The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-17 00:00:00

No. 6

23, Lowndes-street, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 6 p.m.
Sir,—l have had the honour of receiving your note of
this day, and I shall accordingly wait on Colonel Anson,
at the Ordnance•oflice, at 4 to-morrow.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient humble servant,
E. Ilorsman, Esq., M.P., &c. J. GURWOOD.

Colonel Anson met Colonel Gurwood on Wednesday
evening, and delivered, on the part of Mr. Horsman, the
following letter :

(No. 7.)
Albany, Jan. 15
have requested my friend Colonel Anson to dc-
iver to you this letter in explanation of the course which,
with his concurrence, I think it my duty to pursue upon
the demand made on me by Mr. Bradshaw.
I must direct your attention to the speech Mr. Brad-
shaw is reported to have delivered at Canterbury in Oc-
tober last, and on which I commented at the dinner given
me by my constituents six weeks ago.
Mr. Bradshaw's speech, on the occasion alluded to,
was a public insult to his Sovereign—that Sovereign
a lady, and the only lady in her dominions without
those natural protectors who, in a more humble
rank, would have secured her, from being insulted
with impunity. Under these circumstances, I conceive
it to be the right and the duty of every loyal sub-
ject to come forward in her defence, and be as ready to
guard her character as to protect her person. And as
Mr. Bradshaw, on the most public occasion he could find,
though fit to assail her Majesty in the most unmeasured
terms, for which he knew he could not be held accountable,
he has little right to compla;n that I, on another public
occasion, with reference to his speech, used equally strong
terms in repelling its disloyal aspersions.
Being totally unacquainted with Mr. Bradshaw, it was
on public grounds alone that I noticed his speech ,• and as
long as that speech stands recorded as a true manifestation
of his feelings, it is impossible for me, in accordance with
;he opinions I hold, to retract or regret a single syllable

I said.
I also feel that I should have been justified in withhold-
ing from Mr. Bradshaw the satisfaction he requires until
be had himself given satisfaction to the public for the in-
jury he had inflicted. If I had chosen► to act on the opi-
nion of those of my friends whom I consulted, I had ample
authority for pursuing such a course. But in adopting
what I feel to be a far more questionable one, and fur which
I am responsible to society, I wish it to be clearly under-
stood, that in consenting to meet Mr. Bradshaw I make no
admission whatever of any right on his part to claim such
consideration from me.

I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your very obedient humble servant,
E. lIORSMAN.

Lieutenant-Colonel Gurwood, &c.

Arrangements were then made for a meeting yesterday
morning at Wormwood Scrubs, where, after an exchange
of shots, Mr. Horsman having fired in the air, Colonel
Gurwood went up to Mr. Horsman and delivered him
No. 8.

(No. 8.)
23, Lowndes-street, Jan. 16.
Sir,—Last night Colonel Anson gave me your letter, to
which I have the honour to reply.
Mr. Bradshaw wrote to me from the country, which
letter I received on the 4th inst., referring me to a para-
graph in the Morning Post of the preceding day, in which '
the expressions regarding him, made use of by you, arc
reported. I therefore transmitted to you a transcript of
his letter, and dated it the 4th inst. You are acquainted
with what has since transpired, and you have empowered
Colonel Anson to make final arrangements.
When Mr. Bradshaw shall have received the satisfaction
to which I conceive he is entitled, I have no doubt but that
be will express to you what he, had before stated to me,
that in his speech at Canterbury be had no intention of
presuming to allude to her Majesty, but to her Majesty's
Ministers, and that you will, therefore, withdraw the ex-
pressions you have made use of.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient humble servant,
J. GIJRWOOD.

Colonel Gurwood, in consequence of Mr. Horsman's
conduct, then added that it appeared that this meeting had
been rendered necessary on account of the remarks made
by Mr. Horsman at Cockermouth on the 4th of December,
in reference to a speech delivered by Mr. Bradshaw at
Canterbury in October last.
That he was desired by Mr. Bradshaw to say, that Mr.
Horsman had put a different interpretation upon that
speech from what be meant it to convey.
That Mr. Bradshaw disclaims the slightest feeling of
disloyalty to her Majesty, and regrets the expressions he
then made use of, which he has since felt, upon reflection,
were unjust towards her Majesty.
Colonel Anson then said be had no hesitation, on the
part of Mr. Horsman, in withdrawing the expressions which
Mr. Horsman had used in reference to Mr. Bradshaw.

Jan. 16, 1840.

J. ANSON.
J. GURWOOD