Mr. Malony, an officer of the 5th Dragoon Guards, who acted as second to the deceased, said:—“The deceased consulted me, as a friend, on the 31st of March, respecting something that affected his character. In consequence of what he told me, I went to Holt’s hotel to meet Mr. Grady; but before I saw him, Colonel Conway and Captain Helsham came to me. The captain said, that Lieutenant Crowther was not a fit person for him to apologize to, or to fight; and he assigned as a reason for it, that he had been horsewhipped, and had not resented it as a gentleman and an officer ought to do. I told him, that Lieutenant Crowther assured me, upon his honour, it was false; and I solicited him to make an apology. Colonel Conway asked me, whether I came to deliver a hostile message? I replied, I came there the messenger of peace; and I renewed my endeavours to prevail on the captain to apologize. Upon which the prisoner said: ‘An apology, sir! nonsense!’ At length, I delivered a message, that, if he would not apologize, Mr. Crowther expected he would meet him in the field. After some further conversation, the captain said: ‘Well, I give him warning. I am ready to meet him, but I will make it an affair of business.’ After this, Mr. Grady and myself made an arrangement for the parties to meet the next day at eleven, at Napoleon’s column. I accompanied Lieutenant Crowther to the spot. A number of individuals, a dozen at least, both on horseback and foot, were present. Mr. Grady said that the captain would have no firing, unless it was separate. We then proceeded to arrange the manner in which the duel was to be fought. The captain was in the ditch with us, when we were loading the pistols. I observed to him, that this was contrary to all duelling usage. He said, he did not care a damn for the usage; he would see them loaded. The distance agreed upon was twelve paces. The parties were to stand with their pistols even down by their sides, until Mr. Grady pronounced the words, ‘Now, gentlemen!’ and on those words being pronounced they were to raise their arms, and fire as nearly together as possible, and no second aim was to be taken. The parties were then placed. Mr. Grady pronounced the signal loud enough for both to hear. Lieutenant Crowther immediately raised his arm with rather a quick motion, fired, and then lowered his arm. Captain Helsham did not fire till some time after. Not hearing the report of his pistol immediately after that of Lieutenant Crowther, I looked about, and observed the captain’s pistol pointed towards his opponent in a position that, had he fired, the ball would have fallen short, his arm not being fully raised. He leaned his head to the right to get a good view of the lieutenant, raised his arm gradually, and did not fire for some seconds, until he had fairly covered his man; that is, got his pistol in a direction to him, and was looking along it. He appeared to take a deliberate aim. He fired, and Mr. Crowther fell.