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

City. That on. Thiirsday Mr. Paull, on entering
the drawing-room. of Col. Bosville, was acco.-ted by
Sir F. in the most, cordial and friendly manner.; that,
Mr. Paull took Sir F. into an adjoinin,, n7po,
he she wed him an advertisement itt,a .:e.vspaper, 'in
wlti.'h Mr. Paull was announced. as the Chairman, to
put eel taro Resolutions, which pet sonally regards Sir '
F, 'Burdett. No observation' was made by. Sir F.
tending- to disapprove of the nature of thatadver-:
tisement; they then retired
,with the reshot the
'company from -the drawing-room to dinner, and as
soon as the cloth was removed Mr. P.tdU gave to
Sir Francis, across the table, the. Resolutions that
were to 'be moved on the ensuing day at the 'Crti,Wn
and Anchor, Which he very deliberately read, and'in
returning them to Mr. Paull, he
,said, he higtdy
proved of them; that they were. excellent,
After quitting the house' of Colonel Bosville, Sir
F. Burdett, Mr. JOnes Burdett, and Mr. Paull,
N-alketilionle. together, and parted illake7s.Hotel,
m Jermvu-street, and.the result of the conversation
;during the walk was, that 'Sir Francis should discon7
tinue his Address to the Eleaors of .Middlesex
until the result of the Meeting at the Crowttaad
An-
chor, the next day, should be known.. Nothing
occurred from that time till the moment of catering
the dining room, at the Crown.' and Anchor, 'when,
Mr. 'Jones Burdett made his appearance; that Mr.
Paull, little imagining what brought him there, 'in-:,
mediately.led' him td the top of the table and 'placed
him on his right hand. That during dinner, •he
(Ilr. 'P.) had' repeatedly and- m.utneutarily solicited
Mr. Burdett to explain the nature Of the
iticai boil which he had declared his intention to make..
to the company assembled 3, that he (Mr., PO. per
severed. in these.etforts of 'obtaining that I:nowledge,
mentioned the ,notes that had passed; between him
and Sir F. and alluded strongly to the friendly terms
on which they parted the evening before ; the con-
' tersation'closed,,,Mr. Paull said, with Mr.!Buidett's,
stating, " that
,he had -an imperative, conunisskm
from his-B,rother to execute; that be. was deter-
mined to execute it in the very manner prescribed,
whatever might be the conSequittoces.t,die admitted
it to be a most disagreeable dray to perform, acid
that he would do. it for rzr other man eu earth, hut
Sir Burdett."

About one o'clock we arrived at Wimbledon, and
I delivered the letter to Sir Francis, and explained'
to him ,Mr. expectations.. Sir Francis oh-
served, it was a most unfortunate business; had the
interval of time admitted ofit, l would myself have
seen Mr. Paull, and probably .this unforttinate
ness would have been prevented; to this I replied,
Sir Francis, did not Mr. Paull put into your hands
laSt Thursday, at the house of Colonel Bosville, a
Newspaper, containing the Advertisement allUded
to, and were you not then silent on its,alledged. lm-
,propriety ?" His answer was, cr I am, Mr.. Cooper,
one of the most careless men. in the world, and as.
it was at the moment of going down to dinner Mr.
Paull put that Paper into .Iny. hand; I certainly did.
not pay attention to, the.Ad.Vertiset3,lent;" He de-,
dined any apology, :but proceeded to. Write a -note
to Mr. Paull, which note, When copied, I delivered.
to-Mr. Paull : his direction to,rne then was, to tell
Sir Francis, '' this is adding..insult tOi4jury ;. I shall
proceed to Kingston, and do, you:, ti,x, as early an
hour for the, meeting as possible."
:On my return to„theliouse I delivered Mr. Paull's
messag?, upon which Sir Francis sAieited I would
be second to both, winch, upon my declining, be,
Sir F. said, be must then write to a friend,,nnd that
he would be, if possible, at the King's Arms, King.
sytht, between seven and eight o'clock. About five
o'clock Mr. Paull and myself reached the inn, When
Mr. Paull lay down, desiring to be called by his ser-
.vant exactly at seven o'clock. About eight o'clock,
on walking out on the Wimbledon road, we met Sir
Francis on horseback.. I slightly bowed,; Mr. Pail!!
took no notice of him, but, returned immediately, to
the in ; a few minutes afterwards, Sir F. sent for
me, and said that he expected Mr. Gawler
diately, as he had left his barouche waiting tor hiln
at WiMbledon.
About nine o'clock Mr. Paull wrote a note to Sir
F. ,in reply to the one received in his carriage atWim-
bledon, in which he distinctly pointed out the injury
he had received from Sir F. and concluded by saying
that as the day ,was tar advanced, we had .better re,
turn towards. Wimbledon to meet his. friend. On
delivering this note to Sir Francis, he called for pen,
ink, and paper, to answer it on my observing it
WO a pity your brother persisted in reading the let-
ters at the Crown and Anchor tavern, his answer
Was, " wish he.had not.'' Mr. Gawler not having
arrived, Sir F. again pressed me to be Seecind to both,
which I again declined, and immediately entered the
, carriage with Mr: Paull on our return tnwardsWiLn-
bledon. A slicia distance troll] KingstOn, we met
Gawiel., when Mr. Paull accosted him.—
Mr. G. asked rapidly " Where is. Burdett," said
" he had been detained; or he would have arrived
sooner." Mr. Paull replied, " Sir Francis was at the
Inn, but he thought We had better not stop there any .
longer, and, if Mr, Gawler approved of it, be would
drive. through-Hampton Court and Bushy Park, to
prevent any possibility. of -the afftir transpiring."-=,
Mr. G. drove on to the inn at Kingston, and we
followed, Mr. P., remaining in his Carriage : 1 enter-
ed'lthe room where Sir T. was sitting.- at the same
time with Mr. G, when that Gentleman,- with a
manner' as perfectly uncivil -as -Sir F, was polite,
asked who I was ; Sir F. said, " Mr. Cooper,
Mr; P.'s friend." If I made ,use of the words,
Sir, Sir, Sir," as recited by Mr. G. (which I
do not at
effed at all remember to have done) they must have
been th of the mild and 4:01110 demeanour of
Mr. Gawler.

Sir Francis then suggested Cootnbe Wood, as the
most proper place, to which we immediately drove,
and .arrived• at twenty minutes atter ten o'clock.
Whilst advancing into the wood, I did my utmost
endeavours that an explanation should take place.,
but without effect. Mr. Gawler's hasty conduct to
M. Paull was peculiarly striking, Mr; 'Paull ob-
Served to Mr. G.. that this was no common affair,
and as it was possible, an accident might happen
either to him or to Sir Francis, he was particularly
anxious that even Mr. Gawler should not be ignorant
of the particulars, and the,grounds on. which he de-
manded an apology or satbtaction ; .that so eager.
was Mr. Paull for explaining matters to Mr, GaW ler,
that he Tlressed the conversation twice ur thrice, to
all whien;Mr. Gain er tartly replied, ,f that he had