Star.
London, England, 1809-10-13 00:00:00

THE LATE DUEL.

The s:.itements of Lord CArcurneAsli's friends, of
tre circumstances which led to the duel viith Mr.
coNiNc, have for some time been before the public.
IVe now lay before onr readers a copy of the state.
4ner. circ:6 tted by the friends of Mr. CANNING, as
sa answer to the unqualified charges brought against
that gentian:ln by Lori ASTLRH.t;AGH•
1.11,2 letters which preceded the duel, namely Lord
O,I:F!:FACII'S letter to Mr. CANNING, dated 19th
t:ecternber, and Mr. CANNING'S answer, dated the
J.. 4nt --ared in the STAR of Monday last, and need
t e repeated.
~11:e following is a statement of the course of that
'Ton a misapprehension cf the leading
transacion,
which, Lord CASTLEREAGH'S letter appears to
have been founded :

alt perfectly true, that so long ago as Easter
Air. CANNING had represented to the Luke of PORT-
WD the insufficiency (in his opinion) of the Govern- •
!rent, as then constituted, to carry on the affairs of
the ceantry, under all the difficulties of the times, and
had requested that, unless some change should be
eirectcd in it, lie might be permitted to resign his
dice. It is equally true that in the course of the dis-
cussion, arose out of this representation, it Was
proposed to Mr. CANNING, and accepted by him, as
the condition of his consenting to retain the seals of
the Foreign Office, that a change should be made in
the War Department.
14 But it is not true that the time at which that
thaugc was ultimately proposed to be made, was of
Car.stsc.'s choice ; and it is not true that he was
party or consenting to the concealment of that inten-
ded change front Lord CASTLERF.AGII.
With respect to the concealment, Mr. CANNINO,
some short time previous to the date of Lord CASTLIt-
KAGli's letter, without the smallest suspicion of the
existence of any intention on the part of Lord CAS-
TLEItEACII to Make such an appeal to Mr. CANNING
as that letter contains, but upon information that some
misapprehension did exist as to Mr. CANNING'S sup-
posed concurrence in the reserve which had been prac-
r:st.d towards Lord CAsinliftEncilt, transmitted to one
Lard (...I:7I,EftrAGP'S most intimate friends, to be
con.ainiteated whenever lie might think proper, the
cony of ri letter addressed by Mr. CANN:NG to the
Ihke PortmAND, in the month of July, in which
requests, in justice to himself,. that it
ni-r be remernpered, whenever hereafter this conceal- •
nieut s tall be alledged (as he doubts not that it will )
as an act of injustice towards Lord CAS-
HZ.E.RiII, that it did not originate in his suggestion ;
..-that so far from desiring it, he conceived, however
eircneoiisly, Lord CAN/DEN to be the sure chatinel of
comnitinication to Lord CASTLEREAGH ; and that up
to a vry late period he believed such communication
to have been actually made.'

The copy of this letter, and of the Duke of rour-
LIND'S answer:to it, acknowledging Mr. CANNING'S
rep! +:-d remonstrances against the concealment,' are
Ptiii in the possession of Lord CASTLEREAGH'S
The communication to Lord CAstnEN, to which
tnisletler refers, W3S made on the 23th of April, with
Mr. C lyN:NG's knowledge, and at his particular de-
sire. Lnd CAMDEN being the near connection and
si..),t confidential friend of Lord CASTLEREAGH, it
nucr caul red to Mr. CANNING, nor was it credible
t. him, till he received the most positive asseverations
of the iact, that Lord CAMDEN had kept back such a
communication from Lord CASTLEREAGH.
" With respect to the period at which the change