The National Register.
London, England, 1818-01-18 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

ceased asked him to hold his hand in a particular tunsition, as
it gave hint ease, which he ii 1. The ieceaseil duriu_ this
said to witness and to O'Callaghan, " God Ides% uonl
think yarn for your attention.•' Mr. Plicalaii, who had been
Mr. Rat u'v',' second, was in the room ; and after witness had
told the deceased that inie hail any thing to communicate to a
friend he hail better do it liwthw it It, witness quitted the room
and ltd.! 11r. and the deceased together. The de-
ceased appeared conscious of his danger. O'Callaghan said,
" Never mind, my good fellow, we shall be %vAlking togr titer
again in a few weeks." Deceased replied, " I small lie in
Heaven belore then." Wilms: said, no men eons,' behave
more kindly than all of them did so the deceased They went
away to execute some kind offices for the deceased, :mil
having executed them, returned, unaaemied by any officer.
They might have gone :twit:, if they had thought fit.
Mr. George N evill, of the tax-utfire, Somerset-house, and
Ingram's"laite, Hampstead, stated, that lie slid mot know any
of the parties pr •viols to Ifiintiay. last, when he was proceed-
ing to town about ten o'clock in the month :I!, 4411 had not
got snore than a dozens arils. from his 1 se before he heard a
conversation betweenllr. Adains.and Mr. Newholt ; lie pro.
ceeded with Mr. Adamsond Lieutenant New bolt. He con-
firmed the statement of the preceding witness.
This closed the evidence, and the Coroner then informed;
the Jurv,ffitit it would he their painful ditty to view the body
they then proceeded to the house of Mr. Adams, and, having
takers.* view of the body, returned to the Load of Hay. mid
after being railed over in due fin in, Mr. Stirling addressed
them :—They hail ahe ohsei vetll !teand the evidence, and had
paid the greatest attention to it ; he was ready to recapitie.
late it, if they thought it ttrress•try. but to Will it appeared
very simple; hots ever initoriiiiiate the I r insaction was, those
engaged ill such transactions wore, according to the esta-
blished law upon the caw., subject to very severe pnni•luneut.
As far as the law of the case "a' concerned, he (Mr. Stirling)
was firmly of an Opinion. that it ilinminietl tit murder : but it
would remain for the jury to return such a verdict as would
satisfy their own consciences.
The jury retired fpm• nearly an hour, and returned a verdict
of Wilful Murder /trains: ull air pm firs concerned. This vex.
diet was accompanied by several iniserVdlionS expressive of
their abhorrence of the conduct of some of the parties con-
cerned; lint as- they were calculated to create a prejudice
against them, at the suggestion of Mr. Stirling they were
' withdrawn.

' The following paragraph contains a short account of the cause of
this melancholy as well as absurd transaction :—Mr. O'Callaghan
and the seconds informed Mr. Adams what was the cause of the
ceased and Mr. ()'Callaghan meeting ; but they begged him net to
mention it, and he did it with great reluctance. On Saturday. week.
two gentlemen (whose names he did not mention) quarrelled at an
hotel, and the present principals (O'('allaghan and Bailey) were to
have been seconds, anti they agreed to meet on Sunday morning the
I ttli inst. it was appoint al that they should meet at either the
White Hart or Load of Hay public houss ; they misunderstood each
other, and Bailey and the gentleman for whom he had agreed to be
second, went to the White Hart; and O'Callaghan and the other
gentleman went to the Load of Hay. Mr. O'Callaghan finding that
the panics did not meet at the time appointed, he took his friend
away. Mr. Bailey was waiting with his friend at the White Hart,
and being irritated at the other party not meeting them, he went to
his hotel. where the quarrel first retnmeneed. and he placarded O'Cal-
laghart's friend; anti' O'Callaghan placarded Bailey's friend. When
Bailey and O'Callarthan met at the hotel, they charged each other
with purposely avoi4ing to meet that morning, when a challenge en
sued, and they agreed to meet next morning (Monday), nut at a psi).
lic.lwuse, but onithe ground where they fought.

WELCH ORDER.--••The following is the promised
list of the new knights

THE SOVEREIGN..
L and 2. To he filled by two Princes of the Blood Royal.--3. The '
Marquis of Auglcsea.-4. The Viscount Bulkcicy.-5. The Earl of
Cardigan.—G. The Viscount Otingannon.-7. Sir Wittkin
Wynne, Bart.--g. The Lord Milford.-9. The Earl of Powis.—
10. The Lord Kenyon.-11. Vie Lord Gwydir....l2 The Ler!.
Dynevar.—Prchend of the Order, the Lord !tislitip of St. A.,„„ph.,_
Chancellor, the Lord Bishop of Ba,gadr.—lieOstra:, Rhys Jones,
Esq.—Geneaologist. R. 114tards, Esq.—Pourstuvent. Heralds, Gen-
tlensen Usher, tc. at the disposal of the Earl Nlarshal.—ltibend;
light green edged with white.—Motto, Creantur firtibus ettoists.

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Sittings appointed to be held, in• Middlesex and
London before the Right Hon. Edward Lord Ellen-
borough, Lora Chief Justice, Ste. in and after Hilary
Term, 1818 :