The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-13 00:00:00

bondholders, Mr. tee was wnolly unacquainted with the
arrangement, as the letters Mr. Burton to Mr. Lee, now
in my. possession, will show. Mr. Lee has sinminfdrmed
me that he requested MN Burton when the scrip was st a
premium of tor: 11, to sell the4,oooL assigned:to him, (in
which it should be observed Mr. Btirton. was :jointly in,
terested), and•froni what Miiiii,iwtoli:has said to Mr. Lee,
as well as: `to-turtelf, by Way. of accounting for the silence
he had enjoined, and from what I have heard from other
parties, :t have reason to believe that Mr. Burton had sold
the original scrip, and that the bonds which we took from
hint : were actually :borrowed for the purpose, upon a de-,
posit of Exchequer bills, and were. afterwards replaced by,
other ,bonda • purchased in the market the they tow,
priees. Messrs. Ricardo have the numbers of the bonds,
and are, I believe,-aware of the fact. --But to proeeed-s-
Mr. Burton expressed an anxione desire that his narhe
should not: appear, :in the transaction. It would, he tatid,
be injurious to his•eredit,. if it were known," and from-
the very friendly intercourse then subSisting between
we had no hesitation in seceding to. hiarequest ; the money,
was paid to us by Messrs.(Rieatdo, and.lVlr. Burton was
paid, 'itt different sums: tit 'different ,tiMea. : Having no
voucher in writing to verify this transaction to the Glreek
GoVerionent,:l some '.time, since requested Mr. Burton to
address to the Deputies • a letter explaining it, and he' ill
consequence . wrote the following
Gentlernen,--4or your satisfaction I do declare on .oath, that of
the Greek Bonds. which you accepted of me, in consideration of
my severe losses and sacrifices in both loans, they were taken hack
at my earnest solicitation, On account of your Government, at the
first price, of 4be stock of
,the :second loan---viz., 9,0001, belong-
ing to mek end 1r,3001t to your secretary, Mr. Lee, for whonr
paid the intit:thrtents.
Year obedient servant,
Attars. Orlando and Luriottis. (kiiigned) WM. BURTON.
'When this transaction was particularly inquired into by
the committee, T applied, to Mr. Burton to knoW if he 114(1
any ,abjection to his name being made public, and his an-
swer, which I have already published, I must now requkt
you will, resinsart
answer to you, I was ehliged by your declining to
name cue an Satiuday last to the Committee of Greek Bond-lioldei
before you advised me. of your intention; as the bolder of bonds,
from whom you and Mr. Orlando had taken back, on accoent of
your Government, the 4,oooand 9,000 bonds ; !rut if it should
be requisite to mention my name .te the nntnittee, I beg yen
will rot hesitate' in do, so,. and placing me on the same. footing is
Mr. Bowring with his 25,000 bonds.
Old Broad-street, Oct.:2, 1826. (ilignetl) WMo BURTON.
yo Mr. A. Leriottis, Deputy front Greece, &c. $40.:4c.c.
ourTriday the 3d inst., Mr. Burton called upou me and
retptested to have his first letter returned to lom ; he re-
peated the same request to my solieitor,stt whOSO,Office he
called on me a second time that day, and he urged as his rea-
son for wishing to have it bark, that the statement it con-
tained of his severe losses would, if it were ever published,
be injurious to .his .credit; hesidei, he withal, that the
words f‘ on oath," in the letter, Were so extremely ridien.
lolls, that he should he sorry if they came before the public.
The. earnesLness with which he pressed the matter, stirs
prised ate, and though under other circumstances I should
at once have given him the .letter,,,l hesitated to do set.
Batten then said, that he had made arrangements
fur leaving , town the following morning,' and should be
absent for some time; but that it would be a' weight 'upon
his mind if be: left ,London without having that letter de-
stroyed, and he again and again not only urged me, but
requested my solicitor to urge me to deliver it up, or to
put in, the tire; observing always, that the letter of the dal
of November was to 'the same effect, and that he was read:
to give any other receipts that might be wished for. I as..
sured him. that it was • not my intention to publish-it
(which at that time it certainly was not) ; that what I had
before written was merely -to justify niyi4elf, and to show
the injustice of the report. Mr.. Burton's extraordinary
impOrtueitie.s excited itt my mind tut apprehension that 'he
vas aiming at ,something,. beyond What lie 'avowed.
therefore promised to take the-nettter into consitlem.
film, and be said , he, +Omni& mat upon me again itt the
evening in. Saekvillc-strect. Not attaching any partietdar
importance Pr the .doeument, I determined to give it him
back, but at tint tame time to take a mote explanatery,
letter of eekhOwledgment. In the evening he called, and
then, instead Of renewiq his entreaty to have the letter
given up, he7tnerely requesled to take a copy of it, in order
that.lie might show it to his' tlither. Without a moment's
hesitation I laid the letter before him'for that purpose, but
no sooner had I done so, than he snatehed it up, threw it.
into --thdlite, and loft the room: As be was going out
expreekd my feeling at :Such disgraceful emiduet, but added
that it Ainis of very little consequence, ate I had got ri copy
of the letter he had destroyed ; he made no reply, but
hurried down stairs and out of doors. About a quarter of
an hoist afterwards, he returned, requested to baallowed t
speak to me, and on entering the room, began by expressing
his deep regret for what he ' had done, adding, that he
could offer:- no 'excuse for his conduct, but that he had
been instigated to it by other portitst,.ond then stated.thet
Messrs. Ricardo had prompted hint to act as be' had done.
ilsst theh entreated that I Would' forget what had happened,
sari That it would he unjust. for him to leave me withotit
satidtetory,dernment, sat down and *rate. another
letter, lint. just as be had concluded, he again • suddenly
started up, tore the paper he had Written, acid was about
to ruin nut or ;room: falloWed and seized him by the
collar, and the noise oecosidned.by our scuffle induced Mr:
Coo*, the landlord, wife, and son, With the servants,
io come to the houling-plat'!e where I still held him. The-
detaitisuch a scene of- vioL(nee in ,which "I had nev'er
thought, to be engaged, (and stilt less in England) is so
painful. to .me, , that I wall merely atm:, that in the result
he was4cortlpelled to, give .up the tatterell letter, the re
mains of which will hare traneeribe. '•'
: (Torii eft)

