These remarks are less excusable from it being known to me that a letter of mine to a third party was by my express permission read to you, in which was stated my willingness to alter or modify any passage which might have offended your feelings, provided only that such alteration involved no injustice to Mr. Abernethy. The (as I think) ill-advised rejection of the offer, coupled with the intimation, long after, which was given to Mr. Longman by a friend of yours, that certain papers would be forthcoming, provided only that certain passages relating to Mr. Stanley were suppressed, will involve a discussion in which I shall now be very unreserved; but which, I fear, will be scarcely less disagreeable to you than painful to myself. If you ignore the imputations to which I have referred, it seems to me that the whole discussion may be quashed by your simply writing me a note, in which you state as the reason for your not making any communication to me your dislike to revive the recollection of differences with one whose memory you will always regard with respect, gratitude, and affection, or whatever other terms your feelings may justify, or the claims of Mr. Abernethy require. * * * * * * * * * * "I am, Sir, "Your obedient servant, "G. MACILWAIN." The following is Mr. Stanley's reply: "Brook Street, July 18th. "Sir, "Upon the subject of your communication to me, I can only say, that I have no information to give; for I am not in possession of any document relating to it; and so many years have elapsed since the occurrences to which you refer, that I could not trust my memory for the accuracy of any statement, if I were disposed to make it. You will therefore perceive that there exists no foundation for the supposition that 'I desire to withhold something which involved imputations unfavourable to Mr. Abernethy,' or that any other feelings than those of the utmost respect for the memory of Mr. Abernethy have existed in my mind. "I am, sir, "Your obedient servant, "EDWARD STANLEY. "G. MACILWAIN, ESQ." We here conclude this subject.