THE DAILY KVEKIKG- TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1870.
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IV.
lord- Byron's . Story Lady Byron's
Story Byron's Last Letter
. to Lis' Bister. , ..... ',
As the public intercut in the Byron soAndal
is still nnabated, vtt publish the story of the
separation, as .told respectively by Lord and
. Lady Byron, with Borne contemporary testi
mony on the subject. r Lord Byron's account
of bin tnarrlage and Reparation is taken from
Uedwin's "Journal of the Conversations of
Lord Byron, noted during a residence with
bis Lcrdnbip atriHft,, ia the years 1821 and
122.'.'
r -LoitD vritojfk sToitr.
A Tery f uU account of my marriage and sepa
ration is contained in my memoirs. After they
were completed, I wrote to Lady Byron, pro
posing to send them for' her inspection, in
order that any misstatements or inaccuracy
(if any such existed, which I was not aware
of) might be pointed out and correoted. In
kr' .answer fche declined the offer, without
assigning any reason; but desiring, if not on
her account, for the . salt of her daughter,
that they anight never appear, and finishing
with a threat. My reply vraa the severest
thing" I ever wrote. I told her that she
knew all I bad written was incontrover
tible ' truth, " and ' that she did not wish
to sanction the truth. I ended by saying that
she might depend on their being published.
It was not till after this correspondence that
I made Moore the depositary of the MS. --
'Ill first time of my seeing Miss Milbanlte
was at Lady 's. It was a fatal day; and
I remember that in going np stairs 1 stum
bled, and remarked to Moore, who acoom-
. panied me, that it was a bad omen. I. ought
to have taken the warning. ' On entering
the room I observed a young lady more
simply dressed than the rest of the
assembly sitting alone upon a sofa. I
took her for a female companion, and asked
if I was right in my conjecture? "She is a
great heiress," said he in a whisper, that be
came lower as he proceeded; "you had better
marry her and repair the old place, New
Btead." - - '
There was something piquant and what we
term pretty in Miss Milbanke. Her features
were small and feminine, though not
regular. ' She had the fairest skin imaginable.
Her figure was perfect for her height, and
there was a simplicity, a retired modesty
about her, which was very characteristic, and
formed a happy contrast to the cold artificial
formality and studied stiffness which is called
fashion. She interested me exceedingly. I
lecame daily more attached to her, and it
ended in my making her a proposal that was
rejected- Iler refusal was couched in terms
which could not offend me. I was, besides,
. persuaded that in declining my offer she was
governed by the influence, of her mother; and
was the more confirmed in my opinion by her
reviving onr correspondence herself twelve
months after. The tenor of her letter was
that, although she could not love me, she de-
sired my friendship. Friendship is a danger
ous word for young ladies; it is love full
fledged and waiting for a fine day to fly.
It had been predicted by Mrs. Williams
ihat twenty-seven was to bo a dangerous age
for me. The fortune-telling witch
was.' right; it was destined to prove
so. I shall never forget the 2d of Janu
ary,, . 1815; Lady Byron was the only
unconcerned person present; Lady Noel, her
mother, cried; I trembled like a leaf, made
ice wrong responses, ana alter the ceremony
called her Miss Milbanke.
There is a singular history attached to the
ting. The very day the match was concluded
a ring of my mother's, that had been lost, was
dug up by the gardener at Newstead. I
thought it was sent on purpose for the wed
ding; but my mother's marriage had not been
a fortunate one, and this ring was doomed to
ke the seal of an unhappier union still.
After the ordeal was overawe Bet off for a
country-seat of Sir Ralph's (Lady B.'s father),
and I Was suprised at the arrangements for the
journey, and somewhat out of humor, to find
the lady's maid stuck between me and my
bride. It was rather too early to assume the
husband; so I was forced to submit, but it
was not with, a very good grace. I have been
accused of saying, on getting into the car
riage, that I had married Lady Byron out of
spite, and because she had refused me twice.
U'hougb I was for " a moment vexed at her
prudery, or whatever you may choose to call
. it, if 1 had made so uncavalier, not to say
brutal a speech, I am convinced Lady Byron
' would .instantly have left the carriage to me
and the maid. She had spirit enough to have
done so, , and would properly have resented
the affront. Our honeymoon was not all sun
shine; it had its ; clouds, and Ilobhouse has
some letters which would serve to explain the
rise and fall in the barometer, but it was
, never down at zero.
You tell me the world says J married Miss
Milbanke for. be r fortune, because she was a
great heiress. All I have aver received, or
am likely to reoeive (and that has been twice
paid back, too),;was 10,000. My own in
come at this period was small, and somewhat
bespoke. , Newstead was a very unprofitable
estate, and brought . me in a bare 1500 a
year; the Lancashire property was hampered
with a law suit, which . has cost me Xl4,ooo,'
and is not yet finished.
"We had a house in town, gave dinner-parties,
Ladseparate carriages and launched into every
sort of extravagance. This could not last
Jong; iny wife's ten thousand pounds soon
melted , away. I was beset by duns, and at
length an execution was levied, and the
, bailiff $ put in possession f the very beds we
tiad to sleep on. . This was no very agreeable
state of affairs, no very pleasant scene for
Lady Byron to witness; and it was agreed she
should pay her father a visit till the storm
had blown over, and some arrangement had
heen made with my creditors. , .-'.
You may suppose on what terms we parted,
from the style of a letter she wrote me on the
road: yoh' will think it begaa . ridiculously
enough "Dear Duck 1", , ; , , (! ; r i .
Imagine my astonishment to receive, imme
diately on her arrival in London, a few lines
from her father of a very dry and nnaffeo
tionate nature, beginning, "Sir," and ending
with saying that his daughter should ' never
see me again."
