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London, England, 1818-11-16 00:00:00

had been advised, that as the Assizes had intervened
it might- be said by the Coort, that he might have
gone to the county and hive indicted Mr. Peel, and
-therefore that the Court would not be likely to inter-
fere. Mr. Floyer, however, haring held out a pledge
that he would apply to the Court, • thought it right
Ito publish the conversation, and he did publish a let-
ter, iu which he complained, not in any offensive
language, of Mr. peek's conduct ; but Mr. Scarlett
was free to admit that 4 placed Mr. Peel in a light
that could not be very agreeable to him. The Lear-
ned Counsel then read from Mr. Floyer's publication
of the statement of the conversation between him and
Mr. Peel, the day before the election, certain parts
in which were those expressions addressed by Mr.
Foyer to Mr. Peel in that conversation—" If you
are come here to call ere out, Sir, shew me sufficient
reason, and you will find me quite as ready as you
can desire." This the Learned Counsel thought it
ri" ht irs candour to state, because the Court were not
in the habit of granting criminal informations in cases
where the'party challenged had expressed readiness
to accept the challenge; but it would be recollected
that this conversation took place in the month of
June, subsequently to which Mr. Peel sent his chal.
'rive. Mr. Floyer had quitted Tamworth, and was
at IVorthing, where on the '7th of the prer.att month
Mr. Peel sent him a second challenge by Mr. George
Dawson; inforating him, that as he had formerly
sheltered himself from just resentment by the
mean subterfuge of having insulted his father, not
himself, Mr. I:foyer's conduct had branded him with
the name of coward; and as he had thought proper,
in his address, dated the 30th of October, to insult
not only himself but his father, by uttering the most.
,gross and infamous falsehoods, he no.v summoned
him again to the field, and informed him, that if he
attempted to evade the meeting a sdond time, he
would inflict personal chastisement upon him ; and
concluding by informing him that Mr. Dawson would
make the necessary arrangements fi;r the meeting.—
To this Mr. Floyer sent a reply, that he should lay
his letter before the ('oust of King's Bench without
delay. This was slot the most aggravated part of
the case. On the same day, Mr. Peel, accompanied
by Mr. Dawson, paraded in front of Mr. Floyer's,
house, with a horsewhip in his hand. On Sunday,
the Bth inst. when Mr. Floyer and his family, among
whom were several ladies, were gcingto church, Mr.
Peel and Mr. D.twson came from behind a wall, the
former with a horsewhip intishaad, appearing to be
very much agitated, and uttered something, the whole
of which Mr. Floyer did not hear; but'he heard him
say inat he must co,.sid.:r hiraself as horsewhipped,
no blow in fact be:n,g struck. Mr. Floyer
and said " Verythe afternoon of the same
day, Mr. Floyer received a printed hand-bill, which
was delivered to him by his servant, at the desire- of
Mr. Dawson—copies of which hand-bill had been
distributed about the town Of Worthing, pnd poked
in the Steyne CofFee-house; by Mr. Peel or Nlr. Daw-
son, in which the former stated, that having twice
challenged Mr.,Floyer for false assertions and unpro-
voked insulis, and having twice been refused the sa-
tisfaction of a gentleman, he thereby proclaimed him
to the world fo be a coward and a liar—that he had
met him in the morning, but did not horsewhip him'
as he had intended, because he was with his family
that he went up to him with his horsewhip in his
hand, and addressed him in theie words;—" Mr.
Moyer, finding you surrounded by the female part
of your family, I shall riot inaict. upon you the chas-
tisement I promised; you -will, however, consider
yourself as having been hersewhipped;" to which his
reply-was, " Very well, Sir." The affidavit of the
printer of this hand-bill was superadded to that of
Mr. Floyer, in which he stated that his explqer was
Mr. Peel. Under these circumstances, the Learned
Counsel applied for criminal information.
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