The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-05 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF HONOUP.

Yesterday morning a meeting took place within about a
quarter of a mile of Kensington. The principals were
Major C—, formerly of the 17th light dragoons, and a
French gentleman, named Froissart ; the former was at-
tended by Captain F—, the latter by F. s—, Esq.
An ineffectual attempt was made by Cieir respective
friends to bring about an amicable conclusion, but the deter-
mined hostility of the Frenchman bore down all argument,
and the pistols were delivered accordingly ; the first tire,
which was by signal, proved bartnless,bia the second brought
' M. Froissart to thecarth, badly wounded in the abdomen.
A surgeon was on the ground, and attempted to extract
the ball, but without effect, as the unfortunate gentleman
bled profusely, and seemed in great torture; being placed
in a coach, he was brought on to the White Hart, Ken-
sington, where the wound was dressed, and restoratives
being administered, it was judged expedient to continue
the journey to town. The Major and his friend remained
with him the entire time, and M. Froissart expressed, in
unequivocal terms, a sense of his own impropnety, in re-
sisting an honourable accommodation, and also admitted
that the business was conducted in an impartial and g..utle-
man-like manner; at the same time repeatedly exchanging
forgiveness with his antagonist. Ilis r,:.covery is considered
as very precarious, fever bring likely to follow, from the
irritation of the wound. We could barn, that the quarrel
took place at Rouen, from whence M. Froissart followed
the Major, who knew not of his design until 'fleeting in
London.

Anothtv duel took place on Monday morning on Clap-
ham Common, between Lieutenant Williams and Mr.
Gill. The quarrel arose at billiards. The partita met,
and fired by signal, when Lieutenant Williams received
Mr. Gill's shot in the right shoulder. The party was con-
veyed off the ground in a hackney-coach, and we have
since heard is out of danger—the ball having been ex-
tracted.

It is rumoured that the followit'r arrangements are on
the eve of taking place in the Frtmeltllinistry :—M. Cler-
mont Tonnerre, Minister of Marine, to succeed M. do
Chateaubriand, as Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Duke
de Doutleauville, transferred front the Management of the
Posts to the Ministry of :Marine; M. de Rochefoucauld
to succeed the Duke do Doutleauville in the department of
the Post Office.
Manstacr is Hmit Ltvc.—On Titexclav, the 3.1 inst.
at S. George's Church, Hanover-square, Sir Wm. Chatter-
ton, of Castle Mahon, in tae county of Cork, Bart., to
Georgina Ilenrittta Maria, daughter of the Rev. Lascelles
Iromonger, Prebendary of Winchester.
Amongst the latest arrivals at Cheltenham are, the Duke
of Rutland, the l'arl of Lisburne, Lord Holland, Lord
Vaughan, and Lady Alvanlcy.

;On Sunday Lord Cliftlen arrived at Gowan Castle
from England, and on slonday the lion. G. A. Ellis and
his Lady arrived at the came place. We understand this
patriotic and highly gifted young gentleman is determined
to establish some means of employment for the poor on his
noble father's estate. before he leaves our neighbourhood.
We would recommend cotton-spinning and the calico ma-
nufacture as preferable to the coarse linen trade, on a
I variety of accounts. We also trust he will employ proper
persons to explore and work the coal and cubit beds re-
cently discovered on the Gowran estate, a measure that
would essentially benefit the whole population of that side
of the country.—Kilkenny Paper.