The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-21

-" esAss~vSs ShVWUN ~ w ouVkiuou - 0&DO uiu
to Fox. Sheridan sueeestsd the alteration Of .
word or two and the turn OF one sentence, but
these alterations wore In no way substantial.
and havo to this hour my rough draft on
which you would see these alterations" Tho
King th0n referred to another letter writ
ten by him a. Prince OF walcs to
Lord Moira. and refusing to 60 into op-
position with the Whie Ministers. on the
ground that thoy had broken the pledge not
to press the Catholic question at that time.
" This Ia tho letter which Mr.. Moore says Short.
dan wrote for mo. Mr.. sheridan never saw IL.
lwrote 1t with my own hend, cad have the
rough draft. which can show you. Mr.. Moore
sHys that he read this letter, but was not al.
lowed to take copy. Now. MORA states to mo
that he does not believe that he ever showed
tho lotter to Moore. Indeed. II seems to mo
extraordinary conduct on his pnrt II he did"
Tho King then:digresses to tell his auditor how
Moore got acquainted with tho Prince OF Wales.
1t was. II seems. through Lord Mora and the
HarrinRtons The latter had a passion for tea
drinking. "Whsther 1t DO taste or insanity I
cannot say. but the drinking OF tea In
that house WAS most extraordinary. 1t DO.
gan. naturally enough. ut breakfast. but II OK
tended. very unnn'urally through the whole
day and night. .Vnetimes In spring they
oponed the doors into st. James's Gardens
and made a kind Of little al Jresco OF It: and az
ter tho opera Lady Harrington was very glad
to have tho young men about town drop In TO
anuso her daughters. In such a society as this
Mr.. Moore was very welcome: no talked small
talk and sang little madrlgals and love songs.
and made himself very agreeable. I used
to 60 sometimes to Lady Harrington's.
and there saw him. but he had also
some special acquaintance with MORA and
had been recommended as a countryman
to MaoNIahon. who took good deal OF notisc Of
him. and was anxious that should take some
notice Of him also. l shall here only say that
tho return he made was to libel both OF us. for
Immediately after this change OF Government
MacMahon observed some things in tho news
papers which he traced to his quondam friend
Moore. Aft6rward 1t became worse and Moore
wrote that series Of llbels called tho Penny
Post Bag in which lie introduced in tho most
ungentlemanlke and will even say humanity
way, the names Of Lady Hartford and other Ia
dies. While he was employed In this way Mac
Mahon. indignant at his dupicty and ingrati-
tude. told Mora Of It'll forgot to say that We
had among US got him place tthe office at the
Bermudas. which Moore filed by deput.>. Moira
| equally indignant sent for him. and began to
reproaoh him with this scandaous conduct
Moore swore to him. ms MORA told mo. that Ito
had not written line of those libels. and that
he was too much indebted to him. to MacMahon
and to me to DO guilty OF any ill-nntured OBJ.
sorvations on us. much less such atrocious
| libels believe he persuaded Moral know
| little OF the man or his libels. and took the
| thing as they represented 1t to me : but now
| am told that he avows all those things that he
| then swore were not his"
Returning to Sheridan George ". said to
Croker: Il don't like mentioning such things.
| but must now tell you In confidence that oil
| through our intercourse had aided Sheridan
tn n ~ m ~
that he has had about $40. 900 from mo. I gave
81 900 to him the day before he failed" Thon
| Mr. Croker was made acquainted with a shabby
| but eminently characteristic performance Of
| Sheridan's. which caused an irreparabe breach
| between him and the Prince OF Wales. When
Parliament was dissolved In 1912 Sheridan was
left. without a seat and. protesting great
anxiety to get in again, he induced
the Prince OF Wales and Lord MORA to
advance $4,000 for a seat then in the market.
| Not" pursues the King. that We advanced
tho sum to Sheridan himself; we knew him too
we'll for that. but the money was lodged in the
hands OF MIR. Cocker. respectable solicitor,
named by Sheridan. who was to pay 1t over to
| the owner when the transfer OF tho seat should
be made. Sheridan took world Of trouble to
convince MacMahon that this transaction was
bona fde." pretending to set out for the
borough In question very early in the morning.
aftor securing pledge that the money
| should be placed In the hands OF the
trustee Immediately after his own departure
| from London. THE money, OF course. WAS
deposited. and we expected that Sheridan as
| he promised. would write us an account OF his
| reception and success In the borough, which
| was some eighty miles from town. Three days
| after was on horseback on Oxford road. and
thought I saw Sheridan at a distance. Tho
person, whoever he was. turned down street
as II to avoid me. When came home sent
| for MacMahon. and asked him il he had heard
| from Sheridan. No said MacMahon. not
| slncs saw him off, for he had seen him so
nearly of that he looked on 1t as the same
thing. Damn NO.. snid. II l believe
he's gone MacMahon was thunderstruck.
Next morning. however. came q note to
| him from Sheridan. saying that he was still In
| town. and would come to explain why" When
| no came he had Q cooked-up story about q
| series OF accidents which had stopped him at
| the last moment. but he should start he said.
| the next day at dawn. A day or two afterward.
| however. he wrote MacMahon again. pretend
| ing that the negotiations about the borough
had fallen through. but that he had q still
moro satisfactory arrangement on foot.
| MacMahon: now becoming seriously alarmed
about the money. wrote to Mr.. Cocker.
| the custodian. to say that the plan for which
| the sum had been advanced was at an end. and
he desired that 1t might be returned. Cocker
| answered that this question OF a seat In Parla-
| mont was quite new to him: that MIR. Sheridan.
| when he desired him to receive the money.
| never limited at any such object: that 1t was
paid to him on Mr.. Sheridan's account. and
that he had disposed OF It according to Mr..
sheridan's directions. viz. to pny several
| pressing debts
Il was" continued the King obliged to re-
| pay this money liz had bOen taken from n trust
fund for the specific purpose mentloned. but
never saw Sheridan ito speak to, after; not that
1t was much worse in principle than other
things Of his nor that had given orders to
exclude him. but it was felt by Sheridan him
self to DO so gross n violation Of confidence
such want OF respect, and such a series OF
| lies and fraud-that he did not venture to APP
proach me- and. in fact never came
| near mo again. sometimes. how
ever. heard OF him. and l once saw