In my reply I disclaimed his authority as a
parent over my wife, and told him I was con- "
Tinced the sentiments expressed wore his, '
not hers. Another post, however, brought I
me a confirmation (under her own hand and
seal) of her father's sentence. 1 afterwards I
learnt from Fletcher's (my valet's) wife, who '
was at that time fetninedceJiarnbre to Lady !
Byron, - that after ' her definite resolution;
was taken, and the fatal letter consigned '
to the post office, she sent to with- '
draw if, and was in hysterics of joy that '
it was not too late. It seems, however, that
tbey did pot last long, or llict she was after- ;
15
wards over-pcTHTindcd to forward it. Thero
can be no doubt that the inQuenoe of her
rnemics prevailed over her affection for' me..
You ask me if no causo was assigned for this
sudden resolution? if I formed no conjoo
ture about the cauRe ? I will tell yon.
I have prejudice about women: I do not
like to see them eat. Ilounnean makes Julie
unpen gourmandc; but that is not at all
according to my tasto. I do not like to
bo interrupted when I am writing. Lady
Byron did not attend to these' whims
of mine. - The only - harsh thing I
ever remember saying to her was one eve
ning shortly before our parting. I was stand
ing before the fire, ruminating upon the em
barrassment of my affairs, and other annoy
ances, when Lady Byron came up to me and
said, "Bvron. am I in your way ? to which I
replied, "damnably 1" I was afterwards soVry,
and reproached myself" for the expression:
but it escaped ne unconsciously involunta
rily; I hardly knew what I said., '
I heard afterwards that Mrs. Charlomont
bad been the meanB of poisoning Lady
Noel's mind against me; that she had enu
ployed herself and others in watching me
in London, and had reported having
traced me into , a house in Portland
place. There was one act of which I might
justly have complained, and which was un
worthy of any one but such a confidante. I
allude to the breaking open my writing desk.
A book was found in it that did notdo much
credit to my taste in literature, and some let
ters from a married woman with whom I had
been intimate before my marriage. : The use
that was made of the latter was most unjusti
fiable, whatever may be thought of the breach
of confidence that led to their discovery.
Lady Byron sent them to the husband of the
lady, who had the good sense to take no no
tice of their contents. The gravest aoensa
tion that has been made against me is that
of having intrigued with Mrs. "Mardyn in
my own house; introduced her to my own
table, etc. There never was a more unfounded
calumny. Being on the Committee of Drury
Lane Theatre, I have no -doubt that several
actresses called on me; but as to Mrs. Mardyn,
who was a beautiful woman, aod might have
been a dangerous visitress, I was scarcely
acquainted (to speak) with her.
I had been shut up in a dark street in
London, writing "The Siege of Corinth," and
had refused myself to every one till it was
finished. I was surprised one day by a doctor
and a lawyer almost forcing themselves at
the same time into my room. I did not
know till afterwards the real object of
their visit. I thought their questions
singular, frivolous, and somewhat importu
nate, if not impertinent; but what should I
have thought if I had known that they were
sent to provide proofs of my insanity?
I have no doubt that my answers to these
emissaries' interrogations were not very
rational or consistent, for my imagination was
heated by other things. But Dr. Bailey could
not conscientiously make me out a certificate
for Bedlam; and perhaps the lawyer gave a
more favorable report to his employers. The
doctor snid afterwards he had been told that
I always looked down when Lady Byron bent
her eyes on me, and exhibited other
symptoms equally infallible, particularly
those that marked the late . King s
case so strongly. I do not, however, tax Lady
Byron with this transaction; probably, she
was not privy to it. She was the tool of
others. Iler mother always detested me; she
had not even the decency to conceal it in her
own house. Dining one day at Sir Ralph's
(who was a good sort of man, and of .whom
you may form some idea, when I tell you that
a leg ot mutton was always served at Lis
table, that he might cut the same joke upon
it;, l broke a tooth ana was in great puin,
which I could not avoid showing. -"It will do
you good," said Lady Noel; "I am glad of it !"
l gave tier a look !
You ask if Lady Byron was "ever in love
with me I have answered that question
already No ! I was the fashion when she
first came out. ,
I had the character of being a great rake,
and was a great dandy both of which young
ladies like. She married me fiom vanity and
the hope of reforming and fixing me. She
was a spoiled child, and naturally of a jealous
disposition; and this was increased by the
infernal machinations of those in her confi
dence.. She was easily made the dupe of the design
ing, for she thought her knowlodge of man
kind infallible. She had got some foolish
idea of Madame de Stael in her head,
that a person may be better known in
the first hour than in ten years. She
had the habjt of drawing people's char-v
acters after she had seen them once or twice.
She wrote pages on pages about my character,
but it was as unlike as possible. ., K ,; . ;,
Lady Byron had good ideas, but could x
never express them; wrote poetry too, but it
was only good by accident. Her letters were
always enigmatical, often unintelligible. Shs
was governed by what she called fixed rales
and principles, squared mathematically. She
.would have made an excellent wrangler at
Cambridge.- It must be confessed, however,
that she gave no proof of her boasted consis
tency. First she refused me, then she ac
cepted me, then she separated herself from
me. So much for consistency. I need not
tell yon of the obloquy' : and oppro
brium that were cast - upon my name
when our separation was made pub
lic. I once made a list from the jour
nals of the day, of the different worthies, an
cient and modern, to whom I was compared.
