The National Register.
London, England, 1818-01-19 00:00:00

271 E LATE DUEL.

CORONER'S INQUEST. —Wednesiliy alornial,at nine o'clock,
to coroliers inquest was ileld at the Load of Hay, Ilavcrstock-
bill, u on the (Jody of Liem. Edintiod Bailey.
Mr. Adams was the first witness examined, and he eon•
Armed hi 4 forin•-i tostiniony. adhering to the essential points.
la cooling to that part where Ilr. O'Callaghan went to Hump-
*teed for a coach for the deceased,
The Coo onei Ntirling) asked what Alt. O'Callaglian's
relative Nittlinitni was
Mr. Noel, who is 4olicitor to all the prisoners, and, who at.
tended to watch 'the proceedings of the inquest, observed,
" As It will turn out that Mr. O'Callaglinu is a principal, it
may be as well to mention it in this stage of the investiga-
tion."

Mr. Adams.—l believe so.
Mr. Curoner.—Was Mr. O'Callaghan the man who fired the
shot by which the deceased fril ?
Mr. Adams.—l understand so, from the situation of the
parties.
Mr. Adams, in addition, stated, that while the deceased was
lying on the sofa, and was sensible he could not survive, he
called O'Callaghan to him, and requested him to take his
.right hand (fur it appeared quite dead and useless to I • ) and
shake hands with him. lie did so, and the deceased tol.l 111111
that he forgave him, and said every thing bad been coo ducted
in the most honourable way. The deceased then asked hint
if it had been his (O'Callaghan's) case, would he have dune
the same by bite?
O'Callaghan replied, " Yes, my dear fellow, I certainly
would, and I wish I had been wounded in the room ut you
I felt your first ball about my legs (or something to that pur-
pose), and I wish it had taken erect."
[The fact was, that it had goo • through both the lege able
Irowsers, and through one boot.]
Mr. Phealan.the friend of the deceased, went to town at the
request of the deceased to execute some commissions for hint,
bat returned after the death of the deceased, and surrendered
himself to the peace officer.
Mr. Coroner.—Who stood opposite to each other?
Mr. Adams.—l have uo doubt but they were O'Callaghan
and Haney, as they were in dark grey coats ; the others were
in blue. I have no doubt that they were the persons who
stood in opposition to each other, as I saw the smoke ascend
front them. . .

Coroner.—Did you see any pistols?
Mr. Adaius.—l did not until I saw them on me table. I
don't know who put them there. I was in a considerable state
of agitation, as might be supposed.
Coroner.—At what distance do you think they stood ?
Mr. Adains.—l think about twelve or fourteen yards : they
were 4 or -WO yards from me, and therefore I cannot tell at:-
eurately.
Coroner.— Did you see the seconds deliver the pistols
Mr. Adams. —I saw the seconds New bolt and Plicalan go up
to O'Callaghan and Bailey and give them something, and then
they receded from them. I supposed this to be givnig them
the pistols. One of them fired a pistol over the hedge, and I
afterwards understood that toere was an obstruction in
the barrel which prevented the ball from going down.
Coroner. —Di ; you bear any explanation given relative to
the cause of the gnarrel ?
Mr. Adains.—'f here was some explanation given by O'Cal-
dagban and Bailey ; they said they were seconds iu a duel
which was to have taken place the morning before. Sonic
of them said, We were nut to blame, it was not our
quarrel."
Corouer.—Who said this?
Mr. Adams.—l believe these words were used by all, but
I am pretty suredhey were by Bailey.
Corouer.—Did they state what the nature of the quarrel
was?
Mr. Ailains.—No, they did not ; but O'Callaghan told me
be received the challenge, but it was not in the prokruce of
Mr. Bailey
Voroner.—Did O'Callaghan say where he received the chal-
lenge ?
Mr. Adams.—No, lie did not.
Cot (mei .--Is there any thing that occurred to the parties
that you think material?
Mr. Adams.—No ; I have kept nothing back ; they did
not say any thing that gave me to understand how the quarrel
arose.
Mr. Norf.—Did not Mr. Bailey say lie wanted to speak to
Mr. I'healan in private e
Mr. Adanis.—Nut that I know.
Mr. Redd, the surgeon.—lt was I who suggested it to Mr.
Bailey, on seeing the danger Ile was in, that if he had any
thing to say to alr.Pliealatt, lie had better da it, and I would
beave the room. I did so, and they had a conference, which
lasted ten minutes.
Mr. Adams.—l found a paper in Mr. Bailey's pocket ;it
applies only to the other duel which was to have been fought.
Mr. Noel begged, that it' it was .read, the names of the
other party might not be given, as it might lead to circum-
stances clan unpleasaiit nature.
Mr. Sterling read it, excluding altogether the names men-
tioned, but denounced out party a coward and a poltrouf:.
Mr. Adams.—lt may not be amiss to state,that Mr.O'Callag-
ban said,taat,if he had been principalin the first case, he would
have waited on the ground for seventeen hours ; but as he
was second, he had a right to bring his man off the ground
as soon as he could.
It was now stated, that Mr. O'Callaghan had been thrice
votintl.d, and was at the battle of It aterioo. Lieut. Bailey
bad received no less than five wontitts in battle.
Mr. Gees ge itodd, surgeon, of Ilanipstead, stated, that oh
t.t. .11 a itiag last, awnm lea 0.,10ck, lie was eddied to at-
tend a gentleman who had been wounded iu adm I, bud he
comet 11141 at the house of Mr. Adams, sitting on a mita, slip.
ported by several geutlemen. His right side was olutiy.
Upon examtnatitni nr. tunnel a wound in his right side iit.arly
on a level wi h the ita% el, evittentl!. made by a bail. .0,1 fur-
ther examtilatioit, he torrid that the had had pi hoisted
through the both to the opposite side ; ii was buried octet ecii
the museies anti tile skin, and lie extracted it from theuc, .
He saw a marked anxiety in the etitnitenanue of the tieceast
which cons itteed lion that a patt of vital importance had
beets stuck :my the bah. His extremities were then coal.
Aft* rue h4.mesaoamed tile I, he told rim dee espo d that ha,
sitnation was such, that it lie had any thing to coimutiiiie,te
to api tsar mewl, he ought to do it forthwith. The de
ceased lived fur about three limns, and amass ex. 111 l Med the
hotly, and found that the huweis 'lad peen w Ivil lii
uucc
separate. places. lie hall had passed tin ton Alt the sifostrot ,
which, ttigellien with tile luwmmurihage Wat 01,MA, nits
cause ut his di Atli. After Wilikes,ll.o the
asked the deceased if every thing nail heels lull ? and lit. S.lall
4, decidedly so." Mr. O'Callaghan Was time room shortly
-balms ids death, and appcaxcd deeply alrected. The da-