Sir C. Hardinge And Mr. B...
Arl BiWer has published the annexed document received from coio0ne 1r,,ern's uncle, in illustration of the motives and senti- ments of hi; atfriend, Colonel Western :_ .. No. 7, Great James-street, Bedford-row, Alay 22. " Sir,_-n exam'inin; the papers of my nephew, the late Lieut.- Colonel Western, I have fo0 'd a letter in is hand-writing, of which (after consultingr witlh others ,'f his family) I deem it my duty to furnish, you with a copy. The leji, rFas open and without date or signafrre. I should have sent you thld original, but as it may be nece,).ry to authenticate this document, t have thought it prudent to >-,?t.un the letter, which shall be forthcoming whenever called for. I am, Sir, your obedient seevant "WVilliam Battier, Esq. "JAMIES lVYSTERN." " I Dear Battier,-_ eonceive it a duty, under the circumstances of yesterday's and this day's business, to lay before you (though un- caUed for) a brief explanation of my motives for pursuing the line of conduct Idid. Thi, lItrust,wiU meetwith the approval of your real frenads, and show why I did not choese bloodthirstily to insist on the continuation of hostilities. First, you certainly, in a public view of the proceedings, bave gained a complete victory; your mnind, not. wthstanding, aboured under the impression that some persons =mght be iUiberal enough to suppose that the virulence of your las- guage xas under an idea that the Marquis would not meet you ; the same party (should any sueh exist) might suppose that you hid yourself under the generality of your language to the corps, and that not having personified any individual, you were secure from personal collision from any indivitdual. s1 I EXave you not proved to the world, that by the event of the day, you haveshown yourself a man who has not vauntetd a courage -ou did not possess ? Eas Lord Londonderry not proved to vou ihat he looks on you as a gentlemnan, or he would not have put him. self before you in personal conflict ? 44 "In consideration of this, together with the public opinion, I could nor, as a man and a Christrian. think of allowing you to seek with inveteracy that man's blood, whose fire you had manfully stood against, and whose blood certainly would ha-e been on my head had any fatal consequenes occurred after the firt fire. The chance of your pistol having missed fire was an event not to be looked for by either party; but it having so happened, any further proceeding, in my opinion, would have anlg bern rash and vindictive. Theworlde would have so considered jt. and I should have been to blame, and only me, had l acted other- vrise than I did. "' I write this solely to convince you of my feelings on the sub- ject, and howeverImay have erred in the opinion of therash,ldonot consider either your honour or mine has been impeached by it, but zctler added considera ion to the principles under whichvwe acted."' -0 0 a 0 a 0 0 a SIR C. HARDINGE ANO MR. BATTIER.