I remember a few : Nero, Ajpicins, Epicurus,
Caligula, Heliogabalus, Henry the ' Eighth,
and lastly the . All my former friends,
even my cousin George Byron, who had beon
brought up with me, and whom I loved as a
brother, took my wife's part. I was looked
upon an the worst of husbands, the most
abandoned and wicked of men, and my wife
as a suffering angel an incarnation of all the
virtues and perfections 'of the - sex. I was
abused in the public prints, made the common
talk of private companies, hissed as I went
to the House of Lords, insulted in the
streets, afraid to go to the theatrey whence
the unfortunate Mrs. Mardyn had been
driven with insult. The Examiner was the
only paper that dared say a word in my de
fense, and Lady Jersey the only pson in.
the fashionable world that did not look upon
rue as a monster.
In addition to all these mortifications, my
affairs were irretrievably involved, and almost
soastomake me what they wished. I was
compelled to part with Newstead, which i
never, could . havo ventured to sell in my
mother's lifetime. As it is. I shall never for
give iuysclf for having done so; though I am
told that the estate would not now bring half
as much as I got for it. This does not at all
reconcile me to having parted with the old
Abbey. I did not make up my mind to this
step fiut from ; the last necessity, I hud my
wife's portion to repay, and was determined
to add 410,000 more of my own to it, which
I did. The moment I had put my affairs in
train, and in little more than 18 months
after nay marriage, I left England, an invol
untary exile, iBttndirg it should be fcrevtr,
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LADY BYRON'S STORY.
is told in a pamplet of fifteen pages, former
printed In 1830. , It was sent by toe aothoress
to Mooro, who afterwards inserted it in the
appendix of his "Life of Byron." The fol
lowing are the essential portions of this state
ment: I have disregarded various publications in
which facts within my own knowledge have
been grossly misrepresented; bnt I am called
upon to notice some of . the erroneous state
ments proceeding from one who claims to be
considered as Lord Byron's confidential and
authorized friend. Domestio details ought
not to be intruded on the public attention; if,
however, they are so intruded, the persons
affected by them have a right to refute in-
nriouB charges. Mr. Moore has promulgated
lis own impressions of private eents in
which I was most nearly concerned, as if he
posResscd a competent knowledge of the sub
ject. ' Having survived Lord Byron, I feel
increased reluctance to advert to any cir
cumstances connected with the period of
my marriage; nor is it now my intention to
disclose .them, further than may be indis
pensably requisite for the end I have in view.
Self-vindication is not the motive which ac
tuates me to make this appeal, and the spirit
of accusation is nnminglcd with it; , bnt when
the conduct of my parents is brought forward
in a disgraceful light, by the passages selected
from Lord Byron's letters, arid by the re
marks of his biographer, I feel bound to jus
tify their characters from imputations which
I k now to be false. The passages from Lord
Byron's letters to which I refer are:
The aspersion on my mother's character, p.
048, line 4: . , ,
"My child Is very well and notirtBhlnfr, 1 hear; bnt
I must eo also. 1 fel no llnposmon to remim it to
the contagion of it yrandmother't society." .
The assertion of her dishonorable conduot
in employing a spy, p. C45, line 7, etc. :
"A Mr. C. (now a kind of housekeeper and tpy of
j.aiip a. ) who, in ner better days, was a wasner
wotiian, Is supposed to be by the learned very
much the occult cause ot our domestic discre
pancies." The seeming exculpation of myself in the
extract, p. 040, with the words immediately
following it;
" Ucr nearest relatives are a ;"
where -the blank clearly implies something
too offensive for publication.
These passages tend to throw suspicion on
my parents, and give reason to ascribe the
separation either to their direct agency, or
to that of "officious spies'' employed by them.
From the following part of the narrative"
(p. i42), it must also be interred tliat an
undue influence was exercised by . them for
the occomplishment of this purpose;
"It was In a few weeks after the latter communi
cation between m (Lord Uyrou and Mr. Moore), that
I.udy Ityron adopted the determination of parting
from li I in. She hud left London at the -latter end of
January on a vls.it to her faiher's house, in Leices
tershire, and Lord Ejron was In a short time to fol
low her. They had parted in the utraoBt kindness;
idie wrote liiiu a letter full of playfulness and auc
tion, on the road, and immediately on her arrival at
Kirkby Mallory her father wrote to acquaint Lord
Hyrou that she would return to him no more."
In my observations upon this statement, I
shall, as far as possible, avoid touching on
any matters relating personally to Lord Byron
and myself. The facts are: I left London
for Kirkby Mallory, the residence of my father
and mother, on the 15th of January, 181G.
Lord Byron had signified to me in writing
(January 0th) his absolute desire that I should
leave London on the earliest day that I could
conveniently fix. It was not safe for me to
undertake the fatigue of a
than the 15th.
journey sooner
Previously to my departure, it had been
strongly impressed on my mind that Lord
Byron wns under the influence of insanity.
This opinion was derived in a great measure
frcm the communications made to me by his
nearest relatives and personal attendant, who
had more opportunities than myself of
observing him during the latter part of my
stay in town. It was even represented to me
that he was in danger of destroying himself.
AVith the concurrence of his family, I had
consulted Dr. Baillie, as a friend (January 8),
respecting this supposed malady. On" ac
quainting him with the state of the case and
with Lord Byron's desire that I should leve
London, Dr. Baillie thought that my absence
might be advisable as an experiment, a is timing
the fact of mental derangement, for Dr.. Bail
lie, not having had access to Lord Byron,
could not pronounce a positive opinion oa
that point, ne enjoined that in correspond
ence with Lord Byron, I should avoid all but
light and soothing topics. Under these im
pressions, I left London determined to follow
the advice given by Dr. Baillie. ' Whatever
might have been the nature of Lord Byron's
conduct towards mo from the time of my
marriage, yet supposing him to be in a state
of mental alienation, it was not for me, nor
for any person of common .humanity, to
manifest at that moment a sense of in
jury. On the day of ny ' departure, and
again on . my , arrival ; at Kirkby
(Janury 10th), I wrote to Lord Byron
in a . kind and cheerful tone, according to
these medical directions. , The last letter was
circulated, and employed as a pretext for the
"charge of my having been subsequently influ.
