The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-19 00:00:00

learned ail' the, paqicalars from Sir F. B. and waa•
perfectly satisfied althou4h, by the bye, he had
not beenwith Sir Francis, froo-his first arrival to-
the entrance. iuto the; wood, more than twenty mi-
mites ; and yet Mr.'Gawler. thinks pro;vr to. assert,.
that finding Mr. Pauilliad not committed, either his
cause or leis opinions to me (Mr. Coopi-r)., of
course inaden9 proposals of accommodation to me
of any. sort. The latter asseilionis;perfe6llv corree.i;
but if • Mr. G. believed the former part of his a;sSer-.•
tion, how will he clear himself in having refused to.
hear any explanation from :dr.
.Paull, who, he says.„
was aonduaing his own cause ?" I positively as-
sert, that the wordS I then used., ins,oad. of those
put into toy mouth by Mr.. G. were, " Tram sorry
it.must come to this,' . Icould nat'haye made use
Of the expression quoted by I4r. G. as Mr. P. 1141
been uniform. ill hisclemands..for an apology or
satisfaCtion.

Mr. Gavle then paced. the distance, with an ap.-
parent wish to gettne alfaix.Over as fast as possUe.
When the parties. were on their ground, 'Mr. t. ad-.
dressed Sir Francis,, and' said, " J assure you,. Sir'
Francis, I proceed against you with great refuetance,
h.
taut the injury 1 have received of the most serious.
kind ; it would as 'soon level a pistol at my father as
atlyou, but I fnd I haveno,alternative."" Here Mr,
Gawler said to "' F. will fire at yon;"
who replied, " I elicOurAt eirpea he will." The
_Seconds then retired,. and I appeal to the candour
and honour of Sir V. himself for a complete refutan.
tion of the gross an-dmo,st tinjtistifiaUe insinuation of
a "preciputc 74%./(..q., so iepiLikensibly introduced
in the statemeut of `,3,r. 'GaWler. .tier the, first fire
hattaken place, Mr. Gawlet asked Mr. P. if he was
satisfied : Paull answered, " rt4inly itot ;my
ohjea in counno- here was an apology, to v.-Lich I
feel myself entitled." Mr. G.'said:" that waS eu,
tirely'out of the-question,"and de,Vereditie second,
pistol to Mr. Paull. . I was then "in the aft of giving
the other to Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Pauli was
now addressing I\lr. citt\.wler to this Of : I think
you are sacrificing the life of yoUr friend to a f.:lse
punailio," and then to Sir F: " 'ex" pressed hi; deep
regret that necessity compelled lion to proceed:•'..
The. Seconds then again separated :. I. was toTgiVP':
the si,inal; the place was much7\'vooded. on. wiuen.
I stood, and although, atno great distance, ,trit.,
between the aitd, Sir Francis niduced - hint to reil'iarlc„.
that iii my then. situation he snould..not be, able fo.
see me distinaly ; 1 intMeldiately advanced into. Et
more open piaCe.;
.and I pronounce in the •f1ee...61
the world, that the .sieal;.and_thti report of the
to s, were in tb.e self snnie instant, that the shots
were in consequence of the sign:,ll, .and not oeca=
signed bythe rattlisioLy 01 I\lr. C.4awler. The.
length of the foregoing statemeilt has not- been op,
tiontil with me„ and trte Public roust 1.36 satisfied of
the necessity of it, at least all those. Must who have.
seen the pro:Judi:4 of Mr. t;:avier. I. shall con-.:
Chide with s‘iying,:that td.t.:LO:igh I hard; neither_
riittis"to a .D,ukedotti, or to ti.ie in!ierna:iee of it
Duke, that in One of the most respekable ,octettes..,
tondOn, j have ever 'ranked a; a (-.l..titticinati.
Bever ~leuid:dt iffy name, or ooticealc'd my place of
abode, both, llos,t,ever, at' all events might easily
have been ascertained, by apptying to Mr. Paull
and they were assuredly so ascertained by Mr. Gaw-
let who, Mr. Paull tells "me, called on Sa,„
tnrthiy, before his wounds were and begged
my attending him at Sir W. lho\leit's in the evcifingt
my house Living at a distance, I not only did so,
but I called al Sir Franc is gurdett's four days sue,
ces,;ively, fur the sake of seeing. this Gentleman,
and did see hint several times on this very business,
StawfArd-sheet, Mi 5.72,/ iB, .40,F1N COOPER,

On Saturday evening two Police Officers belotig,
ing t.o Worship-street 'Office, accuL.npanied by a City
Nlarshairnan, an consequence of the premises of
Messrs. HiCks, at Old KArd,' rind other premises,
having been'reeently, robbed of large. quantities of
linen, itcc. tu. a, great amount, went to a house i
man n
13lackfriars, where they apprehended a and a
woman under very suTicious
,circtunstanas, On
searching the house there were found six pi.s.tOls„
three of Which were loaded with slugs, about 200
pickl6ck keys, iron crows, centre hits,, some pho.3-
phorus, dark lanthorns, &c.. with. some. of the pro,
perty stolen front Messrs. Hicks. The Prisoners
were yesterday taken before the Magistrates at.Wor-
Ethip..strQo Office, where they underwent a long
private es=.amination„ and were committed for re,
exaMinati)n.

Last night, about eleven o'clock, as Lady Guild-.
ford's 'caKriage was -passing along Lisle-street, Lei;
cester-square, the pole unfortunately strilch a trlan,as
fie was crossing the stveet ffotn' Ili:lees-court; and
killed 1.)1111 on the spot.