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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR , OF LORD BYRON. GEORGE GORDON BYRON, Lord BYRON, whose death, connected as it is with the noblest of causes, must ex cite universal regret, was the lineal descendant of a fa mily distinguished even so early as the Conquest, when his ancestors were considerable landholders in Lan cashire. In the feudal ages, the Byrons were always foremoit in the field, when their Sovereign w.ts to be, ser ved, or glory to be won, by the v, sword. T ofl t h e llyrons tell at the battle of Cressy, and another sig nalized himself in the field of Bosworth, and contri buted, by his personal prowess and skill, to tear the crown frorn the hea.l of Richard 111. In the wars be tween Charles the Fl, ..t and his P.trliament, the Byrons ir i spo:ted the Royal can-e; and in the battles of Edge hill and Nets bury. contended with great gallantry against the Parliament forces. In the battle of Marston Moor, seven brothers were engaged, four of whom fell ; circumstance that has been beautifully alluded to in one of the earliest, and at the same time one of the sweetest of his Poems—his (4 Adler( to Newstead Abbr y," which, „, co w :lining notch of the history of his family, may pror I introduced in his Memoirs. Through thy battlements, siewstead, the hollow winds whistle; Thou, the hall of my fatherb, art gone to decay; In thy ot,ce smiling garden, the hemlock and thistle Have choked up the rose which late bloom 'd in the way ! Of the mail-cover'd barons, who proudly to battle Led their vassals from Europe to Palestine's plain, The escutcheon, and shield, which with every blast rattle, Are the only sad vestiges now that remain! No more doth old Robert with harp-stringing numbers, g a i, e a in the breast for the war laurel'd wreath; Near Askalutt's towers, John of Iluristan • slumbt•rs, Unnerved is the hand e.f his minstrel by death ! Paul and Hubert too sleep in the valley of Cres , y ; For the safety of Edward and England they fell ; My fathers, the tears of your country redress ye ; How you fought, how you died! still her annals can tell ! 011 Marstont with Rupert t 'gainst tra;tors contending, FJor brothers enrich'd with their blood the bleak fichl, F o r the ri,;hts of a monarch, their country defendiog, fill drat: their attachment to royalty seal'd ! s!iasies of heroes, farewell! your descendant, departing From the seat of his ancestors, bids you adieu! Abroad, or at home, your remembrance imparting ;New courage, hell think upon glory and you ! Though a tear dim his eye at this sad separation, 'Tis nature, not fear, that txeites his regret; For distant he goes, with the s'ator , emulation, The fame of his fathers he ne'cr caa forget ! Thst fame, and that memory, still will he cherish; Ile vows that he ne'er will disgrace your renown ; Like you will he live, or like you will lie perish; When dtca)'d, may he mingle his dust with your own !" • Iloristan Castle, in Derbyshire, an ancient seat of the Byron fatrilc. t The battle of Marston Moor, where the adherents of Charlei I. were def,ated. Son of the Elector Palatine, and related to Charles I. Ile afterwards commanded the fleet in the reign of Charles Sir John Byron, one of the brothers who survived the fatal battle of Marston Moor, was, for ~the services of himself and his family, raised to the Peerage by pa tent, dated Oxford, October 24, 1643, creating him Boren Byron of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, with remainder to his surviving brothers, and their male issue respectively. John, first Lord Byron, died with out is .ue, as did his brother and successor to the title, Sir Richard Byron, who was knighted by Charles I. On the death of . Richard, second Lord Byron, he was succeeded by his brother William, who died in 1679, and was succeeded by his son William, who married the dini - do.ei of Viscount Chaworth, by whom he had a son, William, fourth Lord Byron, who was born in aiid became Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Delmar k. By kis third wife, Fran ces, (blighter of William, Land Bet keley, he had five sons and a dauAleer. William, the eldest son, was born in 1722, and succeeded to the title on the death of