On the 13th of May the following General Order was issued from the Horse Guards:—“The Commander-in-chief having received a report from Lieutenant-General the Marquis of Londonderry, that his lordship had accepted a challenge to fight a duel with Ensign Battier, late a cornet of the 10th Royal Hussars, upon a point which his lordship considered to be one of military duty, his Royal Highness has felt it incumbent upon him to submit to the King a transaction at variance with the principles of subordination, and therefore of a tendency injurious to the discipline of the army. The King has consequently conveyed to his Royal Highness his Majesty’s commands, to express his Majesty’s concern and displeasure, that an officer of Lord Londonderry’s high rank and military reputation should have committed himself in personal collision with an inferior officer, by accepting a challenge for any supposed aggression proceeding from the exercise of his authority as Colonel of the Regiment.” The London Gazette of the 18th announced that the name of Mr. Battier was erased from the half-pay list of the army. BETWEEN CAPTAIN GOURLAY AND MR. WESTALL. October 30, 1824. At the preceding Doncaster races, a Mr. Westall lost a bet of seventy guineas to Capt. Gourlay, who also lost a bet at the same time to a friend of Mr. Westall. Captain Gourlay and Mr. Westall met at the Bull Inn, Edinburgh, recognising each other with apparent friendship. After some conversation, the Captain reminded Mr. Westall of his bet; which that gentleman acknowledged, but added, that he was authorised by his friend to set off the bet which he had won from Captain Gourlay, against that which he, Mr. Westall, had lost. An altercation ensuing, the Captain applied the term swindler to Mr. Westall; who, in return, called the Captain a liar. On this the Captain, snatching up the poker, made a blow at Mr. Westall’s head: the poker missed its aim, but descending on his shoulder, was snapped in two by the force of the blow; which, for some minutes, rendered him insensible. On recovering, Mr. Westall went into the coffee-room; where, after much warm language, a meeting was arranged. The parties met at South Ferry; and, together with their seconds, crossed in the boat, and proceeded to an eminence; where, preliminaries being adjusted, the parties took their stations, and Captain Gourlay, receiving Mr. Westall’s ball, fell dead upon the spot. BETWEEN MR. LAMBTON, AFTERWARDS EARL OF DURHAM, AND MR. BEAUMONT. July 1, 1826.