The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-03
A FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE
THE TRTUMPHfN TINDICdTTON or
THE NOS. mrs. NORTON

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN--Sir. swift
as n sunbeam arrow from Apollo's bow. hasten
to disperse the malaria, the python libel against
the poetess of England the Hon. Mrs Norton.
1t - iucautiously couicd into TIE SCN GIth
inst) from the Sunday MdcmW" headed
THE Coming Marriage " Poetess." The fol-
lowing extract contains the injurious libel viz
Mrs Norton was In early lie married to George Chap
pei Norton. and at his instance the young wfc figured
a. rc.pondcnt IN ceiobr t,d hto,ce SIX the cnase
Melbourne won ir the legal ngnt f9r damages en, re
t0,te that she yeited 70 pirate AJe.
Except the fact Of the ladys marriage with
the Hon. George c. Norton (brother to Lord
Grantey), the entire paragraph in relation to
her Is false aud malicious.
when I wrote the " Defence OF Lord Byron
and his sister. the Lady Augusta" published in
THE sun and New York Herald, September,
1869, copied throughout America and England,
and into four languages in Europe, tho late
James Gordon Bennett said that was the only
person in this country who could write that
defence from knowledge. because had the
personal acdu 'intance and friendship ~ the
sister OF Lord Byron aud many OF whom
wrote. Now, precisely the same combination Is
In this subject matter | having been hOnored
with the personal friendship of the Hon. Mrs.
Norton ana Of her late aud lamented sou,
Fletcher Norton, Esu.. premier altacht of the
British Embassy at Paris. and whose beauty
kindness. and talents were the reflex Of his
noble mother
NOTEWORTHY TRIAL.
I was In London at the time Of tho celebrated
trial for ALLEGED Grim. con-, George c. Norton
against Lord Melbourne. | had the honor Of
the iady's acqu tintance before that time, hav-
ing been introduced to her 10y the II n. Mrs.
Col Leicester Stanhope, at an evening party at
her residence In Hanover square. Colonel, the
Hon. Leicester stanhupe. dterwrd the Earl OF
Harrington, was the intimate AMI military
friend Of Lord Byron when at Missolonghi, and
was the guardian Of the poets dead body to
England. LOrd Hnrr'hIton was my terNeht
friend. and for years, aud while the great trial
We III p''s.,s,i We MsIv ~ Voi mn
Sa'i"n. Hlttr tnv NV "ivn ~, 'uc .ne
mus ga, 10 hei uiAi "a NIoiits' .eteIe ,.a-
Nih'i - s '',a i'.nV ln.S,Nvtu t
lNuthlaiS lct'eI HVh HeI' V"h'Nni"s thcSe
Worus'
Though afflicted with uamerted sorrow and misery
en- ,N qua M s.l', & iy H@ ~,
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S'ur peintiful ana oiaquent nub'tt Grafton upon
ShaNvspraft which ,ou kindy irrs .nteu a. M, Nc.
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| Niscount Melbourne being pccr OF the
! realm, could have GcW -ndvd ut- iuhL literally
bN III, lctr-. tut. be.u4 tdC utuflt Pane Min
i-ter we'll as the y Ieeu'-, hc noulA re- lived
20 waive his ureTugatlNe righ. and ue tired by "A
| jury. n- II one OF The humrle-t II her Majesty >
subjects. Ia this matter was mixed up polite j
aninIu-ity against tie Premier uN men anxious
To- have oi1tc under a change Il Min '-frf. The
trial took tlace ia Westminster Han. the IA
Sir joan Campbell (utcrward Lord Chict jus
ticei appc 'fins Tor defendant as his thi'l OF
counsel. and ia his memorable cross-e N'u.iiit-
! tion Of plaintiff. witnesses he literally an toe
/ uHed them, and rendered them useful only Tor
defendant.
one OF the vilest attempts u hacken this
| ladN'- character MaS UNANIMOUSLY rcsprt,d tu just
/ before the trial. nave shown IN hcf letter 70
me her mNcfn.l frict IN reference u Ncf chii'
dren teInk tkcn from ncr. ohr evening" -ii +
dcuiN APPEARED before ntr 90 h-r craving room
friend oi tuv tamliy' wh' SAID ana Wild tn-
nest IlAictN, NHN ANU 80, a'h WIZ 90 h' WIN
me, ctn take You INST 'hilN I" see ana emhr t'r
your chIilr She pulthN q. 'i'l utr@eli IN
III tWl ava huhh't' anu wen. hlt' a p".llS cur
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lIrhi' Au' '"a'h nan nAu ms su'' ~ orders
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in atlasernent injured wnat motive brought