his father, in 1736. In 1763, Lord Byron was tried by his Peers in Westminster ILili, for wihtil murder, in killing Mr. Chaworth in a duel. Ile was found guilty of man slaughter, but when brought up for judgment, he pleaded his privilege, and was discharged. His Lord ship died at Newstead Abbey, May 17, 1798. The Honourable JOHN BYRON, his brother, born at Newstead Abbey, on the Bth of November, 1723, is distinguished in our Naval History for the hardships he encountered in the expedition under Commodore Anson, and for the expedition he himself commanded shortly after the commencement of the last reign. His narra tive of the sufferings of himself and his crew in the ship Wager is well known; and such was his constant ill fortune at sea, that the sailors gave him the appel lation of " foul weather Jack." Admiral BYRON married the daughter of John Tre sannion, Esq. by whom he hxd two sons and two daugh ters. JOHN BYRON, the eldest son of the Admiral, man ied Miss Gordon, a Scotch Lady of noble descent, lreing the last of a branch of that family whiz') de from the Princess Jane Stuart, daughter of Jones IL tvlio married an &ill of Huntley. By this Lady I,e had GEORGE GORDON Lord BYRON, the sub ject of the present Memoir, who was born January 22, and •ucceeded to the Peerage on the death of Wiccr.v.i, filth Lord BYRON, in 1798. The early part of the life of L'l'd BYRON, who sue. ceeded ra the Peerage when only ten years of age, was passed in Aberdeenshire ; and it appears that the wild scenery of :he spot in which he passed his early years, remained always deeply engraven on his memory. In his first publication, The hours of Idleness, there is a poem on Lachin y Gair, to which he prefixes a liort in troduction, in which he says, it i. one if the mo,t sublime and picturesque amongst our Caledonian Alps. Its appearance i, of a dusky hue, but the stimuli: is the seat of eternal snows: near Lachin y Gair, I spent sonic cf the eally part of in> life." In the poem lie breaks out thus: Yet, Caledonia, beloved are thy mountains, Round their white sununi:s though elements war, Though cataracts foam 'srea.l of smooth flowing fouutaiwi, I sigh for the valley of dark 1. l& na Garr! " •Ah! there my young footsteps in infancy wander'd, My cap was the bonnet, my cloak was the plaid; On chieftains lbng perisled my memory p , inler'd, As daily I strode through the pine-cover'd glades ts•tiught not my home till the day's dying glory Gave place to the rays of the bright polar star, l'or fancy was cheer'd by traditional story, Disclos'il by the natives of darns Loch ita Garr !" It has been said, indeed, that the liberty he •enjoyed ct ranging the hills without couttoul, at that ea• ly pe• tiod, that hi...frame, which was delicate, might be invi gorated by ,air and exercise, made hint ever afterwards impatient 01 restraint. 'lnwards the close df the rear 1798, he was removed to harrow. Speaking of iris studies these, his Lord ship says in a note to the fourth Canto of Childe Harold, " ht some pints of the Continent, young persons ate Wight honi mete common authors, and do not read the best Classics till their 'natality. I certainly do not speak on tin s point front any pique or aversion towards the plug vf my education, Jl teas pot a slow though an idle boy ; and I believe no one could be more at tached to Harrow than I have always been, and with re my ason pa: tof the time passed there was the happiest of and my preceptor (the Rev. Dr.. Joseph Drury) was the best and worthiest friend I ever pos sessed, whose warnings 1 have remembered but too well, but too late. when I have erred," &c. At the age of little more than sixteen, he removed to the University of Caulbridge, where be became a student of Trinity College. At the age of nineteen he left the University for Newstead Abbey, and the same year gave to the world his Hours ofidloress. A work which met with a strong reprobation from the Edinburgh Review, and called forth one of the severest satir es of the age by his Lord ship—his " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers." Among the early amusoncots of his Lordship, were swimming and managing a boar, in both of which he is said to have acquired great dexterity even in his child hood. In