Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-09-24
THE BYRON SCANDAL.
THE LETTEROF LADY BYRON's So
: VI LICITORS.
fFrom the New York Tribune, ]

The letter 81 Lady By ron's sjlci'ors, al
ready referred to in eur ceble dispatches,
anpra, s as follows 10 the indon papers OF
the 2ud inst,
STA: Astle solicitors Of the Descendants
snd renreseuta,ives Of the late Lady Noel
.B,nn, fur whose family we have acted for
upward III half century, we request your
p.rmi % on 20 publish In the columns OF
The Daily N loS tie 70 low ng observations
Z relative TO an article which has just appear
ed iu Micnildn'S Magazine.
Tho art,le in gu stioD is entitled THE
True Story Of L ,dy Byron's Life" and Mrs.
Al. b, Stowe 10 announced to be the writer
of IL. OF the paper itself we should proba.
hly haze abstained from taking any public
Yotice if Il had appeared In q less respecta-
= HE journal than Macmillan, or u even IN
sbis periodic Al the author"ss had been al
lowed to tell her story without editorial
preface or comment. The editor OF Mac
milan. how, Yer, has not only admitted Mrs.
: Stow, Is article, but he has pr, axed to II a
nate. in which he authoritatvely proclalmS
10 the world hit "the paper on Lady BY
ron,s lifs and relat' ons to Lord Byron Is the
comDl.te aud authentic statemt mt OF the
whole circumstances of that DISASTROUS al
cJrn Nav. more, "that this paper is, In
Tact Lady Byron's own statement Of the
reasons which forced her to the separation
which she so long resisted" Again, the
editor stat, that the contribution OF MIS-
stowe supplies "evidence at once new anu
direct" on Lady Byron's history.
J We. as the family solicitors, beg most dis
tinctly to state that the article Is not a
,,complete' or "authentic statement" OF
the facts connected with the separation, or
Z, that IL cannot be regarded as l. Idy By rOn's
avn abatement, aud that II does not Involve
any direct eyid, nee on Lady By ron's his
tory. Iustead u direct evidence, Mrs.
Stowe has nothing TO communicate but her
recollectioIs of conversation which toUk
nlace thirteen years ago, aud her impress
ions If a manuscript which she states that
LADY Byron at that time gave her TO persuer
aud which, according to her own showing
she read under very great excitement
These circumstances probably account foI
several obvious errors Into which Mrs
S,owe has fAllen-such as assigning twoye
instead of theirteen months as the period
during which Lady Byron resided under
the same roof with her husband, aud simi
lar inaccuracies to which, for the present
p,irpose, II is unnecessary to allude.
without for q moment conceding tina
Mrs. Stowe, - nstrs,iye contains a complet,
aercouut Of Lady Byron's relations will
Her husband, we must prot,s st against 1t al
hsins brofessedly list. A me- st n oss breacl
- tha ttus. and confidence stated to ha1,
hcen reposed Ia her. Cd. AS inc nsisten
with her own recommendation TO Lady By
ron. And Sd. As an ignorant violation "a
least We shall Ia charity suppose Mrs. Stow
40 be ikuorant) of the express terms Of Lad!
RyIon's last will aud testament.
lst. As relates 10 breach OF trust, Mrs
stowe states that she was consulted in al
interview which to use her own words, "ha,
almost the solemnity OF deate bed" no
A. 10 whether she wOnld undertake reduc
lion OF Lady Byron's married history. bu
onIy as to the policy OF publishing such
history at all. "a. Mrs. Stowe, on her owl
admission, returned to Lady Byron tn,
brief memorandum paper which had beef
Entrusted TO her with the statement Of he
opinion that "LAdy Byron would be entire
ly lustidable IN leaving the truth to be dis
closed AFTER her death, aud recommends,
hat all facts necessary thould be pu' IN th
hands of SOME persons IN be so publshed
90. Lady Byron did, by her last viii an'
testament executed only few days befor
her decease, bequeathed TO three persons a
trustees all her manuscripts, to be by then
Atst sealed up, afterwards deposit,d 10
hank In the names Of such trustees, an
ahe directed that no one else, howeve
nearly connected with her, should, upo
any plea Whatsoever, be allowed TO have &C
Goes 10 or Inspect such documents, whie
the trustees thereof we're alone 10 max
use Of an they might Judge TO be best 70