The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-06 00:00:00

LORD BYRoA AND MR. MURRAY.

Copt:in Aledwin's " Conversations of Lord Byron"
sevtrid statements relative to Mr. Murray, his
Lordship's publisher, which that gentleman has deemed it
Lecemary :o controvert • and this be has dune must success-
in a small pamphlet, which has been privately cireu-
iatid. Mr. Jlunay has vet against the allegations of Cap-
tai t extracts from Lord Byron's own letters, in
wlikh the noble Poet uniformly bears tustiniony to the fir
awl iibersl conduct of Mi. Murray, and exprisses towards
him the most friendly sentiments; La example, his Loid-
ih:p thus addictive' his publisher in 1819:-
1 have a g• est respect for voile rod and gentlemanly qual:ties.
x•J return vt ur persona friendship towards me. • • • • • •
Ica deutve and tows. the esteem of three whose (*teem is worth
liming, and of none snore khowrver useless it maybe) than
" Yours, very truly,
BY RON."

Captain Metloin makes Lord Byron ray, that Mur-
ray had offered hint 1,000/. a Canto for Dun Juan, and
4neroards re 'need it to 500!.. on the pleat of piracy, and
cAop!ained of his dividing one Canto into two.—lna letter
to Mr. M., dated navtinia, Feb. 7, le's4), his Lordrhip

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" I have coral and cut the third Canto of Don JiICV: into two,
'muse A was too long, and I tell you this beforehand, because, in
tAs2 of r.y reckuniag between you and me, these two are unly to go
tor cu, s, this was the original form, and in fact the two together
en not Unger than une of the first; so remember that I have not
wa
!;.is division to d,:itble upon pt, but iusrely to suppress
LICIM taibousness in th- aspect of the thing. I shuald hare &erred
ya &pretty trick if I had sent you, fur example, Cantos of fifty
mums rub."

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To the statement in Captain Medwitia book, that Mr.
iirourray had to chcose brtwer n giving up Lord Byron or the
Navy Lot, Mr. Murray expressly declares, that it is alike
absurd and unfounded in Met. There are several orh..r
anertions in the " Cony, rsations," which a reference to
I.Jrd leturs crmpietcly disproves. Vie pass them
over, howevt r, for the purpose of noticing the last correc-
tion of Mr. Murray, ard which, av he ohs:lves, " demon-
watts that desu!tory, ex-parte conversation!, even if accu-
lately re Forted, t ill often convey irr.perfect and erroneous
hoions of the speaker's re. sentiments.
Lord Byron (according to Captain lkledwiri) said—
'. Mr diferereA with Murray are not over. kt' hen he purchased
• sia, • The Tan Fosea.i,' and • Sardanspaltis.' he sent me a
d,ol, which yon may Yemen bet. sitnessing. 11%11; atter its re.
Lim to kngland, it was di,ne ,vend that it tvutain..,l a rleuse whi h
b:rn ittratlac...! without eny bunch do. a clause by vhich I
cow tetisey to off r Mr. Murray uti my future camp:Wane.
11:4 I shall uk: no notice of it."
To this Mr. Murray renlies—
"ite words of italic ate :runic which were suppressed in the two
ttiitiJno sa. €spiatri Medsvin's book, and which Mr. Murray
Liantnt:.d ;ion, the publisher after the foregoing statement was
rtttd• lie ha+ only to °brave upon the subject, en re.
1-,11 c:o the dent it, gurstion, no alien clause is to be found; thrt
hue 1113, !lig.:ed in Lor.dori y the lion. Duughis Kin_
Laird, as Lord 11)n:ifs procuto;or, and witnessed by Richard
use of toe partners in Mr. Kinnaird's bankkg.
Luta-et and that the sognsture of Curtain .11ed win is nut affixed."