bar 182 d.
Gentlemen; Not •having given you regular rectime for tits tl
&rent sums you pig me, waking in au
lt,7Uot.atul $.;
4,240/.

amotint of I
.
the whole' of
was tidy Ira
for yr satiefic
this letter of *An
to renew the wawa
sense of yr klruirons
back front Me touLfrom yr
felr. Lee, for whom
instalments
I ,vvill make, nri"they enynrneut upon such conduct, or
upon the mutt NV hi) could. disgrace himself by it, but will
here stge juttlicrito.,Nl!ssre.lticardo, that firmly be
sieve them to be wholly incepnhie f
. 0 the suggestion awl-
Initeo them by Mr. Burton. .
Another charge wtfictt Alessts. Ricardo have
to inalcv apiost .me is, thut I have received !urge. sum
in
discount
from. different reit.* from whom purchases
were: mule," This is 1, hrgatl assertion, but it will be
seen that it 8 solely on the statement of Messrs. Ilicardo,
who 1 should think,,and the public Perhls‘ will agree with
me in the opinion, ought to have adduced some evidence'',
support,of. it. ~
Some days ago, the same individual whose disgraceful 1
conduet.l stave: exposed, communicated to my lute tierce.
tary,. Mr, .Lee,, that Messrp.ttiordo had insinnetedr.. L
what
they have now publicly .cherged against ine, and Mee
in consequence addressed- tO We the following lettinf ►
er
orm yon
a4.4r Sir—l consider it a duty I owe you, to
Burton, in a eouversatlon I had with him to-tlaYo
me thathe hid. been shoWu ikleton:s. Pigou and Co. their
ledgrrf and that it wits therein noted doWn, that they had given
you 5 per cent. cnatioission rat all the orders they had received
front the Greek beinitation :,tr powder, fw., excepting the last.—
Ile mentioned your Illicit singly to me. Of this letter make the
use you may consider neeetwAry.
A. Luriottia, Req. (Signed) GEORGE LEE:
latts Stekville.street, Oct, 1.
eopy of the above, letter I immediately forwarded to.
Mesita, Pigou and Co., accompanied by the following
240.1.
thinktitnuen,—l beg to forward you, on the other side, the ropy
letter viiikh Mr. Lre. the atostarY w flto URA DePut"junl

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