his aquatic excursions near Newstead Abbey, he had seldom any other companion than a lartr New -j foundland dog, to try whose sagacity and fidelity, he would sometimes fall out of the boat, as if by accident,' when the dog would seize him and drag him ashore.: On losing this dog, in the autumn of 1808, his Lordship caused a monument to be erected, commemorative of its attachment, with an inscription, from which we ex tract the following lines: " Ye who, perchance, behold this simple urn Pass on—it honours none you wish to mourn! To mark a friend's remains these stones arise— I never knew but one, and here he lies." On arriving at the age of manhood, Lord BYRON embarked at Falmouth fur Lisbon, and from thence pro. ceeded across the Peninsula to the Mediterranean, company with Mr. Hobhouse. The travels of Lord-hip are described in ChiMe Harold and the Notes. It is somewhat singular that hii Lordship should have then had a narrow escape from a fever in the vicinity of the place where lie has just ended his life: _ _ " When, in 1810," he says, " after the departure of my friend, Mr. I lobltouse, f-4. England, I was seized with a severe fever in the Morea ; these men (Albaniaas) saved my life, by frightening away my physician, whose throat they threatened to cut, if I was nut cured within a given time. Tu this consolatory assurance of post humous retribution, and a resolute refusal of Dr. Itumanelli's pre scriptions, I attribute my recovery. I had left my last remaining English servant at Athens; my dragoman or interpreter was as ill ,s myself, and my poor arniouts nursed me with au attention which would have done honour to civilisation." While the &Lisette frigate, in which Lord BYRON Was a passenger to Constantinople, lay in the Dardanelles, a discourse arose among some of the officers respecting the practicability of swimming across the Hellespont.— • Lord BYRON and Lieutenant I,kenlicad agreed to 'rake the trial; they accorjiligly attempted this enterprise on the 3d of May, 1810. Tire following is the account 'given of it by his Lordship " The whole distance from Abydos, the place from whence we started, to our landing at Sestos on the other side, including the length we were carriLd by the current, was computed by those on board the frigate at upwards of four English miles; though the actual breadth is barely one. The rapidity of the current is such, that no boa: can row directly across ; and it may in sonic measure be estinitcd, from the circumstance of the whole distance being accomplished by One of the parties is an hour and five, and by the other, in an hour and ten minutes. The water was extremely cold, from the melting of the mountain snows. About three weeks before, we had made an attempt ; but having ridden all the way front the Troad the sane morning, and the water being of an icy chillness, we found it neces. sary to postpone the completion till the frigate anchored below the the Castles, when we swam the Straits, as just stated, enteriag a considerable way above the European, and landing below the Asiatic fort. Chevalier says, that a young Jew swam the same distance for his mistress; and Olivier mentions its having been done by a Neapolitan ; but our Consul at Tarragona remembered neither of those circumstances, and tried to dissuade as from the attempt. A number of the Salsette's crew were known to have ac complished a greater distance ; and the only thing that surprised site was, that as doubts had been entertained of the truth of Leander's story, no traveller had endeavoured to ascertain its practicability." This notable adventure was, however, followed by a fit of the ague. He returned to England, after an absence of nearly three years, and the two first Cantos of (Ude Harold made their appearance a few months afterwards. To this Poem, in rapid succession, followed the Giaour and' the Bride of Abydos, two Turkish stories ; and while the world was as yet divided in opinion as to which of these three pieces the palm was due, he pi ()Arced his beautiful Poem of the Corsair. On the 2 1 / 4 1 of January, 1815, his Lordship married, at Seham, in the county of Durham, the only daughter of Sir Ralph Alill'Jank Noel, Baronet, and towards the close of the same year, his Lady