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The Gaming Table by Andrew Steinmetz

 CHAPTER XII. page 47

`Lord Dartrey, afterwards Lord Cremorne, and his lady, with a
gentleman, were at the inn at the time the duel was fought. They
went into the garden and endeavoured to prevent the duel; several
other persons were collected in the garden. Mr Rowlls desired
his Lordship and others not to interfere; and on a second attempt
of his Lordship to make peace, Mr Rowlls said, if they did not
retire, he must, though reluctantly, call them impertinent. Mr
England at the same time stepped forward, and took off his hat;
he said--"Gentlemen, I have been cruelly treated; I have been
injured in my honour and character; let reparation be made, and I
am ready to have done this moment." Lady Dartrey retired.
His Lordship stood in the bower of the garden until he saw Mr
Rowlls fall. One or two witnesses were called, who proved
nothing material. A paper, containing the prisoner's defence,
being read, _the Earl of Derby, the Marquis of Hertford, Sir
Whitbread, jun., Colonel Bishopp, and other gentlemen_, were
called to his character. They all spoke of him as a man of
_decent gentlemanly deportment_, who, instead of seeking
quarrels, was studious to avoid them. He had been friendly to
Englishmen while abroad, and had rendered some service to the
military at the siege of Newport.

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