The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-02 00:00:00

SIR HUDSON LOWI AND LAS CASES.

Nothing can be more ridiculous, as well as
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more rancorous,. than the ttttemptp•of a certain
Paper to fix the imputation•of cowardice -upon
Sir HUDSON LOWE, since it is only due to the
impudent stripling who struck him and who then
ran away. We find that this juvenile Ruffian has
thought proper to make a sudden retreat from
this country also, as appears from his impudent
letter, which is properly introduced as follows
in The Times of this day :
" From the following letter published in the Canstitutionnel
of Wednesdaylast, it appears that Las Cases was determined
to get far enough out of the reach of Sir Hudson's cudgel : as
to a duel, he knew that was out of the question, when he chose
such a disgraceful mode of affronting his adversary :
" M. de Las Cases arrived on the 28th at Rouen : before his
departure, he .wrote the following letter to Sir Hudson Lowe
" Sir—After the altercation which took place between us on
Tuesday morning before your house, at the conclusion of which
I confess 1 was deficient in the precise forms of respectful be-
haviour, I expected you would send me a challenge. Seeing
none arrive, in spite of the time which has elapsed, I am going
back to France. 1 think that as I took the trouble of coming
to London after you, you may follow me to Paris, or Ostend,
or to any other part of France or the Netherlands which may
suit you, where I shall always be ready to meet you.
(Signed) "- EM. LAS. CASES."

The Morning Paper therefore may now spare
itself the trouble of endeavouring to convert the
contempt of Sir HunsoN Lowe into resentment,
in order to provoke a duel between the parties,
as the cowardly assailant who ran aroaN after he
had offered the insult, obviously thinks that 'he
cannot be too far off. We regret that he has
escaped the Treading Mill. , We subjoin a letter
on this subject from the person who protected
LAS CASes from summary chastisement on the spot.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE COURIER. •
Lyon's-inn, Nov. 1, lel
Sin—The continued allusion to my name in your Paper, in
reference to the affair between Baron Las Casas. and Sir Hud-
son Lowe, calls upon me for a further observation. No
man who reads the articles in your paper upon this subject
can doubt that their object is to insinuate that I was a con-
spirator, with others,
.to induce Baron Las Casas to take the
step which he did. This I still call a foul and slanderous
imputation. It is perfectly true that I paid Baron Las Casas
every attention in my power while in this country • I have
been his father's agent for many years ; I had received hospi-
table attention from him during my visit to the Continent,
and I am only sorry that I had it not in my power to make
a more adequate return to his son when he came, a perfect
stranger to the country in which I reside. I hope England
is not the place where a man need make an apology for hospi-
tality to a foreigner—when such becomes necessary she should
change names with St. Helena. lam ever willing to avow my
friendship for the Baron, and I know of no man for whom I
have a greater esteem.
I have honour to be, Sir, your most obedient,
W. HOLMES.
It may be simply asked of this 'Mr. HOLMES,
if, when he attended the young Ruffian to the
field, he did not know .his design, and if so,
whether he thinks that the outrage he com-
mitted bespoke the condUct of a man of honour