brought him a daugh ter, for whom he always manifes;ed the strongest affec tion. Within a few weeks, however, after that event, a separation took place, for which various causes have been stated. This difference excited a prodigious sen sation at the time. His Lordship, v, bile the public anxiety as to the course he would adopt was at its height, suddenly left the kingdom, with a resolution never to return. He crossed over to France, through which he passed rapidly to Brusels, taking in his way a survey of the field of Waterloo. He proceeded to Coblentz, and • thence up the Rhine as far as Basle. After visiting some of the most remarkable scenes in Switzerland, he proceeded to the North of Italy. He took up his abode tbr some time at Venice, where he was joined by Mr. Hobhouse, who accompanied him in an excursion to Rome, where he completed his Childe Harold. At Venice, Lord BYRON avoided as much as possible all iutercoure with his countrymen. He quitted that city, atid look up his residence in other parts of the Austrian do,iiitlions in Italy, which he quitted for Tus cany. lle wets joined by the late Mr. Shelley, and af terwards by U r. Leigh Hunt. lii; patrimonial estate received lately a large in crease by the death of Lady BYRON'S mother, and a valuable coal mine, said to be worth 50,000/. had been disceveted on his Rochdale estate before he left Eng land, so that his death he must have been in the pos. sebt,ion of a large income. The visit of L , ;rd BYRON to thecce, the last, and perhaps the greatest act of his eventful life, will endear his memory to every one who can feel an interest in the fate of a country, doubly endeared to our recollectior, by their past glories and long continued oppressions.. Several days ago we stated, in an article from hevesit, that his Lordship kid been much indisposed, but he had perfectly recovered, and his last sickness was of a different character ; a cold, attended with an extraor dinary degree of iaflammation, terminated the life of this distinguished Poet, at Alis,olonghi, on the 19th of April, after an illness of ten days. The following letter, announcing the death of Lord liyuoN, has betar addressed by Prince Maurocorda,o to die Secretary to the Greek Committee: " 14th (20;h) April, 1824.. " Sir, and my very dear Friend—lt is with the greatest allicaan that I Whit the uuty of giving you the sad news 01 the death of Lord 13vitoti, :titer an i!lness of ten dap. Our lo” it irreparable, and it is whit justice that we abandun ourselves to iticon,olablt.. sorrow. Notwith•tant:in the difficult circumstances in which I ant placed; 1 sii.o ammo to peituran my duty towards this great mist; the eternal gratitude of tyty.country seal pethaps be the only true tri bute to his memory. The Deputies will communicate to you the details of this nselanchAy event, on which the grief which I fed will tint allow me to diveli longer. You will excuse—you will justify, my being overwhelmed with sorrow, and accept the assur ance of my devotion and the high consideration with which I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very humble and very obedient servant, "To J. B. wring, E , q. " A. MAUROCORDATO. Secretary to the Greek Committee." TRANALATION OF THE PROCLAMATION iscurn IT THE GREER AEITHO IIITIF.% AT NIISS" , LONCIHI, TO THE INHABITANTS, WHO WERE BY °MEE •RELYIEO IN THE CELEBRATION OF THEIR EASTER FESTIVITIES. " Plt 0 V IS ;ON .1 I. GOVLRN M ENT OF GREECE. " The present days of festivity are converted Lao days of bitter lamentation for 311— " Lord Noel Byron departed this liZe to-day about eleven o'clocki in the evening, in consecuence of a rheumatic intianimatory Ewer, which had lasted for ten days. " ID. ring the"tiiiie of his it nes, your general anxiety evinced the profound sorrow that pervaded your hearts. All cl:tsies without di:tin.:tion of sex or agt,oppreaszd by grief, entirely torgot the days of Eacter. " Tnedeath of tl.is illustrious parsonage is certainly a most cala mitoos evect for all Greece, and .Noll more lanie;:t.ill!e fm- this city, to which he was emin•qitly partial, of which he heit•anie a citizen, and of the dangers of which be was determined person ally to par take, when circum,tar.ces sLculd ;(quire it. " His munifi.:,ut