encai to "desert" my husband. It has been
argued that I parted from Lord Byron in per
fect harmony; that feelings incompatible with
any deep sense of injury had dictated the
letter which I addressed to him; and that my
sentiments must havo been changed by per
suasion and interference, when I was under
the roof of my parents. These assertions
and inferences are wholly destitute of founda
tion. . ,
When I arrived at Kirkby Mallory, my
parents were unacquainted with the existence
of any causes likely to destroy my prospects
of happiness; ' and when I communicated to
them the opinion which bad been formed con
cerning Lord Byron's state of mind, they were
most anxions to promote his restoration by
every means in their power. r They assured
those relations who were with him in London,
that! "they would devote their whole care
end attention to the alleviation of his
malady," and hoped to make the best arrange
ments for his comfort if he could be induced
to visit them. With these intentions
my
mother wrote on the 17th
to Lord Bvron. in
viting bun to Kirkby Mallory. She had always
treated him with an affectionate consideration
and indulgence, which extended to every lit
tle peculiarity of his feelings. NVver did an
irritatiug word, escupe her lips in her whole
intercourse with him, . .
The account given me after I left Lord
Byron by the persons in constant intercourse
with him, added to those doubts which hud
before . transiently occurred to my mind, as
to the reality of the alleged disease; and the
reports of his ., uiedioai attendunt were far
from establishing the existence of anything
like lunacy. Under this uncertainty, I
deemed it right to communicate to my pa-
reniH, mat u j Wero to consider tiord
vL h
Ol i
Byron s past conduct as that of a person
sound mind, nothing could indime me to re
turn to him. It therefore appeared expedient
both to them and myself, to consult th ablest
ITh rtfertnees throughout are, of course, tJ the
Urot fdllivu, in tjiiai to, pubiuiijed lu Kd. I
advisers. For that object, and also to obtain
still further information respecting the ap
pearances which seemed to indicate mental
derangement, my mother determined to go
to London. She was empowered by me to
take legal opinions on a written statement of
mine, though I had then reasons for reserr
ing a part of the case from the knowledge
even of my father and mother.
Being convinced by the result of
these inquiries, -and by the tenor of
Lord Byron's proceedings, that ' the
notion of ' insanity was an illusion, ' I
no longer hesitated to authorize such
measures as were necessary, in order to se
cure me from being ever again placed in his
power.' Conformably with this resolution my
father wrote to him on the 2d of February to
propose an amicable separation. Lord Byron
at first rejected this proposal; but when it was
distinctly notifitd to him, that if he persisted
in his refusal, recourse must be had to legal
rneasures, he agreed to sign a deed of separa
tion. Upon applying to Dr. Lushington,who
was intimately acquainted with all the cir
cumstances, to state in writing what he re
collected upon this subject, ' I received from
him the following letter, by which it will be
manifest that my mother cannot have been
actuated by any hostile or ungenerous motives
towards Lord Byron:
..l'Mv.I)ear Lry Bjron : I can rely npon the accu
racy of my memory for the following statement.
l..1 wV;,8lnallJM'onm,ltet, by badv Noel on yoar
behali whllHtyou were in the country ; the circum
stances detailed by her were suca as JustMcd a sepa
ration, but they were not of that aggravated descrip
tion as to render such a measnre indispensable. Oa
i. y ..11" ,erreBt'ntfttlon. 1 deemed a reconcilia
tion with Lord Byron practicable, and felt, most sin
cerely, a wish to aid in eiTectlng it. There was not,
en Lady Noel's part, any exaggeration of the facts,
nor, so far as I could perceive, any determination to
prevent a return to Lord Byron ; certainly, nose was
expressed when I opoke of a reconciliation. When
jou came to town In a fortnlght,or perhaps more,after
my first interview with Lady Noel, I was for the lirst
time informed by you of facts utterly unknown, as
1 have no doubt, to sir Ralph and Lady Noel. Oa
receiving this additional information my opinion
was entirely changed ; I considered a reconciliation
impossible. I declared my opinion, and added that
If such an Idea should be entertained, 1 could not.
either professionally or otherwise, take any part
towards effecting it, ' v
"Believe me, very faithfolly, yours", ,' . ,
' . "HTBPHEN tTJSHIKGTOS.
"Great George street, Jan. 81, 1S3P.'.' , ,
I have only to observe that, it the state
ments on which my legal advisers (the late Sir
Samuel Romilly and Dr. Lnshington) formed
their opinions were false, the responsibility
and the odium should rest with me only.
I trust that the facts which I have here
briefly recapitulated, will absolve my father
and mother from all accusations with regard
to the part they took in the separation be
tween Lord Byron and myself. They neither
originated, instigated, nor advised that sepa
ration; and they cannot be condemned for
having afforded to their daughter the assist
ance and protection which she claimed.
There is no other near relative to vindicate
their memory from insult. . I am, therefore,
compelled to break the silence which I had
hoped always to observe, and to solicit from
the readers of Lord Byron's life an impartial
consideration of the testimony extorted from
me- A. I. Noel Btro.v.
Hanger Hill, Feb. 10, 18;J0.
JJYJtOH'8
LAST LETTER
TO I1IS
SISTER.
From "Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and
Byron." By K. J. Trelawny. Loadon: 185S.
A letter from his half-sister, Augusta Leigh,
was on his writing-table. This lady was the onlr
1 !- 1 1 . m . . .
relation jjyron naa, or at least acknowledged;
and he always spoke of her in the most affec
tionate terms. He was in the act of writing
to her when he was taken ill. This unfinished
letter I copied, as the original would run
many risks of being lost before it reached its
destination. It is interesting as the last of
Byron's writings as on index, too, tf his real
and inward feelings.
