Mr.Murray informed him that the account was so very erroneous, that he desired him either to condense it down to the smallest compass, or to omit it altogether.

Mr.Jerdan, however, replied that the subject was of so much public interest, that he could not refuse to state the particulars, and the following was sent to him, prepared by Mr.Murray: "A general interest having been excited, touching the fate of Lord Byron's Memoirs, written by himself, and reports, confused and incorrect, having got into circulation upon the subject, it has been deemed requisite to signify the real particulars.

The manuscript of these Memoirs was purchased by Mr.Murray in the year 1821 for the sum of two thousand guineas, under certain stipulations which gave him the right of publishing them three months after his Lordship's demise.

When that event was authenticated, the Manuscript consequently remained at Mr.Murray's absolute disposal; and a day or two after the melancholy intelligence reached London, Mr.Murray submitted to the near connections of the family that the MSS.

should be destroyed.