donation; tithi• commin•ity ore befor..! the eye, of every one; and no one amore4t us ever cr ever will cease, to consider him, with the purest and most grateful sentiments, our beneractm. • " Until the disosirlons of the National Government rezarding this calamitous event be known, by virtue of the Decree of the Lc gislature, Nn. 7.14, of date the 15:h October, it is ordaired— " 1. To-morrow, by sun-rise, thirty-seven minute-guns shall he fired from the batteries of this town, equal to the number of years of the deceased personage. " 2. All Public Offices, Including all Courts of Justice, shall be shut for three r3!loxing days. " 3. All shop., except thole for provisions and.medicires, shall aho be kept shot; and all sorts of itindcal itv.truments, dance. customary in these dar, ail tort, of te:-.tivity and merriment in the public taverns, and evegy other sort of public attlihement, shall I cease during theabove-named I I 6 ' 4. A general mourning shall take place for twenty-one days. " 5. Funeral ceremonies shall be performed in all the churches. (Signed) " A. NI A Cllo..7oltDA'fo. " GIORGI:1 PRAU)I, S.cretary. " Missolongbi, 17th April, 1824." TUE ARMY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. LORD LONDONDERRY AND MR. BATTIER. 32, Groweilor-place, :%Lty 14, 1864. SL -It was not my intention to publish in the Newspapers tiny account of the trent which occurred between the Marquis of Lon donderry and Mr. antivr ; but having seen in your Paper of this ereniog a statement purporting to be drawn out by liemen int- Colonel Western, but published by Mr. Battier, by no means so fall as it ought to be, to give the Public a true idea of the ta an-ac tion, and not the copy of the statement shewn to me by Lieutenant. Colonel Western, on the 10th instant, and which 1 signed, I think 'it proper to :lend you for publication a statement of these transac tions, which I drew out on the 6 - h instant, which I communicated to Lieutenant-Coionel NVestetn on the followini , day, and of whirl: I sent hint a copy, after making additions according to his observa tions. Lieutenant-Colonel Western has admitted the currectness of this statement, upon two different occasions, as appect s by the er:emoranduen written by myself, in his presence, on the ith instant, and by that written by Lieutenant-Colonel Western on the 10th May. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 11. IIAItDINGE. sth May, Twelve o'Cl,)ek. - - - . _ Lieutenant-Culonel Western delivered a note to Sir 11. Flartlinge, from Lord Londonderry, referring Colonel W. as the bearer of a challenge to Lord L. from Mr. Battier, to Sir Illenry.—rie mes sage was stated by Colonel W. to be founded on the circumstance of Lnrd L. having desired Mr. 13. not to dine at the regimental mess, on the 24th November last.—Sir Henry, without to:cling into the merits of the circumstance abovementioned, expressed his opinion that 13. was not entitled to require private explanation, or personal satisfaction from Laid L. after he had chosen to adopt the unusual course of satisfying his feelings by appealing to tie: Pub• lie; and if that mode of redress were nue, felt by Mr. B. to be in sufficient, it was no affair of Lord L.'s, and that, after a lapse of five months, any claim which he might have had, in the first instance, appeared to be lost by the delay, as well as by the appeal to pub lic opinion. Lieutenant-Colonel W. admitted that, in his opinion, there was no absolute necessity, on the part of Itlr. 13. to send Lord 1.. a challenge after what had passed, but that Mr. B.'s sense of the in jury he had received, by being desired to quit the mess-room in the presence of Ladies, induced him to seek the present mode of satis fying his feelings, which had been severely wounded by the silent trenipt with which Lord L. had treated him, by not noticing his letters. This may be considered as the substance of the conversation which passed, Sir Henry proposing to confer with Colonel W. at three o'clock, when the following letter was presented by Sir I Leary No. 1. “ 52, Grosvenor-place, May 5, 1824. " Sta—l think it necessary to repeat most distinctly to you that cannot admit Mr. Battier's right to call upon Lord Londonderry for private satisfaction, after Mr. Battier's appeals to the Public fur the last 4 months. As you have also stated to me your opinion most unequivocally, that there is no necessity on the pa: t of Mr. Battier to have recourse to the proceeding he meditates, I cannot reconcile it to my sense of honour and propriety to sanction any such mea sure, where both the seconds are of opinion that the principals need nut meet.