His sister's letter contained a long tran
script of one from Lady Byron, with a minute
mental and physical account of their child,
Ada. Lady Byron's letter mentioned a profile
of the child. ,
This unfinished letter was the last of
Byron's writings; it is to hid hall-sister,
Augusta Leigh:
"Missolonghi, Feb. 23, 1821. My Dearest
Augusta, I received a few days ago your and
Lady Byron's report of Ada's health, with
other letters from England, for which I ought
to be, and am (I hope) sufficiently thankful,
as they are of great comfort, and I wanted
some, having been recently unwell, but am
now much better, so that you must not be
alarmed. You will have heard of our
journeys and escapes and so , forth
perhaps with some exaggeration; but it
is all very well now, and I have been
some .. time ' in Greece, which is in . as
good a state as coidd bo expected, considering
circumstances. But I will not plague you with
politics, wars, or earthquakes, though we have
had a rather smart one three, niehta son.
which produced a scene ridiculous enough, as
no damage was done, except to those who
stuck fast in the scuffle to get first out of the
doors or windows; amongst whom some recent
importations from England, who had been
used to quieter elements, were rather
squeezed in the press for precedence.
"I have been obtaining the release of
about nine and-twenty Turkish , prisoners
men, women, and children, and have
sent them, at my own expense, home
rto their friends: but ' one nrettv
little girl of nine years of age, named Hato
or llatagee, has expressed a strong, wish to
remain with me or under my care; and I have
nearly determined to adopt her, if I thought
that Lady Bvron would let her come to Eng
land ps a companion to Ada, They are about
the tame ago, and r e coidd easily provide for
her; if not, I can send her to Italy for educa
tion. She is very lively and quick, and with
great uiack UrientaJ eyes and Asiatio features.
All her brothers were killed in the revolution.
Her mother wishes to return to her husband,
who id at Trevisa, but says that she would
rather entrust the child to me in the
present state of . the country. Her ex
treme youth, and sex have hitherto saved hor
life, but there is no saying what might hap
pen in the course of the war, and of such a
war. , I shall probably commit hor to the care
of some English lady in the islands for the
present. The child herself has the sanio wish,
and seems to have a decided character for her
age. . 'i
;'You can mention this matter, if yon think
it worth while. I merely wish her to be re
spectably educated and treated; and if my
years and all things bo connidered, I presume
it would bo difficult to conceive me to have
ddv other views. . , , , , , , .: . ,
MVith regard to Ada's health, I
am glad to hear that she- is, so . much
better j but I think it' right that Lady
Byron should . be informed, l and ' guard
against it accordingly, that her description
of much of her disposition and tendencies
very nearly resembles that of uiv own at a
similar age, except that I was much more iin-
tffttllnlta 'TTa iwi.fdVAtln. r.nu. A.IM-M.
it may seem was,' and indeed is, mine (for I
Late reading verse, and always did); and I
never invented anything but boats, ships, and
' generally fioiuetbing relative to the ocean. 1 1
j hLowtd the rport to Coliwel Stanhope, who
was struck with the resemblance of parts of
it to the paternal line, even now. ,
"But it is also fit, though unpleasant, that
I should mention, that my recent attack and
a very severe one bad a strong appearance
of epilepsy; why, I know not, for it is lole in
life. . Its first appearance at thirty-six, and,
so far as I know, it is not hereditary; and it
is that it may Hot become so, that you should
tell Lady Byron to take some precautions in
the case of Ada.
' "My attack has not returned, and I am
fighting it off with abstinence and exercise,
and thus far with success if merely casual,
it is all very well."
Cetein,diMint.'
SHIPPING.
LORILLARD'S - STEAMSHIP
' LIRE FOR
IV 13 w
YOU, K.
SAILING ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, . AND
SATURDAYS. AT NOON.
On and after Dnoeraber IS, the rates will be S5 eenU per
100 Iba, 10 eent per foot, or I cents per gallon, ihip's
option.
Adranee ebtrfret esahed at offio on pter. '
Freight reoaived at all times on ooTerod wharf.
JOHN K. OHL,
Pier 19 NORTH WUAKVE8.
N. B. Ritra rateeon small packages iron, metal, ete. etc
SPECIAL NOTICE. On and after the 15th of March
the rate by thin line will be reduced to 10 cents por 100
lb., 4 cent per ft. or 1 cent per gall., ship's option- 38 (
i iit of New York, ta Halifax, Toenday, Jan. 11, 1J noon.
. "". ,Klajr, January 16, 1 V. M.
"I " iimmifn, naiurtiay, Jan. 9 A. M.
City of Boston, via Halifax, Toeedar. Jan. SB. 19 Noon.
Oitf of Ixmilon, bnturday, January 20, 1 A. la.
And each anoeeedlng Saturday and alternate Tuesday,
from FiereS, .North Hirer. t
. KATK8 OF PARRAOK.
?,T ?? AV' TBAMJCB aiUN(l BVF.BT SATURDAY.
V!J!",l?!".!B GoW ' Payable in Ourrenoy.
FIRST CABIN $100 STKKRAOK . . ....... ..3S
To London , loft To London 40
To Paris H To Pans 47
F-ASHAG1 BY Tint XtrgSDAf aTEAJOtB, VIA HAIJjTAX.
Payalilo in tiold.
Liverpool Jflp
Halifax K.i ao
Bt. John's, N. F., ) I
PlliHT rjHiii
Payable in Currency.
