The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-17 00:00:00

that his language to me on the present occasion was
hasty, and would not be repeated ; but, alas ! I can
feel no such conviction.
"3. Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan de-
tained me in close arrest in my room, without making
any report of the circumstance to the General Com-
manding-in-Chief, from the afternoon of the 19th, to
the morning of the 23d of May, when he personally
mentioned it at the Horse Guards. I humbly submit,
Sir, that this is not acting up to the spirit of the Ai-
tidies of War, which says, that no officer shall be kept
in arrest more than eight days, or until such time as
a court-martal can be assembled ;' whereas, from the
circumstances not having been reported at once, I was
ultimately detained eleven days.
" 4. Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan re-
fused to release me from my arrest on the 25th of May,
notwithstanding that I made the fullest concession, at
the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief, and
further reported that I had qualified my concession,
though I explained, in every possible way, that I had
not done so.

•' I have already mentioned the interviews I had with
Lord Cardigan on the 26th of May, but I never can
describe the mental torture I underwent during the
probing and cross-examination of my feelings, lest I
should say something that might afterwards be used
against me, especially as Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl
of Cardigan condescended to assure me that he waived
the consideration of being my commanding officer, and
afterwards resumed it, so that I had great difficulty in
knowing when I was addressing his Lordship as a pri-
vate gentleman, and when is his official capacity as
Lieutenant-Colonel.

" And yet, Sir, after all this treatment, how am I
situated ? I stand before my troop, before the regi-
ment, before the neighbourhood, and it may be before
the country, as having been placed and kept eleven
days in arrest, for what nobody knows, nor how re-
leased, and with the painful feeling of having been
wronged and ill-treated as an officer and a gentleman.
" I trust most implicitly to the known justice of the
General Commanding-in-Chief to assist me in this my
difficult position, to clear my character, and shield me
and others from the effects and recurrence of such un-
due exercise of power.
" I have the honour, to be, Sir,
" Your obedient humble servant,
"J. W. REYNOLDS,
" Captain of the 11th Hussars.
" To the Adjutant-General, Horse Guards."
On Tuesday, the 9th of June, General Sleigh went
to Canterbury, bad all the officers of the regiment
brought before him, and, without any investigation, read
to them a letter from head-quarters, condemning Cap-
tain Reynold's conduct in very strong language ; ap-
proving of Lord Cardigan's throughout, in ever partice-
lar ; stigmatising Captain Reynold's motives as per-
nicious and vindictive, and refusing a court-martial,
because many things would be brought to light which
would not be for the good of the service.
Captain Reynolds then requested that he might be
brought to a court-martial for the offences with which he
had now bLen charged. This was also refused, as it was
stated Lord Hill had determined it should be considered
as settled. And, as if this was not enough, General Sleigh
told Captain Reynolds that he had forfeited the sympa-
thy of every officer of rank in the service.
Captain Reynolds applied for copies of all the letters
referred to in this statement, which are not given at
length, and was refused them.
Mr. Harvey has since applied to Lord Hill, in his
ty.vn name, and in that of Captain Basil Hall, the young
gentleman's uncle, for all the documents relating to
this transaction, and has been politely refused..
Thus, neither Captain Reynolds nor any of his friends
have seen one word of Lord Cardigan's reports, state-
ments, or letters—a curious situation for an accused and
cmiv:cted officer to be placed in ; and the last letter of
reprimand read by General Sleigh has only been listened
to, and the substance can only be given from recol-
lection.

(To be contimued to-morrow.)

THE LATE DUEL BET WE EN LORD
CARDIGAN AND MR. HARVEY TUCKETT.

The inclosed statement, made by Captain Douglas,
of the I lth Hussars, has been published, with the sanc-
tion of Lord Cardigan :
An erroneous statement having been circulated in
the newspapers relative to the circumstances connected
with the recent meeting on Wimbledon Common, be-
tween the Ezrl of Cardigan and Mr. Tuckett, the fol-
lowing is submitted as a correct statement of the facts :
Lord Cardigan having been informed upon good
authority that the Editor of the Morning Chronicle,
upon application made to him for the name of the w riter
of a letter dated 3d September, 1840, signed " An Old
Soldier," which appeared in that paper of the 4th Sep-
tember, hakstated it to come from Mr. Harvey Tuckett,
Captain Douglas, at the request of Lord Cardigan,
waited upon Mr. Tuckett on the 11th inst. to demand
satisfaction. Mr. Tuckett acknowledged himself the
author, and requested time to go into the country to
coesult Captain Wainwright as his friend.
On Saturday the 12th instant, Captain Douglas met
Captain Wainwright, when the latter solicited in writ-
ing the grounds upon which Lord Cardigan demanded
satisfaction of his friend Mr. Tuckett.
Captain Douglas delivered about half-past two, r.m ,
the following statement, viz.:—
" Lord Cardigan yesterday authorised Captain Dou-
glas to require of Mr. Tuckett to afford him satisfac-
tion in consequence of a letter, of which Mr. Tuckett
has avowed himself the author, and which appeared in
the Morning Chronicle of the 4th instant, signed An
Old Soldier,' many parts of which contained matter en-
tirely false, and the whole of it was slanderous, insult-
ing, and calumnious.

" CARDIGAN.