—Disapproving, therefore, in common with you, of the proposed meeting, 1 shall avcid seeing Lord L. till I have conferred with you at three o'clock.—l am, &c. Lt.-Col. Western." (Signed) " 11. HAIIDINGE." Three o' Clock, r. Nr. At this interview, Colonel W. stated, that an etplaiiation tram Lord L. or from Sir Henry, informing him that ther.: had been no intention on the part of Lord L. to question Mr. B.'s character as a Gentleman would satisfy him. Sir Henry not admitting, on the pact of Lord L. Mr. B.'s claim to a private explanation, after the pref.:l-trice shewn by that Gen tleman for a public vindication of his character, declared any such explanation to be inadmissible. And although he bad avoided see ing Lord L he stated his Lordship's readiness to meet Mr. Battier, as expressed in the uote brought front Lord L. by Colonel W. the objection to the meeting being oil the part of Sir /laity, and foe the reasnns already given. At this interview every means Of arrangement having been dis cussed, Colonel \V. delivered the following note: No. '2. " May _5. " Sia—having seen your note, and admitting that there is no absolute necessity for Mr. Battier to. call on the Nlarquis of Lon _hind-Try, sentiments in which I the. more readily participate from former years of service with you. and as Mr. Battier has placvtl hooter in my hani.ls, I shad have no hesitation, atter.the conversa tion that has taken place between us, to assure my fi lend that our mutual impression .as tile friend> of parties is, that after the pain city which has already taken place, nu further steps are necessary. " Allow me to express .my satisfaction that this unpleasant busi ness should have falien into the hands of an Officer with whom I have formerly served, and for whont I always entea tallied the highest opinion. " I am, &c. - (Signed) "O.M. T. WESTERN. " Sir 11. Hardinge, &c. &c. &c." Five &Clock. Sir Henry Natiliages note in answer to this, is the fullowing ; viz. Nip. 71: " 32, Grusvenor.place, May 5. " have received your reply,.and request you will inform me of your ultimate intentions before the evening closes.—f am, &c. " Wesura. (Sisned) " 11. lIAItMINGE." Hall-past Six, F.M. _ _ _ Colonel W. having conferred with Mr. B. returned to Sir Henry at half-after six &clot's, requesting an . explanation or a meeting. The latter was immediately acceded to. = • The parties, it was con sidered, could not meet before half-aftereight or nine o'clock. which was deemed vet y objectionable by both the seconds. A misappie liension, however, arose on this point. Colonel W. conceiving the appointment for the meeting to have been at nine o'clock the s - anrc evening, and Sir Henry at nine o'clock the next morning: Sir 11. 11. having communicated to Lord 1.:. the arranzemeht he had made, wrote the following letter : No. 4. " v 3, Grosveilor-place, May 5, 10 o'Clock, r. " SIR-4 have seen Lord L. and informed him of the me—age , Ali. 11. has sent through you, in reply to my second'note, requiring an explanation of Lord L.'s meaning in' desiring Mr. k. to quit the Mess-room of the Audi Hussars, birthe..24th of Ntrventher. " I request you to assure Ali. •ISt:tliae•it Sr a matter of perfect in , dill.:rence to Lord L. what •Alr."W file% eir publishes: he can have uo communication with hun. The opinion I have expressed, that >lr. B. has no right to expect the satisfaction he solicits, after five nnosiths atiapestsien of his feelings, I now repeat. Your exprosscd opinion, that there is no necessity for the silvering whit h i 1,. !t„ requires, 1 nerd not enlarge upon. Lord Londonderry has chosen to waive all the just nhjections which I thil,k exist to the meeting you have requetted;*and I have now only to inform yen; th.it his Lordihip will he, at nine o'clock, at Ilyd.