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letter, which lord P. wrote to his 

 father, in which he acknowledged 

 his trespass — and that he had in 

 vain, in the heat of battle, sought a 

 refuge from the agonies of a dis- 

 tracted mind. It is certain that on 

 every occasion in Spain, he expos- 

 ed himself in a way which got him 

 the reputation of a rash and adven- 

 turous gallantry. As it could not 

 be imagined that a nobleman appa- 

 rently gifted with all the means and 

 objects of liappiness could be in 

 reality so wretched. The two sis- 

 ters, lady Charlotte and lady 

 Emily Cadogan, married two bro- 

 thers, Henry and William VVelles- 

 le)'. Lord Paget is married to one 

 of the beautiful daughters of lady 

 Jersey, by whom he has a nume- 

 rous family. 



The first consequence of their 

 elopement, was a duel between lord 

 Paget and captain Cadogan. In 

 order to prevent the appearance in 

 the papers of any mis-statement re- 

 specting the duel which took place 

 this morning between lord Paget 

 and captain Cadogan, we, the re- 

 spective friends of the parties, feel it 

 incumbent on us to submit the fol- 

 lowing as the correct statement of 

 the event as it occurred : — In con- 

 sequence of a challenge having been 

 received by lord Paget from cap- 

 tain Cadogan, and every attempt to 

 prevent a meeting havingfailed, the 

 parties, attended by their respec- 

 tive friends, captain Cadogan by 

 captain M'Kenzie of the navy, 

 lord Paget by lieut.-colonel Vi- 

 vian of the 7th light dragoons, met 

 as agreed, at seven o'clock, on 

 Wimbledon common. The ground 

 having been taken at twelve paces 

 distance, they were directed to fire 

 together. Captain Cadogan fired, 

 Jord Pagct's pistol flashed— this 



having been decided to go for a 

 fire, a question arose, whether 

 lord Paget had taken aim, as if 

 intending to hit his antagonist. 

 Both the seconds being clearly of 

 opinion that such was not his inten- 

 tion (although the degree of obli- 

 quity he gave the direction of the 

 pistol was such, as to have been dis- 

 covered only by particular observa- 

 tion), captain M'Kenzie stated to 

 captain Cadogan, that as it appear- 

 ed to be lord Paget's intention not 

 to fire at him, he could not admit 

 of the affair proceeding any further. 

 Lieut.-colonel Vivian then asked 

 captain Cadogan, whether he had 

 not himself observed that lord Pa- 

 get had not aimed at him — to which 

 he replied in the affirmative. Cap- 

 tain M'Kenzie then declared his de- 

 termination not to remain any longer 

 in the field, to witness any further 

 act of hostility on the part of cap- 

 tain Cadogan. Captain C. replied, 

 of course his conduct must be de- 

 cided by his second ; declaring at 

 the same time, that he had come 

 prepared for the fall of one of the 

 parties. On captain M'Kenzie and 

 lieut.-colonel Vivian making it 

 known to lord Paget, that as he 

 evidently did not intend to fire at 

 captain Cadogan, the affair could 

 go no further : lord P. replied, 

 " as such is 3^our determination, I 

 have now no hesitation in saying, 

 that nothing could ever have in- 

 duced me to add to the injuries I 

 have already done the family, by 

 firing at the brother of lady Char- 

 lotte Wellesley." The parties then 

 left the ground. (Signed) 

 R. H. Vivian. 

 Geo. Chas. M'Kenzie. 

 May 30. 



The following is a letter of lady 

 Charlotte Wellesley to Mr. Ar- 



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