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should consider silence on the subject as an acknow- 

 ledgment that no such words could be recollected. 

 After the time named for an answer to his circular 

 letter, Colonel Lennox sent a written message to the 

 following purport : That not being able to recollect 

 any occasion on which words were used towards him 

 at Daubigney's, that ought not to be addressed to a 

 gentleman, he had taken steps which appeared most 

 likely to gain information on the subject to which 

 his Royal Highness had made allusion, and of the 

 party by whom they were used ; that none of the 

 members of the Club had afforded him any infor- 

 mation, and consequently that no such insult had 

 been offered him to their knowledge, and therefore 

 he expected, in justice to his character, that his 

 Royal Highness would contradict the report as 

 publicly as it had been asserted by him. 



" This letter was delivered to the Duke of York the 

 same day by the Earl of Winchilsea. His Royal 

 Highness' answer not proving satisfactory, a message 

 was sent by Colonel Lennox to appoint a meeting ; 

 the time and place were then settled." 



The seconds gave the following account of the 

 unfortunate affair : "In consequence of this mis- 

 understanding, his Royal Highness the Duke of York, 

 attended by Lord Rawdon, and Lieutenant-Colonel 

 Lennox, accompanied by the Earl of Winchilsea, met 

 at Wimbledon Common. The ground was measured 