• l ork.cilrnet, to-morrow morning, where I shall expect to see you and Mr. ii.ittier. " I have the honour to be, &c. &c. (signed) " li. IiARDINGP. " Lieutenant-Colonel Wottern." This letter was sent to Co!onel W. at eleven o'chnk, to the ad dress he had appointed; but it did not find :dot :here, and WIS 011 the following morning sent under cover :o llr. Battier, who re ceived it about eight o'clock. Gth Muy, Nine 0C10..k, r. x. Lord LondondcrTy and Sir Milty d pisice pci!,z-d w.til twenty minutes :Me: nine 'Ywhan.Sir . wiute a Fencil note to this effect N. 5. " Hyde Park corner, 'rip of Grosvenor-p!oce, 6th twenty minutes afto.r now. 41 Si! Henry Hordinge prcsutres there r sons.: mistake. Lien. tcnont-Colonel W. will find him here till ten o'clock. It will be inconvenient to Lord L to wait any lo'gtr. Lientenont-eohnel Western." The following answer waa received from Lieut.-Col.Western: Ne. 6.—third 7th (.I:Leah! b..: 6th) Slay. " Lieut.-Colonel Western begs leave to state, that Mr. !littler and hinv.elf were waiting at the top of* Cirosvencr-place, livm two minutes before nine till tarty-five minutes pas:. " That stein 7 no s;gns of Sird Itnry and his friend. they then got into the post-chaise again and ref'. rned to towii. Lieut.. Col. W. will wait on Sir Ifenry by twelve o'clock. " Sir Henry Ilarainge." In cr.osequettee of this, Sir Henry rode to Colonel W.'s hotel in the City, who had, on the receipt of Sir Henry's note of twenty minutes after nine, hasten:d to Mr. 'littler, and shortly after twelve ..!'clock Colon( I W. appeared at Hyde l'aik-corner. The mi-utal-r -.tandiag as to the ::nsa of me%Aing was exploitted. and IV. immediately returned for Mr. IL old the partie., tsar a finally as sembled at half after one o'clock. Ilaving proceeded about four miles nut of town, the pistols were loaded by the seconds, and a: the loin:v(1 p tir had been brought out by Sir Henry, the choice of one of them wag 3tvgn to Col. Western. The ground was measured by both the seconds-t-46 paces; the principals took their posts, levelling their pistols at the same time on thv word toeing given to fire. Lord L.'s shot appeared to pass to the right of Mr. B.—Mr. B.'s pktf:l ntis - :ed fire. Lord Londonderey requested that Mr. Under might have another shot. This was declineti by Colonel Western on the part of Alt. Batter. ..... ('.dented Western proposed that the principals should meet and shake hands. Sir Ift.nry declared it to he impossible. Colonel Western having conferred with Mr. Battier, informed Sir Henry that Mr. Battier was satis:io.l. . . Sir Henry then directed the prit:ipals to advance, and informed Cokinel R'rsten► in their precence, .r: r. Rattier had received the satisfaction he wished to It-eve, and !:ad expressed h'imse:t lie (Sir II.) had to make two obiervations upon the Lot pub- Irti,,r of .l r. In that letter there is an assertion personally refie,::ing upon Lord Lnintankrry, that he had shelt• uu..itr has rank front the consequences of an arbitrary act taw_:rds :klr. I;attier. That assertion the present meeting sufficiently disproved. Colonel W. ar;cl Mr. B. assented. The next observation which Sir Henry was obliged to make to Colonel Western was, that in the same fitter Mr. Battier as.crtesl, that, alt tough Lord Londonderry denied having seen or peruted a certain lever or letters conveying a censure upon the Officers of the Tenth Hussars for their conduct towards Mr. Battier, he (Mr. Battier) knew that Lord Londonderry had seen the papers. On the part of Lord Londonderry, Sir lleory declared, that the asser tion contidned hi Mr. Battier's liter was false. Mr. Battier a,ked if it was meant to make bins out a !Lir ? Sir Henry ohserved co Colony Western, that Mr. Battier must have been misinformed, but that he could not go tlify the expression, and that Lord Londonderry was ready to maintain his assertion by re suming his ground. Mr. Battier inquired if it wits intended to add fresh imuit ? If such were the case we had better go on. . . . Sir Henry could only repeat his former espression, that the asser tiqll W 44 fake, a..d that it was for Mr. llattt...r to take his course. Mr. 13.ittier said lie referred it to W,...tern. Sir Henry said they had better withdraw, and not be long, for fear of being disi utbed. They withdrew (Colonel Weetern and Mr. Battier) a few paces for two or three minutes, and Colonel Western declared Mr.. Bat tier s.ai•fied, and that he did not intend to carry proceedings any fur ther. The parties proceeded to their carriagrs and reternedhi town. "Q.eirter atter Gne o'Clpck,'May 7. "Colonel Western has read this document, and admits that he can- Mt' Slat(' that there h any part of it which is not accur..te.