Liverpool 830
Halifax lfi
St. John'., N. F.. ( M
HTrr.HAiiR
vj nrancn creamer. .. .1
Patwenircre alitn forwards! tn ii.v ul'.'..
oy Dranon steamer... .1 "
eto , at reduced riUt'fl. '
T'cotj n be bought here at modorate rates by persons
For fiirf tier n.pti.iilii.a ani.l.
ly at the Oomnanv's Offices,
or to
O'lJOVNFT.T. A KAIII V A 1
4 6
No. 4U2 CUKBNUT Street. Philadelphia.
ONLY DIRECT LINE to FRANCE
riTnESE JBAjra ATI , ANTIO
BREST "a no., at
The splendid new vessels on this favorite route for the
Saturday M' ' North riT,r' ,Tei
i ,.,',. PRJCH OU- PASSAGE
In gold (including wtnn,
Til UUDflfl a-iO Diiinn
' h.KTtf K li'W Vf 1TJ 1. ivnilitrnn . . . . . . . . .
First Cabin .....$140 Second Cabin
, TO PARIS,
. (Including railway tickete, ftira!nhe4 on board.)
ih Cab,n 14 I Second Cabin
.$8t
,.886
- " uui. carry enrage paasengors.
Medical al tendance free of chtarge.
American travellers going to or returning from the con
tinentof Kuropo, by taking the steamers of thia line avoid
unnecessary risks from transit by Knglifih railways aud
crossing the channel, bentdea saving time, trouble, and ex
pense. GHORUE MAUKKNZIE, Agent.
No. S8 BROADWAY, New York.
For passage in Philadelphia, apply at Adams Express
Company, to H. U LEAF.
"8 ' No. 820 CHBSNUT Stroot.
PHILADU'.T.PTTTa T?TnTTrnxrr
Itr -A.MiOHtOLK STEAMSHIP LINK
J'EjTHROUGH FREIGHT AIR LlNiS TO
itaiTUK SOUTH AND WEST "
Street100 rm IRST WHAIUf bove MARKET
THROUGH RATES to all points In North and South
Carolina via Seaboard Air Line Railroad, connecting at
Portsinonth.and to Lynchburg, Va., Tennessee, and the
daTviHeXtroSi1 enDe"ee Ai.' U "d Ki--
BaaK, oerl.nb? tekon &t LOWKR
Tbe regularity, safety, and oheapnesa of this route oom
mend it to toe publio as the mont dosirable medium for
oarryingevery description of freight
No charge lor commission, diayage, or any expense of
IT A D SI t) !
Steamships insured at the lowest rates.
Freight received daily.
. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A OO ,
w Si.S:J ARVKS and Fier 1 N. WHARVE8.
J-iP-tEH-P Ant at Richmond and City Point.
T. P. CROWELL A CO.. Agents at Norfolk 6 1
NEW EXPRE88 LINE TO
Aiexannna, Georgetown, and Washington, D.
-.-- ..i, ..uiuii. mjuj tur uiimi uirecl route for
&nthwSJ2' KnoiviUe. Naabviile. Dalton, and the
ttftSert le?Tf re?!"1,' every Saturday at noon from
tbe hint wharf above Market street.
Freight received daily.
VlLLIAM P. CLYDE CO.,
, . No. 14 North and South wharves.
1 IIYDE A TYLER, Agents, at Georgetown -M.
ELDRIDGEJt CO., LAgentst Alexandria. d I
NOTICE. FOR NEW YORK, VIA
DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL
t'VPUiruu lti i limn ii ...... n . u
.... . ... . ... . xuj'ivr.n t water oommunioa
tn between Philadelphia and New York,
Steamers leave daily from first wharf below Market
Street, Philadelphia, and foot of Wall st reet, New York.
Goods forwarded by all the lines running out of New
York, Aortb, Kaat, and West, free of commission.
freight received and forwarded on accommodating
terrua. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.. Agente,
. No. 19 8. DJULAYYARK Avenue, Philadelphia,
; . ' , JAMKS HAND. AgontT
35 No. 11K WALL Street. New York.
i l.o l !U If A Pki'icw Awr .mi ii D-L-m rl
NOTICE. FOR NEW YORK, VIA
TCkSKS C.",n'i 8WIFTSURE
ii uTiT ? i. " 5" tS?"8 llno wlu De resumed on and after
- j VT I w fiuivu wui urn UULWM OH
" - a w ss tm sway a a Bjrw
8
W.M. BAIRD A CO.,
douiu nnarvel
t-rrt F R O M CHARLESTON TO
"f-itffSJ "JPA'.y SAVANNAH. TRI
VjLjLji WEEKLY LINK.
fc5EiTT35 The following stoamera will leave
CLai ioblon tor Ilcrida, via Savannah, three times a week.
aftr arrival of the New York steamships and the North
eastern Hailmad train:
vi5U.)T iVyi.anUod Rote. ry SUNDAY MORN
ING at 8 o'clock.
piOTATOH. every TUESDAY RYENINO at 8 o'clock.
CITY POINT, every FRIDAY KVKN1NU at 8 o'olookT
through tickets to be had ot all Charloaton and Savan
nah bteantahip Line Agenoies in New York.
J. D. AIKEN A CO.,
' Agents at Charloaton.
' L. J. GU1LMARTIN A CO.,
i Agentsat Savannah.
FOR ST. THOMAS AND BR-
p--UNI PED STATES AND BRAZIL
MAIL STEAMbHIP COMPANY.
Regular M ..I I Sri.i.Ti... ... I ... n i,d
t-uol every month:-" " v"
MKKKlMAOif, Captain Wier.
A,,,,TH, A,y.??,.uA- P' R. L. Tinklepangh.
NOUill AMkRiCA, Captain O. B. Slocuui.
1 heae splendid steamers sail on schedule time, and call
at bt. Thomas, Para, Pernambuco, Bahia, and lUu do
Janeiro, going and returning,
i or engagements of freight or passage apply to '
14
Wo. bowling gueen.' Now York. '.
jjm. . nanKinu., Agent.
