The Morning Chronicle says that a duel was fought yesterday
be- tween Lord Cardigan and Colonel Wood. "The duel, we are informed, arose from circumstances of a peculiarly delicate nature, in which the character of a noble lady is involved." Colonel Wood was severely wounded in the bead.
The Courier gives the Chronicle's paragraph a qualified denial. "On inquiry we find that at least the latter part of this statement is totally destitute of foundation. Colonel Wood was in the House of Commons last night, and voted with the majority against Mr. Fielden's amend- ment. The honourable Member left London in good health at an early hour this morning for his country-seat, Littleton." The Globe says—" The statement, we have good reason to believe, is a pure fiction, and has not the slightest basis of truth to rest upon. * * * Not a word of the matter has been heard of at the Clubs ; which is good prima facie evidence of its being devoid of truth."
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