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OF

LORD BYRON

WITH A FRIEND,

INCLUDING HIS LETTERS TO HIS MOTHER, WRITTEN FROM PORTUGAL,
SPAIN, GREECE, AND THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN,
IN 1809, 1810 AND 1811.

ALSO

Recollections of the Poet.

BY THE LATE R. C. DALLAS, ESQ.

THE WHOLE FORMING

An Original Memoir of Lord Byron's Life,

FROM 1808 TO 1814.

AND

A CONTINUATION AND PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF THE PROCEEDINGS

BY WHICH THE LETTERS WERE SUPPRESSED IN ENGLAND,

AT THE SUIT OF LORD BYRON'S EXECUTORS.

BY THE REV. A. R. C. DALLAS.

VOL. I.

Paris:

PUBLISHED BY A. AND W. GALIGNANI,

AT THE ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN, GERMAN, AND SPANISH LIBRARY,
18, RUE VIVIENNE.

1825.

drawing Lord Byron's character, by a suggestion of the
poet of his scheme to pourtray his contemporaries.—Mr
Dallas completed his own design, and wrote a notice of it
to Lord Byron, in 1819.-Proposed to consult the present
Lord Byron on the subject.—Was interrupted by the poet's
death. This event changed the scheme into a proposal to
publish Lord Byron's Correspondence.—Arrangement made
accordingly.-Agreement with Knight to publish it.—His
endeavour to have an interview with the present Lord By-
ron during his visit to London.-But disappointed.—Lord
Byron, thus uninformed, could not sanction the work.-
Attempt to explain its nature to Mrs Leigh.-Letter from
Mr Hobhouse on the subject.-Commented on by Mr A.
Dallas.-Mr Hobhouse afterwards finds himself co-executor
with Mr Hanson.-Discussion between Mr Hobhouse and
Mr Knight, the bookseller.-Letter from Mr A. Dallas to
Mr Hobhouse.-Letter from Mr R. Dallas to Mrs Leigh.-
Attempt to throw the blame of subsequent animosities on
this letter.-Mr Dallas's defence of it.-Opinion of the
present Lord Byron.-Lady Byron declined to interfere.—
Letter from Mrs Leigh to Mr Dallas. - Comments on it. –A
Bill in Chancery filed by the Executors.-Affidavits of the
Executors. And the substance of their Allegations.
Founded on strange beliefs.-Extract of a letter of Mr Dal-
las to his London publisher, written from Paris.-Injunction
obtained, and intelligence of it sent to Mr Dallas, at Paris.—
Mr Dallas taken dangerously ill.-Cause of delay and ex-
pense. Mr Dallas's counter-affidavits.- Affidavits of Mr

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Knight and Mr Colbourn.-Affidavit of Mr A. Dallas.-
Affidavit of A. Y. Spearman, esq.-Visit of the present
Lord and Lady Byron to Mr A. Dallas.-Their favourable
opinion of the Correspondence, as calculated to raise the
late Peer's character.-Intended Affidavit of present Lord
Byron.-Proposal from the Executors of a compromise.—
Answer of Mr A. Dallas.-Extract of letter from Mr R. Dal-
las to his son.-Proposed Advertisement.-Counter-proposi-
tion of Mr R. Dallas.-Rejected.-Affidavit of William
Fletcher.-Comments on it.-Affidavit of the Hon. Leicester
Stanhope. A second Affidavit of Mr Hobhouse.-Com-
ments on it.-Circumstantial Evidence of the date of Lord
Byron's intended departure from England, in 1813.—At-
tempt of Mr Hobhouse and Mrs Leigh to establish the be-
lief that the letters were placed with Mr Dallas merely for
safe custody.-Attempt to dissolve the Injunction.—Judg-
ment reserved.-Lord Chancellor's Opinion. - Injunction
finally confirmed.-Letter from Mr Dallas to the Executors.
-Letter from Mr Charles Hanson to the Solicitors of Mr
Dallas. Mr Dallas then left no other alternative than the
publication of the RECOLLECTIONS.-Distinctions between
private and confidential letters.—Remarks on Mr Dallas's
offer to submit the Correspondence to the inspection of the
Executors.-Ground taken by the Executors, merely that of
property.-Renewed assertion that the letters were a free
gift to Mr Dallas.—Claim of Mr Dallas to be considered as
a mediator of affection between Lord Byron and his sister,
Mrs Leigh.—The harsh treatment therefore received by Mr

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