FOR NEW ORLEANS DIRECT.
tX k:Sy Steamships of this Line will leave Pier
tulttlV Mo- Kor"1 Kiver ftt 8 o'clock P. M. oa
L 1 U D If A X a.
nil liWJMWKliL LINE.
GH.OKGK WASHINGTON, Gager.
111UI LW 1U . n. !.," ' -j , ......
I reiglit taken for St. Louis, Mobile, and Galveston at
through rates. Cabin passage, $60.
For passage (urstmu) second ulass) or freight apply to
I - H. B. CltOMWKLL A CO.,
H ., , No. M WEST Btroot
a . TT s- irsV r.sv w .......
. U. D. JHA1L, it HAVANA.
r tm ATI 1WPT11 ii 1 1 r in i. i ........
x M ,.I5" sailing regularly EVERY TUESDAY at
tW oo ciooa r.M., precisely, from Pier No.
4 Nuriii lviver.
MORO CASTI K, Captain R. Adam.
COLUMBIA, Captain E. Vaa Sice
KiGLE, Captain M. R. Greene.
Tot freight or passage apply to ' '
, . i h. O. AV HEELER, Jb., President,
14. j No. 6 BOyUjaftEKwT!rl.
. . SABTOIf. .
St 91 d Iff A 11 it w.
' j
muprrno Attn nnyttinuittir . '
No. S COENTIE8 SLIP. New York.
No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia.
No. 46 W. PRATT Street, Baltimore.'
,vye arc prepared to ahlp every desoription of Freights
rntUdeiuhia. New York. Wiunimrton. and intnnuadia.
Cum wiui prompiseee anaaespton
tem4a Innuabad ai to hwrfsst sot
Jf FOR LIVERPOOL AND
f3CT?.Y5QUF.KN8TOWN.-Inman Line of Mail
BaiSi! te r I'Pintwl ! aa iaV
HH.TU
mm
gTUYI.SO.lT, lfltO., 6c CO.
Oil. 8,
lil3a No,lU4.SUCONOauta.
INSURANOE.
18290nARTEI1 IEIlIETUAIi.
Frantliii Fire iism-aiiCB team
OF PHILADELPHIA. , f . -
Office. Eos. 435 and 437 CHEUT BC
Assets Jan. I, '69, $2,677,37213,
CAPITAL 1400 OOflW
PREMVLa,fl8DRPLD8 1,W,WTO
I IUiJnULUg , , , ,.lt19a,84S"4
UNSETTLED CLAIMS.
COM It FOR 1M9,
Losses Bala since 1829,over $5,500,000
. Perpetual and Temporary Poliolea on Liberal Termn.
The Company alao issues Policies on KnUoimRZldina
Of all kinds,Uroruid Kent, and MorteaT
W All
AlfrwA n.Bakw Alfred Frtu .
Samuel Grant. I Thomas Sparks. r
George W. RiohardA, I William S.Grant, '
Isaac Lea, . I Thomas 8. Kllis, . -
Ueorge alas, ' Gustavns 8. Honson.
M W.MoAIxMc?. Vreai.
THKODOHK Al. KEG Assistant Secretary. 1 1
JNBUBEAT HOMB
Dt TBM
I Pena Mutual Life Insurance
i ' "' ..COMPANY.
No. 8a CHEBNTJT 8TRE2T, P111LAD FJJaiA
j - AMKTH, 83.O00.O4M). '
j CHARTERED BT OUR OWN STATE.
MANAGED BY OUR OWN CITIZEN
liONHE PROMPTLY PAID,
i OIJCIE8 ISSUED ON TARIOCM PLANS.
Applications may be made at the rjomt Offloe, aoA
wb Htu"uu uiruugaoQs ue ot lie. 1 18S
JA1TTF.N vnRAfirran
SAMUEL E. HTOKHN
JOHN W. IIORNOK
HORATIO H. STEPHENS.
P1K8IDRNT
...VIOE-PaEHIDKirt
. V. P. and AOTUART
BUXJRKTAKT
jA: S D3 XT JEt Y
! LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ;
-
No. 805 BROADWAY, corner o
Uleventli street. New York.
OA8H CAPITAL .'. i tlMooS
$ia6,tH deposited with tbe BtaU of Mew York aa'awmrltl
i for policy holder. assecurll
! HFOROK WS& ft!-?- ' ' V 'I
; A. E. M. PURDY, M. !.. Modotl i iSSSiner.
J'HILAMXFFIIA BKrBRXMOXa. 1 '
Thomas T. Tssker,, John M. Maris, .J. B. Llnotnootf. '
Charles Speneer, William Diving jkmos Kig. '
John A. W right, B. Morsis Wain, I Jamee Hnnter 1
Arthnr G. CoBih, 1 John B. MoCrelry. K. 11 Worn '
Orgsnised April, lhdn m Policies issued Ant ai
months! over 2UHI in the twelve months following.
AH lorms of Policies issoed on most favorable terma.
SpeouU advantagee offered to Clergymen.
A few good agents wanted in city or country. ApdIt t
JAMKS M. lAaMQACRK,
"ansger for Pennsylvania and Delawara.
STRICT LY MUTUAL.
Provident Life and Trust Co..
. OF rniLADELTIIIA. -
; OFFICE, Km. Ill 8. FOURTH STREET..
Organised to promote LITE INSURANCE amoM
members of the Society of Friends. "uiuug
Good risks of any class accepted. "
raWa?Cle8 188,16(1 n BpproTed I,lanfl at tt lowest
vV. rresltlont. SAMUEL R. BITIPLBY, . .
vito-Aremuent, vvjixjam V. LONGSTRETH.
