, 1872-12-30

r', tha se, This is one example Of the law of ter
restrial changes.
THE BYRON FAMILY.
urs. SoncrvflIe on Lndy Love1ace
md rrer ReIutions-Thc Leigh Scum
dnI.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Tho day after Christmas, l61l, IN conn1ortaple
stone mansion standing at ono Of the angles OF
the Braschi Palace, near the Piazza havona, IN
Rome. saw that venerable old lady who had
been regarded for forty years, by al the sdoans
of Europe, as the most wonderful woman o. 5 tns
century. It was Mrs. Somerviles birthday and
IN honor OF her having entered-"1th gooo
health, perfect senses (save slight dea1ness).
and unimpaired mind-upon her va year. 8 1e"
friends had called to offer their congratuls-
While Hrs Somerville WAS thus chatting on
ahont her old friends, lunch was announced.
Prcferring to remain behind with the Venerable
lady. I took occasion, from the absence OF the
Toyeaces life. at was sad one" she said.
ss6urrounded by all that afauence, position IN
society, Kind friends, tender husband, and
promising children could bestow, the restless
satisfied. She bet high at horso-races, played
tor large stakes at cards, frequented the rouge
et.noir gambling tables during the season ct
Baden-Badcn and Wiesbaden; and during
the railway mania a 1agianad eggiaped deen1 %nS1
into lamentations. Lord Lovelace was either
ignorant Of ali this, or chose to appear 80.
She had besides settlements made upon her on
her marriage day, large trusts held tor nor oy
ante-nuptial deeds. Consisting Of property in
herited from her maternal grandfather, the in
coma Of which was her own. The failure of her
aoent. through whom she bought and sold rail-
Wav stocks involved her in debts she could not
ds1charre and to save her good name her hus-
hand naid them. I think the chagrin arising
rom this brought On the disease from which sho
dad ),
Tsha had ali +ha prond spirit OF hor father
than -" ~ "&'A '+'A ''' f
Twas. and combined with thatal1 the extreme
acca1t~;c;tias of her mother. She could be both
~ H. nnost ronial Tgr1uth and Arctic coldness
to her 1r1onos' AZ eac1 tha1Lo.b ~ dov Von
her, such was her mood through Iuo 10y. 80 ~
never knew beforehand "heIe you "eto W. ha1
her. She would sometimes, tor weeks togeIne.,
become so absorbed III maenenaIical eeuues Iar;oni
LaPlace's most abst1use calculations, IN phJo1ca1
astronomy, in the calculs-that everything else
WAS forgotten Again, with tue same 1nIIenslty, I 5y,
she would travel from place to place on the Con-
tinent, would follow up the disslpatlons Of Lon
| don society through whole season "1th az inc
t crazy eagernese OF girl at a her hrst entrance
into life, would be present at ail the great horse
races on both sides Of the channel, and would
gamble unscrupulously everywhere. She vas
| ALDO as extremity selfish as she was heedlesaly
rash and it was from this, added to her frequent
|
slant friends"
"Did she resemble her father or mother most
in personal appearance z"
| "Her father; and WAS as beautiful woman az
he Was handsome man. When she WAS staying
at Clifton, with her mother, the year before she
became Lady Love1ace, never saw q more
| lovely young woma1- To the white clear skin.
large, LIQUID eyes, dark wagy tresses, Grecian
| features and small hands and feet Of her father,
| she added the thoughtful expression Of Lady
| Noel Byron. Her forehead was lower than Lord
| Byron's, but this only added to her beauty. She
read the " "Mecanique Celeste" OF La Place, in
from the elliptical motions Of the planets to it's
most remote effects on their mutual perturba-
tions-a work, you are aware, which subse-
quent1y translated-nnder my direction for sev-
derstanding embodied IN physical pea beauty TO go
gseas a1sreo Us s fnel1 Mas Il f cnn,nra
byron whenever sne a1l1veo as tuu plg Gol!p.e.
henson OF great Astronomical ca 1fsa, 6esiae5
| ueA *oAco vas Ao", 0"eo'' @A1o oAH6 o"AA5 "on
uaoanlased. .o:,o.o. ,,. uo...a
uao suo, as eno ;ean peuu @ $3.50,
n,a py ue1 ~ - 'Ao0 ~ oo1 A'@110A
! "ot4e5 CT, ~u~ ., - 49,.
W 4ot A1om. n,'s ono 's,o nesen npoAs ~ l4,
nuS Rron MTae hnava W fr 80
co1o uaVo au4e a ~ uite1euea. "o'ol' 1o1 one
nau 40 taste MA. Wnatesel ioi Pt5S Poos1S.
ha ne -aaa na 9.o1, ~ danoa;t;o3 bo
Wn1cn arose 1Iom hor uneasy osposlt1on' Aao
sue no1, 4rs. ooner71le VI .4 .-
Poor lady yes. Ihere we're 1requene guar
Tels WIN, anu conseqqgns n esttaneelnent19 - 1on'
Lazy Moel byron: men tnere was tna1 Ter,
Tible ri affair about Medora Lelgn, which lasted
through years, and which kept Lady LoTgiace
IN IN constant lear OF some Pnonc EXPOSURE. Ihen
there was tho Ielgh 1amliy, never fepusanie,
always IN poverty, about Tnom ;, ,dlsgracetu
scandais we're forever IN clrcnlat1on;
But you place no creois In Mfs. beecher
Stoves terrible revelations ~
'Whother l do OF do not, one thing is cor
| tain, and that is, the revelation Is not, as the
world supposes, something new. hare heard
| Of it many, many years. It was current before
Lord Byron died. Lady Lovc1ace believed it,
| and always spoke Of Medora Leigh, the alleged
Of the nc9 heF sister, Lay
"But long after this Lady Byron was on terms,
Of friendship with Mrs Leigh, which seems
hardly consistent with tho belief in such
natural deed. And, besides, Mr. Leigh lived
with his wife for many years after the scandal
| WAS afoat."
"Of Lady Byron's conduct in this, as in q
thousand other insetnces, no explanation can be
given that is consistent with human nature as