, 1879-08-05

and sent her SOLICITOR to Inform Mrs. Leigh. An
angry correspondence ensucd hct~een the, la-
inlisnantIv; s ansl Lady byron soon iapsIne Into
cold reserve, anil changing from Ever yours
alfcctonatcly' to Your faithful frcnd.'n
A. outline ri The correspondence, aud = few
Of the letters Will
INDICATE ITS TORE:
u, Lady Byron, Nov. &c, 1922: Or. 1.ushin2ton
lkel5 70 aecsps The office Of trustee. M1d. Leigh,
Nov. =. 1880: nr. Lushngtop q stranger to
her; she cnnld have hoped fot the appointment
s~s.t o. sn'e 'nasnal 10 Set.o9ally known to her;
Lady l3'ron, Nov. q, 1917: SENDS her solicItor,
~. Mno 'ntas n; Ms.; leiah ,hat Dr. tq;hlneton
Mra. Leigh, Dec. TO- 1879: Asking af.er Ada
Ilvrou's health in few lines. 70 thts Ladf
Byron answers:
kind wishes for Ada ami ne. She !, father bciter
tion on recent circumstance. ia, not scs convinecd
you or the consideration which haA been shown ID
your tnterestss Or an, rather to suppose That
yout r mna Y. t. i rpIeoeenpted by tho dstactng
ter Inv advice or sympathy afford you INV
comfoftr For ain always Yonr faithful friend
A. /. ". b.
reply is as follows:
Ada ID better. shall always taks tho same
interest that hare ever done In her welfaTe and In
s1art nnt w.! od ns 40 unjust t. myse'f ae to
erents which ! cannot feel. On That nub}ect
neser can have but one opinion; and no future nd
sabfages 1ay ever derive from the 1atc norinh.
tton can compousatc IL me for tne appointment
teelf* tho manner Of communicating II, oe lbs
measures counected with It have occasfoned.
Ma!snE ,aia Tins 10, much t1 have done. aad heg
{r~N al Nj
with the sense entertain Of your k.ndntss to ne
tlona&e1y. 4. l..
No answer being returned to this, Mira. Leigh
wrote on the 12tl, Of January, 1880, being
anxious to know that silence was not causcd by
Dlucss, which drew the
FOLLOWING LETTER FROM LADY DrnoN:
u. 11tLL. jan. II. 1890 My silence ia 10 be
the previous circumstances You have lett me
hut one conrsc-a painful ono 10 adopt-in order 10
hvoia future occasions OF such injurious msacon-
70 '.be kind still to Augusta " has been my con-
tsart chdcavos; anu you hare rot had tho shadow
Of = rcafon for ilnpnliug any other motive 10 my
| conduct
| Ala i in favorable state. Accounts Of t,or
faithfully yours, a. /. \. u.
| III r:.ply, Mrs. Leigh wrote lonE letter oa
Jan. Is. recapitulattng oil the facts: but Lady
Byron, " a letter Two tlars later declined to
discuss the matter any further. Then followed
~ indignant letter from Mrs. Leigh, OF the 18th
| Of JANUARY. which, bol1l, unanswered. WIS foI-
lowed 9y atoti!er. month later, asking for
reply: 10 this Lady Byron's answer suetns u,
have been long aLu detailed letter, the copy
Of wtct, Is unfortunately lost. Mrs. Leigh a.i-
sWcred II at length Oh the eth Of February;
md therc tllc correspondence ceaacd, md the
| rupture was conpictc, ans destined to
| LAST FOR MORE THAN rwKs1T YEARS.
! Tile next letter 6ccms to shox the general be-
llet that all attempts At reconciliation were re-
| fused bY Mrs. Leigh, to haye been erroneous.
| i most certainly points tho other wav. In
1851, when Mrs. Leigh was u intr,n health. aud
was, IN fact, not far from her end, Lady BYrou
at length wrute:
| TosT.0rFtcE) BnInnToS. Feb. II. 1851 51.-[ptl-
rasr. l-slnes the cessation OF our pcssoal inter.
y9 axs a t Gfe a onfs @ n;se INC to ses
/ u, We may nut long haye II In our power, Angus.
q, TO mret again IN this life; atid to do W might
braucc Of ecep, thouah sad, tha.ksulncaz. Hut
this could not be tho effect ulesa every worldly In
| t1ousistfuncrH. No o'hcr expectations must bo
entertained by you for II moment. On any other
terms ca1spot see you asau. uatsas summoned to
u sou decline. t!lesc will be tho last words Of
thpy could cdnycy to yonr heart tlo feelings viii
which write tsse'n' auu AIN yon,s.
The lIou. Mrs. Leigh
BY subscnucnt letters Of the Goth Of March
anu 81 oi April II appears lint the tneutns was
| nrrangci to take p!acu at Hegatt, In the pres.
| euce OF tbs Rev. Freter1rt; RnBcrtsun nF
Brighton: ~
| n,rr 1r rnvpp c,ur M.
In October Mrs. Leig! was on her dcath.bcd,
anil Lady I5yIOn'S Injection Tor hEF Nartrd
AgAln, M appears from n few short letters from
| her to Emily. Mrs Lctrl.'s daughter, One uf
them l,y which .hr ami lnst I,rsenrrc In liar
;tr,,',r st.+"riutar :. ~ f,,n,rs. ~- " III
W. Mas. ..'i.4'a1; ~ 10 ~ '',""s' ~, r,.r,
Ea!II: 1an ssre yoa WI kinaly .sn1 liz ron,s
ucais OF the Illness which ~ still 70 distressing:
anu nave seslaeet 20 shasc. II you can tnlnll
T. without a'iy lostlbis cxcltsment lint would tc
Injurious ~ your snesheF whisper - hcr lron
',s the wofis. peafest Augnsts." can't think
they would hus1 her. Yours truly.
| .,,, a.. ). NaEL hrhos.
am nero I'LL wednesday. II ron ahDntd wnnt
TO communicate WIN Hie, don't acsltate to send
| messenger. .....
"'ll,c closing letter OF tifs Interesting cosrc-
| spondcncc, says III. Thou,usnn. "wiij fe rca,i
1r(,i,al,ir vim anmr sli,,it frelim, ~ snrnrisn
f. ,rjvns Low " ni,, nrrarf, ~, ~ ,rt,
III ,, ~, ~ ..s " ~. " = ~. ".te. "Ht!'
W. peilaaps q p'an souie u us 1Heons!stehecs'
y, as spe SAYS, 1eFa was not hntufe IT. WhlcA
al'ectioi' could pass nWny, think y Is d0tnE
her no injustice to soy that a prr,sal OF the let
tgrs rellt!uE tD tb.ularrcl leaves Al unpleasant
| tee,n. tlmt shc could, at leukt,