' . . Actuary, ROWLAND PARhV.'
n af vaBtaBes oaerea by this Company are nn- "
cXCCUCCL . J27$
OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY
PhllaSelph?a.RTH AMEBI0A' fl WALNUT fit ,
AJIV",d 'Capital. -M,1" P ' r,
MANK," IlNLAliD"AMi'iriRK 'iNSTj'RAf?!!?''''''''
OVER S20.0U0.OOO LOB8F8 PAID SISCB ITS ORGAM.!
LdATION. - .
Arthnr G. Coffin,
Samuel W. Jones,
John A. Brown,
Charles Taylor, .
Ambrose white,
W illiam Welsh.
B. Morris Wain.
cnutoTonf; . : '
rranois K. Uopm,
gdward U. Trotter.
Kdward S. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry.
Alfred D. Jesenp, ..
John P. Whit.
Inhn Mooin I f.L i .
' Louis O. Madeira,
beorgs L. Harrison, '
CHARLES PLATT. VloiSfdenk, 1"
MATTBTAS Mabib, KecreUry. ' "UC"
CHAg. H. Rgvita. Asst. 8eoretary. '! i ' ' '
p,AME INSURANCE ) COMPANY.'
' Ro. 809 CHKSNTJT Street. ' f f .. '
INCOKPORATED 1H5H. OHARTKR PERPBTUAX.
CAPITAL, Cauu,0U0.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insures against Loss or Damage by lire either by Per.
poiwu or i emporary rouoiea,
. OLIUtO'l'OKS:
T
&niM1't,cS,r'Won 1 Kobert Pearoa,
William M. Beyfert.
Flonry Iwis,
NaLhaa lllllna. '
ooaa K.ess!er, Jr
cufiuu s. una. . .
Charles Stokes,. ' '
John W. Kverman."
GeorgaA. West,
. OUARLE8 RIOHARDKON. jwm ' '
WILLIAM H. SHAWN in., ti
WnjJAMS L Blamobabd. Bee rotary. 7 UUt ..
HILE f ENNBYLVANIA FIRE INSURAJSCB '
A. , COMPANY. w,va
, looorporated 1(416 Charter PerpetaaL ' " '
W0. 610 WALlNIJl.Btreet. onooaite lnrluiui.i,s..
Ibis Company, favorably known to the oonimanitTfm
0Ter'pr r". continues to insure against lose or daav !
age bylireonPublio or Private liuUdings,reithe ermZ
Thf d!i w'bl f "rally, ea liberal teriir
Their OauiUl. together with a Urge Surplns Fund, h
Invested Lu the most careful manner, which enables thans '
of losaf 'X'tred aa undoubted sou ant in yhetiTt
Daniel Bmith, Jr., IS,C.J jooB n,,,.- .
Alexander Benson, Tfiomss 8mtn7
Iwiao llailehunt, I lienry LewisT
. Ttiomaa Robins, I J. Uiiiuigham Fall.
. . , Daniel Haddock, j""""
w ! "AK1KL SMhiL Ja.. Preaident.
PIICKNIX IN8URANCE COMPANY : OF
PHILADELPHIA.
Kyt'fl "l-HARTER PKRPETUAt.
rm o.ioi upposii me eauaanga,
This Company insures from loss or uamiucs bv
,.. I , , HRK,
on liberal terms, on bnildings, merchandise, fnmltarsv
etc., for limited periods, and permanently on buildinim bv ,
deposit of preuiiiinia. "
ifti. f. ..... ... i. ,. .. i - i . .. .t . i .
c rV-S Vrf . , z. y" upontiion ror more man '
HAlr. il'.AKS, during which ail lirssiis have tuna.
r , "7 "daRKOTORS.
John t- Hodge,
David Lewis,
Benjainin Ktting,
Thorn as H. Power.
A. R. AloHenrv,
Kdmund Caaulion.
Samuel Wiloos, -
M. b.j Aianony,
' Jobn'P. Lewis,
William H. tirant,
Robert W. Ieaiuing,
V. Clark Wharton. . '
Lawrence Lewis, Jr.,
JOHW R.
awreuve Jjewis, or., iwis v. mirris.
' JOH R. WUCHJUtKit, PreaidenK
BAMOTL WlXOOX. Booretary. 4
Jwis O. IStirris.
THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA. -Offioa
I. W. Comer FOUHTH and WALNUT Btreeta.
FIRE 1NKCRANCK EXUL17BIVELY D"w',
PERPETUAL AND TERM POLIU1EB IJittUlCD
Cash Capital ., ,.SaAI.UalXa
1 Oaab Assets, Jolyl.ioiifl. "-A',uu,'w
DIREOfORS.
F. Ratchford Starr,
J. Uvtngston Brringer,
naioro rraxier,
John M. At wood,
benjamin T. 1'redick,
George H. Btuart,
uiuuoe u. vinguorn.
William O. Uoulton. .
tlharles Wheeler, ' -Thomas
H. Montgomery
Thill f umnin. !nlnna i "r , """". , ,
jonn 11. orown.
uvbn avnma
pecuJly hazardous naka whatever, such as lactones.
V, HATOHFORD RTARR, President "
THOMAH H AlON'i'OOMERY, Vice-President. '
AlJlAMMuB W. Wisua, Secretary. V (
JMPXBlAIi HEB INSUKAKCE CO.
j .' Y " LONDON."!.".'"'
I ' E4TABLJUKX 1S03. '
Pald-np Capital and Aocnmalated Funds,
88,000,000 IN GIOL.D.
PEEV0ST & UTEEIXG, Agents,
It) No. lot S. T1UKU Buret, Philadelphia, '
ciua. m. riyiYGbT,
CUAfl. P. IiJUUUJS(
01 or I '
jl ,ti Ja