St. Paul daily globe., 1884-07-05
TO THE HON. MRS. LEIGH, ST. JAMEs's Pa
LACE, LONDON.

TO THE HON. MRS. LEIGH, ST. JAMEs's PA
LACE, LONDON.
March Q, 1925,
My DEAREST A.: You will, l believe, see
letter of mine, which / resolved to write
with determination, if possible, to get rid
OF the Moore and Murray question, and at
the same time to satisfy that feeling of JUS
tice which requires that the payment of the
$4,000 should come from the members of
the Byron family. Ineed not say more about
it, for, on reading the papers, you will per-
ceive what have been my objects, and,
though | felt certain of your acqui escence,
have left your course entirely open.
My fathers danger has seemed ior some
days less imminent, but there is not one
hours security. Except growing thinner, I
am not the worse, and my local complaints
are better. On looking over some papers,
have found certain receipts of BIS left in my
hands, and conceive that one or two of them
may be of consequence in the arrangement
of the affairs by the executors. will send
them to you by the first safe opportunity.
Ever yours affectionately,
A. I. N. B.
TO MIR. W. HORTON.
RAMsGATE, June 1, 1925.
DEAR Mr.. W. Horton: AS cannot think
it either right or advisable on my part to de-
eide the still pending question between Moore
and Muaray, which should do virtually by
acceding to your proposition, Iwrote to DR..
Lushington by yesterdays post, proposing
to place my 81 900 forwith in the hands of
two gentlemen to be equitably applied by
them-yourself one and Mr.. Hobhouse the
other, because he was also personally con-
cerned in the original transaction, and is
considered Ito be interested in what is due
to Lord Byron's memory. He has also | be-
lieve Investigated thoroughly the grounds OF
Murray's claim, which (however popular it
may be to take Moore's part u should feel it
an injustice to Murray to PREJUDICE, since,
where the conduct of the man is to be es-
timated, equal consideration is due to the
tradesman and gentleman. To Mr.. Moore
have not the shadow of an obligation. To
Mr.. Murray l have. And the least acknOwl-
edgement / can make to the latter is not to
condemn his cause. believe it would be
very injurious to his character and interests
Of my sentiments on this subject you are
already in possession, as l have repeatedly
stated them, and | must beg you not to con-
found them with those expressed by Col.
Doyle in the enclosed letter, respecting the
compensation to Moore. Col. Doyle admits
as you will observe, that he has not investi-
gated all the documents illustrative of the
rights of the case, and do not acquiesce in
that part of his opinion.
Nothing can be more demon strative than
that had no responsibility in the decision OF
the original question respecting the destruc-
ton of the memoirs; but if even to you that
fact had not before been clearly represented,
how much more liable must it be misappre-
hensien in a remoter circle. And | there
fore still wish it to be recorded in some man
ner. Perhaps the present occasion may an
swer best.
If DR.. Lushington should not see any OBJ
lection to my applying to you and Mr.. Hob
house to accept the trust for the e1,000, l
presume you will hear from him. If l should
make any declaration of my sentiments as to
the suppression of the MSS, think it would
be better to assign as the chief reason for my
appreciation of that measure ord Byron s
anxiety to redeem the memoirs from publ
cation, a fact fully proved by the previous
negotiations between Moore and Murray,
and avowed, as | recollect, by both. Why
refer to hearsay evidence as to the nature OF
| tue contentsl 1t Is enough that the author
regretted the intention of making them pub
| llc and in my opinion this is the proper
ground for the Byron family to take.
| Pray show this whole letter to Augusta, as
! writing is still an effort to me, and it will
save me some repitltion to her. Believe me,
however uncomplying 1 may seem, yet most
truly obliged to you for your consideration
of my feelingsand opinions, and ever yours
A. |. B.
MIR. W. HORTON TO THE HON. MRS. LEIGH.
SATURDAY.
Under these circumstances it is proposed
that you should place 91,0 900 and Lady Byron
Ct 900 in the hands of DR.. Lushington and
myself to settle the business.
SUNDAY.
OF course the object is to pay back to
Moore the money he paid to Murray, and of
which sum he, of course, is a loser. Murray
has sustained no loss, and as an honorable
man he could not consent to be paid twice
for the same thing. He ought in strictness
never to have received the money from
Moore Lady Byron proposed to contribute
81, 900 toward it; you propose to contribute
the remainder How you are to raise the
actual money is by question not in the
slightest degree involving the principle.