—Writ ten in his presence and read to him. iSigncd) " IL 11.1 It DINGY.." - " May 10, 1824. " I admit the general suhitance and teolr of thja statement to be correct. (Signed) " C. M. T. WESTEItN." (A true Copy) 11. HARDIN GE. May 14, 1824. f 6' NAVAL I\ I ELLI;;ELVCE. Of Dover, the Meteor, from Rio Janeiro. Off l'ottland, the Zephyr, CANDLISH, from Demerara. At rived at Portanouth on Sunday, the SCORPION tender, belong ing to the VICTORY. Lieutenant Ruston; of the Turtss, has been appointed to the GLonetsree, at Chatham. The RATTLESNAKE, 28, Captain H. PATTON, arrived at Ports mouth from Chatham on Monday, and will sail iu the course of a few days for Ilarbadoes and Jamaica. The MKT'S, Captain Sir JOHN PH fI.LIMOtt, is ordered from Ply mouth to Portsmouth, fur the purpose cd receiving un board the Royal African Corps, now in I::ngland, why have received direc tions to embark for the coast of Africa. The follming appointMents hjve t:.!cen place in the Royal Ma rines, in consequence of the death of Lieutenant-Colonel N. Las, of Char c-rps :—Lieutenant-Colonel B. Ducessox, of the Ports mouth Division, removes to Plymouth; and Major STURLINO, of the Portsmouth Division, is appointed Pay-Captain at Plymouth. Admiral Sir GEORGE MABIIN rehoisted is flag at Portsmouth on Wednesday, on his teturn from leave. Seven candidates for Lieutenants passA their examination at the Royal Naval College, Purtsmoutii, on Tuesday last. Thy WILLIAM AND MARY yacht leaves Portsmouth for Dublin this day. Mr. VANCE, Surgeon of Greenvfich Ilospit..l, has retired from ,the Institution, and is succeeded by Mr. Docsi.s, of the Iloyal,ala- Met, at Chatham. PORTSMOUTH, 'MAY 14. Wind \.N;.—.'irlived his Majesty's ship Torus ' from Plymouth. 'l:he American ship. Pearl, MARBLE, that arrived at Cowes the lr. - tfy - ult. from Postua,. for ordt.rs, has been surveyed, found rotten, 'antnot worth ttpaititu. Ships at Spithead—ltamEssa.K,E and Cam : torr. In llArbour littl.WA RC, WEI.LEt•LEV, ALBION, ILO :.t. GEOhnit, J e Hata, WILLIANI AND MARY, SANIAIIAi:G,•MLUINA, Cl and Id ; Quay. and SCORPION tenders, pcAt., .11'AY 14.—Wind \.F- blowing strong.—Cxxie,down front the River and remain, the Tslegraph, GRANDIN, Havre; Certs, --' for Liverpool; and Blocher, roart.u, lor Port-au•Prince. The Fairlie, for Madras, was stated to be at anchor in the Queen's Channel. Several vessels passed 13st evening, n.tmes unknown. CMIK, M.tr IL—Arrived his Majesty's ship TwEityfrom Ports mouth ; No. Is, Cato, and Prince of Orange transports, to take troop^. to Halifax. . Livsatertot., Mat- 13.—Arrived the tii:on,l-lunitocr, from Tri nidad ; Sarah Ralston, from Phtl.ole..phia; and Dartm4r nick, —, from New York. CUSTOM-ITOCSF, MAY 14. Bens ENTEREn INWARDS—TheSiren, and Opinion, from Dant ale.; Spes, and Petrus, from ChristiAt.a ; Fanny, fromglen„:; Maria Catherine, from Antwerp ; ti ruts Marshina, fruni iLtter. dant; Lowther Castle, front Canton; liuhy, front St. lichael's; and V e stal, front . . ENTERLD Ouxwartus—The Unity, for Jersey; Frat.ces Augus:a, fur Philadelphia; and Commerce, - for Calais: . •- CLEM:ED OIaWARDi, IAY 13.--The CrliCrlo:l, for NON l':)rk. PENItYNT ELECTION.-At the •.cl.)se Of the poll on Wedue,day, lloauar STANTON, Esti. Banker, of. Lo:.don, '.vas re cur tics' by a majority .of six. • i'IaATES OF Cl.7l3A.LW l2l i::isie lcroonts of tke horrid WI - h.:rides of the liticea::esrs of former tames, but never, until the .ippe,ranct of Aaron Sini:ll's N:wrative cf tha Atriieilti4 • of the Pirates of Cuba etheinr did w et irnaOie that these lawless ft, ehaitets ese;...,sea their with such a degree of buvage ferocity.- Itirweri, it is ituro,4,l3le to read, this Narrative without ,of ast , snislirttent thht the ex termination of these sear-banditi. has ''tot, lourite beta tfftcted by the uDited efforts of every .I.eritthic State. 1 J !~ . ~