y0u see " he said, Miss Milbankc is to be the
nerson." and he wrote to her ut the moment.
His friend stil strongly demonstrating against
the choice read the letter, ard said, This is
very pretty letter. 1t is "a pity 1t should not go:
| never read prGttier.' "Ihcn, said Lord
Ryron "it shall co." 1t was sent, and. in
Moore's words. the fiat OF his late was sealed.
Miss Milbanke had loved him for TWO years; she
now accepted him. and they were married. lie
wrote of her TO hi friends, COidly perhaps, but
it may be with no more than becoming reserve.
His letters show in what estimation she
was held in her own country among her
own people. by The way my Wue eject Is per-
fection and l hear of nothing but her merits
and her wonders. and she is very pretty. Her
expectations, ! am told, are great; but what, l
have not asked. have not seen her these ten
MONTHS 81 certainly did rot dream ihaJ she
was attached to me, which il seems she has been
for some time. ] also thought her OF very cold
disposition, in which ! was also mistaken. 1t Is
long story, and ! won't trouble you with 1t.
AS to her virtues etc. etc, you Will hear enough
of them (fOr she's a kind of pattern in the nOrth),
without my running into display on the sub
ject. 1t is well that one of Us is of such fame,
since there is sad deficit in the morale of that
article on my part all owing TO my bitch of a
star as Captain TranchmOuJ says of his planet
sit is an old and Ohough did not know it till
lately) q mutual attachment
He had been married Il fortnight when he
wrote, address your next TO Seaman, Stockton
On-Tees where we are going on saturday Ca
bore by the way) to see father-m-law Sir Jacob
and my lady's lady mother However, Sir Ralph
and Lady Noel were very kind aud hospitable,
and their sOn-in-law declared that he liked them
and the place vastly, adding, he hoped they
hDDnV months and
(his wife) was in health and UNMARRIED good
humor and behavior. Lord Wentworth, too, her
uncle, from whom she was to inherit seven or
eight thousand year, had been so very kind that
Byron hardly knew how to wish him in heaven
if he could be comfortable on earth. There
were already signs that he was weary of his
married life. One little month from the we'd
ding day he was lustng after the abstraction
and self-study" which he had found at Douglas
Kinnairds. He wrote to MOOrc:-"My papa,
Sir RalphO, hath recently made speech at Il
Durham taX-meeting; and not only ut Durham,
but here, several times since after dinner. He
is now, believe speaking it to himself q left
him in the middle) over various decanters.
which can neither interrupt him nor fall asleep.
~ must go to tea - tea. wishait was
Kinnard's brandy. and with YOU to lecture me
about it, The following sentences are copied
from this letter, because they are inStanced by
Mr. Moore as proof Of Lord ByrOn's early con-
jugal Affection
''Since wrote last have been transferred to nv
etc, and the treacle-moon is over, ana am awake
and find myself married. My spouse and agree to
and in - admiration. Swift says, ''NO wise
man ever married. but, for FOOL think it the
most ambrosal of all possible future states still
think one ought to marry upon lease but am very
sure should renew mine at the expiration though
next term We're for ninety and nine years. | wish
you would respond for am here iiuSqUe ntcOrUnl
ObjceScendus ct Ills. iPray tell me what is going
in the way of intrigucry, ana how the - anC
rOgues OF the upper Beggars Opera go on or rather
go of, in or after marriage; and who are going tC
break any particular commandments
Again exactly month later. Il am in such q
state of sameness and stagnation, and so totally
occupied in consuming the fruits, and saunter
ing, and playing dull games Mt cards, and yaWn.
ing, and trying to read old annual Registers
and the daily papers, and gathering shells on
the shore and watching the growth of stunted
SOosebcrry bushes in the garden, that | have
neither time nor sense to say more than yours.
ever" And once more, within a week-'I
have been very comfortable here listening to
that - mOnologue which elderly gentlemen
call conversation, and in which mypous father
in-law repeats himself every evening save one.
when he plays upon the fiddle
In these earlier letters, written within two
months the marriage, Mr. Moore found such
signs oil strong couiugal affection and bliss as
stlled the fears which had haunted him, lest the
happiness OF Lord Byron should be cndanuered
by the lot he had chosen for himself. i'm 0thel
words, by his marriage with such a woman n,
Miss Milbanke But these indications of n con
tented heart soon ceased. The mention of tbf
wife became more rare and formal and tber,
was observable feeling of unquiet and weari
ness which brought back all the gloomy antici
pations with which the biOgraphcr had from th,
first regarded the poets fate In the last lette
before the separation, in which Lord Byron an
nounced the birth OF his daughter, there wer
lOngngs for the other side of the Straits O
Gibraltar, and for sight of Olympus and
sigh:-"I have now been married wear on th
I'd of this month. Heigh-ho.' in which Moor